I use my supernatural powers to prove my immortality

Chapter 44: The Ultimate Minister
Every person who fails has his or her own reasons for failure, and every successful person also has his or her own qualities for success.

Perhaps the opportunity that Zhong Lixiao was willing to accept him as a disciple was too rare, and Xue Jingliang, while remaining neither humble nor arrogant, did answer every question.

When Xue Jingliang reached his age, many of his past memories had become blurred.

At the same time, like countless elderly people, they particularly like to recall the glorious past.

It’s not that the past years were so beautiful, but that he was young enough at that time.

Every day of life is new, and every experience is full of adventure and novelty for him.

Like every great man who has left his name in history, Xue Jingliang's life was also extremely eventful.

To outsiders, it seems like cheating!
If you have no background when you are young, even if you have good martial arts skills, you can only start as a cook when you join the army.

He was bound to be bullied, but with his martial arts skills, not only was he not bullied, but he also quickly conquered those soldiers who bullied him.

He successfully transformed the veteran soldiers into his most loyal comrades-in-arms, and he could trust their backs with confidence.

In this process, names such as Yang Jing, Zhang Bao, Gu Feng, Yang Erniu and others appeared frequently.

It is obvious that Xue Jingliang has deep feelings for these old brothers who have been through thick and thin with him. Even though most of his old comrades are no longer around, their names are still filled with memories.

And for those who are truly qualified to achieve success, there is never a lack of luck and opportunity.

In other words, the great men who truly leave their names in history are always those who have the eyes to discover opportunities and the courage to fight hard.

Even though they were just cooks, Xue Jingliang quickly clenched the cooks into a fist and trained them like arms and fingers, even better than the elite.

What follows is naturally the story of many famous generals who made counterattacks along the way.

When the opportunity came, Xue Jingliang led his cooks to perform great deeds and even turned the tide.

He thought he could make a name for himself, get promoted to a higher position, and have his wife and children blessed with titles, but his boss took away all the credit from him.

They were also afraid that he would cause trouble and expose his crime of seizing other people's military merits, so all kinds of suppression and assassination followed.

Nine deaths!
He was even slandered as a "rabbit boy" because he was too handsome, and some soldiers even touched him.

In a fit of rage, he beat up a talkative guy, but his opponent used a ruthless move and directly told his "beauty" to a superior with special fetishes.

If an ordinary person encounters these setbacks, even if he doesn't die, he will probably be badly hurt and his future will be ruined.

Xue Jingliang not only always turned danger into safety, but was also always able to turn the tide in desperate situations.

Those who embezzled his military merits later knelt outside the snow-covered barracks and begged for his forgiveness;

Some people with special fetishes may even be frightened to the point of committing suicide;

The matchmaker who was proposing marriage was almost trampling down the threshold of his house. Having achieved success and fame at a young age, he became a hot new upstart.

He originally thought that his career would be smooth sailing from then on, but in the blink of an eye, a civil servant told him, "How can I make progress if you are not greedy for money?"
At that time, Xue Jingliang was still full of passion and looked down upon all these evil things. However, in the blink of an eye, he was almost framed by a few military supervisors and dead eunuchs and his family was almost wiped out.

What was like a busy street not long ago has now become deserted in the blink of an eye.

If it weren't for the critical moment, when Da Chu suffered a series of defeats in foreign wars, he wouldn't even have the chance to redeem himself with meritorious service.

This time Xue Jingliang was much more mature. In addition to turning the tide, he also handled the relationship with the military supervisor, eunuchs, and other civil servants very well.

But what he never expected was that just as the war situation was getting better, he was involved in the fight for the throne.

The Third Prince's faction completely took over the frontier army. Not only was his military power taken away from him, he was also nearly beheaded in the military tent.

Fortunately, his prestige in the army was high enough at the time, and the third prince was afraid that killing him would cause shock to the army, so he placed him under house arrest.

After the situation stabilized, he was allowed to go home.

For three whole years, it seemed as if he had been completely forgotten by the world, and even he felt a little disheartened.

He got married, had children, practiced martial arts and studied literature, and lived a different life from then on.

But his aptitude for martial arts might be even better than imagined. It only took him three years to transform from a "military warrior" into a "grandmaster" in the martial arts world.

Just when Xue Jingliang thought his life was over, he never expected that the barbarians in the north of Great Chu suddenly moved south.

The Third Prince, who almost commanded his own army, not only suffered a crushing defeat, but was also captured. He was forced to call for help in front of the battle line and was forever nailed to the pillar of shame.

Later, Xue Jingliang found out that there were immortal cultivators helping in the northern barbarians' camp.

The monk hiding in the dark seemed to want to refine some magic weapon and deliberately provoke conflicts among the people.

The Chu army was defeated and blood flowed everywhere.

At the most critical moment, Xue Jingliang was called upon again.

Also coming to help were the immortal cultivators from Yangwu Mountain.

