Chapter 405: Provocation

The fire was bright at the foot of the mountain, and through the gaps between the trees, you could see rows of soldiers wearing fine armor standing straight at the foot of the mountain. The armor of the Royal Guards was really fine, and the armor of the Tianlong Realm defenders was like the difference between a beggar and a rich man compared to it, not to mention the ruffian army that had stationed in the Tianlong Realm before.

Shi Yan sat on the ground, released his mind, a current surged out from his chest, and then suddenly released from his body.

This is an ability that appeared after Shi Yan's seed was broken, the mind is released. The mind is mostly used by beastmasters, and it is a bridge for communication between humans and spirit beasts. Although cultivators sometimes use the mind, such as the [Spiritual Insight Finger] in the Shi family's "Nine Heavens Immortal Art", it is not used often. The most used by cultivators is the divine consciousness, which was originally said by Buddha.

“There are 80 million living beings in a glass of water.” The mind is so vast that it has no boundaries, so the Buddha said “the great thousand worlds.” The mind is the mind and consciousness of all living beings.

The unity of mind and consciousness creates a powerful force, and practitioners use this force to assist their spiritual power.

The mind is the intention of the heart and the power of the soul, which everyone possesses. What is stored in the heart is the mind, what flows through the body is the mind, and what flows out of the body is the heart song! After the seed of Shi Yan was broken, the mind broke through the mind and reached the level of the heart song.

For a moment, he could feel the thoughts of all living creatures within a ten-mile radius!

He seemed to be in a dark space, surrounded by countless small light spots, which were the thoughts of living things. The size of the light spots represented the strength or weakness of their thoughts.

There were footsteps behind him, and Shi Yan suddenly opened his eyes and woke up from his inner song. Ning Xinyi came over, sat down next to Shi Yan, gently hugged Shi Yan's waist, leaned her face on his broad shoulders, and whispered, "Thank you, Brother Haotian."

Shi Yan's heart was beating wildly when she hugged him like this. It would be a lie to say that he wasn't nervous when being hugged by such a beautiful woman. He said nervously, "What are you thanking me for? Have you forgotten how you threatened me?"

Ning Xinyi blushed and said angrily, "How can a grown man like you be so fussy? Wasn't I afraid that you wouldn't want to do it? Besides, it was you who was so careless and left a handle, who can you blame?" Ning Xinyi sighed slightly, and then asked curiously, "Brother Haotian, are you...are you really a cultivator...slave...cultivator?"

Shi Yan nodded, "Yes, I am a cultivator, and my real name is not Haotian."

"So what's your real name?"

Shi Yan smiled, turned around, scratched her nose, and said with a smile: "Didn't I tell you at the beginning? It's just that you didn't believe it."

"Shi Yan?" Seeing Shi Yan nodded, Ning Xinyi smiled shyly, "Brother Shi Yan!"

They stayed in the cave until the early hours of the morning. It would be dawn in two hours. Although the defense on the mountain was still tight, they were already drowsy.

Ning Qinsu told Shi Yan about Liu Yushuang, and Shi Yan sneaked into the house to look for Liu Yushuang. Using the Heart Song and the Night Dance Cloak, it was easy to know where the guards were, and then sneak in without anyone noticing. The mountain was very quiet, and it seemed that they had not yet discovered that Ning Qinsu had escaped. Shi Yan came to the rockery group in the back garden smoothly. This dungeon was built in a hidden way. If Ning Qinsu hadn't told him personally, I'm afraid Shi Yan wouldn't have found it.

There was no one in the dungeon. According to Ning Qinsu, there should be guards in the dungeon. Could it be that they all went out to provide support? Or...

Shi Yan hurriedly walked in, and when he reached the innermost part, he found Liu Yushuang was still there, and finally breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the guards here couldn't help but go out to help, and ended up not coming back.

Dealing with Liu Yushuang was much easier for Shi Yan. He knocked her unconscious and threw her into the hidden space. Then he escaped from the house along the original route. He released Liu Yushuang not far from the cave and carried her into the cave.

After returning to Jinling, Shi Yan did not send them back to Miaoxianfang, but stayed in his own mansion in Jinling. That was originally Du Tianmo's mansion, and now it has become Shi Yan's property.

Ning Qinsu seemed to have known that he would do this, and did not care. Instead, he enjoyed it.

In the morning, Shi Yan enjoyed breakfast alone, while Ning Xinyi and Ning Qinsu were still resting in the room because they had not slept all night. Shi Yan asked someone to take good care of them and keep an eye on them.

At this time, Shi Xingyuan came.

"Xingyuan, have you had breakfast so early?" Shi Yan wiped his mouth and asked.

Shi Xingyuan said: "General, it's still early? We have already finished our morning lessons."

Shi Yan was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that they were soldiers and had gotten up at five in the morning to do morning exercises. Shi Yan smiled awkwardly, "What's the matter with you coming to my place so early?"

Shi Xingyuan smiled bitterly, "It's all because of that stupid test. The Third Prince returned to the capital two days ago. He asked me to tell the general to take us to the capital to take the test as soon as possible, so that all those gossipers can shut up!"

