Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 407 Discussion

"No. But I believe that the spy from the Timber Deity Empire that's currently residing inside theCrimson Dragon Group must be someone who has some kind of access because they have beenworking in the process of development of our operation strategies every time. So, the spy isprobably in the position of the Frontline Commander or higher rank. But I'd like to exempt all theElite Commanders. They have been working with me for more than ten years already and we havegone through fire and water together for numerous times. That is the very reason why I am prettysure the Elite Commanders aren't involved in any treacherous acts,” Lance stated.

"If that's being the case, the spy from the Timber Deity Empire must be one of the FrontlineCommanders." Isis continued the deduction while holding her chin. She felt astounded by theconclusion that had been made, 'If the probability is high, that's not a piece of good news for theCrimson Dragon Group. There are more than ten Frontline Commanders in the Crimson DragonArmy and most of them have been working for more than three years aside from Dunn, who wasjust promoted recently. In that case, it might become very difficult to determine and sort out whothe spy is, * she thought.

"Exactly!" Lance shouted as he stood from his seat. His sudden action created a shock to both Isisand Marin. "That's why I have decided. From now on, the Frontline Commanders will not take part inany of the development of our operating strategies to avoid further leaks and disclosure ofinformation. Also, I will be giving the task to someone capable of uncovering the identity of thatspy." He glanced at the girls. "All right. You two must be tired from rushing back along the way here.You can go and have some rest now," Lance said with the most pleasing gaze he could give.

Isis and Marin bowed first before heading out together.

On the other hand, as soon as Rocky left the tent of the Commander in Chief, he decided to go backto his house. But he ran into Dunn before he could even step his foot at the gate of the main camp.When Dunn saw him, he immediately acted as if Rocky was his brother. He walked closer to Rockyand patted him on the shoulder with too much strength exerted causing his knees to stagger a bit.Rocky might stumble down to the ground if he was not strong enough.

"Hi buddy, you've won another big merit this time. Does the Commander in Chief want to give youthe position of Commander? I believe you'll refuse him again, am I right? Ha-ha,"” Dunn finally burstinto laughter.

Since Dunn, Marin and other Frontline Commanders played their part in defending Wild HeavenPass successfully, Rocky's relationship with Dunn was greatly improved. Rocky now thought of himas a forthright man and because of these circumstances, Rocky became nicer and no longer worehis cold face in front of Dunn anymore.

"I already rejected the Commander in Chief last time. Do you think he'll allow me to refuse him onceagain? And I blackmailed him and got treasures from him. I should thank him for not punishing me.How could I wish to be awarded the position of Commander? Also, even if he kept insisting, I wouldalways refuse. It is because I love having my freedom and being alone!" Rocky answered with a faintsmile because he knew that his words were partly true and partly lie. Lance didn't award him theposition of Commander but did award him the position of Crimson Dragon General from which heaccepted.

"Just as I expected, you're really out of the ordinary, Rocky! There's a jar of branded wine in my tentand I am looking forward to sharing it with someone like you. If you don’t mind my vulgarity, wouldyou like to sip with me?" Dunn asked with twinkling eyes and expression.

Rocky hesitated for a moment but he thought that it might be a better idea to make friends withone more person. After all, he would be dealing with the Crimson Dragon Group in the future.Besides, there was no urgent matter that would rush him from going home, so he nodded andaccepted Dunn's offer.

Dunn burst into laughter and without any delay, he dragged Rock to his tent.

After entering, Rocky sat down while Dunn took the big jar of wine and bowls from the corner of histent, as if he had been keeping it there in advance for preparation in any moment of get-together.He handed one of the bowls to Rocky, opened the jar and poured out the content to Rocky's andhis own bowls.

"First, let's have a toast for our first cooperation!" Dunn put his bowl up in the air for a toast anddrank up all the wine.

Rocky wasn't that good at drinking like Dunn. He took a sip but the wine tasted spicy, so he hadn'tfinished his bowl of wine.

On the other hand, Dunn poured another bowl of wine for himself. "Second, let's celebrate for oursuccess because of your wisdom!" He gulped down his wine again with a disturbing sound ofrefreshment.

