This scene seemed familiar. It was dark again, and there was a candle on the table. Xia Xiao sat in the old place thinking about something. An old man appeared behind the locked door. He was the same as the one Xia Xiao saw last time, wearing a black hooded robe, a pair of weathered eyes, and swollen and dark eye bags.

This guy always gave Xia Xiao a feeling that he had bad intentions, but it didn't matter how he treated her. Xia Xiao was never afraid of hardship, as long as her family was fine.

"Are you here to punish me?"

The old man shook his head unexpectedly. Although this was within Xia Wan's analysis, Xia Xiao always felt that they were a scourge and therefore extremely unbelievable. However, what he was about to say was extremely mysterious. After Xia Xiao heard it, he took a long time to react, but he didn't react to what he was saying.

"You did violate orders. According to the Imperial Army's laws, you should be given a warning. The severity of the Imperial Army is the best among the seven countries. But I did not expect the intentions of the Southern Kingdom's generals. Now I am initially sure that they have ulterior motives, so I will not hold you accountable for the time being."

"What ghost baby?"

"You don't need to know this. I'm here to tell you that I won't do anything."

The old man's attitude was very arrogant. If he were an ordinary person, he would definitely endure it, even rejoice, thinking that he had escaped a disaster. But Xia Xiao became angrier and angrier the more he thought about it. He had done nothing wrong, so he couldn't let it go even if he took a step back.

"Old senior, let me be frank. If you do anything, I will make you regret it."

Xia Xiao's tone was not lacking in respect, and he even used the word "you", but it was more of a threat. It was said that the most ferocious words were said in the most ordinary tone, and the old man did not show weakness, and sighed:

"When you have the ability to reach the sky, it doesn't matter how you speak, but you can't defeat me now, so why bother yourself?"

In a moment, Xia Xiao's body flipped in the air and fell heavily to the ground, almost spitting out blood. But the old man did not stop his verbal education, saying:

"The academy is a place where miracles are created. Many people who enter and come out are changed people. They can be called true geniuses, far superior to ordinary practitioners. Every practitioner in the Great Wilderness wants to go in and explore. But you seize this great opportunity and stay in the mortal world for a long time. What are you thinking? You have created enough advantages and demonstrated your own value. Go back earlier!"

“What’s the point of going back if your family is no longer here?”

The old man was about to turn around, but stopped again. When he looked at Xia Xiao, even though the latter could not summon his vitality, his eyes still emitted an extraordinary luster, even dazzling and resolute. Under such a radiance, the old man did not have the slightest intention of praise or appreciation, but only endless ridicule, which was directly reflected on his face and eyes, like an old man who saw through everything, facing a little brat who did not understand human affairs and was talking nonsense.

Seeing this kind of look again, Xia Xiao was very annoyed and just listened to the old man saying:

"You are really just a young boy. What do you know? If Nan Shang wants to destroy Da Xia, their one-year plan will definitely not be realized. At least within three years, they can't occupy all of Da Xia's land."

"How do you know?"

"What you see before you is only the surface of the Triple Alliance. There are many more soldiers and generals behind it. Although they are just ordinary people who have not received systematic training, when a nation is truly facing extinction, men, women, young and old, will all become warriors. Only then will the true power of Daxia be revealed."

"You have seen the food supply this time. Those mountains of food did not come from the national treasury. Zhenxun is still too far away. They only come from ordinary people's homes. They know very well that only if this army survives can they survive. In the future, when facing the danger, they will also protect the emperor at all costs. It is because of this energy that Daxia will not perish within three years. What you need to do is to return to the academy."

"I know my limits!"

Xia Xiao's eyes dodged a little, but did he also want to go back?

The days in the academy seemed like an impeccable dream. Even though he practiced every day, Xia Xiao did not feel tired at all. Instead, he was happy because his strength had improved. But he could not let it go. There was only one person like him in the world. No one could imagine the strong desire to protect his loved ones. But his words were measured, and the old man still felt that he knew nothing.

"Even if you bring a poison master, our practitioners are still far behind those of Nan Shang. They will soon get serious, and then our disadvantage will become greater and greater. I advise you to return to the academy as soon as possible and practice for another two years to quickly improve your strength. The powerful Qulun masters of the alliance you have seen now are the limit of our side, but the strength of Nan Shang's practitioners has never been fully demonstrated. After all, they want to conquer the entire Great Wilderness, otherwise they would have razed us to the ground at all costs."

