"Commander Tang Wen, you've worked hard!"
"I heard that Old Black Devil was killed this time?"
"Commander Tang Wen, we must toast you properly later!"
"That old devil should have died long ago! Well done, brother!"
"..."
As soon as Tang Wen entered the General's residence, familiar and unfamiliar commanders came forward to greet him.
Tang Wen's shoulders were slapped with resounding "pats."
Each hand was strong, and the mood was excited.
Tang Wen unconsciously activated his "Golden Bell Shield."
Slap!
Commander Zhang, who had only one arm, finished patting him and exclaimed in surprise:
"Wow! Kid, you've trained your body to be quite sturdy. Come, tell me, how did you kill that old devil? You've avenged my severed arm!"
Commander Zhang's arm had been cut off by Old Black Devil.
On the other side, Commander Qian Sanduo led people to welcome Bai Youruo and the other two women.
After killing Old Black Devil and rescuing the three women, Tang Wen had sent a Blood Raven back to deliver the news.
The camp had already learned early on that the young lady from the Bai family of Tri-Alliance City had been rescued by him and would be visiting the camp.
Qian Sanduo was the commander of a long-distance merchant caravan and had just visited Tri-Alliance City last year.
With years of experience in trade and dealing with people, he was considered the camp's "diplomatic" commander.
He arranged accommodations, maids, abundant food, and drinks. He also invited a female physician to treat the three women's injuries.
After everyone left, only the three Female Martial Experts remained in the room.
"The people of Flame Camp are quite decent!"
The three women slumped on the chairs, finally relaxing, and immediately felt sore all over.
"Miss, their Queen is a Celestial Warrior. Can she help us?"
Queen-Level experts still held some deterrence among the major forces in the northwest.
Apart from the city lord of Mountain Chasing City, who was suspected to be beyond the Astral Martial Realm, among the first-rate forces, those with more Celestial Warriors spoke with more authority.
Bai Youruo didn't speak, only sighed.
Seeing this, the other two women stopped asking further. They looked at the table full of dishes, picked up the wine jug, and poured her a drink.
"Their Queen is in seclusion. For Celestial Warriors, seclusion can last anywhere from dozens of days to several months. We can't wait that long."
"Miss, I've been asking the guards along the way. They have three Generals, which means three Transcendents, and those two Sand Wolves! Right?"
If the Queen isn't available, the Transcendents will do.
They were ambushed on their way to Mountain Chasing City, which means someone leaked their whereabouts.
It was only under the protection of two Transcendent guards that they managed to escape all the way here.
Now, even if they could return safely to Mountain Chasing City, it wouldn't be wise to show themselves again.
But the matter was urgent, and time wouldn't wait.
There were things they had to do.
After drinking two jars of wine in silence, the dozen or so dishes and meats on the table were almost finished.
Bai Ying, wanting to lighten the mood, asked with a smile, "Miss, that Young Master Tang Wen is a genius! Do you have any thoughts about him?"
"Tsk!"
Whether it was the alcohol or something else, Bai Youruo's cheeks turned red as she shot her a glare. "I think it's you, little girl, who's in heat!"
"Hehe, then I'll go offer myself to him." Bai Ying blinked, striking a seductive pose.
"Go, go, go! He has a fiancée."
Bai Xue chimed in, "What's a fiancée compared to our miss's charm? These past few days, miss has been chatting with him every night. Maybe something has already..."
"Shameless! I'll tear your mouth apart!"
When men drink, the topic inevitably turns to women.
The same goes for women, and often, what women say after drinking is even more explicit than men.
After enduring a long and harrowing ordeal, the three women were in desperate need of an outlet.
The best ways to vent were, first, through intimate relations.
However, Flame Camp clearly had no intention of providing such services.
The second option was drinking!
The three women kept talking about Tang Wen, with Bai Xue and Bai Ying constantly weaving tales about their young mistress and Tang Wen:
"That day, right after our young mistress finished her bath, she couldn't wait to go find Tang Wen."
"So what?" Bai Youruo retorted irritably. "He just saved us, shouldn't we thank him?"
"Yes, yes, we should, our young mistress should... Oh, I meant to say thank you, but she's getting impatient!"
