If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 1039 Xiang Family Village, Kuaiji

Han Xin immediately bowed and said, "Mother, you have misunderstood. Mother told me the truth about the 'Great Azure Dragon' and even tried to uphold justice for me. I remember all your teachings and am deeply grateful."

"When my son achieves great things in the future, I will repay him a hundredfold."

I will repay you a hundredfold in the future.
Xiaoyu was speechless after he did that.

“A grown man cannot even support himself. I pity the ignorant and foolish prince. He acted out of righteousness, how could he expect anything in return!” she shouted.

The words that the woman who washed clothes had used to scold Han Xin were slightly modified by her and used to attack Han Xin again.

Han Xin was shameless. Or rather, he had a good mental fortitude, like a "mentally ill person".

He bowed again and said, "Mother, we've talked for so long, how can you still not understand my character?"
The boy will remember the kindness others show him.

The boy also believes that he will be able to repay them a hundredfold or a thousandfold in the future.

There's no need to rush to express gratitude on the spot.

Even if others treat him badly, he will remember it and believe that he will definitely find an opportunity to showcase his talents and have the ability to repay them a hundredfold.

The desire for revenge, like the desire for affection, doesn't need to be expressed on the spot.

At this moment, the boy is like a bamboo shoot sprouting from the ground after a spring rain.

It grows strong every day and is about to grow into a giant bamboo.

Why cut off the stem when the bamboo shoots are still tender, and engage in pointless struggle with others?
"Why not wait a few days until the tender bamboo shoots grow into large bamboo poles, then forge them into spears, ensuring a perfect strike!"

Xiaoyu's expression was a little distorted, but she had no anger left in her heart.

She suddenly understood.

Han Xin was not Goujian; he was an invincible military genius.

On the battlefield, ordinary people can only see a corner of the battlefield, but he can have a comprehensive view of the whole situation and has a powerful enough brain to deduce the development of the battlefield situation and make various decisions that are conducive to final victory.

The same applies to life.

Ordinary people can only see the present, but he will consider the overall picture over time and will not dwell on the gains and losses at a particular point in time.

He wanted the final victory more than a momentary impulse.

The key is that he truly has strong insight and decisiveness, and can easily grasp the overall situation.

His perspective on the "plot line" is like that of the Fourth Duty Officer on the timeline.

Ordinary people only focus on the present, but the official can see into the past, present, and future all at once.

Han Xin could survey the battlefield situation with a single glance, taking in every decision, every possibility, and every possible outcome.

He could see and understand everything, both the spatial scope of the battlefield and the temporal scope of life. He could directly see how to achieve victory.

Therefore, he always held the belief that he was in the process of achieving a final great victory.

Since his mindset and situation during the final victory were certainly different from Goujian's,

They won't suffer the same torment as Goujian did when he endured hardship and humiliation.

Then, Xiaoyu suddenly realized why she had lost hundreds of games in a row during her dream battles, yet she couldn't understand why she was losing.

Knowing your enemy and yourself is the key to victory in every battle.

Han Xin was too insightful and too calm.

They possess keen insight, able to see through people's hearts and nature in a very short time and grasp details that ordinary people cannot notice.

He knew almost everything: his own strengths and weaknesses, all the enemy's vulnerabilities, and the current environment and situation of both sides.

On the battlefield, he not only possesses comprehensive information but also calmly analyzes the advantages and disadvantages. Through various small details, he gradually accumulates his own advantages and amplifies the enemy's disadvantages.

She had suffered a series of defeats because she had failed to notice the subtle changes on the battlefield.

A single change is like a drop of water in a river, having almost no impact on the course of the battle.

But the accumulation of countless changes, like the convergence of hundreds of rivers, formed a monstrous wave that stunned her.

Xiao Yu slowly spoke, saying, "Han Xin, please reconsider my previous suggestion."

You have very obvious strengths, but your greatest strength is also your fatal weakness.

On the battlefield, you have the ability to control the overall situation.

In life, you still retain the habits you had on the battlefield, or rather, that's just your nature.

I always felt I could control the overall situation, but life is full of unexpected events and sudden changes.

If you encounter a small, unexpected turn of events, you might find yourself at a loss.

