At night.
The northwest was not peaceful.
As the Territorial Lord of the Northwest Guardian Residence and the City Lord of Dai Xing City, Fu Zhengqing was so excited that he found it difficult to control himself.
After sending Zhu Huanan and Zhu Yiping to the back garden of the City Governor's Office to rest, Fu Zhengqing had been waiting for the replies of the genius martial artists who had left the northwest.
There were 1,568 people. So far, only 301 people had replied three hours after Dai Xing City's request for help was sent out.
Among the 301 people, only 269 of them clearly stated that they would rush back as soon as possible. As for whether they could make it back before Yang Fan's disciple recruitment ceremony, which was two days later, which was the minimum time that Fu Zhengqing had requested, there was no guarantee that they would be able to make it back.
After all, the time was too short and the distance was too far. It might be possible for many martial artists above the King Stage to constantly teleport. However, it was very dangerous for martial artists below the King Stage to leave the city at this time without the protection of experts.
"Sir Spirit Emperor's clone has just appeared and killed the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor's clone in one fell swoop. The Human Territory should be relatively safe for the next two days."
Qu Hongde could see the depression in Fu Zhengqing's heart and softly advised him.
"If these people are willing to come back and be careful on the way back, there should be no problems. You don't have to worry too much."
"As for those who don't want to come back, everyone has their own aspirations and can't be forced. Let them be."
Qu Hongde was very open-minded. A forcibly picked melon was not sweet. If these people were not willing to come back and were not even willing to reply to a message, why should they warm up to others who were cold to them?
After living for so long, Qu Hongde had seen too much of the fickleness of human nature and had long been accustomed to it.
"Elder Qu, you misunderstand. I'm not blaming them for not wanting to come back. I just feel sorry for them."
Fu Zhengqing said in a deep voice, "They are all from the northwest. Even if they don't want to come back, I hope that they can live better outside."
"This time, although our Northwest region seems to be in grave danger on the surface, with the possibility of a great demon attacking at any time and a great war breaking out again," said Li Mu.
"But in reality, because of Junior Brother Yang Fan's appearance, the crisis has already transformed into an enormous opportunity. I think it's really a pity that these fellow villagers had the opportunity to catch up to this great opportunity, but they missed it for no reason."
Back then, these people had left the northwest in search of a better path and opportunity. They wanted to improve their cultivation and have a broader path ahead.
But now, the opportunity was clearly right in front of them. As long as they were willing to turn around and take a look, they would be able to obtain it easily. It was so close that it couldn't get any closer.
But in the end, so many people gave up so easily. Fu Zhengqing really felt that it was a pity.
Qu Hongde raised his brows slightly and looked up at Fu Zhengqing in confusion. "Zhengqing, since you feel that it's such a pity for your fellow countrymen, why did you deliberately test them when you gave the order to gather?"
"If you told them frankly that the purpose of this trip was to become Yang Fan's disciple, how many of these thousand people would be able to resist such a temptation?"
Until now, Qu Hongde still thought that the opportunity Fu Zhengqing was talking about was to become Yang Fan's disciple.
With Yang Fan's current reputation in the entire Federation's 36 regions, it was indeed a great opportunity to become his disciple and not have to worry about breaking through the bottleneck in the future.
Fu Zhengqing didn't explain in detail to Qu Hongde. He shook his head softly and said, "I want to do that too, but my master isn't willing!"
"My master said that Junior Brother Yang Fan is his biological grandson. We can't let some half-hearted fellow who doesn't even care about the safety of his hometown become his disciple. We can't cheat his biological grandson like that."
Fu Zhengqing directly repeated Zhu Huanan's argument. "If we tell them frankly, there will be more people rushing back from outside, but how many of them are reliable?"
"A bunch of people who aren't even willing to lend a helping hand when their hometown is in trouble. What right do they have to become Junior Brother Yang Fan's disciple?"
Qu Hongde instantly fell silent when he heard that.
What Zhu Huanan said was reasonable. Accepting a disciple depended on the person. How many masters would be willing to accept a disciple who had evil intentions, impure intentions, and heartless people under their wing?
Yang Fan's public recruitment of disciples in the northwest was an act of special consideration for their fellow villagers in the northwest. How could they go against their conscience and push some crooked melons and dates with impure thoughts to Yang Fan?
"How about this? Let's wait for a few more hours. The deadline will be before midnight tonight."
After a while, Fu Zhengqing glanced at the list of people who replied and said softly, "Those who didn't reply immediately didn't reply.
"For those who didn't reply at all, I directly gave up. But for those who did reply, regardless of whether they decided to come back or not, I will tell them that Yang Fan is in the northwest to choose a disciple."
To be able to reply immediately after receiving the request for help, regardless of whether they were willing to come back or not, at least they still had some feelings for the Northwest. Since that was the case, Fu Zhengqing didn't mind giving them another chance.
Qu Hongde nodded slightly and agreed with Fu Zhengqing's decision.
