A few days earlier, those conversations with Princess Jieyou had put Ye Zhen somewhat at ease.
Basically, so long as no further twists arose, he would be able to leave Xitian Commandery safely with the reward.
Of course, Ye Zhen knew that after their talk that day, Princess Jieyou had frequently sent out Talisman Signals. He guessed that she was mobilizing people to search for Jiang Hao, Guo Yu, and the other two.
Princess Jieyou had not given up on the idea of killing Ye Zhen. After all, only the dead could keep secrets, could they not?
But even if Princess Jieyou scattered every secret agent under heaven, she would never find Jiang Hao, Guo Yu, and the other two.
Thus, over these past days, Ye Zhen simply requested another carriage and cultivated steadily as he traveled with the army.
The army moved rather slowly. A journey that would originally have taken Ye Zhen only one day took this army a full twenty days.
Though slow, marching ten thousand li each day was still astonishing enough.
Those ordinary soldiers who followed the path of body cultivation possessed only Soul Sea Realm cultivation, yet every step carried them dozens of meters. Each of them strode as swiftly as if flying.
Moreover, this Border Army was superbly trained. Tens of thousands of soldiers moved in formation, their strides perfectly uniform and swift as flight. The sight was like watching an army of Monster Beasts.
With Ye Zhen's easygoing nature, he quickly mingled with the ordinary soldiers and the low- to mid-ranking officers.
Through his conversations with them, Ye Zhen finally came to thoroughly understand the value of the Enqiwei rank, as well as the preciousness of the Spirit Nurturing Pill.
These Spirit Nurturing Pills were even more precious than Ye Zhen had