sjar Chapter 578 The Whereabouts of the Eldest Brother
Chapter 578 The Whereabouts of the Eldest Brother
Bai Qingtian arrived earlier than Lin Zhao expected. He stood at the door for a while and knocked. Lin Zhao closed the Tiantong Mirror and let him in.
Bai Qingtian was stunned when he came in. He saw the true appearance of the ninth-level talisman master under the loose black cloak and was unable to recover for a long time.
The woman was probably taking a rest, so she took off her black cloak and put it on. Her pair of clear and bright eyes were fixed on the formation diagram in front of her. Her slender hand supported her fair and delicate chin, and her three thousand black hair hung casually on her shoulders, outlining a quiet and beautiful picture.
With his cultivation level, Bai Qingtian had seen many beauties sent by his subordinates and beauties around the powerful. In addition, some of the powerful people themselves were extremely beautiful. However, even though he was used to seeing beauties, he was still amazed by the beauty of the woman in front of him.
However, Bai Qingtian was not an impatient person. He had an instinctive appreciation for beauties. Moreover, the subtle oppressive aura emanating from the beauties was clearly reminding him to be careful.
Lin Zhao certainly noticed Bai Qingtian's absent-mindedness, but after sensing that he had no ill intentions, she simply reminded him, "General Bai, please take a seat."
The voice, no longer deliberately lowered, was clear and pleasant to the ear. Coupled with such a face, Bai Qingtian was somewhat suspicious whether the person in front of him chose to conceal his true appearance on the battlefield because of this face.
After all, a face like this doesn't really have much deterrent power, but it is quite confusing.
Lin Zhao asked, "How much does General Bai know about his own physical condition?"
Bai Qingtian sat opposite Lin Zhao. For some reason, he became a little reserved when facing Lin Zhao. It was not because he liked Lin Zhao and wanted to leave a good impression in front of her.
After all, he is now at this age. If he had wanted to find a Taoist partner and have children, his granddaughter would be older than the woman in front of him.
The main reason was that the oppressive feeling Lin Zhao gave him was too similar to that of the masters in the Tribulation Crossing period in the imperial dynasty. Ordinary Tribulation Crossing could not give him this feeling.
Moreover, when Bai Qingtian met Lin Zhao's gaze, he always felt that Lin Zhao could see through him at a glance. This made him sweat all over.
"I have more or less an idea of my situation." Bai Qingtian clenched his palms and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He thought to himself, what is the difference between his state of mind when facing this master now and when he first entered the military camp as a rookie facing his superiors?
Lin Zhao asked expressionlessly, "So you also know that you can't go any further?"
Lin Zhao's voice fell into Bai Qingtian's ears, and for a moment Bai Qingtian could only hear the sound of the wind blowing outside.
A long time later, this powerful general who had made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty heard his own vague voice: "What did you say?"
Before the Dynasty War, the last True Immortal of the dynasty, who was also the chief alchemist of the Qing Dynasty, once called the top ten legion leaders over and gave each of them a pill, saying it was a reward from the dynasty that could help cultivators below the True Immortal level advance to the next level.
The others were fine. Before the leaders of the major legions left, the True Immortal especially reminded him to take the elixir.
Bai Qingtian had originally been a little concerned about the immortal's alchemy skills and character, so he planned to save the pills and give them to an alchemy master he knew to identify them, but the Emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty spoke up and asked him to take them on the spot.
They said that this was just a simple upgrading elixir, specially given to him as a reward to make him more powerful on the battlefield.
Bai Qingtian did have doubts, but this was the emperor's request.
Bai Qingtian had no choice but to swallow it. Later, his cultivation level broke through. Apart from the fact that his spiritual energy was a little weak, he had no other major problems, so Bai Qingtian didn't think much about it.
When Lin Zhao brought this up today, the doubts that had been hidden in his heart suddenly exploded. Bai Qingtian didn't know what to feel now.
He has suffered countless losses since joining the army, but these losses were caused by outsiders. Bai Qingtian just regarded it as growth.
He could be injured, could die for his country, could suffer losses, but the dynasty he was loyal to gave him such a pill before he set out, and his monarch forced him to take the pill that ended his hopes of promotion.
Why is that?
He couldn't help but ask this question.
Lin Zhao tapped lightly on the table with her fingers, and the sound helped to stabilize Bai Qingtian's thoughts which were about to break.
"General Bai, think carefully, can you guess why you want to take this pill?"
Since he didn't know the result, it meant that the people of the Qing Dynasty must have been hiding it from him. Bai Qingtian didn't want to ruin his future because of a dynastic war.
So why did the Qing Dynasty push a general with a promising future to this point?
Bai Qingtian must have offended someone, and the other party wanted to use the excuse of the imperial war to destroy his path of cultivation.
Although she didn't spend much time with Bai Qingtian, Lin Zhao had some understanding of him since he could become the idol of Feng Chenlan, the old-fashioned man.
For a general like Bai Qingtian, deploying troops and engaging in intrigues with the enemy are not a problem, but the problem is that he has the same problems as Feng Chenlan, and they are even worse.
To put it nicely, he is loyal, righteous and honest; to put it bluntly, he is rigid and stubborn.
Not only does he want to walk the path he has chosen, but he will also not support those who want to take other paths. He will also criticize them with all his might.
With such a personality, it would be strange if he didn't offend people.
"It happened before the dynasty." Although Bai Qingtian is stubborn and rigid, he is not stupid. He knows very well who he has offended and who has forced him to this point.
He just didn't expect that even the Lord of the Qing Dynasty, the monarch he was directly loyal to, would acquiesce to this plan and become the executioner.
Lin Zhao did not interrupt his recollections.
Bai Qingtian clenched his fists: "It seems that they already know where I hid the child."
After Bai Qingtian finished speaking, he was silent for a long time. "The ambition of the whole dynasty is to persecute the peace of a family in another world and to sacrifice a child who is powerless. This is not the way of the strong, nor is it the way of a cultivator."
The strong wield their swords against the stronger ones, and the weak bully the weaker ones.
"I don't regret it, and I would make the same choice again."
After waiting for a long time for him to say nothing, Lin Zhao opened his mouth and said, "If I say that I can break the effect of this elixir and restore the general's original talent, what will the general give in return?"
Bai Qingtian was silent for a long time.
"I understand what the master means, but I, Bai Qingtian, can get over this hurdle in my heart, but many of my subordinates cannot, so Bai Qingtian can only promise to surrender alone."
Lin Zhao looked at him for a while, then smiled for the first time since they met. "That's enough. General Bai's surrender is equivalent to the surrender of three legions."
Bai Qingtian lowered his head: "Master, your words are too serious."
When Lin Zhao stood up and planned to take him to Feng Chenlan, he suddenly felt something inexplicably moving and asked, "General Bai just said that he hid a child? What's the child's name? Maybe I can go and see it when I reach the territory of the Qing Dynasty in the future."
Bai Qingtian said: "That child is the eldest son of a family in the Tianhuang plane. His name is Lin Yu. This child is no longer in the Qing Dynasty."