Chapter 1029

This person was sharp; seeing Meng Chixing, he immediately nodded without hesitation.

"There's only Meng Chixing here. Where's Watching Bi Xuan?"

The moment Watching Bi Xuan was mentioned, General Chilaowen realized someone was missing.

What Meng Chixing had said earlier did not include the final humiliation—the two of them joining forces to murder Watching Bi Xuan and then fleeing in disgrace.

Now that General Chilaowen brought it up, both men's faces turned red with a dark undertone.

General Zhebie, however, paid no heed to this and said,

"This isn't important. Are you really certain?"

"Certain! Do I have any reason to lie to you?"

General Chilaowen nodded in confirmation once more.

"I... (two thousand characters omitted here)"

General Zhebie let loose a torrent of cursing, scolding until his mouth was parched and his tongue dry, before slowly coming to a stop,

"Just which bastard dares to impersonate you?

And yet his aura is no different from yours, to say nothing of it.

How could he also know our Great Yuan military's flag signals and hand gestures?"

Indeed, the reason General Zhebie and the others had believed earlier

was precisely because the Chilaowen in question had used flag signals and hand gestures exclusive to the upper echelons of the Great Yuan military.

Flag signals and hand gestures are employed by a great general during campaigns to command the troops under him.

Not only are they unique, they are also frequently changed.

For this trip to the foreign realm of Great Ming, the few of them had agreed upon a set of flag signals and hand gestures.

To be used for communication at critical moments.

This could achieve the effect of catching the enemy off guard.

Who would have thought that someone of unknown origin would learn of these and exploit them?

"This..."

General Chilaowen was also utterly shocked; he was certain he truly had not gone over there just now.

Yet what General Zhebie said did send a chill down his spine.

"Two generals, in my humble opinion, the person impersonating General Chilaowen deliberately intended to lure General Zhebie into killing Yin Liting."

Seeing the two generals' shock, Meng Chixing immediately offered his analysis,

"The purpose of doing so is clearly to provoke Qinglong Society's dissatisfaction with Great Yuan.

And thereby incite our two factions to wage all-out war against each other!"

"..."

General Zhebie and General Chilaowen exchanged a bitter smile upon hearing this.

The two factions waging all-out war?

Qinglong Society versus Great Yuan?

Meng Chixing, could you please stop joking?

Last time Qinglong Society went against Great Yuan, it was practically a crushing victory, alright?

Yet there was still some truth in what Meng Chixing said.

After all, if Yin Liting were to die at General Zhebie's hands and it were exposed afterward,

Qinglong Society would absolutely bloodwash Great Yuan once more, perhaps even more brutally than last time.

"In that case, is it Great Qin or Great Tang?"

General Chilaowen's first reaction—the ones who would want to incite Qinglong Society's wrath against Great Yuan

—the prime suspects should be Great Qin or Great Tang.

After all, the three great dynasties had been fighting each other openly and covertly for who knows how many years.

Ever since Qinglong Society emerged into the world, the covert struggles among the three great dynasties had lessened somewhat.

But from the time the Great Dragon Leader slew a hundred thousand Kesig troops with a single sword, to all the deeds Qinglong Society accomplished afterward,

it made the three great dynasties understand the gap between themselves and Qinglong Society.

So much so that they no longer regarded Qinglong Society as their target.

As a result, the covert struggles among themselves actually began once more.

816 These people truly have some secrets, huh!

"Who's there?"

Just as General Chilaowen was grumbling, the leader of the Yuan Tiangang agents below seemed to sense something.

He let out a sudden bellow, then drew the weapon from his waist into his hand and rose from the ground in a flash, on guard.

The other Yuan Tiangang agents who had been resting—how could they dare rest now?

They immediately scrambled to their feet, gathering around their leader to form a small circle.

Subtle and indistinct, they arranged themselves into a rather ingenious joint-attack formation.

"There's no one?"

A slender-built Yuan Tiangang agent glanced all around, and even extended his martial intent outward to probe.

Yet with his cultivation, how could he possibly detect where General Chilaowen and the others were?

He promptly spoke up.

"That's right, boss! There's no one!"

The other agents also probed in turn; even those on covert sentry duty poked their heads out and said the same.

The lead agent had, of course, also come back to scout three times.

He discovered that apart from insects and ants, there wasn't even a bird to be seen.

As for people, there were even fewer.

He couldn't help but let out a breath of relief, wiped the sweat from his forehead caused by tension, and waved his hand as he said,

"Forget it, my senses were mistaken."

"Boss is the Heavenly Idle Star, well-versed in the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, adept at fate calculation.

Even the Marquis relies heavily on Boss; your senses have never been wrong."

It turned out this leader was the Heavenly Idle Star among the thirty-six Stars of Tiangang.

Seeing him like this, the slender agent couldn't help but offer a flattering remark.

Then he thought again, if Boss Heavenly Idle Star really had such keen senses, then what was going on with finding nothing now?

Rolling his eyes, he added another line,

"Perhaps it's because the matter entrusted by the Marquis is too important.

Boss, you're just too tense."

"Tianjiu, shut up!"

Hearing this, Heavenly Idle Star flew into a rage, his face changing drastically, as he rebuked the slender Tianjiu Star.

"..."

Only then did Tianjiu Star come to his senses — how important was the matter Zhuge Shenhou had entrusted.

How could he speak so carelessly and blurt it out right here?

"Alright, alright, Boss.

You know Tianjiu is just a loose-lip, can't keep his mouth shut.

Besides, this is a wild, deserted place.

This jujube grove looks wild-grown too, no sign of human habitation.

Boss, you don't need to be so tense."

Another agent, seeing Tianjiu Star getting scolded, immediately spoke up to bail him out.

"Exactly! Boss, ever since you took on this mission, you've really been too tense.

At this rate, I'm afraid we haven't even reached Tianshan yet..."

Another agent also wanted to advise Heavenly Idle Star to relax a bit.

After all, traveling all this way, Heavenly Idle Star had not only spoken little, but had also been jumpy and suspicious several times.

He had even killed an entire farming family by mistake, suspecting them of eavesdropping.