Time flew by, and twenty thousand years passed.
Haoyang City was filled with surging crowds and the clamor of carriages and horses.
In a secluded manor, Ni Tianlong and a full-figured golden-skirted woman sat in a blue stone pavilion, talking about something.
The golden-skirted woman had exquisitely beautiful features and skin as smooth as congealed fat.
Lin Yunyan was Ni Tianlong's Dao companion, as well as an Immortal Alchemist.
Ni Tianlong was currently at the True Immortal Middle Stage. He was the deputy captain of Haoyang City's guard army. Chen Yueying, Li Tianhe, Lan Fukong, and the Four Seasons Sword Master were also deputy captains, while Wang Qingshan was the captain.
The guard army was divided into multiple squads, with even the weakest members at the Great Ascension Stage. Great Ascension Cultivators mainly dealt with Chaos Beasts below the True Immortal Stage. They trained year-round and worked together with great proficiency.
The guard army selected its members from such forces as Townsea Palace, the Ni Family, the Blue Family, the Wang Family, the Li Family, Taiyi Palace, and the Wang Family. They knew one another's backgrounds and formed a community of shared interests.
The benefits of serving as a deputy captain were quite good. They received regular stipends, and killing Chaos Beasts earned them Merit Points, which they could use to exchange for Cultivation Resources from the Wang Family.
"By my reckoning, the Chaos Beast herd has been docile for more than a hundred thousand years. That's a rare occurrence."
Lin Yunyan spoke.
Ni Tianlong nodded and said, "That's a good thing. Occasionally, solitary Chaos Beasts come to cause trouble. We can earn Cultivation Resources by dealing with them."
He seemed to sense something and took out a golden communication disk. After sending a Hand Seal into it, Wang Qingshan's