Chapter 1179: The North Trembles! The Sea-Calming Divine Needle!

"There's no such thing as overpraising!" Xue Qiancheng forced a smile and said, "Being able to meet an outstanding young one like you, I can rest at ease."

Most of the military's powerful beast tamers do not live to a natural old age.

They also age very quickly; the fact that Xue Qiancheng has held on until now is already quite remarkable.

"General Xue, I have a healing-type pet beast. Would you like me to help treat you?"

"That works!"

Xue Qiancheng did not decline, and with a smile let Yaoguang treat him once.

Su Yang secretly asked Yaoguang about Xue Qiancheng's condition.

Yaoguang told Su Yang that Xue Qiancheng's current injuries were not serious, and that it could heal him very easily.

However, a few years ago, Xue Qiancheng's bodily organs should already have been in a state of decline.

In recent years, his strength should have been continuously declining.

The aging of his body, the decline of his strength, and on top of that the death of his main battle pet beast — Xue Qiancheng applying for retirement can be completely explained now.

Su Yang had no intention of trying to persuade Xue Qiancheng to make a comeback.

Having fought for most of his life, Xue Qiancheng should also get some rest.

Letting the older generation drag their weakened bodies and keep holding on would only prove the incompetence of the new generation.

"Very comfortable, no wonder Shi Fanmeng praised you so highly."

"Yaoguang is very outstanding!"

"The affairs of the Northern Army Department, I'll leave them to you." Xue Qiancheng looked toward that small mound of earth and said, "If there's any problem, you can come ask me. If anyone refuses to obey military orders, just deal with them according to military regulations — no need to give anyone face, understood?"

"Understood!"

Su Yang nodded.

With Old Man Xue's words, Su Yang could now act freely.

One must know that within the Northern Army Department, quite a few of the high-ranking officials were promoted by Xue Qiancheng.

"Mm!" Xue Qiancheng nodded, and said with some loneliness, "Then let's leave it at that! I won't keep any guests today; there's no place to stay here either…"

Xue Qiancheng was clearly seeing his guest off.

But Su Yang didn't find anything improper about it.

Xue Qiancheng was famously aloof back in the day.

With his reclusive personality and dislike of words, he should be the straightforward type!

If he wants to invite you to stay for a meal, he truly wants you to stay.

If he doesn't want you to stay for a meal, he won't put on a fake, reluctant "polite" attempt to keep you.

Su Yang actually quite liked this kind of clean and simple personality.

Before leaving, Su Yang suddenly asked: "General Xue, I see the ice and snow here are about to melt. Would you like me to help reinforce it?"

Xue Qiancheng looked at Su Yang, then glanced at the surrounding small snow mounds, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Then I'll trouble you!"

Clearly, after losing the Frost Snow Woman, Xue Qiancheng no longer had any other ice-type pet beasts.

It was also possible that after that battle, his ice-type pet beasts had already been completely wiped out.

"Adjutant Liu!"

"Mm!"

Liu Mengyun understood Su Yang's meaning. She stepped forward, stretched out her hand, and a violent surge of ice energy instantly swept across the entire snowfield.

Ten minutes later, several small snow mounds transformed into towering ice mountains.

Only Xue Qiancheng's small snow hut and that raised grave mound, under Liu Mengyun's deliberate control, were lightly covered with a layer of ice and snow, kept roughly in their original state, and not damaged.

Xue Qiancheng stretched out his hand, caught a crystal-clear snowflake, and a smile spread across his face.

"Very outstanding — extremely pure and powerful ice energy, rarely seen in this world!"

"Adjutant Liu's ice-type pet beast is very outstanding!"

"Yes, it has indeed surpassed the Snow Woman — very good!"

Leaving General Xue's estate, Lu Yang asked Su Yang what kind of residence he wanted to live in, so he could arrange it for Su Yang.

"It doesn't need to be too big, a small villa will do — one that can fit about seven or eight people is enough."

Su Yang didn't have high demands for his residence.

The four of them needed three rooms.

The remaining two rooms were to be prepared for Mo Yi and Sister Xue Li.

Any extras would just serve as backups — that was perfectly fine.

Living in something too big wouldn't mean much either.

"Understood!"

That afternoon, Su Yang swept the wounded soldiers at the military hospital clean.

That evening, the Northern Army Department held a welcome banquet for Su Yang. Representatives of virtually all the major northern powers were present, including the northern commercial leader, Qizhen Lou.

Then, over the next few days, Su Yang took Liu Mengyun and the others to inspect the various departments of North Bingcheng.

At the same time, the news of Su Yang becoming a general of the Northern Army Department also quickly spread.

Within North Bingcheng, whether it was the major powers or common folk, whether on the streets or in the alleys, everyone was talking about Su Yang over tea and meals.

Regarding Su Yang's arrival, the vast majority of people maintained an optimistic attitude.

After all, Su Yang had long been famous far and wide. His strength as an Imperial-level beast tamer, and his record of slaying a Beast Emperor, had long spread throughout every corner of the Lianbang.

Moreover, accompanying Su Yang's arrival was another Imperial-level beast tamer of the Lianbang — Liu Mengyun, known as the Ice and Snow Goddess.

The Lianbang Army Department had only three Imperial-level beast tamers in total.

As a result, their Northern Army Department alone occupied two of them!

The common folk of Bingcheng chatted and laughed, feeling that Bingcheng was even safer than Jingcheng.

Within the great clans and factions, the family elders kept warning their juniors:

"General Su has a forceful personality — if you really run afoul of him, don't expect the clan to save you!"

"General Su has arrived, so all of you keep your tails between your legs and behave yourselves. Even if you're strung up on the city wall, don't drag the rest of us down!"

"What, you think our Qizhen Lou is all that impressive? The Zhenbao Pavilion has suffered a big loss at General Su's hands. General Su has always been ruthless in his methods — all of you behave for me!"

"..."

And the common folk, aside from glancing toward the direction of the General Headquarters every so often and feeling doubly reassured,

spent their talk on how General Su would deal with the Shoushen Sect.

After the Shoushen Sect grievously wounded Xue Qiancheng, the entire North was in an uproar.

Many worried that the Shoushen Sect would continue to spread through the North.

Now that Su Yang had arrived, like a stabilizing sea-needle, the hearts of the people were steadied.

The citizens began to discuss whether Su Yang would pursue the Shoushen Sect relentlessly.

"Of course he will. General Su once helped the Western General Headquarters wipe out the Shoushen Sect back in the day — I heard of General Su's great name even then!"

"With General Su taking the field, there's absolutely no problem. I heard General Su has the title of Shoushen Sect's bane!"

"Those Shenjiaona Gang scumbags are in for a world of hurt!"

"..."

The final stop: the North General Headquarters Emergency Brigade.

The North General Headquarters Emergency Brigade's organization was much the same as the Southwest General Headquarters', comprising twelve squads in all.

Each squad had around a thousand men, every one of them a North elite, strength at least Gold-Rank Beast Tamer.

North General Headquarters Emergency Brigade Captain Xiang Jun, in his nineties, rank of Major General, King-Rank High-Grade strength.

If not for Su Yang, he would have been the most likely candidate to succeed Xue Qiancheng.

Emergency Brigade Vice-Captain Jiang Yirou, female, a touch older in age, eighty-seven, rank of Colonel, likewise King-Rank High-Grade strength.

After the inspection, in the mess hall, Xiang Jun asked Su Yang directly: "General Su, when do we move against the Shoushen Sect?"