At the border of Zhao Nation, in Starstern City.
"Recently, Wei Nation has been making frequent big moves. It seems like they want to restart the war. Ah... these are troubled times!" A slightly weak-looking soldier leaned on his spear and sighed.
"Hey, Scholar Li, you're a proper scholar. Why didn't you go to one of the three major holy lands to study Confucianism, pass the imperial exam, and gain fame? Why did you come here to be a soldier instead?"
"You barely have any meat on your bones, and you can't even lift a spear!" A big, burly, black-faced man laughed as he teased him.
The soldier, who was called "Scholar Li," glanced at him and said, "What do you know? Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles."
"Becoming a soldier is about protecting the country, unlike you, who just wants to eat off the emperor's provisions."