Feixiao, Who Wants to Take Derick as a Student

Ruan Mei, Yunli, and the concealed Tingyun walked into General Huaiyan's residence. General Huaiyan was a small, unremarkable-looking old ma

Ruan Mei, Yunli, and the concealed Tingyun walked into General Huaiyan's residence.

General Huaiyan was a small, unremarkable-looking old man. Seeing Ruan Mei and the others arrive, he immediately smiled and went forward to greet them.

"I never thought Lady Ruan Mei would grace us with her presence. I wonder what brings you here?"

Ruan Mei's gaze turned to Yunli.

She spoke, "For this matter, I must ask Miss Yunli to step aside as well."

Hearing this, Yunli was stunned. She had kindly brought them in, and now she was being asked to leave?

A bit of annoyance flashed across her face.

Huaiyan's eyes crinkled as he smiled at Yunli. "Don't you hate discussing these formal matters the most? Why insist on staying here to listen to our boring conversation? Have you finished your swordsmanship practice for today? I'll be checking on it later."

"Alright, I get it."

Hearing her grandfather say this, Yunli could only obediently walk outside. Her bare feet made a crisp sound as they padded across the smoothly polished stone floor, and her figure soon receded into the distance.

After she left, Huaiyan looked up at Ruan Mei.

"Now, Lady Ruan Mei, can you tell me what's going on?"

Ruan Mei's gaze turned to Tingyun at her side.

Tingyun took off her hood and cloak, revealing her face.

A Foxian woman? What is Ruan Mei trying to say?

General Huaiyan wondered.

"General Huaiyan, I am Tingyun, an envoy of the Sky-Faring Commission from the Xianzhou Luofu. I have come this time with a grave matter concerning the safety of the Luofu, to request your aid, General."

Ruan Mei continued, speaking to Huaiyan, "General Huaiyan, when I found her, the merchant fleet she was with had already been attacked by the Lord Ravager Phantylia. Phantylia has taken on her appearance and is preparing to infiltrate the Xianzhou Luofu."

Hearing it was the Lord Ravager Phantylia, Huaiyan's expression became grave. The Antimatter Legion was a great menace in the universe. If this wasn't handled properly, the Xianzhou Luofu would surely suffer a great loss.

"Have you notified Jing Yuan of this matter?" Huaiyan asked Ruan Mei.

"No. For safety's sake, we did not notify the Luofu side. After all, no one knows how compromised their information channels are," Ruan Mei shook her head.

Huaiyan said gratefully, "Mhm, that was indeed the right way to handle it. Lady Ruan Mei, thank you for your help. This allows us to prepare in advance and prevent the Luofu from suffering a great loss. This time, that boy Jing Yuan owes you a favor. After this is over, if you have any needs, feel free to go to him."

A smile appeared on Ruan Mei's lips. The reason she had helped Tingyun and the Xianzhou Alliance was precisely because she wanted to see the novel, unknown creatures the Alliance encountered while hunting across the sea of stars.

Seeing Ruan Mei's expression, Huaiyan thought to himself that Jing Yuan was going to have to pay a hefty price this time. The geniuses of the Genius Society were no saints. They would never do anything without benefit. For Ruan Mei to help the Luofu like this, she would probably get a lot of things from Jing Yuan.

Huaiyan continued, "Lady Ruan Mei, please go to the adjacent room to rest for a moment. I will take this girl Tingyun to contact the Marshal."

"Alright." Ruan Mei walked to the side, while Huaiyan took Tingyun to contact the Marshal of the Xianzhou Alliance, Hua.

Yunli jogged outside, a skewer of candied Qiongshi birds in her hand.

"Munch…"

She ate two of the hawthorn-like fruits in one go. The sweet and sour flavor of the fruit and its sugar coating filled her mouth, causing her already chubby-cheeked face to become even rounder. She closed her eyes in satisfaction. This did much to alleviate the frustration of being sent out by her grandfather.

She walked to the entrance and saw Derick's second clone still standing there alone. A feeling of kinship with a fellow outcast sprouted in her heart.

"Hey!" Yunli called out to it.

Derick kept his second clone motionless.

"Huh? No reaction?"

Yunli walked up to the second clone and looked it up and down. She waved her greatsword, "Old Iron," in front of its face, but Derick continued to keep the clone still.

