With that, Yue Xiaofei abruptly turned around!
Two dazzling beams of golden light, almost tangible, shot from his deep-set eyes!
He unbuttoned his plain training uniform, which bore no rank insignia.
Then, under everyone's gaze, he slowly put on the General Officer Dress Uniform that symbolized supreme honor!
It was a tailored, navy-blue, double-breasted General Officer Dress Uniform, made according to the Dragon Kingdom's latest military rank system!
The expertly cut fabric perfectly accentuated Yue Xiaofei's ramrod-straight figure!
A golden sash ran diagonally from his left shoulder to his right hip!
Across his chest, densely packed rows of ribbon bars in various colors and patterns still gleamed brilliantly beneath the overcast sky!
That was... an honor only battle-hardened heroes who had survived countless brushes with death and earned outstanding military merits were entitled to wear!
Yet none of that was the most striking sight!
The most striking sight was the glittering golden insignia on his shoulders, composed of pine branches and a gold star-
A general's star!
A dazzling general's star, enough to send everyone present into a frenzy!
Major general!
He was a major general!
A young man barely into his twenties, his face still bearing a trace of boyishness, was the youngest in the Dragon Kingdom's history-
Major general!!!
Boom!
The instant they clearly saw the gleaming golden general's star on Yue Xiaofei's shoulders!
All of Qingshan Cemetery erupted!
At that moment, everyone's mind went utterly blank, as though they had been struck by the Nine Heavens Thunderbolts!
"M-Major general?!"
Standing behind Xiao Tian Ce, a middle-aged general from the Eastern Frontier Theater who also held the rank of major general stared at the star on Yue Xiaofei's shoulders-the same rank insignia as his own-with his mouth open wide enough to fit an egg!
His eyes bulged, and