The Path of the Sage

Chapter 813: earthquake

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Fang Yun then realized that he was the only one who saw the white light. He could not help but retract his right hand, then quickly entered the Wen Palace to observe the changes in the Wen Palace.

There was no change anywhere in the Wen Palace, except for the white light wrapped around the colorful bracelet.

On that day of the Ten-Nation Competition, Fang Yun read ten thousand books, which was ten times as much as others. As a result, he was sent to the Spring and Autumn World and experienced everything in those two hundred years.

After coming out of the Spring and Autumn World, there was a colorful bracelet on the wrist of the Wen Gong statue. Fang Yun searched through all the books but couldn't figure out what it was.

After entering the Denglong Terrace, he met the mysterious Di Luo. Di Luo stretched out his finger and pointed out a point of white light, which attached to the colorful bracelet.

Now the white light was divided into two, one part was still on the colorful bracelet, and the other part was put into the map of Zhengde County.

Fang Yun vaguely felt that the white light did not enter the map, but directly arrived at Zhengde County.

Fang Yun left the Wen Palace with a frown on his face, knowing that there must be some big secret hidden in it, but his ability was limited and he was unable to comprehend the mystery at all.

But Fang Yun was very clear about one thing, since Di Luo’s power was invested in Zhengde County, then naturally he could only choose Zhengde County.

Fang Yun tried his best to recall Zhengde County and found that there was nothing special about it. It was just that oracle bones had been unearthed there. However, there were at least eighty places in various parts of the human race where oracle bones had been unearthed. Zhengde County was not too special.

Fang Yun pondered for a moment and said, "I am quite knowledgeable about ancient studies. Zhengde County is located at the starting point of the ancient mountain range, and oracle bones have been unearthed there, so I chose Zhengde County."

All the officials looked at each other in bewilderment.

The officials present must have studied the counties of Qing State. Zhengde County was very large, but the problem was that it was nicknamed "Half Mountain County" because 60% of the county's land was occupied by mountains, belonging to a branch of Moyao Mountain. Not to mention the poverty of this county, the key point was that it was often harassed by monsters, and it was definitely not a good place to be enfeoffed.

Many young scholars wanted to persuade him, but they were not in a high position. It would be rude to oppose Fang Yun at this time.

Those older people were more cunning, and although they wanted to persuade him, they all understood that since Fang Yun had chosen that place, he must have his reasons. If their persuasion failed and caused Fang Yun to be disgusted, it would be a waste of time and effort.

Jiang Hechuan's eyes moved, and he said, "Duke Zhenguo, this is the land of six generations. Although you are the richest man in the world and have no shortage of counties, you still have to be very careful in choosing your fiefdom."

Fang Yun smiled and said, "Thank you, Lord Wenxiang, for your persuasion, but I have made up my mind."

Since Fang Yun said so, Jiang Hechuan stopped trying to persuade him, and no one else spoke either.

The left prime minister Liu Shan still looked unmoved, as if he didn't care at all about where Fang Yun chose.

Ji Zhibai and other officials showed a faint smile on their faces, believing that Fang Yun had done something extremely stupid.

At the same time, an earthquake suddenly occurred in Zhengde County, thousands of miles away.

A few hours later, the local clerk recorded the incident.

"In the spring of the 202nd year of the new calendar, on the fourth day of the second month, at 3:30 am, an earthquake occurred in Zhengde County. The ground cracked, destroying more than a hundred houses, injuring more than 30 people, but no one died."

After selecting Zhengde County as his fief, Fang Yun left the palace and returned to Quanyuan.

The next day, Quanyuan was busier than ever before.

Today, Fang Yun will take the Sky-traveling Ship to Ning'an County to take up his post and formally participate in the palace examination.

There were more than ten empty carriages outside Quan Garden, which were filled up in a very short time. These carriages went to the academy one after another and would be sent to the sky-walking ship.

After the carriage left, a large team drove in from outside the city and finally stopped outside the Spring Garden.

Fang Yun walked out of Quan Garden and stood at the door to review his private army.

At the rear of the team were two thousand cavalrymen, wearing the highest quality armor produced by the Jing Kingdom’s craftsmen. They were tightly wrapped from head to toe, leaving only gaps on their faces for people to see outside. These were the Demonic Iron Cavalry that existed in all countries.

