Arrival at Ironwall City-Qian Renxue: Kill Yu Xiaogang

"Hyah!"

A carriage rolled slowly along the main road, the light clatter of hooves breaking the morning stillness.

"Dad, why are there so few travelers on the road?"

"That's because Iron Arm City is the shield in front of Heaven Dou City. Most of its residents are soldiers, and most of the civilians are their families."

Su Haichao offered the explanation.

"Then does the Great Soul Arena in the city have a lot of strong fighters from the army?"

Su Yuntao had immediately seized on what mattered to him, leaving Tang Shan, who sat beside him, rather helpless.

"Big brother, once we reach Spirit Hall in Heaven Dou City, you can travel the continent all you want. There'll be plenty of Great Soul Arenas for you to compete in then. Missing a few matches here won't matter."

Tang Shan couldn't help speaking up.

"That's where you're wrong, Shanzi. Skip one match today and another tomorrow, and how many will you have missed by the end of the year? Think of all that lost combat experience. I can't allow that. If you skipped your morning training today, wouldn't that become a form of slacking off over time?"

Tang Shan had no answer to his own words being thrown back at him. Inside, he was falling apart.

Ever since Su Yuntao had broken up with Sisi, he had seemed like a different person. All he did was cultivate or think about fighting.

Of course, Tang Shan had no idea that he, too, spent every day absorbed in cultivation.

"We're here."

At Su Haichao's voice, they looked up. A towering city wall filled their view. It rose thirty zhang high and stretched beyond sight, a vast barrier that seemed to shut out every threat from the outside world.

"That's Iron Arm City. They