Chapter 380: The Commanding General of East Ocean!
Zhao Haoran and Hao Ren entered the main palace right after Zhao Haoran's remark.
Zhao Guang was sitting in the center of the main palace, listening to the core elders' reports. Zhao Hongyu was beside Zhao Guang, and she looked as tired as him.
They all turned to Zhao Haoran and bowed respectfully when he walked in.
Zhao Haoran waved his hand casually, signaling them to sit down.
"Father!" Zhao Guang and Zhao Hongyu immediately stood up and bow at Zhao Haoran after the elders.
"Um." Zhao Haoran nodded calmly. "I ran into Hao Ren when he came over to check on the dragon palace."
Zhao Guang and Zhao Hongyu looked at Hao Ren and felt warm-hearted.
No matter how the East Ocean Dragon Clan treated Hao Ren, he still worried about them.
"I want to make an announcement." Zhao Haoran turned to more than a dozen core elders.
They all looked at Zhao Haoran with a serious expression.
Every new king should bring his own ministers.
However, the dragon cultivators could live for hundreds of years to thousands of years. These Qian-level and Kun-level core elders all followed Zhao Haoran in conquering the territory hundreds of years ago. Even Zhao Guang couldn't really command them.
However, these elders didn't dare to miss a single word from the old dragon king, Zhao Haoran.
Zhao Guang and Zhao Hongyu looked at Zhao Haoran's broad shoulders nervously.
The old dragon king had just returned to the country, and he immediately took control of the East Ocean Dragon Palace. He started the war between the East Ocean Dragon Palace and West Ocean Dragon Palace right away, and he wanted to make another announcement now...
Hao Ren looked at Zhao Haoran as well; he could almost guess what this announcement was going to be.
The main palace became utterly silent.
"Hao Ren will take over Zhao Kuo's position and become the commanding general of the 100,000 imperial guards and 800,000 marine soldiers," Zhao Haoran said word by word as his eyes shone brightly.
All the elders' eyes opened wide as they gaped.
Zhao Haoran was giving all the military commanding power of the East Ocean Dragon Clan to Hao Ren!
In the past, the one who had such supreme military power was the third son of Zhao Haoran, Zhao Kuo. He was Zhao Haoran's favorite son as well as the strongest cultivator of the East Ocean Dragon Clan.
Elder Lu and Elder Sun looked at each other in shock; they wondered if they had heard it wrong.
Everybody knew the person who controlled the 900,000 soldiers of the East Ocean Dragon Clan, especially the 100,000 imperial guards who were the elite soldiers, could determine the fate of the East Ocean Dragon Clan!
Hao Ren noticed the hints of hate on the core elders' faces when he walked into the main palace with Zhao Haoran.
In their opinion, if it weren't for Zhao Guang, who insisted on protecting Hao Ren, there wouldn't be this fierce war between the East Ocean Dragon Clan and West Ocean Dragon Clan. This was a war that had caused the East Ocean Dragon Clan tremendous damage over one night.
They were able to understand Zhao Haoran's action of pushing the West Ocean Dragon Clan into the war with a fierce attitude since the dignity and honor of the East Ocean Dragon Clan had to be protected. However, these core elders couldn't understand why Zhao Haoran was giving the supreme military power to the 'outsider', Hao Ren.
"Compared with Zhao Kuo, this Hao Ren doesn't have the ability or the strength. How on earth could he lead the army of East Ocean which has nearly 1,000,000 soldiers!?" All sorts of thoughts appeared in the elders' minds.
However, no one dared to question Zhao Haoran.
These core elders could go against Zhao Guang on some significant issues, but they would abide by anything Zhao Haoran said.
"I hereby give him the title as the Commanding General of West Peace!" Zhao Haoran said.
Zhao Haoran's announcement completely disregarded what Zhao Guang thought. Zhao Guang became an administrator instead of the decision maker as soon as Zhao Haoran came back to the East Ocean Dragon Palace!
"Award him the Commanding General Purple Gold Token," Zhao Haoran said loud and clear.
