Translated by: La0o9
Edited by: VindiFan#1
âWait, Iâll come tooâ Liu Qing Yan gritted her teeth, staggering to stand up.
Gu Qing Shan turned around, seeing the pain in her eyes, very sincerely said: âYou canât, I forbid it. Stay right there and heal your woundsâ
Not minding the disappointed look in her eyes, he went outside the camp alone, stopping at an empty area.
Taking a spirit beast bag, Gu Qing Shan infused it with spirit energy.
A red, flaming fox appeared.
âYouâre ââââ seeing a stranger, the fox immediately started to speak.
âLi Chu Chen violated military laws, heâs been executed. Right now Iâm looking for his accomplice, you donât seem to be it, so please go back inside the spirit beast bagâ Gu Qing Shan said.
Hearing that, the foxâs eyes rolled, saying: âIf heâs dead, then Iâll be going back to Spirit Beast sect myselfâ
âNo, youâre a spirit beast, you canât run away on your ownâ
Gu Qing Shan continued: âI will use the fastest method possible to bring your spirit beast bag back to a cultivator of Spirit Beast sect, so please go back insideâ
The fox ignored him, turning around to run, saying: âIâll go by myself, always having to stay inside the spirit beast bag is reallyââââ
A cold gleam, the fox suddenly jumped, but was caught up by it and cut into a mist of blood.
Gu Qing Shan threw the spirit beast bag away.
He then let out all the other spirit beasts in the other bags.
A blue-eyes white tiger, together with a few non-fighter spirit beasts, all looking at Gu Qing Shan.
âWhat happened?â the blue-eyes white tiger asked.
âItâs nothing, Iâm looking for the campâs attack culprit, which spirit beasts were originally inside these bag?â Gu Qing Shan looked at them and asked.
He was still holding a few spirit beast bags, but they were all empty.
âYouâll have to ask our master, we all stayed inside our spirit beast bags so we donât know if he took in any new spirit beastsâ
After saying so, the blue-eyes white tiger looked at the foxâs corpse.
It was evaluating Gu Qing Shan, then exchanged looks with the other spirit beasts.
âCome, go back to your spirit beast bagsâ Gu Qing Shan couldnât get anything out of them, so he told them straight.
All the spirit beast was silent, and went back to their respective spirit beast bags.
Bai Hai Dong and the female cultivators were staying at the camp, still a bit disorientated. But saw Gu Qing Shan quickly returning.
Gu Qing Shan said heavily: âEveryone keeps resting, weâll resume the march in the morningâ
Nothing eventful happened on the second day.
As they carefully moved, they quickly made to the camp by noon.
When they arrived, they found the camp to already be full of people.
Very quickly, two guard cultivators came up, bringing them to the Generalâs tent.
In the tent, a General looked at Gu Qing Shanâs groupâs orders, then at their badges.
The General was wearing a blue Daoist robe, hasnât even put on his armor.
âYou are Gu Qing Shan?â the General frowned looking at him.
âI amâ Gu Qing Shan asked.
âDo you know who I am?â
âLooking at your outfit, you must be from Blue Clouds Passâ
The General leaned back in his chair, looking at him full of motives.
âI am Blue Cloud Passâ Wu Xing Wen, responsible for this campâs rewards and punishmentâ he said.
âAh? That means youâre a Ding Yuan General, correct?â Gu Qing Shan asked back, seeming to not understood his intention.
General ranks are split into four, from lowest to highest, namely: You Ji, Ding Yuan, Yong Zhen, Shen Wei.
Before, Gong Sun Zhi was a Ding Yuan General, while Ning Yue Xi wearing the golden armor was a You Ji General.
The only Yong Zhen General that humanity has, unfortunately fell during the last campaign, so the highest ranking officer available at the moment are Ding Yuan Generals.
âGu Qing Shan, I remember you seemed to have done quite a good job at the semester examinationâ Wu Xing Wen stared at him and continued.
