Han Feng embarked on the road to the Northwest General Assembly, escaping at high speed along the southwest.
Traveling across the land of Bailong County, wherever I passed, I found that many towns and villages in the county were filled with smoke.
Many villages or even entire villages were massacred, and the men, young and old, were turned into mutilated corpses.
The women were all stripped of their clothes, and their bodies were hung in a conspicuous place. Almost all of them were covered with bruises and scars. It was obvious that they had been raped first and then mercilessly tortured to death.
In addition to plundering property, these bandits also kill, like locusts passing through, leaving no one alive wherever they pass.
This may be a negligible loss to two huge "state machines."
But when Han Feng saw these "shocking" cruel scenes, he gritted his teeth with hatred and could not contain the murderous intention in his heart.
Along the way, he also encountered two groups of bandits. They were not large in size, only a few dozen people. When Han Feng met them, these people were sharing the looted property.
In response, without exception, Han Feng flew down and strangled them all in the most cruel way!
Then, he drove the Ark towards the northwest at a faster speed.
For a whole day and night, Han Feng drove the Ark at full speed and crossed seven counties and two prefectures in Xichuan Province.
Finally, in the early morning of the second day, we arrived at the southeastern border of Xichuan Province, where the Northwest General Office of the Imperial Trading Company was located.
"Taian City!"
Unlike other cities in the empire, which belong to various counties and provinces, the "Tai'an City" in the northwest has a great reputation.
It is one of the four general associations chartered by the empire and built by the imperial trading houses, and is directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial capital.
The entire Tai'an City covers an area of tens of thousands of hectares and is located on a plateau in the northwest, overlooking all directions.
It is like a bright pearl on the northwest land, and like a lion with its head held high, extremely powerful!
Han Feng was suspended in the sky, looking at Tai'an City in the distance, and saw a "golden canopy" like a sky curtain above the huge city.
Around Tai'an City, nine magnificent light pillars rose. From a distance, Han Feng sensed a majestic and vast power of the formation. Compared with it, his own power seemed so small.
This was Han Feng's first time outside the Xichuan Province, and it was also his first time seeing such a majestic city, and he couldn't help but feel emotional.
Compared with the Tai'an City in front of us, Bailong County City is simply too small and crude.
I also remembered that I heard someone say that the first city in the Qianlan Empire must be the imperial capital "Qiancheng".
It was hard for Han Feng to imagine how majestic the imperial capital at the core of the country must be.
After sighing in his heart for a moment, Han Feng fled directly towards Tai'an City without any delay.
When approaching Tai'an City, Han Feng could already see that occasionally there were spirit warriors flying in the void, driving spirit soldiers, and falling outside the city, while there were also people flying up from the city gate, riding the escaping light.
There were many powerful spiritual warriors showing their auras, and there was even a magnificent escaping light rising into the sky. When several star-level warriors encountered it, they all quickly avoided it.
Obviously, the other party is a moon-level power.
Han Feng merged into these escaping lights and flew all the way. When he was ten miles away from Tai'an City, he felt a pressure coming from the void, making his escape speed slower and slower.
It turned out that there was an air restriction over Tai'an City, and when he was five miles away from Tai'an City, Han Feng had to drop to escape.
When Han Feng returned to the ground, he walked to the city gate like other spirit warriors.
Arriving at the west gate of Tai'an City, the warriors outside the gate had already formed a long queue. When Han Feng sensed the cultivation of these spiritual warriors, he couldn't help but be slightly speechless.
The people outside the city gate are all warriors without exception, and most of them are spiritual warriors who have reached the Hui level. There are also many Chen level spiritual warriors.
Of course, fake star realms and even star-level powerhouses are still very rare.
After all, although there are many warriors in the Qianlan Empire, there are still only a few spiritual warriors who can sense the power of heaven and earth and step into the ranks of "masters".
However, even the rare star-level experts were arrayed honestly outside the city gate and entered the city in an orderly manner.
After all, Tai'an City is an imperial trading house and one of the four major federations. Even if the four branches are relatively weak, there must be strong men with extraordinary strength sitting in them. Even star-level strong men would not dare to make mistakes.
Moreover, Tai'an City is not accessible casually. To enter the city, you need to pay five low-grade spiritual stones, receive a city entry token, and can only stay in the city for one day.
