ATSWM Chapter 12.1

Chapter 12.1 A Hindrance’s Halo (Part 1)

　　The person who comes from behind……Is Han Shaoling!

　　Sang Yuanyuan’s heart leaped.

　　Face Disguising Technique is not uncommon and  Meng Wuyou has precisely disguised her face to travel with the army.

　　Will Han Shaoling recognize her?!

　　She slightly inhaled twice and quickly adjusted her mind.

　　The time has come to test her acting skill.

　　You Wuming turns around casually. Sang Yuanyuan followed closely after him, lowered her eyes, turned around and stood behind You Wuming in a neither humble nor arrogant attitude.

　　Han Shaoling frowned: “The deadline has come. Does King You still remember your subordinate’s military orders? It has been twelve Shichen[1] since yesterday afternoon. “

　　You Wuming lazily took out a jade token and stuck it askew by the side of his mouth.

　　”Hasn’t the wall been taken down yet?”

　　From the opposite side of the jade token, came a slightly abnormal sound of laughter: “Reporting to the Lord! It had been taken down just a stick of incense’s time before. This subordinate is taking these little good-for-nothing to clean up the top of the wall!”

　　Waves of horrible wailings seeped out from the jade token, just like a background music that keeps coiling around one’s ears ceaselessly.

　　You Wuming crushed the jade token, rubbed in between his eyebrows impatiently, with a face full of ‘chasing guest out’ expressio, he faced Han Shaoling and said : “Satisfied?”

　　Han Shaoling furrowed his thick eyebrows, raised his arm to point towards the outer Great Wall in the distance. There was an opening gap like that of a reservoir’s sluice gate and huge red tides were creeping in.

　　”Clearly, there are still underworld demons crossing the gate! King You, your subordinates reported false military information. What crime should they be guilty of?! ” Han Shaoling repressed his anger.

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　　You Wuming chuckled and hugged his arms amusedly: “Didn’t I say it very clearly yesterday? Take, back, the, wall. Take back the wall. Did I say I’d close the gate? “

　　Han Shaoling widened his eyes in disbelief.

　　Dispatching the elite troops to forcefully attack the outer Great Wall, is it not in order to close the gate that has been breached? As long as the gate is closed, the underworld demons’ attack will be greatly slowed down. Afterwards, lead the main army to launch an attack again to recover the buffer zone between the inner and outer Great Wall, so as to minimize the casualties to the maximum and seal the underworld demons back to beyond the outer Great Wall.

　　Before that, Han Shaoling had, since long ago, sent some elite teams in an attempt to close the gate several times. Each time, they failed completely and lost many good hands in vain.

　　Yesterday, You Wuming suddenly took the initiative to send out his most elite, mysterious and unpredictable subordinates, the You Shadow Guard. Han Shaoling was very much surprised and temporarily postponed the matter regarding Sang state. He only focused on the war situation of the outer Great Wall. Inwardly, he had even laughed at You Wuming’s stupidity——What’s the use of his taking more credit?

　　Unexpectedly, this madman was actually here only to play tricks on others.

　　Han Shaoling’s eyes were reddish and he was very angry.

　　Sang Yuanyuan’s heart beats gently——You Wuming did this, probably just to keep Han Shaoling’s attention firmly on the outer Great Wall, so that he could conveniently leave the front line and go to Julin Pass to grab someone.

　　”King Han,” You Wuming’s voice that incurred hatred then gloomily drifted to Han Shaoling’s ear again, “My Princess Sang, have you really lost her?”

　　Han Shaoling’s forehead was full of blue veins. He forcefully pressed his anger and with a cold voice, he said word by word : “King You, please immediately give your order, to let them, close the gate of the outer Great Wall!”

　　”Take the person out for an exchange then.” You Wuming said lightly.

　　Han Shaoling took a deep breath: “The Emperor had ordered……”

　　You Wuming’s expression was like having a tootache: “Tsk. I said Han Shaoling, don’t pull a woman out to press on me at every turn. Oh, it’s not like it was impossible too. I want Sang……”

　　Han Shaoling finally couldn’t bear it anymore, and strikes his palm on the wall beside him.

　　“Humm[2]——”

　　The peculiar roar of metal reverberates throughout the inner Great Wall.

　　Han Shaoling slightly gasped heavily and stared at You Wuming for a while. A sneer rose from the corner of his lips, he nodded and said : “Alright. From now on, won’t trouble you, King of You state, the Big Buddha, anymore. Only small underworld demons, not yet able to enter my eyes. After this event, I will definitely report it to the Emperor as how things really are. “

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[1] Shichen : one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day, so 1 Shichen = 2 hours.

[2] The reverberating sound of an iron being hit forcefully.

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