Your war hammer is too fake

——The eldest sister of the Bing family may not be any less thoughtful than Liu Jianguo, but the impressions they left on An Jiyue were completely different. Compared with Liu Jianguo who always insisted on calling himself "General An", Bing Ruomei called the girl "An Jiedu", even though An Jiyue had not yet accepted the canonization of the Heavenly Court, in theory she was still a commoner in the Weijing court.

After explaining the wind force levels, An Jiuyue said: "After all, the ship I designed is much larger than the sky lantern and sky boat. The higher tonnage naturally brings better ability to resist severe weather." Although the Swift-class's wind resistance mainly depends on the storm engine's regulation of airflow, the girl added in her heart.

The two chatted for a while about the various trivialities of their respective air forces. The lookout's voice came from above: "At 8 o'clock, there are three Indian airships, but no Sky Knights are seen accompanying them. The distance... is about kilometers!"

Hearing this, An Jiyue took a few steps forward and shouted into the brass intercom, "I am An Jiyue. Fleet, immediately deploy into battle formation and open fire once you are within range. No need to waste time talking to these Indians who have had too much Ganges water in their mouths!"

"Yes!" A few seconds later, the captain's dull response came from the intercom.

After receiving the order, Guan Tongchang trotted to the balcony on the side of the bridge, signaled to the friendly forces and repeated it twice. Although the dwarves have steam radio, the military industry department, after a detailed evaluation, believes that this is a technology with great potential, but it is not mature enough at present. Its reliability and range have great problems. Therefore, Anshi Zhendan did not introduce this technology like the flame cannon.

Currently, the communication between different ships of the Shenzhou Fleet is mainly completed by ancient flags and light signals. Due to insufficient research and development capabilities, real-time wireless communication technology has been squeezed behind other more important projects, such as radar and shield generators, and is still on the list of technologies waiting for research and development.

After receiving the flag signal, the other Swift-class ship accelerated forward, while the Army Horse began to climb at full speed and slow down, deliberately falling behind. As a light transport ship, the Army Horse only carried the minimum self-defense weapons, and those few dwarf guns were not suitable for dealing with flying ships, even though the Indian flying ships were not high-threat targets: except for the ability to fly, this pure magic creation was no different from a warship floating on the water, whether in terms of firepower or protection capabilities.

Before the Indians noticed the Aurora fleet, the latter had already changed its formation. The Army Horse left the formation and climbed alone, while the two Swift-class ships formed a battle formation and loaded all weapons with ammunition. The Dwarfling started its own micro boiler and pressurized it. With the low hum of the storm engine, the two sides moved towards each other. When the Indian flying ship had entered the maximum range of the tracking rocket, the Indians finally realized the target they were going to intercept.

The three Indian airships began to turn one after another. Because of the distance, the Kshatriyas on the ships turned the capstan to wind up the crossbows, but they were not really ready to fire. In their opinion, it would take some time for both sides to get each other within range.

This was a fatal mistake, but unfortunately the Indians had no chance to correct it. While the higher-ranking officers were still arguing about whether to really take action, the 180mm tracking rocket broke away from the rack and dragged a long tail flame towards the Indian flying ship several kilometers away. A moment later, the lookout observed a fireball exploding in the distance.

The Indian airship that was targeted fell with billowing smoke, and its white sails were burning in the flames. Seeing this, the other two airships immediately turned around and tried to escape, but then they found in despair that there was really no comparison between the two sides in terms of speed. The Swift easily caught up with the two Indian airships, and then fired tracking rockets outside the range of the giant crossbow, blasting one of the airships into pieces in mid-air. Just as the Chinese were about to give the Indians the final blow, the only remaining airship raised the white flag and surrendered.

"Shoot it down," An Jiyue waved her hand indifferently, facing the gazes of the officers in the command bridge. "Who says I have to accept the enemy's surrender? Besides, we don't have the time to guard the prisoners now."

