Chapter 757

Maurya Empire.

Pataliputra.

Pei Ji and the Maurya King reached a deal of two thousand war elephants in exchange for two thousand "thousand-year-old ginsengs."

Their mutual relationship reached an unprecedented state of intimacy.

With the alliance successful, the Maurya King decided to send troops immediately to occupy the Yelang Kingdom.

Before sending the troops, he specially invited Pei Ji and his son, Pei Lüshi, to go and watch a grand military parade together.

The Maurya King attached great importance to this parade.

He invited many high-caste nobles to come and watch.

Pei Ji and his son, because they were Great Tang special envoys, were able to sit beside the Maurya King.

"You Great Tang people have never seen our military parade; today you can open your eyes." Hearing the Maurya King speak so bluntly, Pei Ji also became curious about this military parade—what kind of parade could make the Maurya King so full of confidence? As soon as the ceremony began, the Maurya Empire's army sent out a war elephant team.

It must be said that the war elephants were huge in size, and arranged in formation, they looked very oppressive. Pei Ji suddenly had a lot more confidence in this war elephant team.

Such behemoths, placed on the battlefield, must be fierce weapons that kill in all directions! Next.

As the second formation walked over, Pei Ji almost had his eyeballs pop out.

It was actually a team of soldiers riding goats!

The goats didn't listen to commands and walked in a chaotic mess. I don't know what the point of such a formation is?

At this time, the Maurya King spoke.

He hadn't said a word when the war elephant formation passed by earlier.

Instead, now, he pointed at the goat formation.

"Look, my soldiers all possess divine arts; they can ride on goats. You Great Tang people can't do that, right?" Pei Ji was left between laughter and tears.

He had no choice but to tell the truth.

"We Great Tang people indeed cannot ride goats."

A look of smugness appeared on the Maurya King's face. He seemed very proud of these soldiers of his who possessed "divine arts."

Looking further on, it became increasingly bizarre.

Someone in front had paved a narrow and short path with stones dyed red. From a distance, the red path looked a bit like burning red charcoal.

Several soldiers walked across the stones with bare feet.

This drew bursts of cheers from the audience.

The Maurya King proudly introduced it to Pei Ji again.

"Look, my soldiers all have supernatural abilities; they can step on fire with bare feet. You Great Tang people can't do that, right?"

Pei Ji was already feeling very helpless.

He prevaricated.

"We Great Tang people cannot step on fire with bare feet."

This military parade refreshed Pei Ji's understanding.

He really couldn't imagine why the people of the Maurya Empire were all like this.

Was there no normal person left?

No wonder the transaction of exchanging radishes for elephants could be so successful earlier.

It turns out the Maurya King himself was also a simpleton.

Regardless, his mission was about to be completed. Once the Maurya Empire sent out its troops, he could go back and report.

He endured these bizarre events.

In any case, the Maurya people liked to live in their own delusional world, and none of this had anything to do with him.

The military parade ended.

The Maurya King remained immersed in that joy.

"Our Maurya Empire's army has all kinds of soldiers with supernatural abilities; our combat power is invincible in the world!"

Pei Ji didn't want to shatter his beautiful dream.

In any case, as long as they sent troops, nothing else mattered to him.

"Your Majesty, today I have witnessed the true strength of the Maurya Empire. I implore Your Majesty to send troops immediately to conquer that Yelang Kingdom that doesn't know the height of the sky!"

The Maurya King was very happy to receive such flattery.

He believed that the strength of the Maurya Empire had been recognized by the powerful Great Tang Empire.

"We shall listen to the Tang envoy and send troops immediately!"

At this time, Master Bianji came before the Maurya King.

He pressed his palms together and performed a monk's salute.

"Your Majesty, your subject requests to serve as the Grand General and lead the army on the expedition."

Master Bianji's voluntary request did not surprise Pei Ji.

In fact, after seeing such a bizarre military parade, Pei Ji actually hoped that Master Bianji would lead the army.

Although Master Bianji had absolutely no experience in leading troops in battle.

At the very least, Master Bianji looked much more normal than those Maurya people.

The Maurya King, however, shook his head.

"State Preceptor, monks are not allowed to kill. If you lead the army on an expedition, I fear the filthy blood aura in the army will stain your holiness." Master Bianji had never been a true monk.