PS: This chapter is an extra update in thanks for Cangliang Yese's Alliance Leader reward. 3/10
At this stage, the bulk of Su Xin's subordinates consisted of independent cultivators from the Northwest Circuit.
The Northwest Circuit covered several times the territory of any other circuit. Even though most cultivation resources were controlled by the northwestern tribes, it was still enough to sustain a vast number of independent martial artists.
In the past, those northwestern tribes had never paid much attention to such independent martial artists.
After all, compared to the northwestern tribes, with their inheritances and natural gifts, independent martial artists were simply too weak.
Thus, sects and aristocratic families in the Central Plains often recruited large numbers of retainers and guest elders as supplementary strength, but such a tradition did not exist in the Northwest.
They did have uses for some independent martial artists, but to them, those martial artists could only be considered servants.
Baili Changkong and the others had never expected that these ordinarily inconspicuous independent martial artists, once gathered together, could possess such imposing might.
After entering the city, Baili Changkong and the others headed straight for Su Xin's Jiedu Mansion. As Yang Spirit Realm experts, they were promptly and courteously led into the reception hall.
Su Xin sat upright in the seat of honor and said unhurriedly, "Brother Baili, what brings you here this time?"
Baili Changkong cupped his hands. "Lord Su, let us not beat around the bush. You may build cities in the Northwest Circuit if you wish. In fact, the territory Lord Su currently controls is scarcely any smaller than all of ours combined.
"But if you are building cities, then build them. Why must you construct them all beside our tribes? Does that not amount to surveillance?"
Su Xin said blandly,