Chapter 110

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Protagonist:

Xuan Ge

"A single three."

"Bomb!"

"Are you sick? This is a three, a three! A single three! You bomb?"

A Shen Wu soldier's forehead bulged with blue veins as he pointed at the Bu Liren before him, cursing irritably; the cards in his hand nearly slapped onto the table.

"Hmph, so it's a little 'three-without' after all."

That Bu Liren who was the landlord curled his lips into a complacent cold smile, then swung his hand wide, slamming his cards down hard:

"Airplane!"

"Bomb pair~" That Bu Liren shook the two cards left in his hand, wearing a full face of arrogance, his tone carrying a hint of provocation:

"Your seventeen cards can insta-kill me?"

Speaking, he slapped his two open twos heavily onto the table, his tone growing even more arrogant.

"Your seventeen cards can insta-kill me? I'll eat these cards on the spot!"

That Shen Wu soldier and the other Bu Liren who was also a peasant exchanged a glance, both their eyes flashing a trace of mockery.

Then they looked again at the landlord with only two cards left and sneered:

"Heh~ Look at you, didn't eat enough at noon? Now you're here scamming food and drink~?"

Voice barely fallen, the Shen Wu soldier violently threw down a stack of cards, tone clanging: "Four Aces! Bomb!"

Immediately after: "Airplane!"

The Shen Wu soldier also laid open his pair of twos, raised an eyebrow and smiled:

"So what if you're a little 'three-without'? Out in the world you need influence, you need backing!"

Landlord Bu Liren:.................

Looking at the cards on the table, that landlord Bu Liren instantly broke, cheeks flushing bright red.

Coldly huffing, he violently turned his head away, putting on an act of refusing to acknowledge the two, hard-mouthed:

"Count you lucky!"

The Shen Wu soldier smiled without speaking, then gathered up the cards on the table, organizing them while casually asking:

"Leaving for Yao Qing in a few days, right? Once there, rein in your temper, stay steady, don't stir up trouble."

"Hmph, General really is something, aren't you afraid us prisoners of war will collude with outside enemies once we reach Yao Qing?"

That Bu Liren coldly huffed, tone carrying a bit of complaint, but his eyes held not a shred of malice, instead hiding a hard-to-detect gratitude.

They were Bu Liren captured in the last war; counting the time, they'd already stayed on the Shen Wu Xian Zhou for several years.

General Shen Wei not only didn't kill them, but let the eight hundred-plus Bu Liren live like normal Shen Wu Xian Zhou residents.

Gave them places to live, gave them work to do, gave them full wages, gave them equal status; even as prisoners they possessed the dignity of living, never mistreated in the slightest.

Though they had to accept Shen Wu Xian Zhou's culture and rules, usually learning etiquette and knowledge, correcting their former barbaric habits, these they could all accept.

And the General had long promised: once they atoned for a certain number of years, if they wanted to leave Shen Wu Xian Zhou, they could go anytime;

If willing to stay, they could even join the Shen Wu Army, become true Shen Wu soldiers.

"Hey~! Tell you you're fat and you start panting?"

That Shen Wu soldier pointed irritably at his forehead, tone carrying a bit of teasing, then turned serious.

"It's you yourselves who didn't want ordinary lives, actively requested to enlist, wanting to prove yourselves.

And the General is willing to trust you, give you a chance to reform and achieve merit.

Seize it well; when this war ends, the General will surely clear your names, make you a Tian Lang clan recognized by the Xianzhou Alliance, no longer Bu Liren that everyone beats on sight."

"Tch! What Tian Lang? Sounds awful."

That Bu Liren verbally disdained, but his body was very honest; he stood up, carefully wiping his Shen Wu Xian Zhou uniform, afraid of dirtying it.

This was a style the General specially customized for their Tian Lang clan; fine material, far more comfortable than the beast hides they used to wear or going bare.

With the help of Shen Wu Xian Zhou's special effect medicine, they Bu Liren could now maintain normal human appearances, no longer the old look of covered in beast fur.

But the signature wolf ears and wolf tail, like the fox people, were retained; in battle they only need to mobilize power to revert to wolf-man form, combat strength still formidable.

"Tian Lang brothers, this trip to Yao Qing will surely be a great victory! We won't betray General Shen Wei's expectations!"

That Bu Liren suddenly stood, shouting toward his gathered compatriots not far away, eyes determined as if joining the Party.

"Great victory!! Great victory!!"

The other captured Bu Liren all stood up one after another, shouting in unison, voices loud and clear, eyes full of longing and determination.

They were no longer the barbaric, belligerent Bu Liren of before.

General Shen Wei gave them new life; they would use military merit to prove their worth, not betray the General's trust, and not betray themselves.

Li Chunxiao held his wife Tian Yier's hand, standing on the corridor not far away, watching the scene before him, nodding satisfied.

He knew clearly in his heart: after the Third Abundance War ends, the name "Bu Liren" will thoroughly become history.

And the Xianzhou Alliance will gain a brand new clan — the Tian Lang Clan.

A clan born of Shen Wu Xian Zhou, witnessed by General Shen Wei.

"Husband~ Will the General give the Winged Ones a chance?"

A soft, glutinous, sweet voice rang out, pulling Li Chunxiao's thoughts back to reality.

