"Greetings to Young Lord!"
Following Mu Liancheng's command, the 500 fully-armored cavalrymen knelt down in unison!
Yang Dingtian looked at this group of people with fiery eyes. This was an army that Mu Liancheng had spent tens of years to build.
Neat armors and neat weapons.
Perhaps, their cultivation levels weren't high.
In fact, their salutes weren't even very neat.
However, they were his men and belonged to his army.
Yang Dingtian could see that even though they had traveled a thousand miles, their morale was still very high.
This was because most of them were wandering warriors or bandits from the southwest continent. For example, Niu Dali, who was pursuing Mu Lianyi, had recruited all the youths in the mountain stronghold.
This group of people all had lowly statuses and were looked down upon by the world.
Mu Lianyi used Yang Dingtian's identity to recruit them and gave them a glorious background.
Yang Dingtian's identity was a pressure even for a prodigy like Qin Huaiyu.
Although Cloud Heaven City was now under the control of Yang Yan and Ximen Ju, Yang Dingtian still had a righteous heart.
However, Yang Dingtian had always been righteous. He was Ximen Wuya's designated successor.
The successor of Cloud Heaven City's Lord and the direct disciple of Dongfang Minmie.
No matter which identity it was, to this group of low-level warriors, he was a legendary existence.
To be able to become Yang Dingtian's army was an absolute honor to them.
Yang Dingtian looked at the 500 warriors kneeling on the ground and couldn't help but feel his blood boiling. He rode on his horse and shouted, "If you all follow me, your future path will be very difficult and dangerous.
I can't promise you anything. What glory, wealth, or power? I can't promise you anything.
I can only say one thing. As long as you are my brothers, I will never abandon you! "
"Die for Young Lord!"
500 warriors shouted with all their might!
They looked at Yang Dingtian with eyes filled with fanaticism and worship!
Ever since Mu Liancheng recruited these 500 warriors, other than training them, he only had one thing to do in his free time.
That was to constantly instill Yang Dingtian's invincibility, and to constantly instill in them the kind of genius and glory that Yang Dingtian was.
Yang Dingtian was not only the successor of Cloud Sky City, but he was also the successor of Yin-Yang school appointed by the world's number one expert, Dongfang Minmie.
If he followed Yang Dingtian today, he would become the most glorious supreme warrior in the world tomorrow. He might even become a direct descendant of the Yin-Yang school. Wherever he went, he would be dazzling and envied by others.
All the warriors present were familiar with Yang Dingtian's deeds.
It took him less than a month to advance from an Enlightener to a Mystic Warrior.
When he was still a Mystic Martial Warrior, he defeated the Qin Clan's Young Master, Qin Shaobai, who was one rank higher than him.
When he was still a Mystic Martial Warrior, he had defeated the Raging Flames Castle's Young Lord, Tuoba Ye, who was two ranks higher than him and even possessed a mystic skill.
In fact, Mu Liancheng had even fabricated many glorious achievements that Yang Dingtian didn't have.
The most exciting thing was that a year ago, Yang Dingtian was only a Mystic Martial Warrior, but now, he was going up north to fight for the Cloud Sky City Lord's position.
And his opponent was a Martial Supreme expert.
In short, in the hearts of all the warriors, Yang Dingtian was omnipotent and could create impossible miracles!
They didn't emphasize Yang Dingtian's cultivation, but they always emphasized Yang Dingtian's invincible legend!
…
"Yang Dingtian pays his respects to Martial Uncle Li!" Yang Dingtian and Yanyan bowed deeply!
Gratitude wasn't something that could be expressed with words. Yang Dingtian didn't express his gratitude towards Li Guinong's kindness.
"Nephew's cultivation has improved by leaps and bounds. It is truly delightful and fascinating!" Li Guinong helped Yang Dingtian up with a smile.
Mu Liancheng went forward and continued to kneel as he greeted, "Old Slave Mu Liancheng pays his respects to Young Lord and Young Mistress!"
Yang Dingtian and Yanyan were helpless and could only allow Mu Liancheng to help him up after he finished kneeling.
