Volume 1 I Want to Be an Emperor Chapter 75 Loyalty

  Cao Xing asked to go to war and left soon after, Guo Jia arrived at Lü Bu's camp. As soon as he entered the big camp, he found that the morale of the soldiers was very high, and they were all discussing how the battle went on during the day. After a moment's thought, he immediately understood that Lü Bu had already fought a major battle with the enemy during the day, and judging from this, it seemed that he had won a great victory - because he didn't see any wounded soldiers.

  This situation was astonishing to Guo Jia, although he had not really seen any wars, but when studying, he also made a detailed understanding of military affairs, knowing that after a major battle, it was impossible to win without suffering any losses.

  Even ambushes and surprise attacks would result in many casualties, let alone a straightforward encounter like the one with Lü Bu. In such situations, even victories are often Pyrrhic ones. The current situation piqued Guo Jia's curiosity, so he didn't rush to see Lü Bu in his tent. Instead, he took a look around the camp and finally grasped the key point.

  "Lü Bu has actually become this powerful?"

  If someone had told him before that a person could be strong enough to influence the outcome of a war with his own strength, he would not have believed it - unless the soldiers in front of him were those mobs who would immediately scatter like birds and beasts as soon as their officer died.

  What kind of people are the soldiers under Ke Li? They were all elite border troops who had been fighting against foreign tribes for years, and something like this would never happen, but now it really has.

  Guo Jia felt that perhaps he needed to change his way of thinking in the future, because of the power of personal martial arts and its impact on the war situation, as well as being forcibly elevated by the current emperor.

  After some thought, he clenched his fist lightly in his sleeve, feeling the power contained within it. Gao Jia said to himself: "Even if I was once like him, now I am not an ordinary soldier who can withstand it."

  He entered the large tent, Lü Bu was taking off his armor, he had been killing so crazily today, his body had long been soaked in blood. Not to mention that there were thick bloodstains on the surface of the armor, even the clothes inside the armor had turned dark red.

  When he saw Guo Jia enter, he didn't show much avoidance, but rather continued to do his own thing, saying on the surface: "Why has Fengxiao come?"

  Lü Bu is now a General of the Western Expedition and has a noble title, while Guo Jia is just a newly appointed court advisor, so he doesn't take him seriously.

  However, he also knew that Liu Xuan valued Guo Jia highly, so he maintained the necessary courtesy towards him. After asking a question, he handed over the things in his hand to the nearby guard and cupped his hands: "In the marching camp, there are many things that cannot be perfect, please don't take offense."

  Guo Jia also understood this, and respectfully returned a courtesy: "Of course not, Lord Wen is busy first. There's no hurry in discussing the matter." He had originally come to observe Lü Bu's situation under Liu Xuan's orders; if Lü Bu's situation was unsuitable for battle, he would advise him to stop; if he insisted on advancing, Guo Jia would keep a watchful eye from the side and use every means possible to protect Lü Bu's life when necessary.

  Judging from Lü Bu's current state, there is no need to worry about these things. Moreover, Lü Bu had previously fought a battle with Li Jue's army, and it seems that there are no figures in Li Jue's army who can threaten Lü Bu's safety.

  Lü Bu did not know these things, he knew that Guo Jia was following Liu Xuan's side, and ran to his place with 80% certainty that the Son of Heaven had some decree to convey. He dared not slack off in this matter, and asked: "Is there an imperial order?"

  "Your Majesty said that Wen Hou might be framed by petty people, and ordered me to come and ask about the situation with Wen Hou."

  "It was this matter after all."

  Lü Bu's mood had calmed down a lot after the massacre that day. Although he still remembered this matter in his heart, he also knew that his strength was not enough to take revenge, and instead became more determined to cultivate himself well, wait until he became stronger, and then take revenge with his own hands.

  After Lü Bu gained fame in Pingzhou, he had no more opponents and felt that there was nothing to strive for until Liu Xuan showed him a whole new world, and only then did he have a direction to work towards again.

  Even at that time, because there was no more intuitive reference object, Lü Bu always lacked the motivation to work hard. Today's battle almost lost his life, and in the end, it was still thanks to the emperor's help that he preserved his life, but it made him understand which direction he should strive for - at the same time, he also knew how wonderful and powerful the emperor's means were, and people who are not here can also help themselves retreat from strong enemies. Such means are no longer describable by ordinary immortals.

  If Liu Xuan knew there was such a benefit, he would probably laugh out loud in his sleep, because only the hardworking and progressive Lü Bu is a good Lü Bu.

  Moreover, Lü Bu understood that he wanted to continue getting stronger, and it was inevitable that the Son of Heaven would guide him on the side. After all, his own skills came from the Emperor, although he had obtained the second part of the formula, only the Emperor knew how much more there was behind. More importantly, Lü Bu vaguely felt that the Emperor's generosity in imparting these formulas to himself and others was not because of any desire to revive the Han Dynasty, but because he simply didn't care about these formulas.

  "Your Majesty has a better trick up your sleeve!"

  This matter was almost a foregone conclusion. Lü Bu thought of this point and knew that he had thoroughly bound himself to the emperor's side.

