Fang Yun stepped down from the carriage. Ten thousand people cupped their hands in salute and cried in unison, "Farewell, Void Sage Fang!"
Fang Yun smiled and nodded. "Thank you all for seeing me off."
The newly minted Metropolitan Graduates were utterly envious. This was what it meant to depart for the Palace Examination—practically the entire city came to see him off. Ordinary Metropolitan Graduates, on the other hand, simply climbed into a carriage with their families and set out. Forget officials and soldiers; the court would not even assign them a runner. They had to handle everything themselves.
Fang Yun used Tongue Blossoms Thunder. "The capital is far from Ning'an County, so there is no need for such ceremony. I shall board the ship and travel through the air now. Everyone, farewell!"
Fang Yun cupped his hands toward the crowd, then boarded the luxurious Dragon Horse carriage once more. The Dragon Horse raised its hooves and stepped into the air, carrying the carriage diagonally upward until it finally reached the Skyfaring Tower Ship.
The private soldiers behind him boarded in orderly ranks.
Everyone present was a scholar. Although one could keep Demon Barbarian private soldiers after becoming a Metropolitan Graduate, many simply could not afford them. Only generals who had fought for years could subdue Demon Barbarians, unless they themselves came from wealthy clans or great families.
Moreover, even those people who had Demon Barbarian private soldiers only possessed a scattered few. Even Left Prime Minister Liu Shan had fewer than ten Demon Barbarian private soldiers.
Yet Fang Yun had fully four hundred private soldiers, including so many Demon Marquises. Even descendants of the Second Saint Family could not receive such treatment. Even direct descendants of the Hereditary House of Confucius could have at most one Demon Marquis accompany