Chapter 22: Unaccountable Feelings

  Yang Wenjing's eyebrows were tightly locked, and she let out an unnatural sigh from her mouth. Although she didn't admit it to herself, the figure that kept flashing in her mind was none other than Yun Qi. After leaving the study, she felt her legs unusually heavy, and all Yang Wenjing wanted to do now was return to her room and be alone for a while.

  Just then, he suddenly felt a flash in front of his eyes, and a figure quickly passed by. Yang Wenjin took a look at the back view, which was indeed Yang Wenguang. He had never seen him so dispirited at home before, so Yang Wenjin decided to follow him to see what's going on.

  Yang Ziting's study was still separated from Yang Wenguang's small courtyard by many houses, but he only saw Yang Wenguang rushing forward like flying, running to the door of his own courtyard and turning around, disappearing without a trace. Yang Wenjin followed behind, just entering the courtyard, but found that Yang Wenguang had already rushed out of Yun Qi's original house, panting heavily, without seeing Yang Wenjin standing at the door, and rushing towards his own house again.

  Yang Wencheng walked into the courtyard and sat down on a stone bench. Before long, Yang Wenguang emerged from the house with a disheartened look on his face. Seeing Yang Wencheng in the courtyard, he opened his mouth and called out in a depressed tone: "Second sister!"

  Yang Wenjin asked: "What's wrong with you?" In her heart, she had already vaguely figured out why Yang Wenguang was like this, mostly because of Yun Qi.

  "Cloud Seven... Cloud Seven is gone." Yang Wenguan walked to the front of Yang Wenjin, sat on a stone bench on the other side, with a bitter face and a listless look.

  Yang Wenjin had no choice but to tell Yang Wenguang about the news of Yunqi that the old man had told him earlier, word for word.

  "What? Yun Qi has joined the army?" Yang Wenguan slapped the table hard, the surface of which was made of stone. After slapping it, he shook his hand vigorously and put it to his mouth to blow on it, his face scrunched up in pain, gritting his teeth. But he endured the pain, his eyes wide with anger, silently cursing Yun Qi for being so ungrateful as to join the army without bringing him along.

  Yang Wenjing had already sensed something from her lazy brother's expression, and sighed: "Alas, you really are... do you think Father will let you join the army? Aren't you afraid of Father getting angry?"

  As soon as he thought of Yang Ziting's furious appearance, his dark face, and his eyes emitting a green glow in the darkness, his white beard stood up like fine needles. Before he could finish speaking, Yang Wenguan awkwardly waved his hand, swallowed hard, and spoke in a tentative tone: "Or... elder sister, won't you tell father? I'll sneak to Huadu to find Yunqi and then join his camp?"

  "What nonsense! Slap…… Ah!" A soft cry, Yang Wenjin slapped the table fiercely, and after slapping, she only felt a sharp pain from her palm to her whole body. This almost made her choke back tears.

  It's not easy to get rid of the pain, but a faint tear has appeared in the corner of my eye. My eyebrows haven't even relaxed yet, and I say: "Father is getting old, aren't you afraid that doing this will scare him to death? How did you become so slick after being with Yunqi for a while, always having strange thoughts?"

  Yang Wenguan felt a surge of frustration, his body slumping down from the stone bench, muttering to himself: "If I weren't born into the Yang family, how much better off I would be!"

  This sentence only made Yang Wenjing frown, but she didn't blame her brother.

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  Yún Qī rode a fast horse, galloping all the way into the Eastern Forbidden Guard Camp. The soldiers at the gate only felt a gust of wind passing in front of them and quickly turned their heads to look, but Yún Qī's figure had already disappeared.

  Returned the horse, Yun Qi ran back to the camp all the way. At this time, it was past dinner time and there was no one in the account. After leaving the camp, he found a patrolling soldier and asked: "I am Yun Fu Chang of the first hundred people team. Do you know where my soldiers are?"

  The soldier heard that Yun Qi was the one, and immediately took the lead in deploying his troops. Then he pointed to the location of the school field and said: "Report to Husband Chang, it's time for training now, they should all be training."

  "Oh, thank you!" As soon as he finished saying this, the soldier saw Yun Qi's figure disappear from in front of him. He couldn't help but feel excited in his heart, it was the first time a superior had said thank you to him. Thinking about this, the soldier felt proud in his heart, stood up straighter, and began to seriously continue with his patrol mission.

