Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1378: Chapter 1330: Conferring of Offices

”What a pity, sister, you nearly won earlier.” Xu Ning, rather bold, walked up to Lyu Qiling and said.

”Maybe I could have won in the past, but definitely not now.” Lyu Qiling said after a moment of silence, not feeling distant with the girls surrounding her.

”There’s no helping it.” Li Yuan said helplessly, ”This level of Inner Qi Manifestation.”

Lyu Qiling didn’t respond, her previous intention was to say that even with Inner Qi Manifestation, those who had just broken through, her past self could have managed to fight. After all, she also had Inner Qi Manifestation before, and training under Lyu Bu, even if Lyu Bu held back in many ways, could not hide the strength of her opponent.

This is also an important reason why Lyu Qiling is now far stronger than Ma Yunlu. In cases where the aptitude is similar, how formidable the opponent is determines the limit of growth, and Lyu Qiling’s opponent was Lyu Bu, synonymous with invincible.

Facing the world’s top expert, Qiling, though losing every day, genuinely became stronger than the peer-aged Ma Yunlu through these beatings.

Suppose Ma Yunlu was led by Zhao Yun for two or three years, she wouldn’t fare much worse than Lyu Qiling. It’s unfortunate that she didn’t have such chances in the past; although her brother is very powerful, comparing pure strength, he still falls short compared to monsters like Zhao Yun or Lyu Bu.

Of course, more importantly, Ma Chao had a lot going on, while Zhao Yun, though similarly busy, belonged to a mobile force, capable of staying home for long periods. Occasionally, he could don a Confucian Robe to pose as a civil servant, quite different from Ma Chao who was often absent.

”Sister, what is your name, where are you from?” Xu Ning, totally uninhibited, started clinging to Lyu Qiling.

Lyu Qiling obviously hadn’t experienced being surrounded by girls. At home, her father always raised her as a boy. Though he hesitated a lot when she wanted to go to war, at other times, he really didn’t treat her as a girl.

Moreover, Lyu Qiling mostly mingled in the Bingzhou military camp, where she seldom saw women, so being surrounded by peers like this was quite awkward.

”Lyu Qiling of Bingzhou.” Lyu Qiling clearly felt a bit shy, surrounded for the first time by so many of the same gender and similar age. In the past, it seemed only Diao Chan could play with her.

No way, there were just those ten odd maids in Lu Bu’s house, each about ten years older than Lyu Qiling; the closest in age was the second mistress. However, her beauty made Lyu Qiling, not really mindful of appearances, feel a bit inferior.

”Marquis Wenn’s daughter?” Jia Yun looked up to the sky, and Li Yuan also quickly turned away. The two of them thought why they felt she looked familiar upon getting close—turns out they really did meet her before.

”Yes, I feel a bit familiar with the two sisters...” Lyu Qiling said nonchalantly after swinging the Sky Piercer over her back, completely unable to blend with the aura of this group of girls, sticking out like a green leaf among a sea of flowers.

Cai Zhaoji also got off the carriage at this moment. She didn’t prefer to stand out, but since all her younger sisters had run away, she could only join them and leave after exchanging greetings.

”The three of us also lived in Chang’an for a long time, perhaps we passed by each other at that time.” Cai Yan chimed in for Li Yuan and Jia Yun with a light laugh. If Lyu Qiling seriously pondered, she might indeed recall who these two were.

”Sister, you’re so beautiful...” As Cai Yan got off the carriage, she immediately captured Lyu Qiling’s gaze. Having mingled with the likes of the second mistress Diao Chan for years, Lyu Qiling understood best what beauty meant.

Of course, being around Diao Chan for so long, Lyu Qiling’s immunity to beauty had reached its peak. Earlier, a whole group of beauties came together: Zhen Mi, Mi Zhen, Huang Yueying, Wu Yuan among them, yet she didn’t comment this way.

Upon hearing this, Mi Zhen and others obviously raised an eyebrow and habitually turned to look at Cai Yan. They wanted to say that in terms of appearance, Cai Yan wasn’t their match, but the scholarly elegance and calm temperament was the real standout.

Unluckily, Lyu Qiling’s immunity to appearances was almost full; unless Zhen Mi fully grew up, there was little chance she’d make Lyu Qiling utter the word beautiful for anything else unless it took a unique path.

Cai Yan slightly shook her head, surprised at Lyu Qiling’s casual public remark.

”When you grow a bit older, you will become very beautiful too.” Cai Yan’s mellifluous voice gently comforted the girls hurt by Lyu Qiling’s casual words—the beauty of each residing in her own realm is most fitting.

”It seems a direct appointment is to be made.” Wang Yi suddenly spoke at this time.

”Ah, I’m going to receive my award.” Lyu Qiling turned her head, seeing others already heading up, she then said to the crowd beside her.

”Sister, didn’t expect you to come here to greet her.” Cai Zhennji said with a strange expression as in her impression, her sister was the type who didn’t move.

”Because she might be permanently stationed here, and if so, with Chen Zichuan’s disposition, he would likely entrust her to me to discipline.” Cai Zhaoji replied gently.

”Is Marquis Wenn’s minister aligning with Lord Xuande now?” Cai Zhennji frowned slightly, while Wang Yi asked excitedly.

”Since Marquis Wenn has ascended to the Heavenly Realm, of course his ministers need to consider their own future.” Cai Zhennji chuckled.

”Yes, exactly, her presence here says it all.” Cai Yan nodded, ”Her nature is very straightforward, saying whatever comes to mind, she’s very easy to handle.”

Zhen Mi listened to this, looking resentfully at Cai Yan, wondering if she was deliberately hurting her.

On the other side, Zhao Yun had already finished officiating the appointments for this group. The military positions had been prepared, signed by Liu Bei, and now only needed to be issued.

However, due to Li Tiao’s astonishing performance, the originally prepared Six Hundred Stones Sima of Separate Division post was given to Liaoo Hua, but still under Guan Yu’s command, with orders to report to Guan Yu within thirty days to receive their appointment.

Similarly, Juu Fu also received a Sima of Separate Division military post. According to what Lub Su had informed Juu Fu, it was still to Zang Ba’s command; but compared to reporting directly, holding military orders and deployment orders gave Juu Fu much more confidence.

Next was Lyu Qiling, and after consideration, Liu Bei assigned her under Zhao Yun. After all, Lyu Qiling’s riding skill is from a famous family, familiar with cavalry training, so she was appointed as a Cavalry Supervisor, a position Lu Bu also held.

Compared to Sima of Separate Division, the Cavalry Supervisor rank is one lower, but Zhao Yun leads a mobile Cavalry Corps, where his Cavalry Supervisors genuinely command about three hundred cavalry.