So the last Indy flying ship was gone. After the battle, the mini fleet sailed into the Tiger Pass. The Military Horse, which had been out of formation before, accelerated and caught up, and rejoined the formation.

At dinner that day, Xiu Yanqing took the food tray and took the initiative to find An Jiyue.

"May I ask Governor An why you don't accept the surrender of the Indians?" Bing Ruomei asked.

"Have you ever come into contact with Indian people before?" An Jiuyue asked back.

"Since I started my career, I have been serving under the Prime Minister, so I am not familiar with the customs and people of India," Xiuyanqing replied.

"If you have come into contact with the Indians, especially the high-caste Indians," the governor said, "then you would never have such doubts. Of course, the fact that our army does not have the spare capacity to take in prisoners is also an important reason."

Bing Ruomei nodded thoughtfully.

……

Note 1: Once again, Warhammer has days in a year and days in a week. For the sake of the author and the readers, this book uses the same calendar as in reality.

Chapter 370: Hurrying on the Road

After a month and a half, An Jiyue came to Hanyu Port again.

Although Shangyang is the capital of Weixi Province, Hanyu Port is obviously more developed economically. The city is located near the source of Shengjiang River. The natural convenience of water transportation has brought prosperous trade and endless wealth. Although Shangyang is the starting point of the Changya Road, it is also known for its developed commerce.

When the fleet approached the city, the Jiedushi encountered the same group of giant dragon horse cavalry as last time. This was not surprising, as all giant dragon horse cavalry were dragonborn, and the number of dragonborn was not large. Even a large city like Hanyu Port could not deploy too many giant dragon horse cavalry. There were more important places in Zhendan that needed these elite heavenly troops.

The dragon horse cavalrymen walked around the fleet and then went back without doing anything extra, and the two sides did not have any form of communication during this process. The dragon horse cavalrymen did not look at these outsiders with a friendly look, and of course their rejection and hostility were limited to this.

The fleet landed on a cleared area outside Hanyu Port City and made do for the night. An Jiyue received another invitation to a banquet, and this time the inviter was a left assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites who came from Weijing, a very humorous and elegant old man. The governor accepted the invitation. The banquet was held in a high-end restaurant in Hanyu Port City. Except for Bing Ruomei and the left assistant minister, all the guests were local gentry in Hanyu Port, without even a single civil or military official.

An Jiyue was very satisfied with this kind of hospitality. What made her even more satisfied was that when she attended the banquet, she deliberately changed into the "Tang Dynasty Pillar Suit" that she wore when she first crossed over to this world. As a result, whether it was Bing Ruomei, the Left Assistant Minister or the gentry, they all turned a blind eye to the purple robe on the Jiedushi, and it was obvious that they had received some kind of explanation in advance.

Naturally, no serious business would be discussed at this banquet, and the people present had no right to interfere, so in the end they just dealt with the situation by eating and drinking.

The next day, the fleet continued on its journey, flying eastward to Shangwu. After arriving at Hanyu Port, they basically did not need a guide for the rest of the journey. As the capital of the Central Province and the seat of the Jade Court, Shangwu is one of the top cities in the entire Aurora. It is located along the Shengjiang River. It can be said that the fleet only needs to fly eastward along the Shengjiang River.

After leaving Hanyu Port, the fleet flew for only half a day before entering the territory of the Central Province. Compared with the relatively barren Weixi Province, where the land near Hanyu Port is relatively fertile, the wealth of the Central Province can be seen directly with the naked eye: lookouts can see villages, large farmlands, and a complete water conservancy system almost every once in a while, and farmers who have worked hard for half a year are enjoying their leisure time in winter. In this land, the density of settlements is obviously higher than that of Weixi Province.

"This place reminds me of my hometown," An Jiyue suddenly said, "the undulating hills, the extensive water network, the scattered quiet villages, and the towns and cities located at the transportation hubs."

