C16

On the second day after Emperor of Great Sheng gave the order to eliminate the Savage Tribe, Grand Commandant's army marched straight through half of the Great Sheng Dynasty and headed west. There were only five hundred soldiers accompanying them, and these five hundred soldiers were directly under Wei Lian's command. The imperial government had already given the order. The Black Flag Army had already gathered five thousand soldiers at the border, and from the Ice Plains Mountain Range guarded by the Yan Prince, they had transferred another five thousand men from the Huang Ji Army to meet the Black Flag Army. Other than the alliance army personally led by Wei Lian, ten thousand soldiers were rushing towards the Changling. Ming Prince Wu Ming only had two followers, an old man who looked blind, Old Sun, and a young bookkeeper who still had a sense of childishness to him.

Wei Lian was the highest ranking officer in charge of the military at the center of the Great Sheng Dynasty. Not only was Grand Commandant Wei a high official who personally taught him the silver ribbon, he was also an unfathomable cultivator.

This was the first time that the Ming Prince Wu Ming had entered the battlefield. Since young, he had always been under the excellent protection of the Illustrious Holy Palace, and even after he had grown up and left the palace, some bloody things were left to fake his subordinates. Sun Xuanqing told himself that his current cultivation was at the spirit soldier level. Although he was very clear on the cultivation level, he did not feel too much of the difference between each rank. Wei Lian did not ride a charming carriage but instead rode a horse. This old man who had a head full of white hair seemed to be in high spirits as he rode westward. Ming Prince Wu Ming followed behind Wei Lian. He had always wanted to take action and test the old man, but of course, this was only to think that wouldn't dare to do it. This time, he was accompanying them in the capacity of a military overseer. If he were to do something ridiculous, it would make the people in the army feel that he was being too careless and careless.

More than ten days later, Ming Prince Wu Ming felt that his legs were not his anymore. His legs were swollen from riding on the horse for a long time, but Wei Grand Commandant who had a head full of crane hair did not feel any fatigue. Ming Prince Wu Ming looked at the alliance troops walking on foot. These people were all around the age of 25 to 30, their skin was very dark. Their expressions were few and far between, but their eyes were resolute and their hands did not move much. It was obvious that they were well-trained troops. He was a Soul Scholar, but he had been tired after marching for more than ten days. The five hundred soldiers didn't seem tired either. The soldiers weren't affected at all. Could it be that these soldiers were cultivators? In addition, they should all be cultivators whose cultivation base far exceeded his.

Old Sun, are these soldiers from the allied army also cultivators? Ming Prince Wu Ming voiced the doubt in his heart.

Old Sun slightly narrowed his yellowish old eyes. Yes, Your Highness. Almost all of them possessed great Soul Master. The Great Soul Master is abbreviated to the high-level Soul Master.

I am also a member of the Soul Master, so why do I feel so tired after walking for more than ten days?

Prince, don't underestimate this stage from the Soul Master to the Great Soul Master. This seemingly small gap is actually an insurmountable chasm. The harder it was to cultivate to a higher level, the more difficult it was to cultivate. This was also the reason why many people could never progress even a single step in their Soul Master cultivation. There were already very few Soul Master in the world, and wanting to cultivate to the level of National Scholar and profound practitioner was even more difficult than ascending to the heavens. Ming Prince Wu Ming looked at Old Sun who had a slightly hunched appearance. He knew that Old Sun's cultivation was at the National Scholar level, and he still could not understand what kind of cultivation level Old Sun had reached. Perhaps, it was just as Old Sun had said, when he reached that stage, he would know the difference between Soul Master.

How to quickly increase his own cultivation?

Cultivation required understanding and diligence that could only be approached in an orderly fashion. The Prince was someone who did great things, so he should be able to grasp the power of a myriad of enemies. Old Sun bowed his head humbly. No matter how strong a person was, there was a limit to how many Soul Power he could use. Even if a Saint Master Soul Power was exhausted, they could be surrounded and killed by tens of thousands of people. The enemy that Sun Xuanqing talked about was the strategy to rule the country, the military strategy.

What cultivation is Grand Commandant Wei?

Wei Taiwei should be an Elementary Mysterious Scholar.

Beginner stage Mysterious Scholar? What sort of existence was that? Ming Prince Wu Ming asked: If he wants to kill me? Was it as easy as squishing an ant?

Subordinate will use all my strength to protect Your Highness. Even if this old man is not a match for Grand Commandant, it's not a problem to delay him for a bit.

Ming Prince Wu Ming nodded his head and said, "Sir, you need to save my life, I will be careful."

Very quickly, Ming Prince Wu Ming had witnessed the terror of this army. After walking westwards for over twenty days, a group of reckless bandits tried to snatch material at the border of Changling. Unexpectedly, they bumped into an iron plate. When the more than six hundred Mountain Bandits rushed down the mountain, brandishing all sorts of weapons, Ming Prince Wu Ming already knew their ending. These bandits wore all sorts of strange armor. Some of them even had a piece of breastplate or a pair of bracers. These strange armor should have been dug out from the corpses of passing martial artists or soldiers. While riding on his horse, Wei Grand Commandant did not even spare a glance for the bandits. The allied army had only dispatched a mere twenty people against bandits of this level. This was the first time Ming Prince Wu Ming saw the difference between cultivators and ordinary people. This group of bandits relied on their manpower to intercept nearby, but most of the people in the group were civilians who had met with difficulties. They did not have any cultivation base, and some people did not even know how to wield a blade. A small team stood right in front of the group of bandits. They lined up in a row and placed their right hands on their sabers. The weapons of the allied army were a type of weapon called the joint blade. The joint blade's appearance looked no different from an ordinary blade, but this kind of blade's thickness was twice that of an ordinary blade. Ordinary people could pick up this kind of saber and it would seem cumbersome to wield it, but the entire allied army was made up of cultivators. The first requirement to enter the allied army was to be able to wield this sort of cumbersome blade very quickly. This kind of saber also had another benefit. Ordinary blades would often lack a blade's edge after being used on the battlefield for a period of time. However, a combined blade with a thickness of two times that of an ordinary blade would not have this problem. The combined blade wielded by the allied army was like a scythe wielded by the god of death, slashing the bandits in the front. Soon, this small hill turned into a battlefield, and the screams of the bandits rose up in all four directions; this was a one-sided massacre. Every time the allied army brandished their sabers, they would kill twice their number of bandits. Their smooth movements were like a melon cutting vegetables. Ming Prince Wu Ming looked at the massacre that was happening not far away and for the first time, he deeply felt the difference between a cultivator and an ordinary person. The Emperor of Great Sheng was a powerful cultivator, Deng Hanyan was a powerful cultivator, yet she himself was only an ordinary Soul Master. The eyes of the Ming Prince Wu Ming was ignited with blazing flames, yes, this was the difference between cultivators and ordinary people.