By this point, Ruan Fei could hold back no longer. She shot to her feet, her face burning with indignation.
"The all-female army was built by all of us together. Why does the main camp under Gu Qingyue get to be called the Divine Moon Battalion, while the rest of us are stuck with plain, silly names like Left Battalion, Right Battalion, Front Battalion, and Rear Battalion?"
"Why does Gu Qingyue get twenty thousand elite soldiers under her command, while each of us only gets ten thousand?"
"It makes it seem like Gu Qingyue is the undisputed eldest among the five of us sisters. I can't stand it, it makes me so upset!"
"Absolutely fed up!"
Zhang Shi immediately stood up too, yelling at the top of his voice, "Right! Why the hell is that?"
"Why is Gu Qingyue's unit the Divine Moon Battalion, while the rest of you are just Front, Rear, Left, and Right battalions?"
"Why does Gu Qingyue's Divine Moon Battalion get twenty thousand men, and the rest of you only get ten thousand each?"
"Isn't that blatant favoritism?"
"Miss Ruan Fei, let me be straight with you, it's not just you. Even I would never put up with such a setup if I found out about it!"
"We all have one head on our shoulders, two arms and two legs just like everyone else. What makes Gu Qingyue think she's better than the rest of us?"
"I refuse to accept this too!"
Ruan Fei's eyes lit up, she felt like she had just found a kindred spirit. She looked at Zhang Shi and said, "Vice Grand Commander, I knew you'd understand exactly how I feel."
"You've been wronged by Ren Tianye too, right? You must know exactly what I'm going through!"
"Exactly!" Zhang Shi said, "Miss Ruan Fei, I feel for you more than you know. What Gu Qingyue is doing is totally underhanded, it makes my skin crawl."
"When we set up the army, we all agreed there would be five commanders, all equal rank. We'd discuss every major decision together, share every hardship side by side. But Gu Qingyue is acting like she's entitled to be our boss, plain and simple!"
"Her?"
"If the Duke of Zhenguo were still alive, we might have half a mind to let her be the top leader. But the Duke of Zhenguo is long dead! Who even recognizes her anymore? She's nothing but a homeless dog chased out of the capital, what right does she have to lord over all of us?"
Zhang Shi spoke with fiery passion, then finished by putting forward what he called a very constructive suggestion. "If your all-female army absolutely has to pick a single person to be the overall leader..."
Zhang Shi locked eyes with Ruan Fei as he said, "I think there is no one else qualified for this position except for you, Miss Ruan Fei."
Ruan Fei was so overjoyed she could barely contain it, but she forced herself to play it modest. "Me?"
"General Zhang Shi, can I... can I really do this?"
Zhang Shi said with total sincerity, "Of course you can!"
"Miss Ruan Fei, I've seen my share of battlefields and met all kinds of people in my time. I'd like to think I've got a pretty good eye for talent!"
"And with my eye for talent..."
"Out of all five of you, you are the only one truly qualified to be the Grand Commander!"
Ruan Fei's body trembled slightly.
Grand... Commander!
They added the word "Grand" before the title of Commander!
The meaning was crystal clear all of a sudden. Her heart was pounding with wild excitement. If she became the Grand Commander, her bond with Mengyan would be unbreakable. Even if that madam who left came back later, there would be nothing she could do to shake her position. But a flicker of uncertainty still lingered in her mind.
"General Zhang Shi, is it too much of a stretch for me to become the top commander?"
"Not at all, it makes perfect sense," Zhang Shi broke it down for Ruan Fei point by point. "Think about it. Gu Qingyue only got where she was because of the Duke of Zhenguo's backing. But now the Duke of Zhenguo is gone, her entire network of influence has fallen to pieces."
"That Ning Wanqin? She only got her position because of Lu Chaosheng's support. But Lu Chaosheng defected to Ren Tianye ages ago, the entire Jiangbei Fortress Cluster is in Ren Tianye's hands now. Ning Wanqin is nothing more than a side character at best."
"And that Sister Baobao? Her backing comes from the Purple Gold Pass... but Purple Gold Pass is miles and miles away from here. What good is that to us? Distant water can't put out a fire right in front of you."
"Then there's Shen Zhian... isn't she the one who ran that martial arts school? I swear I heard that school closed down a while back. Even if it somehow didn't, Shen Zhian is just a merchant. What business does a merchant have competing with you for the Grand Commander position?"
After saying that, Zhang Shi cleared his throat and continued, "Miss Ruan Fei, you, only you, no one else—there is no other person worthy of this spot. You're the one stationed right along the Yangtze natural barrier, holding the front line to block Ren Tianye's entire army!"
"And this is the Grand Commander's headquarters' territory!"
"With the perfect timing and the perfect location both on your side, who else could this Grand Commander position possibly belong to but you?"
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uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”
e school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