"May I ask who An Jiedu is from?" Bing Ruomei asked curiously.

"My hometown... According to your administrative division method, it is in Weidong Province near Weinan, a small county town that is not worth mentioning," the silver-haired, red-eyed girl replied, "but my base is in Shangyang, thousands of miles away."

An Jiyue did not have the false memories granted by the War Scripture, but Xiao Yiyue did. According to the governor of the Shuofang Army, the Anxi Army was stationed in Shangyang, and most of the Gu Sea, that is, the Dimension Stone Desert, was under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Army; while the Shuofang Army was stationed in Hanyu Port, and its jurisdiction included the rest of the Weixi Province and part of the land of the Weinan Province.

"As warriors, we should take it as our duty to support the country," said Shugen-King solemnly, "Without a country, how can there be a home? No matter where I am, my hometown is where my heart is."

"It doesn't matter," An Jiyue said with a little bit of boredom, "I can't go back anyway."

Bing Ruomei was at a loss for words. She had been told some inside information about the origins of An Jiyue and the others when she accepted the mission. Bing Ruomei didn't believe this absurd story at first, but when she actually met the Aurora people led by An Jiyue, she believed it immediately.

Then came the bone-chilling chill. Bing Ruomei couldn't imagine what kind of terrible catastrophe could destroy the entire world without leaving a single tile behind. What happened in the other world that led to the end of the world's destruction? Xiuyan Qing had actually always wanted to ask An Jiyue about the details of the world-destroying catastrophe, but she used her willpower to forcibly control this impulse. Some questions were not something she should ask. Even if she really wanted to ask, it could only be asked by Yuanbo or even the two saints themselves.

"My partners and I will never let that happen again," An Jiyue said, as if noticing Bing Ruomei's confusion. "We have made a lot of preparations for this, and have achieved a lot of results so far. At least the biggest contributor to the destruction of the world has been unable to cause any harm in the near future... and I will take this opportunity to do more."

Thinking of a certain moon goddess, An Jiyue's frown suddenly relaxed. The "statue of the god is moldy and pus is flowing" incident was not only happening in Bretonnia, a similar situation also occurred in Ulthuan, but the elves were all polytheists, and the religious atmosphere of the elven society itself was not as strong as that of humans in the Old World, so although all kinds of rumors were flying around, public opinion was still under control; in contrast, Bretonnia was about to explode.

Except for a certain percentage of Mannan believers in the coastal areas, Bretonnia can basically be regarded as a monotheistic country. No matter nobles or old farmers, they all believe in the goddess of the lake and are extremely exclusive of other churches. The highly unified faith strengthens cohesion and centripetal force, but at the same time, once there is a problem with the gods, the entire knight kingdom will be in chaos.

Under normal circumstances, the probability of "something wrong with the gods" is extremely low, but this kind of weird thing happened. What's more terrible is that even though the knights almost turned Bretonnia upside down, they still couldn't find the whereabouts of the lake fairy. Laun was forced to no choice but to order the most famous female prophets besides the lake fairy herself to be summoned, hoping that they could answer the king's doubts, but unfortunately this attempt was doomed to be in vain.

No one could give the answer the king wanted, because no one could get the slightest response from the Lady of the Lake. If the Knight's pre-war prayers had not been blessed by the Lady of the Lake, Bretonnia would not be about to explode, but would have already exploded.

A situation that deeply disturbed the Bretonnians was that although the Lake God still blessed the knights, it was becoming increasingly difficult for the knights to obtain the blessing. They needed to pray longer and even kneel in the Holy Grail Church for a whole night to receive the Lake God's gift, and there were rumors that the effect of the blessing was weakening.

Well, the rumor was spread by the Paraon people, and the idea itself was thought up by Lady Melinda. Recently, the Inner Circle is just about to open champagne to celebrate. At the internal banquets attended only by their own people, this group of Pegasus fans always laugh loudly at the "fools who were fooled by pointy ears" in other principalities, while thinking about how to take the opportunity to expand the Inner Circle.

