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After Xin Shengtian learned about the situation involving Xin Feng and Xue Yu, he was furious. Given that Xue Yu was already pregnant and could not be subjected to military law, he could only deal with Xin Feng according to military regulations. As for Xue Yu, her punishment would have to wait until after she gave birth. Just as Xin Shengtian was preparing to punish Xin Feng for disobeying military orders, an order suddenly came down from above, commanding Phantom Banner to immediately send personnel to handle the remnants of the Mingguo Party that had fled to the southern barbarian lands and had already reestablished their regime.
It turned out that after the Mingguo Party was defeated, a small number of residual forces remained in the country to resist the government army, while the main troops hurriedly fled abroad and established a foothold in a small country called Wantai. Wantai itself was a small nation; although its land area was considerable, most of it was covered by dense tropical rainforests. The indigenous people made up the majority of the local population. Since the indigenous people living in the jungle were not very civilized, they still lived a self-sufficient primitive life and had no interest in national politics. The king of Wantai was merely the chief of a large tribe; although he claimed to be king, he had very few troops under his command and his weaponry was outdated. What advanced weapons could a country that relied on slash-and-burn agriculture and hunting possibly equip?
Despite this, the small country of Wantai resembled a porcupine covered in spikes, with several neighboring countries eyeing its resources and attempting to seize them, but none succeeded against the indigenous people living in the jungle, who left their attackers battered and bruised.
Although the indigenous people living in the jungle were not part of any national army and did not serve the state—indeed, they might not even be aware of this so-called national regime—any intruder would be considered their enemy. For them, entering their territory equated to invading their home, prompting them to go to war.
While the indigenous people lacked advanced weaponry, they were intimately familiar with the jungle and possessed rich hunting experience. They relied on these advantages to engage with invading enemies. No matter how advanced your weaponry was, once you entered the jungle, you would find yourself at a loss. The jungle was filled with deadly traps everywhere—land, sea, and air—often causing invading enemies to suffer heavy casualties before they even encountered any locals.
The entry of the Mingguo Party was unique; at that time, the Mingguo Party's main faction that had fled to the border belonged to the prince faction. The original leader of the Mingguo Party, Jiang Zhongzheng, had already died in battle against government forces, leaving only his son Jiang Jiwen leading around one hundred thousand remnants across into Wantai's borders.
Within the Mingguo Party's army was a special organization called Central Intelligence. Inside Central Intelligence was a small group dedicated to executing special missions known as Mei Organization. The members of Mei Organization were quite diverse. Back when the Mingguo Party ruled Heavenly Pride Nation for thirty years, it became an ideal target for many rebels from smaller countries seeking refuge due to its vast resources and territory. Consequently, Mingguo Party recruited many members from terrorist organizations originating from smaller nations. Among these were some formidable characters; for instance, two opposition leaders who had escaped from Wantai were former chiefs of small tribes within Wantai and were very familiar with the jungle. Thus, after losing twenty thousand soldiers, remnants of the Mingguo Party finally captured Wantai's capital Abayir with help from these two chiefs and their followers.
Although Abayir was a capital city, its urban development was equivalent to that of a small town within Heavenly Pride Nation; it merely consisted of a relatively open plain deep within the jungle with only a few stone structures that could not withstand bombardment from Mingguo Party's advanced weaponry.
After capturing Abayir, Prince Jiang Jiwen employed extreme force to quickly quell local indigenous uprisings and urgently established the Ming National Party Government while renaming the country Taiwan Kingdom. He announced its independent status to all international organizations and issued a statement accusing Heavenly Pride Nation's government of instigating civil war and plunging its people into misery—a historical crime against Heavenly Pride Nation's citizens—causing an uproar in international society.
As an emerging regime in Heavenly Pride Nation, it absolutely could not allow negative public opinion at this time. Therefore, Heavenly Pride ordered Phantom Banner to use all means necessary to eliminate the leaders of Taiwan Kingdom's Ming National Party Government and dismantle its government in order to mitigate international influence.
This order temporarily saved Xin Feng's life. As Phantom Banner's top assassin, his absence would significantly reduce mission success rates. Thus, under a special pardon from Heavenly Pride’s highest commander, Xin Feng was allowed to temporarily preserve his life with hopes of redeeming himself through this mission. When Xin Shengtian learned this news, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief; although he enforced laws strictly, he found it hard-hearted to execute his own son simply for developing feelings against military orders due to his relationship with Phantom Banner soldiers. This outcome seemed best; since Xin Feng was allowed a chance for redemption through merit in this mission, there remained a glimmer of hope. Given Xin Feng’s abilities, achieving merit during this mission would be difficult not to accomplish; as long as he earned military merit, at least his death sentence would be lifted—if he could avoid execution, then everything else would still hold promise.
Thus, Xin Feng set off with twenty of Phantom Banner’s most elite members towards Taiwan Kingdom on this sacred mission concerning Heavenly Pride Nation’s governmental legitimacy. However, this mission turned into catastrophic disaster for Phantom Banner; both sides had been old adversaries for many years and Taiwan Kingdom’s Ming National Party Government naturally anticipated what countermeasures Heavenly Pride Nation might employ regarding this situation and had long made arrangements accordingly.
