Chapter 1987: Observing Qi! (1/2)
Edited by: Michyrr
Rumble! A few moments later, the numerous Youzhou elites began to converge on the capital.
Whoosh!
Countless messenger birds flew about the eastern gate of the capital, and just a few moments later…
”Reporting!” A guard's voice resounded above the wall.
”Your Highness, we've found Andong Protector-General An Yaluoshan. He is directly to the east, forty li from the capital!”
At the same time, the foreign emissaries also found out where An Yaluoshan was.
”He's been located!”
”That Andong Protector-General has been found!”
Like a bolt of thunder had crashed down, the area near the gate exploded into an uproar. In nearby taverns, Wunu Shibi and Namri Songtian suddenly tensed.
In another place nearby was another man with an energy equaling these two Great Generals, his eyes sharply flashing.
If one looked carefully, one would discover that this was the Mengshe Zhao Great General who had been 'missing' for a very long time, Great General Duan Gequan.
When Geluofeng was heavily injured by Wang Chong's trap, this Mengshe Zhao Great General had fled with Geluofeng's body and disappeared for a long time. But for this feast of all countries, Duan Gequan had finally reappeared.
However, with Wang Chong standing on the city wall, Duan Gequan did not dare to get too close, and he did his utmost to restrain his energy so that he was as inconspicuous as possible.
As time went by, the air grew increasingly tense.
”Reporting! An Yaluoshan has been found thirty li from the eastern gate!”
”Reporting! An Yaluoshan has been found twenty li from the eastern gate!”
”Reporting! An Yaluoshan has been found fifteen li from the eastern gate!”
As the distance shrank, the tension continued to rise.
Wang Chong had a scout reporting on An Yaluoshan's location at almost every minute.
Wang Chong himself was like a resting lion, his eyes half-closed, not at all impatient or nervous.
Meanwhile, on the official road, banners snapped and waved in clouds of dust as a force of black-armored cavalry approached the capital.
An Yaluoshan was riding a horse at the very front of this force, and behind him were Cui Qianyou, Tian Chengsi, Gao Shang, and Yan Zhuang. These four were also mounted, riding in a row directly behind An Yaluoshan.
”I've finally arrived!”
The majestic and towering outline of the capital, like a coiled dragon, left everyone stunned.
Cui Qianyou and Tian Chengsi had been with An Yaluoshan to the capital before, but now, they were coming as mighty generals of Youzhou, so what they felt was completely different.
On their first visit, they had been rather ignorant, only feeling this place to be a bustling city. But this time, they could smell the thick scent of power and authority that pervaded the capital, and this sensation left them astonished.
Gao Shang and Yan Zhuang also immersed themselves in the atmosphere of the capital.
”I'm finally back!”
Gao Shang looked at the capital, a conflicted look in his eyes.
Gao Shang had been to the capital before, but it was purely a visit. He hadn't even been able to take part in the imperial examinations, much less make his name.
”It is not my fate to be some feckless nobody, nor to be an impoverished failure. Since I cannot achieve a high position in the empire through the normal path, I can only use my own methods to stir up a storm in the empire and make it recognize my existence!” Gao Shang muttered.
He had left as an obscure nobody, and though he had read countless books, he had nowhere to apply his knowledge. Since this empire did not value him, he would use his own method to go to those places where he was valued so he could exhibit his talents!
As these thoughts passed through his mind, Gao Shang's eyes gleamed with ferocity, but he quickly regained his composure.
His eyes turned clear as all these miscellaneous thoughts were suppressed. His first priority was to support the future Son of Heaven, An Yaluoshan, in passing this trial and successfully stealing Dragon Qi!
Yan Zhuang was also agitated as he gazed at the distant capital, but nobody knew what he was thinking at this time.
At this time, the most excited of all was none other than An Yaluoshan.
”Dragon Qi! There really is Dragon Qi!”
An Yaluoshan was looking up, but rather than the capital, he was looking at the region of the sky directly above the Imperial Palace.