Premier Xie was stunned for a second before rushing out of the main palace.
Hao Ren stood where he was.
He was wondering if he should accept or reject this offer.
Neither option seemed to be appropriate.
So, he decided to keep quiet for now.
Premier Xie ran back into the main palace with his back hunched.
Above his head, he held a dark gold square token with both of his hands.
Zhao Haoran picked the token up and put it on Hao Ren's hand.
This token was left in the East Ocean Dragon Palace by Zhao Kuo before he went on his journey.
By handing the token to Hao Ren in person, Zhao Haoran took the military power of the East Ocean Dragon Palace from Zhao Kuo and gave it to Hao Ren.
It symbolized that he was offering Hao Ren the position of Commanding General!
All the purple-robed elders were so surprised that their eyes almost popped out.
If it were Zhao Guang who handed Hao Ren the military power, these elders would have flipped the table.
However, this was Zhao Haoran's decision, so no one dared to oppose it!
Hao Ren took a deep breath and looked at Zhao Haoran with the heavy token in his hand, confused.
Premier was in charge of the affairs inside the dragon palace. Since Zhao Guang didn't have any concubine and Zhao Yanzi was his only child, Premier Xia barely had any influences.
The purple-robed elders were the highest-leveled elders, but they functioned as cabinet members and provided the dragon king with suggestions and advice and assisted with the external. However, didn't matter how senior they were, one person's power was still limited.
However, the commanding general was in charge of almost 1,000,000 soldiers and the head of all military members!
With the military power, Hao Ren had suddenly become the second person in charge under the dragon king.
He had truly become the second-in-command at East Ocean!
"Announce the order!" Zhao Haoran said coldly.
"As you wish!" Premier Xia walked out of the main palace hastily to gather a few key generals for the announcement.
Usually, Zhao Haoran would need to pick a special day to promote Hao Ren to the commanding general position. Also, all the generals needed to be present for the ceremony.
However, since there had just been a war between the East Ocean Dragon Clan and West Ocean Dragon Clan, all the generals were busy patrolling their designated areas. Therefore, an official ceremony couldn't be planned.
All the purple-robed elders in the main palace were witnesses, and the token symbolized the credential. Soon, the news of Hao Ren becoming the commanding general would be delivered to every single corner of East Ocean's territory.
Since Zhao Haoran made the order, the purple-robed elders in the main palace didn't dare to show any disapproval. However, they weren't convinced.
No matter what, Hao Ren couldn't be compared to Zhao Kuo.
Zhao Kuo went through real battles to build up his name. He battled around the area of Demon Sea and gained the East Ocean Dragon Palace a lot of territories. He made significant contributions in expanding East Ocean, and almost everyone at East Ocean had respect for him.
How on Earth could Hao Ren lead close to 1,000,000 soldiers of East Ocean?
In addition, the purple-robed elders fought against the West Ocean Dragon Clan with Zhao Haoran who was like a god of slaughter last night, and they held against their enemies' fierce attacks and defended the East Ocean Dragon Palace. They fought with the last drop of their blood so that the East Ocean Dragon Palace could win the war, but they still suffered a tremendous amount of damage.
"Where was Hao Ren at the time of the battle?" they thought.
However, no one could say that they were against this decision when looking at Zhao Haoran's bright eyes.
Zhao Guang and Zhao Hongyu glimpsed at each other, confused as well. Elder Xingyue clenched her fists tightly and frowned; she couldn't see through Zhao Haoran's intention.
"Carry on." Zhao Haoran waved again and walked toward the door.
He patted Hao Ren's shoulder as he walked by him.
A strong power entered Hao Ren's shoulder, and he was forced to dash a few steps ahead and sprang out of the main palace.
"Come with me."
Hao Ren heard Zhao Haoran's calm and cold voice by his ear.This is an old military title in China; it means that this general was in charge of keeping the west-side of the kingdom peaceful. In this case, we think that the commanding general of East Ocean is named this because West Ocean is their biggest rival.