Chapter 1175: Xia Na Feels Like She's Reached the Pinnacle of Life

The moment Xia Na spoke, Sovereign Jiazi set down the book in her hands—Xia Na's words had clearly piqued her interest.

Mo Yi and Sister Xue Li, who had been idling nearby, both looked toward Xia Na.

"Fall in love with one's own beast?"

Su Yang ran a hand over the crew cut Liu Mengyun had just given him.

"Yes, it's only a rumor!" Xia Na nodded. "I heard that when General Xue was still unmarried at fifty, the High-ranking military officials even fretted over his lifelong affairs, but in the end it seemed to fizzle out!"

The High-ranking military officials fretted over General Xue's lifelong affairs?

Su Yang was utterly speechless.

The Federation even sticks its nose into this sort of thing…

"Why haven't I heard about it?"

"There really is such a rumor among the people. I think I've heard it somewhere too," Liu Mengyun said from the side. "The reason you haven't heard it is that we're very far from the north, and soldiers wouldn't go around spreading gossip about a lieutenant general. The Federation certainly wouldn't pass on unverified little rumors like that about General Xue to you."

"Oh!"

Su Yang nodded, and suddenly found himself interested in this senior, Xue Qiancheng.

It was already late autumn; although the north was a bit cold, the snow hadn't started falling yet.

In just a little over three days, Su Yang and his party arrived at North Bingcheng.

Producing his identification and the appointment document from the General Military Headquarters, Su Yang was led by the city garrison into the Northern Military Headquarters located in North Bingcheng.

The one who came out to greet Su Yang was the Vice City-Lord of North Bingcheng.

Colonel Lu Yang, seventy-four years old, hailed from the great northern Lu clan.

Seventy-four—absolutely a ripe old age for an ordinary person.

But for a Stellar-Glow beast-tamer, he was still very much in his prime.

Lu Yang was an extremely burly man, over one meter ninety tall, with a stern face—the sort who looked hard to approach—but upon seeing Su Yang, he still broke into a smile.

Su Yang could tell this was the kind of man who rarely smiled.

When he did, it looked a bit awkward!

"Welcome, Lieutenant General Su, to the Northern Military Headquarters. We only received the notice from General Headquarters the day before yesterday. We didn't expect General Su to arrive so quickly!"

Su Yang said in a solemn tone, "As a soldier, upon receiving an order from a superior, one should of course set out at once!"

Lu Yang was instantly filled with respect.

Su Yang's words suited his taste perfectly.

Only Xia Na lowered her head and pouted, finding it hard to face her own lord's hypocrisy.

Talk about setting out at once—after receiving the appointment from General Headquarters, he'd clearly wandered around for several days…

But Liu Mengyun and Sovereign Jiazi were not as immature as Xia Na.

Their faces were calm, as if Su Yang had spoken the truth!

"Please, come in!" Lu Yang invited Su Yang into the General Headquarters. "I've already had people clean the General's office. I just had my adjutant notify the important persons in charge at General Headquarters; they'll all be assembled within half an hour, except for those out on missions."

"Good!"

While there was still time before the meeting, Su Yang asked Lu Yang about Xue Qiancheng's situation.

After inquiring, he learned that although Xue Qiancheng had not yet recovered from his injuries, the blow the battle had dealt to his spirit seemed to be even greater!

Half an hour later, the High-ranking military officials of the Northern Military Headquarters had gathered in the large conference room.

After Lu Yang gave a brief introduction of Su Yang, Su Yang made a self-introduction and, in passing, introduced Liu Mengyun, Sovereign Jiazi, and Xia Na.

The assembled high-ranking officials of the Northern Military Headquarters had no objections to this.

Many officers, when taking up posts elsewhere, would bring along their trusted subordinates.

The only thing that struck them as odd was that all three of Su Yang's trusted aides were women.

That was quite rare!

It gave the impression that his conduct might be a bit questionable!

After hearing Su Yang's introductions, the assembled officials could just barely understand.

Liu Mengyun—Su Yang's wife—could certainly be brought along.

Many officers posted elsewhere might be gone for as little as a year or so, or as long as five, ten, even thirty or fifty years; bringing one's wife along was certainly no problem!

The high-ranking officials of the Northern Military Headquarters had also heard of Sovereign Jiazi, the former sovereign of the Island Nation.

Outstanding talent, a Sovereign-tier powerhouse in her twenties, Su Yang's captive.

If General Headquarters had agreed to let Su Yang keep her by his side, that didn't seem out of place either.

Next, when Su Yang introduced Xia Na, the assembled high-ranking officials of the Northern Military Headquarters saw no problem at all.

One more woman didn't seem like too many!

Hearing Su Yang introduce her to the high-ranking officials of the Northern Military Headquarters, Xia Na lifted her chin and squared her shoulders, her heart brimming with joy.

This was her moment of glory!

After all those years Xia Na had spent wandering outside, ever since she had followed Su Yang, it felt as if she had soared from hell straight up to heaven—life couldn't have been better.

Especially now—the bigwigs of the Northern Military Headquarters all seemed to welcome her!

Before meeting Su Yang, she had never even laid eyes on a bigwig of this regional level!

Xia Na had the illusion that she had already reached the pinnacle of life!

Next, Lu Yang introduced the high-ranking officials of the Northern Military Headquarters to Su Yang one by one.

The vast majority of the Northern Military Headquarters' high-ranking officials were extremely welcoming of Su Yang's arrival.

Although they were stationed in the north, they all knew of Su Yang's strength and battle record!

Su Yang—an Imperial-tier beast-tamer, the Federation's number-one powerhouse—was warmly received wherever he went.

Everyone hopes their superior is a powerhouse!

A powerful expert could bring them greater safety and better stability!

Moreover, Su Yang had also brought along another Imperial Beast Tamer of the Federation.

The moment these two famously renowned Imperial Beast Tamers of the Federation arrived, the overall combat power of the entire Northern Military Region rapidly soared.

Su Yang briefly explained his recent arrangements to inspect the situation of the entire Northern Military Region, then called out the name of Si Derong, the director of the Intelligence Bureau in charge of the Northern Military Region's intelligence system.

"Director Si, bring the intelligence on the Northern Shoushen Sect to my office later!"

"Yes!" Director Si hurriedly stood up to respond.

Su Yang was notoriously domineering and hot-tempered in the Federation.

When he was still only a Lieutenant Colonel, merely at Star Glory level, he had dared to beat up the City Guard of Shengjing City right there in Shengjing City — to call him audacious and violent was not an exaggeration at all!