Compared to the previous difficult and ineffective infiltration, the work of the Inner Circle became easier after the Lake God's accident. Recently, nearly one-tenth of the noble knights of the Principality of Quinaris have passed the test and been absorbed into the Inner Circle, and some Quinaris knights have been promoted to the Holy Grail of Ai. The Inner Circle confidently assured Aiwen that they would be able to take down Quinaris within half a year!

When someone laughs, someone else cries. The situation in Bretonnia is slowly and uncontrollably collapsing. If a group of Norscans who believe in Khorne had not recently attacked the northern coast of Bretonnia, temporarily diverting the attention of the knights, Egwene suspects that there would be a civil war in the knight kingdom even before the illegitimate son of Laun jumped out.

May the disease defeat Lilith soon, An Jiuyue hopes so in her heart.

Chapter 371 Split and Deployment

Sanhe Prefecture, Xuanshui, Shenzhou Fleet Headquarters.

"…Therefore, it is imperative to split our existing aviation forces into Army Aviation and Air Force. This is an inevitable choice based on the foreseeable future military development trend and the actual needs of our army at the strategic and tactical levels."

On the podium of the auditorium, Xiao Yiyue, who was dressed in a purple official uniform, closed the manuscript written by his staff, raised his head and looked around the packed auditorium: "Before Xiao An went to Aurora, he specifically told me to get this done as soon as possible. The priority of this matter is even higher than taking the lead in establishing the North Ocean Treaty Organization."

"The tactical air force will be assigned to the Army Aviation, and the strategic air force will be assigned to the Air Force. This is not only the basic principle for splitting up aviation forces, but also the general direction of our military's national defense construction. The Air Force will still retain its ground support capabilities, but the vast majority of ground support missions will be handled by the soon-to-be-established Army Aviation. The Air Force will only provide firepower support for ground forces in specific military operations."

"When our military's aviation force has developed to this point, it is inevitable to split it reasonably. As for how to split it, Xiao An and I both know that this involves the interests of various factions and will inevitably harm the interests of some people. Admittedly, due to the 'special nature' of our army, as long as Xiao An and I are determined, no matter what, we can do it. No one will oppose our will if we give an order, but at least fairness must be guaranteed."

Picking up the cup and taking a sip of hot tea, Xiao Yiyue continued, "Xiao An trusts me. Before she left, she told me the general framework of the split work, and completely entrusted the specific operations to me."

"The four existing gunboat squadrons will all be given to the Army Aviation, including all new gunboats to be produced in the future; the frigates will all belong to the Air Force, and all new frigates to be built in the future will also belong to the Air Force. Thirteen of the fifteen transport boat squadrons will be allocated to the Army Aviation, and the Air Force will only retain two squadrons as a transition, and will be transferred to the Army Aviation after the production capacity of the Junma class is increased. According to Xiao An's idea, gunboats will be the exclusive ship type of the Army Aviation in the future, and frigates will be the exclusive ship type of the Air Force, and transport ships will be counted separately."

"In addition to gunboats and transport boats, considering that the army's arsenal also includes super-heavy units such as the Guardian of the Nation Golden Men, Xiao An and I both believe that the Army Aviation also needs to maintain a certain scale of transport ships, and even heavy transport ships that are being planned. If you have read the recent issues of the internal reference, then you must have heard of the guided armor developed by the Kaldorei. Our army will also introduce this new equipment in the future, and Xiao An has the idea of ​​designing a special support ship for it."

"This new type of ship will be planned to be managed by the Army and Aviation."