If you want to continue to stay in the city, you have to pay a "detention fee" of two low-grade spiritual stones every day, which is a considerable expense for some low-level spiritual warriors.
Han Feng followed the crowd towards the city gate, paid five low-grade spiritual stones, received an entry token, and finally entered Tai'an City.
Walking into Tai'an City, it was a little different from what Han Feng had imagined.
The streets in the city are wide, and there are dense shops lined up on both sides of the road. They sell everything that spiritual warriors need, such as elixirs, talismans, formations, spiritual weapons... and so on.
It turns out that the city built by the Northwest Association not only allowed itself to be operated, but also attracted many merchants.
To pay enough rent, you can operate a store in the city and obtain the protection of the Northwest Association.
This will not only increase the business's income, but also attract more warriors to Tai'an City.
Han Feng walked on the bustling streets of Tai'an City and looked at the people passing by. Among them were some spiritual warriors wearing strange costumes and even looking exotic.
There are even people riding monster beasts and riding freely on the streets. It can be said that the scenery is unique and full of strange things.
However, Han Feng did not have time to appreciate these scenery. As soon as he entered the city, he asked some passers-by and learned that the base of the Northwest Association was located in the center of Tai'an City.
Han Feng walked quickly and soon arrived at a huge square in the center of the city.
In the center of this empty square, there is a towering square pagoda.
The tower is nine stories high. The tower is made of crystal material and shines brilliantly in the sun. It is the most majestic and dazzling building in the entire Tai'an city.
At this moment, in front of the gate on the first floor of the pagoda, there is an endless stream of pedestrians coming and going on the hundreds of steps.
Han Feng looked at the pagoda in front of him, then without hesitation, he stepped on the stairs and walked all the way to the door of the Chamber of Commerce.
As soon as I walked to the gate, a beautiful young woman wearing a standard long skirt came up to me with a smile on her face.
"Excuse me, distinguished guest, are you here to participate in today's auction?"
"auctions?"
Han Feng was a little surprised when he heard this and asked.
Today is the annual Northwest Auction Conference held by the Northwest Association. Many people who came to the city today came for this auction.
Although Han Feng was also quite curious about this auction, but now he had no time to delay, so he spoke directly.
"I want to buy a batch of armaments."
Hearing this, the smiling waitress couldn't help but be slightly startled.
Immediately, Han Feng took out a medal and a token from his hand.
The medal was given to him by Shopkeeper Mei, the "Golden Medal" of the Imperial Trading Company, and the token was the "Viscount Order" sent to Bailong County along with the imperial edict.
The waitress looked slightly surprised when she saw the gold medal in Han Feng's hand. When she saw the Viscount Order, her beautiful eyes suddenly lit up, her face showed an increasingly aweful look, and she saluted Han Feng.
"Lord Viscount, please come with me."
The woman immediately led the way for Han Feng, and the two of them arrived at an elegant and spacious VIP room on the sixth floor of the pagoda.
The woman said respectfully: "Dear guest, please wait a moment. I will ask the deacons from the general association to come and serve you."
On the way here, the waitress had already explained it to Han Feng.
The procedure for purchasing armaments is not simple, and ordinary personnel cannot complete transactions for Han Feng. Only the deacons of the General Assembly have this power.
There are a total of twelve deacons in the Northwest General Assembly. Above the deacons are four directors, as well as two general managers, chief and deputy, and above them is the president.
Han Feng waited patiently in the room. The servants from his own chamber of commerce brought exquisite refreshments and the service was extremely attentive.
However, Han Feng waited in the room for most of the incense stick, but no one came yet.
Now he was in a hurry to buy equipment and rush back to Bailong County. Seeing that no one came for a long time, he couldn't help but become a little anxious.
After waiting for a while, Han Feng finally lost his patience and planned to go out to have a look.
However, as soon as Han Feng got up, he heard footsteps in the corridor outside the room, as if someone was coming.
Han Feng paused slightly and then stopped.
But at this moment, a man's urgent voice suddenly came from outside the corridor.
"Qin'er, I am sincere to you, just agree to be my woman!"
As the footsteps outside the corridor stopped, another beautiful female voice came, with a helpless tone.
"Deacon Zheng, I still have to work now and I don't have time to waste time with you.
Also, please don't call me "Qin'er" in the future, we are not that familiar! "