It would be very difficult to defeat Han Xin on the battlefield.

Because Han Xin did indeed have a special talent, enabling him to anticipate and control all variables on the battlefield.

To keep the battle situation under one's control.

Defeating him outside the battlefield is quite simple.

Because his talent is limited to the battlefield, but he has brought the "bad habits" from the battlefield into his life.

"Yes, I will always keep my mother's teachings in mind."

Han Xin nodded seriously, but in his heart he didn't quite understand or accept her attitude.

Xiaoyu glanced at him and said, "For example, right now, an unexpected event beyond your control is about to befall you."

It is my duty to punish the celestial sorcerers who dare to destroy the dragon veins of the land.

My plans will not change because of your attitude.

If you cooperate, it will be easier for me to deal with that divination master; if you don't cooperate, I won't force you, it will just take a little longer.

In any case, when I punish that sorcerer, his companions and his lord will not remain indifferent when they see him die tragically before their eyes.

They might think of you, they might come to Huaiyin to investigate, they might seek revenge on you, or they might kill you to vent their anger.

How would you deal with this unexpected turn of events?

Continue sitting by the river fishing and eating pancakes, waiting for the enemy to come knocking, then kneel down and crawl between their legs?
"If Wang Er falls for this, others will only think of King Goujian of Yue's ambitions and will regard you as a greater threat."

Han Xin hesitated and said, "Mother, can't you just tell me who the enemy is and let me take revenge myself?"

"Isn't what I said clear enough? I'm not helping you. Anyone who dares to damage the dragon vein of the Divine Land will surely be punished by lightning."

"That sorcerer is like that. If you dare to dig up the dragon vein in the future, I will kill you too!" Xiao Yu shouted sternly.

—If you're so capable, why didn't you eliminate the hidden dangers for me instead of leaving loose ends and making me suffer possible retaliation?
Han Xin harbored deep resentment, yet understood that he had no other choice.

"Mother, how should your son cooperate with you?"

"You come with me."

Xiao Yu grabbed Han Xin by the back of the neck.

With a "whoosh," they moved as fast as teleportation, arriving at Han's Vegetable Garden, more than ten miles away in the west of the city, from the Huai River in the north of the city.

It was already dark, and there wasn't a soul in or out of the vegetable garden.

Xiaoyu placed Han Xin on the ground, stretched out her right hand, spread her five fingers, and made a grasping motion towards the pit left over from the Han family's ancestral grave.

Wisps of yellowish-brown earth vapor appeared on the ground.

It looked like a small snake that had crawled out of the field, thin and long, and seemed to have a life of its own, swaying gently.

"The Han family's dragon vein of Huaiyin, heed my command, gather!"

With a loud shout from Xiaoyu, the small dragon-like snakes from all directions crawled towards the grave pit, gathered together, and gradually formed a two-zhang-long five-clawed azure dragon.

"Ang~~"

The Azure Dragon's eyes were dull and lifeless, like those of a dead man, yet it turned its head and let out a heartbreaking, mournful dragon roar towards Han Xin.

Only Xiaoyu and Han Xin could hear it.

Han Xin felt a lump in his throat, and tears streamed down his face. He felt as if he had lost seven or eight parents in succession.

"Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, Old Mother of Hills, hasten your decree! General of Five Thunders, heed my command!"

Xiao Yu struck a majestic pose, unleashing a powerful aura. He recited a few incantations in a pretentious manner, then suddenly pointed his dragon-headed cane towards the sky.

"Boom~~ Crack~~"

A bolt of purple lightning descended from the heavens, landing in front of her and transforming into a goddess surrounded by lightning.

The goddess Lingyan Shuying was tall and slender, with long purple braids that cascaded down like lightning, and cold eyes like thunder.

A majestic figure hovered in the void, his crimson robe embroidered with mysterious thunder runes.

Her aura was like a drawn blade, imposing and unapproachable, her eyes like two pools of lightning, sparks dancing within them. Han Xin's eyes widened in amazement, his face showing reverence. He shrank back slightly before bowing deeply, saying, "Han Xin of Huaiyin pays respects to the Goddess."

General Wu Lei glanced at him condescendingly, as if looking at an ant, and then bowed respectfully to the old woman Xiao Yu, saying, "General Wu Lei, please give the order, Old Mother Qiu Shan."

