Chapter 1207: My Heart is Open and Aboveboard

Xu Shichu was also startled to see her: "Oh, a rare visit from General Hong." He Lingchuan immediately bowed to her.

General Hong nodded at him, then said to Xu Shichu: "Two things, Dean Xu. First, the patrol found three children in the forest seven miles west of Puxigou. Their parents were just eaten by wolf demons. This family are all citizens of Panlongcheng, so these three children will be sent to Shumin Academy later; please arrange to receive them."

Xu Shichu nodded immediately: "Good."

The shadow of war always hovered, and orphans who appeared due to war or other reasons were specially adopted by Panlongcheng. These were the responsibility of Shumin Academy.

"Second thing." General Hong's voice was as emotionless as ever. "Where is Master Wu, the instructor of Shumin Academy, from?"

Xu Shichu thought for a moment: "From Leicheng. He entered Shumin Academy to teach with the guarantee of the Leicheng Registrar."

"He is not from Leicheng, but from Baling Yuzhou."

Xu Shichu's expression changed slightly: "A spy?"

"Correct. He has been in Shumin Academy for more than half a year, and has not done less to inquire about news here." General Hong said, "I'm here to tell you, my people will take Master Wu away in a while."

"Evidence is conclusive?"

"Conclusive." She came in person out of respect for Xu Shichu. Otherwise, the guards would have gone directly to the academy to arrest the master, and the impact would not be good.

Xu Shichu also understood this point, and only sighed: "After class. Arrest him after class, the impact will be smaller."

The fate of a spy was decided in a few words.

He Lingchuan on the side knew very well that being a master was a good profession for inquiring about news, contacting the most residents, and contacting many officials and public personnel, so Shumin Academy's background investigation of masters was very strict.

Unfortunately, no matter how strict the rules were, there would always be loopholes to drill.

Xu Shichu, as the dean of the academy, also had responsibility in this matter. He frowned, walked out of the field, put down his trousers, and was about to enter the house, when he remembered He Lingchuan on the side, so he said to General Hong: "General He came to consult me about something, but I think General Hong has more say in this question."

General Hong turned to He Lingchuan upon hearing this: "Speak."

Xu Shichu smiled at He Lingchuan and went into the house first.

There was a spy in the academy, and he had things to do now.

Facing General Hong, He Lingchuan subconsciously stood up and straightened his back, then repeated his question.

Yes, she was also a general leading troops, the living military soul of Panlongcheng.

Looking at it from another angle, she killed without blinking.

How did she coordinate the overall situation of the war with her own karma? This question was indeed more appropriate for General Hong to answer, but she had always been too busy.

General Hong listened, and only thought for two seconds: "You have been through life and death in the Panlong Wasteland for these years, have you counted how many lives are in your hands?"

He Lingchuan calculated casually: "Three hundred sixty or seventy, none of them private grudges!"

He had entered the Panlong world for four years, starting from a small patrol. After joining the Dafeng Army, he killed the most people with his own hands on the northwest front of the Panlong Wasteland.

"Then, how many died because of you, but not by your own hands?"

He Lingchuan thought for a longer time this time: "That's a lot, there must be... more than three thousand?"

How many can one person kill with a sword? But as he became high-ranking and powerful, how many heads fell with one order?

This, of course, also counts as "dying because of him."

By this calculation, he killed the most people during his tenure as the commander of Yuheng City. Water bandits, puppet armies, Jin Tao's troops, and even some Beijia people all vanished in his military orders. Not to mention anything else, how many lives were filled in the defense of Yuheng City?

The strategy was set by him, the order was given by him, and the cause and effect should naturally be counted on him.

General Hong asked again: "Do you know how many lives I have tainted?"

He Lingchuan shook his head.

"I don't know either." General Hong said lightly, "I never counted."

She asked again: "Have you ever felt annoyed, regretful, or uneasy because of these killings?"

"That won't happen." He Lingchuan shook his head, "Defending the home and the country is my duty, what is there to regret?"

In the Panlong world, he did not kill for private grudges.

General Hong pointed to his heart: "A man should be open and aboveboard to heaven, and not ashamed to others, then the inner demon will not hinder you."

Open and aboveboard to heaven, not ashamed to others.

These words were sonorous and powerful. He Lingchuan was moved, and after measuring for a long time, he said: "My heart is open and aboveboard?"

"If your heart is bright and open, and you firmly believe that you are upholding the right path, why fear cause and effect on the road of cultivation?" Speaking of this, General Hong added a "but," "Everything done has retribution. Those who hold troops kill too much, and the karma tainted is indeed more complex than others. Some retribution will return to you sooner or later."

"Then how to break it?"

"Except for bearing it calmly, there is no other way."

He Lingchuan thought about what she had done in her life, and it was indeed done this way. He scratched his head, "Do you know that there are some treasures in the world that can absorb karma and feed back to the master?"

"That's not feedback, that's a burden."

"General's high opinion." The Luo Sheng Armor was indeed like this, entangled with countless evil karma and cause and effect. "If there is such a treasure, how should it be used?"

"Then you have to be careful."

Half of the peppers in the field were red, and General Hong pointed to them: "Plant peppers and get peppers, plant beans and get beans. If you only plant peppers, you can't harvest beans. Similarly, karma also has good and evil. Planting good causes will lead to more good results, and planting evil causes will lead to more evil results."

She said "more," not necessarily.

