Chapter 1848: 24.109 Sixth Violet Star - Commander Gu Ling

Upon hearing no answer from Mu Liao, the old marshal thought of the worst scenario and puked blood in distress. The scene of Long Huang suddenly puking blood made Mu Liao panicked that he instantly called for the doctors on standby. As the commander expected, the doctors immediately went inside the moment they heard the panicked voice of Mu Liao.

A nurse pulled back Mu Liao and said, "Sir, please move back. The doctors will treat the old marshal."

"Uncle, Long Kian is still alive. He definitely is! So... So please calm yourself down," Mu Liao hurriedly said.

Though this is only half truth, it was enough to stabilize the emotions of the old marshal. After the doctors had looked after him for an hour, they all came out after putting the former old leader to sleep. They temporarily put him to sleep as his state cannot be said to be good. Even though he wasn’t stabbed to death, the wound was still located at the chest. Adding the fact that he had lost a lot of blood, this age alone made it so his healing is slower than the others.

Outside the room, the doctors reported to the commander about the situation of the old marshal.

"We don’t know what happened to the old marshal. However, we should be grateful that his wounds were treated on the spot to prevent mass bleeding. It would have shocked his heart if it was a second late."

"The young master’s support beast is extremely powerful. If not for him, the old marshal would have died."

"Moreover, it seems there is some poison in his body similar to what the others had. According to the samples brought back, the poison was from that black river."

"There is also the pill the old marshal had given to us. It was something heavenly."

"Eating it can bring back a dying person to life."

"Not simply healing, it’s a cure that can be considered as an elixir."

"However, our current technology has no means to create it for now."

"Is it possible to have more samples?"

"No! There are only three in that bottle. One will be used by my father and the other is for Long Kian. I will not allow you to touch the other pills!" Mu Liao declared.

"In the first place, the only reason you received one pill is because Uncle Long gave his part to the military. If not for that fact, he wouldn’t be bedridden like this!"

The commander pats the back of the Mercenary King who was scaring the military doctor with his sudden declaration.

"Calm down. No one will touch the pills of those two heroes," The commander said as he glared at the doctors who received a gesture to leave.

After the doctors had left the sight of Mu Liao, only then did his raging emotions calm down. The commander knew that becoming enemies with the Mercenary Tower wasn’t the right choice. With the hidden danger in the human city, they need as many people so when that time comes they would at least be able to fight back.

The sacrifice of the old marshal was enough for their knowledge of medicine to increase anymore would be just greed. That’s why the commander glared at these doctors. Mu Liao glanced at the commander and didn’t believe that he didn’t covet the pills. It is just that his standing prevents him from doing so.

Mu Liao said, "Mortals and Gods are completely different beings. But those who are favored... do you think you can easily move them?"

The commander remained silent. "..."

He didn’t stop Mu Liao from returning back inside the room leaving the commander alone outside. However, the moment Mu Liao went inside the room, the face of the commander turned cold and calculating. It was unknown what he was truly thinking about at this moment. After giving an indifferent glance towards the closed door he walks away.

Mu Liao waited for the old marshal to wake up and made sure that the two descendants of the Long Clan were always at sight. As expected, the moment the old marshal’s body had returned to its normal state, he immediately wished for them to return to the Long Clan’s territory.

The commander, despite being greedy and ambitious, truly had respect for the old marshal and didn’t make secret moves while the old man wasn’t feeling well. However, their way back to the Long Clan gives him a bad feeling. As for the people of the Killer Pavilion they had longed left ahead of them.

The commander even prepared a carriage for the old marshal. The luxurious kind as if to make sure his journey will be full of comfort.

He even sees off the old marshal, "Old Sir, be careful on the way."

"Gu Ling, I hope your ambition wouldn’t hinder the survival of the human race in the future," The old marshal, Long Huang said.

The commander called Gu Ling exchanged gaze with the old marshal and made a promise, "In face of human extermination I vow to complete my duties first before ambition. This I promise."

Upon hearing this vow, the old marshal finally looked relieved and patted the man’s shoulder for the last time.

"This old man had also kept his promise," Long Huang passed a beast egg insulator that can transform into a ring to the commander.

"There are enough beast eggs enough to cover all the soldiers in your barracks inside of this. Distribute them as you will. This might be my last gift to you as my student."

After saying these words, the old marshal climbed up the carriage. Long Juedi, Long Teng and Mu Liao were already waiting inside. The commander checked the contents of the beast egg insulator and noticed that there were more silver grade beast eggs inside than he expected. Moreover, there is one gold grade one obviously left for him.

Gu Ling raised his head and looked at the old marshal. He bowed his head as if a student giving his deepest gratitude and respect to his teacher. Even Mu Liao didn’t expect to witness this scene. Only when the carriage had left that the commander had raised his head.

"Adjutant Cui."

"You called, commander!" Adjutant Cui responded.

The commander said, "Send people to stop the men the doctors had sent to ambush them on the way."

"But commander I thought we..."

"Follow my orders," The commander said as he gave a warning gaze to his subordinate.

Seeing how serious their commander is, they knew that this opportunity to weaken the Long Clan had to be postponed again. Even though their commander decided to turn a blind eye to such an event, in the end, he chose to give his last respect to the old marshal as his savior and student.

Gu Ling glances at the direction where the carriage had disappeared to and mumbles, "Teacher, this is the last time I will hold back attacking the Long Clan for your sake."

He walks back to his barracks followed by the soldiers in his command. They all walk back to return to their original positions. As for the discontent of the military doctors under him, Gu Liang decided to ignore them for a few days.

Meanwhile, in the perspective of Long Huang and the rest of the group, they were on their way back to the Long Clan’s territory. Mu Liao still couldn’t forget the uneasiness he felt before they left the borders. Long Huang, the old marshal noticed his depressing mood.

Long Huang sighed.

He said, "Calm down, everything will be alright."

"Uncle Long, you knew about that man’s ambition. He..." Mu Liao was suddenly cut off as the old marshal had spoken.

Long Huang said, "That child wouldn’t harm me. It is just that he desires more than being a commander. He wanted to be the marshal. He is much more talented than Tian’er, but... he is also too cruel. That’s why I couldn’t give him the position of marshal."

"Give the position of Martial but... Isn’t that inherited?" Mu Liao asked.

The old marshal sighed and said, "Of course not. If Tian’er didn’t fit that position I wouldn’t allow him to see there. Like how I didn’t let Kian’er take the position despite being the eldest. A person who can become a marshal must be willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of our race."

"Kian’er lacks ambition and talent. Ling’er lack sympathy and compassion. Even though Tian’er lacks a bit of strategic mind, at least he found people to cover what he is missing and knew what is the most important to sit in that position."

"You were also supposed to be one of the candidates but... the betrayal came out of nowhere and you were taken out of the list," Long Huang said.

Mu Liao didn’t know what to say at this moment as he knew what his father had done and how much disappointment the old marshal had from their family. He didn’t know how to explain things nor had the right to speak up. After all, the fact that they betrayed their saviors is a sin the Mu Clan can never erase.

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