He remembered that his older brother was a very honest person.
The father had foreseen this early on, so he named his Chen Ye, intending for the eldest brother to manage the family business. At that time, even though the family was relatively well-off, it was unlikely that they could afford to send both children to school. So, according to the customs of their hometown, one child was left to work while the other went to school.
So from a very young age, the older brother was destined to sacrifice himself to make way for his younger brother.
Over the years, my elder brother has never complained. Even after he lost all the farmland and became a dockworker in Liuzhou without any business of his own, he never uttered a word of complaint. Every time I came back, he would look at me with that same simple smile, "You're back, Erwa? Why have you lost weight again?"
He liked his elder brother very much because, compared to their father who had passed away early, his elder brother was more like the face of the family. With that man, taller than a door, guarding the house, Chen Qing always felt at ease.
But this pillar of strength is now lying there, so cold and lifeless.
Chen Qing felt ice-cold all over, as if the world before her eyes had turned gray and white. It was as if something in her heart was about to jump out and destroy everything here!
At that moment, he suddenly felt that he could do anything.
Yes, this world is something we create ourselves!
I can do anything, of course!!
"Chen boy, Chen boy!!"
A familiar voice came from the gray screen, with a heavy delay, but it was still barely audible, causing Chen Qing face was already blank, to move his eyes slightly.
Then he heard more voices.
"Second brother. Second brother?"
Finally, the image changed from grayscale to color, Chen Qing suddenly came to her senses. Only then did she see the little girl in front of her, who looked somewhat like her, holding onto her. She was both afraid and reluctant to let go.
"Chen boy? Wake up!!"
Chen Qing was stunned. The gray screen shattered instantly, and he regained consciousness.
What happened to me just now?
"Chen boy!"
Chen Qing pulled out the Mirror Demon, and the maid beside him was immediately stunned. She had just been wondering who was calling for her second brother, and it turned out to be a mirror?
"Hey kid, your older brother's still breathing!"
"Still breathing?" Upon hearing this, Chen Qing's spirits lifted, and the girl he had been holding scrambled to Chen Ye side.
Listening intently to the other person's chest, my heart pounded!
Gas
Very faint. But there's still breath!
" Chen Ying, Chen Ying!!"
Chen Qing roared like a madman.
The next instant, a flash of green light appeared, Chen Ying appeared beside Chen Qing, looking at him nervously.
She had a feeling that the indescribable terror she felt in the cellar earlier was emanating from Chen Qing.
The man on the ground immediately realized that this must be the "big brother" the other party had mentioned.
"Quickly!" Chen Qing exclaimed, "Take us back to Liuzhou City!"
"My lord." Chen Ying saw Chen Qing's excited appearance. She understood why he was so excited; she could feel the big man's faint breathing as soon as she came in.
But
She had also studied medicine. This big man had a shattered skull and his breathing was so weak it was almost negligible. Even if several great sorcerers from the capital came back to Liuzhou City now, they wouldn't be able to save him.
"Did you hear me?" Chen Qing looked coldly at Chen Ying.
"Yes," Chen Ying quickly lowered her head. Chen Qing's eyes at this moment were frighteningly terrifying.
" Gu Bei!" Chen Qing shouted as he emerged from the cellar.
"Sir, we are here!" Gu Bei and several of his men hurriedly stepped forward and replied.
"I have urgent business to attend to and must return to Liuzhou first. You take the remaining brothers and rest here in Pan Household Stronghold for the night. Tomorrow, as planned, sweep through all the villages and towns surrounding Spirit Deer County and try to bring back as many survivors as possible to Liuzhou!"
"Yes, sir!" Seeing that Chen Qing had returned to normal, Gu Bei breathed a sigh of relief. The "sir" from earlier had been far too terrifying.
"And another thing." Just as Chen Qing was about to call Chen Ying to lead the others away, he seemed to remember something and looked at the Chen and Pan clansmen who were still kneeling on the ground trembling.
"No matter the age, gender, or age, escort them all back to Liuzhou. Anyone who dares to run away on the way will be killed!"
Gu Bei swallowed hard and quickly bowed, accepting the order, "Yes!"
"Let's go." Chen Qing looked at Chen Ying.
Chen Ying nodded, carefully using the wind to support the barely breathing Chen Ye, and then took Chen Qing and the little girl who had been hiding behind Chen Qing and flew directly towards Liuzhou City.
"Young Master Chen Household," the Mirror Demon's voice faintly reached Chen Qing's ears, "How do you plan to save your brother?"
"Brother, there's really no hope for him."
"Oh? So you knew?"
"Of course I know." Chen Qing looked at the horrific bloody hole in his elder brother's head and said softly, "But there is a way to keep him alive!"
