Chapter 1150 Commandments!
“Power and status? Is he better than our regiment commander?” Li Yingjie had an arrogant expression on his face. Although Li Yingjie didn’t want to admit it, the reality was that Ling Lan was probably the entire Federation’s military’s most powerful and influential second generation.
Moreover, Ling Lan’s power and influence didn’t just come from her family background. If they were just talking about family backgrounds, then the other prince in their mecha clan, Qi Long, was at a similar level to Ling Lan. Plus, there were also the descendants of other generals and three marshals who could be in argument for having the most powerful background.
The true source of Ling Lan’s power and influence was not her background, but her actual military power and achievement she had raked over the years. If the higher-ups one day wanted to get rid of Ling Lan and her mecha clan, they must go through the military’s committee members or use the military judicial court to officially convict Ling Lan to get rid of her.
This was the benefit of creating her own army. With an army behind her, the military could easily never push her around. This was also the final goal of regiment commanders of strong mecha clans.Ling Lan was definitely very lucky for being able to establish her own capable army so quickly. Under the watchful eyes of the different factions, neither side wanted Lingtian to become a weapon for their opposition. In the end, all the factions could only watch as Lingtian became independent. The tiny fish they had eyed had finally grown too large for their appetites. In the end, Ling Lan received the respect, power, and influence she rightfully deserved.
Not only that, Ling Lan was also welcomed and loved by the public. Despite her look and real name being not known to the public, the nickname ‘Prince Ling’ was already imprinted into the minds of everyone in the galaxy. Moreover, he also wasn’t a third gen or fourth gen, she was a true and true second generation descendant of a powerful individual. In terms of identity, she was above every other person in the Federation. Only in terms of background, could Qi Long be somewhat considered on par with Ling Lan.
After comparing everything, Li Yingjie couldn’t find a single existence that was more impressive than Ling Lan. Following such an amazing Boss made him not understand Gu Dongyang’s carefulness and worries.
Li Yingjie’s words made Gu Dongyang smile bitterly, “Our regiment commander is indeed the most capable person I’ve ever met. Currently, with how far I have gotten, I will not be afraid if I were to encounter that person again. It’s just that it’s our first time here so we should be alert. If by any chance we offend those people, they would still be able to meddle with the rewards we deserve even though they realistically can’t do anything to us. I can’t let my own private matters affect the benefits and rights of everyone in the clan. That’s not worth it.”
Gu Dongyang’s words calmed Li Yingjie a bit. His worries had its merit but Li Yingjie still didn’t want to let up. He was used to being cocky from his childhood. Even though he lost a few times to Ling Lan, he still couldn’t find ways to deal with Ling Lan so in the end, he concluded as long as he didn’t make Ling Lan angry, he could do whatever he wanted to do.
After being beaten a pulp a few times, Li Yingjie followed behind Ling Lan and went through the military academy and the division with her. Under the command of this omnipotent regiment commander, he had made a name for himself and was better than ever before. Not only did his cockiness not decrease, it actually increased quite a lot.
“I don’t believe that they could actually stop us from receiving our rightful rewards,” Li Yingjie still spoke these words in the end. At the very least, he believed the Li family wouldn’t sit and watch as their benefits got taken away, as these awards were most likely going to affect his and his second oldest brother’s power who were the two people who were mostly likely to take over as the family head.There was also that person who the Li family kept their eyes on, Li Lanfeng… Although he didn’t like him, his grandfather thought fondly of him. Whenever his grandfather were to talk with Li Yingjie, he would always nag him to learn from Li Lanfeng. However, all that nagging went to deaf’s ear. He wasn’t planning on learning from that secondary descendant whose eyes were filled with cunning and deceit. He had told his grandfather many times that Li Lanfeng was a cunning individual and wasn’t someone who could be trusted. They must be on guard against him… Unfortunately, no one believed what he said.
Even his second elder cousin brother Li Shiyu didn’t believe him. He would rather believe a person who was in a branch part of the family than to believe in his younger brother!
After thinking about all this, Li Yingjie felt frustrated.
Just what kind of charm did Li Lanfeng have to make so many people from the Li family trust in him? Li Yingjie was quite annoyed, but he couldn’t find anyone to speak to about his worries. After all, this was a matter within the Li family…
“I won’t lose!” Li Yingjie’s frustration only lasted for a moment. In the next second, he returned to his chipper self. He clenched his fists and made a silent promise to himself that he would definitely find evidence of Li Lanfeng’s cunningness, so he could finally rip that disguise off him and finally show to everyone his ugliest side.
Gu Dongyang pretended to not hear Li Yingjie’s words. Everyone knew very well that this trip to the military headquarters with their regiment commander was not a peaceful one, it was instead actually going to be a battle with words and wits and no one knew what the final outcome will be.
Originally, Li Lanfeng, who was an expert in debating, was the most suitable to help Ling Lan. Unfortunately, ridding the base of spies required Li Lanfeng’s abilities. The base needed it more than them. Ling Lan did indeed want to take back their awards and merits but she needed to make sure her own headquarters was safe first.
After seeing everyone ignoring him, Li Yingjie turned frustrated as he sat down on the sofa in the living room with great indignation written on his face. He called out towards Ling Lan, who was standing in front of a window, looking at the view outside and ignoring what they were saying with a saddened tone. “Boss Lan, do you think that we should just endure anything that comes our way?”
Hearing the confusion, Ling Lan closed the curtains of the window, turned around and said calmly, “Have you guys forgotten what I said when I named the clan ‘Lingtian’?”
Li Yingjie’s eyes brightened. He knew his dominant Boss Lan wouldn’t just endure without retaliating back. It was because of such dominance that he was willing to follow Ling Lan. Plus, following Ling Lan not only made it not frustrating, but it actually made him become even more arrogant than when he didn’t follow him. This type of dominance was unreasonable and was very satisfying for him.
Ling Lan’s words made everyone in the room stand still. They began to recall the time of their clan’s inception and what their regiment commander had said to them then.
“Lingtian Mecha Clan’s Commandments: Number 1) Don’t cause trouble. Number 2) Don’t run away. Number 3) Kill all that stands in our way.” Ling Lan’s cold voice echoed into everyone’s ears. “I want you all to remember that.”
“There isn’t anyone in this world who could make Lingtian lose this determination,” Ling Lan said without hesitation.
She didn’t need the people in her clan to compromise. Even if there was a need to compromise, it was something her as a regiment commander needed to do, not her members. It was just like how her father, Ling Xiao, pushed her into becoming a regiment commander under the worst circumstances, but he protected her to let her grow quickly. She was also going to protect her subordinates the way her father protected her in order to let them do what they wanted to do without any worry.
“Yes, regiment commander!” Everyone held back the excitement in their hearts and stood up and saluted to Ling Lan.
This was their regiment commander, Ling Lan!
Gu Dongyang looked at the cold yet determined regiment commander Ling Lan with a complicated expression on his face. After a short moment, he slowly breathed out. The heavy feeling he had felt when he entered Planet General slowly dissipated. A smile slowly appeared on his face and the negative feelings he had for the past 10 years or so disappeared just like that.