Before Rocky could blink an eye, Dunn's bowl was filled with another round of wine again.

"This third toast is for you, Rocky. Let me show my respect towards you. When the time comes thatyou need some help and I am capable of helping, please don't hesitate and come to me wheneveryou like. If there's someone who dares to hurt or bully you, tell it to me right away and I'll give thema lesson that they won't forget!" Dunn drank all of the wine from his bowl again in just a splitsecond.

His face looked red just like a monkey's butt after drinking three consecutive bowls of wine, but hedidn't look that much drunk. Well, it was a fact that he was really good when it came to liquor."Commander Dunn, you're so strong at drinking!" Rocky sighed but was amused at the same time."Haven't you known that your master is a much better drinker than me? The last time we dranktogether, he had three more bowls of liquor than me.” Dunn waved his hand and gestured threefingers to Rocky.

"By the way, Commander Dunn, do you remember the spiritual power that you used during thecontest? It seems to be quite different from the others. Would you mind telling me how you learnedit?" Rocky asked in a casual tone as the destructive spiritual power of Dunn came to his mind all of asudden.

"You're interested in my Blade Spirit Skill?" Dunn asked as he raised his thick brows.

"Do you have a moment to talk about it?" Rocky cupped his hand in front of his chest as a gestureof curtsy. Rocky was interested in Dunn's destructive spiritual power because his Evil Flame thatappeared when he used his spiritual martial arts was too strong. It was not difficult for others tofigure out that was spiritual martial arts of the Heavenly Stage when he used the spiritual martialarts. But Rocky didn't want others, especially Lance and Isis, to discover that he already possessedsuch power. By now, only Sheridan—his master, knew that he had reached the Heavenly Stage, andhe wasn't worried about that at all, because he was sure that Sheridan would keep it as a secret. Still,he wanted to secure everything. If the Evil Flame itself could be that destructive, then there was noneed for him to expose his real power when there came the time that he would fight others.

"Come on! We're not in a ceremony and we're buddies, so drop the politeness. So let me tell youthe source of my Blade Spirit Skill." Dunn gave a good laugh and started talking about thebackground of his Blade Spirit Skill.

It turned out Dunn was a disciple of a spirit manipulating clan named "Sima Clan” in a small countryin the Wild Spirit Land. It was not as famous as the Ximen Clan or the Ji Clan on the Wild Spirit Land,but many of their disciples became outstanding spirit manipulators in their time of great prosperity.The Sima Clan had their school where they taught the achievements of the studies they had createdto all of their disciples. Their school was known for its characteristics where they only performedmental cultivation methods without any practice of spiritual martial arts.

In some sense, practicing only a mental cultivation method would not result in a greataccomplishment, because even if the spirit manipulator possessed a great amount of spiritualpower, the spiritual power wouldn't be as effective compared to others who practiced spiritualmartial arts. However, the Sima Clan's mental cultivation method wasn't processed in a normal way.They were turning the spiritual power into a destructive one so that they could replace the spiritualmartial arts.

It was a torturing process for a spirit manipulator. Practicing spiritual power was more difficult thanpracticing spiritual martial arts, so that they felt worse than death. But once they had made abreakthrough on all of the practices, they would become so powerful, enough to kill an opponentwith just one move.

The Blade Spirit Skill Dunn possessed was a great example. It had power that was as sharp as ablade, which was more endurable for spirit manipulators than spirit martial arts, because it couldconsume a large amount of spiritual power if a manipulator used spirit martial arts. Therefore, everymove would be as effective as spiritual martial arts if the spiritual power itself was destructiveenough.

All destructive power could be retained even if only a small amount of spiritual power was left. Thiswas the biggest advantage of the destructive spiritual power and it was suitable for close combatand lasting fight.

On the other hand, having weak defense became its weakness, especially when a spirit manipulatorfought with a stronger opponent who used spiritual martial arts. A spirit manipulator who practicedonly destructive spiritual power would be likely to have unstable power to hold his or her own on abattlefield.