pappabearbooks Chapter 50 Clearly Seeing Vital Energy and Expelling the Old and Taking in the New
Chapter 50 Clearly Seeing Vital Energy and Expelling the Old and Taking in the New
Lu Huan, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, personally sat in the main hall of the Northern Garrison Command, listening to reports from his subordinates.
Then he laughed: "You mean, a captain of the Imperial Guards from Henan Province arrested people without orders in front of the Jinyiwei gate and even fired shots without authorization, and you don't know what to do because you can't verify whether what he said is true or false?"
Commander Luo of the Southern Garrison remained silent, but the veins on his forehead bulged, clearly indicating that he was also furious.
"idiot!"
"What a bunch of stupid posters!!"
"If you can't handle it yourself, then go find the Taoist priests in the Taoist Registry!"
"Everyone in the lower-level offices knows that if they can't identify cult members, they go to the Taoist priests for advice. You guys actually came to me for help!"
"roll!!"
After dismissing a few incompetent subordinates, Lu Huan stood up: "Let's go, let's go to the scene and take a look."
"Look at the people in the Embroidered Uniform Guard headquarters, what kind of useless people they've been raised to be."
Commander Luo stood up: "I'll go with you, sir."
Several high-ranking members of the Imperial Guards exchanged glances and hesitated before saying, "My lords, although the Imperial Guards have brought the situation under control, we have not yet completed the screening process, so it is not safe."
As the commander's guards, they always hoped that Lu Huan would stay in the Northern Garrison and not go anywhere else.
If they were to be careless in the chaos and cause Lu Huan to be injured, they would be devastated!
Lu Huan waved with a smile, then chuckled and said, "This is the main gate of the Northern Garrison of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. If even this place isn't safe, where in the Ming Dynasty is safe?"
"If the Embroidered Uniform Guard can't even protect its own commander, how can it protect the Ming Dynasty and His Majesty the Emperor?"
"It's no big deal. The cult has been trying to kill me, Lu, for a long time, but they've never succeeded."
"I want to see for myself which evil god has set his sights on me!"
After speaking, the commander strode out of the hall, and the extraordinary guards quickly followed behind.
When he walked out of Dongchang Hutong and onto the street, the street was completely controlled by the Jinyiwei (Imperial Guards), and wherever he went, the Jinyiwei would respectfully salute him.
The Commander-in-Chief is the highest-ranking officer of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, but many Embroidered Uniform Guards have never seen Lu Huan in person.
However, the imperial five-clawed dragon flying fish robe bestowed upon him, as well as the thousand-household and hundred-household commanders lined up behind him, allowed the Embroidered Uniform Guards to instantly recognize Lu Huan's identity.
A smart person immediately sensed the danger.
The Commander is angry!
At this moment, a commander in his forties rushed over and, forcing himself to bow before Lu Huan.
This man was Xiao Zexing, one of the three commanders of the Northern Garrison Command, a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard responsible for the security of the Northern Garrison Command, and also one of Lu Huan's confidants.
Xiao Zexing was very familiar with the commander and knew at a glance that the situation was not good.
He suppressed his fear and reported loudly, "Commander, I have completed the arrangements. Please give your instructions!"
"instruct?"
Lu Huan gave him a cold look: "Give me instructions my ass!"
"If I were to give you instructions now, you should be dismissed, imprisoned, and brought to justice!"
"Just wait and see what kind of quality those two are when the Taoist priests from the Taoist Records Office arrive."
Enraged, the commander saw the man lying on the ground.
Chang Yuan did not inflict a fatal wound, but he still managed to open a hole in the chest. The cavity effect also caused his heart and lungs to vibrate. He lay on the ground unattended, blood flowing everywhere from the wound, and his breathing gradually weakened.
Sensing death approaching, the man instinctively groaned, "Ouch, ouch..."
Lu Huan glanced at him, then suddenly flicked his hand, sending out a semi-transparent large hand that slammed down on the unlucky guy.
boom!
The unlucky guy was instantly turned into a meat pie, and the road beneath him suddenly sank more than two feet, revealing a five-finger print.
The commander withdrew his right hand and snorted coldly, "How noisy!"
"One survivor is enough."
Chang Yuan's pupils contracted slightly. The sudden burst of aura, the power displayed, and the techniques used by the Commander far exceeded his understanding of the extraordinary individuals of the Ming Dynasty.
Even the extraordinary individuals with the rank of commander-in-chief they had met before seemed as naive as children in front of the commander-in-chief.
At the same time, the commander's ruthlessness and indifference to life chilled Chang Yuan to the bone.
He sensed something was wrong with the beggar and the guy by smelling something like delicious food, but without being sure if they were friend or foe, he just tried to capture them. Even when he fired a shot to stop the other party from causing chaos, he deliberately injured them instead of directly disemboweling them.
Before the truth was even confirmed, the commander, in a bad mood, killed the injured unfortunate fellow with a single blow.
In the eyes of the commander, innocent people might be like teacups at hand, to be killed casually when he's in a bad mood, just like an ordinary person casually smashing a teacup.
At this moment, Chang Yuan realized the domineering, cruel, and ruthless side of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and his wariness of the Embroidered Uniform Guard's high-ranking officials quietly increased.
Suddenly, he noticed that [Spiritual Source +2] had quietly condensed on the unfortunate corpse of the dead man.
Chang Yuan was even more incredulous to discover that he didn't need to walk over; he could simply watch as the spiritual source automatically flew over and merged into his body.
Spiritual Source: 180 => 182
I see, I see!
After the upgrade, the entry for "Eating Qi" is described as: Clearly seeing the primordial energy, expelling the old and taking in the new, and digesting it.
Now Chang Yuan understands that "seeing the vital energy clearly" means being able to sense the spiritual source that has not yet fallen away, while "exhaling the old and taking in the new" means automatically picking it up.
That's wonderful.
So far, the targets that can drop Spirit Sources are either core members of cults, priests, or clerics, or monsters and items modified by the power of evil gods.
The fact that that unlucky guy was able to drop the spiritual source proves that he is a cultist, and an elite and core member of the cult at that.
He died without resentment!
Upon discovering that he had not killed a single innocent person, Chang Yuan's mood instantly improved, and he also relaxed his guard against the Commander-in-Chief somewhat.
Soon, the Daolu Division's carriage arrived at the scene.
After the two Taoist priests, who looked like immortals, got out of the car, they first bowed to Commander Lu, and then began to examine the beggar and the corpse without saying a word.
After a few breaths, the two Taoist priests exchanged a glance, and the older one spoke up: "There's no mistake, the two are senior members of the Heavenly Principle Sect."
Lu Huan sneered, "Great, that's wonderful."
"The Heavenly Principle Sect has really gotten themselves into audacity, daring to actually mess with us..."
"And you all!"
"The Heavenly Principle Sect has infiltrated our Imperial Guard's doorstep! This beggar has been lying here watching for who knows how long, and you know absolutely nothing!"
"In the end, it was the Imperial Guards from Henan Province who, while conducting their duties, discovered the clues..."
"Shameful!"
"Disgraceful!!"
General Yu Dayou once said that if you see a cockroach in your home, there must be cockroaches hiding in places you can't see.
"Among those people we've apprehended today, there must be cult members, or some other kind of monsters and demons."
"Check them thoroughly, don't let a single one escape!"
"I, the commander, am sitting right here, waiting for your result!"
A large group of commanders, assistant commanders, captains, and centurions from both the Northern and Southern Garrison Commands were all humiliated by Lu Huan's scolding.
They could only keep a straight face and work frantically.