Chapter 64

Hearing this, Xun Cai blushed, lowered her head, and said softly, "Daughter will leave it entirely to Father's decision!"

"Haha! Good!"

Hearing this, Xun Shuang also laughed heartily: "Then it's settled! Next time he performs meritorious service, that will be the day of your official engagement. Just wait!"

After speaking, Xun Shuang turned and returned to the banquet.

After entertaining Su Xuan for lunch, Xun Shuang called Su Xuan aside and proposed his thoughts to him.

"The young lady by my side this morning is my youngest daughter, Xun Cai. Su Boyuan, what do you think? Do you dare to give it a try?"

Xun Shuang watched Su Xuan and asked.

"Eh?"

Su Xuan was stunned for a moment, very surprised, but immediately followed with ecstatic joy as he asked, "Is Lord Ciming serious?"

If he could really form a marriage alliance with the Xun clan, that would be the best thing possible.

At that time, he would have a great backer in the imperial court.

Future promotions would be much easier.

Even the Lord Yuan clan would not be able to make things difficult for him openly.

Scholars would no longer look down on him because of his background.

More importantly, the Xun clan would be his relatives by marriage in the future, making it even easier to recruit talents from the Xun clan.

Whether it was Xun You, Xun Yu, Xun Kan... and others, they were all great talents.

Of course, he had to admit that Xun Cai herself was also extremely outstanding in appearance and temperament.

As for her personality?

Xun Cai hadn't spoken before, but being able to listen quietly for several hours and often looking at him shyly, her personality couldn't be bad.

History from his previous life did mention that Xun Cai was a loyal and chaste woman.

After her first husband died of illness, her father wanted her to remarry, and she committed suicide.

"It seems like an excellent choice."

Su Xuan thought to himself.

"Naturally!"

Xun Shuang took in all the changes in Su Xuan's expression and nodded affirmatively: "I never speak nonsense; it just depends on whether you have the confidence to perform new meritorious deeds!"

"If you do, then I am not only willing to give my daughter to you and prepare a generous dowry, but I will also use my connections in the court to help you advance further. Do you dare to try?"

"Why wouldn't I dare?"

Su Xuan heard this and said decisively: "To speak arrogantly, I am determined to marry Miss Xun Cai! Please wait and see, Lord Ciming!"

Isn't it just performing new meritorious deeds?

In his view, there was already a glaringly obvious great merit waiting for him.

"Good!"

Xun Shuang seemed to be infected by Su Xuan's boldness and immediately made the decision: "Then it's settled!"

Afterwards, the two chatted for a few more sentences, and Su Xuan took his leave and left the Xun residence.

"My lord! Was there something specific Lord Xun wanted to discuss with you alone?"

On the way back, Old Dian Wei couldn't help but ask.

"Hmm!"

Su Xuan nodded affirmatively: "Lord Ciming has reached an agreement with me: if I can perform new meritorious deeds, he will betroth his daughter to me!"

"She is the young lady who was by his side this morning;"

"This matter isn't fully settled yet, so don't go spreading it around, understand?"

"Understood! Congratulations, my lord."

Old Dian Wei was happy first and offered his congratulations, then quickly nodded, patting his chest to guarantee: "My lord, don't worry, my mouth is the tightest; without your permission, I will absolutely not leak it."

On this point, Su Xuan did believe him.

"My lord! The two Yellow Turban Warrior secret guards you wanted have been brought over from Han Zhong and the others, and they are currently in the military camp."

Just as he returned, Jia San came to report.

"Oh?"

Su Xuan was slightly happy upon hearing this: "They finally arrived? Let's go! To the military camp!"

Immediately, Su Xuan went straight to the military camp and saw the Yellow Turban Warriors he had been thinking about.

He immediately began to study them.

He carefully probed the situation inside the Yellow Turban Warriors' bodies using his internal energy.

From time to time, he would have them try to trigger secret techniques to further observe the changes in their bodies.

For a time, countless insights began to emerge, and his mind began to deduce rapidly.

Half a day later,

[You have studied the mysteries of the Yellow Turban Warriors in depth and gained much; you have deduced the secret cultivation method and related secret medicine formulas for the Yellow Turban Warriors.]

[Based on the Yellow Turban Warrior secret method and medicine formulas, combined with inspiration from your previous life's memories, you have deduced and optimized them, creating the Dao Soldier Secret Technique and secret technique formulas.]

[Based on the Military Formation Body-Forging Technique, you have optimized it according to the Dao Soldier Secret Technique and formulas, creating the Military Formation Body-Forging Technique 2.0.]

[Military Formation Body-Forging Technique 2.0]: Incorporates the Dao Soldier Secret Technique; cultivation speed is increased by 50% compared to the first version, and the effects of physical strengthening and training improvement are increased by 50%. If combined with the corresponding secret medicine, the cultivation speed and effects can be doubled on this basis.

"Done! Finally got what I wanted!"

After Su Xuan perfected the Military Formation Body-Forging Technique, he stopped his research.

He had Jia San send people to take these two Yellow Turban Warriors away, and said to Jia San: "I have already signed a spiritual contract with these two Yellow Turban Warriors, so you can use them with peace of mind!"

"They will be temporarily assigned to the outer perimeter of the secret guards!"

"Afterwards, we will likely encounter many more Yellow Turban Warriors on the battlefield; at that time, we can have them help us try to subdue some."

Of course, this was just an attempt.

Whether it could succeed would depend on the specific results.

"In addition, I have taught them the Dao Soldier Secret Technique I created by improving upon the Yellow Turban Warrior secret technique;"

"It can raise their ceiling and make them stronger, while at the same time, the side effects are reduced to a minimum; it's just that it consumes quite a lot of medicinal herbs;"

"This is the accompanying Dao Soldier secret medicine formula. Take it and collect a batch of medicinal herbs through the nearby Su Clan Chamber of Commerce for them to use in their cultivation."

"Only when they are stronger can subduing other Yellow Turban Warriors be smoother later on."

Su Xuan said, handing a secret medicine formula to Jia San, and gave him instructions.

"Understood!"

Jia San immediately took the secret medicine formula with a solemn expression and accepted the order.

He took these two Yellow Turban Warriors away directly, and at the same time, sent people to purchase the medicinal herbs.

The next day,

Su Xuan bid farewell to Wang Huai, Xun You, Guo Jia, and others who had come to see him off,

And taking Xi Zhicai and his troops, they marched majestically toward the north.

When he left, he seemed to sense something and looked up at the city wall, seeing Xun Cai, who had come to see him off secretly.

Su Xuan just smiled and nodded at her from a distance.

"General, take care!"

Xun Cai murmured softly when she saw this.

On the city wall of Changshe,

"Kill!!"

"Block them!"

"Damn it! Are these Yellow Turban thieves not afraid of death? How many days have they been besieging us, and how many people have died?"

"It's not that they aren't afraid of death, but that there are black-hearted thieves behind them driving them! I've seen it; most of the Yellow Turban thieves attacking the city are actually just unarmed commoners, and most of what they use are just farm tools."

"What kind of world is this? It's hell!"

"..."

After repelling another wave of the Yellow Turban Army's offensive, seeing that the sky was approaching dusk, the Yellow Turban Army finally retreated.

The government soldiers on the city wall were already exhausted and collapsed to the ground, not wanting to move at all.

— Author's Notes —

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