516: Chapter 378 516: Chapter 378 These people were all Death Servants raised by the organization.
It wasn’t just about sending them to marry someone at present.
If they were immediately ordered to kill someone or go to their deaths, they wouldn’t dare to disobey.
The women underwent special training and didn’t belong to the internal ranks of the organization.
They were trained by specialists.
They had been training since childhood.
When Yingzi received her mission, those people also secretly received their orders.
All of them were as beautiful as flowers and jade, and their concealed identities were not ordinary either.
They were the daughters of some wealthy tycoon.
Though they were called spies from another country, actually their mothers had already given birth to and raised children in this country.
They were of dual heritage.
They were instructed by the organization, and it was their mothers who controlled their fathers and raised all their brothers and sisters to be Death Servants.
Their country had long thought of occupying this country.
The infiltrators had entered this country for more than decades.
After Liu Xu left, Tang Weiguo didn’t idle either.
He first went back to fetch his son, arranged for Tang Feiyang to assign missions to each of the scholarly students.
Chief of Staff’s son, Tang Feiyang, was the eldest senior brother among the Confucianism Tao students.
These people were all talented in both literature and martial arts, surpassing Scholars in ability.
They seemed like frail Scholars, spouting sour verses, competing in love, chess, calligraphy, and painting.
While staying in the academy, during the last mission, he nearly died of poisoning in Immortal Venerable City.
At that time, they were so scared that they wet themselves.
When had they ever witnessed such a terrifying scene?
They were frightened to the point of having jelly legs, but they also witnessed prominent figures they had never seen before.
The students from the Confucian School, when had they ever faced danger in the Capital City before?
Besides studying, it was all about studying.
Encountering danger for the first time, after the initial fear, they found it exciting.
After all, they were all young people, and whether timid or brave, anyone who had been scared was no longer afraid after the fact.
After returning, they felt as if they had encountered an adventure, a harrowing experience that matured them a bit.
They felt the country needed them, and death would be an honor.
Tang Feiyang was their eldest senior brother and among them, he had the highest combat power.
In the past, in the Capital City, what mission was there?
They were just told to study in the school, cultivating Confucianism Tao, along with music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.
Astronomy and geography, these were also a must-learn.
A bunch of frail Scholars, starting to cultivate Confucianism Tao since entering the academy.
They began to possess combat power, but it was a pity that they started cultivating too late, and most only began studying Confucianism Tao after entering the academy.
Very few, only the Clan Descendants, were fortunate enough to cultivate Confucianism Tao from a young age.
In Tang Feiyang’s family, there were also members of the younger generation who were part of this group of students, divided into males and also including female students.
They cultivated the same cultivation techniques, but what they studied in terms of literary and martial arts was different.
Last time Tang Feiyang led a mission, it was all men, and later his cousin followed, a woman who had not studied Confucianism Tao.
It seemed he didn’t think highly of his cousin, and this was according to the standards here.
Unfortunately, his cousin didn’t understand, thinking that since they were related, Tang Feiyang should belong to her by her willful and unreasonable assumption.
Despite being young, Tang Feiyang became the eldest senior brother of the academic institution.
He had worked hard from a young age and studied Confucianism Tao best.
He used to be the eldest senior brother and was the elite among this group.
In fact, pride existed in the hearts of the young people, but since the last mission,
he felt he needed others’ protection, and in Immortal Venerable City he had seen more powerful figures and needed the protection of Ye Tian from the same Noble Clan, which made him feel incredibly weak.
Fortunately for him, he wasn’t Liu Tao.
He had a sense of justice and helped with the tasks, fulfilling his responsibilities for that mission.
During the mission in Immortal Venerable City, he learned a lot and it became a life experience.
He didn’t contribute much strength then but tried his best to protect people and did his best to fight against the bad guys.
After returning from Immortal Venerable City, he understood he couldn’t associate with people like Liu Tao.
Ye Tian became his friend, and both fathers thought about reconciling their families to protect the Imperial City together and defend their country.
