Legend of Swordsman

The nearby official road had people passing by.

A group of them had killed quite a few of their brothers.

Moreover, their actions were ruthless, showing no mercy.

When Hei Niu heard this, he immediately glared and swung his axe angrily, saying, ”Lead the way. I will personally meet these people. How dare they come to Qingshui Mountain and act wild; they must be tired of living!”

”Wait a moment!”

Jian Wushuang grabbed Hei Niu, turned to the scout who reported, and asked, ”From which direction did they come?”

Those who dared to kill people from Qingshui Mountain so recklessly could not be from Binhai County.

Everyone in Binhai County knew that Qingshui Mountain was the territory of the Binhai Guards.

Even the nobility of Yongcheng didn’t dare to offend them.

They feared a direct attack on their city.

Who would dare to kill them?

So the attackers must be outsiders.

This place was not close to the waterways; the outsiders must have come by water. Most people who traveled by land came from Yongcheng.

It was impossible for the people from Yongcheng to make a move against those from Qingshui Mountain.

So there was only one possibility:

the group that had been chasing him earlier at Candle Dragon Mountain.

When he heard they came from the direction of Candle Dragon Mountain, he was even more certain.

”I’ll go with you!”

Hei Niu waved his hand and said, ”No need. This is a small matter; I can handle it myself!”

”You won’t be able to deal with them!” Jian Wushuang shook his head.

Immediately, the two of them set off together, taking five hundred axemen and 200 cavalry to give chase.

To be on the safe side, he also sent word to notify some nearby allies.

These were the mountain lords they had pacified earlier.

All of them went out in full force.

A thousand men went to encircle that group.

Unfortunately, by the time they reached the official road, the group had long disappeared.

After asking around, they found out that one of the white-clothed experts had slaughtered an entire mountain of people and then traveled by water to Yongcheng.

There was no need to ask to know that this white-clothed person was the woman he had rescued, the one with the Wanliu Divine Tree behind her.

This person was not ordinary; she had a unique way of using qi.

He had personally seen her use her palm to attract a stone from the ground into her hand.

Actually, this had nothing to do with cultivation, because in Jian Wushuang’s view, unless one became a Dao Ancestor, they weren’t considered a cultivator.

He didn’t understand the cultivation rules of this world yet, so he thought this way.

If what he said was true, that one must become a Dao Ancestor to be considered a cultivator, then perhaps there were no cultivators in this world yet.

After the failed attempt to encircle the mysterious group, Jian Wushuang returned to Qingshan Town.

He didn’t tell Xiang Yang about what had happened because Xiang Yang didn’t know about the Wanliu Divine Tree, so telling him would be useless.

He stayed indoors by himself.

Anyway, now there were people to handle both major and minor matters.

He wasn’t worried about being marginalized.

After all, Xiang Yang was keeping an eye on things.

Time flew by, and it was already the New Year.

On the first day of the new year, many people came to visit.

Jian Wushuang greeted each one of them.

By evening, when only he and Xiang Yang were left, they talked about the recent events.

In a blink, they had been in this world for more than half a year.

Now, the Binhai Guards had developed rapidly, already numbering 50,000 men.

Their combat power wasn’t exceptionally high, but this number alone was enough to intimidate people.

As for the current nobility of Yongcheng, most of them had already fled.

They feared they wouldn’t be able to escape if there was an attack on Yongcheng.

As for the stationed officials and soldiers, they had almost all become their people. Whenever there was an order from the court, it was delivered to Qingshan Town immediately. This also saved Jian Wushuang and his group the trouble of sending people to attack; they directly let Wu Xing lead his men to take over Yong City.

After the New Year, everyone discussed moving into Yong City together, effectively taking control of the entire Binhai County.

However, these matters weren’t very important to Jian Wushuang and Xiang Yang.

”Shouldn’t we take the next step?” Xiang Yang said calmly while sipping tea. ”I know your plan. We use our current leverage to cooperate with the Little Liang King and learn his cultivation methods!”

Jian Wushuang was initially a bit surprised, then teased, ”You seem to be living quite comfortably these days. I thought you’d forgotten about this matter. Why not just live in this world? Why go out? With your aptitude, becoming a Universe God is a long shot. Even if you become one, you’d only be a three-star at most, which isn’t a super strong figure on the Realm God Continent. In this world, things are different. You might even become an

emperor!”

”Give me a break. The life of a mortal starts with passion but turns into torment over time!”

Xiang Yang shook his head helplessly.

Indeed, the life of a mortal is like this-starting full of passion but eventually becoming

mundane, facing death directly.

You bring nothing at birth, and take nothing at death.

Everything is an illusion.

They understood this when they became Celestial Beings.

How could they fall into the trap of mortal life?

The two chatted for a long time.

Both had a burning determination in their hearts.

A few days later, everyone moved to Yong City with their families.

They stayed there for almost half a year.

As summer arrived, the situation in Wolf Mountain County became increasingly tense.

Meanwhile, they focused on their own development, ignoring worldly affairs.

Their forces had grown to a hundred thousand troops, well-rested and eager for action.

The Jiang Kingdom’s court could no longer ignore their presence and started probing Wang

Lun’s intentions.

An imperial edict of amnesty!

Besides the Jiang Kingdom’s amnesty, there was also a letter from the Little Liang King of the

Yue Kingdom.

This wasn’t an amnesty; it was a demand for surrender.

And it had a commanding tone.

In the main hall of Yong City, Jian Wushuang’s group sat in two rows.

It resembled a royal court.

At this moment, they were in a heated argument.

According to Jian Wushuang’s initial strategy, they were to surrender to the Little Liang King.

But now, with their military strength, their ambitions couldn’t be suppressed.

Led by Wu Xing, the radical faction believed they could conquer the world and didn’t need to

rely on anyone.

Tie Mian Liang Chen advocated surrendering to the Little Liang King.

Currently, they could only maintain a force of one hundred thousand. Any more, and they

couldn’t afford it.

They didn’t have the strength.

Conquering the world required resources.

Once Jiang Kingdom fell, they wouldn’t be able to withstand the Yue Kingdom’s army.

Wang Lun believed they should rely on Jiang Kingdom to resist the Yue Kingdom, thus becoming a minister of the dragon.

His ambition was the smallest, yet the most prudent.

Relying on the Yue Kingdom would be fruitless.

But relying on the Jiang Kingdom was different; the Jiang Kingdom needed their forces now.

Seeing the argument going nowhere, the silent Xiang Yang spoke to Jian Wushuang.

”Brother Wushuang, I think you should make the decision!”

Everyone fell silent and turned to look at Jian Wushuang.

The Binhai Guards’ current scale was largely due to Jian Wushuang’s early planning and bold

actions.

The initial strategy was also set by Jian Wushuang.

So naturally, they wanted to hear Jian Wushuang’s opinion.

Xiang Yang’s suggestion was also to let Jian Wushuang decide.