Chapter 526: Chapter 414: The Group Leader’s Request
Long Yi arrived in the village and entered the village leader’s house, then traveled underground through a tunnel. All the forged gold coins were already packed, ready to be transported to the Black Dragon Empire.
However, when Long Yi opened a box of gold coins, he immediately shook his head.
"This won’t do, absolutely not," Long Yi said.
"Why, Sir Long Yi? The gold has been checked by us. Nobody could tell the difference unless using a precision scale," a workman replied.
"No, it’s not about the difference. Don’t you feel these coins are too new?" Long Yi asked.
The man was stunned but suddenly realized his mistake.
Yes, Black Dragon coins had a high circulation. The number of new coins minted by the Black Dragon Empire each year was a known figure. If a large number of new Black Dragon coins suddenly appeared without explanation, it would surely raise suspicion!
"Find a way to age them," Long Yi demanded.
Aging gold coins was actually quite simple. Fill a large drum with sand, mud, dirty water, and oil, stir it all together, and then expose it to minor corrosive substances. Voila!
Some coins looked nearly new, while others seemed older, about sixty to seventy percent new. This, oddly enough, made them look more natural than gleaming new coins.
"Now it’s alright, these coins can be shipped."
Per the plan, these coins would be given to undercover merchants and introduced into the Black Dragon Empire through large transactions. The channels are not only direct transactions with the Black Dragon Empire, but also through transactions with the Blue Dragon Empire and the Green Dragon Empire.
As for these matters, Long Yi knew what was happening but didn’t know why, so he decided not to waste time on them—especially because he heard that the heads of his legions had staged a sit-in protest in his military camp.
When he got this news, Long Yi was naturally overjoyed.
Finally, they showed up!
Man, I’ve been waiting for you for quite a while!
At that moment, in the camp’s dining hall, a large table was surrounded by over twenty people. They were all the Captains and Vice Captains of the five major legions.
Five Female Demons, masquerading as maids, were lined up behind the group leaders, ready to respond to their requests at any time. However, the leaders weren’t used to commanding Female Demons, especially since these demons were dressed exquisitely and seemingly possessed immense power. Out of fear for their own safety, none of them dared to look at the demons for too long.
In the White Dragon Empire, it was rare to see a Dragon Knight’s captain, as they were mostly involved in upper-level decisions, proposing suggestions for war, and setting training targets under the current situation. But now, all the leaders were gathered here.
Naturally, this included the Group Leader of the Third Dragon Knight Order, Fan Sen.
Honestly speaking, Fan Sen felt a bit proud sitting here. After all, he had chosen Long Yi, who had grown at light speed in quite a short time. This made Fan Sen feel proud.
Okay, even though Long Yi, as a Knight of the Third Dragon Rider Order, never spent a single day training in the Order, he was still listed as a member of it!
"Listen Fan Sen, as you brought up this kid, if he doesn’t give us an explanation this time, we’re not leaving."
The speaker was the Captain of the First Dragon Knight Order, named Kandela, a royal himself. He commanded the entire First Order with his impressive skills and noble bloodline. Lin Qi, his most trusted vice-captain, stood by his side.
"I reckon this is dangerous, I heard this kid hasn’t spend a single day in the Third Legion! Would he listen to Fan Sen? Might as well we think of something." The speaker this time was Fedinan, the Captain of the Second Legion. He commanded the largest legion of Dragon Knights in the White Dragon Empire, with a thousand knights serving under him. They were responsible for guarding the vast border lines.
"Not necessarily, I heard that Long Yi is a very sentimental person, if we talk to him, he might agree." The speaker was Carter, the Captain of the Fourth Legion. With Osborne standing behind him, Carter seemed to understand Long Yi a bit better.
"Sentimental or not, didn’t he still beat the crap out of you? I think, in the end, it’s going to be about who’s stronger." The speaker now was Sikas, the Captain of the Fifth Legion. With his dark skin and sturdy physique, he looked even more muscular than Long Yi. His scalp was scarred as he fought his way up to the position of Captain.
Fan Sen ignored these shameless guys, as their aim for being here was similar. They came here under the guise of seeking an explanation, but on a fundamental level, they were all here to seek his favor.
Ever since the battle with the Black Dragon Empire, Long Yi had been tirelessly strengthening the White Dragon Empire’s power – with his Battle Armor, Molten Beasts, and the lately rumored powerful Light Cannons. He also had a habit of accumulating various beautiful women around him. Those women possessed immense power, which was apparent to anyone who wasn’t a fool.
It was abundantly clear that anyone connected to Long Yi could benefit immensely from the relationship.
However, in this massive wave of nationwide strength improvement, some people have been left forgotten in the corner.
