463 Du Sijing (1/2)
In terms of defense equipment, apart from the inner armor, Qing’er also crafted a pair of boots.
Compared to the unassuming and normal looking inner armor, the war boots seemed a lot more extravagant. It had a tiger head design, golden sides, and looked as intricate as the Mingguang Armor. Qing'er had an incredibly elite aesthetic sense as always.
Ouyang Shuo took the war boots and looked at their stats.
Name: Qingmang War Boots (Platinum)
Type: Armor
Weight: 1.5 kilograms
Defense: 85
Toughness: 75
Specialty: 10% increase in movement speed
Evaluation: Crafted from the rare material, king beast scale armor, it possesses a high grade toughness. High in quality, primordial energy can improve it. Channeling primordial energy into it can raise its stats and even upgrade it.
Another elite product.
The specialty of the Qingmang War Boots was the best for a pair of boots, as it raised the wearer’s movement speed by 10%. With that, along with the buff from Floating Ghost Shadow, Ouyang Shuo's movement speed had reached a terrifying level.
With the addition of this pair of war boots, Ouyang Shuo was now stacked with high quality equipment.
”Go, let’s go and eat!”
Ouyang Shuo stored both the armor and the boots. His mood was simply too good, and he tapped Qing'er's head.
”En, I'm so hungry!”
Qing'er grabbed Ouyang Shuo's hand and hopped out of her workstation.
_8th month, 18th day, imperial city._
The morning fog had not faded, while the fog blocked off the thin rays of sunlight.
As the morning breeze blew, it brought with it a cold feeling.
Ouyang Shuo had donned his golden Mingguang Armor, and his red divine martial cape. Additionally, he had the Chixiao Sword at his waist. Under the accompaniment of Song Jia, Cui Yingyu, and the others, he walked out of the Nanjiang Governor-General Manor.
A month had passed since Ouyang Shuo had worn all of his gear. This signaled the end of the internal changes of Shanhai City. Now, their expansion would quicken. The Southern regions of China would soon witness a blood rain.
The fully equipped Ouyang Shuo was not the warm and nice Lord of past. Now, he was a merciless general.
In the square of the imperial city, the Guards Division had already gathered up.
For this trip, they planned to teleport behind the enemy lines. Hence, they kept their mission a highly guarded secret. They had sealed up the entire imperial city, so outsiders could not see the situation within.
Xiao He and the other officials had all gathered really early in the square to send him off.
”Farewell, my Lord!”
”I'll leave the territorial matters up to all of you!”
He had already spoken the words he need to, so there was no need to repeat anything. Hence, Ouyang Shuo only nodded, as he flipped himself onto the horse and took the lead to the teleportation formation.
The two hundred Divine Martial Guards followed quickly behind him.
As he passed them, each and every Guards Division soldier bowed in an orderly manner.
This was also the first time the Guards Division had headed out with Ouyang Shuo. Before this, although the Guards Division was the direct unit of the Lord, Baqi had always commanded them.
No wonder all the Guards Division soldiers were so pumped up this time.
”Brother, come back soon!”
Bing'er's clear and crisp voice seemed exceptionally warm amongst the solemn military formation. Xiao He and the other officials could not help but smile. The solemn atmosphere was instantly lessened and lightened.
Ouyang Shuo waved back at her from his horse, smiling as he disappeared into the teleportation formation.
”Let's go!”
When Lin Yi saw them go, he led the Guards Division and followed closely behind.
_Zhaoqing Prefecture, Wulong County._
Wulong County was a grade 3 county, located at the northmost point of Zhaoqing Prefecture. In order to not expose himself, the Lord, Spicy Snack Prince, had no choice but to lead three thousand troops of his own down south with the alliance army.
The one guarding Wulong County was his most important official, Du Sijing.
Du Sijing, also known as Zi Jinpu. They treated him really well in the Pan Manor, where he learned from Xuheng. He was the government sub-prefect of Pingyang. Then, he became the censor, calendar ministry assistant minister, minister of the secretariats, and finally the supervisor of Shun De, An Xi.
28th year of Zhiyuan, he was appointed as a secretary and was allowed to join meetings. 10th year of Dade, he became a minister. While he was working, he grew interested in medical arts.
Although Du Sijing was not famous, he was a capable official. He was born in the Yuan Dynasty that the Mongols ruled. For a Han man to become a minister was not easy.
For Spicy Snack Prince to receive such a helper, he could be considered lucky to the extreme. Unfortunately, he met an obnoxious neighbour, Ouyang Shuo, so he had no choice but to surrender.
As they would say, only a wise man could understand the situation.
For Spicy Snack Prince to make such a decision, Du Sijing caused it. In his eyes, no matter if they won or lost, the Lords of Zhaoqing Prefecture would not have a good outcome.
If they lost, needless to say, the outcome was certain. Even if they won by luck, the Lords of Zhaoqing, who had lost many resources, would either be eaten up by the South Alliance, or they would face a second attack.
Whatever the outcome, it was not optimistic. This was the helplessness of the weak.