  The training ground was filled with the sound of shouting and thousands of soldiers gathered in the large field for various drills. Yun Qi weaved through the crowd, searching for his own team, feeling a bit embarrassed as he thought about it - originally, according to Yun Qi's plan, the first thing he should have done after joining the camp was to get familiar with all the soldiers under his command, but somehow he had forgotten, fortunately, he knew Han Changsheng and Lu Ping.

  After searching in the crowd for half a day, I finally found the first hundred people's team on a relatively remote empty land. After roughly counting, they were all there. When Yun Qi walked in, everyone saw that the newcomer was their new leader and stopped what they were doing, standing there without knowing what Yun Qi meant to do.

  "Keep going! Don't stop without my order!" Han Changsheng walked out of the crowd, first nodding at Yun Qi, then turning around and shouting loudly to everyone.

  The team continued to recover from their training, and everyone shifted their attention from Yun Qi to the training. Han Changsheng walked up to Yun Qi, saluted him, and asked: "Yun husband, what's going on?"

  "Hehe!" Yun Qi smiled and rubbed his hands together, saying eagerly: "Can everyone gather around? I have something to say."

  Han Changsheng smiled calmly and replied, "Of course, you are the husband's elder brother, we will all listen to your orders. Then... should I have them assemble now?"

  "Ah ah!"

  With Yun Qi's permission, Han Changsheng took a few steps forward, pulled out his throat and shouted loudly: "The whole team is assembled!"

  The soldiers were stunned again, and this time they were made to practice for a while before being stopped. What was the point of all this? But Han Changsheng was today's duty officer, and his words carried the weight of the deputy commander. The men reluctantly put down their wooden swords and began to form up.

  Looking at the hundred or so people gathered in front of him, it took only a short while. Yun Qi couldn't help but furrow his brow, thinking to himself: The so-called elite of this era aren't even comparable to the new recruits from his original world. It seems that what needs to be done first isn't taking them out for field training, but rather rectifying their formation and discipline.

  Thinking of this, he saw that the team had already gathered. Han Changsheng turned his head to look at Yun Qi, waiting for further instructions. Yun Qi nodded to him to return to the team, then walked forward, cleared his throat twice and said: "I originally wanted to take you all to a different environment for training, but I've given up on that idea now. Do you know why?"

  Looking at the bewildered eyes of the people in front of him, Yun Qi raised his voice with a look of disdain: "Because I saw that it took you just one incense stick's worth of time to gather, and at this speed, you still have the nerve to call yourselves elite troops? What a joke!"

  "Don't look at me like that, I've finally seen your true strength. With you guys like this, I dare to guarantee that if we encounter the regular army of Shu, you will be defeated and annihilated."

  "Impossible! If it's the Shu army that comes to attack, I, Lu Ping, will be the first to make them go without return!" A loud voice echoed from within the ranks.

  "Do I have permission to let you speak? Don't you know that when a superior is speaking, all you should do is listen, remember and think! From now on, if you have any questions while I'm speaking, shout 'Report!' and then explain what you want to say in the simplest way possible. Do you understand?"

  "Got it."

  "I see."

  "Yes!"

  A chaotic and disorderly voice came from the team, although they all meant the same thing, but it made Yun Qi feel very depressed: "You answer my question, from now on only one word or two words are allowed, 'yes' or 'no', 'have' or 'not have', 'can' or 'cannot'. Do you understand?!"

  "Yes!"

  Although there were many neat ones, they were all weak and powerless. Yun Qi shouted again: "I didn't hear it! Say it again!"

  It is!!

  "Can't hear you, are you all women? Say it again, did you understand?"

  "It is!!!"

  "Haven't eaten yet?"

  It is!!!!!

  Yun Qi's expression changed, and he joked: "Really didn't eat?"

  "Hahaha..." A burst of laughter echoed through the ranks.

  "Since you are the elite of the whole army, I'll ask again. I hope your answer will shock the entire camp. Can... can you do it?"

  "I can...!!!!!!"

  The shouts of the hundred or so people drowned out the entire campus, causing the soldiers who were training to stop in their tracks and turn their heads to look at the elites of the First Hundred People's Team. From this moment on, these men from the First Hundred People's Team felt an inexplicable excitement, a sense of grandeur, and a feeling they had never experienced before.

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