Because their physical features and language belonged to the same ethnicity, Xin Feng and his team members easily infiltrated Abayir. They lay low in Abayir for several days and finally obtained important intelligence: the Ming National Party Government was about to hold a high-level government meeting, where all the senior members of the Mingguo Party would gather. Upon hearing this news, although Xin Feng felt a slight oddity, he did not realize the seriousness of the situation. Xin Feng analyzed that with the personnel dispatched by Phantom Banner, even if they fell into an ambush, it would not be too difficult to escape unscathed. After all, there were so many senior members of the Mingguo Party present; capturing a hostage to facilitate their retreat would not be very hard. Therefore, after careful analysis, they decided to take this opportunity to act and give the Mingguo Party's high-ranking officials a surprise attack.
On the day of the meeting convened by the Ming National Party Government, twenty-one Phantom Flag Members, except for one who acted as a liaison officer, each showcased their skills and managed to reach the vicinity of the venue. Just as everyone heard Xin Feng's signal to act and rushed into the venue, the entire venue exploded along with those attending the meeting from the Mingguo Party. All twenty of Phantom Banner's most elite members perished in that massive explosion, which destroyed all buildings within a three-mile radius, turning it into ruins.
When the explosion occurred, the members of Phantom Banner did not feel regret because they had completed their mission. They saw all the high-ranking officials of the Mingguo Party accompany them in death. However, they were unaware that the real high-ranking officials of the Mingguo Party were secretly hiding in a civilian residence outside Abayir at that moment. The so-called high-ranking officials attending the meeting were actually ordinary soldiers who had been selected and disguised; even those soldiers did not know that their mission was a certain death sentence. These were merely sacrifices for the true high-ranking officials of the Mingguo Party.
After the explosion, the surviving liaison officer learned the truth and returned to Heavenly Pride Nation to report to Xin Shengtian. After hearing this, Xin Shengtian spat out several mouthfuls of blood. Not only had he lost his biological son, but his painstakingly established Phantom Banner had also suffered heavy losses; twenty of its most elite members had sacrificed themselves in vain. It would likely take a long time for Phantom Banner to recover its strength.
After reporting this situation to the highest commander of Heavenly Pride, Xin Shengtian found him furious and pounding his chest in anger. Based on Phantom Banner's current situation, he instructed Xin Shengtian to rest and recuperate first, waiting until they could cultivate talents and gather strength before planning further actions. Thus, Xin Shengtian led the remaining members of Phantom Banner back to Longchuan, using Xin Manor as cover and temporarily refraining from any operations.
Although Xin Feng and Xue Yu's actions violated military discipline, she was carrying Xin Feng's child after all. Therefore, Xin Shengtian brought Xue Yu back to Longchuan and treated her like a daughter-in-law. He did not mention anything about Xin Feng to Xue Yu, but with her intelligence and sensitivity, how could she not have noticed clues from this series of events? A month after returning to Longchuan and giving birth to Xinyi, Xue Yu left her infant son Xin Yi and a letter for Xin Shengtian before heading alone to Taiwan Kingdom to seek revenge for her husband.
Upon learning this situation, Xin Shengtian immediately dispatched a small team from Phantom Banner with orders to bring Xue Yu back at all costs; his grandson had already lost his father and could not lose his mother as well. However, a month later, when the small team returned with news that left Xin Shengtian devastated once more, they reported that they had found no trace of Xue Yu along their journey. Even after infiltrating Abayir, there were no discoveries. But just as they were searching for Xue Yu in Abayir, news came that Mingguo Party General Gao Tingda had been assassinated in his residence. The assassin was exposed after killing Gao Tingda and was shot dead by his security team; that assassin turned out to be a young woman from Heavenly Pride Nation.
From then on, Xin Shengtian became Xinyi's only relative. He trained Xin Yi from a young age and arranged for him to become an assassin at sixteen years old. He only wanted Xin Yi to become strong—stronger than his parents—so that one day he might avenge them.
After hearing all this, Xin Yi remained silent for a long time while Xin Shengtian took time to emerge from his memories. Perhaps his pain ran deeper than mine; Xin Yi thought this but did not disturb Xin Shengtian. He stepped out alone to clear his mind and sort through his thoughts. Now that the truth was revealed, he needed to consider how best to seek revenge.
Just as he reached the door of the hall, Brother Three appeared silently beside him as they walked toward where their vehicle was parked without exchanging words. It wasn't until Xin Yi started the car that Brother Three spoke up: "Xiao Xin, do you know why Master’s legs are crippled?"
Xin Yi shook his head in confusion.
"I knew he wouldn't say," Brother Three replied. "To give your father an opportunity for redemption and protect your mother who was already pregnant with you at that time, he self-mutilated in front of all Phantom Banner members as penance for his failure in discipline. In fact, over these years he has always blamed himself; I know he has never let it go in his heart. Xiao Xin, you should understand Master."
"Brother Three, I know. Please tell Grandpa that I am proud of him for being my grandfather, and I am proud to be a descendant of the Xin Family!" Xin Yi said before driving away without looking back.
"Both grandfather and grandson have the same temperament, neither willing to show goodwill in person, ha ha ha..." Brother Three watched Xin Yi leave, tears glistening in his eyes.
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