Dragon Knights.
Long Yi brought mysterious technology and powerful techniques, but these technologies and techniques had no effect on the Dragon Knights.
Yes, Long Yi indeed developed a kind of super drug for the Dragon Knights, which could give them increased strength in a short period of time after consumption. But compared to the powerful technology Long Yi provided for others that could change the outcome of wars, the effect of this small drug was insignificant!
Everyone present knew that Long Yi could help them change, but these military elites instinctually always believed that the Dragon Knights were the strongest, and the only beings that could defeat Dragon Knights were other Dragon Knights. This viewpoint only really changed after the Dandi sisters of the Long Yi’s legion had a few bouts with these Dragon Knights, giving them a good beating with various maneuvers.
In truth, this is what Long Yi wanted to see.
Long Yi stood on the outside, wanting to hear what these people would say.
Long Yi was keen on helping the Dragon Knights become stronger, but these proud Dragon Knights never thought they needed help. Tradition and self-confidence in their strength made them instinctively distrust any external force. Even though the Dragon Knights of the White Dragon Empire suffered defeat at the hands of the Black Dragon Empire, they didn’t change this way of thinking. In their view, failure to defeat the enemy was due to inadequate training or underestimating the enemy. After that war, all the Dragon Knights increased their training and continually practiced new combat techniques.
For this, Long Yi could only shake his head. The Black Dragon Empire had fundamentally enhanced the strength of the Dragon Knights, it was like having fifth-generation stealth fighters, so what use could there be in training for those with propeller-driven aircraft?
Because of this, Long Yi let the Dandi sisters teach the Dragon Knights a good lesson in the air; Long Yi wanted to make them understand. Diligent training is indeed important, but without a fundamental increase in strength, it’s all meaningless!
Clearly, they got it, they wanted it, in that case, it would be easy. Thus, Long Yi, having heard this conversation, walked in with a smile.
"Actually, it’s not that complicated. Just tell me straight what you want. As fellows of the White Dragon Empire, would I really hide things from you?"
Seeing Long Yi appear, the group leaders all nodded secretly.
"Become stronger." The five group leaders said simultaneously.
Good, that’s the answer I was waiting for you to say! Long Yi laughed, "So, how do you want to become stronger?"
"As long as it’s not like the Black Dragon Empire’s transformation of Dragon Knights, anything goes!"
The one who spoke was the First Legion Commander Kandela, and his opinion basically represented everyone else’s.
As expected!
Long Yi sighed inwardly, as expected, it’s still not going to work. But Long Yi didn’t show it on his face.
"I have some aerial combat maneuvers, would you be interested in learning?" Long Yi looked at the Dragon Knight group leaders in front of him, and asked with a smile.
So-called aerial combat maneuvers were naturally the air combat techniques from Long Yi’s time with fighter aircraft. In the age of precise big data, every technique underwent thorough calculations. These maneuvers, as long as air resistance and inertia exist, would certainly be useful!
And in this world, the actions of the Dragon Knights in the air rely more on the instincts of the Dragon Clan.
You must know that instincts aren’t necessarily the best. Just like boxing: press on the ground with the leg; simultaneously twist the waist, swing the shoulder, swing the arm, rotate the fist, and try to hit the enemy with the first two knuckles. The series of movements done smoothly can cause the highest damage. Everyone knows that, but how many can accomplish it?
So, what Long Yi wanted to do was to tell the Dragon Knights that apart from their Dragon Clan instincts, there are also some good things outside of those instincts.
The five legions each selected sixty of the smartest and most insightful Dragon Knights from their legions, who directly entered Long Yi’s legion. It is said that at first, they planned to use registration. The result was that the number of people registering exceeded ninety percent. Several duels happened that day among the soldiers of the five legions as they jostled for a spot. In the end, the legions decided to use leader selection. The ones whose names were called were ecstatic, while those not called were left feeling as if they had lost all purpose in life.
The reason for this occurrence was clear to everyone.
The Dandi sisters, one-to-one, tutored the sixty Dragon Knights selected from the five legions. After a series of exchanges with the Dragon Knights, Long Yi had a systematic understanding of what the Dragon Knights needed.
Long Yi’s demonstration of aerial combat maneuvers was standard and graceful. In particular, there were a few barrel rolls that constantly kept the direction towards the enemy’s Flying Dragon while retreating and simultaneously changing the chased into the chaser.
Honestly, these aerial combat maneuvers of Long Yi had been coveted by the legion commanders for a long time. Now that they could receive Long Yi’s personal instruction, besides feeling fresh, these Dragon Knights could also instinctively feel how primitive their previous fighting styles were! (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for it on qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users can read on m.qidian.com.)