"I thought I could have some fun teasing it, but it turns out to be a dummy," Yunli muttered under her breath. Then she raised the skewer of candied fruit to take another bite.

Hearing Yunli's complaint, Derick saw that she had let her guard down.

He suddenly opened the clone's mouth and ate her entire skewer of candied fruit.

You dare call me stupid? Then I'll give you a little surprise attack.

It had to be said, Derick's mental age wasn't that high either.

Yunli hadn't expected the sudden attack. By the time she reacted, Derick had already had his second clone swallow her snack. He could have spat it back out, but remembering the horrified look on Cocolia's face after he had swallowed and released her, he decided against it.

"Hey! You! You thing!" Seeing the skewer in her hand disappear, Yunli was first in disbelief, then glared up at Derick's second clone, which had no expression, or rather, no facial features at all.

Yunli put her hands on her hips, her whole face puffed up with anger. Derick, watching her through his second clone, found her puffed-up look quite cute.

Yunli couldn't resist kicking out at the second clone. Her snow-white foot kicked its calf, her red-painted toes sinking into its body. The second clone didn't react much; its flesh was soft, so Yunli didn't feel much pain either.

But seeing the clone remain completely unresponsive, Yunli's face became even more puffed up with anger.

She gave its leg another vicious kick, then turned and left in a huff.

When dealing with an angry child, the most infuriating thing isn't arguing with them, but completely ignoring them, deliberately leaving them to stew.

Derick was having a great time!

Even his main body, lying in the rest chamber on the Yaoqing's starskiff, couldn't help but chuckle.

On the Xianzhou Zhuming, General Huaiyan's conversation with Marshal Hua came to an end.

"…I understand the situation. Old General Huaiyan, do you have any suggestions?" Hua asked him.

"My idea is to first prevent Phantylia from launching a direct attack on the Luofu. We must buy ourselves some preparation time. So I plan to first head to the Xianzhou Luofu with great fanfare, to make her temporarily halt her actions and not act rashly," Huaiyan said.

"Then, once we have everything prepared, we will quietly depart and then strike Phantylia down in one fell swoop."

Marshal Hua nodded lightly.

"This idea is indeed feasible. However, Old General, you and Jing Yuan alone may not be able to guarantee the capture of Phantylia while minimizing losses. Right now, General Feixiao of the Xianzhou Yaoqing has just led the Azure-Fox Army to clear out a planet of Borisin. After their war, the Yaoqing will need a period of recuperation. She happens to have time. Go and talk to her, have her go as well."

"In that case, our chances of victory will increase significantly."

Huaiyan nodded.

Then, they ended the communication.

Huaiyan turned his head to look at Tingyun and said to her, "Girl, you will stay on the Zhuming for this period. I will arrange for people to take care of you. Do not show your face for now."

Tingyun nodded.

"Yes, General Huaiyan. I will follow your orders."

Huaiyan then went to find Ruan Mei to ask her where she planned to go.

Ruan Mei asked about Huaiyan's plan. She was the one who had personally delivered Tingyun, so Huaiyan naturally wouldn't hide it from her. He immediately told her his plan.

After hearing Huaiyan's idea, Ruan Mei said to him, "During this time, I will stay on the Zhuming. When you all go to deal with Phantylia, I will go over then."

She wasn't interested in the preparatory process. But the final confrontation with Phantylia… Ruan Mei wanted to go and see.

Maybe I can collect some body fragments?

"Alright, I will have someone arrange your accommodations." Huaiyan agreed and prepared to have someone arrange for Ruan Mei's residence.

Tingyun and Ruan Mei's accommodations were the simplest part. After handling these, Huaiyan had to think about other things.

For example, how to find a suitable excuse to go to the Xianzhou Luofu.

He couldn't just say, 'I know you have a Lord Ravager here, so I've come to help you.' If he said that, Huaiyan would be impressed if Phantylia didn't run away immediately.

So what excuse could he use?

At that moment, Huaiyan thought of his granddaughter who had just left.

"That's right. Didn't Jing Yuan say his student is a sword prodigy? As it happens, my girl Yunli's skills are also not weak. Going under the pretext of a martial arts exchange is at least a plausible reason. As for why I'm going with her… well, I'm just a doting grandfather."

