C98

"Does His Highness have any ideas?" Xiaoxia asked.

"For the time being, I haven't. General, please arrange everyone's background and hand it over to me. Remember, everyone must have it." Han Xiao thought for a while before replying.

"But Your Highness, the Xiao family has a total of three hundred thousand soldiers. Some of them are bandits that joined later on. It is not easy to deal with these matters." Xiao Wei said with some hesitation.

"I know it's not that simple, and I'm not in a hurry to get these things." Han Xiao said indifferently.

"Yes." Xiao Wei respectfully said.

After instructing Xiao Wei on some matters to take care of, Han Xiao returned to his own tent, and when he opened the tent flap, Han Xiao smelled a musty smell. Frowning helplessly, he opened the tent flap to allow the sunlight to shine in, bringing warmth to the originally gloomy tent.

Han Xiao stayed outside the tent for a while to tidy up. Just as he was about to pull down the tent flap to rest, he heard hurried footsteps coming from outside. Raising his head, he saw Xuan Sheng hurriedly run over to him.

"Commander Han, it's really you. I thought I was mistaken." Xuan Sheng said with a smile.

"Xuan Sheng, what is it?" Han Xiao asked in surprise.

"No, that's right. Yi, Commander Han, I feel that your aura seems to have increased quite a bit. Could it be that you've broken through again?" He sensed that the Qi on Han Xiao's body had clearly become much stronger than before.

"Yes, I was lucky enough to break through to the Spirit Stage." Han Xiao said indifferently.

"Spirit Stage. This lowly general is still wondering just who the tribulation cloud was that was tribulation. I didn't think it would be Commander Han." Xuan Sheng's eyes flashed with a complex look as he spoke.

He and Han Xiao were both in the middle stage of Soul Transformation, so their cultivations were equal. However, Han Xiao had only been injured once and broke through to the Spirit Stage, yet he could not even catch the shadow of the Late Awakened Soul Realm.

"Then this lowly general congratulates Commander Han. With Commander Han's talent, he will definitely be able to reach the Immortal Transformation Stage and lead the Yun Ming Empire to new heights." He suppressed the unhappiness in his heart as he spoke, but there was still a hint of jealousy in his words.

Han Xiao could hear Xuan Sheng's unhappiness, but he did not say anything. From the start, he already knew that Xuan Sheng did not believe in him, although Xuan Sheng's attitude towards him had improved during the siege of the bandits, but from the bottom of his heart, Xuan Sheng had placed him on the same level as him. Now that he saw someone on the same level as him reach a height that he was unable to reach, it was normal for him to feel unhappy in his heart.

"It's better not to bring the Yun Ming Empire to a new height. I am already used to laziness. If it wasn't for Han Zhao forcing me too much, I really don't want to get involved in this kind of political conflict." Han Xiao bitterly laughed. By the way, did the army say anything after you guys came back? " Thinking of Jiang Yao, Han Xiao asked.

"The army did not say anything. This is what we are curious about. Logically, if you have done such a great deed, the army should be rewarded, but there is no sign of it." Xuan Sheng said.

Hearing Xuan Sheng say this, Han Xiao's heart was filled with doubt. He thought for a while but couldn't figure out what Jiang Yao was thinking, so he said to Xuan Sheng, "The army has his thoughts. I'm a little tired, so I won't keep you any longer."

"Then this lowly general will take his leave." With that said, Xuan Sheng bowed and immediately left.

Seeing that Xuan Sheng had left, Han Xiao stretched his body, turned around and returned to his tent before lying down on his bed to sleep.

The next morning, Han Xiao, who was in a half-asleep state, suddenly felt a killing intent. He immediately woke up and quickly flew away, only to see his bed being split in half by a golden sword light.

"Master, even if you want me to, I don't need to use this method." After seeing the river, the rest of his sleepiness was gone, and he could not sleep again, no matter how wide his heart was.

"Forty hours." Leng Qinghe said lightly.

"What fourteen hours?" Han Xiao scratched his head and asked.

"You came back yesterday and slept for another fourteen hours." Leng Qinghe said with a frown.

"Fourteen hours? Even if it's fourteen hours, it shouldn't be too long." Han Xiao said softly, but after seeing Leng Qinghe's frown, he did not dare to say anything more.

Seeing that Han Xiao was still confused, Leng Qinghe sighed and said, "With the growth of your cultivation, sleeping is already something that a cultivator doesn't need, especially after breaking through to the Spirit Severing Stage, your spirit has already started to show, so you wouldn't feel tired even if you didn't sleep for ten days. But yesterday when you woke up from your coma, you probably didn't sleep for another seven hours, don't you feel that you're feeling too much?"

Hearing Leng Qing He say this, Han Xiao remembered that ever since he started cultivating with both his soul and body, he became more and more fond of sleeping. Even if he hadn't done anything for a day, he still felt very tired and wanted to sleep.

