South of Xiyun Province, Xijie City region, snow flew everywhere. Near the end of autumn, a sudden snowstorm covered the entire area within a radius of several thousand kilometers in a frosty white color.
Renbo brought a bunch of people to gallop on the snow. They rode on grade 4 Windrider foals, their bodies wrapped in grade 6 fire bear leather. Which was why they didn't feel any bumps as they galloped. Even in the extreme cold, they felt their bodies were warm.
However, after galloping for 5 days and 5 nights, even with his Xuanwu ancestor cultivation, he couldn't take it and felt tired.
The reason why he was suffering such pain was mostly because of his ruler.
Since Zong Shou brought a thousand fully loaded ships back to shore at Rainbow City, he didn't return to Gantian Mountain City. He brought Zong Yuan and the others to gallop down south. In just a day and a half, they arrived at the army at the border of Xijie City.
They directly entered and took control of all the military power in Xiyun Province. The next few days were pretty much a legend.
Just based on the 500 thousand troops at the border along with the 300 thousand subordinate troops gathered from the surroundings. They directly swept across the entire Huanlong Province, completely flattening it. On the 5th day, they led 150 thousand elite cavalry to head into Tianfang Province and Xiping Province where Taoyun City's power was deeply rooted. Five battles, five victories, crushing Taoyun City and its vassal cities. Close to three million troops were all in a mess and broken into pieces. They also swept these 2 provinces, close to 250 city countries, either forcing them to surrender or wiping them out. Wherever their troops pointed, no one could stop them, they were invincible.
With their crazy attacks, they only used a mere 19 days to completely flatten the three provinces of Taoyun City!
Renbo was originally prepared to head over to report the recent administrative matters as well as the statistics of the cloud ocean hunt as well as the split of the various races in the city.
Their initial destination was a large city in Xiping Province called Haiyou. When they set off, they received news that Zong Shou was leading troops to attack the last stronghold of Taoyun City in Xiping Province.
In the end, after two days and two nights, they discovered that the place had already been conquered a day earlier. Which meant that Zong Shou only used the 40 thousand cavalry beside him, along with the 400 thousand vassal city troops that he forcefully recruited along the way, or rather he forced them to join him, to take down this famous city in the Cloud Continent. Moreover, it had only taken him two days to do so. He really didn't know how his ruler did it.
When Renbo asked around for the whereabouts of Zong Shou, he found out that Zong Shou had left in a hurry before Hai You City fell. After leaving behind Chai Yuan and Ling Fakong to take charge, he turned and headed north in the direction of Xiyun Province.
As a result, he took a big detour and ran for more than ten thousand miles in vain.
However, in his heart, he didn't feel angry. Instead, he felt a little happy. Stepping on the land of another country and looking at the scattered soldiers of the various cities, he could only sigh in his heart.
The ruler used a full year and a half to take down the 2 provinces of Tianfang and Xiping. After the ruler took over, he used just a few months to merge them into Gantian Mountain territory.
The ruler had a successor, he felt really happy.
After galloping for a moment, Renbo's eyelids jumped. He saw that not far away, there were tens of people standing in the snow. They were all standing upright in the cold wind, like steel sculptures, not moving at all.
Without needing to get close, Renbo felt that the person at the front was really familiar. However, that aura was different from what he remembered. His body was straight like a spear, showing off his strength, filled with killing intent.
"Hu Zhongyuan?"
Renbo was startled. In the past, he lived like a prince and was so casual. He looked mature, but when did this fellow who looked like a piece of gold on the outside become like this?
Riding the horse forwards and standing still in front of Hu Zhongyuan, Renbo noticed that this fellow was really different. Valiant and tiger energy, no less than his father! Although there was an obvious look of exhaustion on his face, his back was still ramrod straight, and his tiger-like eyes were filled with sharpness.
"Looking at your situation, are you about to break through?"
Hu Zhongyuan chuckled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth. "My old man always says that I'm useless, but I, Hu Zhongyuan, broke through to the Black Tortoise Ancestor Realm seven years earlier than him! I just need 7 days to break through! If I follow the ruler and progress is slow, wouldn't I lose face for him? "
As he said that, Hu Zhongyuan thought about the important matter, "The army leader is commanding the army and can't free himself, so he ordered me to fetch prime minister …"
Renbo nodded slightly, galloping side by side with Hu Zhongyuan. They could hear the cheers of the army in the distance, they couldn't help but be curious, "How is the situation there?"
"We just finished gathering this morning. Now that the prime minister is here, we can watch a good show!"
Hu Zhongyuan was excited when he heard that, his brows raised as he explained, "2 days ago, after the ruler returned, he led the army to wipe out 10 rebel cities. This Xijie City is the last one. The ruler waited for 2 days and gathered 200 thousand people here. He also invited all the city lords of the surrounding countries. Along with the subordinate troops, there are 600 thousand … "
As he said that, he was afraid that Renbo would misunderstand and added, "Just Xijie, my Gantian Mountain can take it down with 30-50 thousand people. However, the ruler said that he wants to use Xijie City to show his strength. What is it called, to kill the chicken to warn the monkey, to let those people who have second thoughts see the strength of our Gantian Mountain, which is why we delayed until today! "
In this era, there was no such thing as killing the chicken to warn the monkey, which was why although Hu Zhongyuan was barely literate, he didn't understand this term.
