Patrol Captain

Two days later, in Qingshan County.

The wind was gentle and the clouds were light, the fields were clear and bright, and only the boundless blue sky could be seen, its dark hue shimmering like a painted screen unfolding on the horizon.

Between heaven and earth, a silver leaf flutters in the sky, dancing lightly in the sunshine, like butterfly wings fluttering across the clear blue expanse. At that time, there was not a single cloud in the sky, and the sunlight dappled through the leaves, making them shine like silver. They drifted slowly into a small alley and landed in a courtyard with green bamboo.

A hand gently catches a falling silver leaf!

The silver leaf gleamed with a metallic sheen, reflecting half of Chen Yuan's face.

Chen Yuan stood before the pavilion railing, a spring breeze caressing his face. By the pond, An Ge supported little An An, who was squatting and playing. The little guy was almost ten months old now, starting to toddle and babble. He could already call her "Mama," but he couldn't call her "Dad" yet, probably because he was often away from home.

At this moment, little An'an, wearing a red bib, squatted down with her mother's help. One of her chubby, white little hands was stretched out towards the pond, and she was making "yu" sounds. On the surface of the water below, colorful little fish opened their mouths and gathered together.

Chen Yuan withdrew his gaze, the fatherly smile in his eyes slowly fading, and his gaze shifted downwards, landing on the silver leaf held between his fingers.

With a slight exertion of his fingertips, the silver leaf shattered into tiny silver specks, which then transformed into tiny characters that appeared before Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan glanced at it, a thoughtful look appearing in his eyes.

Just now, Wei Zhong sent a letter. I thought the other party wouldn't find out the news so quickly.

The results were unexpected.

Because information is easy to obtain.

According to the contents of the letter, two days later, the Northern Liang Royal Palace will establish a new heir and hold a investiture ceremony. The Royal Palace has not only sent invitations to famous families from all over Northern Liang, but also to major martial arts sects.

Some people who lived far away had already set off for Liangzhou after receiving the invitation!
Should a banquet be held to celebrate the new crown prince's birth?

This is going to be interesting!
Chen Yuan's eyes flickered; it seemed he had no choice but to become a guest.

He's the kind of person who loves excitement.

Of course, a small gift must be prepared!

Chen Yuan raised his hand and shattered the small silver characters, which disappeared with the wind. Then, with his hands behind his back, he walked out of the pavilion, walked to the mother and daughter, and a smile reappeared on his face.

He reached out and grabbed downwards, and a ball of water trapping a red carp floated up from the water and landed in his hand.

Then he squatted down, a doting smile on his face, and waved the ball of water in front of the little guy.
"An'an, call me Daddy, and I'll let you play with the little fish."

“yu”

“Recite it with your father, deyi father.”

“yuyu”

"Father" Chen Yuan continued to patiently guide him.

"Ouch!" The little guy leaned back and cried out in annoyance.

"Hehe," her mother laughed so hard her body shook.

Chen Yuan's eyes widened, then he quickly took the small fish in his hand to tease his daughter.

"Give, give, give!"

The little one stopped crying quickly, opened his eyes wide, and with surprisingly fast, his chubby little hands reached out to hug the water ball.

The little hand reached in, touched the fish's body, and immediately beamed with joy, revealing its two tiny baby teeth as it giggled.

But soon, the fish struggled for a moment, then burst like a water-filled balloon, splashing water as it landed on the edge of the pond, hopped around a few times, and fell back into the pond.

Water splashed on Xiao An'an's face, and the fish swam away. Her face changed in an instant; her little mouth twitched, and the next second, she burst into tears.

This made Chen Yuan quite flustered. He wiped her face, but the little one cried even harder. Fortunately, her mother was there. An Ge simply picked her up and hummed a few nursery rhymes, and the little one quickly calmed down. Then she rubbed her eyes with her little hands and slowly became sleepy.

Chen Yuan stood by, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

It turns out that taking care of a child is not an easy task.

No matter how powerful his methods were, he was helpless in front of the little ancestor.

He and An Ge exchanged a smile, their expressions revealing helplessness.

"I'm taking An'an inside to sleep," An Ge said softly, holding the little one and humming a tune while patting her back.

Chen Yuan nodded, then watched as An Ge carried the little one into the inner room.

Looking at the heartwarming scene between the mother and daughter, Chen Yuan felt a little guilty. This woman had been devoted to him without any regrets, and hadn't even been given a proper title.

He was thinking that he should choose a date to make up for everything that needed to be made up for.

As he pondered, his thoughts raced, and just as he was calculating the right moment, he suddenly sensed something, turned around, and looked towards the courtyard gate.