The old mother, Xiaoyu, nodded slightly, pointed at Han Xin, and said, "A celestial sorcerer caused him to dig up his own dragon vein. I will help you guide the cause and effect, and you can strike him with heavenly lightning."

"I will obey the Mother's decree!" General Wu Lei leaped into the night sky and disappeared.

The next instant, "Boom, crack!"

The thunderbolt, as thick as a bowl, resembled a thunder serpent, winding its way for thousands of feet.

There were hundreds or even thousands of them, turning the night sky a bright purple.

A terrifying aura, representing calamity, spread like the moisture of a rainy day, making Han Xin below tremble with fear and a sense of oppression.

The insects in the surrounding grass stopped chirping.

For a radius of twenty miles, there was a deathly silence.

Within that area, anyone who wasn't asleep felt a sense of unease and oppression, as if the sky were collapsing.

"Han Xin, come here!" Xiao Yu called out, her hand already outstretched.

With a grab in the air, Han Xin was involuntarily pulled to her side.

She stomped her foot again, and the cesspool left by the Han family's ancestral grave cracked open, creating a hole ten feet deep, like a scar on the earth.

"Roar~~~" The great blue dragon let out another mournful cry, then plunged into the hole.

Xiao Yu gently patted Han Xin on the back of the head, and his head felt heavy, making him feel dizzy.

"Splash!" Han Xin, who had lost consciousness, fell vertically into the hole like a corpse and was immediately buried by the yellow earth.

Only then did Xiaoyu unleash her true supernatural power.

Activate the power of the Celestial Master and operate the "Refining Spirit by Mixing Wind and Mountains and Waters".

"Crash!"

The old woman, Xiaoyu, was broken into a pile of yellow mud, which merged into the earth's veins and became one with the land of Huaiyin.

"Crack~~~ Boom!"

The thunder dragons gathered together, forming a vast, purplish-red thunder pool.

The first bolt of lightning descended from the sky, landing on Changchun Temple, which was not far away.

"Ah~~" A short but shrill scream came, and then the scream stopped abruptly.

"Boom~~"

The lightning spread towards Huaiyin City, and seven or eight purple "heavenly lightning bolts" fell into the city one after another.

"Boom boom boom~~~"

The Heavenly Thunder Pool transformed into a thick bolt of lightning, which rapidly disappeared into the distance like a raging dragon.

The sound was muffled, growing farther and farther away from Huaiyin. The lightning gradually disappeared into the night, and the thunder grew weaker and weaker.

Gradually, the sky over the surrounding area returned to the deep gray of night, and the stars could be seen again.

The Han family's vegetable garden returned to silence, and the insects in the grass resumed their chirping.

Only from the nearby Changchun Temple could one hear cries of alarm and wailing: "Oh no! The abbot has been struck dead by lightning!"

For a long time, neither the old woman Xiaoyu nor Han Xin emerged from the mud.

A Taoist priest, in surprise, ran to the Han family's vegetable garden to check, but found nothing after searching back and forth.

The county of Wu in Kuaiji Commandery, thousands of miles away.

A private house outside the city.

Zhongli Mei's mother was doing radio calisthenics in the yard—the dynamic exercise of "Zixia True Qi".

Suddenly, he saw his son come out of the main room, wearing soft armor, with a sword hanging on his back and a long wooden stick in his hand.

"My son, it's getting dark. You're all armored and carrying a sword. Where are you going?"

"As before, after meeting Lord Xiang Liang, I will go to Zhenze (Taihu Lake) for a short stay of half a month to train the soldiers and practice military formations."

Zhongli Mei stood in the courtyard, watching his mother hopping and skipping about with a happy smile, and said, "Mother, you're about to draw qi into your body and cultivate true qi, that's great! Now I'm even more relieved."

The old lady was also delighted and said with a smile, "Master Luobo was right. This 'Purple Cloud True Qi' is very suitable for an old woman like me."

No need for swords or spears, just stretch your arms and legs in the sun morning and evening, and the sun will set again.

She sighed, her movements slowing down, and said with some lingering satisfaction, "It's just that the cultivation time is a bit short, and the sunrise and sunset aren't frequent either. It would be great if I could cultivate all the time."

