Chapter Ten

  Tang Yan was taken aback, silently searching his strict memory. No mistake, in the Empire of Haotian, ordinary people cannot hold official positions, only after obtaining a noble title do they have the qualifications and opportunities to obtain official ranks, and Feng Guo is no exception.

  He nodded and asked slowly: "So you chose to join the army, planning to gain a title by killing enemies?"

  The young man did not conceal it and replied: "Yes, also only in the military can one obtain a noble rank most easily."

  This is true, the Wind Country also has a tradition of valuing martial prowess. In times of war, the military would reward soldiers based on the number of enemy heads they collected, with more heads leading to greater rewards and eventually even titles of nobility.

  Tang Yin looked at the young man with a smile and said, "It seems that you have never practiced spiritual martial arts?"

  The young man said with a straight face: "I am a scholar."

  Tang Yin shrugged and said: "It's hard to even get a weapon, how can we kill the enemy? If we can't kill the enemy, how can we get their heads? Without heads, how can you get a title?"

  The young man laughed, laughing very slyly, and said: "So I've been looking all along, looking for someone who can match me. Before, I never found one, but..." He looked at Tang Yin with shining eyes, smiling and saying: "Now, I've found him."

  Tang Yin narrowed his eyes, pointed at his own nose and said: "You can't be looking for me, can you?"

  The young man nodded excitedly and said hastily: "You have martial arts, I have literature, you and I work together, it must be seamless, it won't take long, we can both get a title."

  Tang Yin sneered coldly, saying: "I won't bring a burden with me." To him, the young man who hadn't cultivated spiritual martial arts was just a useless person. "Besides, I'm not interested in titles either. This war has nothing to do with me, and I need to take care of my own affairs first."

  He now has only one thought, to go to Moon Spirit City under Sunset Peak, find Crystal and Xuan Zhenzi, and avenge his blood feud.

  Seeing his expression turn icy in an instant, the young man asked cautiously: "Where are you going?"

  "Moon Spirit City!"

  "Yuelin City?" The young man was startled and asked in doubt: "Is it Yuelin City under the Falling Sun Peak?"

  "That's right." Tang Yin replied succinctly.

  The young man looked puzzled and asked suspiciously, "Where are you going? Moreover, the Moon Spirit City has been in ruins for hundreds of years, and now I'm sure there are hardly a few people who still remember the name of the Moon Spirit City."

  "What?!" Táng Yín was shocked, Moon Spirit City had become a ruin?! How could that be possible? When Yan Liè left Moon Spirit City to find Gù Zhēn for a duel, Moon Spirit City was still thriving, how could it have become a ruin, and one that had been in ruins for hundreds of years?! Had Yan Liè seen a ghost or something?! He knew that was absolutely impossible.

  He sneered and said in an icy tone, "You deceived me."

  "Why should I deceive you? Besides, this kind of thing can't be deceived at all. You can go and ask around, who still remembers the name of Moon Spirit City now? It has long become history."

  Seeing the young man's expression, which didn't seem to be a lie, Tang Yin's originally firm confidence began to waver. A flash of insight suddenly made him recall that when he saw Yan Lie's corpse, it was already a skeleton. Could it be... He dared not think further and asked in a low voice: "Now... what year is it in the imperial calendar?"

  The Huangtian calendar is a dating method of the Huangtian Empire, with the founding of the Huangtian Empire as the first year of the Huangtian calendar.

  The young man looked at Tang Yin with a puzzled expression and said: "It's now the 805th year of the Emperor's calendar, you...you don't have any problems, do you?"

  How can there be no problem?!

  Tang Yin's head buzzed, he clearly knew that when Yan Lie found Gu Zhen to duel was Emperor Li 305 years, but now it is 805 years, which means that now is five hundred years after Yan Lie's time.

  He grasped the young man's neck and asked in a stern voice: "You didn't deceive me?"

  The young man was startled by his appearance and stuttered: "Th...this is impossible to deceive people! Now it's really the year 805 of the Imperial Calendar!"

  Tang Yin slowly released his hand, and in an instant, he seemed to have let out all the air like a deflated balloon. His legs went limp, and he slowly sat down on the ground.

