Starting My Cultivation With Time Management-Chapter 817 - 54 Silly Geese in Line
Chapter 817 -54 Silly Geese in Line
These patrolling Feathered Clan Cultivators might not recognize Long Long, but it was entirely impossible for them not to recognize Feng Yan.
Seeing His Highness charging in with murderous intent, where would they dare to obstruct him? Of a sudden, nine out of ten Feathered Clan members fled in terror, with the only one remaining swiftly grasping the situation and hurrying off to report to the military leaders.
The military leaders, upon hearing of Princess Feng Yan’s sudden arrival, were each shocked to their core, especially the elder Kong Ping.
Born of the Peacock Clan, arrogance and impoliteness were not only racial traits but also a way to pay homage to their ancestors. This attitude might have worked on outsiders, but it was simply laughable in the face of Feng Yan.
What status did Feng Yan hold? In terms of combat, she might not match the military leaders, but when it came to intelligence and tactics… if all present were tied together, they still wouldn’t match up to her alone.
Additionally, possessing the fiery nature of the Vermilion Bird, Feng Yan’s scolding was particularly fierce and vicious, capable of slashing with each word and stabbing with each sentence; she could berate someone to the point of blood boiling, yet leave them utterly unable to retort.
For the inherently proud Peacock Clan, this was more humiliating than defeat in a Magical Competition, and so Kong Ping hurriedly claimed to be scouting the front lines and hastily fled to the battlefield.
When the reluctant military leaders finally gathered together, they discovered Elder Kong Ping was absent, which immediately infuriated them, resulting in an outburst of cursing.
In mid-curse, as they looked upon Feng Yan’s furious visage, their voices involuntarily diminished.
“I heard that Long Long came here with my Crimson Feather Arrow, yet someone has slandered him, claiming it was stolen?” Feng Yan sneered as she spoke.
“There’s no such thing!”
“It’s all Elder Kong Ping’s doing!”
“We truly had no choice in the matter!”
The crowd spoke over one another, shirking responsibility cleanly away.
Elder Kong Ping, absent from this place, naturally became the perfect scapegoat.
Feng Yan merely sneered, and then she spared no niceties as she fiercely reproached them, leaving each person called before her unable to hold their head up high.
Long Long, listening by the side, felt that her verbal prowess was truly formidable, something no one would dare to test lightly.
After she finished scolding everyone into silence, like nodding garlic heads, Feng Yan waved her hand to dismiss the crowd. Some of the clever ones came over to apologize to Long Long. Naturally, he absolved grievances with a smile, taking no account of their earlier misdeeds—or so he said aloud, whether you believe him or not was up to you.
After venting her anger quite satisfyingly, Feng Yan spoke to Long Long:
“This way, that old thief Kong Ping won’t be able to incite the crowd any longer. You have tactics to employ, just command these birdmen at will.”
Hearing this, Long Long felt somewhat awkward. Your Highness, are you sure using the term “birdmen” is alright?
“What’s our next step?” Feng Yan inquired.
“We’re heading to Yuanjiang City,” replied Long Long.
“What are we doing in Yuanjiang City?” Upon hearing they would be entering deep into enemy territory, Feng Yan did not immediately refuse but merely asked.
So Long Long explained the plan to retreat in two separate groups, concluding with:
“Leaving the second group behind, these Cultivators have already shown dissent. Without someone of significant stature to suppress them, I fear further purging may lead to trouble.”
“Oh,” Feng Yan said with meaningful depth, “you mean there’s thorn among us, right?”
“Not just a thorn,” Long Long said, “a Traitor.”
“A Traitor?” Feng Yan was surprised, “How did you discover this?”
“How should I put this…” Long Long said with some difficulty, “the reasoning process is quite complex.”
“Then forget it.” Feng Yan waved her hand dismissively, “Just take me there.”
Long Long took Feng Yan again along the water route. This time during the scanning, he realized that the patrolling cultivators on the surface were similar to last time, but the number of hidden ones had doubled, clearly on alert.
Regrettably, under my scan, all these arrangements were fully exposed!
On Long Long’s end, he cleverly designed the route, deftly weaving through the gaps in the patrol teams. Thus, even the White Tiger Divine General, no matter how formidable, could not have foreseen and countered this… No commander, no matter how meticulous and badass, could make the frontline troops patrol precisely along the set route without a single deviation.
With this inaccuracy, naturally, there were flaws. A scan here and there, flaws were everywhere, there was no need to even use Illusion Technique to hide. Just Long Long and Feng Yan, weaving and moving through covertly, it was as if they were entering a realm devoid of people.
Feng Yan, following Long Long for a while, suddenly had an expression like Long Hu and Qin Lie before—first sensing something was amiss, then astonished and shocked, followed by contemplation, and finally a realization of “Wow, this is also possible”, and her gaze towards Long Long changed.
“So how did you manage it?” she asked directly. “You predicted the arrangements of the White Tiger Divine General and then memorized the patrol routes, calculating the insertion points to pass unnoticed, correct?”
Before Long Long could finish, Feng Yan overthrew her own guess:
“No, that’s not right. The patrol routes could be adjusted at any time, how could you possibly observe and calculate beforehand? So, you must have some kind of long-distance reconnaissance secret technique.”
“Your Highness,” Long Long said with a smile, “guessing is of no use.”
“Is this how you treat your allies?” Feng Yan said, dissatisfied.
“It’s precisely because we are allies that we cannot become too close,” Long Long said with a laugh, “It’d hurt the feelings.”
Feng Yan fell silent.
This statement was indeed brutally honest: the best thing about allies is not getting emotionally involved, being tightly bound together by common interests; the worst is when the interests conflict, yet one cannot separate due to emotional ties.
If Long Long were to lay bare all these secrets, then it would no longer be cooperation with Feng Yan, but developing a private relationship… If their feelings became deep and later the Dragon Clan and Vermilion Bird became foes, how would they interact then?
Better to keep the relationship within a proper distance from the start!
“You do see things clearly,” Feng Yan remarked.
“Your Highness is too kind,” he replied.
“If there is a chance, consider forming a marital alliance,” Feng Yan continued. “Even if not marrying me, the Feathered Clan has many excellent ladies for you to choose from.”
“Hahaha.” Long Long couldn’t help laughing, “I am honored by your high regard, Your Highness.”
Honored, which means grateful and nothing more. Feng Yan understood Long Long’s implication and wasn’t disappointed or resentful, thinking to herself that this is a long-term battle, and what our Feathered Clan excels in is endurance.
As long as South State and Eastern State are not at war, I will eventually have you, Long Long!
The two finally passed through the multilayered defenses, and then arrived beneath Yuanjiang City.
The passage previously scorched by Long Hu’s Golden Crow True Fire Fan had now been thoroughly sealed. Long Long was not in the least bit flustered; he simply carried Feng Yan up into the air, directly flying over the city wall to enter.
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There were defensive formations in the air meant to attack flying intruders. But those formations had been modified by Long Long—how could he not leave a back door for himself?
As the two flew over the city wall to enter, the formation showed no reaction at all. The Feathered Clan cultivators inside were immediately thrown into a panic, hurriedly taking to the skies to confront the intruders.
However, after seeing Long Long, they were stunned; and upon recognizing Feng Yan, they were dumbfounded. A group of bird-people hovered in the air, shocked and dazed, looking like a line of silly geese.