Practicing the "Purple Cloud True Qi" exercise facing the sun is much more comfortable than the square dancing of old ladies in my previous life.

It is an "evolution" from body to soul, and naturally, it is also a comprehensive comfort.

After all, "Purple Cloud True Qi" comes from the ancient immortal technique "Purple Blazing Light," which can be considered an introductory foundation-building method for immortals.

Zhongli Mei laughed and said, "Brother Radish created this Qi-cultivation method for you so that you could move your hands and feet and keep your body healthy, not so that you could cultivate vast true qi and become a martial arts master."

Half an hour each morning and evening is enough.

The old lady nodded and said, "I never thought I would achieve much in internal strength. It's just that I'm unfamiliar with Wu County and don't have to worry about food, so it's a bit boring."

Practicing internal energy cultivation is a great way to pass the time.

Zhongli Mei felt very uncomfortable.

My mother lives in Wu County, and she's a complete outsider. She can't even speak the soft Wu dialect, so she can't fit in.

If he were at home, he could at least keep his elderly mother company and talk to her.

He went to Zhenze to help Xiang Liang train his elite soldiers, and he disappeared for half a month. His mother must be even more lonely now.

"Didn't Brother Radish give you a medical book? You can take it out and read it."

Of course, he did say that using the Purple Cloud True Qi in conjunction with medical skills to treat illnesses had miraculous effects.

"I've already read all the medical books. I'm not sick myself, so I don't need treatment. But if it were another patient, I wouldn't dare to treat them."

Sigh, Master Luobo also said that he would personally guide me in medical studies in two months.

It's been over a year, why hasn't he come looking for us yet?

"He is not one to break his word. Could something have happened?" the old lady asked worriedly.

Zhongli Mei was also a little worried, but she didn't want her mother to be sad, so she laughed and said, "Don't you know Brother Radish's methods?"

If he travels alone, he can definitely reach Kuaiji within one or two months.

But when he left that day, there was a scholar with him.

That scholar is traveling to famous mountains and rivers, seeking immortals and visiting Taoist masters!

The radish brothers were traveling with him; they must have encountered something good, which is why they were delayed for so long.

The old lady's worry turned into joy, and she said, "May the Heavenly Venerable and the Dao Ancestor bless you. I hope that Daoist Luobo can have his wish fulfilled and encounter a celestial destiny."

“Mother, it’s getting late, I have to go. If you encounter any problems, you can ask Wang Hu to go to the county to find Xiang Liang Gong.”

Zhenze is the Taihu Lake of later generations.

In Xiaoyu's previous life, Taihu Lake was already very large, but Zhenze in Pangu's world was even larger, covering thousands of miles in circumference, with an incredibly complex network of waterways; even immortals might get lost if they ventured into it.

Zhongli Mei had to row his boat for most of the night to reach the island where Xiang Liang had hidden his private army.

"Son, go on your way, take good care of yourself." The old lady saw her son off until he left.

Zhongli Mei did not immediately run to the Great Swamp.

He first went to "Xiangjiazhuang", which was not far away.

Even though he was the martial arts instructor of the Xiang family army in Zhenze, he still needed Xiang Liang's "Tiger Tally Token" to get to "Training Island".

Without a token, one would be considered an intruder, immediately killed, and their soul suppressed to prevent the disclosure of secrets that could cost the entire Xiang family their lives.

Upon entering Xiangjiazhuang, Zhongli Mei saw a shirtless, burly young man wielding a thick steel spear, swinging it with great force, causing sand and stones to fly.

"Zhongli Mei, come here and exchange a few blows with me!"

Upon seeing Zhongli Mei, the burly man immediately shouted and thrust his steel spear at him.

"Brother Xiang Ji, let's do it another day! I have something to discuss with Lord Xiang Liang."

Even so, Zhongli Mei still wielded a long spear and engaged in a fierce battle with Xiang Ji.

If Xiaoyu saw the scene in the courtyard at this moment, she would definitely exclaim in shock: Zhongli Mei wasn't bragging after all, he really was evenly matched with the "Overlord of Western Chu"? This Overlord of Western Chu is too weak!
(End of this chapter)