"The purpose of not showing our true strength is very simple. Nan Shang is afraid that Gou Long Bang and Tian Meng will quickly form an alliance with us, and no one wants to face so many enemies alone. This situation is also what Nan Shang does not want to see the most. Even if they are very powerful, they can't swallow up the Great Wilderness in one breath, let alone attack Tian Meng and Gou Long Bang at the same time as attacking us. That's why they have been fighting small battles to relax their vigilance. Nan Shang has had many opportunities to make mistakes so far, but we don't. We can only cooperate with them in acting, and as the first to bear the brunt, we have no right to relax."

"You have always had a dazzling identity, and you do have the potential to become a savior, but the more so, the more you must be mentally prepared to sacrifice everything..."

"What's the meaning?"

Xia Xiao didn't want to lose anything now. He was selfish and greedy, but his anxious frown only earned him a vague answer from the old man.

"The closer you are to the top of a mountain or walking towards it, the easier it is for you to ignore and abandon some things. This is an eternal law, so take care of yourself!"

The old man was disappointed with Xia Xiao's reaction. The imperial army appeared with Daxia, and the leaders of all generations secretly guarded everything in Daxia and witnessed a lot. Whether going to a high official, being a high official, or being an emperor, you will lose something, either reputation or life.

The imperial army has never completely eradicated villains and treacherous people. Officials who take money to do things and lose their reputation are not necessarily bad officials. Honest and upright officials do not necessarily play a role in the dynasty. They consider a person and an official only by what they have done and what they can do. As long as they do not overstep their authority, they generally do not take action.

In this vague situation, a few people are afraid of the Imperial Army, and many people think that the Imperial Army no longer exists, which is just a lie of the royal family and aristocrats. But they do exist, in every corner of Daxia, supervising the balance of Daxia. Once the balance is broken and tilted significantly, they will take action to make up for it, but most of the time they choose to remain silent.

This job was extremely physically and mentally challenging, and the old man felt it deeply, whether as a member of the Imperial Army before or as the leader now. He remembered that before he became the leader, he had carried out a mission, and as long as the investigation went well, he could become the leader of the Imperial Army.

It was the 1940s. He saw a child alone and skinny in a dark corner of the tree. A vulture that loved carrion was waiting patiently, hoping that she would die soon. The child was dying in front of him, looking over here, trying to raise his stick-like arms but unable to do so. In the end, he died and became a full meal for the vulture.

On the way, the old man was moved, conflicted, and even watched the vulture eat half of the child's body, but he didn't do anything. He knew that someone was watching him, and without the consent of the leader of the imperial army, he could not change the laws of development of any thing. So he had to sacrifice his useless sympathy to keep his position as the leader of the imperial army.

That year, the famine-stricken towns and grasslands became the test grounds for the Imperial Army to test its members, and thousands of people died because they did not take action. However, the Imperial Army was like this, it was ruthless, and after a long period of systematic training, anyone who truly had the name of the Imperial Army would hardly see their family, and would disappear from the world, and no one knew where they died.

Everything is sad. Except for myself, which emperor in history did not ascend the throne by stepping on corpses? If there are treacherous people who seriously disrupt the government, they will be killed! If there are people who fight for power and profit, they will also be killed! Although those who turned into corpses deserved their crimes, some innocent people were inevitably implicated. Those people were appeased and their sorrow was stopped by money.

This is the case for all people. When you gain something, you are destined to lose something. Some people fight against it for a long time, but in the face of the simplest natural growth, they will forget the joy of mud. This is not a rare thing, but the higher you go, some things will never come back. Just like the old man became the leader of the imperial army and could no longer see his relatives, just like Si Yi, even though he was an emperor, there was a huge gap between him and the people closest to him.

In the blink of an eye, the old man had gone far away. The door was still locked, and there was still a cold wind outside, but Xia Xiao still didn't listen to what he said. He sat at the table, thinking about something, but he was still very stubborn and would not go back now.

The college has a rule that even if you leave the college, you cannot stay without supervision for more than half a year, especially when you are recovering from an injury. This rule is actually quite ineffective for students. The college is such a good place, and you can stay there for a long time, so why would you leave for so long? Before leaving the college, Xia Xiao had thought about it, but now the time is almost up.

It would take less than half a month for Xia Xiao to recover his strength. He couldn't go back on time, so he was anxiously waiting for the blood seal to disappear. He had to do something more before leaving Xiyang.

When the wax ran out, Xia Xiao took off his clothes under the dim light of the brazier and went to bed, but he kept saying something subconsciously in his mind.

"kill!"

This word was deeply engraved in Xia Xiao's mind, causing him to run fast on the plain outside Xiyang City even in his dreams. The trees on the plain had long been knocked down and burned, turning into charcoal. He stepped over them, holding Yunying in his hand at an extremely fast speed, and rushed towards the thousands of soldiers, and his roar woke him up.