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Chapter 103 Reasons
The sun sets in the west.

Zhai Ling stood on the hillside and looked into the distance.

On the horizon, the dust storm was still raging. The black and yellow dust covered the sky, just like a tide of ancient monsters coming from outer space. The surging yellow dust was also stained with green light, making it look particularly strange.

At the foot of the hill, there was a busy scene with people shouting and horses neighing.

After leaving the dust storm, Zhai Ling and his men found the team led by Xue Long a few kilometers away.

As Zhai Ling's deputy, Xue Long had rich experience in warfare. Not only did he lead the team to a safe area as soon as the incident occurred, he also sent people to deliver the news to the Yishan City and Chongguang City camps in a timely manner.

Now, Xue Long is organizing people to cut down trees and set up a temporary defense camp. Yishan City, which received the news, has also sent reinforcements and is on the way. As for the Chongguang City camp...

Just as I was thinking about it, there was another commotion not far behind me. After a while, with a burst of voices and one or two sharp rebukes, the noise and commotion were temporarily suppressed.

Zhai Ling didn't look back. He knew what had happened.

After a while, amidst the whistling wind, the sounds of digging and hammering wood piles, there came the sound of footsteps stepping on sand and dead grass. Zhai Ling turned his head and saw Xue Long walking towards him with a grim look on his face.

"Are they making trouble again?" Zhai Ling asked.

Xue Long nodded and said with a dark face: "These ignorant kids, I finally brought them back, but now they are clamoring to go back to look for them. Especially Yue Shifeng..."

Zhai Ling frowned and asked, "Where are the Su family members?"

"Feng Ting was silent," Xue Long said, "but judging from his and the Su family guards' expressions, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold it in for too long."

Zhai Ling sighed, thought for a moment and said, "Go tell them. If the people from Yishan City still can't get there in half an hour, I will personally lead people to go with them."

Xue Long was shocked: "Sir, how can this be possible?!"

No one knew the dangers of the dust storm better than him. Zhai Ling had finally rescued someone, so how could he bring someone back in? That would be tantamount to seeking his own death!

Facing Xue Long's objection, Zhai Ling was silent for a moment and asked, "Do you know how we brought those people out?"

Xue Long was stunned and shook his head.

When Zhai Ling led his men back, he actually asked a few questions casually. He probably knew that Zhai Ling led his men to locate the place with directional arrows, and after going deep into the Five Arrows Land, they happened to meet Feng Ting and others who rushed out, so he brought them back.

Xue Long thought that this was due to Zhai Ling's perseverance, but luck also played a big role. However, when Zhai Ling asked him about this, he immediately realized that things were definitely not as simple as he thought.

As expected, Zhai Ling said in a serious tone, "Others may not know that the person who made the greatest contribution to this matter is Su Daoshan."

"Him?" Xue Long asked in surprise.

After Zhai Ling and the others came back, they were overjoyed, but they also heard something: they had originally rescued eighteen people, but unexpectedly, Su Daoshan turned back at the last minute.

Now the news has spread throughout the team. Xue Long heard a lot of discussion down below.

Because all the people in this Dingzi Camp were from Yishan City, their opinions were surprisingly consistent. They all thought that this kind of thing could only be done by the nerdy young master of the Su family. The words were somewhat unpleasant to hear.

Some said he was stupid, some ridiculed him for being mentally ill, and some said he just liked to be in the limelight and show off his ridiculous gentlemanly demeanor.

However, Xue Long and other officers of the Fiery Army had complicated feelings.

On the one hand, the army hated this kind of self-willed behavior. On the other hand, everyone couldn't help but feel that this guy was more to their liking than others.

The fighters in the army have all crawled out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. They are more cunning than anyone else.

But when it comes to admitting truth, he is more stubborn than anyone else!
Everyone didn't know anything else, but they knew that the fact that a 17-year-old young man from a noble family could turn around and go back to save others regardless of his own life was enough to win everyone's respect.

The trust and friendship between comrades in the army is not something that ordinary people can understand. No matter how beautiful the words are, how many people can do what Su Daoshan did on the battlefield where life and death are at stake?
If you tell anyone in the army about this loyal guy, they will give you a thumbs up after they scold him!

However, what Xue Long did not expect was that Zhai Ling actually said that it was his credit to rescue these people.

How can this be?

"It's him," Zhai Ling nodded and said, "After the incident, it was this guy who led Feng Ting and the others to find the others. He was the one who found Yue Shifeng, and he also found the people from the Lin family. Before we met him, he was the one who led the way. This guy..."

He turned his head and looked at Xue Long: "... has the ability to see through the dust storm."

Xue Long opened his mouth in shock: "Really?!"

"When Feng Ting told me this at first, I didn't believe it either," Zhai Ling said. "At that time, I just thought he was making up a story in order to go back and look for his young master. It wasn't until later that I talked to several people from the Yue family and the Lin family to understand the situation that I was able to confirm it."

Then he asked, "Do you remember the information about this kid in the information given by City Lord Zhu?"

"I remember," Xue Long nodded, "It is said that he was mediocre before, but he stood out in this county exam and won the favor of Xie Xunbai, the fifth elder of Han Valley. He has publicly promised to be Han Valley's personal disciple, and is waiting to open the mountain gate and accept disciples in the future."

"Yes." Zhai Ling nodded, "But Su Daoshan only participated in the first round of the county examination, and did not participate in the next two rounds. Do you know how he was chosen by Han Gu?"

Xue Long shook his head curiously.

"This kid has a literary spiritual root. In the first round of spiritual root test, his level has reached an unfathomable level!" Zhai Ling said.

Xue Long's curious eyes froze for a moment: "Unfathomable?"

Zhai Ling nodded and said, "This matter is only circulated among the high-ranking officials of the Yishan City families. It is said that they were going to test it again, but Xie Xunbai stopped it. Therefore, even the patriarchs of the major families and the examiners of the nine major sects could not be sure whether the spiritual roots he tested were real. City Lord Zhu naturally would not tell us about this matter. But Feng Ting knows about this, Yue Shifeng knows about it, and I asked Lin Xuan about it, and he also knows about it."

As he spoke, he glanced at Xue Long with a wry smile and said, "Otherwise, this group of aristocratic family children was originally led by Yue Shifeng, and this time Yue Shifeng took the top spot in the county exam. How come they are now leaderless... It's because this kid is too outstanding that Yue Shifeng can no longer be above him."

Xue Long took a deep breath, was stunned for a moment and said: "The advantage of the literary talent is that the eyes are sharp and can see ahead. It is said that the higher the level, the more powerful the eyes. If this kid can really see through the dust storm, doesn't it mean... his literary talent is real?"

(End of this chapter)