He turned his head to look at Tian Yier beside him, only to see worry in her brows and eyes, her tone full of hope.

Li Chunxiao sighed lightly, reached out and rubbed her hair, and said with a complex tone: "Hope Big Brother-in-law can wake up a bit...."

He couldn't guarantee it, after all the Shen Wu Army's massacre of the Wingweavers back then was too tragic.

Big Brother-in-law's hatred in his heart has probably long since seeped into his bone marrow; he hates the General to the core, and hates the Shen Wu Xian Zhou to the core.

You won't die? Could it be that I die instead?

But war is like this; there is no absolute right or wrong, only different positions.

"Hmph~" Tian Yier puffed up her little face slightly; her originally pure white long hair instantly turned a dazzling gold.

The six pure white feathered wings behind her also seemed to be angry, opening slightly; a faint wing light halo lingered around her body, and her tone was full of dissatisfaction with her husband's answer.

"Hmph~ You all wear the same pair of pants as Lord General, bad to death~"

Li Chunxiao smiled and pinched her puffed-up cheek, gently rubbed it, letting the air puffed in her mouth slowly breathe out, tone pampering:

"Xuan Ge is forever right. Besides war has always been a matter of position."

Tian Yier batted away Li Chunxiao's hand, glared at him with a spoiled complaint, then said:

"Hmph, I gave you a daughter; if you dare learn from Lord General like that, I'll give birth to a few more for you, annoy you to death!"

"Uh... hope the next one is a boy...."

Li Chunxiao subconsciously muttered a sentence, his face showing a few parts helplessness.

The family already has a little padded jacket; he still wants a son, after all the Li Family needs an heir, and more importantly, not afraid of someone else's pig rooting up the cabbage!

Tian Yier heard this, immediately leaned in close, bit lightly on Li Chunxiao's shoulder, then let go, saying somewhat angrily:

"Li Chunxiao! Whether it's a son or a daughter, is that something you can pick?!"

"Madam you don't know, Yue'er recently has been getting closer and closer with that little turtle bastard from the Qin Family.

As her old father, and also that little turtle bastard's superior, I wish I could beat him every day!"

Li Chunxiao's face was full of anger, his tone full of an old father's anxiety and reluctance.

Tian Yier saw her husband looking so frantic and flustered, instantly couldn't help laughing out loud; the wings spread behind her slowly retracted, as if they had never appeared at all.

Only the white ear feathers on her ears were still clearly visible.

After the wings retracted, her gold long hair also instantly turned back to its original pure white; the anger between her brows and eyes also dissipated completely.

Tian Yier then put her arm around Li Chunxiao's shoulder, persuaded gently in a soft tone:

"That kid Qin Huaidao I think is very good; temperament steady, responsible; the way he looks at Yue'er, pure and sincere, won't wrong Yue'er."

Li Chunxiao pouted; what Madam said was fact, the Qin brat was taught well by Qin Qiong, that brat likes Yue'er a lot.

But his ambition has always been to overthrow his old man Qin Qiong, become the Second Army's Tongjun; typical Qin Family 'kind father filial son'.....

But he ultimately has to sit in the Tongjun position, inherit his father's will, go to battle and kill enemies, serve Shen Wu....

Qin Huaidao and Qin Qiong's temperaments are too alike; not a Ling Shi yet doing a Ling Shi's work, beheading generals and capturing flags just like daily missions; he really fears Yue'er will be widowed....

"Sigh~ As long as he doesn't betray Yue'er's heart, treats Yue'er well, that's enough. Otherwise, I really will break his legs!"

Li Chunxiao still somewhat not giving up, tone full of an old father's final protest, yet his eyes hid a trace of gentle expectation.

Tian Yier sighed lightly, her eyes carrying a few parts worry, said: "I only hope Qin Huaidao, doesn't follow the General's example.

Look at now, Ling Sha Sister has so many rivals, the orioles and swallows around the General.....

Ling Sha Sister doesn't have it easy either...."

She paused, continued: "Husband, can't you help Ling Sha Sister a bit more?

Don't forget, back then I was only protected thanks to Ling Sha Sister, and you benefited too; it was you, this old cow eating tender grass, marrying me."

"This General is no old cow! I'm handsome and dashing, a proper Xian Zhou celestial.

I have the looks, I have the strength, I have the status.

If anyone gets the raw deal, it should be me getting the raw deal!"

Li Chunxiao immediately retorted, tone carrying a few parts unwillingness — back then he and Xuan Ge were famous beautiful men, how did he become an old cow?

"The General's family affairs, we cannot discuss deeply; Madam, just watch and wait."

Tian Yier's face showed disdain for a moment, but her eyes held love and joy for her husband.

Immediately followed by a sigh at Shen Wu's rules: "Truly a bunch of old fossils."

Ling Sha Sister's fatal flaw is too severe — the Mingling Clan cannot reproduce.

And the Shen Wu Army absolutely will not accept the Shen Wei General's child being artificially created.

It must be a certain General's Madam who conceives and gives birth; any external force will not be acknowledged.

Even if Husband stands with Ling Sha, but in his bones and heart he's actually a traditional person.

PS: Requesting book reviews.

I'm really not bad, right? All original plot; after the Third Abundance Civil War, the game main storyline was also created and flown away.

(Any thoughts welcome in comments.)