Early the next morning, He Chunhua dispatched grain to the northern front.0

General Zhao Pan’s troops were short on clothes and rations. Even if the Zhan Family’s 350,000 kilograms of grain[1] was not much; they would keep the army going another ten days.0

Supplies were morale. With this shipment, Zhao Pan could finally breathe, if just for a moment.0

This then left He Chunhua staring down three immediate problems: raising money and grain for the front, recruiting soldiers as the new Governor-General of Xia Province, and helping Zhao Pan drive Xun Province’s forces out of Xia Province.0

And right then of all times, He Lingchuan went into seclusion for four straight days.0

He had not planned it. He had simply felt that he was on the verge of a breakthrough, though it also felt as though he were forever just short by a hair. That day, he had lost himself in practice. True energy circulated endlessly through his body until finally, he broke through!1

At first, everyone was worried. Even He Chunhua, swamped as he was, still made time to check in on him three times. Fortunately, Ling Guang examined him and declared that He Lingchuan showed no signs of qi...0