You Asked Me to Assist Emperor Xin, but You Turned Him into the Human Emperor? - Chapter 18

Tu Xingsun nearly passed out from the pain.

When he finally came to, he realized his manhood was gone.

"Ahhh!"

Tu Xingsun let out a bloodcurdling scream. He wished he were dead.

At that moment, Tu Xingsun had lost the one thing that made him a man.

"Take it out and feed it to the dogs!"

Deng Xiu said.

"Yes, sir!" A soldier carried it away.

But soon, the soldier returned and reported, "The dogs won't eat it, Vanguard."

"Even the dogs won't touch it? Outrageous!"

Deng Xiu said.

Hearing this, Tu Xingsun screamed even more shrilly!

"Deng Xiu, you heartless bastard! I, Tu Xingsun, will never rest until you're dead!"

Deng Xiu ignored his curses. After having Tu Xingsun castrated, he ordered the guards to keep a close eye on him, then strode away.

Fortunately, Tu Xingsun was an immortal. Although Kong Xuan had sealed his magic power, he was still resilient and didn't bleed to death.

Word of Tu Xingsun's castration soon spread through the camp.

The soldiers naturally made it the talk of their leisure hours.

That very day, Deng Jiugong emerged from seclusion.

Deng Jiugong was far stronger than before. His spiritual sense could now cover the entire military camp.

"Xiu'er had Tu Xingsun castrated?"

"This!"

"He really is quite the character!"

Deng Jiugong was stunned.

Before long, he summoned Deng Xiu.

Deng Xiu knew why his father had called him and felt extremely guilty.

After all, the whole camp had heard that he'd castrated Tu Xingsun. There was no way he could keep it from his father.

Besides, he'd done it on a whim, emboldened by drink, and had ordered the soldiers to carry it out without authorization.

So when Deng Xiu saw Deng Jiugong, he lowered his head guiltily and said nothing. More than anything, he wanted to run away.

"Xiu'er, about Tu Xingsun—"

Before Deng Jiugong could finish, Deng Xiu turned pale with fright.

"Father, I did it while drunk. I was wrong!"

After all, he'd punished Tu Xingsun on his own, overstepping military discipline. That was a grave taboo in the army.

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Deng Jiugong wore an expression of helplessness.

Like father, like son.

That disobedient son had copied his own drunken words perfectly, using drunkenness as an excuse to brush him off.

"Ahem!" Deng Jiugong couldn't help coughing.

He wanted to say, "Well done!"

But he couldn't bring himself to.

As the commander of an army, Deng Jiugong wouldn't have minded if Deng Xiu had beaten or killed Tu Xingsun. He could have smoothed things over.

But this Xiu'er might ruin the atmosphere in the camp.

Taking a man's manhood was an even harsher punishment, but also a little underhanded. If word got out, it would hurt their reputation.

It could ruin nine generations of the Deng family's good name!

Still, Tu Xingsun had coveted Chanyu, so perhaps it was acceptable after all.

"Deng Xiu, hear my order. You disregarded military discipline, so I sentence you to a year of confinement. Reflect on what you've done!"

After speaking, Deng Jiugong handed Deng Xiu several immortal pills.

They were the pills he'd had left over from before, which he'd kept especially for this purpose.

The generals under his command all needed to improve their strength.

"Dissolve them in water before taking them. Don't swallow a whole pill."

With that, Deng Jiugong left.

Deng Xiu had expected his father to punish him severely. He hadn't expected this sentence to leave him rather pleased.

When the soldiers in camp learned that Deng Jiugong had sentenced Deng Xiu to a year of confinement, they were all tempted.

Tailuan and Deng Chanyu heard the news and hurried over to plead for Deng Xiu.

They knew only that Deng Xiu had been confined. They didn't know Deng Jiugong had sent him into seclusion to cultivate.

"Marshal, isn't a year of confinement too long for Deng Xiu?" Tailuan asked.

Tailuan thought three or five days, or even a month, would be reasonable.

A whole year was far too long.

After all, a year was a very long time for a mortal to be locked up.

"It's not too long. Let him reflect properly!"

"Father!" Deng Chanyu said, displeased.

After all, her brother had been punished so severely because he was trying to protect her.

"This is a military order!"

"If you want to save him, improve your strength. If any of you breaks through to the Earth Immortal Realm, I'll release him!"

After speaking, Deng Jiugong took out all the immortal pills he had left.

"All the generals in the camp will get a share," Deng Jiugong said.

"This!"

Tailuan and Deng Chanyu were both shaken.

Even if it was just to save Deng Xiu, they had to cultivate hard.

"By the way, our army has won a great victory over Xiqi. Send this military report to Chaoge!"

After speaking, Deng Jiugong handed a military report to Tailuan.

"Marshal!"

Deng Jiugong sent for Kong Xuan.

When Kong Xuan arrived, he eyed Deng Jiugong suspiciously.

He remembered that when he'd first arrived, Deng Jiugong hadn't even reached the Earth Immortal Realm.

After that, Deng Jiugong's cultivation had advanced step by step: Earth Immortal Realm Perfection, mid-Heavenly Immortal Realm, and now, early True Immortal Realm.

The speed of his breakthroughs left Kong Xuan astonished.

Deng Jiugong must be hiding some secret from him.

Otherwise, his cultivation couldn't have advanced so quickly.

But Kong Xuan had plenty of secrets of his own and was hiding his strength, too, so he didn't ask about Deng Jiugong's cultivation.

Everyone had a few secrets!

"Kong Xuan, I summoned you because I have an important task for you!"

"I have to leave for a while, so I'm entrusting you with full authority over the camp."

"I've already sent a military report to the king. The king wrote to me earlier, saying that if I took Xiqi, I should replace Grand Tutor Wen as Grand Tutor of Chaoge."

"Just stay by my side and do your best. Once I become Grand Tutor, I'll remove the 'deputy' from your title of Deputy Marshal!"

Deng Jiugong patted Kong Xuan on the shoulder and spoke meaningfully.

He knew Kong Xuan had no interest in officialdom.