Ji Xiuyun called for a garrison to send the girl back.

Yue An tugged at Ji Xiuyun's clothes like a little tail, stepping on Ji Xiuyun's footsteps as he walked, his mind wandering as he followed.

Yue An was in a daze, thinking that he might be deaf or blind.

He actually thought that Ji Xiuyun was shining brightly and was especially handsome!

Ji Xiuyun was also very quiet on the way back.

Yue An guessed that it was probably because of what the girl said.

Ji Xiuyun rarely thought about the suffering of the people behind the war.

A country needed to defend its sovereignty, prove its strength, and solve the border problems.

Using war to stop war was the most effective method in the current era.

Ji Xiuyun had stayed on this planet for 40 years. At that time, this planet wasn't as peaceful and stable as it was now.

Chaos and war happened almost all the time on this planet. On the border planets, large scale conflicts didn't even need a reason, they just started fighting.

Now, they were able to develop peacefully partly because Ji Xiuyun had taken the lead, and partly because the 17th Galaxy's greatest enemy had now become the Empire's territory, and they themselves had suffered great losses.

Although a Free Army had appeared later on, the 17th Galaxy's border planets had at least 10 years of rest and recuperation.

Therefore, they weren't afraid of the 18th Galaxy's Free Army attacking them from time to time, and they were even able to occasionally chase them back or take advantage of them.

There was no way to completely end the war.

However, it was possible to restore peace to the 17th Galaxy and prevent it from being invaded as a border.

Ji Xiuyun was able to confidently reply that the girl said it would be very soon because he was confident.

He was very confident in his army and combat strength, and the little emperor had just gained power, so he needed to make some achievements to gain a foothold.

Therefore, after this matter was over, as long as the little emperor wasn't a pile of mud that couldn't be supported, it was almost foreseeable that the Empire of Sintes would enter a period of peaceful development that wouldn't be short.

However, this couldn't cover up the pain that the people would suffer after this period of peace.

Even though Ji Xiuyun knew that the people on planet G11 were already used to war, it didn't mean that they wouldn't feel the sorrow of death.

Ji Xiuyun wasn't a person with strong emotions, but he didn't lack empathy as a human.

The girl just asked a question that many people didn't dare ask him.

War was never a good thing.

Ji Xiuyun opened the door to his house. Because no one lived in the house, there was very little furniture. There were eight large boxes neatly placed in the living room, emitting dense spiritual energy.

Of course, this spiritual energy could only be sensed by Yue An.

Yue An, who was tugging at the hem of Ji Xiuyun's clothes like a little tail, stuck his head out and took a glance. He then went over to put the eight chests into his sleeves and returned to Ji Xiuyun's side.

Then, he reached out and continued to grab Ji Xiuyun's clothes, as though he had turned into a pendant on his back.

Something wasn't right.

Ji Xiuyun sensed Yue An's silence. He was about to turn around to look at the young man when Yue An followed his line of sight and walked into his blind spot.

Ji Xiuyun: "…"

What are you doing?

"Don't look at me," Yue An said in a muffled voice. "And don't let me see your face."

Ji Xiuyun was stunned for two seconds. "Why?"

"You're so ugly that I'm scared of you," Yue An answered without thinking.

Ji Xiuyun: "…"

Ji Xiuyun: "???"

I'm ugly??

Marshal Ji thought that Yue An must be joking.

"Don't look at me, don't look at me." Yue An followed Ji Xiuyun's line of sight and avoided looking at him. "Let's hurry back after taking the things."

Marshal Ji realized that he couldn't catch Yue An no matter how hard he tried, so he gave up helplessly.

Ji Xiuyun walked out as he asked, "Aren't you going to check the quantity?"

"What's there to check?" Yue An muttered softly. "Don't you have the best security system at the border?

Besides, do you think you're greedy for a few of my stones? "

Ji Xiuyun wasn't lacking in stones and money.

Although this house was no longer occupied, the security system had always been the latest version. It was fully automated and highly efficient, and it didn't require manual labor. Other than the authority, it wouldn't recognize anyone else.

Ji Xiuyun found this extremely pleasing to the ear.

If Yue An could say something like this, it was obvious that he was very dependent on him.

Although he didn't understand why Yue An wanted to hide, he couldn't hide anywhere.

Yue An wasn't someone who could hold back his words. After a while, he would run over and tell him.

Unfortunately, Marshal Ji was wrong this time.

Yue An held back his words!

He kept his mouth shut and didn't have any intention of mentioning this matter.

Yue An was actually a little confused.

He realized that the words of the old senior who had lived for hundreds and thousands of years seemed to be slowly coming true after he came into contact with Ji Xiuyun.

For example, the fate of a severed tail, or the wonderful colors that monsters couldn't resist, which were unique to humans.

