Changes in the Four Nations, the Junior Guardian Commands Kyoto!

Chapter 110: Changes in the Four Nations, the Junior Guardian Commands Kyoto!

[You gazed at Feng Haiping, this "Marshal of the Northern Defense Army" whom you had personally sculpted, watching him grow from an inexperienced youth into a man capable of standing on his own.]

[Back then, he had only just entered the world. Faced with grand occasions, he was still noticeably reserved, not even daring to speak loudly.]

[But today, he could strategize from behind the curtain, command with calm assurance, and lead an army of a hundred thousand.]

[You revealed a gratified smile and said softly, "You truly have the bearing of a marshal now."]

[Amid the military formation, Feng Haiping was ordinarily hard to read, renowned for his strict governance of the army. Yet at this moment, his face rarely reddened.]

[The several generals ahead of him smiled at the sight.]

[Every one of them had been selected and trained by you, yet you had not seen them for many years.]

[You looked again at Jia Fu, Dou Gu, the saber-wielding monk, Chai Zhong, and the others. Everyone upon whom your gaze fell was visibly stirred.]

[You smiled.]

[To treat others sincerely, to offer charcoal in the snow, to entrust one's life and death—enduring year after year.]

[These were among the hardest things in the world, because nothing stood tests less well than the human heart!]

[Yet nothing in this world was more unyielding than the human heart.]

[It was harder than iron, hotter than fire, and softer than water.]

[At last!]

[Your gentle gaze fell upon these dust-covered Lu Family Army soldiers who had come from afar. You bowed deeply and said:]

["Lu Shenzhou, thank you, everyone!"]

[Your voice was not loud, yet all heard it.]

[The veteran soldiers who had followed Lu Chen through years