Battle Through the Heavens: I Am the Righteous Path

"Commander Xiao Yan! We want to become stronger!"

The next day, Xiao Yan had just stepped into the training ground when Ling Quan and the people from the third unit came to Xiao Yan with a determined look on their faces and begged him. Xiao Yan was slightly stunned, glanced at the people following Ling Quan, and finally fixed his gaze on Ling Quan's face. He stared at him for a long while and asked slowly.

"What do you want to do after you become stronger?"

"Nothing." Lingquan answered without hesitation: "I just hope that in the future when I need to use force, I won't be as powerless as I was yesterday!"

Looking at Ling Quan's eyes which did not contain any evil thoughts, Xiao Yan's lips curled up slightly.

Is it necessary to use force?
"Okay." Xiao Yan faced him and before Ling Quan could show any joy, he continued, "But if that's the case, the training we gave you before is far from enough. Are you sure?"

Xiao Yan said this with a smile, and seeing Xiao Yan's smile, everyone's heart tightened.

Is the previous training far from enough?

Even Lingquan couldn't help swallowing and asked cautiously.

"Um, Commander Xiao Yan, can I ask what kind of training this is?"

"Hmm..." Xiao Yan hesitated for a moment, then raised a finger, "Let's put it this way, first recall the previous training for you in your mind."

Hearing Xiao Yan's words, everyone recalled the previous training content in their minds, running 500,000 kilometers non-stop within the time limit while carrying a weight that was five times their body weight, and doing 50,000 push-ups non-stop while carrying a weight that was ten times their body weight. And so on and so forth. To be honest, with this amount of training, if Xiao Yan had not allowed the use of Dou Qi and prepared enough elixirs to give them endurance, they would have been exhausted long ago.

Seeing that everyone had almost finished recalling, Xiao Yan raised the corner of his mouth slightly, slowly turned his back and spoke leisurely.

"That kind of training is like a pleasure for me later on."

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Everyone was silent.

The next moment, as if in a chain of fear, everyone turned around and fled in unison, but countless black chains suddenly emerged from the void and tightly wrapped around everyone, making them unable to move.

Then, under the horrified gaze of the crowd, Xiao Yan, holding the other end of the chain, slowly walked towards them with a devilish smile on his face.

“Since you’ve already asked for it, how can you back down at the last minute? I hate people who give up halfway the most.” Xiao Yan stood in front of Ling Quan. Although his temperament was as warm and harmonious as before, he made Ling Quan feel cold to the bone. “Even brothers and sisters of our Xiao family can endure these trainings. You are outstanding descendants of the eight ancient clans, so you will definitely have no problem.”

The bigger the smile on Xiao Yan's face, the more frightened Ling Quan and his companions became.

"Don't worry, I'm an alchemist, I have enough pills."

It's more terrifying because there are so many pills, okay? ! !

Everyone was shaking like a sieve, and Xiao Yan also smiled sinisterly, which was extremely rare.

"Jie Jie Jie~"

After this, passers-by on the street noticed that the number of times the Third Brigade came to do voluntary labor decreased a lot.

In contrast, the shrill wails coming from the third unit became more and more frequent.

Three days later, at King Heiyan’s mansion.

Gu Lie's brows twitched slightly as he looked at the list of medicinal materials. After a long time, he looked up at Xiao Yan who was standing opposite him.

"You want fifty copies of all these things?"

"Is it really a bit too much?" Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows slightly and said helplessly: "Then change to some lower-end medicinal herbs."

"No, I told you when I handed the Third Army over that I would do my best to help you as long as I could. Although these herbs seem to be very expensive outside, they are nothing to the ancient tribe." Gu Lie interrupted him and said, then his eyes revealed doubts, "I'm just curious, what do you want so many herbs for?"

"I have been training the Third Unit these days. These herbs will help them achieve twice the result with half the effort. Since I have accepted your commission, I will naturally do my best."

Xiao Yan answered very frankly. Gu Lie looked at Xiao Yan's selfless eyes and nodded slightly.

".Okay, I'll let Qinghan prepare it for you later. I really want to see what you can come up with for me."

Gu Lie placed the herbs on the table. Xiao Yan stood up and clasped his fists in greeting. When he turned and walked to the door, Gu Lie suddenly spoke.