  However, he didn't mind this because he remembered what the Emperor had said: "What he can give you I can also give you; what he cannot give you I can also give you."

  Looking back now, the Emperor was right after all. He could get many benefits from the Emperor that others couldn't give him, so what's wrong with serving the Emperor? Moreover, this world is originally the Han family's world, and serving the court can also fulfill the name of loyalty - it won't be inappropriate because he followed Dong Zhuo, anyway, as long as the Emperor becomes the final winner, his past little trouble will not bring him any impact at all.

  After figuring all this out, Lü Bu finally determined his future path - to be loyal to the Emperor. That is to say, it wasn't until today, because of the Nanhua incident, that Lü Bu truly pledged allegiance to Liu Xuan, which was vastly different from their previous semi-cooperative lord-vassal relationship.

  If Liu Xuan were not an emperor, Lü Bu would have been willing to shout out: "My lord!" at this time.

  This is also an unexpected gain, Liu Xuan would never have guessed Lü Bu's psychological changes, but it doesn't mean he completely didn't know. Just as Lü Bu had figured things out and was truly about to pledge his loyalty to Liu Xuan, the latter suddenly felt a sense of foreboding while diligently cultivating himself.

  A surge of dragon energy churned inside his body, and the faint mist surrounding the Dragon Egg suddenly emitted a weak golden glow. A new thread of dragon energy was brewing within the mist. Liu Xuan sensed the change in his body and seized the opportunity, though he didn't understand what was happening.

  Struggling to control the birth of this dragon energy, while gathering it towards the central dragon egg, Liu Xuan surprisingly discovered that the cracks in his body's dragon egg caused by saving Lü Bu were slowly healing.

  The occurrence of this situation was really beyond Liu Xuan's expectations, and it wasn't until the fluctuations in his body's dragon energy stopped that he had time to ponder the real reason behind this change.

  The dragon energy of the Son of Heaven is mysterious and subtle, but there are also many inconvenient places. For example, the source of the dragon energy is complex, and it is difficult to judge where the dragon energy comes from in a short time.

  What's more important is that he absolutely couldn't have imagined that because of Nanhua's meddling, Lü Bu would suddenly pledge his loyalty to him - this dragon energy originated from Lü Bu.

  The prosperity of a dynasty must be accompanied by the loyalty of all kinds of people, especially the loyalty of those in power and the surrounding small countries.

  Undoubtedly, Lü Bu is one of the actual powers of the current generation. He controls the Hu Bao army and Zhang Liao, a general from the Imperial Guard, also originated from Lü Bu's camp. Although Zhang Liao has now established his own independent faction, the relationship between the two will not disappear so quickly. Lü Bu and Zhang Liao still maintain contact with each other, and have connections with the Imperial Guard Cavalry.

  These connections are a bit vague, but they all have a real impact on the production and change of dragon energy. Now that Lü Bu has pledged allegiance, it is equivalent to the most important military power in these two courts being thoroughly controlled by the emperor. The emperor's authority has increased, his strength has been enhanced, and the dragon energy has naturally increased.

  More importantly, if the dragon energy that Liu Xuan had cultivated in the past was a weak and dying dragon that was either drowsy or lying there waiting for death, then at this moment, the injuries on its body had recovered by more than half, and its almost closed eyes had opened slightly. The dragon's head was no longer tilted downwards, but was slowly lifting up.

  This will truly affect Liu Xuan's own strength changes, he is naturally delighted.

  If the dragon egg hatches, it will be a mediocre dragon. Although it has crossed that threshold, to truly exert the mighty power of the Dragon's Aura, it is best to strive to transform this dragon into a majestic and powerful form, which is the pinnacle state of the Dragon's Aura.

  Originally, Liu Xuan wanted to wait for the Golden Dragon to hatch and then slowly nurture it. Unexpectedly, there was this change, so perhaps he could directly hatch a small, fierce little Golden Dragon. In that case, even if it's just one, and still a tiny dragon like an earthworm, his strength would be higher by countless levels compared to now.

  Opening his eyes, Liu Xuan felt extremely good, and even on the second morning, Liu Xuan still had a smiling face. This appearance not only made Xun Yu and Zhang Liao feel strange, but also Liu Bei, who had just arrived, noticed that something was unusual about Liu Xuan. When it was time to set off, Liu Bei curiously asked his brother: "Your Majesty must have thought of something?"

  As a imperial guard, Liu Bei had the duty of attending to the emperor's side, so he was very clear that recently there has been no military report presented, and there was no news from the imperial court. The emperor suddenly being so happy would not be due to external reasons, so it was probably because the emperor thought of something himself.

  At the same time, he also knew that this young emperor had some unusual means. It is said that some people with high-level mystic skills often sense things, could it be that the Emperor had such a feeling?

  "Didn't you anticipate that the battle in the northwest would go smoothly?"

  This chapter is also scheduled to be released, and if there's no unexpected delay, I'll be back home tonight. Tomorrow, I can resume normal updates, and then I'll work hard to make up for the lack of updates over the past few days, yeah, that's about it.