fynovel Chapter 721: Fool (II)
Chapter 721: Fool (II)
Chapter 721: Fool (II)
“What, are you hesitating?” Huang Yu suddenly smiled.
“There are no words to describe the depths of my gratitude for the commander’s previous help in Skystar City.” Li Hao raised an eyebrow. “But if Hu Dingfang’s position really came as the result of trading the Breathing Method of the Five Styles, then that means the commander also knows the breathing method. But if the commander is putting in a showing... I will let the matter go.
“However, this also means that the favor rendered by your earlier assistance is no more. On the other hand, both my master and I will also no longer pursue the issue of the breathing method.”
“Can you represent Yuan Shuo?”
“I think... I can!” Li Hao looked at the man. Huang Yu smiled slightly stiffly in return.
“It’s not because of the breathing method,” he said after a moment. “Hu Dingfang wouldn’t dare teach it to others either. Your master still walks this world, after all! Yuan Shuo did factor into Hu Dingfang’s promotion as your senior sister leveraged his reputation when she came to me. However, Hu Dingfang is also worthy enough of his appointment.
“As for the Bais, they are no major matter for you at the moment. They’re just the eyes and ears that the royal family have installed in various locales. These kinds of people are everywhere, but the Bais have been slowly distancing themselves from the royal family.” Huang Yu looked at Li Hao. “With me present in the military, there will be no major problems. What you worry of will not come to pass!”
Silver Moon was stronger than the young man imagined; Li Hao needed to have more confidence in his home.
“There is no need to view Hu Dingfang with enmity.” Huang Yu didn’t care about all of this. “So many years have passed and the breathing method has been modified many times over. Let the matter go.”
“So long as he doesn’t teach anyone else.” Li Hao nodded after some thought. “I naturally will not do anything so long as my master doesn’t say anything. But the rules of the martial world still exist. I will intervene if he passes on the knowledge!”
“You’re such a stubborn kid!” Huang Yu laughed, but didn’t say anything further. Such was Silver Moon’s martial world. The core of a secret art was not permitted to be freely disseminated. The commander changed the topic. “What do you think of Silver Moon’s army?”
“It’s very strong... but not enough!” declared Li Hao. “You have three thousand strong, but there’s several million supernaturals in the central region. As strong as the Silver Moon army might be, it will take ten people per supernatural. All the central region needs to do is to send thirty thousand supernaturals to overcome Silver Moon. Of course, this is just in terms of cold weapons. Adding in hot weapons might lead to a bit more of an effect.”
“Mmhmm!” Huang Yu nodded and considered the matter. “So we need to strengthen the provincial army as a whole. Do you have any ideas?”
What did he mean by that?
“What do you mean, Commander Yu?” Li Hao asked without a flicker of change in expression.
“It’s good to strengthen via mysterious power, but you also know how violent that energy is. The user easily ends up exploding!”
The young man understood! Sword energy! Li Hao looked at the other with a brewing headache. Huang Yu wanted him to supply the entire provincial army with sword energy?!
Oh... my... how much would that deplete of his resources? These are all martial masters, can you afford to cultivate them all? Martial masters had a much greater appetite than others, to say nothing of anything else.
“Also, I hear that the Demon Hunters are proficient in a small-scale military formation...”
“Commander Yu... is seriously asking for a lot!” Li Hao ground out through grit teeth. He was just here for a look, but the man flung out these kinds of requests. Sword energy wasn’t the only thing he wanted, he even wanted the military formation!
“I’m just saying,” laughed Huang Yu. “It doesn’t have to be that way. But what if we really do do it that way? Think about it. I can give you the position of vice commander! Those of Silver Moon must help those of Silver Moon!”
“I’ll think about it!”
This isn’t a wasted trip. Silver Moon’s army seems not bad!
“If Commander Yu is interested, you can choose a troop of one thousand from Silver Moon,” said the young man. “They need to be elites as they’ll be sent to Skystar City. I want to establish a martial academy there, in name only, of course. But I’ll still need some support from the province, it’s not like I can just have an empty school. That would be meaningless and an embarrassment.”
A thousand people would create some momentum for him.
“A martial academy?” Huang Yu raised his eyebrows. “Are you looking to imitate the martial universities of old?”
“Pretty much.”
Not really. He was just going to sell dog meat under a banner of lamb meat. It would dispel some people’s worries if Silver Moon sent over one thousand people. They would think that the school was a Silver Moon playground.
“One thousand...” Huang Yu asked, “Do you want them as bodyguards or something else?”
“Not bodyguards!” Li Hao shook his head. “If possible, I want to incorporate them into the Battle Heaven system.”
“You...” The commander furrowed his brows. “You only have authorization for one thousand, and it already sounds like you want to bring Silver Moon Guards under your command...”
“That’s right. I’m going to commandeer the Silver Moon Guards and then another one thousand!”
“......” Huang Yu looked at him, astonished. “What do you mean?”
“My troop is a reinforcement troop! I have a slightly larger quota...”
Huang Yu’s mouth dropped and he stared for a moment before cursing, “So there’s nepotism in the ancient civilization as well?”
The hell? Reinforcement troop?? I’ve never heard of that before!
“Then armor...”
“I have them!” Li Hao smiled at him. “Does Commander Yu have armor from other armies?”
“What?”
“Such as Black Armaturas or the Voidbreakers. I can trade them in at Battle Heaven and recruit more for my troop.”
Huang Yu was completely befuddled. “How... many soldiers can you have?”
“I don’t know.”
“What?”
“I didn’t ask and they didn’t say!” Li Hao chuckled. “The leading officer at Battle Heaven only said that I can recruit some people. He didn’t say how many.”