Chapter 188: Meeting Chan Yinsha at Night

"General, please wait here; subordinate will go to report to the Commander first."

The light cavalry captain said.

He dismounted and walked toward the Commander's tent.

Not long after, he came out, followed by a group of people.

The leader was a middle-aged man, mature and steady, with an extraordinary bearing.

On his left and right were nine great generals, each sturdy and fierce, their blood Qi like wolves and tigers.

Yin Qi knew that the leader should be the Jinghai General Yan Zhen, the son of the Cabinet Minister Yan Youzhi.

The other nine were the nine great commanders.

He was an intermediate Martial Saint; this should have already spread to the upper echelons, but Yan Zhen couldn't have known, but hindered by the Commander's dignity, he couldn't come out of the camp to welcome him.

But arriving outside the Commander's camp, Yan Zhen had to show appropriate respect.

If he still sat in the Commander's camp waiting for Yin Qi to visit, he would probably be called arrogant.

A Martial Saint was someone who could form an army alone.

Yin Qi didn't sit on his horse either; he dismounted and bowed: "Greetings, Commander, and fellow Generals."

"General Yin is too polite!"

Yan Zhen stepped forward and laughed heartily: "We have been looking forward to the day, and finally we have waited for General Yin. Nie Dao!"

An officer hurriedly stepped forward: "Commander."

"You first take General Yin's personal guards to settle in the Fifth Command."

Yan Zhen looked at Yin Yunfeng and the others, secretly shocked.

This Yin Duke Mansion really had a deep foundation; there were eleven Innate Martial Masters.

The others were all Bone Refining Martial Masters, and there was even a woman in men's clothing whose depth he couldn't see.

Although the army didn't allow women to enter, that was for the bottom-level soldiers.

Yin Qi, as the Fifth Commander, bringing one or two women to take care of his daily life was very normal.

"Yes, Commander."

Nie Dao accepted the order and said: "Everyone, please follow me."

Seeing Yin Qi nod, Yao Yueting and the others followed Nie Dao and left.

Yan Zhen gestured with his right hand: "General Yin, please come in. You have just arrived at the Jinghai Army, and there are some things that need to be informed to you; at the same time, there will be a welcome banquet tonight."

Yin Qi smiled slightly: "Commander, please."

……

Commander's camp.

Yan Zhen sat in the upper seat, and Yin Qi and the ten people sat on the left and right.

Yan Zhen first introduced the nine commanders, and then talked about some situations of the Jinghai Army, because they received orders from the Ministry of War and funding from the Ministry of Revenue, and they had been preparing for war during this period.

Besides filling the ten commands of the navy, they also conscripted quite a few Green Standard Army to come.

Fighting a war wasn't something you could just do.

Especially large-scale troop movements, wanting to encircle and suppress the pirates of Mihun Bay in one fell swoop, required sufficient preparation work.

According to Yan Zhen's plan, they were preparing to send troops in a month.

Yan Zhen smiled and said: "There is the Champion Marquis in the east, the Divine Might King in the Western Regions, and now there is General Yin in the south; we will surely be able to pacify all sea pirates and deter the countries of the South Sea. This time, encircling and suppressing the pirates of Mihun Bay, I have even more confidence."

The nine commanders were all full of joy.

Having a Martial Saint sitting in the army, they also had more confidence in leading troops to fight.

Don't look at them as all great commanders, commanding ten thousand elite navy troops.

But in reality, besides the first commander being a Grandmaster, the others were all Innate peak Martial Masters.

The disparity in strength was too great, and they couldn't help but feel jealous.

……

Late night.

The banquet had dispersed, and Yin Qi and the others returned to their tents.

Yan Zhen returned to his residence, his expression cold.

Just as he sat down, a middle-aged man holding a folding fan and wearing Confucian robes walked in.

This middle-aged man was quite tall, with a green belt tied around his waist, and an ancient jade hanging from the belt. His eyes were gray and dull; at first glance, they had no spirit, but the more one looked, the more one felt their soul was about to sink into them.

This person was named Duan Xu, known as Master Duan, the Sect Master of the Qihun Sect in Yunzhou, and also Yan Zhen's trusted advisor.

Duan Xu stood very casually in front of Yan Zhen and asked: "Commander, how is this Yin Qi?"

Yan Zhen said solemnly: "Not to mention martial arts, in other aspects, he can be said to be talented and brilliant, and he is even proficient in military strategy, speaking eloquently. Moreover, this person has a calm personality, is composed and confident, speaks generously, and has a feeling that all things in heaven and earth are under his control; I actually felt a pressure inexplicably."

