Before Yue An returned, Ji Xiuyun thought for a moment and said to the First Legion Commander, "You can go do something else."

The First Legion Commander, who had heard everything clearly, turned his head and looked at Ji Xiuyun silently.

He really wanted to know what was going on.

Even though he didn't understand all the terms used, he could still hear the contents of the explosion clearly.

Ji Xiuyun didn't change his mind. He looked at the First Legion Commander and shook his head gently.

The First Legion Commander saluted him properly and turned to leave Ji Xiuyun's office.

Everyone had secrets.

It was normal for Marshal Kevin to have secrets since he had been adopted by him for no reason.

After all, he was the Marshal who had seen countless people with real power. How could a child adopted by such a person be an ordinary person?

Lady Ellie had met him when she was filming an advertisement and felt that he was suitable for her, so she adopted him. That was enough to fool ordinary people.

In reality, Yue An was indeed extraordinary. His combat prowess couldn't be described as genius. Even Ji Xiuyun hadn't improved as fast as him when he was young.

Just based on his combat prowess, Yue An had already confirmed the suspicions of the Empire's higher-ups when Marshal Kevin and his wife said that they wanted to adopt this child.

Marshal Kevin had sharp eyes. He had been able to tell that Ji Xiuyun wasn't ordinary when he had just entered the Empire's core army. Now that he was going to adopt a son, he knew that Yue An wouldn't be any worse than Ji Xiuyun.

It was normal for such a person to have secrets.

He couldn't know the corresponding secrets because he didn't have the qualifications to do so.

It was just like how classified information was.

In any case, from the looks of it now, their marshal was very clear about this young man's secret, and the other party also trusted their marshal a lot. After all, he had even taught them the new tactic of arranging troops without reservation, which was enough to make the other party friendly.

That was enough.

It was fine as long as the Marshal knew what to do.

Although Marshal Ji did not play by the rules and occasionally made some reckless decisions in the decisive military decisions that decided the direction of the war, the results of those decisions he made had never disappointed anyone.

Just like how Ji Xiuyun trusted him and trusted him with all the trivial matters of the seven corps, as well as the mid-level Marshal and below, the First Corps Commander was also extremely confident in this marshal who always made him break down.

The First Legion's Commander opened the door and walked out. He turned around and saw Yue An rushing towards him aggressively.

Yue An was also stunned when he saw him. The "I'm super fierce" expression on his delicate young face instantly disappeared. He politely greeted him and put on an upgraded "I'm super fierce" expression. He then turned around and rushed into his office.

The First Legion's Commander tilted his head. The last thing he saw before the office door closed was Yue An slamming a piece of paper on Ji Xiuyun's desk.

"In the future, we can't randomly take in prisoners of war. Think about who we are fighting now. If I didn't go and take a look because I was worried, we would have been defeated this time!" Yue An said. From his tone and expression, it seemed like he was still afraid.

Ji Xiuyun did not even flinch. He calmly accepted the fact that someone had slammed his desk and scolded him.

The First Legion's Commander was speechless.

The last person who slammed his desk and scolded their Marshal seemed to have been punished with two years of labor service.

It was purely manual and did not require any machines.

In reality, Yue An slapped more than one talisman.

He threw out six talismans in a row and placed them in front of Ji Xiuyun.

Yellow paper with vermillion lines.

The drawing was very complicated and difficult to understand.

Ji Xiuyun did not understand, so he asked, "These are …"

"Talismans. Human cultivators are the best at it."

Yue An had never seen these things with his own eyes, but he immediately recognized them when he saw the talismans. This was because the old senior had once warned him that these talismans were among the dangerous items that he had to deal with.

Yue An explained these talismans one by one to Ji Xiuyun.

Ji Xiuyun was quite curious.

This was the first time he had truly touched something that was so close to metaphysics.

This feeling of novelty was similar to touching a weapon for the first time. His warrior's instinctive enthusiasm was stirred.

"What kind of material is this paper made of?" he asked.

Yue An thought seriously for a while before answering, "I think it's made of some kind of burnt ash, some kind of water, and some kind of special paper pulp. Then, it's refined using a special method."

Ji Xiuyun: "…"

As expected of our Yue An.

Ji Xiuyun thought to himself. He did not remember any of the most important things!

Ji Xiuyun asked again, "What about the paint?"

Yue An puffed out his chest, pride written all over his face. "Cinnabar and the creator's blood!"

