"Ahh? Why are there so few knights in Youzhou Province?"
"Youzhou Province was just a barren province a few years ago. It has just been established. It's not bad to have so few knights across Youzhou Province …"
"Two female knights from Youzhou Province are both unrivaled beauties. What a feast for our eyes, tsk tsk tsk …"
As there were too few knights from Youzhou Province, they were eye-catching on the drill ground, arousing the attention of many onlookers as they discussed with each other …
Because of fewer people, Bai Suxian, Guo Hongyi and Zhang Tie looked special among the dozens of people. In Taixia Country, female knights were much fewer than male knights. They were treasures among knights. Any female knight would attract attention wherever she was, not to mention Bai Suxian and Guo Hongyi who had their own temperaments. Of course, Bai Suxian and Guo Hongyi were more attractive than Zhang Tie. Of course, Bai Suxian and Guo Hongyi were more attractive.
As for Zhang Tie, he was even more outstanding. At least given his look, nobody else could be younger than him. The youngest black iron knight was at his 20s. However, Zhang Tie looked like a teenager. At this age, even a black iron knight would be the focus wherever he was, not to mention that Bai Suxian was standing on his side like a young wife. With such a gorgeous and mature female knight on his side, Zhang Tie immediately became the focus in the drill ground.
"Who's that teenager beside that female knight? Has he already become a knight at such a young age?"
In a split second, many pairs of eyes fell onto Zhang Tie.
"It's said that Gu Qingyun is a rising star in Gu Clan in Youzhou Province. He's already a knight at such a young age. Is he Gu Qingyun …"
"Impossible. Didn't you see that? The three people in yellow clothes are elders of Gu Clan. I know Elder Gu Qinglong of Gu Clan.
That young man is not with an elder of Gu Clan at all … "
"Needless to say, the youngest knight among the knights from Youzhou Province is Qianji Hermit, the master of Iron-Dragon Sect. The female knight beside Qianji Hermit is the princess of Lord Guangnan's Mansion …"
"Yes, yes, yes, that one is Qianji Hermit. I remember the photo of Qianji Hermit being framed by Heavens Reaching Church and being wanted by the Supreme Court a few years ago. His look is almost unchanged …"
"It's said that Qianji Hermit looks young and likes mature and gorgeous women. It seems that it's true …"
Hearing the discussions, Bai Suxian threw a glance at Zhang Tie with a faint smile. Zhang Tie touched his nose bashfully as he swore inside, 'F * ck, why do you keep all the good deeds I've done in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory? Nobody has said that I like women; however, it has been spread everywhere. Are knights also gossipy?'
When they were discussing, an airboat landed. Another group of knights got off the airboat and walked over here from afar. The moment they came to the drill ground, one of them had burst out into laughter, arousing the attention of all the others in the drill ground.
"Hahaha, I've not imagined that I could meet Qianji Hermit here. After fighting Hermit last time, I've made some new understandings on fist skills. It's really a pleasure to fight demons together with Qianji Hermit on the battlefield in the west border of Taixia Country …" Nangong Sheng strode out of the group of knights as he cupped his hands towards Zhang Tie.
Nangong Sheng's voice was very loud with a passionate and heroic look. When he mentioned that he was defeated by Zhang Tie in a different way, he felt that it was not a shame and failure; instead, he felt that he was displaying his ability to fight Qianji Hermit. After hearing his words, many knights at the drill ground moved their eyes onto Nangong Sheng's face unconsciously.
Zhang Tie was clear about Nangong Sheng's thought. However, as the old saying went, 'don't slap a smiling face'. After suffering a setback in Zhang Tie's hand, Nangong Sheng had changed his attitude towards Zhang Tie greatly. Additionally, Nangong Sheng also presented a great gift to Zhang Tie in the rotating chakra ceremony. Therefore, Zhang Tie would not embarrass Nangong Sheng this time.
Although Nangong Sheng liked to put on airs and was a bit greedy for fame and wealth, he was good at changing the direction of the wind. Although he was not evil, Zhang Tie was tolerant of others.
Under the gaze of the public, Zhang Tie cupped his hands towards Nangong Sheng, saying, "Master Nangong, you're too polite. I'm just fulfilling my duty here in response to Xuanyuan command. By contrast, Master Nangong and the two elders of Immortal Fist Position Sect have come here in response to Xuanyuan command. Master Nangong and the two elders of Immortal Fist Position Sect are both brave and hot-blooded. How admirable!"
