Yang Cheng had just exchanged information with Jiang Kai that the Earth Spirit Clan Chief Mu Tu was carrying a fragment of the Supreme Lord Laozi's divine authority.
Moreover, even if the other party did not have any divine fragments, Yang Cheng was still prepared to step forward and take action in order to increase his own status within the Shang Dynasty.
Seeing that someone had finally spoken, Di Xin laughed with satisfaction: "I knew I hadn't misjudged you!"
"However, Yang Cheng, Chaoge's forces are currently depleted, and there aren't many men we can send you."
Yang Cheng shook his head and said, "I don't need that many people. Just give me a few people to help with the cleanup. I can handle that damned Earth Spirit Clan myself."
"Good! That's spirited!"
Di Xin waved his hand and said, "Bo Yi, select a thousand elite soldiers from the Chaoge Guard to go with Yang Cheng to deal with the Tuling tribe."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Boyi agreed and led Yang Cheng away from the main hall.
Meanwhile, Emperor Xin was still yelling at Fei Zhong and the others, implying that Yang Cheng, a newcomer, dared to stand up and solve the problems for the Shang Dynasty, while they, the old ministers, only knew how to shirk responsibility and were utterly useless.
Inside the hall, Fei Zhong glanced at Yang Cheng with a venomous look.
Although he messed up the job this time, in reality, the major battles between Shang and Zhou had been more defeats than victories recently, and Di Xin would just vent his anger and then move on.
But Yang Cheng's high-profile actions naturally provoked Emperor Xin to scold them again.
After leaving Lutai, Boyi sighed and said, "Brother Yang, it's good that you're willing to fight for the Shang Dynasty, but this time the King acted somewhat impulsively."
Our Chaoge already has insufficient troops, and Your Majesty wants to retake Raoshan so quickly.
In fact, we should wait until the armies on other battlefields have won before retaking Raoshan; that would be the safest course of action.
"Right now, the King has only given us a little over a thousand men. Although they are all elites from Chaoge, the difference is still huge compared to the tens of thousands of Earth Spirits."
"Brother Boyi, rest assured, since I dare to make such a bold claim, I am naturally confident."
I'm not familiar with the route, Brother Boyi, please gather your troops as quickly as possible, and we'll set off immediately.
Upon hearing Yang Cheng's words, Boyi did not offer any further advice and immediately went to gather the thousands of men to prepare for action.
The Chaoge Guards are the elite of the elite. It would be an exaggeration to say that one could take on ten, but one could certainly take on five.
Moreover, Boyi was a commander whom Di Xin trusted implicitly, and he had also received many powerful psionic weapons from the armory.
On the way, Yang Cheng looked at the fantastical psionic weapons and asked curiously, "Who made these weapons?"
Bo Yi said in surprise, "Of course they were made by the artisans of Chaoge."
"I mean, where did our Great Shang's psionic weapons come from, given how powerful they are?"
Bo Yi scratched his head and said, "Brother Yang Cheng, you don't even know these common sense facts?"
The Heavenly Mandate of the Black Bird descended and gave birth to the Shang Dynasty.
The runes on these psionic weapons were obtained from the Black Bird by our first ancestor of the Great Shang Dynasty. They are said to be mysterious runes engraved on the eggshells, which, when combined, can transform into all sorts of strange psionic weapons.
Craftsmen throughout history have studied these runes, and thus created many kinds of psionic weapons.
Furthermore, these psionic weapons can only be used by the people of my Great Shang Dynasty; even if those traitors of Zhou Wu obtained them, they would be unable to use them.
Yang Cheng nodded naturally.
This thing seems to be related to the overall fortune of the Shang Dynasty.
No wonder these psionic weapons were nowhere to be seen during the reign of King Mu of Zhou.
Even if the Zhou Dynasty seized these things, they would not be able to use them without the great fortune of the Shang Dynasty.
Raoshan is located at the border between the Zhou Dynasty and the Shang Dynasty, and was one of the passes of the Shang Dynasty.
However, since Raoshan was occupied at this time, they had already discovered many Zhou Dynasty spies along the way.
When Yang Cheng and his group arrived at Raoshan, Boyi stared in disbelief at the towering mountain before him.
"Is this Raoshan?"
Yang Cheng asked in surprise, "You're from the Great Shang Dynasty, don't you know whether this place is Raoshan or not?"
Boyi hesitated and said, "According to the location, this is indeed Raoshan."
But Raoshan, once lush and verdant with its year-round spring-like climate, is now a barren wasteland, its vegetation withered and yellow, its ground covered in sand. It's completely different from the Raoshan I remember.
Yang Cheng pressed two fingers together on his forehead, and his Heavenly Eye shone with a faint light as he looked at Raoshan Mountain.
The next moment, Yang Cheng took a deep breath. The scene in front of him was definitely a dream come true for people with trypophobia.
Under the watchful eye of the heavens, the entire Raoshan Mountain had been dug into numerous pits, resembling the dense blackheads on a person's face.
However, each pit contained a little dwarf.
These people were completely naked, with rough, yellowish skin. They were only about one meter tall, with sharp claws on their hands and feet. Their appearance was ugly and grotesque, like demons.
These were the people of the Earth Spirit Clan. At this moment, there was one or several corpses hidden in the pits they had dug. Every now and then, they would drag them up and gnaw on them. Some of them had even been gnawed down to their skeletons.
The Shang Dynasty world had many races. In addition to humans, there were also some humanoid races, who were said to be descendants of ancient gods or demons.
For example, the Cloud Clan, which was wiped out by the Yin Shang fleet, was born with wings and could fly, and every member of the Cloud Clan was a skilled craftsman.
There is also the Spirit Race, descendants of Nuwa, who are born with various magical abilities.
Although the nine tribes of Dongyi are nominally human, some are tall, some are born with superhuman strength, and some are said to have the bloodline of ancient demon gods.
The Shang dynasty considered itself the legitimate successor of the human race, ordained by Heaven, and Emperor Xin called himself the Human Emperor, not the Son of Heaven.
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