Chongshan Town, South Route, Dingliao Guard.
The Assistant General of South Route's Dingliao Guard was Cui Chengwu. He was the successor Qin He had chosen, but at the same time, he was also Yang Chengye's trusted confidant.
Cui Chengwu was Qin He's son-in-law. Back when Qin He was still serving as the Assistant General of South Route's Dingliao Guard, he had sent Cui Chengwu to serve under Yang Chengye's command.
Yang Chengye had stayed in Chongshan Town for more than twenty years, and Cui Chengwu had remained by Yang Chengye's side for more than ten of them. It was only when Qin He grew old and frail, resigned from office, and returned to his hometown that Cui Chengwu was appointed by Yang Chengye as the Assistant General of Dingliao Guard.
In Chongshan Town, from the Assistant Generals of each route to the mid- and high-ranking military officers in each camp, they seemed to be a bunch of people who got in through connections, each and every one of them tied to the Yang Family by countless threads, or else possessing an extraordinary identity and background.
This seemed like a display of unfairness, but in truth, it was an exceedingly fair result.
Martial inheritance had always been sect inheritance and Family Inheritance, and in the army, Family Inheritance stood above sect inheritance.
It was not that common-born martial artists never rose up, but compared to those martial artists with Family Inheritance, it was simply far too difficult for ordinary people to rely on martial training to achieve success.
What martial artists competed over was resources. Without some foundation, it was simply impossible to make one's mark.
Putting aside others, take the Yang Family for example. If Yang Zhengshan had not had the Spirit Spring Space, the Yang Family could never have