Renbo smiled, knowing what Zong Shou meant.
He knew that at the start, Zong Shou didn't care about all the rebel cities behind. Taking the chance that Yue Guanyun died and the people of Taoyun City weren't calm, he led dozens of infantry and cavalry to attack Huanlong Province.
However, as they progressed too quickly, the infantry couldn't keep up. In the end, when they entered the other 2 provinces, there were only 150 thousand cavalry left. Following which, they split up to take down the cities. In the end, the eight hundred thousand soldiers were scattered all over the three provinces.
When Zong Shou returned, there were only 50 cavalry following him. The troops that took down the 10 rebel cities should be the hundreds of thousands of elites that followed the fleet to hunt under the cloud ocean. They pretty much rushed over without stopping, but in the end, they were only able to join in to clean up and vent their anger on those rebel cities.
For Zong Shou to be able to gather 200 thousand Gantian Mountain soldiers in 2 days was already not easy.
Just as he was thinking, the outline of a city appeared in his field of vision. Along with the galloping of the Windrider Foal under him, it became clearer and clearer.
It was a city that was 300 feet tall, 7 miles long, and 6 miles wide. The surroundings were covered in snow, only this place had a scorching aura.
Who knows how many spirit masters did it such that there wasn't a single piece of snow falling in this tens of miles of land.
Based on what Hu Zhongyuan said, there were a full 600 thousand infantry and cavalry surrounding this city known as Xijie City.
Looking out, it was indeed a killing intent that charged into the heavens. Rows of armored soldiers lined up neatly on the plains surrounding the city. There were also many cavalry troops mixed within. Most of them were placed on the nearby hills. They seemed to have felt the aura of the formation descending. Those war horses all stepped on the ground uneasily, giving out neigh after neigh.
Under the leadership of Hu Zhongyuan, Renbo passed through the barracks and arrived at the center of the army.
He could feel that these Gantian Mountain soldiers were different from before. Since Zong Weiran died, their fighting spirit and sharpness that had slowly dissipated had totally returned. It was still that tiger-like, domineering, undefeatable iron army!
This discovery surprised him even more than Zong Shou taking down 3 provinces.
However, when he reached the front of the central army formation, Ren Bo was furious. He saw a luxurious carriage pulled by 18 pure white Windrider Foals stopping on a hill.
The decorations of the carriage were extremely luxurious. They were all made from top quality purple dragon gold, and there were jewels all around. The white veil hanging on all sides was also really exquisite. It was made from 300-year silk. Not only could it keep one warm, but it could also block arrows.
At this moment, Zong Shou was lying within. Beside him was Ruoshui and Chu Xue, who were like flowers and jade, sitting docilely beside Zong Shou. Incidentally, there was also a piece of beast skin on the soft couch.
Renbo's eyes were sharp, and he could see that this skin was taken from the body of a grade 7 beast on the cloud ships.
At this moment, even he was a little jealous of this Zong Shou. Nice carriage and beauties, it really made one jealous.
He originally wanted to scold him, but when he reached the side of the carriage, Renbo gave out a bitter laugh, "Ruler, is this your way of promoting luxury to stimulate spending?"
Zong Shou was originally staring at Xijie City. When he heard that, he smiled and signaled for Renbo to get on the carriage, "This is called marketing. Didn't I open a blacksmith shop a while ago? I recruited tens of spirit blacksmiths, but in the end, they didn't craft any good weapons. Instead, they crafted such a carriage for me. Today, I can show off in front of them. In the future, it will be easy to sell such a carriage. Those fellows are probably worried about having nowhere to spend their money … "
Renbo was startled, thinking to himself that this was the reason? That was a little interesting. However, in his heart, he still couldn't accept it. He knew that Zong Shou wouldn't listen to his advice. He was too lazy to speak as he boarded the luxurious carriage.
The moment he stepped in, he felt that the carriage was a little different. Not only was it as warm as spring, but it could also calm the heart. His mind became calm and gentle in an instant.
His brows furrowed as he looked closely at Zong Shou, "Is this carriage specially designed for spirit masters?"
Zong Shou smiled and didn't reply. The spiritual formation within the carriage was indeed a classic design from three thousand years later. It was enough for his new blacksmith shop to last for a period of time.
He temporarily handed this shop over to Ruoshui and Lian Fan to manage. It didn't matter whether or not they earned money. As long as they could develop enough spirit blacksmiths, they wouldn't lose money.
Renbo was only slightly surprised before he didn't care. He turned around and looked at the row of people not far away from the carriage. They were the people that Zong Shou had gathered here, the rulers of the various cities and countries! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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