Martial Cultivator Chapter 567: Listen, There's Thunder in the Distance

Qi Yuanjia tilted his head back and drank another cup of wine, then smiled at Chen Chao. "Before you arrived, I had already heard of your name. Originally, I thought about challenging you to a spar. But looking at it now, I won't bother inviting trouble for myself."

Qi Yuanjia's straightforwardness surprised Chen Chao, who also smiled and said, "I'm injured right now, so I'm not willing to fight either."

Qi Yuanjia asked straightforwardly, "Is Commander Chen planning to stay in the Northern Frontier?"

Chen Chao was stunned, but quickly understood the implied meaning behind those words. If he stayed in the Northern Frontier, it would mean he was setting his sights on the position of Great General. Having killed Yuan Ling, Chen Chao had already gained a modest level of prestige within the frontier army. If he stayed on and led troops, familiarized himself with military operations, and accumulated some military achievements, it would not be long before some people would begin to see him as part of the Northern Frontier Army and perhaps even consider him a potential candidate for the position of Great General.

It was not an impossibility, especially since the current Great General was also the Lord Warden Commander. Naturally, he would show preferential treatment for his old subordinate, which could indeed pave the way for Chen Chao to become the Great General of Great Liang's Northern Frontier in the future.

They even wondered if this might be His Majesty the Emperor's intention.

When the previous Great General retired, the Lord Warden Commander had been sent from the Divine Capital to take over the role, but that was a last resort. The Northern Frontier never fully accepted the idea of military authority in the Northern Frontier Army falling into the hands of anyone outside their own ranks.

Chen Chao smiled and said, "For now, I'm naturally returning to the Divine Capital. As for whether I'll come back in the future, it's hard to say. After all, as an official of Great Liang, no one can go against the will of

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