I forged immortality in my past life.

"General, the young leader of the Flying Dragon Gang is right here."

"He is being guarded by two level-four generals. Should I go and negotiate with them? I can get them to surrender to the general."

He pointed to a large carriage.

The level 4 junior player's face was beaming with a fawning smile.

"Surrender is unnecessary."

Li Wu Hui sneered. He was not a remnant of the Imperial Army. Within the sect alliance, he still needed to unite his forces to protect himself.

Li Wuhui drew his sword and climbed into the carriage.

"Who is it?!"

"what!"

Two screams followed.

The carriage curtain was torn, and the corpses of two level 4 generals lay inside.

Li Wu Hui emerged carrying a masked man with his limbs bound. With a swift stroke of his sword, blood splattered onto the ground.

"Is this guy really the young leader of the Flying Dragon Gang?"

Li Wu Hui's voice was somewhat confused. The person he found was as thin as a skeleton, like a sickly ghost.

Normally, if the Imperial Army generals needed him to save their lives, they wouldn't have starved him to this extent.

Furthermore, his ghost mask was terrifying, with only an opening for the mouth. Li Wu Hui tried to peel the mask off, but found that it seemed to be grown onto the man's face!

Looking like that, you're telling me he's the young leader of the Flying Dragon Gang!

This remark enraged the masked man.

"What did I do wrong? I'm warning you, my father treats me incredibly well, even better than his own father. I advise you to be nice to me, or if the Flying Dragon Gang comes, you'll wish you were dead!"

Haha, this is truly a reversal of the natural order!

Snapped!

Li Wu Hui wasn't going to tolerate him. He slapped the man to the ground and said to the incredulous masked man:

Did I give you permission to speak?

The masked man glared hatefully at Li Wu Hui, but when he saw Li Wu Hui staring at him again, he quickly lowered his head and dared not meet his gaze.

"General, he is indeed the young leader of the Flying Dragon Gang. It's true. Don't let his appearance fool you; he's a genuine Level 5 soldier. He was just unlucky enough to run into a Level 5 general returning late from duty and was captured alive!"

"At the time, he was accompanied by a beautiful woman and several level 4 soldiers as guards, but none of them could defeat the subordinates of a level 5 general. The beautiful woman was captured, and the guards were all killed in battle."

The level 4 junior officer quickly explained the origins of the masked man.

"A level 5 soldier can be captured alive by a level 5 general, rather than killed in battle!"

"What kind of trash are you?"

Li Wu Hui stared at the masked man in astonishment.

The masked man opened his mouth, intending to retort angrily, but then thought better of it and explained dejectedly:

"Ten years ago, when my father found me, he told me that I was starting to learn martial arts a bit too late and that I would not achieve great things. He told me to practice a special skill and study at the same time, so that I could become a ghost-faced scholar."

"Although their combat strength is low compared to others of the same level, promotion is easy. Submitting to the imperial court in the future might allow the Flying Dragon Gang to reach a higher level!"

"On the day I was captured, if I hadn't indulged in too much pleasure with a beauty the night before, leaving my legs weak and unable to use my light-footed skills, I would definitely have escaped!"

It was found ten years ago.

The profession of the masked scholar.

Li Wu Hui narrowed his eyes; he suddenly felt something was amiss.

If we take these two things out of context, they are both plausible.

However, putting them together would make the suddenly appearing young leader of the Flying Dragon Gang look like someone that everyone hates. How could he possibly win over the gang members in that situation?

Is it all thanks to the Flying Dragon Gang leader's favor?

Are you kidding me!

Even if there's a dramatic and complicated past, and she reunites with her real son and dotes on him exclusively, she probably won't treat him with the same respect she would show her biological father.

There's a high probability that something's wrong with this.

It's unlikely I'm being overly suspicious.

Da da da!

Just then, the sound of horses' hooves came.

Gu Wen, a Level 2 reconnaissance soldier promoted by Li Wu Hui, approached him and reported:

"General, something's wrong! Large numbers of remnants of the Imperial Army are being driven here from all directions, and it seems they're almost all wiped out!"

Li Wu Hui was taken aback, then pushed off with both legs and leaped onto the top of the carriage, looking into the distance.

Sure enough, from all directions, more than ten groups of remnants of the Imperial Army were being chased and fled. His eyesight was even better, and he was able to discern them carefully.