"Yeah?"
This time, the Mirror Demon didn't ask any more questions. It didn't know what method Chen Qing would use, but as long as he didn't use that thing inside his body, it would be fine.
Wasn't this thing supposed to be killed by the King of Qin? How did it end up on this kid?
Liuzhou City, Wei Gongcheng was training newly enlisted soldiers and also taking the opportunity to observe the soldiers' condition after being blessed by the door gods. The more he looked, the more astonished he became.
Most of the recruits were from farming families and worked part-time as dock laborers. They had virtually no combat experience. Based on my experience, these new recruits would need at least six months to train, let alone develop courage, or even just to learn how to use weapons effectively. Not to mention the basic physical training they needed to do on a daily basis. To train an elite force, it would generally take at least three years.
As he expected, the farmers were incredibly stiff when they first started training, only using brute force. He had to correct them more than a dozen times a day for even a simple thrusting motion.
But once you accept the so-called blessings from the door gods, the situation changes completely.
Not only have their strength and speed improved, but they've also become more intelligent. They can learn many things quickly, and some of the smarter ones can even apply what they've learned to other situations. They seem easier to teach than his own Wei Household's blood-related personal guards.
Not to mention that after being blessed, everyone possesses supernatural abilities as if they were part of their bloodline, and they can master them extremely quickly.
Normally, for a family with a bloodline to master their special abilities, they need to train from a young age, and even those with less talent need at least ten years of training. But these soldiers blessed by the door gods can achieve excellent results in just one afternoon.
This made Wei Gongcheng even more envious.
His bloodline purity is not high. Even though he has a high aptitude for martial arts, his achievements are very limited. No matter how hard he tries, he will never reach the heights of Yuchi Peng and the others. In fact, as he gets older and his blood and energy decline, he will be surpassed by the spoiled young masters of his own family with high bloodline purity.
Long ago, he had already accepted his fate and actively transformed himself into an excellent deputy general, spending a lot of time on military strategy and paperwork.
It's not that he didn't want to be a commander-in-chief, but some things are predetermined and cannot be changed by human effort!
But now he saw a glimmer of hope. If ordinary people could achieve such improvement under the blessing of these so-called door gods, then if he weren't crippled, could he also take a few more steps forward with the help of these magical deities in Chen Qing's possession?
Maybe it still can't reach the level of General Yu Chipeng, but at least it can catch up with those dandies who are direct descendants of the Wei family.
Just then, he saw a flash of blue light in the sky, and in the next instant, the person he wanted to see appeared in front of him.
Also present were Chen Ying and two other people she didn't recognize, one of whom was seriously injured. Well, "seriously injured" wouldn't be accurate; he was practically dead.
The moment Chen Qing landed, he quickly checked his older brother's artery and breathed a slight sigh of relief when he confirmed that he was still breathing.
He turned to Chen Ying and asked, "You said you studied medicine before, do you know the art of using acupuncture to prolong life?"
"I can, I can." Chen Ying looked at the burly man's condition on the ground, hesitated for a moment, but then honestly said, "But sir, I must tell you this first: in your brother's condition, even if we use the Golden Needle Life-Extending Technique, he'll only last half an hour at most, and if he wants to remain conscious, he'll die even faster."
"No need to be conscious, just stall for time." After giving the order, Chen Qing looked at Wei Gongcheng and pushed him to the eaves in the distance.
Wei Gongcheng, who had been pushed under the eaves by Chen Qing, looked puzzled. He could clearly sense that the other party was very nervous about the big man who was about to die, but what was he going to say to him at this time? He had never studied medicine.
"Lord Wei, you've been here so long, have you made up your mind?"
Just as I was wondering, Chen Qing spoke up.
Wei Gongcheng was startled. Was this the time for a showdown?
"Does Lord Chen want me to acknowledge you as my master?" Wei Gongcheng finally didn't dodge the question and asked directly.
"Yes!"
What can Lord Chen give me?
"It can cure your legs."
"Anything else?" Wei Gongcheng was excited, but he still had no intention of acknowledging the other party as his master just because the other party could cure his leg.
A new path to promotion!
"A new path to promotion?" Wei Gongcheng was taken aback, then pointed to the soldiers at the city gate. "Is it like that?"
"Somewhat similar, but not quite the same." Chen Qing shook his head. "General Wei's talent is wasted, let alone being a goalkeeper; he'd be a door god."
Wei Gongcheng stared wide-eyed at Chen Qing. He didn't care about the praise for his qualifications; what bothered him was Chen Qing's last sentence. "Be a door god? Can a person be a door god?"
"General Wei is indeed a wise man." Chen Qing looked at him solemnly. "Then I will speak frankly, General Wei, are you willing to become a deity?"