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”General Chen, latest battle report: General Zhao Long’s fifty thousand troops encountered resistance from twenty thousand Dragon Clan soldiers at Beishi City. The casualties have been heavy and both sides are currently in a stalemate. It seems difficult for General Zhao Long to capture Beishi City in the short term.”

When Chen Feng, with his fifty thousand troops, was still fifty kilometers away from Sanhe City, scouts reported that Zhao Long’s northern offensive had suffered a major setback, blocked by Dragon Clan forces.

”Hahaha...”

Chen Feng laughed to the sky, ”That old bastard Zhang Qicheng, does he really think Dragon Clan soldiers are weaklings, mere chickens? And Zhao Long actually believed it! Now he’s tasting the bitter fruit!”

”Zhang Qicheng just wants to weaken my forces and Zhao Long’s, then blame us for an unsuccessful campaign, pushing the responsibility onto us, so he can make a clean getaway. Well, I won’t fall for it. Set up camp, pitch our tents, it’s fifty kilometers to face off against Sanhe City’s Dragon Clan troops, and we can watch the stars together at night.”

After learning about the heavy losses suffered by Zhao Long’s army, Chen Feng was not saddened but pleased, and the troops immediately halted, no longer advancing.

The fifty-thousand-strong army was stationed in a small town. Qin Tian’s daily tasks involved patrolling and scouting with the soldiers. Besides that, everyone else was either sleeping in the camp or boredly engaging in cultivation.

”Hey, Commander Qin, how about it? Do you have some free time today? Want to have some fun nearby?”

After the troops had stayed in the town for ten days, everyone felt quite bored. That day, Commander Zheng Huai proactively invited Qin Tian to go hunting.

”Go have fun nearby? What’s the fun? Hunting? With our level of cultivation, do we really need to go out hunting? It seems pointless.”

Qin Tian showed little interest. He had been occupied with studying alchemy and cultivation these days and wasn’t intrigued by going out for some entertainment.

”Not hunting animals, hunting people,” Zheng Huai told Qin Tian, ”A few days ago, we captured more than a dozen prisoners. Haha, we initially thought they were Dragon Clan soldiers, but they turned out to be of average combat ability and not from the Dragon Clan, so we suspect them to be hired spies from the Dragon Clan. They’ve been locked up since.”

”Commander Zheng, I don’t quite understand what you mean by this,” said Qin Tian, puzzled.

Zheng Huai smiled and said, ”These guys, though average in skills, are quite clever. We’ve locked them up for five days, and every day they manage to escape from our custody in various ways, working in tight coordination, well-trained. I’ve had to personally capture them several times.”

”So, inviting you today isn’t for anything else. Since these guys want to run, I’ll let them run.”

”Heh, after all, they’re our prisoners, and death is inevitable for them. We’ve been cooped up here for days with nothing fun to do, so we might as well use these prisoners for entertainment.”

”What I mean by hunting is releasing these prisoners and then hunting them down like prey. Sounds fun, doesn’t it?”

When Zheng Huai revealed his plan, Qin Tian felt a chill inside.

Hunting living people as prey? Probably only privileged people like Zheng Huai would come up with such a thing.

Qin Tian hesitated. He didn’t have a good impression of this privileged Zheng Huai, but he was also unsure about whether to save those innocent people.

Saving them or not wouldn’t have much impact on him.

In the Spiritual Domain, countless people die every day. Even if Qin Tian saved them today, they probably wouldn’t survive long in the East State battlefield.

”What? Not interested?”

Seeing Qin Tian’s hesitation, Zheng Huai smiled casually and said, ”I kindly invited you, but if you refuse, it’s no big deal. I can find others to play with.”

With that, Zheng Huai was about to leave.

”Let’s go.”

After a moment of hesitation, Qin Tian decided to be the good guy, ”Alright, I’ll join you.”

Qin Tian and Zheng Huai each rode a flying horse, both accompanied by one attendant, with Qin Tian bringing along Zhao Lanjin.

When they arrived at the designated location, Qin Tian saw soldiers moving three prison carts toward a distant area.

Zheng Huai pointed to the hill where the prison carts were headed and said, ”Commander Qin, to make it more interesting, let’s place a bet, just for an evening drink. Let’s see who can hunt more, shall we?”

Qin Tian was momentarily stunned and asked, ”What are the rules?”

”The rules are simple. The three prison carts will be driven to the opposite hill, and then the eleven prisoners will be released. Those clever guys will undoubtedly run behind the hill. Once one of them disappears over the hill, it’s our signal to start the hunt, and we’ll keep going until they’re all dead. How does that sound?”

”Anyway, it’s an odd number, so it’s unlikely we’ll kill the same number.”

Zheng Huai looked confidently at Qin Tian, who was contemplating how to save the people but then heard a voice from afar!

A familiar voice—

”Boss!”

”Boss!”

”It’s Xiao Zhuang!”

”It’s Lin Yu! Boss, save me!”

Xiao Zhuang? Lin Yu?

Hearing those voices, those words, Qin Tian was stunned, as if turned to stone!

His gaze instantly shifted to the three prison carts in the distance, and in one cart, he indeed saw Lin Yu and Xiao Zhuang!

The two life-and-death brothers he had been longing for day and night!

”Damn!”

Seeing their cheeky smiles at him, Qin Tian couldn’t help but laugh.

”Good thing I decided to come today. Otherwise, they might have just died!”

Qin Tian quietly mused, ”Fate! It truly is fate!”

”Commander Qin, what are you laughing about? Didn’t you understand my rules?”

Seeing Qin Tian laugh, Zheng Huai was puzzled.

After thinking it over, Qin Tian, now in a great mood, said, ”Commander Zheng, could you do me a favor by giving me these prisoners?”

”Huh?”

Zheng Huai was surprised, ”Commander Qin, why would you want a bunch of scrawny prisoners? Why?”

”Oh, I need some servants at home, and they seem just right.”

”Haha, really? I doubt it. When we need servants, we usually go for pretty ladies, not these fellows.”

Seeing Zheng Huai’s teasing expression, Qin Tian said, ”How about this, Commander Zheng, I treat you to drinks tonight, how about it?”

”Haha, you’re breaking your own rule to treat me for the first time over some worthless prisoners? You’ve refused my invitations many times before. Are you sure you want to invite me?”

”Yes. I’m in a good mood today, and since we’ve been so bored, why not pack up and start drinking?”

Zheng Huai, a known alcoholic who had his invitations to Qin Tian refused multiple times, was quite pleased with Qin Tian’s initiative today.

As for Xiao Zhuang and the other captives, he indeed didn’t care much.

So, after a moment’s thought, Zheng Huai smiled and said, ”Alright, since you want to save them, I, Zheng Huai, will give you, Qin Tian, this favor and let them live! These eleven captives are now yours, Qin Tian!”