The human race mixes special metals produced from ancient lands or the demon world into armor, which has extremely strong protective capabilities. The demon people and demon soldiers cannot hurt it at all, and the demon generals have to attack many times to kill the person in the armor.

The Demon Iron Cavalrymen all ride on dragon horses, which are equipped with a large number of weapons, including spears, sabers, bows and arrows, lassoes, etc. Each Demon Iron Cavalryman is a jack of all trades. The demon people and soldiers are like chickens and dogs in front of them and are vulnerable.

Once blessed with a powerful marching poem or other war poem, one Demon Iron Cavalryman may not be able to defeat one Demon General, but two thousand Demon Iron Cavalryman charging together can defeat two thousand Demon Generals.

It’s just that demon iron is scarce, and demon iron armor is extremely difficult to make. There are not many dragon horses and they are difficult to tame. Otherwise, the human race would have crushed the three barbarians long ago.

The entire Jing Kingdom has spent a hundred years of financial resources and started expanding last year. With funding from the Dragon Clan, it has only built a 50,000-strong demon cavalry, which has always been firmly in the hands of the Jing Kingdom royal family.

Just after Fang Yun captured Xiangzhou, the empress dowager waved her hand and ordered that all of Fang Yun's noble and private soldiers be replaced with 2,000 Demonic Iron Cavalry. Such a generous move made countless scholars jealous.

Even if the great scholar Jiang Hechuan rushed to the battlefield, it was already a rare opportunity to get two hundred Demon Iron Cavalry. As for the Grand Secretary Zuo Xiang, he could get at most two Demon Iron Cavalry to show off.

These Demonic Iron Knights are not just a beautiful exterior but rotten inside. Each of them is the best selected from the various armies of Jing State and even the armies of ancient land. Among them, scholars account for a large proportion, with more than 70% being students. There is a scholar-level leader for every fifteen people, a juren captain for every one hundred and fifty people, and there are five jinshi generals among the two thousand people.

Everyone has at least five years of military experience, and the Demon Iron Cavalry participates in battles every year.

The demon iron cavalry were dressed in black, flashing with cold light, and had an astonishing aura, which frightened everyone on the entire street so much that they dared not say a word, as if they would be hurt by their murderous aura if they said anything wrong.

Fang Yun’s private army for his title is fully staffed with two thousand men, while his private army for his civil title is fully staffed with one thousand men.

In essence, the private soldiers of nobility still belong to Jing ** Fang, they are just borrowed by Fang Yun for use, while the private soldiers of civil rank are exclusive to Fang Yun, and even the Holy Academy has no right to mobilize them.

In front of the Demon Iron Cavalry were hundreds of private soldiers of the civil rank.

At the forefront of Wenwei’s private soldiers stood eight barbarian lords!

Five of the barbarian steeds were donated by aristocratic families, one mare barbarian steed was specifically responsible for protecting Yang Yuhuan, and the other three barbarian steeds were ox barbarian steers, and they were dragon-blood ox barbarian steers!

Dragon-blooded demons, also known as dragon-veined demons, are at worst equivalent to royal demons, and the better ones are even equivalent to holy demons, because they have the blood of dragons flowing in their veins.

The Niuman tribe has the best qualities, they are loyal, honest, hardworking, and extremely powerful, making them the main target of human beings to win over.

After the Eight Barbarian Marquises, there are ten turtle demon generals with pseudo-dragon blood. They are royal demon generals themselves and have the most powerful defensive force among private soldiers.

After that, there were two hundred dragon-blooded barbarians, all of them horse barbarians who could charge and draw bows. Although their strength was not as strong as that of the ox barbarians, their group combat capability was better.

These dragon-blooded barbarians are wearing blood-red full-body armor, which is the standard armor of the East China Sea Dragon Palace. They are better than the demon iron cavalry. Ordinary demon generals and barbarian generals cannot hurt them at all. At least it takes a barbarian marquis to break the powerful Dragon Palace armor.

The black demon cavalry of the human race and the bloody horse of the Dragon Palace stand together, reflecting each other, full of violence and wild beauty. (To be continued...)