"I would like to ask everyone present to note that the split is not egalitarianism, but a reorganization and optimization of the existing military structure based on actual needs." When saying this, Xiao Yiyue couldn't help but think of the Red Tent Khanate's rather abstract operation of dividing the aviation force into two branches: the Air Force and the National Air Defense Force. "The Army Aviation will obtain all gunboats, most transport boats, some transport ships, and new types of ships for rapid deployment of armored units on the front line; the Air Force will obtain most of the medium and large ships. Their mission is to defeat all resistance in air combat and firmly control the sky."

"This allocation model is determined based on the tasks they undertake. It is not a law that cannot be changed. We will make corresponding adjustments based on feedback from actual use, but no matter what, the Army Aviation is the Army Aviation, and the Air Force is the Air Force."

"That's all I have to say. The personnel adjustment plan will be announced at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, and new uniforms, badges and seals will be issued at ten o'clock. The transfer procedures for key personnel must be completed before five o'clock. If you haven't completed the matter by then, I will consider it your voluntary early retirement. Don't worry, we will still give you the full amount of retirement benefits."

A low laugh came from the audience, but it quickly disappeared under Xiao Yiyue's cold gaze.

"After you go back today, you must break down the whole thing and explain it clearly to the soldiers. The splitting work must be completed before the New Year. By then, the Tianhe Shipyard will have been reorganized, and our army will enter a period of rapid development. As long as your ability and achievements match it, you will be promoted."

"That's all I have to say, meeting adjourned!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the officers of the Shenzhou Fleet that filled the auditorium stood up, bowed slightly and saluted the Lord of the Holy Scripture who was sitting high on the rostrum, and then walked out of the auditorium that was just completed last week in twos and threes.

After everyone had left, Lu Wu, the governor of the Sanhe Town Pacification Office, appeared from nowhere and walked quickly behind Xiao Yiyue. "General Xiao Jie," the governor saluted with his arms crossed, and then presented a letter with both hands, "The Chengze Town Pacification Office has learned of an urgent military intelligence. The Jawaharlal clan of the Jianta City intends to raise an army to invade in revenge for the murder of their son."

"Hmm?" The governor of the Shuofang Army tilted his head and looked over. She took the notice and flipped through it for a few seconds. As she read, she asked, "Jawaharlal? I have some impression of this name... But, revenge for killing his son? When did we kill his son?"

"Reporting to General Xiao, when General An first crossed Tiger Pass, our fleet killed a nobleman from India riding a winged lion," Lu Wu replied, "The Chengze Pacification Office has already found out that this man is none other than Jawaharlal's only son."

"It's okay... So this guy is coming with his army to fight us now?" Xiao Yiyue put the notice aside. The content inside was mainly military intelligence discovered by the Chengze Pacification Office, including the approximate strength of the troops sent by the Spire City, their composition of arms, their commander-in-chief, and the combat readiness progress of this bunch of Indians.

"Thirty thousand Kshatriyas, and several thousand foreign vassal soldiers, this is a big deal," said the tall and slender lady with silver hair and red eyes, but a completely different temperament from the dog leader. "But isn't the preparation too fast? How long has it been since the troops were prepared? When did Ah San become so efficient... No, was this army originally prepared for Qiang City? As a result, they just happened to catch up with this incident and temporarily changed their target to attack us."

"General Xiao Jie is very wise," said Lu Wu. "The first time Jianta City invaded Qiang City, the 20,000 soldiers were defeated by the less than 8,000 Western Guards. The Indians were not convinced, so they organized a second force to try again."

Although the first invasion of Qiang City by Minaret City ended in a disastrous defeat, its main forces suffered little loss: the first batch of troops they organized was mainly composed of Minaret City's vassal forces, and they were defeated without even seeing the walls of Qiang City.

Jawaharlal did not deliberately harm them by letting the vassal forces take the lead. Before the expedition, the entire Spire City was filled with a mysterious confidence from top to bottom - they had not considered the possibility of failure at all. Before the battle even started, the leaders of different factions quarreled over how to distribute the conquered territory. In order to balance the interests of the various factions and pave the way for his young son, Jawaharlal took the initiative to make concessions and replaced the main force of the attacking force with troops from various factions.