Duan Xu's expression also tightened slightly, and he put away his folding fan and said, "I originally thought Yin Qi would be young and impetuous, but now it seems I took it for granted. After all, he is someone who has known how to endure since childhood; how could he not have some depth?"

Speaking of this, he paused, looked at Yan Zhen who was secretly worried, and comforted him: "Commander, Yin Qi is a true dragon; our small Jinghai Army cannot trap him, and I believe he doesn't look down on this place either. Wait until the metropolitan examination next year, and he will return to the capital. During this period, we will treat him with courtesy; at worst, we will just worship him."

Yan Zhen nodded, but the worry in his heart did not decrease.

The Jinghai Army was not only his foundation but also his hard work.

If Yin Qi really wanted to seize power, it would be easy to hollow him out.

In the final analysis, this world was still one where the strong were respected, not to mention he was an intermediate Martial Saint.

……

The Fifth Command camp was close to the sea.

After returning from the Commander's camp, Yin Qi didn't rush back to his tent but walked on the beach.

The night sea breeze was somewhat cool, and the water waves under the bright moonlight were like crushed glass, sparkling.

Suddenly, a sound of a flute drifted over with the sea breeze, faintly and indistinctly.

If it weren't for the fact that he was already a Human Immortal, he wouldn't have been able to hear such a faint flute sound.

"Eh, flute sound!"

"Could it be Chan Yinsha!"

Yin Qi's heart moved, and his eyes lit up.

Silver Shark King Chan Yinsha, one of the Eight Great Demon Immortals, the female lead of Yang God, the princess of the Chuyun Kingdom. 【18

At this point in the plot, she seems to be fishing for tiger clams on the sea surface near the Jinghai Army, plotting to obtain the Yuan Pin Heavenly Pearl.

"Let's go, let's go take a look!"

Yin Qi's mind stirred, and a thousand thoughts transformed into a wisp of warm, sunny wind that emanated from his brow, heading straight for the depths of the ocean.

He no longer had any scruples in his heart.

If possible, he wouldn't mind taking in Chan Yinsha and harvesting some of Hong Yi's fortune.

As for the Yuan Pin Heavenly Pearl, its efficacy is roughly equivalent to a Blood Quenching Pill; it can help one's physical body achieve the status of a Martial Saint, which is also what Chan Yinsha currently needs.

……

On the sea surface more than ten miles away, the moonlight was like water.

A beautiful young girl wearing a yellow gauze dress was riding on the back of a snow-white ox, melodiously playing a jade flute; the sound was pure and ethereal, and under this moonlight, it felt as if it were cleansing one's spirit.

The girl in the yellow dress was, of course, Chan Yinsha, and both she and the water buffalo beneath her were in a state of divine soul.

Otherwise, with their cultivation, they wouldn't be able to float on the surface of the sea.

Just a hundred meters away from Chan Yinsha, there was a beam of moonlight that was exceptionally bright, falling onto the sea surface, where one could see a fist-sized golden bead jumping up and down on the water.

Beneath the sea surface where the golden bead was, there was a massive, pitch-black clam shell, five or six meters long, as large as a boat.

This ox-clam didn't know how many years it had lived; the pearl gestated within its body had also gained spirituality and could use the moonlight to temper its body, but under the guidance of Chan Yinsha's flute, it had actually jumped out of the sea, seemingly drifting toward her.

"The Yuan Pin Heavenly Pearl, it's indeed a good thing."

Chan Yinsha was concentrating on fishing for the Yuan Pin Heavenly Pearl when she suddenly heard a clear, bright voice ring out.

She was startled and hurriedly stood up on the ox's back.

She was a top-tier Ghost Immortal, yet someone had approached her without her noticing.

In an instant, she locked onto the newcomer.

She saw a young man in brocade robes and a jade crown standing in the air, a gentle smile on his face.

His eyes were deep and bright, like the brilliant stars in the night sky.

"Roar!"

Disturbed by Yin Qi's voice, the ox-clam actually let out a roar like a tiger.

It sank rapidly, and the Yuan Pin Heavenly Pearl followed right behind it.

But Yin Qi merely reached out and grabbed at the air, and the Yuan Pin Heavenly Pearl broke free from the ox-clam's control, rushing out of the sea at an even faster speed, turning into a golden stream of light that landed in his hand.

"Who are you, and why do you want to snatch the Yuan Pin Heavenly Pearl from me?"

Chan Yinsha was both shocked and angry.

She had wandered the nearby seas for months to fish for the Yuan Pin Heavenly Pearl, and she hadn't expected that just as she was about to succeed, it would become someone else's gain in the blink of an eye.