Chapter Eleven: The Young General
The elevator door opened, and Long Er led Wang Long through a long corridor. The corridor was filled with white fluorescent lights, and Wang Long only discovered that each light had a miniature camera and an intercepting port after looking up. There were more than 100 intercepting ports in the over-200-meter-long corridor. If it were an enemy invasion, it would indeed be harder to get in than climbing to heaven.
At the end of the corridor, a steel gate stood with two armed police officers standing like spears at the entrance, each holding the latest MP8 submachine gun. Long Er took out his ID and the police officer gave him a military salute before pressing some numbers on the door. The steel gate slowly opened and Long Er led Wang Long inside. It turned out to be another corridor with rooms that looked like offices on both sides. Long Er brought Wang Long to room 505, knocked on the door, and a hoarse voice from inside said, "Come in."
Long Er took out a small card and swiped it on the door, which suddenly opened. Wang Long quickly scanned the room's situation. This was an ordinary office decoration with only one large office desk inside. On the desk were several pots of blue-purple lilacs, their inflorescence plump, color light and elegant, fragrance overflowing. Next to the desk was a large goldfish tank, where fish swam back and forth among artificial rocks. Beside the tank was a set of sofas for receiving guests.
Behind the office desk, an old man in his fifties, wearing a standard white Zhongshan suit, with slightly gray hair, thick eyebrows and big eyes, exuding an air of superiority, Wang Long knew at a glance that this old man was no ordinary person, but a cultivator. From the aura he emitted, he should have reached the stage of merging bodies. This knowledge about cultivation, of course, came from his master Huashan's memories. The old man's eyes sparkled with interest as he gazed at Wang Long.
Long Er brought Wang Long to the front of the desk, gave an old man a standard military salute: "Report to Old Wu, Wang Long has arrived." The old man quickly stood up, walked around the desk, and went towards Wang Long, shaking his hand. A thread of true yuan force quietly flowed into Wang Long, but it was like water meeting fire - in an instant, the true yuan force vanished without a trace. The old man felt very strange, unable to sense even a hint of true yuan force from Wang Long, just like an ordinary person. This brief probe made the old man feel extremely surprised, but he still smiled and greeted Wang Long: "Mr. Wang, hello, my name is Wu Ling, also known as Kunlun Spirit Cloud Son. I work for the country in the mundane world. I don't know who your master is?" Wang Long didn't notice Spirit Cloud Son's probe, but his divine yuan force was far superior to his true yuan force, so it was naturally undetectable. Wang Long smiled politely and said: "Hehe, my master's name is Hua Long. You can just call me Little Dragon." Spirit Cloud Son thought for a long time but still didn't know who this Hua Long was, because at his level, he had no chance of knowing such a great deity. He still politely asked Wang Long to sit on the sofa, and Spirit Cloud Son sat down as well. Long Er stood respectfully behind Spirit Cloud Son. Wang Long politely asked: "I don't know why you called me here, sir. Is there something I can help with?" Spirit Cloud Son smiled: "Then I'll just call you Little Dragon. Little Dragon, I heard from Long Er that you subdued the demon king Lisite with one move?" Wang Long nodded, and Spirit Cloud Son took a deep breath, thinking to himself that this Wang Long was truly unfathomable. If he were to face the demon king Lisite, it would take him at least twenty moves to subdue him. Wang Long's strength was indeed astonishing.
In fact, Wang Long was able to defeat Lisi Te with one move because at that time Lisi Te was fully focused on fighting against Long Er and did not expect Wang Long to suddenly appear. If it were a normal duel, Wang Long might have needed more than ten moves to take down Lisi Te.
Lingyunzi had already pulled out all the information on Wang Long after receiving the message from Long Er, and now he was also very clear about Wang Long's family background. Although he couldn't see through Wang Long's depth, it was undeniable that this Wang Long's strength was unfathomable. He thought to himself that such a talented person must be pulled into his own camp.
Lingyunzi immediately put on a smile and asked Wang Long: "Little Dragon, are you working part-time during the summer break?" Wang Long didn't know what Lingyunzi wanted to do, but he still respectfully replied: "Yes, I'm currently working at a construction site."
"Little Dragon, with your skills, it's really a waste to work on a construction site. Have you ever thought about serving the country?" Lingyunzi asked in a polite and courteous tone, which made Long Er standing beside him feel very surprised. Because Lingyunzi was usually very strict with his subordinates and rarely showed such a smile.