In the eyes of Luo Zhi of the Minaret City, the attack on Qiang City was just an armed parade. When the army arrived at the place, they could just take over the territory. The weaklings of Zhendan, who only made silk and porcelain, were definitely no match for the brave Kshatriya men. Since the battle itself was sure to win, whoever sent more people would gain greater benefits in the post-war looting.

The army of Spire City set out with full confidence. And then, nothing happened...

The disastrous defeat in the first battle made Jawaharlal dumbfounded at first, and then he fell into a state of hysteria. Refusing to accept reality, Luo Ya firmly believed that this was just an unfortunate accident. How could the godless people of Cathay be the opponent of the people of the Land of a Thousand Gods? ! He sent his son to lead the army to block the Tiger Pass to prevent the people of Cathay from taking the opportunity to attack, while mobilizing troops to prepare for the second invasion. Because this was his son's first time in battle, Jawaharlal even took out a precious airship for his son to command.

Then both the son and the airship disappeared.

Jawaharlal, who was shocked and angry, sent people to investigate the matter, and sent the remaining three airships and more troops to the Tiger Pass to defend. The army sent by Luoya was fine, but the three airships were all blown up.

Before Luo Zhi completely went crazy, his men finally found out who the murderer was. This was not the first time Jawaharlal had heard of this strange group of Zhendan people. Since Xiao Yiyue began to clean up and purify the haunted forest, the original trade route here has become much safer. Many caravans from Zhendan and Indy have changed this route to the Old World.

Now that he knew who had killed his son, the next thing would be easy to deal with. Jawaharlal sent more men to block the southern exit of Tiger Pass while gathering troops to prepare for an expedition to Jingning.

"The situation in the Dragon Islands has been decided. We don't need to use our main forces to wipe out the remaining Lizardmen soldiers," Xiao Yiyue thought for a moment and said, "I plan to take the initiative to attack, so that the war will not affect the newly developed villages east of Chengze Prefecture...but the Shuofang Army's manpower is not enough."

In the Warhammer world, there are only relative weaklings, not absolute weaklings. Even if it is Ah San, he is still Ah San in Warhammer, and his martial virtue is much more abundant than their real prototype. The current scale of the Shuofang Army is much smaller than that of the Anxi Army. After deducting the necessary remaining forces, Xiao Yiyue can only take out about 10,000 mobile troops. With the flying warships of the Shuofang Army Air Force, it is certain to win, but the casualties will inevitably be relatively large, which is unacceptable to Xiao Yiyue with limited points income.

Thinking of this, she closed her eyes, and opened them again after a while. "Xiao An agreed," she said, "General Yin Siran will bring 20,000 Anxi troops to temporarily join my army, so the troops will be sufficient. Tsk, I don't know if there are enough transport boats. It's not an easy task to send these people to Jingning."

After that, Xiao Yiyue looked at Lu Wu and said, "The Jinyiwei needs to increase the intelligence gathering efforts on Jianta City. If I am in Sanhe Prefecture, you will report the relevant intelligence to me. If I return to Chengze Prefecture, then the Chengze Governor will report directly to me."

"Here!"

Chapter 372 Jade Dragon Yuanbo

The Zhendan Celestial Empire, the central provinces, Shangwu, and Yuting.

As rulers whose status is only below that of the two saints, the five existing dragon sons all have their own palaces, which serve as their ruling center and decision-making center. In addition, the tiger people and a certain monkey entrenched in the Heaven Mountain Range also have their own palaces, although the latter is simply the most famous and largest makeshift team in Zhendan, and its poor management is worse than having no palace at all.

