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After returning to the camp, Jiang Yao and the other two immediately called the nine Company Leaders to their tents. As for Xiao Benin, he went straight back to Xiao Wei. However, he wasn't as angry as he was the last two times.

"General, do you think it's the will of the heavens for Yun Jun to come here at this time?" Benin laughed as he lifted the curtain.

"Heaven's will, what heaven's will?" Xiao Wei asked indifferently.

"Of course it's because even the heavens can't see through the arrogance of Jiang Yao and the other two villains. That's why Yun Jun came to help His Highness the Crown Prince at this time." Benin said.

Seeing the excited look on Xiao Benin's face, Xiao Wei sighed and said, "Benin, you're thinking too simply. Didn't you think that the Ao Sky Emperor's empire is the strongest among the five dynasties, and is only second to the three courts in terms of strength? Even if his relationship with the crown prince is really good, it's not good enough for him to travel across a few dynasties and arrive to help the crown prince out of his predicament."

"Army of Great Unity, do you mean that the crown prince of Ao Tian Empire has another goal?" Benin, too, was aware of the seriousness of the situation.

"I can't guarantee that there's some other motive, or maybe I'm overthinking it. His Highness the crown prince and the crown prince of the Ao Sky Empire have truly become friends who forget the new year's past, but we can't help but be vigilant. After all, you've seen Yun Jun's strength, if they really have ill intentions, then the Cloud Ming Empire might really not be able to protect him." Xiao Wei sighed as he spoke.

"Then should we find His Highness the Crown Prince and have a look?" Benin asked.

"There's no need. Since Prince Xi Yun has personally come out to prove that His Highness the Crown Prince knows of this matter, and with Yun Jun already here, even if Prince Xi Yun has any intentions, we can't stop him. Let the situation take its natural course." Xiaoxia waved his hand and said.

Just these few words seemed to consume a great deal of energy. If Han Xiao were here, he would have discovered that Xiao Qian looked a few years older than the last time he had seen him.

At this time, Han Xiao's Spirit Treasure in the refining workshop had already reached the final step, carefully taking out the beast spirit crystal and inserting it into the unformed spirit artifact. A white light flashed, and after the beast spirit crystal entered the spirit artifact, it immediately fused with the spirit artifact.

As the last step of the Beast Soul Crystal's assimilation into the Spirit Fire was completed, Han Xiao picked up the Spirit Treasure that he refined. Because it had been fused with the Spirit Beast Crystal and a few simple formations, the Spirit Treasure had successfully become a high quality Spirit Treasure. Even though it was a low quality Spirit Treasure, its power was far from what the Eagle Peak Sword could compare to.

The sword he had refined this time was of medium length, so when he held it in his hand, it contracted slightly. The entire blade was a silver white color, but the blade of the sword was dyed with a layer of blood, and the hilt was wrapped in gold threads that could be used to make it into a sharp weapon at crucial times. A small piece of jade blood crystal was embedded in the middle of the sword hilt, giving it an ancient air.

Han Xiao felt as if he had become one with the sword in his hand, and the medium and long sword appeared or flew back into his body according to his will.

"If you have a silver body, you'll be called the Silver Blood Sword." With that, Han Xiao put the Silver Blood Sword back into his own body, tidied up his clothes, and walked out of the artifact forging room that he had been staying in for three days.

He walked straight to the main hall and saw Xi Yun standing in the middle of the hall. Beside him stood an unfamiliar soldier, and facing Jiang Yao, the two men sitting in front of him had faint smiles on their faces, as if they were conversing with Xi Yun.

"Xi Yun." After contemplating for a moment, Han Xiao walked into the main hall. Jiang Yao and Dan Xun ignored him and walked quickly to Xi Yun's side.

"Han Xiao, have you finished refining your things?" A trace of a faint smile appeared on Han Xiaoyao's face as he asked this.

"Yes." Han Xiao nodded his head and turned around as if he had just seen Jiang Yao and Dan Xun. He asked in surprise, "Why didn't Jiang Junjun and Dan Lian notice when they came?"

"We've been here for a while." Jiang Yao's expression immediately changed when he saw Han Xiao.

"Then I was in too much of a hurry to meet Xi Yun just now and neglected all of you." Han Xiao said to Xi Yun with an ambiguous smile.

Seeing Han Xiao act like this, Xi Yun knew Han Xiao had something up. He sighed helplessly and said, "Han Xiao came to invite me to attend the memorial service in six days time to choose a new commander."

Hearing Xi Yun's words, Han Xiao immediately understood the current situation. He turned around and said to Jiang Yao and Dan Xun, "So that's how it is. Since it's grandfather's memorial service, we will definitely go. Right now the Xiao family's army is relatively unstable, so please leave."