âIndeed, I killed one of your people, so what do you want to say?â Gu Qing Shan was impatient.
If you want to show off then do so, simply trying to scare people without anything solid, you think Iâm a newbie that doesnât know the world?
Wu Xing Wen got angry, slapping the table and shouted: âYour original number doesnât match the amount that arrived at the camp, what is the cause of your delay!?â
Delay?
During a march, if he got pinned with a âdelayâ tag, heâll definitely get punished.
Gu Qing Shan coldly laughed, not having any intention to receive it.
He said: âWe donât have any delaysâ
âThen where are the numbers?â Wu Xing Wen pursued.
âThey diedâ
âHow did they die?â
âOne of them was KIA by demon beasts, another was executed by me due to military lawâ
Wu Xing Wen swung his hand, ordered: âMen, come. Heart Appraisalâ
Heart Appraisal is a very important part of military questioning.
If cultivators are out battling demons, whenever a cultivator kills another, no matter who it is, they must receive Heart Appraisal.
If the killed party really did violate military laws, then thereâs no problem, you even get Military Merit for it.
But if the killing was done because of personal grudge, purposefully murder or out of selfishness, then youâll pay with your own life.
Very quickly, a cultivator came and sat across from Gu Qing Shan>
His eyes were unnaturally bright, almost like he was looking at your very core.
âSpeak, Iâll determine if itâs the truth for notâ the other cultivator said nonchalantly.
Gu Qing Shan understood that he has a Godâs Chosen Skill to determine lies and truth, so he recounted the situation in detail.
When the cultivator questioned further, Gu Qing Shan easily answered each one.
Finally, he nodded, reporting to Wu Xing Wen: âItâs all truthâ
Wu Xing Wen looked at the cultivator in disappointment and stayed silent.
The cultivator then turned around, saying again: âHeâs not telling any liesâ
Wu Xing Wen reluctantly spoke: âThat idiotic brat called Li Chu Chen, what was he thinking that he would harm his own peopleâ
He frowned very deeply, carrying an expression of confusion and tiredness.
He was already no longer thinking about making things hard for Gu Qing Shan. After all, heâs still Bai Hua Fairyâs disciple, if the opportunity arises he doesnât mind taking it, but if he canât then thereâs no need to force it.
What heâs more interested right now is actual business.
Wu Xing Wen muttered: âJust what is going on at the frontline lately, so many camps have formation plate failures, even marching had failure, it couldnât all be because of traitors?â
If thatâs the case, then humanity is already in chaos.
The decisive battle is in two days.
But if the situation is true, even without the battle, as soon as this news is confirmed, the entire human alliance would collapse on its own.
This was supposed to be preparation for a once-and-for-all decisive battle, but with a situation like this, would it be appropriate to battle?
Gu Qing Shan stayed silent and didnât interfere.
Wu Xing Wen took Gu Qing Shanâs badge, pointing at it with his hand and reluctantly said: âYou caught a traitor, saved your fellow men, 10 Military Meritsâ
Saying so, he threw the badge back.
Taking it, Gu Qing Shan scanned it with his inner sight to see his total Military Merit reaching 115.
He needs 180 Merit to rank up to âZhen Wei Chaplainâ, so heâs 65 Military Merit away.
âGo, guide them to where they need to beâ
Wu Xing Wen decided to just not look at him anymore, waving his hand to 2 cultivators on his side to guide them away.
One of them guided them.
Wu Xing Wen stayed silent, then suddenly sighed.
âSenior brother, whatâs wrong?â a guard cultivator asked him in a low voice.
Everyone else has already left, so there were only people from Blue Clouds Pass in this tent.
Wu Xing Wen shook his head, still a bit unwilling.
He sighed, saying: âPoor him, youngest brother only joined last year, but now heâs already goneâ
All the cultivators exchanged looks and went silent.
They were all well aware, the General was talking about Lee Chang An, after offending Gu Qing Shan at the semester examination, the one who got beheaded.