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From East Capital City to Imperial City, the journey passes through dense forests, barren wilderness, majestic mountains, and even encounters harassment from various giant demon beasts.

However, along the way, Qin Tian was in good spirits.

On the official road, he encountered some merchant convoys. When these people saw Qin Tian’s fully armed armor, knowing he was a high-ranking official, they respectfully stepped aside without hesitation.

Their progress was not fast, and after two days, they had only covered about a thousand kilometers.

Qin Tian was in no rush. After all, the Imperial City had given him a month. Even if it meant crawling, he would make it there within that time.

On the third day, around noon, a large number of people suddenly appeared on the official road. They were all commoners, carrying clothes and children, densely packed like ants.

”Old third, what’s going on? These people look like they’re displaced. Go ask and see what’s happening ahead,” Qin Tian instructed Xiao Zhuang.

Xiao Zhuang responded, and after a while, returned, saying, ”Boss, a hundred miles ahead, there was an attack on a town by a union of cultivation bandits and a cultivation immortality sect. The people inside the city are fleeing to escape the chaos.”

”Oh?”

Qin Tian was taken aback. ”A union of cultivation bandits and a cultivation immortality sect daring to openly attack a city of the Tianyuan Dynasty? Are they tired of living?”

”Not sure, but it’s said that the City Lord of Yun City was preparing to suppress the bandits. Then these bandits, having paid a high price to ally with a cultivation immortality sect, preemptively attacked Yun City. Currently, Yun City’s main city has been captured. The City Lord, with some troops, is holding out in a small town outside Yun City... The commoners say the City Lord may not hold out for much longer, and they don’t want to be ravaged by bandits, so they’re fleeing.”

Xiao Zhuang explained as Qin Tian listened.

However, the words ”Yun City” rang familiar to Qin Tian.

”Yun City... where have I heard that before... hmm... where could it be...”

Qin Tian couldn’t recall, but he felt the name was deeply familiar.

”Boss, what’s wrong? Let’s hurry up. Don’t worry about the situation in Yun City. Their local official will surely send troops to suppress them soon. Bandits are not like the Dragon Clan army; they’ll be suppressed quickly,” Zhou Yang said.

Qin Tian nodded and continued on his journey.

Along the way, more and more fleeing commoners passed by Qin Tian, each with ash-covered faces and expressions of despair.

As Qin Tian passed them, he couldn’t help but feel a sense of compassion.

”Yun City... hmm... Yun Menghan?”

Qin Tian mumbled softly and then his eyes sharpened. ”Yun Menghan!?”

Qin Tian remembered—the noble lady who had helped him many times on Earth seemed to live in Yun City—Yun Menghan!

Now that Yun City was in such a state, her family, being of the noble class, must have been affected as well, right?

With this thought, Qin Tian immediately said to Zhou Yang, ”Old Zhou, tell everyone to change direction and head for Yun City.”

Zhou Yang and Xiao Zhuang were both stunned. ”Boss, why go to Yun City? It’s already like that over there, and our going won’t help. The Imperial City will naturally send troops.”

Qin Tian said, ”A wealthy noble family of Yun City is still resisting the bandits in a small town outside the city. If we don’t go, they might be in danger.”

Xiao Zhuang said, ”But, Boss, if we go, we’ll definitely suffer heavy casualties against those cultivation bandits. We only have five hundred men. Is it worth it for a Yun City we’ve never even been to?”

Qin Tian pursed his lips. ”I may have never been to Yun City, but there’s someone I owe a favor to inside that city. She has helped me many times. Since we’re passing by, and I have the ability, I must repay this favor.”

Hearing Qin Tian say this, everyone understood and no longer spoke. The group headed directly towards Huang Song Town, eighty miles from Yun City.

At this time, Huang Song Town was on high alert.

To defend against the attack on Yun City, the City Lord had gathered many mercenaries, united with family soldiers, to cobble together an army of eight thousand to confront the fifteen thousand strong allied forces of cultivation bandits and the cultivation immortality sect.

When Qin Tian’s team was thirty miles from Huang Song Town, the scout soldiers of the town spotted them. Soon, a force of a thousand soldiers arrived like a storm, surrounding Qin Tian and his men.

After all, Qin Tian’s group consisted of five hundred men in armor, and the people of Huang Song Town, unclear about their intentions, were incredibly tense.

The one surrounding Qin Tian and his party was a young man in his thirties, who seemed quite charismatic.

He sat on a magnificent mount, shouting from a few hundred meters away, ”Who are you? What are your intentions!?”

”Boss, what should we say?” Xiao Zhuang asked Qin Tian.

Qin Tian dismounted from his carriage and walked directly towards the young, white-robed commander, saying, ”Are you people from the City Lord of Yun City?”

”Yes, who are you? Speak clearly, or sorry, you can’t come any closer!” the man was very vigilant.

”I am Qin Tian, the former City Guard Commander of East Capital City. This time, I’m heading to the Imperial City to take up a post, passing through Yun City and hearing about the attack by bandits, I’ve come to investigate,” Qin Tian said loudly.

”Qin Tian? The City Guard Commander of East Capital City? You’re saying you’re the Qin Tian who defeated the Dragon Clan in East State?” The man seemed to have heard of Qin Tian’s name.

Qin Tian nodded. ”That’s right.”

”Do you have any credentials?”

”I do.”

As he spoke, Qin Tian brought out the Imperial Decree appointing him to the Imperial City, and the decree commending him to Qin Tian, saying, ”This is the Imperial Decree from His Majesty the Ice Emperor. You can verify it.”

The young white-robed man dismounted from his warhorse, expanding his True Qi Barrier all over his body, seemingly still cautious of Qin Tian. He walked over slowly and carefully examined the Imperial Decree Qin Tian presented.

Qin Tian asked, ”Well, what do you think?”

The man returned the decree to Qin Tian, then knelt on one knee, clasping his hands, ”Subordinate City Guard Commander of Yun City, Yun Zhan, pays respect to Commander Qin Tian!”

Qin Tian smiled and said, ”Commander Yun, please rise, no need for formalities.”

Yun Zhan was the top commander of Yun City’s City Guard, a position seemingly similar to Qin Tian’s title. However, compared to East Capital City, Yun City was of a far lesser scale, making Yun Zhan’s rank three levels lower than that of an East Capital City Guard Commander. Moreover, Qin Tian was now ranked as a Second Grade high official.

Yun Zhan’s unit joined Qin Tian and his men on the way to Huang Song Town. Qin Tian anxiously asked Yun Zhan, ”Commander Yun, I want to inquire about someone. I wonder if you’ve heard of them?”