"Yes, Your subordinate obeys."
Dongfang Yao said respectfully.
"Anyone who wants to join the Ninth Prince's guards may join; I will not stop them."
Dongfang Ming looked at the soldiers in the Imperial Guard's training ground and spoke in a deep and powerful voice.
"Thank you, General Xie."
Guo Jingfei expressed his gratitude to Dongfang Ming.
"Thank you, General Xie."
The Imperial Guards soldiers also shouted in unison.
They naturally knew that Dongfang Ming did not want to block their path of martial arts, but rather to give them a chance to reach the Innate Realm, or even the Enlightenment Realm.
"No need to pay attention to me, I'll just watch from the side."
Dongfang Ming waved his hand and walked to the side to stand.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
One by one, the Imperial Guard generals rushed to the high platform, expressing their desire to join the Ninth Prince's guard.
These Imperial Guard generals were all lieutenant generals, and their deputy generals were martial artists who had already reached the Innate Realm level.
Guo Jingfei accepted them all.
The three generals—the Rear General, the Left General, and the Right General—exchanged glances but did not choose to join the Ninth Prince's guard.
After all, the three of them were all high-ranking members of the Imperial Guard.
It was already outrageous enough that Dongfang Yao, a former general, joined the Ninth Prince's Guard. If the three of them were to join the Ninth Prince's Guard, the entire Yan Kingdom would be shaken.
Moreover, none of the three of them could possibly serve as Guo Jingfei's subordinates in the Ninth Prince's guard.
They have a sense of shame.
Dongfang Yao is different; he has high talent and aptitude, but he is still young.
He was about the same age as Guo Jingfei, both in their early twenties, so naturally he was able to swallow his pride.
With the addition of Dongfang Yao and others, Guo Jingfei was overjoyed. He immediately put Dongfang Yao and the others in charge of selecting the remaining candidates, since they all had their own loyal followers in the Imperial Guard.
Their direct subordinates are the elite of the elite within the Imperial Guard.
The Ninth Prince's Residence.
Pavilion.
Standing behind Li Jing, Nangong Qingyue said, "Your Highness, I have already given the orders as Your Highness requested."
In the coming days, our Tianji Pavilion will be searching for talented individuals throughout the entire Yan Kingdom for Your Highness.
Whether they are civil or military officials, or talented individuals from the common people, we will all help Your Highness find them.
"Well done!"
Li Jing nodded slightly and praised Nangong Qingyue, "You've come at just the right time."
I happen to have some things I need you to do.
"Please give your orders, Your Highness."
Nangong Qingyue said with a respectful expression.
"Have Wanbaoge prepare 100,000 sets of low-grade magic weapon level armor, 1,000 sets of mid-grade magic weapon level armor, and 100 sets of high-grade magic weapon level armor."
"They all need to be equipped with weapons of magical artifact level."
Li Jing pondered for a moment, then spoke to Nangong Qingyue.
"..."
Nangong Qingyue paused for a moment, then said solemnly, "Your subordinate obeys."
She was secretly astonished; such a massive magical artifact-level armor and weapon must be of extraordinary value.
Even among the Imperial Guards of Yan, there are few generals who possess armor of the low-grade magic weapon level. Is Your Highness trying to create a mighty army entirely clad in armor?
If such an army were built, it would be an invincible force in any mortal dynasty!
"In addition, prepare ten more high-grade magic artifact-level storage rings."
Li Jing said calmly.
"Yes, I understand."
Nangong Qingyue said with utmost respect.
"Has anything happened in the capital?"
Li Jing suddenly said.
The Seventh Prince, Li Xu, has been missing for a day; the Seventh Prince's residence should have noticed the problem by now.
"Your Highness, the Seventh Prince's residence has discovered that the Seventh Prince, Li Xu, has disappeared and is searching the entire capital."
"The civil and military officials in the court were all shocked."
Nangong Qingyue thought for a moment and said to Li Jing, "As for other matters, that's all."
However, I have reviewed the important intelligence our Tianji Pavilion has on the Yan Kingdom.
A very special piece of intelligence has been discovered, involving His Majesty…
"oh?"
Li Jing turned around and looked at Nangong Qingyue with great interest.
In his memory, Emperor Li Chengfeng of Yan was always extremely diligent.
Although Emperor Li Chengfeng of the Yan Kingdom in the past also often went into seclusion to cultivate himself.
However, it only happens occasionally.
However, starting ten years ago, Emperor Li Chengfeng of Yan began to neglect state affairs, leaving all the affairs of Yan to his civil and military officials.
It has never even appeared.
What secrets are hidden here?
"Ten years ago, a mysterious woman came to the Yan Kingdom to meet His Majesty and was made Empress of the Yan Kingdom by His Majesty."
"His Majesty has been in seclusion ever since the Empress appeared."
"However, in the past ten years, some things have happened in the Yan Kingdom. At first, in extremely remote places, there were frequent cases where an entire village of people disappeared without a trace."
"Later on, this situation began to appear in remote towns as well."
"Throughout the entire Yan Kingdom, the number of people who have disappeared has definitely exceeded hundreds of thousands, and may even have reached a million!"
"Ordinary people don't understand such things, and it seems that no one in the Yan Kingdom knows about them."
"I suspect that it's not that no one knows, but that those who do know are all dead."
"But this matter cannot be kept from our Heavenly Secrets Pavilion."
"After our investigation, Tianji Pavilion discovered that the Imperial City Guard was involved."
"The disappearance of these villages, and even the townspeople, is very likely related to the Imperial City Guard."
Nangong Qingyue's expression turned extremely solemn as she spoke.
"Imperial City Guard?"
Li Jing's eyes narrowed, and he said in a deep voice, "Are you sure this matter is related to the Imperial City Guard?"
The Imperial City Guard was the most trusted force of Emperor Li Chengfeng of the Yan Kingdom.
This is a force hidden in the shadows.
The entire Imperial City Guard, and even its Grand Commander Su Yu, are incredibly mysterious.
Even Li Jing, the ninth prince, had never seen him before.
Even before Emperor Li Chengfeng of Yan began his seclusion, Su Yu, the Grand Commander of the Imperial City Guard, was like a shadow, never appearing in public.
Su Yu, the Grand Commander of the Imperial City Guard, is undoubtedly one of the most mysterious figures in the entire Yan Kingdom.
"I am certain that this was absolutely the work of the Imperial City Guard!"
Nangong Qingyue said with a confident expression.
Perhaps their Heavenly Mystery Pavilion is not the top power in the entire Burial Land of Immortals.
However, when it comes to intelligence gathering capabilities, no force in the entire Burial Land can compare to their Heavenly Secrets Pavilion!
If the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion wants to investigate something, even some of the secrets within the Nine Holy Lands, they can find it out.
This is the power of their Heavenly Secrets Pavilion!
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