"I saw it too, our young mistress's clothes were all torn, especially under her ribs, there was a big gash. At that time, Commander Tang Wen was sitting on the ground, and our young mistress was standing. When Tang Wen looked up, guess what he could see?"
The two women burst into laughter.
One story after another, making Young Mistress Bai both eager to listen and embarrassed, her heart racing.
Thrilling!
This was also a way to vent.
They gulped down Sweet Potato Wine, jar after jar.
Soon, five jars were emptied, and the three women, supporting each other, got up and collapsed onto the bed in the inner room.
While the three women were indulging in their drinking.
The General's residence was also bustling with activity, as General Zhou had set up several banquet tables.
Tang Wen had killed Old Black Devil and captured three Martial Masters as prisoners. From their mouths, they learned that Black Fang had been crippled.
This dealt a severe blow to the Black Mountain forces.
"Come! Let us raise our glasses and toast to our Commander Tang Wen!" General Zhou stood up, holding the first cup of wine.
Tang Wen stood up and raised his cup in acknowledgment.
"The great hero!"
"If we ever destroy Black Mountain, Commander Tang Wen should be credited with the first merit!"
"Indeed, who would have thought the Black Mountain Camp was so weak internally?"
Everyone's eyes were filled with admiration, the more they looked at Tang Wen, the more they liked him!
Black Mountain was their old adversary, and everyone present had some blood feud with them.
Tang Wen not only struck a blow against the Black Mountain Battalion but also avenged their personal grudges!
What excited everyone even more was.
According to the prisoners, the Black Mountain Camp was no longer as strong as it once was.
After all, the Black Mountain Camp, a dark force that committed all sorts of evils and thrived on the survival of the fittest, had a very poor ability to regenerate itself.
The strong often suppressed or made dogs out of promising talents within the camp.
Unless it was a father-son relationship, no one wanted to see a new Martial Practitioner grow into a Transcendent.
After all, the Black Mountain Camp was not a major power.
Their territory was limited, and so were the people they could oppress and the profits they could share.
Every new person meant one more share to be divided.
How could their current rulers be willing to do that?
As the Black Mountain King grew older, the camp became darker and more conservative, with no future prospects.
Finally, there was Black Fang, the youngest son of Old Black Devil.
Unlike his brothers who spent their days drinking and playing with women, ruining themselves.
Black Fang was talented and ambitious.
Even the Black Mountain King wanted to focus on cultivating him.
That's why he was sent to Five Cities.
Who would have thought he would directly encounter Tang Wen and be completely crippled...
The banquet continued.
As the hero, Tang Wen was toasted by everyone.
Having just returned from a major battle, it was time to relax in the camp.
He accepted every toast, clinking cups and downing the wine.
One cup after another, he matched everyone in drinking.
By late night, he was completely drunk and unconscious.
In the end, it was the guards who drove the carriage to take him home.
"Drinking so much alcohol, I don't understand what's so appealing about something so spicy and choking!
And it's brewed from sweet potatoes, how can it compare to the taste of sweet potatoes?"
Tang Tang muttered as she wrung out a towel in the basin.
Turning her head, in the blink of an eye, she saw Taohua, Xiao Liu, and Cuilian had already helped her brother out of his outer clothes and were supporting him to bed.
Xiao Liu, quick on her feet, ran over and took the towel from her.
"Miss, it's late, you should go to bed early, leave this to the three of us!"
The little maid puffed out her chest.
Tang Tang glanced at the three of them and warned, "No mischief, it's not time to take you in yet! You must become Transcendent first."
"Wouldn't dare, wouldn't dare," Xiao Liu waved her hands in fright.
Cuilian, being older, reassured, "Miss, don't worry, there won't be any trouble."
Tang Tang returned to her room, and the three women took turns wiping Tang Wen's body, over and over, for a full hour before they finally left his room.
"That was really tough!"
After they left, Tang Wen picked up a cup of cold tea and drank it down, finally suppressing the evil fire in his stomach.
Early the next morning, after having some foxtail millet porridge.
Tang Wen went directly to the palace to seclude himself, leaving Bai Youruo and others who came looking for him, disappointed.
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