An excuse formed in Huaiyan's mind.

He believed Jing Yuan would see through it. He just didn't know if Phantylia would be alerted. But Huaiyan believed that even if she sensed something, she wouldn't give up easily. Just like a gambler at a card table who has already put down a pile of chips, they wouldn't easily fold just because the opponent revealed a strong card.

His mind then turned to Feixiao's situation.

"She doesn't seem to have a student, does she? So what reason should she use to go?"

Huaiyan thought for a while but couldn't come up with anything, so he gave up.

"That's something for Feixiao to think about. I'm getting old. My thinking isn't so clear anymore."

With this thought, he connected with Feixiao.

Feixiao had just finished cleaning up the battlefield and was preparing to head towards the starskiffs. Jiaoqiu hurried over and said to her, "General Feixiao, General Huaiyan of the Xianzhou Zhuming wishes to speak with you."

"What does that old man want with me?" Feixiao was a little surprised by the communication request.

But she still accepted the connection with Huaiyan.

"There's something very important. Is there anyone else around you? This matter is quite important; it's best if there are no irrelevant people nearby."

Feixiao looked around.

"Old man Huaiyan, besides my subordinate Jiaoqiu, there's no one else. You can speak freely."

Huaiyan knew Feixiao trusted her subordinate Jiaoqiu very much, so he didn't hesitate and continued, "The Xianzhou Luofu… may be about to be attacked…"

Huaiyan explained the whole situation to Feixiao.

"…In the end, the Marshal's order is for the two of us to go and help Jing Yuan deal with the Lord Ravager."

"That's perfect."

Hearing that she was going to fight a Lord Ravager, Feixiao's hands began to itch. As the great general of the Xianzhou Yaoqing, she was the most battle-hungry. But fighting those ordinary Borisin leaders always left her feeling unsatisfied. She needed to fight a strong enemy to get her blood pumping. Now that she was going to face a Lord Ravager, one could imagine her excitement.

Feixiao was itching to go and challenge Phantylia to a duel right now.

"Ahem," Huaiyan coughed. "General Feixiao, don't get too excited. Although I know you really want to fight Phantylia, for the safety of the Luofu, we must act quietly. We must first go to the Luofu under another pretext."

"We still need another pretext." Feixiao scratched her head. "Old man, what reason are you planning to use?"

Huaiyan said, "I plan to go under the guise of a martial arts exchange."

"Alright then, I'll use that reason too. As it happens, I also want to test who is stronger between me and Jing Yuan."

Huaiyan was speechless. "Two generals having a martial arts competition… that kind of thing has never happened in the Xianzhou Alliance. The martial arts exchange I was talking about refers to my granddaughter Yunli and Jing Yuan's student."

"I see." Feixiao dropped the idea of having a match with Jing Yuan.

"As for how you'll get over there, you should think about it yourselves." Huaiyan was worried that if he said a few more words, Feixiao would shamelessly ask him to come up with an excuse for her. He was lazy and wanted to avoid thinking, which was why he had called her in the first place. Now, he was definitely going to slack off.

"Hey, this old man." Seeing the communication abruptly cut off, Feixiao was speechless.

Feixiao looked at Jiaoqiu. "Do you have any ideas?"

Jiaoqiu said to Feixiao, "Finding a reason to go is quite easy. We can just find an excuse of wanting to carry out a joint operation and go over to discuss it…"

But Jiaoqiu was only halfway through his sentence when a flash of inspiration struck Feixiao.

"What was old man Huaiyan's reason?"

"It was the pretext of a martial arts competition for the younger generation."

"That's right! Since old man Huaiyan can use such a reason, then so can we!" Feixiao thought of Derick, whose combat skills had greatly suited her tastes.

"Later, I'll ask that young man named Derick if he's willing to go with me to the Xianzhou Luofu under the guise of being my student."

"General, is that appropriate?" Jiaoqiu asked Feixiao with some hesitation.

They had just met today, and she was already taking him on as a student?

"It's fine. It's not like I'm making him my successor as the next general. And I'm not giving him military authority over the Yaoqing. It's just the title of a student, nothing major," Feixiao waved her hand.

"But I should really go and see him, ask for his opinion first. We can't just…"

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