"Regarding the alliance, the clan leader and the elders have almost reached a conclusion." Gu Lie stood up on his knees and said to Xiao Yan, "The clan leader and the elders are unanimously inclined to agree, but it seems a bit too hasty to agree so directly."

"You are also aware of the prestige that the Ancient Clan represents throughout the continent. Even though the Tianhe Alliance is the largest force in Zhongzhou today, it is still far behind the Ancient Clan. If we form an alliance so easily, it will have some impact on the prestige of the Ancient Clan."

After hearing this, Xiao Yan turned sideways and looked at Gu Lie.

"I think so too, so I have a suggestion."

"Just do as you say."

Before Xiao Yan could say what his proposal was, Gu Lie directly agreed to it, playing on the principle of trust, which made Xiao Yan confused for a moment.

"You are a smart person, and so are we. Smart people naturally think alike." Gu Lie smiled and shrugged, saying softly, "The representative sent by the Ancient Clan this time is still Qinghan. As for the others, I will select some younger generations for Qinghan to take to the Tianhe League. I will bother you in the next few years."

After a moment's silence, Xiao Yan clasped his hands together and saluted solemnly to Gu Lie.

"Thank you, senior."

On the surface, Xiao Yan was calm as water, but on the inside he was extremely excited. Although he had almost guessed that this would be successful before, he was naturally happy after getting a concrete answer now.

Gu Lie waved his hand lightly and sat down again.

"Go ahead. The Black Oblivion Army's competition will begin in two weeks. I hope you can give me a surprise."

"Xiao Yan will definitely live up to your trust."

Looking at Xiao Yan's departing back, Gu Lie picked up the tea on the table, took a sip, and then let out a long sigh.

How come such a good seedling was born in the Xiao family?
As Gu Lie sighed, his eyebrows slightly raised and his eyes looked towards the gate of the mansion.

"Come in." Then the door of the mansion was pushed open and Gu Qinghan walked in.

"Lord Guile, I..."

"Oh, Qinghan, I'm looking for you for something."

Gu Lie smiled and hooked his finger, then handed the list of medicinal herbs on the table to Gu Qinghan. After Gu Qinghan took it, he frowned slightly and looked at Gu Lie in confusion.

"Lord Guilie, what is this?"

"These are the herbs that Xiao Yan asked me to prepare. Go and count them and find someone to deliver them to the Third Unit."

Gu Lie explained while drinking tea, and Gu Qinghan was slightly stunned when he heard Xiao Yan's name, and then responded without changing his expression.

"Yes, I'll do it later."

"Yeah." Gu Lie nodded and glanced at Gu Qinghan, "What do you want to see me for?"

Gu Qinghan was slightly startled, took a deep breath, then looked at Gu Lie with a firm expression and said in a serious voice.

"Lord Gulie, I reject the marriage you mentioned earlier."

"Ok?"

Gu Lie's hand holding the tea suddenly froze, and he turned around in surprise to look at Gu Qinghan.

He first followed the elder's instructions and told Gu Qinghan about this matter, but in fact, Gu Lie was a little reluctant in his heart.

Gu Qinghan is the young man that I have carefully nurtured. I was planning to let Gu Qinghan take my place after I step down. How could you four elders just sell him out without even opening your mouth? One of them is Gu Qinghan's biological father!

Especially that man named Xiao Yan, I have never met him before, and you just arranged a marriage for him. Is this fair to Gu Qinghan?

But there was no way out. Not only the elders, but even Gu Qinghan's father agreed. No matter how dissatisfied Gu Lie was, he had to accept it and told Gu Qinghan about it.

However, after meeting Xiao Yan, Gu Lie found that he was not so unhappy about this marriage.

The main reason is that Xiao Yan is a really good young man. There is nothing wrong with his character, personality or strength. He also founded the largest force in Zhongzhou and is definitely worthy of Gu Qinghan.

In addition, Gu Lie is just an iron-blooded person, but he is not completely ignorant of matters of the heart. When Gu Qinghan and Xiao Yan are together, their temperaments are obviously different, and the look in their eyes when they look at Xiao Yan is obviously full of affection.

