Chapter 42 Entering the City
"Young Master? What are you doing?" The deputy general next to him became anxious and waved his hand to let the cavalrymen around him block the sight of the merchants.
The young general's eyes were determined at this time, with a confident smile on his lips, and he allowed his deputy general to pull him back a few steps.
"Uncle Yang, why are you panicking? I have my own considerations."
"But young master, even so, how can you lead the team back in person?"
"My father..."
Wang Yao couldn't hear a word of what was said afterwards because they were enveloped by a soundproof barrier.
The deputy general was actually a strong man at least in the Gangqi realm. Even if it was an innate cultivator, it would not be so easy to set up a soundproof barrier, because Wang Yao did not even notice the fluctuation of mana.
Wang Yao was also scared and broke out in a cold sweat, but fortunately he had developed some abilities of the ghost immortal status, one of which was the ability to hide his cultivation level.
He can now perfectly control his own aura. As long as he doesn't take action, it is difficult for ordinary people to detect his cultivation level.
Wang Yao felt that the scope of this ordinary person was a bit broad, because he didn't know what level of people could see through him.
Wang Yao only left behind the magical powers that could be seen from the outside, and he was just a post-natal cultivator with a weak aura.
When the cavalry dispersed, the deputy general seemed to have been persuaded by the young general and followed him silently.
"You must travel overnight and do not stop in the city. The king needs your food." The young general rode up to the boss of the merchant group and said in an unquestionable tone.
The merchant boss glanced at the cavalrymen around him and knew that this was not something he could resist, not to mention that going to the capital might not be a bad idea.
He replied obediently, "Yes, General, I follow your orders."
"What are you looking at? Hurry up and get on with your journey. Didn't you hear the general say that the capital needs our food more?" The merchant boss was not so gentle with his own people. He pushed his men and guards roughly to hurry on their way.
He always thought that he was unlucky, so when Suizhou was in great change, he gathered many merchant guards who were loyal to Xiqiang and sent them food in order to try to get promoted.
The merchant caravan set off again, and the boss looked towards the direction of the royal capital, full of longing. He felt that he might have found a big leg up this time.
Wang Yao was hanging alone at the back of the team, holding the scimitar at his waist with one hand and the two-wheeled cart with the other.
No one came to disturb him, only a few cavalrymen at the back were looking around. Wang Yao was also happy. He didn't expect that he could get a ride to Qingwu County City.
They traveled all night long, and it was not until the next night that the caravan entered the city of Qingwu County, the capital of the Western Qiang Kingdom.
There were breaks in between, but whenever a waiter or other person came to say hello, Wang Yao would use the excuse of diarrhea to avoid talking.
The most dangerous time was when the deputy general from Gangqi realm came to inspect and was about to be discovered. At first, the deputy general asked questions in Chinese, and Wang Yao answered calmly in Chinese.
Unexpectedly, the deputy general suddenly spoke a few words in Western Qiang language, and Wang Yao did not understand for a while. After all, he was a Han Chinese and could only understand simple Western Qiang language.
But the boss of the business gang had been traveling for the past two days and had explained everything clearly. He said that his men and guards were all descendants of the Western Qiang people and could speak the Western Qiang language very well.
Wang Yao had no choice but to have an idea and pretend that the opportunity to break through to his innate state had come, and he sat cross-legged on the spot to break through.
Every cultivator will go out to look for a way to break through when encountering a bottleneck. It may be during a battle, it may be due to someone else's words, or the bottleneck may be loosened for no reason.
Wang Yao pretended to be the third type. Of course, he failed to break through. If he had become a congenital person, it would have been more eye-catching.
Seeing Wang Yao's depressed look, the deputy general didn't say much. He just sighed and left, without caring whether Wang Yao answered his question or not.
In fact, many independent cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining cannot break through to the innate stage, but the deputy general still holds out a glimmer of hope, because he is in great need of cultivators who have entered the Dao through Qi Refining.
Qingwu City appeared even more majestic and solemn under the moonlight. As one of the only two county cities on the northwest border (the other one was Feng County), it was naturally built according to the highest standards.
Wang Yao looked at the moat that was more than ten meters wide and couldn't help but be amazed. It must have been a huge project to connect the moat to the Qingji River.
When Qingwu City was built, it was Emperor Wu of Zhou who made the final decision. He ordered the water of Qingji River to be diverted here and summoned 100,000 slaves from Western Qiang. It took a year to dig through it.
In this way, Qingwu County was no longer restricted by water sources, and the city's defense was greatly strengthened.
During the war, the city was naturally heavily defended, with torches lit on the city walls and the drawbridge pulled up.
"Who is it?" A stern shout came from the city wall when the leading cavalry approached the moat.
The cavalrymen shouted back, "We are the Second Prince's cavalrymen. Quickly lower the drawbridge and open the city gate."
At this time, the general on duty, holding a torch, poked his head out from the city wall and shouted, "It's dark and windy at night, and we can't see who's coming. Please forgive me, Second Prince. Please put your token in the hanging basket."
A hanging basket connected to a rope was slowly lowered from the city wall. The leading cavalryman took a token from the young general and put it in.
However, the city wall that received the token did not respond for a long time. The merchants and cavalry were already very tired, and now they were even more impatient and whispered to each other below.
The young general called the Second Prince may have heard something unpleasant, so he whipped the merchant guard next to him with his whip.
The guard fell to the ground in pain and couldn't get up for a while, but Wang Yao could see the real effect of the whip.
The second prince is actually a congenital master, but he did not achieve enlightenment through Qi training. The second prince has a special force-generating technique in his whip-swinging that can only be achieved by people who are congenitally trained in the body.
"Swoosh", suddenly a white light flew in from somewhere, and the sky outside the city wall suddenly became as bright as day, illuminating Wang Yao and the others clearly.
The light seemed to be able to penetrate the body, making Wang Yao feel a little nervous, but fortunately it had no ability to hurt.
Only after the drawbridge was lowered and we entered the city gate did we realize that it was the magical power of the master Shentong who was in charge of the rear.
Even though the Gangqi realm cultivators on the city wall used their spiritual sense to explore the surroundings several times, the generals defending the city were still worried that it was a trap, so they asked the master to identify it.
The second prince did not blame the general defending the city for this. After all, he knew that his return was too sudden, and it was normal for him to have some doubts.
Wang Yao was a little surprised that there was no system prompt yet, as he had clearly already entered the city.
At the second prince's signal, everyone entering the city was strictly questioned and the goods on the vehicles were thoroughly checked.
Fortunately, Wang Yao had been figuring out his identity through indirect inquiries over the past few days. It turned out that except for the coachman, no one in the merchant group knew each other.
They are all guards recruited by business bosses from all over Suiyang. Each of them has various reasons and yearns for Xiqiang. They want to "trace their roots" and become independent.
Moreover, the boss of the merchant group was the only one who was not questioned. He was valued by the second prince and followed him into the inner city, thus avoiding the risk of Wang Yao being exposed.
They were still to be interrogated here. A cultivator in the Gangqi realm was standing guard beside them. He seemed to be doing nothing, but Wang Yao could actually sense that he was sensing everyone's heartbeat.
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