"If you fear evil results, you must plant more good causes and let that treasure accumulate more good karma. Otherwise, if you kill for years without accumulating virtue, and have this treasure to help grow karma, you will not have a good end in the end." She walked two steps, "Of course, I am talking about a deduction."

He Lingchuan was thoughtful: "Plant more good causes?"

He Lingchuan could clearly perceive that there was a big gap in power between the newborn battle armor and the original Luo Sheng Armor.

The karma tainted by the Luo Sheng Armor was too strong, so it was powerful in itself;

After being washed by the Great Fanghu, all the old karma was cut off, and the new armor was blank again.

In this way, He Lingchuan could have a brand-new beginning when he got it.

How should he use it?

"By the way, what does the black flood dragon pattern in Panlongcheng and Yuheng City represent?"

He was no longer a nameless soldier, but a heavy general in Panlongcheng, and should be qualified to ask this question.

General Hong's tone was a bit strange: "You don't know?"

"No one has ever given a definitive answer." He had heard various speculations, and several versions had already been iterated.

"At the end of the ancient immortal war, the Dragon God sacrificed himself and became one with heaven and earth. Therefore, where the black flood dragon totem appears, it means—"

"Recognition of the Heavenly Dao?"

"You can say that. In addition to favorable weather and less disasters and more harvests, where the black flood dragon totem protects, the evil energy will not be drawn away by the Tianluo Star, and the spiritual energy will not be absorbed by the Spirit Gathering Array."

He Lingchuan was moved: "The Tianluo Star cannot draw away the place protected by the black flood dragon totem? Does Beijia know this?"

"Not necessarily." General Hong said, "There are very few places where the black flood dragon totem has appeared, and Beijia does not have enough samples for research." Such illusory things, where could others start investigating?

"The spiritual energy will not be absorbed by the Spirit Gathering Array, what does this mean?"

"In ancient times, immortal sects would set up Spirit Gathering Arrays to gather spiritual energy for their own use. You've heard of it, right?"

"Yes." He had seen it at the Fengmo Mountain ruins of the Piaomiao Sect.

"After the heaven and earth disaster, they still did this. It's just that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was greatly reduced at that time, and they used the array to draw it, so there was even less left in the world."

"There is a Spirit Gathering Array on Xushan Mountain in Lingxu City, which supplies the dignitaries in the city." He Lingchuan muttered, "But I heard that the array was improved by Beijia itself."

"They are just gilding their own faces." General Hong smiled, "You underestimate the immortals too much. After the heaven and earth disaster, they had long studied new Spirit Gathering Arrays. What Beijia did was at most small repairs and modifications."

The opportunity was rare, so He Lingchuan simply asked another question: "Does the General know... does Mitian know, what level is above the immortals?"

"Above the immortals?" General Hong tilted her head and looked at him, "Why ask this?"

"You just said, Dragon God?" He Lingchuan asked, "The Black Dragon that struck the Tianluo Star, doesn't count as an immortal beast anymore, right?"

General Hong was silent for a while before saying slowly: "Do you know how other immortals address the Black Dragon?"

"Divine Venerable?" He remembered that General Hong had called it "Dragon God" just now.

"Right, Divine Venerable." General Hong nodded, "Now you know what level is above the immortals."

Above "immortal" is "god."

He Lingchuan pointed to the sky: "Then, Heavenly God...?"

"Correct, this is the reason why the Heavenly Demons infiltrate the mortal world but have to call themselves 'Heavenly Gods.' Heh, they are just fake gods." General Hong said leisurely, "Humans trust the strong more and are more willing to follow the strong, but they can't distinguish between the true and false they believe in at all."

Speaking of this, the door opened. Xu Shichu walked out, holding several documents: "General Hong has been waiting for a long time, let's go."

Going to catch the spy.

Xu Shichu couldn't help but sigh again: "I don't know how long the peace in the Panlong Wasteland can be maintained."

He was also a person who knew the core plan of Panlongcheng.

"Raise troops for a thousand days, use them for a while." General Hong looked at the fruits and vegetables in the courtyard, "That moment is coming soon. Peace not defended by force is just a bubble."

General Hong and Xu Shichu walked out of the courtyard, and He Lingchuan heard several groups of footsteps outside walking away quickly.

With no one around, He Lingchuan's heart moved, and the Qiang Dragon Armor appeared to cover his whole body.

Yes, this was the third treasure that could be brought into the Panlong world after the Divine Bone Necklace and the Floating Life Blade.

Entering and exiting the blue sky. This point alone was enough to explain the uniqueness of the Qiang Dragon Armor.

He Lingchuan had read the memories attached to the dragon armor and knew that the Black Dragon was related to the predecessor of the Great Fanghu, the Tianluo Star fragment.

Everything he experienced had to be traced back to the Black Dragon striking the Tianluo Star.

He had thought about this repeatedly over the past few days, and always felt that this past in the Black Dragon scales was not simple, and there were many places worth pondering.

Great Fanghu, Yuan Power; Qiang Dragon Armor, power of faith; immortals in seclusion, Lingshan; the immortal fall of the Black Dragon, the black flood dragon pattern in the capital of the Yuan Nation and Panlongcheng...

He Lingchuan sighed long, the more he investigated, the more he found that the Great Fanghu was intertwined with history and the present world, difficult to distinguish.

(Flash Gold Plain Story 2 "Symphony of Fate", ends here.)

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