11 Meeting 5 out of the top 20

The two men unlocked their hands and looked at each other with a sense of unspoken friendship, and loyalty. As if the battle that had concluded just now was the bridge for these two to become great friends.

(YF) "How about you go and take a rest for now? Oh yes I should probably tell you that although our battle took a week in the game it has only been about 1 day for these guys out here. Also, many of the younger generation watch the ceremony of an elder gauging a greenhorn, and judging by the silence in the room it seems that everyone in here is very jealous of your talent. I have to go report my little test with you so I'll come find you when i'm done." Yue Fei said to Baron in a polite way.

(BM) "Yes, I also need to reflect on our simulation so I'll go ahead and head back to the resting room first." Baron said.

(YF) "Do you still remember the way?"

(BM) "yea i'll be fine, don't worry about me."

After this conversation the both of them put down their helmets and under countless envious gazes left the room to go do their own thing.

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(YF) "...and that concludes my report." Yue Fei said to the elders council of the Chinese community.

Bai Qi (BQ) "Humph, he's just a newbie who needs to be put in his place." Bai Qi shouted. This man is one of the most ruthless strategists in all of Chinese history. It is estimated that when he was rampaging through China he was responsible for around a million people's deaths, his nickname was the human butcher. He was one of the top 20 elders in the community so not many dared to respond.

Li Mu "What are you getting so worked up for old Bai Qi? It's not like you aren't allowed to have a go at him." Li Mu said sternly in a mocking voice. This strategist is one that had a blood feud with Bai Qi and they are constantly at each others throats. Back when Bai Qi was still alive he massacred over 400,000, yes four hundred thousand, of Li Mu's people (from the state of Zhao), and Li Mu who was in a different generation than Bai Qi (from the state of Qin) was left to pick up the pieces after Bai Qi left. Eventually the state of Qin overran the state of Zhao and the other five states to create the Qin dynasty, along with the first emperor of China Qin Shi Huang. Li Mu could forgive and forget what the Qin were doing since his very own state was doing the same thing. However, Bai Qi outright slaughtered his people and he would never forget such a barbarous act.

(BQ) "Watch it Li Mu, I may not be as highly ranked as you but I'm not afraid of you" Bai Qi snickered.

Wang Jian (WJ) "..." Wang Jian stayed silent. This man made huge contributions to the Qin state becoming the Qin dynasty. This man had strategical abilities which few in the Chinese community could even begin to comprehend.

Lian Po (LP) "Hahahaha, oh this is quite interesting little Yue Fei. So you mean to tell me that you were completely unable to best this newcomer? That's quite funny, hahahahaha." Lian Po also came from the state of Zhao but was from Bai Qi's generation. Even though he was also not a fan of Bai Qi, he realized that the past was the past and he isn't someone who kept grudges for very long.

These four men, Bai Qi, Li Mu, Wang Jian, and Lian Po, were deemed the four most revered generals/strategists in the warring states period in China's history. Very few strategists could match them, and so they took up four out of the twenty top elders seats in the Chinese community. It remained silent in the room until a beautiful lady spoke up amidst the silence.

Madam Zheng (MZ) "O-hoh, so you actually lost to the green horn. I say, this new fellow is quite the interesting little rascal, I might have to go check him out myself." A sweet and melodic voice rang throughout the room. It was the voice of the naval legend Madam Zheng. Her time in the Chinese community may not be very long, but the contributions provided made her so popular that she was pushed into the position of one of the top 20 elders. Although she had been here for only a fraction of the time that Yue Fei had, she was already incomparably superior to him in the rankings. This sort of ascension shocked everyone, especially the old farts who thought their rankings among the council had been long since set in stone.

(YF) "Since I have made my report, I'll just be on my way then. I won't bother you guys any longer."

(BQ) "Alright, we have many other things to discuss amongst ourselves, some young upstart should not have taken up so much of our time. You are dismissed."

(MZ) "Hold on Yue Fei, where are you going?" Madam Zheng asked politely.

(YF) "I'm going to go talk to Baron about his situation here, and see if I can have another go at him." Yue Fei responded immediately.

(MZ) "Oh is that so? Well, if you get the chance why don't you invite Baron over to my place so I can have a nice little chat with him? Hmmm?" She said softly.

(YF) "Yes ma'am, I will relay your well wishes to him."

(MZ) "Excellent, now you may leave." As soon as she said so Yue Fei left without looking back.

This little conversation she had with Yue Fei garnered a lot of attention from the other elders. Just by saying this she was essentially saying that anyone who dared to touch Baron would incur her wrath. Even the four most revered strategists in the warring states period would not dare to act against Baron unless they had no other choice, even if these four were all higher ranking than her. These four strategists were best put to use when they are leading armies against enemies on dry land, and if they fell in battle there would be hundreds to replace them. However, the naval genius and beauty that is Madam Zheng could not be replaced by just anyone, so her importance to the Chinese community was vastly superior.

After Yue Fei left the council he headed to the original room where Baron had woken up in so the two could have a chat.

(YF) "Hey"

(BM) "Hey"

(YF) "So i've made my report to the council and there seems to be one person who is particularly interested in meeting you. We call her Madam Zheng, and she has insisted that you two have a nice talk sometime."

(BM) "Madam Zheng? Could it be that pirate empress that commanded hundreds of ships that dominated the seas around China in the 18th and 19th centuries?"

(YF) "Oh so you've heard of her?"

(BM) "I've actually researched quite extensively into all things warfare related, and even how to build primitive weapons out of scratch. So yea I've heard of the legendary Madam Zheng, she commanded hundreds of ships and thousands of people. She's outlived two husbands, and she was pretty popular with the ladies because of her progressive if you **** someone you get executed no exceptions rule. I don't think there is another word to describe her other than legendary. She has my utmost respect."

(YF) "Funny you mention those two points, she actually runs a mostly female faction in the Chinese community, and her two husbands have a hand in helping her run this faction. She and two others are the femme fatale of the Chinese community, and most girls have chosen to be under their female leadership."

(BM) "As expected, her ambition hasn't died since her death. This has been bugging me for awhile now, how come I understand you perfectly? I'm sure the language when you were alive is very different than the language that survives today."

(YF) "Good question, but I'm actually not sure because back when I was alive the closest word to this is manipulation of the mind. Therefore, you can understand everyone on this planet perfectly."

(BM) "Then how come everyone here is so..........picture perfect?"

(YF) "Well, I am not qualified to know this answer either, but i've been told that everyone who died gets a new and better body."

(BM) "Not qualified? What considers as qualified then if even an elder like you isn't?

(YF) "You have to be in the top 20 elders spot to be qualified to know. I myself am at the very edge at around rank 90's. Speaking of, you might be able to extract some info out of Madam Zheng if you do decide to have a talk with her."

(BM) "That's reasonable. I think i'll save the rest of my questions for after I've met her then."

(YF) "Excellent, do you want to go over our simulation and review what happened?"

(BM) "Aren't you an elder? Don't you have a lot of responsibilities?"

(YF) "No, i'm very lowly ranked as an elder so the only responsibility i've got is to receive the new recruits and kick them out if they aren't up to the standard of our community."

(BM) "Alright then, let's get started."