The Southwest Prince stared blankly at the line of text, looking at the inked words that wrote [Divine General List], it took him a while to co back to his senses. The first thing he doubted was whether he had forgotten the aning of being fifth after not using Central Plains characters for so long.
He preferred doubting himself over believing this was true.
Damn it, am I crazy?
He turned and went into his inner chamber, rummaging for a while, found a scroll at the bottom of the chest. The shaft of the scroll was already yellowed; the white paper had marks of ti and even a careless splash of spicy red oil.
Obviously, he had taken it out more than once to admire while eating, leaving tragic consequences.
That’s why he painfully decided to store it away.
Unrolling it revealed a Divine General List scroll.
Written fifth on it—[Li Wanli].
This is precisely the Divine General List where Li Wanli ranked fifth at the age of thirty. Except for The World’s First Building, nowhere else possesses this scroll, the Southwest Prince gazed with a complex expression, gently stroking this scroll he had treasured for so long, sighed, and opened it.
At this mont, comparing them.
[Li Guanyi]—[Divine General List Fifth]
[Li Wanli]—[Divine General List Fifth]
The nas of father and son were arranged together here, transcending ti. The Southwest Prince paused, as if the years blurred, looking fixedly at this scene, it was as if he once again saw the energetic young general, the wanton heroic boldness of the rampant Wolf King.
The Southwest Prince, already in his early fifties, was silent for a long ti, sighed.
Then laughed self-deprecatingly, muttered:
"No doubt, indeed, it’s the fifth."
Fifth, huh...
The Southwest Prince’s liver trembled a bit, he took a deep breath and looked at the battle achievents. He was familiar with the top few, Yuwen Lie led a small number of troops to simultaneously confront Chen Country’s royal campaign and the Second Divine General commanding the Iron Futu.
In strict terms, he opened two fronts, facing the personal campaigns of two major countries’ rulers.
Yet he held the line firmly.
Throughout the battle, even during retreats, there were no chaotic armies or routed soldiers.
Ultimately, due to inadequate logistics and receiving orders from the court, he was forced to retreat. Though defeated, he remained organized; it was not the general’s fault. The retreat still securely nailed him on the borders of Ying Country, dominantly grasping Xiyi City, divine might awe-inspiring, no empty boast, ranked fourth.
Third Divine General Gao Xiang, on the other hand, alone intercepted the large army, including Yue Pengwu. However, he being as aged as Jiang Wanxiang after halting them, did not go to support Jiang Wanxiang, only holding outside the Northern Domain pass.
"One by one, they are quite formidable."
"Rather, it should be said, the weight of this current Divine General List is even more formidable than back then, there isn’t a single drop of moisture in this kid’s ranking. It might be heavier than his father’s."
"Damn it, how is his son so fierce?"
"Why not marry my daughter to him, would the grandson born be even fiercer?"
"Let see, what are the battle achievents like."
The Southwest Prince took a slight breath, shifted his gaze downward to Li Guanyi’s battle achievents.
[In an army of ten thousand, beheaded the enemy general]
The Southwest Prince’s expression tightened: "???"
The first one is this fierce?
[Defeated the Wolf King outside the Western Regions pass]
The Southwest Prince’s eye twitched: "???"
[Led a lone army deep into the Western Regions, a thousand miles in rapid assault, captured Zhu City, beheaded Shatuo King, sealed Juxu Mountain, offered sacrifices and cast a cauldron, proclaid Heavenly Khan]
[Defeated First Divine General Jiang Su in the Western Regions Battle, breaking his three-hundred-year unbeaten legend]
And so the Southwest Prince involuntarily sucked in a few breaths, shivered, his face turned sowhat blank: "No, this, this Divine General List, is it fake?!"
"Eighteen years old, defeated Wolf King, Jiang Su? Still Heavenly Khan?"
"True or false?"
"Li Wanli’s son is this fierce?"
"So fierce and still only fifth?"
With stiff gaze, he looked at the text on the Divine General List, [The army he leads is several tis greater than that of the Wolf King who he defeated; when defeating Jiang Su, there was a tenfold difference, but as a feudal lord, the foundational power couldn’t compare to major Central Plains countries]
[If the Wolf King and Jiang Su both led the sa numbers of armies to battle, the outcos would remain uncertain, moreover, the reason for defeating Jiang Su was due to the Wolf King attacking Ying Country’s capital, Jiang Su had no choice but to rush into a fast decision, leaving partially due to the Wolf King’s forces]
[So he ranks fifth, yet his youthful courage and valor, among current generals, there’s no equal]
It was leading several tis the troops; only then could the Southwest Prince barely accept these ostentatious achievents, falling into silent stupor for long yet sighed: "So indeed, it’s the fifth..."
"Am I really going to stand upside down..."
"No, doing that would make drop my..."
The Southwest Prince actually began deliberating on the feasibility of this, suddenly silent, then glanced sharply around, breathing out, his face unchanged: "Nothing happened, nothing at all."
"Anyway, no one knows."
"Who would know?!"
"Humph, if nobody knows what I said, then it doesn’t count."
The Southwest Prince thought of the matter between Li Wanli and Chen Fubi, sighed, looked on, and saw na after na: "...Fan Qing, Qilin Army General, Fifth Layer Heaven, Divine General List ranking eighty-seventh."
"Tsk tsk tsk, made it to the list even at Fifth Layer Heaven, and coming from humble beginnings, rare, rare."
"Qibi Li, Sixth Layer Heaven, Khan of Nine Tribes of Tiele."
"Golden sabre cavalry commander-in-chief, Qilin Army General."
"Divine General List ranking fifty-second."
"Ling Pingyang, Sixth Layer Heaven, Qilin Army heavy armor cavalry commander."
"Divine General List ranking fifty-first..."
Watching the rankings of the Divine General List show one new youthful na after another, as many nas vanished from the battlefield, the Southwest Prince tangibly felt the rising tides, the majestic expanse of the world, as each generation’s new forces replaced the old, in this grand upheaval.
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