  It's hard to imagine that Yanlie has been dead for a whole 500 years. The 500-year period is long enough to change many things, and even the brilliant Moon Spirit City has become a ruin.

  I don't belong to this world anymore. Even the strictness that I combined with myself no longer belongs to this world. Tang Yin closed his eyes, then what's the point of my existence in this world?

  Jade cannot live for five hundred years, nor can Xu Zhenzi. The doubts and hatred that originally belonged to him have all disappeared with the passage of time. Tang Yin, who had just found his goal, suddenly felt empty, not knowing where to go or what to do.

  "What... what's wrong with you?" The young man asked in a low voice, unaware of what was wrong with Tang Yin.

  Tang Yin shook his head, he had thought that in this world there were still people he cared about, things he cared about, and places he cared about, but now all of them had turned to ashes... He muttered: "I don't know where I should go, I don't know what I should do."

  The young man was stunned, then said loudly: "What's there to consider? In this chaotic world, of course we have to do something earth-shaking...". As he said this, he felt that he had been too boastful, and immediately changed his tone: "But for now, the most important thing is how we can escape with our lives?"

  "Escaping with one's life?" Tang Yin raised his head.

  Young Master Youyou said, "This time we went to war with Ning Country, it was entirely the wrong time, the wrong place, and an entirely wrong war. All 200,000 of us were scattered, and I don't know how many truly managed to escape back to Fengdi. Now, there are tens of thousands of people from Ning Country chasing after us defeated soldiers, if we don't flee for our lives, won't we just be waiting here to die?"

  Through strict memory, Tang Yin knew that the two countries of Feng and Ning were neighboring countries, but their struggle had never stopped. In the end, it was a dispute over the He Dong area between the two countries. The soil in the He Dong area is fertile and rich in minerals, originally divided equally between the two countries. Later, when Ning Guo suffered difficulties and asked for help from Feng Guo, the king of Ning Guo promised to cede half of the He Dong area to Feng Guo. However, after accepting Ning Guo's conditions, Feng Guo did not provide full assistance, leading to Ning Guo's dissatisfaction. After the event, Ning Guo attempted to reclaim its half of the He Dong area but was rejected by Feng Guo, and the two countries began to turn hostile, with war breaking out. During this period, both Feng and Ning occupied the entire He Dong area at some point and declared it their own territory. The war continued, with both sides suffering increasing losses that were difficult to estimate. In the end, no one could clearly say whether the He Dong area belonged to Feng Guo or Ning Guo.

  "Is this war still caused by He Dong?" Although it has been five hundred years, Tang Yin's guess was not wrong.

  Young nodded and replied, "Yes. Taking back the Hedong area is not wrong, but over the years, we have fought too many battles, with Ningguo, Yuguo, and Anguo. The country has already been battered and bruised, while Ningguo has grown stronger through rest and recuperation. Our defenses are struggling, and launching a counterattack is unlikely to succeed. Your Majesty is being too hasty; this defeat will set us back, who knows how many years or months it will take to recover the Hedong area?"

  Tang Yin's mouth moved slightly, but he didn't say much. Since the founding of Feng Guo, war had never stopped, and the people of Feng were militant by nature, so they were accustomed to waging war to sustain themselves. However, the defeat of 200,000 troops was still a rare occurrence in Feng Guo's history.

  "Right, I'm Qiu Zhen, what's your name?"

  Tang Yin

  "What's your plan? Are you still going to Moon Spirit City?"

  Tang Yin shook his head, what's the point of going back to Moon Spirit City now?

  "In my opinion, you'd better stay in the army. With your skills, you'll definitely be able to get promoted and become an official. And I'll have a powerful backer to rely on." The young man who called himself Qiu Zhen fawned with a dry smile. Although he thought Tang Yin was a strange person who spoke nonsense as if he had brain problems, his intuition told him that following Tang Yin would do no harm to himself, at least he would have a guarantee of survival.

  Tang Yin gave him a weird look and said, "You want to follow me around?"

  Qiu Zhen smiled and nodded, saying: "It can be said that way. Moreover, I know your secret, bringing me with you should make you feel more at ease, right?" He was referring to the fact that Tang Yin is a dark spiritual cultivator.

  "Killing you will not only put me at ease, but also save me trouble." Tang Yin said with a expressionless face.