The sky was clear and blue.
The bronze warship, carrying thousands of human soldiers, traversed the sky from Tianyun Lake and returned directly to Shanhaiguan.
The journey was smooth sailing, without any unexpected incidents.
This surprised Lin Xuandu quite a bit.
He originally thought that since the demons had suffered a great loss in the Tianyun Secret Realm, they would try to make up for it outside.
There is a high probability that they will be intercepted and killed, and that the Tianyun Sand Gold will be seized.
But the result did not occur.
This is rather strange.
"Something's not right, something's very wrong..."
Lin Xuan stood on the deck of the bronze warship, looking at the distant Shanhaiguan Pass in the distance, his brows furrowed, feeling that something was wrong.
However, no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't figure out the reason.
"Forget it, once we get back to Shanhaiguan, whatever happens will be the tall guy's problem, it has nothing to do with me."
Lin Xuan shook his head, deciding to stop thinking about these questions.
Swoosh...
The wind howled, sharp as a blade.
The bronze warships reached their maximum speed and quickly traversed the sky, arriving outside Shanhaiguan.
After verifying his identity.
Several thousand people, led by Lu Zhantian, successfully entered Shanhaiguan.
For a moment, everyone couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
Some people couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Hahaha... Shanhaiguan, I'm finally back alive, I'm back alive..."
"The Heavenly Cloud Secret Realm, I actually came back alive from the Heavenly Cloud Secret Realm."
"Lin Xuan, thank you. If it weren't for you this time, we would have certainly died."
...
After bursting into laughter, many people bowed to Lin Xuan to express their heartfelt gratitude.
Although they had already thanked Lin Xuan while they were in the Tianyun Secret Realm.
Lin Xuan smiled slightly and didn't say anything more.
However, I couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.
The greatest wish of these ordinary soldiers was simply to survive. Yet some people risked their lives to gain merit and wealth.
That's absolutely despicable.
"However, all of this will pass. Once I take command of the First Army, I will absolutely not allow such a person to exist."
Lin Xuan made a silent vow in his heart.
He was not a saint, and his command of the First Army was certainly not for the sake of these ordinary soldiers.
His main reason was himself.
Lin Xuan saw it very clearly: in this day and age, if you want to succeed, you have to avoid being used as a pawn.
Before you become powerful enough to sweep everything away.
You need to have power and influence.
This world is a world where people eat people.
If you don't want to be used or become someone else's pawn, then you must strive to become the one playing the game.
Lin Xuan's desire to take command of the First Army is his first step in striving to step out of the chessboard and become the player.
After the burst of laughter came sighs of regret.
Then, some people shed tears, and some wept bitterly.
Those who returned alive were lucky.
However, some were unfortunate; of the 10,000 who went, only a few have made it back to Shanhaiguan alive.
There are fewer than four thousand people.
Less than half.
In fact, there should have been nearly five thousand people.
Lu Zhantian was unwilling to give up, so he sent another two thousand men in, but less than a thousand came out, suffering heavy casualties.
This is also why Lin Xuan dislikes Lu Zhantian.
This old man, although he was indeed doing it for the human race and for the Great Xia.
But he was indifferent to life and treated all living beings as pawns.
Lin Xuan had told him long ago that the Tianyun Secret Realm was still fraught with danger, and that the Tianyun Spirit Clan was not simple; he would not be able to obtain the key.
But he wouldn't listen and insisted on sending people in.
As a result, more than a thousand people were killed or injured.
Most importantly, Lin Xuan saw that Lu Zhantian showed no remorse whatsoever, but instead marveled at the immense strength of the Tianyun Spirit Clan.
He added that if Lin Xuan had been willing to intervene, the outcome might have been different.
Lin Xuan was so angry he almost fainted.
But it was precisely because of this that Lin Xuan finally understood that in the eyes of these people, the lives of ordinary soldiers were worthless.
It really proved the saying that human life is as worthless as grass.
"Hahaha……"
Just as many thoughts were flashing through Lin Xuan's mind, a loud laugh suddenly came from afar. In front of him stood a somewhat overweight middle-aged man.
Surrounded by a group of people, they walked over here.
As he walked, he laughed loudly at Lu Zhantian, who was at the front: "General Lu, congratulations! You brought back the Heavenly Cloud Gold Sand from the Heavenly Cloud Secret Realm."
I heard that this time, there are a full 150,000 jin (75,000 kg) of them.
The marines have done a great job this time.
I have come here on the orders of the Chief Justice to receive the Heavenly Cloud Gold Sands…
"They're from the Logistics Department..."
Beside Lin Xuan, Su Changfeng said softly, "This man is Yan Ping, the deputy director of the Logistics Department. I'm afraid he's here for you."
"Service Division, huh... let's see what tricks they have up their sleeves."
Lin Xuan sneered, a slight upturn at the corners of his mouth.
A cold glint flashed in his eyes, while a multitude of thoughts raced through his mind.
They had barely entered the city when this guy came over and accurately stated the amount of Tianyun placer gold mined this time.
There's only one possibility: someone told him beforehand.
As for who this person is.
There are two possibilities, one is Lu Zhantian.
Another point is that among these thousands of people, there are people from the Service Department.
If it's the second one, then it's easier to handle.
But if it's the first scenario, where Lu Zhantian colluded with this person to play tricks, then there's no reason to blame him for going on a killing spree.
As he thought about it, a cold killing intent suddenly appeared in Lin Xuan's eyes.
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