News had reached him that Ye Tian, upon receiving a mission, had hurried off to rescue people once again, saving the inhabitants of an entire city.
Although he had enlisted the help of friends, it was his own ability that had enabled him to cultivate such valuable human resources.
Tang Feiyang felt increasingly that Ye Tian was worth befriending.
It was a pity that Ye Tian was too busy, unlike himself who could stay in the academy and be the eldest brother, leading the students on missions only when assigned.
Ye Tian had the ability to roam alone or lead the members of his family in their protection efforts.
Tang Feiyang was aware of his own limitations; the path of Confucianism Tao cultivation was different, unlike the kind that allowed one to traverse the heavens and earth.
Although cultivators on such a path had, in legends from 10,000 years ago, achieved ascension, in the 10,000 years since, they were no different from other people in the Cultivation World—they could only keep cultivating, possibly living longer lives in the process.
However, unlike other cultivators in the Cultivation World, they could not extend their lifespans substantially with each level they ascended.
The oldest generation in their family lived to just over two hundred years before they could no longer improve and slowly aged and died.
Upon receiving a mission, Tang Feiyang called upon some students with stronger abilities, leaving out those who were lazier and less capable.
The students who were named were excited to hear they had a mission, eagerly asking what it was, their expressions brimming with the excitement of potentially becoming heroes.
“This mission we’re undertaking is quite dangerous, and particularly requires vigilance.
There’s a possibility of death, so you must be mentally prepared,” he warned.
Seeing his junior brothers’ excited faces, Tang Feiyang, though he didn’t show it, felt much the same way.
Yet he had to remind them that they could not afford to be careless in their tasks.
“Eldest brother, no matter the mission, we are not afraid to die.”
“Right, right, we promise to complete the mission.
Are we going to travel again?”
“Eldest brother, just give us your orders.
We’re not scared at all.
We’ll kill the enemy!”
Tang Feiyang looked at each of his junior brothers, pleased by this youthful display of fearlessness in the face of death.
“This time, our mission isn’t far away, nor is it to guard the city gates.
Our task is to patrol—if we find any spies entering the city, we must eliminate them discreetly to protect the Imperial City and our homes.
Can you do it?”
The students, realizing the importance of their task, felt a great responsibility.
Although it didn’t involve traveling afar, protecting their homeland felt like a significant duty.
Before, they had thought their nation too peaceful for such danger.
Yet after their last mission, they understood that even peaceful nations could face threats, and it was only by arresting the malefactors that society could remain harmonious.
“Eldest brother, we guarantee to complete the mission.”
One by one, their faces showed excitement; they were all dressed in the white robes of students, without any change of attire.
Tang Feiyang had given it thought—they were, after all, students.
If they changed into different clothes, it might be to conceal something, but the way students behaved made it obvious at a glance that they were on a mission.
Trying to conceal what was evident would only make it clear to sharp-eyed people that they were out on a task.
Tang Feiyang then instructed them to go in pairs, avoiding any conspicuous actions and to make contact if they discovered anything.
Imperial City was vast, so the responsibility for each pair to patrol a street seemed insufficient, but the task was secret surveillance.
Tang Feiyang led the dozens of students out, and they dispersed within the Imperial City.
The students left in the academy felt they were of no use, always overlooked whenever there was a mission, and some even thought the eldest brother was playing favorites.
Many in the academy were from wealthy families, including those who were not from Cultivator Families.
There were also commoners, but knowing their lower status, they worked harder, and some of those who set out with the eldest brother this time were indeed of common birth.
While they grumbled resentfully within the academy, some even considering sneaking out, they were stopped by the guardians.
Then came the stern lecture from their master, who, unapologetically, told them off for their laziness, lack of martial skills, and overall sluggishness, calling them worthless and questioning the point of bringing them along.
The students hung their heads, chastened and resentful, yet they had no choice but to obey and remain within the academy.
Laziness had become a habit, and it was impossible for them to suddenly start working hard—it was a case of a lost cause.