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When the military training was over, the Emperor and Old Marquis stepped down from the observation deck.
Having recalled something, the Emperor said to Old Marquis, "By the way, Zhen forgot to congratulate Old Marquis. Changqing has reached the thirteenth level."
There was no beginning or end to this remark, but Old Marquis understood it at once.
The Emperor was talking about the Eighteen Arhats Array that he set up in the back mountain cave in his early years. There were eighteen levels in total, and each level was more dangerous and difficult than the other.
The one with the best result so far was Gu Changqing, who reached the thirteenth level last month.
The Fast Cavalry Great General's nephew followed closely, rushing to the twelfth level. It was said that he had trained hard recently and planned to charge to the thirteenth level as well.
"A slight change has been made to make it a little more difficult. Would Old Marquis like to have a look at it?" The Emperor said.
Old Marquis cupped his hands and responded, "Please."
In the military tent for medical officers, Medic Lu was working hard to check the medicines sent by Gu Jiao.
Medicine inspection in the military camp was very strict and rigorous. Today, the rest of the medical officers were not present, and he couldn’t examine everything so fast on his own.
Gu Jiao felt bored inside the military tent.
A young lady alone in a room with a grown man was quite an awkward atmosphere. Medic Lu smiled and said, "Young Miss Gu, you’ve been sitting here for a while. If you’re really bored, go for a walk outside. But remember not to go far. Don't go beyond the tents in front of you."
If it were someone else, Medic Lu wouldn’t be so considerate, but who told Gu Changqing to greet him and exchanged a few words with him for her sake?
Gu Changqing didn't mention that she was his sister, but for the iron-faced yama to personally come find him and say a few words, the relationship between the two was surely not simple.
As for how not simple it was, Medic Lu didn't try to gossip.
Gu Jiao wasn’t the most uncomfortable person in the military tent. On the contrary, it was Medic Lu, this grown man. Gu Jiao had observed his awkward demeanor several times.
If this went on, who knew how long it would take him to finish examining all the jinchuang medicine. She still had to go to the Imperial Academy to pick up Xiao Liulang and Little Jing Kong after school.
With this thought, Gu Jiao decided to go out and relax, so that Medic Lu could also concentrate on improving his efficiency.
The Hushan Camp was located near a mountain, and that mountain was called Hushan Mountain, hence the camp’s name.
Medic Lu only told her not to walk beyond the tents in front of her, but did not say that she could not go to the back mountain.
She didn't go too far, but she wandered around for a while. As she strolled in the woods, she saw a gray, fat and adorable rabbit.
Gu Jiao, who had nothing to do, went to catch the rabbit.
Although the rabbit was chubby, it didn't react slowly; it swiftly slipped into the grass.
"Oh, little thing, you’re quite fast."
Gu Jiao ran after it. She chased it all the way into a cave.
At first, she thought it was just an ordinary cave, but then it got wider and wider, and something felt amiss...
On the other side, the Emperor and Old Marquis arrived at the entrance of the Eighteen Arhats Array.
The entrance was no different from that of the ordinary caves. Generally, only a few people were guarding it. It was because there was nothing valuable inside, only mechanisms and hurdles that might kill people.
Medical officers and soldiers of the military camp all knew about it, and they usually didn’t come this way at all.
Today, the Emperor had come so they temporarily arranged a guard.
The guard just went to the latrine. When he returned to his post, he found that the Emperor had led his masked subordinate in front of the cave.
"What luck!" The guard secretly pinched a cold sweat.
The guard saluted the Emperor, and the Emperor waved his hand, signaling him to retreat to one side.
The guard stepped down wisely.
The Emperor said to Old Marquis, "The array left behind in those days haven’t been changed in general, except that some hidden arrows have been added, which makes it more difficult to break through than before."
"Was it the idea of the great general?" Old Marquis asked.
"Yes." The Emperor sighed, "It was added the day before Changqing went to break through the array."
It was indeed a method of targeting Gu Changqing that no one could comment on.
Old Marquis didn't say anything.
Instead, the Emperor opened his mouth, "Changqing was even injured at that time … it was the time when the furnace exploded. It was really remarkable for him to reach the thirteenth level despite his injury. I'm afraid even the great general didn't expect Changqing to be so formidable."
Old Marquis still remained mute.
One had to pass through the eighteenth obstacle to be qualified to revive the Gu Family army.
Boom——
Just then, there was a loud noise in the cave.
Old Marquis and the Emperor's expressions changed in unison.
What’s going on?
Did something happen inside?
Old Marquis's gray eyebrows twisted, "Someone is breaking through the array."
The Emperor called the guard, "Who went inside?"
The guard shook his head, "This… This humble subject didn't see it…"
The Emperor furrowed his brows, "Weren’t you here the whole time?"
"This humble subject went to the latrine." The guard dared not hide it. "But this humble subject also went back soon, and no one in the military camp will just intrude here."
The Emperor asked suspiciously, "What's with the noise in there then?"
This array was created by Old Marquis, so he was able to tell which level of the array had been touched simply by listening to the sounds.
Third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh!
In this short time, that person had already reached the seventh level.
But this alone wasn’t enough to attract the attention of Old Marquis.
Soon, the mechanisms and hurdles in the eighth and ninth levels were also activated.
This was too fast.
Old Marquis frowned. Was someone really breaking through? Or did the array activate by itself?
"Are you sure no one went in?" The Emperor continued to ask.
"This humble... humble..." The guard was suddenly unsure now.
The noise inside indicated that the person already reached the thirteenth level.
The space between Old Marquis's eyebrows wrinkled up into three lines. Was it Changqing?
Gu Changqing just made it to the thirteenth level.
However, as soon as this thought flashed in his mind, he heard the mechanisms of the fourteenth level were quickly started.
Old Marquis finally could no longer keep his calm facade.
By the fifteenth level, the sounds from the array had stopped.
Somehow, Old Marquis felt relieved.
But before he could heave a sigh of relief, the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth levels were broken through; the speed was so fast that it was unbelievable. Without waiting for anyone to recover from the shock, the array was calm again.
There was only one entrance and one exit for this array. You could only go out from the exit after going through the eighteen levels, otherwise you could only return to the entrance by the same route.
Old Marquis asked the guard to go around the back exit and take a look.
The guard quickly turned back and reported, "I didn't see anyone."
The Emperor was stunned and asked Old Marquis, "Do you suspect that someone broke through the array?"
Broke through eighteen levels?
And in such a short time, too?
Old Marquis also thought it was impossible. He shook his head and replied, "Maybe there’s something wrong with the mechanisms. I'll have it repaired later."
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