However, even so, there weren't many of his fellow countrymen in the northwest who could rush back in time.
At this moment, a spatial fluctuation suddenly appeared diagonally above Dai Xing City. Immediately after, an extremely powerful Emperor-level aura leaked out from the spatial rift. Qu Hongde and Fu Zhengqing sensed it and looked up at the same time.
"Is Lord Fu here? Nanjiang's Tian Buqi is here to visit!"
An extremely loud voice suddenly rang out in the sky above Dai Xing City. Then, Qu Hongde and Fu Zhengqing saw a person flash out from the place where the spatial ripples appeared.
It was none other than Tian Buqi, who had explored the Martial Dao Secret Realm with them last time.
Qu Hongde and Fu Zhengqing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that it was someone they knew. It was fine as long as he wasn't an enemy.
Although Tian Buqi was arrogant and had successfully advanced to the Emperor Realm, he still had some friendship with the Northwest Guardian Mansion.
They just didn't know why this old man had suddenly come to visit.
Fu Zhengqing was about to get up and greet him when he saw that the spatial portal behind Tian Buqi didn't close immediately. Instead, dozens of cultivators of different ages and cultivation levels walked out from the spatial portal and stood behind Tian Buqi.
The corner of Fu Zhengqing's mouth twitched. "What's going on?"
He didn't expect Tian Buqi to bring so many people with him.
Moreover, he couldn't see through at least half of these people's cultivation levels. This meant that their cultivation levels were at least at the peak of the King Stage or even higher.
"Something's not quite right." Qu Hongde could not help but raise his brows. "If they want to acknowledge Yang Fan as their master, there's no need for them to be in such a hurry. After all, Yang Fan will personally make a trip to the South River Guardian Mansion in a few days to set up the Great City Barrier Formation."
If they really wanted to acknowledge Yang Fan as their master, it would not be too late for them to wait until Yang Fan went to the South River Guardian Mansion.
Due to Tian Feiyao's relationship, the South River Guardian Mansion would definitely be ranked at the top of the list. There was no need for the Tian Clan and the others to be in such a hurry.
After all, it was too dangerous to bring so many juniors whose cultivation levels were not even at the King Stage to travel across regions. If they weren't careful, they might fall into the jaws of a great demon that was passing by.
"That's right. There's no need for that at all."
Fu Zhengqing nodded in agreement. However, he could not help but begin to mutter to himself.
If they only wanted to acknowledge Ou Yangming as their master, there was no need for the South River's Tian Clan to travel across regions in such a hurry.
However, if they wanted to bathe in the second Emperor Fall phenomenon and refine the blood-colored spirit rain and the Nomological Great Dao, it was entirely possible.
In any case, if it were Fu Zhengqing, he would give it a shot even if he had to risk his life. As long as he could successfully take advantage of the Emperor Fall opportunity, it would be worth it no matter how big the risk was.
'Could it be that Junior Brother Yang Fan has already leaked the relevant information to the South River's Tian Clan in advance?'
Fu Zhengqing was puzzled.
He did not know how many people knew about this, but he could sense that Tian Buqi had brought people to the northwest this time because of the Emperor Fall phenomenon.
However, no matter what the reason was, Fu Zhengqing could not ignore them now that they were here. Without any hesitation, Fu Zhengqing and Qu Hongde both flew up and appeared in front of Tian Buqi in the next second.
"Elder Tian, you've graced us with your presence. Apologies for not going out to meet you!"
The two of them saluted Tian Buqi at the same time. Then, Fu Zhengqing directly asked Tian Buqi, "May I know the purpose of your visit, Elder Tian?"
When he got closer, Fu Zhengqing realized that the martial arts auras of the martial artists standing behind Tian Buqi were almost the same. They were all from the same lineage as Tian Buqi and Tian Feiyao.
These people were all from the same clan as the South River's Tian Clan!
This further confirmed Fu Zhengqing's earlier guess that these people were not just here to acknowledge Yang Fan as their master.
Tian Buqi laughed and said, "It's not a big deal. I'm just bringing the younger generation of the clan out to see the world, and we ended up in the northwest. Otherwise, why would people say that the South River's Tian Clan has fate with the northwest? "
The corner of Fu Zhengqing's mouth twitched.
'As if I'll believe you!'
'You're lying through your teeth. Even if you're making up a lie, can't you make it sound more believable?'
'Bringing the younger generation to the northwest to see the world? Can you even believe your own words?'
Everyone in the thirty-six regions of the Federation, including the locals of the Northwest Guard Residence, knew that the Northwest Guard Residence was remote and poor. There were no resources or secret realms, and even the scenery was not presentable. Who would want to travel to the northwest to see the world?
Moreover, the current situation was unstable and war was rampant. The Northwest Guard Residence had become more and more treacherous because of Yang Fan's journey to the west. There was no telling when a war would erupt. How many normal people would choose to travel at this time?
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