In this case, isn't this marriage a good one? It can also satisfy the interests of the ancient clan, Xiao Yan himself is also very outstanding, and Gu Qinghan is willing to marry. Such a perfect good thing has not been seen for many years. Why did Gu Qinghan take the initiative to refuse it now?
However, although Gu Lie was puzzled, he also knew his favorite subordinate very well. Normally speaking, with Gu Qinghan's sense of responsibility, he would agree to this marriage even if he had no feelings for Xiao Yan. Now that he had feelings for Xiao Yan, he refused. There must be a special reason.

"reason?"

Gu Lie put down the teacup and raised his eyebrows slightly. Gu Qinghan's jade hands trembled slightly, but she still spoke firmly.

"Xiao Yan will definitely not agree to the marriage."

"Ah? How did you know?" Gu Lie was stunned and patted the table lightly. "Besides, what kind of reason is this? Don't young people cultivate their feelings slowly? Besides, Xiao Yan already has so many wives and you are the only one missing. Uh, this doesn't sound right."

Gu Lie's expression suddenly changed, and then he coughed twice, pointed at the table and tried to persuade him earnestly.

"Anyway, you know what a great opportunity this is. The person you want to marry happens to be the one you like. This is an opportunity that many children from big families would love but can't get. Why don't you agree to it?"

After hearing this, Gu Qinghan let out a long sigh.

"I don't disagree, but as I just said, Xiao Yan will definitely not agree." Gu Qinghan's face became serious, and he looked at Gu Lie solemnly, "In short, I hope you will just treat this marriage as if it never happened. I will also talk to my father myself and will not embarrass you. I also guarantee that the alliance will go smoothly."

".Okay, then you can do it yourself."

Gu Lie looked helpless. This kid was good in every way except that his ideas were really stubborn. Once he made up his mind about something, no one's opinion could help.

"Originally, I told you to take the young people of the Ancient Clan to the Tianhe Alliance. Now it seems that you are..."

"Please let me go."

Before Gu Lie could finish his words, Gu Qinghan responded with a firm voice, which surprised Gu Lie again.

What is this? She rejected the marriage proposal, but she insisted on staying with Xiao Yan. What on earth does this girl want to do?
Before Gu Lie could ask further questions, Gu Qinghan lowered his head slightly.

"Master Gulie, I will go prepare some herbs to send to the third unit. Bye."

"Eh? Wait."

Gu Lie stretched out his hand to stop him, but Gu Qinghan still left resolutely, which made Gu Lie take his hand back with a conflicted look on his face.

Am I too old? Why can't I keep up with the pace of today's young people?
Then Gu Lie poured himself a cup of tea, drank it, left the mansion and headed straight for the old woman's villa.

He had suddenly told the old woman about the marriage before, and now Gu Qinghan had inexplicably refused. You know, the old woman is very satisfied with Xiao Yan, so he had to let the old woman know, otherwise he would be blamed later.

When Gu Lie arrived at the villa, he saw the old woman lying leisurely on a recliner with her eyes closed. Gu Lie did not dare to disturb her and stood quietly waiting. He had nothing to do anyway, so he just waited and quickly let the old woman know that it was Gu Qinghan who refused the marriage, so that he would not be scolded again later.

After about ten minutes, the old woman slowly opened her eyes and glanced at Gu Lie who was standing next to her. When Gu Lie saw that the old woman had woken up, he hurried over and said softly.

"Senior, the matter of Qinghan marriage"

"She refused?"

Before Gu Lie could speak, the old woman guessed the answer first, which made Gu Lie stunned suddenly, and the old woman sighed leisurely.

"This girl is still thinking too much. But it is true that this girl has been with Xiao Yan all the time, so she must know Xiao Yan's character better than me." The old woman said, turning her head slightly to look at Gu Lie, "If I am not mistaken, although this girl refused the marriage, she still took the initiative to ask to follow Xiao Yan, right?"

When Gu Lie heard what the old woman said, he was shocked. She even guessed this?

"Since it's her own decision, let her do it."

The old woman waved her hands helplessly and fell asleep again on the recliner. Gu Lie stood there for a long time and finally left the courtyard in a daze. (End of this chapter)