Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1688 Order
"Ha, how old are you? You don't even care about your children and grandchildren?"

"Why do you speak so old-fashionedly? It's just that I'm too old to care about my descendants. Anyway, my Great Ming Dynasty has mountains of gold and silver, enough to last forever."

“Hmm,” Wen Yuan thought for a moment, “Actually, if you can’t get it, you might be able to give it to your sister.”

"Huh? Such a thing can happen?"

“Yes,” Wen Yuan replied. “My master’s hereditary title of commander will most likely go to Lu Yue—you haven’t met her, she’s Lu Liang’s sister. She’s much more talented than Lu Liang.”

"Oh, now that you mention it, I feel pressured." Han Xingzhi didn't mind sharing his family's legacy with his sister, but he didn't want to be seen as useless by his family. Having finally achieved what he had today, he still wanted to make further progress.

"Do you think I could get a promotion if I caught a mummy?"

Wen Yuan glanced at him: "You want to steal the credit? Hmm... that's not impossible, anyway, I don't need any credit right now."

He'd already secured a spot in the Imperial Guard's flying squadron, and he'd also passed the entrance exam for the Imperial Guard's military academy. He had quite a few merits to his name. Bringing Shangluo back was a major achievement, and that credit hadn't even been tallied yet. So, he wasn't too concerned about a few more merits now.

"Great! Wen Yuan, you're my second brother!"

"Stop!" Wen Yuan raised her hand. "Let's not talk about Second Brother's matter; that's not the point. The point is, just because I don't want credit doesn't mean this person doesn't want credit."

"Woof," Dan barked. He wanted to improve too.

"What did you say?" Han Xingzhi opened his phone; they were in the same chat group as this Dan dog. "The credit goes to you?"

"Woof." Dan nodded.

After all, it was his nose that was used to catch the mummy.

"What military merits do you want?!"

"Sigh." Wen Yuan shook her head. "I think you're not very familiar with Dan Gou of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. He's a sergeant, isn't he, Sergeant Black Tiger?"

"Woof woof." Although he couldn't speak, the black tiger's eyes were full of pride. As a spirit dog, he was already a Qi Refining stage spirit beast. As a rising fourth-generation military dog, his rank was approaching the limit for spirit dogs. Once he obtained the rank of sergeant, his next step would be to advance to the deputy beast or even the beast-level spirit beast route, putting him on the same path as Longlong.

"Wait a minute," Han Xingzhi suddenly remembered something, "My current officially conferred military rank is..."

"Like Shangluo, your actual military rank is technical sergeant, which is equivalent to corporal. My hereditary commander of a thousand households, Han Xingzhi, is a corporal. Although your noble title is very high, your military rank is below Black Tiger."

"So I really am not as good as him after all."

"Hey, there's no need to belittle yourself." Wen Yuan waved her hand. "As long as you use your strengths, you can still compete with him. You want military merits, right? How about this, you two compete to see who catches the most. One of you uses your nose to smell, and the other uses your eyes to see. I'll report the military merits for whatever you catch, without favoritism between you two."

"So you came here as a military supervisor!"

"I already told you I don't care about such a small amount of military merit," Wen Yuan said, spreading her hands. "So, it all depends on your performance. How about it, are you going to start now?"

The man and the dog exchanged a glance, then went their separate ways.

"Hey! Wait a minute!" Wen Yuan pulled them back from both sides with one hand each. "Dogs must be on a leash, that's the rule. So you two can't walk separately, you have to walk the same way."

"Yes, they're gone." Wen Yuan looked up at the sky. Shang Luo slowly landed from the building next to them. "You said it yourself, let the two of them go up by themselves. If anything happens, don't blame me for not taking good care of them."

"Putting that aside, I've actually noticed something: that kid seems to be quite popular with these spirits." "Hmm?" Wen Yuan looked at him. "You mean, he's perfect as bait?"

"More or less." Shang Luo didn't finish his sentence. Because if you really want to talk about it, aside from Shang Luo himself, Wen Yuan is more like the protagonist template, only he hasn't awakened yet.

"He won't have been kidnapped, will he?!"

"No, don't worry," Shang Luo replied. "I'm not a bad person, after all. I would never push my friends into a fire pit."

"So how did you manage to make him both a target and avoid being pushed into the fire?"

"Just watch, okay?" Shang Luo noticed the imagery appearing ahead. "So fast?"

A few corners away, Han Xingzhi was dragged almost off the ground by the galloping Dan dogs.

Why are you running so fast! Hey! Stop!

Xuanxiu's physique was simply not enough to hold back the Qi Refining stage spirit beast, so he could only follow the pill dog and charge forward.

A man and his dog bumped headfirst into a person dressed in black.

"I'm sorry!" Han Xingzhi was about to bow his head and apologize when he noticed that the dog beside him was baring its teeth—

He looked closely and saw that although the man in black in front of him appeared to be alive, his body was completely devoid of color. This was something he had perceived using his Xuanxiu cultivation power.

Han Xingzhi not only saw the essence of “Hello”, but also its powerful strength.

“A soul. A fresh soul. A complete soul.” The man in black had been as calm as an ordinary person. But after he noticed Han Xingzhi, the surrounding air suddenly turned cold. His power was rising, and his true form was emerging from beneath his black clothes—his eyes gradually became empty, revealing his true nature as a living dead.

Dan Dog did not back down. He was a military dog, and he charged ahead. However, the man in black merely glared at him, and Dan Dog's courage was dispelled by magic. The power of magic drove him to flee.

"Hey! Why are you running!" Four legs were much faster than him. Han Xingzhi stood frozen in place. He wanted to run too, but the man in black seemed to have captured his mind, leaving him without even the courage to turn and run.
Suddenly, a meow rang out from overhead. A black cat adorned with gold ornaments descended from the sky and landed between them.

"!!!!!!!" Amidst the silent, lingering howl, the man in black transformed into a gust of black wind, sweeping away the surrounding cold air and disappearing without a trace. He ran faster than a dog, and was even more terrified than Han Xingzhi.

Han Xingzhi, still shaken, was left where he was, as if nothing had happened.

“I see.” Wen Yuan saw everything from a distance. “So you had the cat protect him.”

“I suddenly remembered that he was being watched by Egyptian cats—watching is also a form of protection. In Egypt, cats are the most sacred animals. As long as a cat is with him, these mummies can't do anything to him. That way, even if I use him to scout ahead, I won't feel guilty.”

"Wait a minute, he seems to have fainted from fright."

"Tsk, why is this kid so timid? Let's treat this as a chance to toughen him up. With more practice, he won't be afraid anymore."

"Wait a minute, judging from your tone, you don't actually know if cats are effective?"

"We'll find out if it works or not by trying. Anyway, we're all here watching him, nothing bad will happen—hey, don't say I didn't use the dog as a test subject this time. I sent him with the dog. It's not my fault if the dog runs away first. If he manages to get this done, he'll have done a great job."

(End of this chapter)