Marquis's residence.
In the front hall.
Afternoon sunlight streamed down through the glazed skylight overhead, refracting like shattered gold scattered across the floor.
"Your Highness's grace in remaking me is etched into Zhong's heart. My injuries have now basically healed. I am willing to serve as the vanguard at Your Highness's command and battle those Yellow Heaven rebels once more."
Jiang Ning waved a hand. "Why make things so troublesome?"
Then he turned his gaze to Zhou Sheng. "Brother Zhou, give me a simple account of the Yellow Heaven Cult army's current situation. I'll go over there shortly, and this matter will naturally be settled."
Jiang Ning's words jolted Zhou Sheng awake, but he immediately composed himself.
"Yes, Your Highness." He cupped his hands to Jiang Ning, then continued, "According to the information we currently have, the elite forces under the Yellow Heaven Cult's Mountain-Subduing and Sea-Covering Heavenly Kings number roughly fifty thousand. They are currently stationed at Broken Dragon Ridge, eighty li outside Celestial City."
"They do not seem to be in any hurry to attack the city. Rather, they appear to be waiting for something. At the same time, over these past days, they have continually dispatched small groups of cultists to infiltrate the surrounding villages and towns, stir up the people, and conscript laborers."
"As for those two Heavenly Kings, it is said that the Mountain-Subduing Heavenly King excels with a mountain-splitting great axe. He possesses the divine ability to shift mountains and subdue peaks, has boundless strength, commands the power of the earth veins, and has also reached the Third Rank Grandmaster realm in martial arts!"
"As for the Sea-Covering Heavenly King, we know little. We only know that he possesses the divine ability to summon clouds and call rain, and can draw upon the water