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Chapter 578 The Whereabouts of the Eldest Brother
Bai Qingtian arrived a little earlier than Lin Zhao had expected. He stood at the door for a while, then knocked. Lin Zhao closed the Heavenly Mirror and let him in.

Bai Qingtian was stunned when he entered. He was unable to recover for a long time after seeing the true face of the level nine spirit talisman master under the loose black cloak.

The woman was probably resting, so she took off her black cloak and draped it over herself. Her clear, bright eyes were fixed on the array diagram in front of her. Her slender hand supported her fair and delicate chin, and her long black hair fell casually over her shoulders, creating a serene and beautiful scene.

Bai Qingtian, with his cultivation level, had seen his fair share of beauties sent by his subordinates and the alluring women around powerful figures. In addition, some of these powerful beings were themselves extremely beautiful. However, even though he was used to seeing beauties, he was still amazed by the woman's appearance before him.

However, Bai Qingtian was not a lustful person. He had an instinctive appreciation for beautiful women, and besides, the subtle yet powerful aura emanating from the woman was clearly reminding him to be mindful of his behavior.

Lin Zhao noticed Bai Qingtian's absent-mindedness, but sensing that the other party meant no harm, he simply reminded him, "General Bai, please sit down."

The voice, no longer deliberately lowered, was clear and pleasant to the ear. Coupled with such a face, Bai Qingtian wondered if the person in front of him had chosen to conceal his true appearance on the battlefield because of his face.

After all, showing such a face doesn't really have much of a deterrent effect, but it is quite deceptive.

Lin Zhao asked, "General Bai, how much do you know about your physical condition?"

Bai Qingtian sat opposite Lin Zhao, and for some reason, he became somewhat reserved in front of Lin Zhao. It wasn't because he had taken a liking to Lin Zhao and wanted to leave a good impression on her.

After all, he's already quite old. If he had wanted to find a suitable partner and have children back then, his granddaughter would be older than the woman in front of him.

The main reason was that Lin Zhao gave him a sense of oppression that was too similar to those experts in the Tribulation Transcending stage of the Imperial Dynasty. Ordinary Tribulation Transcending experts could not give him this feeling.

Moreover, when Bai Qingtian met Lin Zhao's gaze, he always felt as if Lin Zhao could see right through him. This made him break out in a cold sweat.

"I'm fairly aware of my situation." Bai Qingtian clenched his fists and breathed a sigh of relief. He wondered how his mindset was now when facing this master was any different from when he was a greenhorn in the army and facing his superiors.
Lin Zhao asked expressionlessly, "So you also know that you can't go any further?"

Lin Zhao's voice reached Bai Qingtian's ears, and for a moment Bai Qingtian could only hear the sound of the wind blowing outside.

Much later, this valiant general, who had rendered great service to the Qing Dynasty, heard his own muffled voice: "What did you say?"

Before the war between the dynasties, the last True Immortal of the dynasty, who was also the chief alchemist of the Qing Dynasty, summoned the leaders of the top ten legions 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, but before the leaders of the various legions left, the True Immortal especially instructed them to take pills.

Bai Qingtian was initially uneasy about the True Immortal's alchemy skills and character, so he planned to store the pills and have them examined by an alchemy master he knew. However, the Qing Emperor demanded that he take them on the spot.

They said it was just a simple advancement pill, a special reward given to him to make him even stronger on the battlefield.

Bai Qingtian wasn't without doubts, but this was the emperor's order.

Bai Qingtian had no choice but to swallow it. Later, when his cultivation broke through, apart from his spiritual energy being somewhat unstable, he had no other major problems, so Bai Qingtian didn't think much of it.

Lin Zhao's suggestion today has brought to the surface the doubts that have been hidden in Bai Qingtian's heart. He doesn't know what to think now.

Since joining the army, he has suffered countless losses, but these losses were all inflicted by outsiders, and Bai Qingtian took them as part of his growth.

He could be injured, he could die for his country, he could suffer losses, but the dynasty he served gave him this elixir before he set off, and his monarch forced him to take it, extinguishing his hopes of advancement.

Why is that?
He couldn't help but ask the question aloud. Lin Zhao tapped her fingers lightly on the table, the soft sounds calming Bai Qingtian's thoughts that were on the verge of breaking.

"General Bai, think carefully, can you figure out why you took this pill?"

Since he didn't know the outcome, it meant that the people of the Qing Dynasty must have kept it from him. Bai Qingtian had no intention of ruining his future because of a single war between dynasties.

So why did the Qing Dynasty force a promising general to this point?

Bai Qingtian must have offended someone who wanted to use the war between the dynasties as an excuse to ruin his cultivation path.

Although he hadn't spent much time with Bai Qingtian, he knew a little about him from the fact that Bai Qingtian was Feng Chenlan's old-fashioned idol, Lin Zhao.

A military general like Bai Qingtian has no problem with strategizing and outmaneuvering the enemy. The problem is that he has the same flaws as Feng Chenlan, and even worse.

To put it nicely, it's loyalty, integrity, and incorruptibility; to put it bluntly, it's rigidity and stubbornness.

He not only chooses to walk the path he has chosen, but he will also fiercely criticize those who want to take a different path.

With a personality like that, it's no wonder she offends people.

“It happened before the dynasty.” Although Bai Qingtian was stubborn and rigid, he was not stupid. He knew very well who he had offended and who was determined to push him to this point.

He simply didn't expect that even the Qing emperor, the very monarch to whom he directly served, would tacitly approve of this scheme and become its executioner.

Lin Zhao did not interrupt his reminiscence.

Bai Qingtian clenched his fists: "It seems they already know where I hid the child."

After saying this, Bai Qingtian remained silent for a long time. "The ambition of the entire dynasty, the persecution of the peace of a family in another world, and the sacrifice of a child who has no power to even kill a chicken—this is not the way of the strong, nor is it the behavior of a cultivator."

The strong wield their swords against the stronger, and the weak bully the weaker.

"I don't regret it, and I would still make the same choice if I had to do it again."

After waiting for him to remain silent for a long time, Lin Zhao finally spoke up: "If I were to say that I could break the effects of this pill and restore the general's original talent, what reward would the general offer?"

Bai Qingtian remained silent for a long time.

“I understand what you mean, Master, but while I, Bai Qingtian, can overcome this mental hurdle, many of my men cannot. Therefore, I, Bai Qingtian, can only promise to surrender to myself.”

Lin Zhao looked at him for a while, then smiled for the first time since their meeting: "That's enough. General Bai's surrender is comparable to the surrender of three legions."

Bai Qingtian lowered his head: "Master, you flatter me."

As Lin Zhao got up to take him to Feng Chenlan's place, he suddenly felt a surge of emotion and asked, "General Bai just said that you hid a child? What is the child's name? Perhaps I can go and see him when I come to the territory of the Qing Dynasty."

Bai Qingtian said, "That child is the eldest son of a family in the Heavenly Phoenix Plane, named Lin Yu. This child is no longer in the Great Qing Dynasty."