Chapter 965 - 961: Idiot
It is rumored that Sihai Pavilion at Luopan Mountain teaches disciples according to their talents. Whenever a disciple descends the mountain, they either become a renowned swordsman like Gu Yijian, or a famous water conservancy expert like the former Yan Kingdom’s Sima Sheng, or a powerful Prime Minister like Wei Kingdom’s Gongsun Chancellor.
When Bai Qingyun decided to go to Sihai Pavilion, he held onto a sliver of hope... hoping that Sihai Pavilion, reputed for its mastery in Qimen Dunjia, could heal his legs.
But after arriving at Sihai Pavilion, Gu Yijian told Bai Qingyun that Qimen Dunjia was not as miraculous as rumored outside; it couldn’t bring flesh back to bones or regenerate limbs. He asked Bai Qingyun to make a choice: spend over a decade just to barely stand with his legs, thus ceasing to be a martial artist, or... give up his legs to learn things that Bai Qingyun couldn’t learn elsewhere.
Bai Qingyun thought of his eldest young lady at home, thought of the Bai family’s grand unification enterprise, and abandoned his legs to learn... about weapon modification and various tactics. If not for Bai Qingyan’s announcement to the world, summoning the Bai family members back to Dadu City for the inauguration ceremony, Bai Qingyun would have officially started learning Qimen Dunjia, continuing his studies on arranging the Yin Nine Arrays and the Yang Nine Arrays.
"This won’t do!" Cheng Yuanzhi was the first to stand up in opposition, with an unusually serious expression, "Attacking Xiliang is for unification and revenge... The Ninth Young Master is part of the Bai family, any of us could be absent from the Xiliang battlefield, but not the Ninth Young Master!"
In Cheng Yuanzhi’s heart, revenge and unification of the world were equally important. He thought this precious opportunity could be missed by anyone, even by them... but not by the Bai family!
"Old Cheng’s words are usually unserious, but this time he’s right..." Shen Kunyang nodded in agreement, "Attacking Xiliang, the Ninth Young Master must not be absent."
Bai Qingyan looked at Bai Qingyun and nodded, "Uncle Shen and General Cheng are right. In attacking Xiliang, not one person of the Bai family can be absent, but neither can any of the generals! This matter... I will arrange it properly."
Bai Qingyun lowered his eyes, his hands resting on his legs gently tightened, clutching his clothes, and slowly spoke, "Over the years... I’ve learned some skills at Sihai Pavilion. There are still several months left until the three-year period I agreed upon with Eldest Young Lady and Yun Poxing. Although there’s not enough time to replace all weapons held by the Zhou soldiers, there should be enough time to replace the weapons held by the Bai family army and the siege machinery."
Bai Qingyun currently has a batch of designs that could greatly improve the weapons of soldiers, increasing their lethality.