At that moment, outside the courtyard gate, the two fellow disciples from the next alley were walking towards the courtyard.

It was Chu Yu and Qiong Le who arrived.

"Senior brother, are you really going back?"

"You said you wanted to stay here for a while, but now you're making a fuss about going back. I really don't understand you."

Qiong Le held a sword in one hand and kept walking behind her third senior brother Chu Yu, talking with a look of annoyance on her face.

Chu Yu, walking ahead, was in a hurry, dressed in black, her face showing some irritation, her steps never faltering.
"Grandma, please stop reading."

"Didn't you find it a little strange that the letter came from the mountains?"

Qiong Leman did not understand.
"Second Brother's reply didn't say much, just told us to be careful while we were away, and to return to the mountain later if we couldn't go back anytime soon."

"What could be wrong with that?"

Chu Yu stopped and turned to look at her:
"Second Senior Brother, you don't understand. With his carefree and rough nature, he wouldn't tell us these things for no reason."

Qiong Le thought of something and couldn't help but wink mischievously, "Could it be that Master thinks we're using our junior brother as a cover to sneak around and play outside, and he's angry?"

"So, Second Senior Brother told you in the letter to wait until Master's anger subsides before going back?" Qiong Le's words weren't entirely unfounded, because Master, as the elder of the Law Hall in the mountains, was very strict and usually liked to emphasize rules and regulations, which ordinary disciples feared. Moreover, the letter was sent after it was received in the mountains.

Upon hearing this, Chu Yu hesitated for a moment, but still felt that something was amiss, so she didn't dwell on it.

"There's no use thinking so much. We'll find out when we get back to the mountain. If Master is really angry about this, we might as well go back sooner. You come back with me, and Junior Brother can stay here."

"Junior Brother, are you staying here?"

Chu Yu glanced at her junior sister and lowered her voice, "Your words are unnecessary. With his uncle here, no one is worried. If Master really holds us accountable for this, we can bring up this person, and Master probably won't say anything."

Junior Brother's uncle is a renowned Martial Saint, so Master doesn't need to worry about him.

After this analysis, Qiong Le also felt it made perfect sense.

"Shall we go to our junior brother's house now and inform him?"

Chu Yu felt that her junior sister's ideological awareness was a bit low, and said irritably:

"Of course, we should inform that senior first!"

"Don't you understand manners?!" Then, he earnestly and quietly instructed.

"Junior sister, remember to talk less later."

After speaking, he straightened his expression, tidied his clothes, and then turned and headed towards the Green Bamboo Courtyard.

Qiong Le sensed the disdain in her senior brother's words. She glared at his retreating figure, stomped her foot, and then quickly followed after him.

When the two disciples arrived at the entrance of the courtyard, they both couldn't help but feel nervous and a little flustered.

Without her junior brother by her side this time, Chu Yu lacked confidence. She walked to the door, wanting to knock, but was afraid of disturbing the person inside, feeling conflicted.

Suddenly, the door opened by itself!
Then, the senior and junior disciples heard Chen Yuan's faint voice.

"come in!"

Upon hearing this, the two disciples couldn't help but tense up, especially Chu Yu, who had experienced Chen Yuan's methods firsthand.

Chu Yu stepped over the threshold respectfully, keeping her eyes straight ahead, and walked through the bamboo path to the pond, where she met Chen Yuan.

"Greetings, Senior Chen!" Chu Yu bowed, performing the customary courtesy of a junior in the martial arts world.

The fifth junior sister, Qiong Le, behind her was the same; her face was incredibly tense.

Chen Yuan looked at the two senior and junior disciples with their heads down. He had heard their conversation clearly and understood what was going on. A look of interest appeared in his eyes.

"Did you two just say outside that you wanted to go back to the mountain?"

Chu Yu was startled at first, then realized that even if she spoke from dozens of miles away, this person could probably hear her clearly.

"Indeed, senior. My brother and I originally planned to stay here with our junior brother for a while, but we received a letter from the mountains and my brother and I felt we needed to go back. So our junior brother will stay in the county for the time being."

Chu Yu gave a brief explanation, without elaborating on the strangeness of the letter, since there was no basis for it, and it was impossible for him to say that his master was angry.

Furthermore, it goes without saying whether this Martial Saint senior heard everything just now.

"Oh, I heard that your Dongxuan Mountain is in Beiliang Road. Perfect, I also need to go to Beiliang!"

"I'll give you a ride!"

Let's set off again tomorrow!

Upon hearing this, Chu Yu and Qiong Le couldn't help but raise their heads, their faces instantly filled with question marks.

"what?"