As the prime minister of the empire, Yulong Yuanbo not only manages his own Yuting but also Weijing Tianting. He is also the only dragon son in the whole of Zhendan who owns two palaces. Historically, the Dragon Emperor Shenyang and the Moon Queen Guiyin disappeared for 2380 years, and even missed the global Chaos invasion years ago. It was not until the th year of the Imperial Calendar that the two saints finally returned. The first thing the old couple did after returning was to kick the usurper Monkey King back to the Heavenly Mountains.

By the way, the Monkey King usurped the throne in 2377. As a result, this conceited monkey was only a tyrant for three years in total, and then the real lord came back... After driving the Monkey King back to his hometown, the Two Saints did not take over power again, but entrusted state affairs completely to the dragon sons, especially Yuan Bo, who was the prime minister and chief of the secret service.

The two sages have been idle since then, and it is suspected that they are carrying out some crucial grand plan; the five dragon sons are managing the lands under their own autonomy and fulfilling the responsibilities given by their parents. The five brothers and sisters who were once opposed to each other finally realized the importance of unity after the Monkey King usurped power, although the bad relationships are still bad.

"For example, the relationship between Biaolong Miaoying and Minglong Yinyin is very bad. It is said that the sisters hate each other very much," An Jiyue said to Jinzhi Shige who was following behind her in a slightly louder voice than usual. "As for Binlong Zhaoming, all the dragon children think that he may have consumed too much dimensional stone and his brain has been damaged."

Bing Ruomei, who was walking in front leading the way, coughed very loudly.

"Then there's Yulong Yuanbo, the one I'm going to meet today. He's a tough guy who hides his true colors. He's the strongest spellcaster under the two saints, but many people think he's the weakest dragon son because he doesn't go into battle as often as the other dragon sons," An Jiyue pretended not to hear and continued to talk to her adjutant and maid, "Of course, let's not talk about strength for now. Although theoretically Yue Hou himself is the highest head of the Zhendan Intelligence Agency, the one who is actually in charge of this job..."

The dragon guards of the Heavenly Court on duty in the Jade Court leaned on their halberds in their right hands and held round shields in their left hands, as if they were deaf and turned a deaf ear to everything they heard. These warriors of the Heavenly Army in yellow robes and silver armor were the imperial guards of the Two Saints. They were elites carefully selected from the warriors of Zhendan from all corners of the country and were the most powerful regular troops of the Heavenly Dynasty.

The Dragon Guards have the best equipment in the army. Their armor and weapons are made by the Kunlan Workshop. It is said that the iron used is mixed with mysterious crystals from the Kunlan Mountains. This crystal absorbs the energy emitted when the Dragon Emperor is born. Adding this thing during forging can greatly improve the quality of armor and weapons. Of course, there is a special case here, which is the Sand Peak Dragon Guards. These Dragon Guards who have been deployed in Weixi Province for a long time and serve Zhaoming use equipment made by the Dan Ding masters of the Secret Sect.

"...The secret recipe of the secret sect is simply dimensional stone. Although they have used some method to control the toxicity and energy radiation of dimensional stone so that it can be used normally by human soldiers, it is still dimensional stone anyway," An Jiyue complained, "I think I am bold enough, but even I dare not touch dimensional stone. Isn't spiritual stone more reliable than that thing? Although the energy of spiritual stone is not as strong as that of dimensional stone."

"May I ask An Jiedu," a calm male voice asked, "what is the spirit stone?"

"Prime Minister!" Bing Ruomei hurriedly stopped and bowed to the visitor.

"It's a byproduct of the Jiuzhou barrier, the materialized Taixu Yuanli," An Jiyue answered while looking in the direction of the voice. "In principle, it's similar to dimensional stone, except that dimensional stone is naturally formed, while spirit stone is a synthetic product. In addition, impurities are filtered out during the manufacturing of spirit stone, and the energy density is deliberately controlled."

