The smell of blood had become unfamiliar. The huge barracks was silent. Everyone stared blankly at the scene, as if they had lost the ability to think for a moment.
"I've always felt that my heart is very soft." Yan Li looked at their faces with a faint smile. "It's better to be a hungry ghost than a hungry ghost, don't you think so?"
"Yan, County Military Officer Yan …" Li Yuanfa only felt a cold breath coming out of his throat and then his feet. But there were some words that had to be said, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "According to the military law, if it's not a serious crime, it must be reported to the law enforcement guards. Moreover, they're just neglecting their duties, they don't deserve to die … "
Only when they heard the words did they react and drew their weapons, looking as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
"Stop, all of you stop. This is the County Military Officer Guo Yi appointed by Marshal Zhang. Do you want to offend him?" Li Yuanfa said anxiously. He had no doubt that if these people didn't put down their weapons, the West Mountain Barracks would be filled with blood.
Yan Li looked calm and pointed at the food on the ground, "Who else feels hungry? It's okay, I'll treat you. There's enough food."
No one dared to move. Years of idleness seemed to have diluted their hot blood. Even when their comrades died in front of them, they were still indifferent.
"Very good, you still know shame!" Yan Li's face gradually became cold, "If I'm a spy, you're all dead now. Don't you know what will happen once the rear of Rong City is controlled by the enemy?"
"But, but … West Mountain Barracks hasn't been visited by the enemy for ten years …" A weak voice came from the crowd.
"Who said that? Come out!" Yan Li's face changed.
A soldier in his early twenties timidly stood out. He lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Yan Li's eyes. He wasn't very old, only a little older than Yan Li. He had a very ordinary face, but his whole body was full of examples of an ordinary person.
"Come here." Yan Li waved his hand.
"County … County Military Officer …" The soldier moved two steps, not daring to get too close to Yan Li. He was already lying in a pool of blood.
Yan Li indifferently looked into his eyes and said: "You reminded me of a fact: West Mountain Barracks has been idle for ten years, raising a bunch of things that are not even comparable to maggots. You're not here to retire. You're just trash that's been abandoned. "
"I …" Any hot-blooded youth would be enraged after being insulted like this. However, they had already learned from their mistakes and were lying in a pool of blood. If the soldiers of the West Mountain Barracks had the courage to resist, they would have left this damned place long ago.
It was precisely because no matter how angry he was, he couldn't let it out. That was why he was sent here at such a young age. Naturally, he didn't have the courage to confront Yan Li.
However, the West Mountain Camp was not like this.
At this time, a strong voice came from the crowd, "Where did you come from, you bastard? How dare you kill people in my territory!"
As the voice rang out, the crowd was immediately pushed aside. A strong man led a few people out of the crowd.
As soon as these people appeared, all the soldiers calmed down and looked at Yan Li with indifferent eyes, as if they had taken a tranquilizer.
"Yan … Yan Li?" However, one of the people brought by the burly man suddenly let out a cry of disbelief.
Zhao Qiping couldn't help but be surprised. Although his ambition was gradually worn down in the West Mountain Barracks, he still paid attention to the major events that happened in the Divine Land.
The few great achievements of Yan Li weren't widely known, but the newly arranged list of Heaven's Chosen by Skycloud Pavilion had made Yan Li's name known all over the country.
There weren't many cultivation experts in the world, but there were still a lot of them. It was hard to forget that Yan Li was able to stand out with a cultivation of third grade martial artist.
Zhao Qiping had always been paying attention to Yan Li's deeds, so he knew a little more. Therefore, he was extremely surprised that Yan Li was demoted to the West Mountain Barracks.
"You are Yan Li?" When the leader heard this exclamation, his pupils constricted at first, then he squinted slightly. A kind of resentment could be seen in his eyes.
"I'm Wang Chuan!" He walked to the front of Yan Li.
Naturally, Yan Li didn't know him. Not to mention not knowing him, it was also his first time hearing his name. However, he gradually remembered a person. It was a general from Rong City that Ma Guanshan asked him to look for when he rescued Tang Sanghua.
However, he had given this task to Ye Qing, so he had never seen this person with his own eyes.
"What did you scold me for just now?" Yan Li stared at Wang Chuan with the same expression.
Wang Chuan's hatred for Yan Li wasn't without reason. He was promoted by Ma Guanshan and had a lot of influence in Rong City. Originally, he had a bright future ahead of him. It wasn't impossible for him to become a general before the age of forty.
Not everyone could be like Ma Guanshan, who became a general in his early twenties. In the imperial court, those who could become a general before the age of forty were qualified to guard a region.
Guarding a region meant absolute rule, and it meant being the local tyrant.
This was the life that Wang Chuan dreamed of. However, everything was ruined by Yan Li. If he hadn't insisted on rescuing Tang Sanghua, Ma Guanshan wouldn't have given him the order. If it wasn't for Ma Guanshan, he definitely wouldn't have let that alien smuggle in.
This was supposed to be a great merit, but he couldn't disobey Ma Guanshan because everything he had came from Ma Guanshan. In the end, he was demoted by two ranks and was demoted to the West Mountain Camp. His future was bleak.
Wang Chuan didn't dare to hate Ma Guanshan, so he could only put all his hatred on Yan Li.
Therefore, when Yan Li asked this question, the anger in his heart rose. He clenched his teeth and said, "I scolded you …"
"Commandant, it must have been a slip of the tongue …" Zhao Qiping knew that he couldn't let Wang Chuan say that sentence, so he quickly stood up and interrupted, "I, I think he must have been too excited when he saw the arrival of Commandant, so he didn't choose his words carefully …"
Yan Li's gaze finally fell on Zhao Qiping, and a faint smile appeared on his face. "How have you been?"
Zhao Qiping became excited and said incoherently, "I, I'm very good. The food here is good, but the days are a little, a little idle … I'm very grateful to you. To be honest, even if I was still in the academy … I wouldn't have any achievements …"
"You're indeed more tactful now." Yan Li was still smiling faintly, but his tone was indescribably sarcastic.
Zhao Qiping's face suddenly turned red. He was shocked, angry, and stunned, but he didn't dare to refute. The West Mountain Camp was like a monster that swallowed all their courage.
Yan Li was very disappointed. He turned around and walked to the Xuanyuan Stage on the drill ground. He brought his attendant to the stage and wore an impatient expression on his face. "Who's in charge here? Come out quickly."
"It's me." Wang Chuan looked coldly at Yan Li.
Yan Li waved his hand, not treating him as special, as if he was ordering a small soldier. "Go and gather everyone. I have something to say."
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