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Nangong Sheng's face instantly turned brilliant like being illuminated by a searchlight. Even the two elders of Immortal Fist Position Sect behind him chested out unconsciously. Nangong Sheng looked around with an arrogant look as he said, "Qianji Hermit, I'm flattered. All the knights of Iron-Dragon Sect have come here. Besides Hermit, Mountain Lifting Hermit and Princess Bai are also here. How admirable! Hopefully, I could see Hermit's fist skill on the battlefield in a few days …"
Zhang Tie knew that Nangong Sheng might not know that there were two more elders in Iron-Dragon Sect. However, it was unnecessary for him to explain it to Nangong Sheng at this moment. Therefore, he just nodded with a smile. Closely after that, Nangong Sheng and the two elders of Immortal Fist Position Sect stood on the side of Yanzhou Province.
In this way, Nangong Sheng confirmed Zhang Tie's identity at once in the eyes of the public. Additionally, Zhang Tie and Iron-Dragon Sect's politeness told the public that the masters and elders of Iron-Dragon Sect and Immortal Fist Position Sect had come here in response to Xuanyuan command. It was not an exaggeration for Iron-Dragon Sect and Immortal Fist Position Sect that Zhang Tie said that they were both brave and loyal.
Iron-Dragon Sect and Immortal Fist Position Sect gained a lot of respectful eye lights at once.
Airboats landed one after another while knights disembarked from airboats and entered the teams of knights across the drill ground.
Compared to the constantly expanding teams of knights across the other provinces, the number of knights in Youzhou Province remained unchanged.
Knights of Zhu Clan, the provincial governor of Yanzhou Province and Qian Clan, the provincial governor of Tongzhou Province also arrived one after another. All the clan elders who knew Zhang Tie nodded towards Zhang Tie with a smile or exchanged greetings with him in a friendly way. Such a scene made many people who were secretly observing Zhang Tie renew their evaluation of Qianji Hermit — — Qianji Hermit not only has a great battle strength and a great reputation, but also has a good relationship with others. He's definitely not an arrogant person.
As more and more knights gathered in the drill ground, Zhang Tie sensed the power of Taixia Country as the center of humans for the first time.
Translator: WQL Editor: Aleem There were over 10,000 knights in the 8 provinces of Northeast Military Region. Besides Youzhou Province, all the other provinces had at least 1,000 knights. Qiongzhou Province, Yanzhou Province, Huizhou Province and Chaozhou Province had almost 2,000 knights. Such a battle force was unimaginable in Waii Sub-continent.
Many knights who got off the airboats wore the same color and uniform. At the sight of them, Zhang Tie knew that they came from the same clan.
There were 18 knights from Zhu Clan, the provincial governor of Yanzhou Province and 11 knights from Qian Clan, the provincial governor of Tongzhou Province. The total number of knights from the two clans of provincial governors was medium at most. In the gathering regions of Tongzhou Province and Yanzhou Province, 20-30 knights from each clan could always be recruited here. "Although there are over 1,000 years in Taixia Country, I've not heard that there are more than 100 provincial governors.
"Although there are over 1,000 years old clans in Taixia Country, I've not heard that any clan in Taixia Country could hold the position of provincial governor for over 100 years. Besides when Youzhou Province was newly established, all the provincial governors in other places in Taixia Country would be directly appointed by each military region or Xuanyuan Hill. A clan could hold the position of provincial governor for over 10 years at most; after that, they would either be promoted or resign. It's not strange that all the major clans across Taixia Country had ancestors who could hold the position of provincial governor. In the eyes of many people, it's a threshold for the major clans in Taixia Country to hold the position of provincial governor. As Qian Clan and Zhu Clan have just held the position of provincial governor for a short time, it's normal that their clan's background couldn't be as profound as that of other clans in Taixia Country. Those major clans who could dispatch dozens of clan knights might have someone who could hold the position of provincial governor in Xuanyuan Hill or the top four armies of Taixia Country even though their clan members didn't hold the position of provincial governor. Those major clans who could assign dozens of clan knights might have someone who could hold the position of provincial governor in Xuanyuan Hill or the top four armies of Taixia Country.
When Zhang Tie was wondering about that, Bai Suxian's words made him understand it at once.
Soon after the clan knights of the two provincial governors arrived, an odd-shaped airboat had landed. Closely after that, the hatch door of the airboat was opened while over 200 knights got off the airboat. Over 20 of them were earth knights led by a shadow knight. All of them were in black boa silk robe. They looked calm and solemn. Each of them was wearing a hat like a bamboo hat and carrying a rectangular luggage on their back. The moment they got off the airboat, they had directly entered the gathering region of Mozhou Province. As a result, the number of knights in the gathering region of Mozhou Province increased greatly, arousing the attention of all the others.
"They're knights of Mo Clan of Fraternity Palace in Mozhou Province …"
"The head of Mo Clan …"
On the Drill Ground, someone suddenly cried out in surprise … (To be continued.)
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