To Be Celestial's Emperor II
A City
“Tatoo, you probably wouldn't have said that if you hadn't witnessed his strength and talent firsthand. If you don't believe it then you can ask Dan Jian” Yan Jie.
The tattoo and the other guards turned their heads towards Dan Jian, they wanted to hear Dan Jian's opinion. “Zhen Yuan has high talent. Five years ago, he was a 2nd layer Soul cutivator at his 17th year. That meant that it was only 10 years more time to start cultivating and he had stepped into the Soul realm. I want to ask, what age were you when you became a Soul cultivator?”
Tatoo fell silent, he recalled that he managed to become a soul cultivator when he was 30 years old. Dan Jian reached the Soul realm at the age of 28.
“Even mister Yan Jie reached the soul realm when he was 20 years old. You can imagine how talented Zhen Yuan is. It could be that the increase over 5 years will be a blessing for all of us” he continued.
“But our position will be even more desperate! Some territory has been taken by the Devil nation. The longer the morale of the humans will be lower if we continue to do defense without attack” Guard Daren said.
“The palace side has also increasingly questioned our performance over the past five years, even Leiying has become very arrogant and ordered us all to attack the demon army!” Natsumi, as the most powerful guard complained about their new chief, Leiying.
Leiying was the surrogate chief of the 12 Great Guard leaders appointed by the 3 palace masters. Compared to Yan Jie, Leiying's strength was only slightly stronger than Natsumi's. However since he was supported by 3 palace masters made him greatly underestimate the 12 great guards.
“Leiying's actions are undoubtedly suicidal! We do not know the ultimate power of the demon race. It is unfortunate that it was the incompetent person who replaced me at this time” Minister Yan Jie smiled wryly.
“For that reason, you should return to the central palace with us! Only then, Leiying will step down from her post and you will be able to command the 12 great guards freely like before” pinta Natsumi.
Natsumi no longer asked Yan Jie to return, she understood the position of her master. “Then what steps should we do for now?”
“You..” Yan Jie wanted to say something but came to a halt. He saw from a distance a dense cloud with strong lightning struck.
“Hahaha... The person we were talking about has appeared! We will return the previous plan.” said Minister Yan Jie along with the disappearance of 12 Great guards.
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Meanwhile, Zhen Yuan was passing through a large city. Unlike the city in general which was only guarded by ordinary soldiers, this time the city was so tight that every spirit warrior stood on top of the high walls that fenced the city.
Zhen Yuan was very confused by the city, so he planned to enter the city and find out what was happening. After an examination of his identity, Zhen Yuan used the silver tokens he had obtained first as a sign that he was a grade-7 alchemist.
The guards respectfully gave Zhen Yuan entry into the city, they looked very happy to receive the young man. Out of curiosity, Zhen Yuan asked one of the guards who had the strength of a Master soul cultivator there.
“Sodara, what happened to this city? I think in the surrounding area only this city exists so there is no way there will be a battle between cities. Then why are the soldiers always on standby?”