Keyboard Immortal

luence in the military.”

She continued, “Don’t worry, Ah Zu.
We cultivators seek our own path, and we believe that all things in this world come from a common origin.
If I can reach the sixth rank at such a young age, I refuse to believe that I am a fool when it comes to matters of war.”

Seeing her overflowing confidence, Zu An reminded himself that she wasn’t just a pretty decoration, but a cultivation genius.
She had definitely experienced unimaginable difficulties and overcome great challenges in order to reach her current level of accomplishment.
She didn’t need others to worry about her at all.

“I was the one who was too closed-minded,” Zu An said in apology.

Pei Mianman blushed in return.
“You care about me way too much.”

Zu An laughed loudly.
“Then I wish you success!”

Pei Mianman grunted in agreement.
“Do not worry, I will definitely complete my mission.
This trial requires both a man and a woman to participate together, which means that both of them will have their own tests to overcome.
You need to be careful as well.”

Zu An nodded. If the woman needs to defeat the Qiang Faction as part of the trial, then what do I need to do?

Despite pondering over the matter for a while, he couldn’t come up with anything concrete.
As such, he let it go for the moment, and decided to help Pei Mianman with the issue of the Qiang Faction.

He wanted to help her out as much as he could, but the Shang Dynasty hadn’t left many historical records behind, and there were no records at all regarding how Fu Hao defeated the Qiang Faction.
Feeling rather helpless, the best he could do was to give her a rough explanation of the terrain of Shanxi and Gansu.
After all, Pei Mianman knew nothing about this world.

Zu An didn’t know if this would help.
After all, he didn’t have a detailed military map of the terrain, and only had some rough knowledge about several mountain ranges and rivers in the area.

Fu Shuo was rather shocked by this.
“My king actually knows so much about the Qiang Faction! How did you learn about this?”

Zu An was at a loss for words.
He was about to say that he’d sent someone to scout it out, but Fu Shuo was his trusted aide, so this lie might not get past him.
As such, he used a different approach.
“I had a dream, and in this dream, a deity taught me these things.”

Fu Shuo was overjoyed.
“Incredible, a divine dream! It looks like even the heavens are assisting my king and protecting my great Shang State.
Our troops will surely return victorious!”

Zu An had a strange look on his face.
He had been a little worried about this lie at first, but it seemed that the people of this period were extremely superstitious, and thus were very easily convinced.

After his initial joy, Fu Shuo suddenly remembered another matter.
“There is one other issue right now.
We need the high priest to pray to the heavens before our army sets out for battle, and await the deities’ decree.
The high priest belongs to the old nobility.
If they interfere in this process, Her Majesty might not be able to set out to battle so smoothly.”

Zu An sniffed in disdain.
“I’ve already been blessed with a dream from the deities.
The deities are protecting me.
Let this information be known.
Let’s see if they still dare to use these foolish tactics then!”

Fu Shuo’s eyes lit up.
“Excellent! We can use the information my king has received regarding the terrain as further proof.
The high priest wouldn’t dare hinder us then, and it will also boost the morale of our troops.
This matter is already half-solved!”

A sudden thought occurred to Zu An.
“A drawing itself might not be enough.
Let’s make a sand table of the terrain for the officers and soldiers to observe.”

“A sand table?” Fu Shuo was confused.

Zu An explained the concept of a sand table, to Fu Shuo’s amazement.
“My king is both wise and brilliant! Once we secure our victory, we can easily use this momentum to promote the queen to the position of high priestess! This way, even the divine right will be under our control.
My king, I believe your ambitions will soon be fulfilled.”

Pei Mianman was looking at him as well, her beautiful eyes swirling with tender feelings.
This man had brought her way too many surprises! A sand table was a wonderful idea that she had never heard of before, but she could easily imagine how useful it could be on a battlefield.

Zu An secretly knew that everything was going so smoothly only because he was a transmigrator, standing upon the shoulders of giants, and he just happened to be familiar with this period of history, which inadvertently negated a myriad of potential dangers.

No matter how brilliant the previous participants of this trial had been, they had known nothing about the Shang Dynasty.
They might not have even made it past the obstacle of the high priest, let alone managed to defeat the powerful Qiang Faction.