Rebuilding

News of the Dragon King's awakening spread quickly. Little Yanzhi and the new King Yue Yao, Tosai, immediately sent people to invite him to discuss important matters. Fang Wenshi smiled. "They want to see the Dragon King up and about with their own eyes. If you can kill someone in front of them, they'll be even happier."

Gu Shenwei told his military advisor to go and handle things first. "I'll set out in an hour."

Fang Wenshi was growing more familiar with the Dragon King's thoughts and ways. "The Dragon King's injuries are severe, and he hasn't fully recovered. I'll explain that to them. The Dragon King will follow along at an easy pace. His health comes first."

Gu Shenwei still had a few people to see. They were like old weapons left to rust for years, needing only a simple cleaning and sharpening to become deadly again.

The first was Hu Shining, formerly a martial arts instructor at Golden Peng Fortress's Carved Wood Courtyard. When he had fallen into the slums of Biyu South City, Gu Shenwei had taken him into his service and tasked him with training young assassins. The wars had repeatedly disrupted the work, and the results had been poor. For a time, this had been regarded as one of the Dragon King's failures.

Gu Shenwei, however, firmly believed that the instructor was no mediocrity; all he lacked was time. So even while at Xiaoyao Sea, when he needed help most, Gu Shenwei had refrained from using the immature band of assassins. Instead, he had handed Hu Shining the promising recruits he had brought from the Savage Man Forest and Xiangji Kingdom, ordering him to devote himself fully to their training.

Nearly a year had passed. Hu Shining had finally completed a full training cycle, free