What's happening here?
The Martial Saint offered to escort them all the way.
Chu Yu was very surprised, but then she was pleasantly surprised. She thanked her junior brother, realizing that her performance had been correct.

"Thank you, senior!"

"I can't ask for it!"

He quickly expressed his gratitude, and the gloom that had been building up because of his master's reply vanished at that moment.

When he goes back, his fellow disciples will be green with envy.

Qiong Le, who was a beat behind, also followed suit.

"Well, let's go down."

"We will depart at 3:45 AM tomorrow."

Chen Yuan waved his hand, dismissing the two men.

"Then we juniors will take our leave!" The two disciples immediately bowed respectfully and left the courtyard. They then went to their junior brother's house next door to inform his family of their return to the mountain.

The next morning, at 3:45 AM, on the western foothills of Langdang Mountain, amidst the swirling clouds and mist, a golden light pierced through the clouds, cutting through the waves of cloud and hurtling towards the western horizon at an astonishing speed. In an instant, it covered over a hundred miles, the scenery beneath its feet flashing past behind it, stretched into lines.

Amidst the howling wind, clothes fluttered in the wind.

Amidst the golden light, Chen Yuan stood tall in the air, riding a phoenix at breakneck speed, his hands clasped together, his clothes remaining perfectly still.

The rustling sound came from behind them, from Chu Yu and Qiong Le, the two senior and junior disciples.

At that moment, their eyes were squinting from the wind, the hems of their clothes were blown straight back, and even their hair was blown straight back.

They did release their true qi shields, but the wind pressure generated by that terrifying speed pressed their shields so tightly they could barely leave their bodies, clinging to their skin. They couldn't even open their mouths; if they did, the gale would forcefully fill their mouths, making their stomachs bloated just from drinking the northwest wind. They could only clench their teeth tightly.

The senior and junior disciples were horrified!
The wind pressure generated by the light escape speed was enough to almost immobilize them. Are they really that weak?

The two of them were carried along at this extreme speed for more than an hour when suddenly, they felt the scenery in front of them slow down abruptly.

Then, the suffocating wind pressure disappeared instantly, and they both felt solid ground beneath their feet.

They arrived at a cliff!
This sudden change caused their blood to rush to their heads, making them dizzy, their stomachs churn, and their legs to feel weak.

The two staggered and gagged twice, supporting each other to avoid an embarrassing situation.

After a few moments, Chu Yu and Qiong Le finally came to their senses, looked up at each other, and then their eyes welled up with tears.

Both of them saw a dumbfounded scene in each other's eyes.

The wind had fixed their ponytails in place, making them hang straight back.

This "unique" look made both of them so embarrassed they almost scratched their toes, especially junior sister Qiong Le, who exclaimed and quickly turned her back to straighten her hair with her hands.

After a few quick actions, the two of them turned around again, straightened their clothes, and returned to normal.

They then took in their surroundings and found themselves on a cliff. Senior Chen was standing with his hands behind his back on the edge of the cliff, a dozen feet away.

Chu Yu quickly stepped forward, took a few steps, and stopped three zhang behind Chen Yuan. She clasped her hands in a fist salute and asked cautiously, "Senior Chen, may I ask where this is?"

"It's seven hundred li west of Chengdu," Chen Yuan replied casually, his gaze fixed on the hills a dozen li away.

There is a cliff there that looks like an eagle's beak.

In the valley below, there were rows of tents, and the sounds of their commotion drifted on the wind.

Upon hearing that they had arrived near Chengdu, Chu Yu wondered what Chen Yuan was up to. Following his gaze, she spotted military camps in a distant valley. Curious about this powerful figure's intentions, she humbly inquired.
"What is this, senior?"

Chen Yuan smiled faintly, "Someone is planning a banquet, and I was going to prepare a small gift!"

After he finished speaking, he spat out a burst of dazzling sword intent!

The breath had barely left his lips when it transformed into a silver-white sword aura, like lightning falling from the heavens. Wherever the sword aura passed, it left marks in the void. In the blink of an eye, it traversed a distance of more than ten miles, shooting towards a camp in the valley with lightning speed!

Inside the tent, Lu Jiang, the deputy commander of the Northern Liang Pacification Office, was wearing armor and sitting in the main seat, discussing matters with his generals.

The next second, there was a tearing sound, and Lu Jiang immediately felt a chill run down his spine. His throat bobbed, and he was about to shout in alarm, but the next moment, he felt a sudden chill on his neck.

Then he saw blood gushing from his neck and his body fell to the side. His generals looked up in shock.

And his gaze rose higher and higher until he flew out of the camp!
His own head flew off! (End of Chapter)