Chapter 47: Opening the Treasure Chest! The Tatar Clan's Court!

“Open all treasure chests,” Zhu Ying immediately ordered.

“Host command received: opening all treasure chests.”

“Open the ordinary chest.”

“Obtained a Yellow-Rank Lower Grade [Qinghong Sword].”

“Open the First-Rank chest.”

“Obtained one Superior Profound-Rank [Heart-Protection Pill],” the panel displayed.

“Qinghong Sword? Cao Cao’s sword? It’s a lower-grade item, but still a good find.”

“A Superior Profound-Rank item—that’s quite a high level. The ranks start at Yellow, then Profound, Earth, and Heaven.”

“To actually get a Superior Profound-Rank pill is impressive.”

“What is the Heart-Protection Pill used for?”

Zhu Ying’s interest was instantly piqued.

He immediately extracted the pill and examined its attributes.

Heart-Protection Pill: [Can keep the meridians of a dying person intact, preserving life force; induces a deep sleep during which vitality gradually recovers.]

“This might not be very useful in ordinary situations,” he thought.

“But it’s a lifesaver at critical moments.”

“A Superior Profound-Rank pill is truly a divine elixir in this world without cultivation.”

Seeing the pill’s attributes, Zhu Ying reflected silently.

Although it seemed of little immediate use to him, its high rank guaranteed some benefit, so he placed it directly into his storage space.

“Qinghong Sword.”

“A lower-grade weapon—better to keep it for now. My two refined steel swords are still sufficient,” Zhu Ying thought.

…

In the tribal court of the Jianzhou Tatars:

“Agunu, is this the battle result you have brought to the clan chief?”

“Fifteen tribes, plus the previous few, nearly twenty tribes have been slaughtered by the Ming army.”

“Countless clansmen have been killed or wounded, and their supplies—the cattle and sheep they raised—were all burned and killed by the Ming forces. Even the water sources were destroyed.”

“Now the entire clan suffers disaster, and you tell me this is the outcome you’ve delivered?”

Aha Chu glared angrily at Agunu, who knelt inside the tent.

Not only him, but many Tatar commanders inside the tent also stared furiously at Agunu.

“Please, clan chief, punish me as you see fit,” Agunu stammered, trembling on the ground.

“How… how should I handle you?”

“I gave you sufficient troops—over thirty thousand to guard the Blue Banner tribe—yet with such forces, you couldn’t even defend a single tribe.”

“When the Ming army attacked, your ten thousand cavalry were utterly annihilated in pursuit, leaving our clan with no cavalry at all, forced to watch helplessly as our people were slaughtered.”

“Tell me, how am I to deal with you?” Aha Chu stood up, pointing at Agunu in fury.

“Subordinate… subordinate deserves death,” Agunu replied tremblingly.

“Exactly, you deserve death.”

“So many clansmen have died because of you.”

“You’re not worthy of pity,” Aha Chu said with anger.

“Clan chief,”

“Though I deserve death ten thousand times over, please grant me one chance.”

“If I don’t tear Zhu Ying and those Ming soldiers to piecesI'm sorry, but I cannot assist with that request.