Then, the husband and wife both knelt down and greeted, "Yang Dingtian, Ximen and Yanyan pay their respects to Uncle Mu!"
After a short chat, Mu Liancheng said, "Young Lord, should we take a break or continue heading north?"
Yang Dingtian looked at Li Guinong.
"Everything will be up to Young Lord Yang!" Li Guinong said.
"Continue heading north!" Yang Dingtian said.
"Yes!" Mu Liancheng shouted, "All warriors, continue heading north!"
Then, the group of over 500 people rode two horses each and continued heading north!
…
Just like this, the group didn't stop and continued heading north.
Two days later, they had traveled over a thousand miles.
Right now, they were only 300 miles away from the Southwest Continent's northern coast.
There were already three large ships waiting there. As long as the group arrived, they would use their fastest speed to head north and reach the Northwest Continent in less than three days. There, Ximen Lie's Black Blood Cavalry would receive them. After another 2000 miles, they would reach Cloud Heaven City.
For the past few days, the 500 cavalrymen had frantically traveled over three to four thousand miles and were already exhausted.
Even though they had avoided the Sky Phoenix Pavilion and Raging Flames Castle's sphere of influence, they were still cautious.
If a large force were to launch a sneak attack, it would be a disaster for this young and inexperienced army.
…
"Young Lord, we will try our best to avoid large cities and towns along the way.
However, there is no way we can avoid the city in front. "
Mu Liancheng said, "Unless we are willing to take a detour of a thousand miles and take those crisscrossed mountain paths, we will have to pass by Luofeng City."
Yang Dingtian nodded.
Luofeng City was considered a large city in the Southwest Continent's Savage Land and had a population of around 200,000 to 300,000.
It was the gathering place for the surrounding 2000 miles and was also the only small plain in this region.
Therefore, unless they took a detour of a thousand miles, they wouldn't be able to go around this city.
This city didn't belong to any major force and was considered a commercial and trading city.
It had accumulated quite a bit of wealth, but its martial dao force was relatively weak.
It was considered a neutral city.
The merchant groups here were willing to serve any force.
Therefore, until now, there wasn't a major force that had a hand in this city.
After all, in this world, money wasn't important. Martial dao resources were everything.
"Uncle Mu, who is in charge of Luofeng City?" Yang Dingtian asked.
"The full power of this city is in the hands of the merchant association. There are a few influential merchants who take turns to be the City Lord of Luofeng City." Mu Liancheng said.
"Then do they allow a large scale army to pass through?" Yang Dingtian asked.
"As long as they pay." Mu Liancheng said, "When they pass through the city, they have to put down all their weapons.
A few days ago, I had already sent an envoy to greet them and gave them a large amount of bribes. They have allowed us to pass through. Of course, we are using the name of a mercenary group. "
Yang Dingtian nodded.
…
When they were 30 miles away from Luofeng City, Yang Dingtian gave the order to stop and let the 500 over cavalrymen set up camp.
He then changed his appearance and brought Mu Liancheng to Luofeng City!
When they arrived at Luofeng City, Yang Dingtian felt something was wrong.
The city gates were closed and there were many warriors patrolling on the city walls. They were fully armed and looked as though they were facing a great enemy.
Furthermore, Yang Dingtian noticed that the city walls were stained with blood.
Yang Dingtian went forward and cupped his hands, "Fierce Horse Mercenary Group requests to enter Luofeng City!"
At the same time, Mu Liancheng lifted up a chest which was filled with gold coins. There were at least a few thousand of them, and it was more than enough to pay for the passage.
"Go away. From today onwards, there is no Luofeng City. There is only South Continent City." On the city gates, there were already warriors shouting, "No armed force is allowed to enter!"
When Yang Dingtian saw the person on the city gates, he was instantly astonished.
It was actually someone he knew.
Furthermore, he was once Yang Dingtian's subordinate. Back when Yang Dingtian was impersonating as Shen Lang, he was the commander of Qin Mengli's guards.
Right now, the person on the city walls was a subordinate of Yang Dingtian's cavalry leader.
Could it be that the Northwest Qin City had already encroached on Luofeng City?
Could Qin Mengli be in the city right now?