Master Chen's prediction was very accurate. After three to five days, he could get up from the bed and walk. Half a month later, he had recovered completely. Gu Yun buried the secret of the Northern Frontier here, together with the state of his fragile bones.

From then on, his frivolous youth was left behind; he grew up, becoming invulnerable.

The vast army went westward with thousands of miles of dust.

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After going through a challenging year, Great Liang was stable. The military reform was pushed forward smoothly with the help of Gu Yun's transparent attitude. Shen Yi finally summoned the courage to put his retirement request forward to the Emperor.

Chang Geng didn't make a statement after hearing about it, only keeping his request of resignation and not signing it, telling Shen Yi to go home and think about it carefully.

General Shen's plea was full of grandiose nonsense. There was only one reason for him to resign — He wanted to get married.

The background of his wife's family was complicated; they did not want to get involved with the government, therefore, he planned to hang up his seal and go home, gather what he had to build a stable business, then take his family's possessions to her family and live as a son-in-law.

Chang Geng went home and asked, "Zi Xi, do you think Old Master Shen knows about this?"

Gu Yun: "I'm not sure. But even if his father knows, he can't control him."

Shen Ji Ping seemed to be gentle, flexible, docile, and was easy to bully. However, when looking at his behavior, whenever he decided on something, people around him were always appalled by his deviant behavior that challenged a person's morality for half a lifetime, yet they still had the illusion that he was a "dependable man”, setting a clear example of "a biting dog doesn't bark."

This man's ambition became more and more strange. It had gone through a series of unprepared transitions from "Han Lin" to "Mechanic" to "soldier" to "general" and then to a "stay at home son-in-law."

With a son like this, it was no wonder that old man Shen retired early to learn cultivation.

Gu Yun sighed: "Forget it. I'll find Shen Ji Ping to have a chat in a few days."

Chang Geng's face turned black as soon as he heard it — he wanted to talk again!

As soon as these two men started to talk, it was uncertain how far back they could go. At that time, the soldiers would get together, making it into a big table, drinking wine and eating. Although Chang Geng knew that Gu Yun was only boasting to his face and would not indulge himself in eating and drinking without restraint, he was sure that Gu Yun would have to stay at the Northern Camp throughout the night without coming home again, which was very annoying.