This was also the first time Xue Jingliang saw a true immortal cultivator!
Later, with the help of the immortal cultivators from Yangwu Mountain, Da Chu finally stopped the northern barbarians from moving south, but the northern barbarians became powerful and Da Chu almost lost half of its territory. With the support of the Heavenly Wolf Hall, the northern barbarians formally learned the system of Da Chu and established a country called "Han", instead of the previous tribal alliance.

Since then, the pressure in the north of Da Chu has increased sharply.

The situation entered a stage of confrontation between the north and the south. The Dahan in the north was isolated and helpless, and it was inevitable that the Da Chu would linger on.

The newer a regime is, the more capable it is at fighting. Especially Beihan, which still has barbarian genes, often goes south to plunder.

Especially since Great Chu had lost half of its land suitable for farming, in just a few short years Beihan had completely become a major threat to Great Chu.

And at this time, Xue Jingliang emerged as a rising star.

Not only did they block Beihan's southward advance, but they also constantly plundered and harassed Beihan's territory.

In the end, there was even a trend of going all the way to Huanglong, so much so that the Great Chu State received frequent reports of victory.

Even those storytellers told stories about his, Grandpa Xue Jingliang.

Even the immortal cultivators of the Sirius Palace couldn't help but come forward personally and make various promises to him. As long as he gave up being the head coach, the Sirius Palace would accept him as their personal disciple.

One of the hall masters even wanted to marry his daughter to him.

Xue Jingliang had seen that woman with his own eyes, and she was indeed a fairy from heaven and the most beautiful woman on earth, but Xue Jingliang finally refused.

Then, the Sirius Palace bared its fangs.

Because of the intimidation of Yangwu Mountain, the masters of the Sirius Palace did not dare to break the rules and take action personally, but they still set up the Eight-Gate Golden Lock Formation, which almost trapped the entire Chu army to death.

But in the end, this great formation failed to stop him, allowing him to break through the formation and kill the Beihan army, causing them to flee in disgrace, losing their army and humiliating their country.

Almost half of the lost territory was recovered, and his prestige reached an unprecedented high.

Later, there was a popular saying that a tyrant emperor and treacherous ministers sent eleven golden orders to summon him back to Beijing.
At that time, many of his subordinates even advised him to rebel against that damn emperor.

In the end, Xue Jingliang chose to return to Beijing.

He knew too well what the immortal sect's demands were behind this matter. Once he rebelled, the world would probably be filled with bloodshed again.

I don’t know how many more resentful souls will become materials for cultivators.

Xue Jingliang had been a soldier all his life, and although he had the ambition to bring honor to his family and establish great achievements, he also longed for peace more than anyone else after so many years of fighting.

He was determined not to let his selfish desires cause the whole world to suffer again, even if it meant dying miserably in prison if he returned to Beijing.

This frame-up and imprisonment almost completely destroyed the Great Chu's hopes of regaining its homeland.

For the next twenty years, Xue Jingliang did nothing and could only sigh in vain as he gazed towards Beihan.

He was now completely old, his former subordinates had all died or were old, and he even had to defile himself again and again.

He already had one foot in the ground, but the emperor and his ministers were still worried. It's ridiculous to think about it.

Until ten years ago, Beihan marched south again and Da Chu was defeated once again. Xue Jingliang, who was forced to carry a coffin to the battlefield, once again turned the tide.

This time, there was little resistance from the immortal cultivation world. The immortal cultivation force that supported him transformed into Baiyun Temple, and Yangwu Mountain seemed to have become a thing of the past.

However, Baiyun Temple was obviously much stronger than Yangwu Mountain, and there was almost no resistance from the immortal cultivation community. He destroyed the Tianlang Mansion, the capital of Beihan, in one fell swoop.

After fulfilling his long-cherished wish, the capital was filled with gossip about his achievements being too great for the emperor, but he did not linger on and simply resigned, saying that he was going to cultivate immortality.

Soon, he became famous all over the world.

The gossip disappeared, and even his former political enemies were full of praise for him.

Even the Emperor of Great Chu was generous enough to posthumously confer the title of "King Wucheng" on him.

After hearing Xue Jingliang telling his story, Zhong Lixiao couldn't help but stand in awe.

There is no doubt that Xue Jingliang's life has written the legend of a "military general" to an unprecedented level, and there may not be another "successor" in the future.

Especially after he fulfilled his long-cherished wish, he retired to seek immortals and the truth, which was simply the limit for a minister.

He set an example for all the ministers in later generations, and after his death he was definitely given the posthumous title of "Zhongwu".

Even if he died now, his name would be recorded in history forever, far surpassing 99% of the immortal cultivators in the world who would eventually be buried in the dust of history.

What made Zhong Lixiao sigh was that Xue Jingliang was slandered by the whole court when he was in office, but he was praised by the whole world when he retired from the throne.

Perhaps, mixed reviews and criticism will always be the fate of a great man!

But how could he describe the spiritual outlook of this legendary military god?

(End of this chapter)