Ji Xiuyun seriously thought about what cinnabar was, but in the end, he could not recall the word cinnabar from the vocabulary he knew.

It was probably the name Yue An used to call certain materials in his time.

Marshal Ji shook the piece of paper that was previously twisted into a ball, but now that it was unfolded, not a single crease could be seen. "How do I use this?"

"Spiritual power."

Yue An paused, then pointed to a small circle in the middle of the talisman and added, "Or you can use an energy crystal. Put it here, and wait for a second to see the effect."

Ji Xiuyun nodded. When he thought about how Yue An had filled the drawer to his right with energy crystals, he felt that he could not control his hand.

However, Yue An controlled it for him.

Yue An touched the talismans, and his expression was gloomy. Ji Xiuyun had never seen him like this before.

"There's also a teleportation talisman. It should be used to escape after the ship is bombed. I don't know where it will land, but there will definitely be people waiting for it. I'm going to activate all of these talismans and throw them over. I'll give them a huge gift package!"

Ji Xiuyun was still flipping through a Rolling Thunder Talisman with great interest. When he suddenly heard Yue An's words, he put down the talisman in his hand.

"Let's not," he said.

Yue An looked at him and puffed up his face in dissatisfaction.

Ji Xiuyun really wanted to poke Yue An's puffed up face.

"What if it lands at their headquarters? What if it blows up that prophet?"

Yue An pursed his lips. "I don't really need him!"

"Don't you want to know where he learned how to set up arrays, where he learned how to do fortune-telling, and where he got these things?" Ji Xiuyun waved the talisman in his hand.

Yue An felt that Ji Xiuyun's words made sense. He really wanted to know, but he couldn't take revenge. This made him even angrier.

"Why are you so angry …" Ji Xiuyun didn't understand why Yue An was so angry. He paused for a moment. "Why are you so angry?"

Yue An was in disbelief when he heard this question. "You're not angry?

You almost got screwed over! "

Ji Xiuyun shook his head. "I'm not angry. Based on the results, I'm still sitting here perfectly fine."

Ji Xiuyun was a results-oriented person through and through. This could be clearly seen from the way he always did things that made the commanders of the other armies collapse.

"It's all thanks to me that you didn't get blown away," Yue An emphasized.

"Yes, I'll remember this." Ji Xiuyun patted Yue An's head.

"But you almost died. Aren't you angry at all?"

Yue An grabbed Ji Xiuyun's hand and rubbed it as if he was venting his anger. "If something happened to you, who would compensate me with Ji Xiuyun?"

Marshal Ji looked down at Yue An's hand. The young man's hand was fair and soft. Even though he had done a lot of heavy work and carried weapons, there were still no calluses on his hand.

Ji Xiuyun looked up at Yue An.

"So …" Marshal Ji narrowed his eyes. "You're so angry because you're worried about me?"

"If I'm not worried about you, who am I worried about?!" Yue An retorted.

Ji Xiuyun looked at him calmly and silently. His eyes were focused.

Yue An seemed to see a hint of a smile in his eyes.

Yue An was a little confused. Then, he carefully thought about what he had just said.

"…" He squeezed Ji Xiuyun's hand. "I-I mean!

If something happened to you, who would wish for me to become an immortal?! "

Marshal Ji acted as if he didn't hear Yue An's words. "You said you were worried about me."

Yue An: "Nonsense."

Marshal Ji repeated, "You said you were worried about me."

Yue An: "…"

Marshal Ji was very persistent. "You were worried about me."

Yue An felt that this conversation couldn't continue.

He felt a little embarrassed when the truth that he had said without hesitation was repeatedly emphasized.

Yue An simply shook off Ji Xiuyun's hand, stood up, and rushed out of Ji Xiuyun's office at lightning speed, running away like a wisp of smoke.

Yue An rushed in aggressively and then rushed out even more aggressively.

The whole process didn't take more than ten minutes.

The guards at the door watched as Yue An ran out with a red face and a "I'm super fierce" expression. They weren't frightened at all. In fact, they even thought it was a little cute.

Marshal Ji, who was left in the office, didn't chase after Yue An after he left.

He happily put away the talismans that Yue An had left on the table. He put them in a hidden cabinet on the wall that was far away from all kinds of energy crystals. His footsteps were unusually light.

Ji Xiuyun was in a good mood.

He was so happy that he even wanted to sing a few songs.

He felt that he could smell the fragrance of spring.