However, Long Er quickly understood that Wang Long's skills were probably on par with those of a general. In fact, he didn't know that the general was actually slightly inferior to Wang Long. Wang Long curiously asked: "Lingyunzi senior, I'm just a high school student now. Even if I want to serve the country, there's no place for me to use my skills. Besides, I don't have much free time since I'm in high school."
Lingyunzi smiled and said: "Little Dragon, as long as you have this heart, that's enough. You can continue reading your high school books, and just hang a guest title under our National Security Bureau's Special Affairs Group. Unless it's something related to national security, I won't bother you. When something related to national security happens, I hope you can help with all your might. What do you think? And on the side of your school, if there's anything that needs to be taken care of, I'll handle it properly for you. You will have absolute freedom in your daily life."
Wang Long thought for a moment, and when he inherited the legacy of his master Huadragon, he also inherited the will to protect humanity's safety. If the country was in trouble, he would not stand idly by. Now that he had the opportunity to help his ancestral country, it was something worth being proud of. So Wang Long nodded without hesitation: "Senior, I agree with you, let's do as you said." Lingyunzi's excited face radiated joyful light, and he grasped Wang Long's hand, saying: "Xiaolong, thank you for your support for our country! From now on, you will be awarded the title of 'Guest General', and I will confer upon you the rank of Lieutenant General. Hehe, you should be the youngest Lieutenant General in our country! Your monthly salary will be 50,000 yuan, just like the other Guest Generals. Although it's a bit less, it's still a token of appreciation from the country. I hope you won't mind. From now on, you can freely enter and exit our city's highest military base. You don't have to call me 'Senior' anymore; just call me 'Wu Lao' like Long Er does." Wang Long was taken aback - this treatment was really generous! A monthly salary of 50,000 yuan, and the rank of Lieutenant General? Wang Long rubbed his hands together awkwardly and said: "Wu Lao, I don't know if I can be of any help. Is this treatment not a bit too high?" Lingyunzi smiled and said: "Not at all! With your skills, Xiaolong, I was worried you wouldn't agree!" Lingyunzi instructed Long Er: "Go process Xiaolong's identity documents. From now on, his information will be classified as a national top-secret. Also, gather the members of the Special Affairs Group; we need to hold an emergency meeting." Long Er stood at attention and walked out. Lingyunzi pulled Wang Long into a conversation about family matters.
After about ten minutes, Long Er knocked on the door and came in, holding a bag of things, which he handed over to Lingyunzi. "Wu Lao, they are now waiting for us in the conference hall," he said. Lingyunzi nodded, handing over a file to Wang Long, along with a People's Bank gold card, an ID card, and a mobile phone. Lingyunzi told Wang Long, "The password for this card is your birthday, you can change it yourself when you get back, there are 300,000 yuan inside, which is half a year's salary. This mobile phone card is for internal use only, with my contact information inside, if anything happens in the future, you can find me directly." Now we're going to the conference hall, I'll tell you some basic situation about the organization so that you can understand it better. Wang Long took the bag and put it into his storage ring, which made Lingyunzi even more surprised. It's worth noting that a storage ring like this is a rare treasure, only the head of their Kunlun Sect has one, passed down through generations, its preciousness is self-evident.
Wang Long followed Ling Yunzi to a large conference hall next door. The conference hall was luxuriously decorated, with all sorts of modern facilities available. In the middle were rows of tables and chairs, already filled with two rows of robust men. On the front wall at the far end was a large projection screen, and on the ceiling were various layers of skylights, making the conference hall as bright as daytime. When they saw Ling Yunzi enter, the two rows of men stood up in unison and gave a military salute: "Wu Lao is good." Wu Lao nodded seriously and introduced Wang Long to the team members: "Good, first let me introduce you to a new companion, his name is Wang Long, and he is now a guest officer of our special affairs group." All the team members looked surprised, because there were only five guest officers in the entire special affairs group, and they were all famous figures. They were the leaders of the five major sects of the Xiu Zhen world: Fei Yunzi of the Kunlun Sect, Wu Mei Shitai of the Emei Sect, Tian Jian Daozhang of the Shu Mountain, Liao Wai Daozhang of the Huangshan Sect, and Wu Nian Fangzhang of the Shaolin Temple. They were the most powerful people in the Xiu Zhen world, with unparalleled authority. In the special affairs group, they were only guest officers, and would only take action when the country was facing a life-or-death crisis. Most of the team members were disciples of the five major sects, and many had already reached the Yuan Ying stage of cultivation. They knew the strength of their own sect leaders. Today, Wu Lao introduced this young man, who was not even twenty years old, and did not seem to have any true yuan power at all. He looked just like an ordinary person. What kind of person was Wang Long?
