Preparing the Foundation

Rumble!

Rumble!

Zhao Hongxiu wore the Vermilion Bird token, drove the convoy onward, and set foot in the Imperial Capital.

Chu Qing chatted briefly with the Cui Family Daughter, exchanged a few polite words with General Liao and the others, and left them a way to contact him.

"Everyone, none of us are from the Imperial Capital."

"Now that we're here, we can support one another."

"If anything comes up in the future, come find me!"

With that, Chu Qing raised a cup fist in farewell.

As she watched Chu Qing's figure recede, the Cui Family Daughter's gaze flickered.

This young man was far steadier than he had been in the provincial city.

And besides:

He had been able to use black gold to bribe the gate guards. That was quite something.

It looked like he had been doing rather well?

Moreover, she had noticed:

Several gate guards had actually clustered around the convoy, escorting it onward.

"What is this fellow doing in the Imperial Capital?"

"How can he command these gate guards?"

Miao Zong and the others sneered inwardly.

Keep in touch later?

Heh. A mere martial artist from a provincial city—even if he had become a Heaven-Connecting Martial Artist—was not qualified to enter their circle.

Unless... he was a female Heaven-Connecting Martial Artist.

Help each other?

There was no chance they would ever help each other in this lifetime.

They tossed Jiang Wu a pass and said casually, "Tell us about this Chu Qing."

Facing scions of great lineages from the main city, Jiang Wu did not dare resist at all.

Because:

In his understanding, scions of the main city's great lineages were no different from those of the Imperial Capital.

He raised a cup fist and smiled ingratiatingly. "My lords, after entering the Imperial Capital, he joined