Chapter 1726: Born in the Wrong Era, Spontaneously Integrating

Feisu Chinese.

Seeing this scene, Keyaan felt a chill in his heart; no matter how much he looked down on Laidun internally, thinking the other party had just had a stroke of good luck, this nearly tangible Holy Light could not be fake.

Thinking of this, Keyaan was filled with even more regret. When he was young, he also had the opportunity to learn Magic, but because his talent was poor and Aipusi needed someone he could trust to join the Territory Guard, he had given up on Magic.

It was only later, after becoming Aipusi's follower and commanding all the Army of Savile Territory, that he had rekindled the idea of learning Magic.

But unfortunately, having missed the most energetic stage of his youth, coupled with being tied down by worldly affairs, he was unable to devote himself entirely to the study of Magic, and in the end, he only learned a few Tricks.

"If time could turn back, if I could be born at this moment, if—"

It was a pity that there were not so many "ifs" in this world. It was not just him who had missed out; even his son had missed out, although Bote had long since been apprenticed to Aipusi and had become an Official Mage early on.

But Keyaan had heard Bote mention the current academy-style education of the Tower of Time more than once, and sigh about how good it would be if he could have been born a few years later.

Regarding the changes in the Tower of Time and Daxia Territory, Keyaan had actually discovered them long ago, and even felt a faint joy, but that feeling of being excluded made him harbor resentment, unable to fully embrace the new changes.

Now, seeing the Reality of Daxia Territory again—the disciplined soldiers, the orderly new villages, and the majesty of the law that had taken root in people's hearts—all kept striking at Keyaan's heart.

"Should I still persist?"

His heart did not answer, remaining silent.

After drinking the cooling ice wine, the procession moved forward again.

Perhaps it was because their attention was drawn by the environment of Linshui Village, or perhaps they were Stunned by Laidun's 【Precept Light】 just now, but until the procession passed through Linshui Village and entered the Training Ground to the south, no more trouble occurred.

At this time, inside the Training Ground, several squads of Savile Territory soldiers were conducting battle formation training under the scorching sun, and the shouts of battle were incessant.

Keyaan finally waited for an opportunity to speak, and while passing those soldiers, he deliberately asked Laidun: "Administrator Laidun, do they not rest?"

After speaking, he also observed these soldiers, but found that not a single person reacted to his words.

At this moment, Laidun also explained: "The Training Ground here is managed by Ximeng, and outsiders have no right to interfere."

"As an Administrator, you have no right to interfere either?" Keyaan widened his eyes, appearing somewhat incredulous.

"I can issue combat orders to Ximeng, but as for how to train, until Lord Xia Duo modifies the system, it can only be decided by Ximeng."

"Is that so!"

Keyaan was lost in thought; even if he was unwilling to admit it, at this moment he had already begun to subconsciously ponder what deep meaning lay behind this arrangement.

Soon, Ximeng, having received the news, came out of the barracks. He only bowed to Laidun, and to Keyaan, even though he knew the other party's identity, he only nodded slightly, without even a proper exchange.

Keyaan felt little emotion in his heart this time; he had figured it out—Daxia Territory had laws to govern everything, and whether the other party respected him was not important; "doing things by the book" was the best result!

Once upon a time, Keyaan had also fantasized about such an environment where powers and responsibilities were clearly defined and things were done by the book, but no matter how hard he thought, he could only come to one conclusion, and that was—

Such a place did not exist in the Mortal Plane; perhaps such a scene would only appear in the Shenguo of the Lord of Radiance!

It was just that after he came to Daxia Territory in person, every scene he saw with his own eyes was telling him—here, this place was the most pure land of order.

As an Army commander, Keyaan knew too well the difference between an army constrained by personal feelings, interests, or even individual prestige, and an army constrained by discipline.

If the Army was like this, other places were likely the same.

"How could it be like this?!" Keyaan wailed in his heart.

He seemed to have already seen the scene of the conservative forces unwilling to embrace the new order falling apart under the scouring of the new order, even without any Magic involved.

But the irony was that they were not truly unwilling to embrace the new order, but rather there was simply no place for them in the new order!

This feeling of being destined to be swept into the dust of history made Keyaan feel deeply suffocated; perhaps it was precisely because of this suffocation that he had ignored his own truest heart time and time again.

Resistance was impossible; even though he had already cultivated some Spellcasters in the Army, these Spellcasters, who were still Apprentices, were all heart-set on the Tower of Time, not to mention that person—

The Lord Xia Duo, whose speed of rise could be called the greatest in Netheril!

Keyaan did not know how he left the Training Ground; he only saw his own soldiers, one after another, taking off their old equipment and happily changing into new equipment that, although it did not bear the Daxia emblem, exuded a strong Daxia style.

A few even began to imitate the way the Daxia soldiers he had encountered on the road marched, lining up in two columns and, with regular steps, marching in unison.

Perhaps it was because the influence of Laidun's 【Precept Light】 was still there; with someone taking the lead, the others followed suit.

Thus, order was brewed from chaos, and what was finally presented before Keyaan were two long columns that, although still somewhat crooked, had already begun to take shape.

Seeing this scene, a rare smile appeared on Laidun's face. He glanced at Keyaan, and seeing no reaction from the other party, he radiated a Holy Light from his palm again.

Like a ruler, it passed by the side of the column. At the same time, recalling the training scenes of the Territory soldiers he had seen before, he shouted loudly:

"When I shout 'left', the left foot steps out quickly and lands on the ground; when I shout 'right', the right foot steps out and lands on the ground, keeping a distance of one arm's length between front and back.

"Ready! Left—Right—Left—Right!"

After Laidun issued the command, there was a moment of chaos in the column, perhaps because the command was issued by Laidun, an outsider, or perhaps because their own steps were inconsistent with Laidun's command.

But Keyaan did not raise any objections, and Laidun's firm and powerful voice made one subconsciously think of obedience.

After a short while of chaos, the sound of the column's footsteps began to unify. "Da, da, da," hundreds of feet stepped on the brick road at the same time, the sound becoming increasingly heavy, which further influenced the soldiers' state of mind.

Almost everyone tightened their grip on their weapons in unison, their expressions became serious, and the laughter and chatter vanished.

Such a change even affected Keyaan, who was walking with Laidun; he subconsciously adjusted his pace, merging into the whole procession.

It was not until Laidun reminded him that they had reached the Linshui Three Villages that he woke up as if from a dream.