Because of this matter, General Grant was very troubled, but now it’s resolved. The grudge has been avenged. This matter will also be reported to the court.

General Grant was very pleased and rewarded me with a piece of wood-stone. “Here, you can have it, I still have more anyway,” Jack Foster said, pulling out a stone from his backpack that looked like wood, about three fingers wide, and handed it to Charles Carter.

Charles Carter was stunned for a moment, thinking, “Why give me a stone? It’s not like it’s a diamond.” However, Charles Carter noticed that several soldiers standing by the bedside were looking at the wood-stone with envy and even greed in their eyes. It seemed this wood-stone was definitely something valuable.

Jack Foster left, and Charles Carter fiddled with the wood-stone, not knowing how to use it. He glanced at a nearby soldier and asked, “What grade is this thing?”

Charles Carter was clever—not asking how to use it, but deliberately making up a question about its grade. After all, everything had a grade, so this wood-stone should as well.

“It should be of the lower grade. It’s a good thing, isn’t it?” the soldier replied with a smile.

“Oh, you know this is a good thing too?” Charles Carter smiled deliberately, pretending to test the guy.

Chapter 0007: Leading Troops for the First Time

“Of course. If you grind it into powder and eat it, it can increase your power. It’s even better than a twenty-year-old wild ginseng,” the guy said, staring greedily at the wood-stone.

So it was meant to be eaten—must be some kind of tonic. Charles Carter thought to himself as he walked to a secluded spot outside, sat cross-legged on the ground, and began to cultivate the Jiutian Haoshi Technique. Charles Carter discovered that if he held the wood-stone while cultivating, the effect was several times better than usual.

Because this wood-stone actually contained a very dense spiritual energy, several times richer than that found in nature.

Moreover, it was very easy to absorb. If he could get a lot of it, maybe he could break through to the second level of Qi Refining in a short time.

On this battlefield, full of the smell of blood, the first thing was to have the ability to protect oneself. Otherwise, dying at any moment would be too unjust. In a few days, Charles Carter had become familiar with several soldiers sharing his tent.

“It’s been three days, it’s time to send Charles Carter on a mission,” at this moment, in the main army tent, Matthew Grant said to Jack Foster.

“Charles Carter’s injuries aren’t fully healed yet. Isn’t it too dangerous to send him on a mission like this?” Charles Carter had saved Jack Foster’s life, so he was thinking of Charles Carter’s well-being.

“I know he saved you, but that’s a separate matter. This is an order from the Third Princess. We can’t let Charles Carter rest for too long, or he’ll get too comfortable,” George Grant didn’t hide his thoughts from his confidant.

“The Third Princess means to keep tormenting Charles Carter until the three years are up and then execute him?” Jack Foster asked, feeling a chill in his heart.

“That’s about right. In three years, with Charles Carter’s weak body, it’s impossible for him to break through to the eighth rank and be promoted to a fifth-rank general. He’s doomed sooner or later. The son of the Marquis of the Southern Capital has ended up like this. Truly, lust is a blade hanging over one’s head,” George Grant sighed.

“Charles Carter said he was framed. General, what do you think?” Jack Foster asked.

“That has nothing to do with us. Do you want to overturn his case? The Marquis’s household is as deep as the sea, with many children. It’s normal for them to kill brothers for the right of inheritance. We’ve seen this before. So, we don’t need to get involved. That’s Charles Carter’s own business. He was born into the Marquis’s family, after all,” George Grant said.

“Yeah, of course. But he did save my life. Can the next mission be arranged to be a bit safer? Also, the Third Princess instructed that it’s best for Charles Carter to stay alive until the three years are up,” Jack Foster said.

“I heard that the Yuan Kingdom has transported a batch of grain and fodder from the capital’s tribute mountain this time,” General Grant said.

“General, do you mean to send Charles Carter to lead a team to hijack or destroy the grain? But according to the scouts, this time the Yuan Kingdom sent Eric Smith, a Qianzong, to escort the grain.

Although he’s only an eighth-rank external Qianzong, it’s said that he’s upright and not good at currying favor, or he would have been promoted to Youji General long ago.

His real strength is estimated to be around the seventh rank. Charles Carter is just a low second rank, and the soldiers with him are about the same. Isn’t that sending them to their deaths? Why not send a stronger general to lead the team?” Jack Foster said.

“No. Our troops are stretched thin and all at the front lines. You’re injured, so that’s settled. Charles Carter’s fate is up to the heavens,” Captain Grant said sternly, and Jack Foster didn’t dare say more.

Soon, Jack Foster’s subordinate Frank Wright came in and said that Charles Carter was to go see Captain Tian. Charles Carter followed Frank Wright into Jack Foster’s tent and saw Jack Foster sitting on a tiger-skin chair.

“Charles Carter, there’s a mission for our camp this time…” Jack Foster explained.

“Commander Smith is a seventh-rank expert, and you only assigned me about a hundred men, none of whom are even fifth-rank. Shouldn’t someone else be leading this team?” Charles Carter asked.

“Your main task is to burn the supplies. Capturing them is impossible. This is the general’s order, and I have no choice. I think you understand some of the reasons,” Jack Foster reminded him.

“I understand,” Charles Carter nodded, knowing it was the Third Princess’s special ‘attention’.