Before these things really happened to him, Yue An had always scoffed at them.

But now, he was seriously recalling that the old senior who always stroked his hair with a cigarette in his mouth had inserted some kind of FG into him.

Yue An couldn't find the FG in his memories, but he remembered a lot of strange things.

After the G11 team finished their rest and officially headed towards the Eighteenth Star System, Ji Xiuyun's army split into two groups and chose to move forward in a flank.

Ji Xiuyun realized that his cat youngster had been jumping around a little too much recently.

Let's not talk about going to the training ground to teach his soldiers how to behave.

When he was in the virtual training room, he even started to talk to the rest of the army commanders about battle plans!

Their cat actually had such an awesome skill!

Marshal Ji was extremely shocked.

The army commanders were even more shocked than Ji Xiuyun.

This was because Yue An told them about some human-oriented marching formations.

These formations included illusion, trap, and kill, but they all required the use of mechas — Yue An didn't tell them that what they really needed were the spirit stones in the mechas' energy cabins.

After the army commanders actually demonstrated it, they almost wanted to kneel down in front of Yue An.

This was a method that could greatly increase the survival rate of the soldiers under their command!

What could be more important than this during a battle?

If it weren't for the fact that Yue An was still too young, Marshal Kevin and the others would have been the first to agree to let him take over!

The army commanders happily told Ji Xiuyun about this.

Ji Xiuyun turned around to look for Yue An.

Yue An raised his head and met Ji Xiuyun's eyes. He quickly covered his eyes.

This wasn't the first time this had happened.

For almost a week, Yue An had been reacting like this — everything was normal, except for the fact that Yue An didn't want to meet his eyes.

Before Yue An could speak, Ji Xiuyun directly took the initiative and said, "Am I ugly to you?"

"…" Yue An was stunned for two seconds. "No."

"Then what is it?"

"Your eyes …" Yue An struggled to think of a word. "… are very impressive."

Ji Xiuyun's mind was filled with question marks.

Yue An frowned. Wasn't it just impressive? His heart was shaken.

Now that he looked at Ji Xiuyun, he didn't think that he was ugly anymore. In fact, he even thought that he was a little handsome.

Yue An felt that Ji Xiuyun's eyes were a little strange.

Marshal Ji looked at Yue An's conflicted expression, but he didn't intend to get to the bottom of this.

If Yue An didn't want to say anything, he couldn't force him, right?

Marshal Ji decided to change the topic. "Recently, you and the army commander …"

"It's a formation."

Yue An answered straightforwardly. He projected a star domain on his optical computer. "Although I'm not proficient in this, these simple formations shouldn't be a problem. Other things aside, the casualty rate will be greatly reduced."

Yue An actually had his own selfish reasons for giving the formation to the army commander.

He remembered that Ji Xiuyun had told the little girl that the war would end quickly. Thus, he couldn't help but think about how he could help Ji Xiuyun.

Ji Xiuyun had helped him so much. Furthermore, he didn't know how much he would help him in the next 10 years. Yue An felt that it was necessary for him to lend a helping hand.

He still remembered that the formations he had seen were rather crude and simple. Even the largest formation only required 20 mechas to be set up perfectly.

Ji Xiuyun watched Yue An bite his pen as he scribbled on a piece of paper. He was a little surprised that Yue An would use his brain to think about such a complicated matter.

Since when had Yue An cared about casualty rates?

When these three words came out of Yue An's mouth, Ji Xiuyun wondered if he had heard wrongly.

However, when he saw how serious Yue An was, Ji Xiuyun didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he went out for a meeting.

What a joke. Yue An was so hardworking. He would be an idiot to stop Yue An from studying seriously.

There was no harm in learning more things. There was no harm in having more skills. Who knew when they would come in handy?

Before he left, Marshal Ji didn't forget to save the pen in Yue An's mouth. He reminded him patiently, "Don't bite the pen."

Yue An frowned slightly as he looked at the few dots on the paper. He gave a perfunctory reply.

After Ji Xiuyun left, Yue An looked at the few dots on the paper and brought up the street model of Ji Xiuyun's hometown. Then, he matched the few dots on the model.

It was a very simple trapping formation. In fact, it was an incomplete trapping formation. It was mainly used to trap the people inside and prevent them from doing anything.

"Oh." Yue An bit the pen in his mouth as he looked at the formation.

Those few dots were where the Free Army's ambushers were lying in ambush.

Those people had so many spirit stones on them, and they were scattered so widely. They even formed an incomplete and retarded formation.

Then, he connected the dots with the Prophet that the leader had mentioned …

Yue An did some calculations and felt that he had probably encountered the legendary atavistic … no, awakened descendant of an immortal.

Moreover, it was the kind that was silly and sincere.