The Blessed

“What about the Xi Kingdom? They should have been in the same situation as the Qing Dynasty, right? Haven’t they ever thought of joining hands to destroy the initiators of all this?”

Dropping those thoughts in his heart, Ling Jingxuan continued asking, that was only because it was a total blank space in his head about those memories in recent years. The only thing he knew was that here was an era of a situation of tripartite confrontation. Among the three kingdoms, Dong Kingdom was the most powerful and richest, and also the largest, Xi Kongdom was said to own a million cavalry, and their unique quality steel knives were well-known to the whole world, while for Qing Kingdom, though their ancestors conquered the world on horseback, the founding emperor felt they had done too much killing, so after uniting the kingdom, he issued the decree of bringrecovery. You could say since the founding of the kingdom, people all advocated civilization and did not advocate forces. So after generations, Qing Kingdom’s military force became weaker and weaker. Every time the other two kingdoms tried to invade them, they’d make peace through marriage, using a princess to exchange for peace. In history, even a few nomads in the north had used force to marry a few princesses. Until the appearance of Duke Zeng who earned his name as God of War…

It was said that Duke Zeng and Princess Mingshang were childhood sweethearts, but when the crown prince of Dong Kingdom went to Qing Kingdom as an envoy, he fell in love with the beautiful and gentle Princess Mingshang on the first site, so he requested the emperor at the time to betroth her to him as a concubine. The whole court got furious. How could their princess be a concubine??? That was like a slap in the face. And the emperor also refused him on spot. Unexpectedly, not long after that, the troops of Dong Kingdom bore down in force at the borders. Duke Zeng who was still young volunteered to go fight the enemies. Maybe it was his good luck or what, though it was a tough war, he still defeated them. The emperor was overjoyed and immediately issued the decree to betroth the princess to him. And since then, Duke Zeng’s big name spread into all families together with his fairytale-like love story with the princess.

And Yan Shengrui was another iconic figure on the battlefield after Duke Zeng. That year, regardless of the late emperor’s opposition, the fourteen-year-old Yan Shengrui followed Duke Zeng to fight the Dong Kingdom, and captured their biggest princess’ husband who was responsible for escorting the provisions alive, which won them the agreement that Dong Kingdom wouldn’t start a war against them in ten years. So he also made his name after that. Since then, Yan Shengrui went for wars a lot, and nearly won them all, and he also completely replaced the aged Duke Zeng’s position to become the new God of War of Qing Kingdom. Nearly all those civilians had heard about it. The former Ling Jingxuan who had been normal also knew that, he was only not clear of things in recent years.

“Dong Kingdom is a total asshole! They bully the weak and fear the strong. Xi Kingdom is known as owning a million cavalry. How would they have the balls to start a war with them? Besides, that year, Prince Sheng kidnapped their big princess’ husband and forced them to sign that ten-year peace treaty. I’m afraid they already hate us to the bones. Now ten years have passed. The only reason they haven’t made a move is that they still have fears of Prince Sheng in their heart. I’m afraid the military service thing is a sign of an upcoming war.”

Han Fei could not help sighing, although those things were national affairs, which had nothing to the civilians, if Dong Kingdom really started a war, how would they escape from it?

“Hehe…It seems Xi Kingdom is not a fuel-efficient lamp, just waiting to be that third dog who runs away with the bone. Once the war between two kingdoms breaks out, the northern nomads would also get involved. The only one that wouldn’t lose a hair is Xi Kingdom. Maybe it was also them who played those nomads off against one another.”

Ling Jingxuan slightly smiled but his smile obviously did not extend deep into his eyes. A war had nothing to do with him. And he also had never planned to assist the Qing Kingdom to rule all the land. But, how could there be unbroken eggs under a toppled nest? Whichever times it is, the ones that suffered from wars are the civilians. It seemed that he also needed to pay some attention to the situation on the battlefield while earning money.

“Really? But the storyteller said that Xi Kingdom fears of our Prince Sheng. As long as Prince Sheng is alive, they dare not make a move.”

Hearing that, Zhao Dalong and Han Fei asked, with those innocent eyes blinking. Ling Jingxuan shook his head helplessly, and did not intend to give them a detailed explanation. If a storyteller’s words are credible, even a sow can fly!

“Prince Sheng is not omnipotent, I agree with Jingxuan's point of view, Xi Kingdom should also have the ambition to dominate the world, otherwise why would they train a million cavalry? For fun?”

Unexpectedly, Yan Shengrui, who had been silent all the time, picked up the conversation, with his handsome face filled with naked disdain and…rage, yeah, the rage one would hold against the sworn enemies…

Zhao Dalong and Han Fei looked at each other, after quite a while, both nodded to agree. Then Ling Jingxuan gave Yan Shengrui a meaningful look. If it hadn’t been that he was sure he hadn’t regained his memories, he even couldn’t help suspecting whether he had already remembered everything. This man…maybe the so-called soldier’s soul has already been imprinted in his bones.

“No matter whether the Xi Kingdom has the ambition or not, it has nothing to do with us. Brother Zhao, I know how to refine high quality steel, I wonder if you can help me to make a set of such knives on the basis.”

Speaking of which, Ling Jingxuan picked up a crabstick, squatted down to draw the shape of a scalpel on the ground. But after quite a while, no one replied. Ling Jingxuan turned around curiously, and found that the three of them all got stoned there, like three statues, staring at him like he was a monster. Ling Jingxuan got up and asked, “What’s wrong with you guys?”

He didn't say anything to shock them like that, did he?

“You can refine high quality steel?”

Suddenly, regardless of his muddy hands, Yan Shengrui quickly moved forward and grabbed his arms. Apparently he had lost his memories, but when he heard the words high quality steel, his body made a move faster than his sense. Actually, a lot of people had no idea that during the war those years, Qing Kingdom had always been in a passive position. They got fooled by those nomads in the north, and also needed to beware of the invasion of Dong and Xi Kingdom on both sides. The cavalry of Dong Kingdom was famous through the lands, while the high quality steel knives of Xi Kingdom were also a big trouble. If it hadn’t been that Yan Shengrui trained the soldiers well, the Qing Kingdom should have already been devoured by those careerists. Those years, Yan Shengrui had always been trying to get the formula of how to refine high quality stell of Xi Kingdom, but that was their top secret. How could he get it so easily?