"Master, could it be that the Earth Soul's consumption of spiritual energy is too great that it made me love and sleepy?" Han Xiao asked.

"I'm not sure about that. Maybe it's because of that." After saying that, he looked at the sun hanging high in the sky and said, "I'm going back to the academy. You should take care of yourself, but it's best if you take note of your body. I'll also go back to the academy's ancient books to check if there's anything related to the soul."

"Yes, Han Xiao will be careful during this period of time." Han Xiao said.

"Then I'll leave first." After finishing his words, Leng Qinghe pushed aside the door curtain and stepped out of the room.

After Leng Qing He left, Han Xiao's expression slowly became serious. He used his spiritual sense to check his body again and again, but he didn't find anything out of the ordinary. He couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"Could it be that it's because the consumption of my cultivation is too great that I can become tired?" Han Xiao frowned as he thought about it. After thinking for a while, he once again felt a sense of drowsiness coming at him, and shook his head, trying his best to expel the sleepiness, but he felt that he was getting more and more sleepy. Even his body was starting to feel powerless, and he helplessly shook his head.

Han Xiao slept for another day, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Moonlight Han Xiao and couldn't help but frown.

"It should be the year when I slept for another six hours. In other words, I slept for a total of thirteen hours, or twenty-six hours. I slept for a full day." Han Xiao frowned as he spoke. Even though he was a sleeper, he had never slept for so long as he did now. In the morning, Leng Qinghe's words rang in Han Xiao's ears once more, and Han Xiao furrowed his brows, shaking his head as he walked towards Jiang Yao's tent.

Arriving at Jiang Yao's tent, Han Xiao saw Jiang Yao chatting with the commanders of the nine Heavenly Champion armies.

"Han Xiao, you still know to come." Seeing Han Xiao, Chou Xin frowned, a trace of unhappiness flashing in his eyes.

The other captains also looked at Han Xiao with dissatisfaction.

Just as he was wondering why these people were treating him in this manner, Han Xiao suddenly recalled that he did not see Jiang Yao after returning to the camp yesterday, and logically speaking, after completing the mission, he should have returned to report to the army commander and leader, but Han Xiao had already been sleeping for a day and a half and had not come. Thus, from the others' point of view, Han Xiao was just acting on his own as if Jiang Yao and Chou were nothing, so his impression of Han Xiao had once again deteriorated, and now he was even becoming hostile towards Han Xiao.

"Han Xiao knows he is guilty." Han Xiao knows he is guilty. Han Xiao immediately said. He was not a fool that would let Chou Xin and the others not let him go because of this.

"What are you guilty of?" Jiang Yao saw Han Xiao's attitude and his expression changed.

"Because Han Xiao's body was too weak after waking up, he had slept for thirteen hours and missed the chance to report to the army leader and the team leader. So please punish him." Han Xiao sincerely said, looking as if he knew he was wrong.

Seeing Han Xiao's sincere attitude, Qiu Xin could not say anything. He could only glare fiercely at Han Xiao, as if hoping that Han Xiao would reveal a hole in his body.

"It doesn't matter if you're not feeling well, but there are military rules in the army. I can't change the military rules just because of you, so I can't go against this matter for the sake of fairness. Do you have any doubts?" Jiang Yao asked.

Fair? His contribution to exterminating the bandits was obviously greater than this, but he unexpectedly matched it and even said it was fair. This caused Han Xiao to frown, his originally restless mood became even more agitated due to physical reasons.

Although he was discontented, Han Xiao still bowed and said, "This general has no doubts."

"Alright, then I won't pursue the matter this time. Oh right, I heard that you were the one who thought of the method to exterminate the bandits. How did you come up with this method then?" Jiang Yao asked.

Jiang Yao's words also piqued the curiosity of the other captains. After all, the method Han Xiao used was the first one they had heard of, and the results he had obtained were indeed gratifying.

"It's because this lowly general accidentally saw a tree branch that looked like a human form under the moonlight and thought of this method. However, this lowly general never expected that it would actually work." Although his reason was fake, he had no other choice. He could not say that it was because he came up with the thirty-six strategies, so he had to give them a detailed explanation of what the thirty-six strategies were.

As expected, after hearing Han Xiao's words, Jiang Yao's brows wrinkled. Chou Xin and the others once again looked at Han Xiao with eyes full of dissatisfaction, obviously dissatisfied with Han Xiao's concealing of himself.

"Since you've woken up, you should do what the commander of the small army should do. The food in the army is not enough, so tomorrow, bring your men to the nearby towns to get some food." Jiang Yao said.

"Yes, this lowly general obeys." Han Xiao respectfully said and turned around to leave this tent that he did not want to stay in anymore.