Faced with that question, Old General Wang did not answer directly. Instead, he said, "His surname is Xu! Today is his hundredth birthday."
Xu?
His hundredth birthday?
Wang Hongtao found that strange.
What kind of answer was that?
What did this old man's birthday have to do with him?
No-
Wait!
Boom!
A thunderclap exploded deep inside Wang Hongtao's mind without warning, and his body went rigid!
He remembered!
Just a few days ago, he had received an internal bulletin from Longdu with the highest clearance level!
Its contents had been simple, just a few brief lines, but they had mentioned a special day.
Today!
It was today!
At Jade Spring Mountain in Longdu, a living legend was celebrating his hundredth birthday!
The man who, alongside the God of War Qin Lie, was known as one of the [Twin Pillars of the Dragon Kingdom]!
The man who had single-handedly founded the Dragon Kingdom Navy, its unshakable anchor, hailed as the "Father of the Navy"!
The last surviving... Founding Marshal!
No!
Impossible!
How could someone so godlike possibly appear here?
At this insignificant little dock in Modu?
And wearing plain cloth clothes washed pale, leaning on an ordinary wooden cane?
"Little Tao, you've figured it out, haven't you?"
Just then, Old General Wang's voice sounded again.
"Your father spent his whole life on the battlefield, fought his way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and became a general..."
"But when it comes to that esteemed elder, I can't even get through his door."
"Today, every last one of the real heavyweights in Longdu has to go to Jade Spring Mountain to wish him a happy birthday!"
"Your father... is still nowhere near qualified!"
Boom!
Old General Wang's words shattered the last shred of hope in Wang Hongtao's heart!