Silver Dragon Takes the Lead, Emperor Squad and Royal Court

The ten of them waved their hands in frustration. "Then what do we do now?"

"Don’t act rashly. The journey to obtain the scriptures will only take a dozen years or so. Once Sun Wukong finishes it, won’t he be able to return?" Su Yu said.

The ten of them were still angry. "Do you think Buddhism will just let the Great King go? Definitely not!"

Su Yu fell silent. Once the journey for the scriptures ended, Sun Wukong would indeed become a Buddha. Yet Su Yu had always been puzzled by that. Sun Wukong was arrogant, unruly, and untamed by nature. How could he become a Buddha so easily?

"For now, we wait a dozen years. Once Junior Brother finishes his journey for the scriptures, I’ll see what exactly is going on. If Buddhism tries to forcibly keep Junior Brother then, I’ll make Buddhism disappear from this world forever!"

As he spoke, a trace of killing intent appeared in Su Yu’s eyes. In the original story, Sun Wukong agreeing to become a Buddha had already puzzled Su Yu greatly. Thus, he had long used Reverse Knowing the Future to calculate what had happened to Sun Wukong. The result was that Sun Wukong had done so willingly, which made the matter even stranger.

The ten elders calmed down. They still listened closely to Su Yu’s words. They had become immortals thanks to Su Yu’s help. As long as Su Yu did not ask them to betray Sun Wukong, they would obey him in almost anything.

After staying at Flower Fruit Mountain for several days, Su Yu returned to Square Inch Mountain.

Square Inch Mountain

The moment Su Yu returned, his junior brothers and sisters surrounded him. Yang Ying hurriedly asked, "Senior Brother Su Yu, where did you go during those five hundred years? We heard that you and Junior Brother caused Havoc in Heaven. Why didn’t you bring us along?"

There was a hint of disappointment in Yang Ying’s voice. Su Yu smiled. "You lot, five hundred years have passed, and even the strongest among you are only Great Luo True Immortals. Did you want me to take you there as cannon fodder?"

The nine of them laughed. Yang Guang spoke up. "Senior Brother, why didn’t you bring Brother Cang Nan and the others? Brother Cang Nan and his men are absolutely the strongest army. They definitely could have helped you."

Su Yu gave a bitter smile. "I didn’t think of it back then. Besides, Junior Brother and I have already caused Havoc in Heaven. That is an unchangeable fact. Although Junior Brother was suppressed by that old bald monk Tathagata for five hundred years, he has already come out now. If Junior Brother is willing, I will march upon Spirit Mountain with him again someday!"

"General, you must bring us along when that time comes!" Cang Nan suddenly appeared and immediately shouted upon hearing Su Yu’s words.

Su Yu looked at Cang Nan and nodded with a smile. "All right, I’ll definitely bring you along! The day we head for Spirit Mountain in the future will be the day our Silver Dragon Army shakes the Three Realms!"

Cang Nan nodded excitedly.

After Su Yu chatted with Yang Guang and the others for a while, they went back to cultivation. Only then did Cang Nan approach Su Yu and say, "General, during the five hundred years you were gone, several hundred soldiers of our Silver Dragon Army broke through to the Great Luo True Immortal realm! I have also broken through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm!"

Su Yu was somewhat surprised. He had not expected the Silver Dragon Army’s cultivation to improve so quickly. Su Yu felt that it might have been because of his involvement.

"Very good." Su Yu smiled.

Cang Nan smiled as well. A breakthrough was indeed something worth celebrating. He continued, "By the way, General, there is something else. I divided our Silver Dragon Army into three units, each with its own duties. The first unit is responsible for killing enemies on the front lines. It consists of brothers who are particularly skilled in the Fight Heaven Battle Art. The second unit is responsible for assassination, composed of brothers who are extremely fast and highly adept at concealment. The third unit handles miscellaneous affairs and consists of brothers who can read and write."

"The first unit has two thousand six hundred men, the second has three hundred, and the third has one hundred. As for the names of the units, I have not chosen any yet. I wanted to wait for your return and let you decide, General."

Su Yu smiled and patted Cang Nan’s shoulder. "Cang Nan, you handled this well. As for the unit names… my title is the Silver Dragon Emperor. From now on, the first unit will be called Silver Dragon, the second Emperor Squad, and the third Royal Court! Go gather the brothers. I’ll wait for you at the Martial Arts Arena."

Cang Nan cupped his fists. "This subordinate accepts the order."

With that, Cang Nan immediately turned and ran off.

Su Yu headed toward the Martial Arts Arena. Before long, he arrived. Then, members of the Silver Dragon Army began filing in one after another. Soon, the arena was packed. Everyone dropped to one knee and cupped their fists in unison. "Welcome home in triumph, General!"

Su Yu laughed loudly. He had caused Havoc in Heaven and then returned—was that not a triumphant return?

"All right, all right, get up. You already know the unit names Cang Nan and I discussed, right?" Su Yu said with a smile.

Everyone rose to their feet and answered in unison, "We understand."

Su Yu nodded. "Good. The leaders of Silver Dragon, Emperor Squad, and Royal Court, step forward."

Cang Nan and two others stepped forward. The three of them were the strongest in their respective units. Su Yu rubbed his chin. "How about this? From now on, everyone in the Silver Dragon Army will take a code name. Cang Nan, the code names of your men will begin with ‘Dragon.’ Emperor Squad’s will begin with ‘Emperor,’ and Royal Court’s will begin with ‘King.’"

Cang Nan and the others looked at one another for a moment. Then Cang Nan said, "As you command! From this day onward, this subordinate’s code name will be Dragon One!"

Soon after, people began calling out one after another, "Then I’ll be Dragon Two."

"I’m Dragon Three!"

"I’m Dragon Four!"

Just like that, many people chose numbers. Everyone in Emperor Squad and Royal Court used numbers, while many in Silver Dragon did not. It was not that they refused to use them, but once they reached the thousandth name, they simply sounded terrible.

For example, Dragon One four nine seven sounded awful with five characters. Names below one thousand were still fine, such as Dragon Seven nine one. Four characters were better than five, after all.

Everyone’s code names were quickly decided. While they were discussing what to call themselves, Su Yu had already obtained a book called "Shadow," several military manuals, and books like The Thirty-Six Stratagems from Ya Er.

Su Yu gave "Shadow" to Emperor One, then handed those military manuals and the like to King One. As for Silver Dragon, the Fight Heaven Battle Art was enough for them.

"Shadow" was absolutely the kind of technique assassins desired most. Upon reaching the first level, one could slip into darkness anywhere there were shadows. Even a Taiyi Golden Immortal would be unable to do anything to them.

After cultivating it to the second level, one could control shadows. Not only could they control other people’s shadows to fight for them, they could also control an enemy’s shadow to assassinate that enemy.

"Shadow" had only two levels. Once cultivated to completion, it was terrifyingly powerful. However, it could only be used where there were shadows and darkness, so it was of little use during the daytime.

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