Chapter 726

Jiaoqiu: "There are plenty of other methods that can achieve the same effect — even better ones!"

March 7th: "But Mr. Jiaoqiu, we're only going to attend the Martial Exhibition Ceremony, right?"

March 7th: "We're not going to the battlefield to kill enemies!"

March 7th: "You suddenly bring up poisoning... what exactly do you mean?"

Jiaoqiu: "Uh... sorry about that, I just wanted to prove myself a little!"

Jiaoqiu: "I'm really not trying to incite you to poison the contestants!"

Jiaoqiu: "Personally, I utterly despise such despicable behavior!!"

Moze: "Hahahahahaha..."

Jiaoqiu: "What the hell are you laughing at?"

Moze: "I suddenly remembered something happy."

Jiaoqiu: "What happy thing did you remember?"

Moze: "We're having a good meal tonight."

Feixiao: "Hahaha... that killed me."

Jiaoqiu: "General, what are you laughing at now?"

Feixiao: "I also remembered something happy!"

Jiaoqiu: "You're having a good meal tonight too??"

Feixiao: "That's right!"

Feixiao: "Moze's treating us to a good meal!"

Jiaoqiu: "......"

Jiaoqiu: "Take me with you!"

Jiaoqiu: "I want a good meal too!!"

The video continues.

【The moment Mr. Jiaoqiu brings up poison, his face lights up with excitement — hard to tell if it's above-board or underhanded...】

Yanqing shook his head,

finding Jiaoqiu a little hard to evaluate.

【Suppose there are two people right now: one stands there in an underhanded, despicable way, while the other lies down in broad daylight.】

【Tell me then — what way does the one lying down have to accuse the one standing of being underhanded and despicable?】

【On the battlefield, life and death hang by a thread; ten thousand thoughts dissolve into nothing.】

【Surviving is the only truth that matters.】

【Anyone who can come back alive from the battlefield will have every value of theirs redefined.】

【Whether upright and honorable, or underhanded and despicable — in my eyes, both are light as a feather.】

Jiaoqiu, who rarely opened his eyes,

spoke these earnest, weighty words.

Stelle: "Jiaoqiu's brand of underhanded despicableness is right out in the open!"

Stelle: "Nothing like those tacky, cheap, ordinary little villains!"

Jiaoqiu: "?"

Jiaoqiu: "Are you praising me or cursing me?"

Jiaoqiu: "I honestly can't even tell!"

Firefly: "Underhanded despicableness right out in the open..."

Firefly: "The 'right out in the open' part comes first, so it should be a compliment, right?"

Furina: "Mr. Jiaoqiu opened his eyes again."

Furina: "Catching Mr. Jiaoqiu with his eyes open really isn't easy."

Maraini: "When Mr. Jiaoqiu opens his eyes, it means he's gotten serious."

Maraini: "Looks like what he just said was Mr. Jiaoqiu's life insight from the battlefield."

March 7th: "Surviving on the battlefield... that really isn't easy."

March 7th: "Or rather, it might even be a kind of luxury, don't you think?"

Brother Dan Heng: "In a true great war, lives are like blades of grass — falling in waves, then surging forward in fresh waves."

Brother Dan Heng: "Once you're on the battlefield, no one can guarantee they'll come back whole."

Brother Dan Heng: "They went in already resolved to die."

Lumine: "Suddenly realizing — for an alliance the size of the Xianzhoulian Alliance, every war must be unimaginably grand, right?"

Fu Xuan: "Naturally."

Nahida: "That also means... in a single great war... a great many people will die..."

Robin: "Sigh, if only there were no more conflicts in this world — how wonderful that would be?"

Dr. Ratio: "Unfortunately, that's not realistic."

Dr. Ratio: "At least under the current laws, it's unachievable."

Stelle: "Don't worry — once I become an Aeon, I'll create a paradise of peace!"

Qingque: "What? You're going to finish what Mr. Sunday failed to complete?"

Silver Wolf: "What successor?"

Guinaifen: "Haha, if Stelle could really pull it off, I feel like we could hire Mr. Sunday as the manager!"

Sunday: "If such a paradise truly existed, I would gladly devote every ounce of my strength to it!"

Stelle: "That's what you said!"

Stelle: "When the time comes and I don't pay your salary, don't you dare go back on your word!"

The video continued.

【Seeing Jiaoqiu, Mr., underestimated both me and Miss Yunli. Even though she and I are young, we've been on the battlefield.】

Seeing Jiaoqiu adopt the lecturing tone of someone who'd been there,

Hearing Yanqing shook his head and explained.

【My apologies, my apologies.】

【In that case, you 3.2 lot should also know that the Martial Arts Ceremony is just a lively competition for the arena — why take it so seriously?】

Hearing Yanqing's words,

Seeing Jiaoqiu asked back in a curious tone.

【When I was chosen as a defender of the Martial Arts Ceremony, I once asked the General as well — the Cloud Knights riding out to slay the enemy is their duty, so why must they still draw their swords on the arena stage to entertain the audience?】

【The General answered me: enter the formation and draw the sword, ascend the arena and display the sword; with one sword leaving its sheath, gather the edge of a hundred swords.】

【The Martial Arts Ceremony is a fine opportunity to display martial virtue and forge alliances with friends from all directions.】

【Hang the sword above the ceremony, draw it from its sheath without harm — what is displayed is not only the sword, but also the martial virtue and dignity of the Cloud Knights.】

Hu Tao: "What? Young Yanqing and Miss Yunli are still so young, yet they've already been on the battlefield killing enemies?"

Miss Qingque: "There's nothing surprising about that — that's just how the Cloud Knights are."

Miss Yunli: "If you don't go to the battlefield to slay the enemy, then no matter how skilled your swordsmanship practice is, it's all just a performer's juggling trick."

Miss Yunli: "We practice the sword, we practice all manner of martial arts — in the end, it's all for going out to slay the enemy!"

Hearing Yanqing: "Indeed."

Hearing Yanqing: "The Cloud Knights' destiny should be on the battlefield!"

Hearing Yanqing: "A warrior like General Feixiao, who fights on the front lines year after year slaying the enemy, has always been the one I admire!"

General Feixiao: "Admire me?"

General Feixiao: "Haha, then you've certainly got an eye for talent!"

Furina: "No wonder they're so strong at such a young age."

Furina: "Seems like not only do they have a good Master, but their own talent is high, they work hard enough, and they're that ruthless with themselves!"

Furina: "The battlefield is no joke — even the General's top disciple, if they're not careful, might not come back, right?"

Diviner Fu Xuan: "More than just the General's disciple?"

Diviner Fu Xuan: "Even the Generals of past generations have fallen on the battlefield!"

Diviner Fu Xuan: "After all... war has never been child's play..."