Surprisingly, the pursuers were not short-handed; instead, they wore boots with hoof-like fronts on their hands and feet, and by using both hands and feet, they were running just as fast as military horses!

"Limbs like hooves, speed like a flying dragon, unparalleled in surprise attacks among all gangs!"

"This is the Flying Dragon Army, the true main force of the Flying Dragon Gang. Wasn't it said that there were only 200,000 of them in total?"

"Why did they send over 100,000 Flying Dragon Army soldiers to surround and kill these remnants of the Imperial Army?"

Could it be to save the young master?

Li Wu Hui looked at the masked man, who had clearly heard Li Wu Hui's words and showed a slightly tougher attitude:

"The Flying Dragon Army is here! You saw that? My dad really treats me like a treasure. I advise you to negotiate with them and exchange some resources for my release."

The level 4 junior officer, who was listening nearby, couldn't take it anymore and angrily cursed:

"You idiot, if we release you, the general and we will truly be doomed."

"What are you dreaming of!"

Li Wu Hui also knew this.

However, he differed from the remnants of the Emperor's Army in one aspect: they could remove their Emperor's Army uniforms to demonstrate that they were members of the Daoist forces of Green Valley and thus leave safely.

Therefore, Gu Wen and his personal guards, as well as Li Wu Hui, did not show any signs of panic.

Ok.

Something seems off!

Various pieces of information flew through Li Wu Hui's mind haphazardly, and he seized upon a spark of inspiration.

It turns out that the suspected leader of the Flying Dragon Gang has a problem!

The Flying Dragon Gang is the problem!

Li Wu Hui was startled. If the masked man was just a pawn of the Flying Dragon Gang to curry favor with the Imperial Court, then they were all enemy forces!

The enemy army consists of 100,000 level 2 troops, and they are a force skilled in surprise attacks and pursuit!

No, we need to test whether they are friends or foes.

Li Wu Hui's gaze shifted to the side, looking at a beauty who had been consistently overlooked.

A level 3 soldier was guarding her with trepidation, but he was no fool. Seeing that even a level 4 soldier was so respectful and even fearful of Li Wu Hui, he clearly knew that Li Wu Hui had killed a former level 5 general and become the leader of the rebel army.

Seeing Li Wu Hui looking over, he quickly put on a fawning smile.

They're quite sensible.

Li Wu Hui silently shifted his gaze to Gu Wen, avoiding the level 4 junior officer, and whispered, "Send her to the vicinity of the Flying Dragon Army, but not too close. Let her run there to ask for help herself!"

Gu Wen's eyes darted around, glancing at the masked man, seemingly understanding that the general had noticed something unusual.

But he said nothing, and simply obeyed orders in silence.

[Tier 2 Scout (108/100)]

Li Wu Hui looked at the panel above his head and nodded with a hint of appreciation.

A very clever and steady young man.

I hope he survives this war.

Upon hearing Gu Wen's words, the beauty's previously vacant eyes suddenly lit up, as if she felt that her bitter days were finally coming to an end.

Riding a military horse, escorted by Gu Wen, and with her own strength as a level 2 soldier and concubine, though her condition wasn't very good.

Before long, he passed through the army, rode alone towards the Flying Dragon Army, and shouted urgently:

"Flying Dragon Army, I am the young master's concubine. I know where he is. Come with me to rescue him!"

In fact, shouting this out loud on the battlefield was not a wise move.

But compared to being easily killed by the Flying Dragon Army, the beauty clearly understood what was done.

Upon hearing this...

Immediately, a lithe and fierce-looking Level 3 soldier from the Flying Dragon Army rushed out to meet the beautiful woman on horseback.

The beauty's expression brightened, and she stopped speaking, simply moving closer silently.

Nearly.

The two were now within three zhang of each other.

The beauty quickly explained her request to save the young master, demonstrating her loyalty as a concubine to him.

"General, find some more powerful warriors, preferably level 5 soldiers. The people holding the young gang leader hostage are level 5, uh..."

puff!

He hadn't finished speaking.

The level 3 soldier lunged forward, severing the beauty's neck with a single claw, and roared:

"I've said it three times already!"

"Prisoners? We don't need them!"

Are you deaf?!