A tall man in green robe and green armor came from the other end of the corridor. He was not wearing a helmet, and his emerald green silk cape swayed gently behind him as he walked. "I see." The strange eyes with only whites of the eyes stared at the silver-haired and red-eyed Jiedushi, as if he was sizing him up and examining him: "Jiedu An is a distinguished guest, and he should be treated with courtesy when he comes from afar. But I didn't control my subordinates well, and I made Jiedu An laugh."

"If you hadn't seen me in person, you wouldn't have said that." An Jiyue said slowly. The dragon guards standing in awe with their halberds finally reacted. They still looked straight ahead, but their hands holding the halberds tightened unconsciously.

"That's right," Yuan Bo nodded in agreement. "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I couldn't imagine that apart from my father and mother (Note 1), there could be a person like An Jiedu in the world."

As he spoke, Yulong turned sideways and made a "please" gesture: "Please move to Wenyuan Pavilion."

In terms of status and etiquette, Yuan Bo should have stayed in Wenyuan Pavilion and waited for Bing Ruomei to bring the guest over. When the warship that An Jiyue was on approached Shangwu, Yulong had already felt something in his heart; when the Jiedushi stood in front of the Yuting gate, the prime minister of the Tianting stood up suddenly and walked quickly to the palace courtyard to welcome the distinguished guest who was qualified to be received by the two saints in person.

Mortals cannot realize the specialness of the Lords of the Holy Scriptures, but the Dragon Gods of Zhendan are not mortals. In human form, they only have the whites of their eyes, and can see many things that mortals cannot see. When Yuan Bo saw An Jiyue with his own eyes, Yulong knew that no matter what the person in front of him was, he could not be a human.

Bing Ruomei quietly stepped aside, and Yuan Bo personally led An Jiyue to the core of the Jade Court, in front of a huge and towering pavilion. The building called Wenyuan Pavilion was the foundation of Yuan Bo's power. It was filled with countless documents, which contained everything needed to rule a vast empire. Countless officials came and went, and the crisp sound of abacus beads played a piece of music that few people could appreciate. New documents from all over the country were sent here every moment, and at the same time, the processed documents would be piled on a cart and sent to the archives by clerks for filing and preservation.

All officials, regardless of rank, were busy working. Even if Yuan Bo himself walked by, these experienced officials would not have any extra reaction unless they happened to meet him head-on. An Jiyue looked around curiously while following Yuan Bo, quickly passing through the floors filled with busy people, and finally arrived at the top floor of Wenyuan Pavilion.

This is Yuanbo's office. The space is spacious and well-lit. There is an astronomical telescope next to the vermilion desk, and a brass celestial globe is suspended in front of the desk. The light blue light and lines outline the starry sky that would appear confusing to outsiders.

Yulong did not sit behind his desk, but asked Bing Ruomei to bring two round cushions. The two, who looked like humans but were not actually human, sat down on the wooden floor facing each other.

After sitting down, Yuan Bo did not speak immediately, but glanced at Bing Ruomei. Xiu Yanqing immediately bowed and left. When she walked past Jin Zhifan, before she could speak, the deputy captain turned around and followed the eldest sister of the Bing family out.

"There is no mutual trust between the dragons and the gods," Yuan Bo said when there were only two "people" left in the office, "Why did you help us?"

"I wasn't born like this," An Jiuyue replied, "I am a human being, once was. I was born in a small county in the southeast of Zhendan. My great-grandfather was a military doctor, my grandfather was an artilleryman, and my mother was a businessman who made a living by doing small business. As a Zhendan, do I need a reason to help my motherland? Although the Zhendan in this world is not the same as the one I remember. To be honest, I do have my own demands, but this does not mean that I will harm the Celestial Empire."

"I have read the History of the Upper and Lower Worlds that you gave me," Yuan Bo said after a moment's silence. "Even though I only took a quick glance, I can see that there is no mention of Qunlong in this book, neither my father, my mother, nor my brothers and sisters."

"The dragon is a totem passed down from ancient times," An Jiyue continued, "but there is no evidence that dragons really exist, at least not in our country."