Lin Che slowly landed in front of the Divine Palace from mid-air.
Just as he was about to step into the Kaimen Palace, a figure came towards him unexpectedly. It was Old Man Guichen.
"Heir of the Death Gate, what are you doing here?" Old man Gui Chen put on a kind smile, as if they met by coincidence and were just greeting each other casually.
"Haha. I'll go in and take a look. It just so happens that Pei Jijiu has already agreed."
Lin Che also had a broad smile on her face and bowed to Elder Gui Chen. "Senior Gui Chen, are you here to see Pei Jijiu? He's feasting in the restaurant."
Elder Guichen looked at Lin Che deeply and advised, "Your main task now is to practice the Death Gate technique, not to search everywhere. This door opening is not suitable for you, you should go back."
Lin Che's pupils shrank. From what Old Man Guichen said, it was clear that he was not allowed to enter.
This was something Lin Che couldn't imagine. Could it be that this old man Gui Chen had discovered something?
"Of course I will practice the Death Sect's techniques. But I also want to visit other sects. Is there some rule that forbids visiting? Then I'll ask Pei Jijiu to return my wine. He agreed, but it turns out his agreement was ineffective."
Lin Che said this, but his body did not show any intention to turn around and ask Pei Jijiu. Instead, he looked at Elder Guichen with a smile.
Old Man Guichen did not move aside, but stared at him straight, also motionless.
The two sides remained like this for three full minutes.
Elder Guichen suddenly smiled as if nothing had happened and said, "Descendant of the Death Gate, then you can take your time to explore. Just remember to close the door when you leave."
After saying this, old man Guichen shook his hunched body and walked away step by step.
Lin Che glanced back at the figure of the old man Guichen. What was this old man doing in the palace? Was there no pressure to prevent him from entering the palace?
"There's definitely something wrong with this old man Guichen. He's hiding something."
"But I can't care about that. What I want is the technique. I'll practice first."
Lin Che muttered a few words in his heart before striding in and casually closing the huge palace gate.
He stepped into the center of the palace, and as expected, a terrifying pressure came crashing down, and then his soul was also burned by a burst of fireworks...
Lin Che didn't care about anything else and directly took out the Haoran Demon-Suppressing Pen.
He needed to buy time because he had a vague feeling that something big was about to happen in this Great Wall of Destiny.
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Great border attack.
All 50,000 imperial guards rode on Beiyuan war horses, holding high the imperial flag, galloping all the way with great momentum.
Also traveling with them were the Mirror Guards, the Shadow Guards, and a group of powerful men from various schools of thought, totaling about 10,000 people.
This army set out from Tiandu City and hardly stopped along the way except for changing horses twice.
The most conspicuous thing in the procession was the huge chariot that symbolized the emperor's status. The one pulling the chariot was not a one-horned warhorse, but eight beasts that resembled unicorns.
They are tall and strong, and they exude a hot breath. The war horses following them have to plug their ears as they cannot hear the roars of these strange beasts.
Dao Nu was driving the chariot herself. She looked ahead, then opened the map and took a look at it. Then she quickly turned around and reported to the chariot curtain:
"Your Majesty, the Dagan border is just ahead."
"Send an order, let the army rest for half a day."
"yes--"
After a while, the huge army finally came to a slow halt.
The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Empress Jiang Li walked out from inside, bending down. She looked ahead with her bright eyes, but did not see any mountains, grass, flowers, or trees. There were only gusts of cold wind blowing towards her.
Her extremely beautiful face was slightly moved, and she whispered:
"How many days are we going to reach the Great Wall of Fortune?"
"Your Majesty, it should take another ten days. The road ahead is not easy." Dao Nu answered honestly.
Jiang Li nodded and whispered, "Marshal Li Zhenjiang has sent another message saying that the Great Wall of Destiny is in imminent danger. I hope the supplies we brought this time can help the Great Wall Army overcome the crisis."
"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. My great fortune reaches heaven, and the Great Wall of Luck gathers the world's fortune. This time, Your Majesty is personally leading the expedition. When the Great Wall Army learns of this, their morale will surely rise. They will unite as one to defeat the powerful enemy and protect my great empire!"
Jiang Li smiled slightly. These words may be encouraging, but he is afraid that simply boosting morale cannot solve the fundamental problem.
"The supplies we brought are only enough for a short period of time. For a long-term solution, we still need the help of the local people. However, over the years, they have become increasingly arrogant, raising prices arbitrarily, and completely disregarding the safety of our country..."
Speaking of this, Dao Nu also got angry, and she quickly said:
"Your Majesty, these people are truly unruly. Relying on the late emperor's favor, they have become increasingly disregardful of us, the great men, over the years. The late emperor allowed them to be self-reliant and did not require them to pay taxes to the court."
"Even in the first few decades, we paid them money and food to encourage farmers to support their farming here. But that was conditional: they had to supply the food they grew to the Great Wall Army."
"But what about now? They've become local bullies and have long forgotten our original agreement. The huge pay we pay the Great Wall Army isn't even enough to buy enough food to feed them."
"If they truly didn't have enough food, that would be fine. However, they clearly grow so much food, but they'd rather feed it to the fish than sell it to the Great Wall Army at a fair price. They raise the price every year, and it's getting more and more outrageous. There have even been clashes between these unruly people and the Great Wall Army."
Jiang Li listened silently. The hundreds of towns here were indeed very complex in composition.
Some of them were local residents, some were people supported by various schools of thought, and some were families of criminals.
Of course, there were more nobles who knew it was profitable and moved their entire families here to start farming and making money.
These nobles, though wealthy and powerful, were still not clean themselves, and fearing exposure, fled here. They all had one thing in common: they arrived here to claim dominance, then began to madly curse their own court.
They came from various places, including Dagan, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, Mobei, the Cangwu Abyss, the coastal countries, and even a group of mixed-race descendants left behind by the Wan Yao Kingdom.
Jiang Li was silent for a long time, her eyes revealing the unique imperial aura of an empress, and she said in a deep voice:
"I am personally traveling to the Great Wall of Fortune this time not only to bring supplies to the Great Wall Army. I also want to do one thing: permanently solve the Great Wall Army's logistical and food supply problems."
"Anyone who dares to disobey will be killed by me!!"
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