"Hmph." Seeing that Han Xiao was obviously chasing them away, Jiang Yao coldly snorted. With a flick of his sleeve, he stood up and left.

After seeing the two of them leave, Han Xiao turned around and said to Xuan Yuan, "This must be the Cloud Army's general."

"He is Xuanyuan Tianyun Army's general in command, but it seems like Han Xiao has a lot of opinion of you." Xi Yun lightly said.

"From the first day I came to the Xiao family, they disliked me. Although I wanted to change their opinion of me, they were unable to bring out any results." Han Xiao shrugged his shoulders and said.

"So you decided to focus on the Heavenly Dipper Killing Array?" asked Xi Yun, frowning.

"That's right. Speaking of the Heavenly Dipper Sword Formation's Xi Yun, in six days, lend me your Yun Jun." Han Xiao said with a smile.

"You want to use the Cloud Soldier to break through the Heavenly Dipper Formation, but time is too short. I'm afraid everyone won't be able to remember the route in six days." Xi Yun said with a frown.

"Yun Jun is only trying to keep up a good show. At that time, I'll be the only one who can break the formation." Han Xiao said.

"If you're the only one, then what about you?" Xi Yun asked in surprise.

"The reason why I had Xuan Sheng cultivate the Heavenly Dipper Formation is to hide the truth from others. To tell the truth, I don't believe all of them." Han Xiao shrugged his shoulders and said.

Hearing Han Xiao's words, Xi Yun understood Han Xiao's intentions a little. He nodded and said, "That's good, Xuan Yuan vow that you can go back and let the troops rest well. On the day of the memorial service, you have to listen to Han Xiao's arrangements, understand?"

"This lowly general obeys." Xuan Yuan said respectfully, not questioning him at all, as if it was his duty to obey orders.

Six days passed in the blink of an eye, and during these six days, Han Xiao had been watching Xuan Sheng and the rest practice. When Xuan Sheng and the rest were resting, he had gone to find Xiao Ke and the others to chat.

Because he had not slept the night before, Han Xiao left his room early the next morning to wake up the students. Then he called for Xi Yun to lead the Yun Army's men to the western gorge.

As for the Xiao family's soldiers, because of the special circumstances of the day, they had all woken up and gathered in front of the platform.

At first, when they had gathered in front of the general's platform, the three hundred thousand soldiers had all been standing close together. There was no clear dividing line between them, but now, they were all standing together, and the distance between them was like an estrangement between the four armies that separated everyone.

He sighed deeply from the bottom of his heart. He looked at the soldiers and said loudly, "All the soldiers should know the reason why we are gathered today. First, it is to pay tribute to our marshal, and secondly, to elect a new marshal. He is to lead the Xiao family's troops back to the imperial city to avenge the marshal. Because we do not have the marshal's corpse, I took one of his clothes to represent the marshal. After saying that, Xiao Wei's feet tapped against the ground as he flew out of the camp. The other soldiers also followed suit and ran out of the camp.

When they arrived outside the camp site, they saw an armor placed on a white table with a hint of red on it. This armor was the symbol of the battle in Xiao Ba Cliff, and there was a long spear placed in front of it as a sacrifice.

"Marshal is right here. The troops will come with me to pay their respects." After Xiao Wei said this, he was about to lead the troops to pay his respects when he suddenly heard orderly footsteps. He raised his head and saw a dense group of soldiers walking toward them. The ones walking in front were Han Xiao and Xi Yun.

Pulling Xi Yun to fly in front of Xiao He, Han Xiao said apologetically, "We are not late for the great army, right?"

"No, Your Highness, you and Prince Xi Yun came at the right time." With that, Xiaoxia gestured for the two to stand behind him.

After Han Xiao and Xi Yun stood properly, Xiao Wei continued with what had happened just now and shouted, "Marshal, have a safe trip." As he finished speaking, he bowed deeply, and the others behind him followed suit.

He slowly straightened his body and looked at the blood-stained armor. His eyes were filled with tears, and he felt even more helpless.

"The commander is dead, but the men of the Xiao family wish to continue forward. In accordance with the request of the four generals, I have decided to elect a new commander for the Xiao family. I hope that the competition will come to an end soon." Xiaoxia said.

"This lowly general is willing to obey the orders of the general." Jiang Yao was the first to shout. Xiao Benin's group of three hurriedly followed suit.

Seeing that the four of them had agreed to let Xiao Wei participate in the competition as representative of the Xiao family, Han Xiao suddenly spoke up from behind, "Since you want to be the new commander, I wonder if the general's army will agree to participate?"

Hearing Han Xiao's words, Xiao Wei was stunned, then he looked at Han Xiao and Yun Jun who were at the side. He slowly nodded his head and said: "Alright, then I'll agree to His Highness the Crown Prince's participation in the Grand Marshal selection."