Now the Ruffian Army has gotten rid of the name of ruffians and is regarded as elite soldiers in the Tianlong Realm. All the former Ruffian Army soldiers have been dispersed into the garrison to manage the newly joined garrisons.

In fact, after Shi Yan became the Lord of Tianlong Realm and the Duke of Tianlong, many people in the court were dissatisfied, but Shi Yan's achievements were there, and they could not refute. So the ruffian army under Shi Yan became their target. These ruffians had a very bad reputation in the court, how could they serve as the guards of a realm? Wenren Chengfu's confidant, Han Yu of the military department, respected Wenren Chengfu's order and reported the matter, hoping to place his own people in Tianlong Realm and take the position of the commander-in-chief.

But would Shi Yan spit out the position of commander that he had already swallowed? The answer is obviously no.

So Han Yu offered a plan, asking Shi Yan to lead three thousand ruffian soldiers to the capital to take a test. If the test is successful, Shi Yan will continue to serve as the commander of the Tianlong Realm. If the test fails, then he will have to be replaced!

Although Shi Yan was not convinced by this inexplicable test, he was not afraid. He had seen the abilities of the Ruffian Army and had received the "baptism of ten thousand beasts". The remaining ones were much stronger than before. Shi Yan believed that no matter what kind of test it was, it would be a piece of cake for the Ruffian Army!

Not to mention the original 3,000 ruffians, the 2,000 imperial guards who joined later are now growing rapidly in strength after being trained by the ruffians. Shi Yan even used the training methods he used in the Snow Region to train them, and at the same time used drugs to assist them, so that their strength grew rapidly. In fact, according to Shi Yan, even if these 2,000 people were sent to Kyoto, they would be able to pass the test, not to mention the original team. But the superiors said that only the original ruffians would be effective in Kyoto. Shi Yan didn't care, but those guys who secretly copied the tricks would probably not laugh after the test.

Now our 3,000-strong army is divided into two teams, the first team has 500 people and the second team has 2,500 people.

Needless to say, the 500 people in the first brigade were selected after continuous screening. The first brigade was selected after continuous discussions and exchanges between all people, forming the strongest force in the ruffian army.

"Since the Third Prince said that we should go to the capital as soon as possible to shut up those gossipers, then we should go to the capital today, tell the Third Prince the news, and tell everyone to get ready. We will set off in the afternoon!"

"Yes, General!"

This time, we are entering the place where the power of all living beings is most concentrated, the capital!

The Tianlong Realm is a large realm with a large military teleportation array, which makes it convenient to enter the capital. After many twists and turns, the ruffian army finally arrived at a place 100 kilometers away from the capital. This is a military camp outside the capital. Because it is in the north, it is called the North Camp.

The North Camp does not belong to the Imperial Guards. The Imperial Guards are stationed closer to the capital. There are four camps similar to the North Camp around the capital, namely the East Camp, the South Camp, and the West Camp. Now that the battle situation on the front line is tense, three of the four camps have been empty, and the North Camp is also the same. The camp is empty, leaving only some logistics personnel. It is for this reason that the North Camp's teleportation array is opened for the use of the rogue army.

After reorganizing in the North Camp, they headed for the capital.

When these 3,000 ruffian soldiers marched in the direction of the capital, they immediately aroused the vigilance of the people here.

The city gates were quickly closed, and two groups of Royal Guards were sent out to investigate and block the enemy, with an estimated number of five thousand. There were also hundreds of archers on standby on the city walls, ready to attack if there was any trouble below.

Shi Yan frowned, "What's going on? They asked us to go to the capital but didn't let us in. They even sent soldiers to stop us. Are they trying to intimidate us?"

Shi Xingyuan said: "This city guard general is Han Yu's subordinate. I'm afraid he is the one causing trouble."

"Humph!" Shi Yan snorted coldly, "If you don't let me in, then let me in!"

"No, absolutely not. This is the capital city. Leading troops into the capital is something that will arouse suspicion. If you attack the city, General, won't you be treated as a traitor and killed on the spot?" Shi Xingyuan was shocked and hurried to stop him.

"What should we do then?"

"Wait, I think the palace has already received the news."

On the city wall, a city guard looked nervously at the 3,000 soldiers and horses below, and asked curiously: "Where are these soldiers and horses? How dare they enter the capital?"

"Haha, you don't know, this is the Ruffian Army. The Ruffian Army is the most rubbish army in the entire Huangtian Heaven Realm. Calling them soldiers is flattering them. If the former general of the Ruffian Army had not had a history with the Third Prince, I'm afraid they would have been ordered to disband long ago."

"No wonder, the equipment is so outdated, I'm afraid it's not even as good as the average garrison troops."

"Look at those people, they are so lazy and sloppy, they don't look like soldiers, it's ridiculous!"

Han Yu was also on the city wall at this moment. It was his intention to close the gate and send soldiers out to stop them. His purpose was to give these country bumpkins a warning.

"Humph, you dare to compete with the Prime Minister for the military power of the Tianlong Realm? I will make you go back in disgrace!" Han Yu sneered, "Let them see what real soldiers look like!"

"Yes!" Thousands of soldiers shouted in unison, "Who are you? How dare you invade our Huangtian Capital!"

Shi Yan raised his eyebrows, secretly angry, "Damn it, are we competing in voice?"