(Sixth update)
(Making up for yesterday's unwritten tenth update)
A large tract of land had been marked out somewhere 120 kilometers outside Heaven Dou City.
As far as the eye could see stood rows of exquisite buildings. Bluestone-paved roads crisscrossed the area, with streetlights and roadside trees lining both sides. Walls built from sturdy granite surrounded the grounds on all four sides, while various buildings and plants were arranged in orderly fashion across several hundred mu of land.
This was the headquarters of the Sky-Blasting Gang that Yang Ming had established.
Snow Star Prince led the way ahead, guiding Yang Ming to the training hall.
Yang Ming did not enter the training hall. Instead, he stood outside its window and curiously observed the people within.
The training hall was enormous, roughly the size of three basketball courts. Soft mats covered the redwood floor, and childish-looking boys and girls sat cross-legged upon them. Every one of them was under six years old; not a single child had reached six.
Whether boys or girls, they all wore identical black Daoist robes, with belts tied around their waists. Solemn expressions rested on their faces, their eyes tightly shut and their hands placed over their abdomens. Their chests and bellies rose and fell rhythmically with alternating long and short breaths.
Moreover, through Yang Ming's Mangekyō Sharingan, he could faintly see Qi in the air flowing into the children's bodies, continuously altering their constitutions and allowing them to develop more favorably.
Seeing Yang Ming's confusion, Snow Star Prince softly explained,
"My lord, you previously instructed me to arrange for a group of orphans to cultivate Qi techniques. However, I considered that children over six had generally already awakened their Martial Souls and been registered with Spirit Hall. If they possessed useless Martial Souls yet later