Guo Tianyu looked around and, seeing that everyone had arrived, said to Xu Qingtong, "Sect Leader, everyone is here. When do we leave?"
Xu Qingtong nodded and said to Zhuang Shengren and Lei Wei, "Shengren, Lei Wei, go to the Garrison Camp and bring the guards from Wei City. Pick another ten men from the Garrison Camp, then meet us directly at the Academy gates."
"Senior Brother Xu, that fellow Ximen Wanyan isn't easy to talk to. What if he won't let them go?" Lei Wei asked.
"He can refuse, provided he doesn't want any more Yuanrong Bolts!"
"Understood!" Zhuang Shengren and Lei Wei cupped their fists, left the Spring-Knowing Abode, and headed straight for the Garrison Camp.
When Ximen Wanyan heard that Xu Qingtong wanted men, he let Zhuang Shengren and Lei Wei take their pick without another word. Before long, the two left the Garrison Camp with thirty guards and arrived at the Academy gates.
Xu Qingtong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Zhuang Shengren and Lei Wei. Ximen Wanyan had been fairly decent about this. All thirty men had Golden Core cultivation, and with their Yuanrong Crossbows, this Tiger-and-Wolf Army would be more than enough to handle ordinary confrontations!
"Move out!" At Xu Qingtong's command, everyone followed him out of the Academy toward Nine Cauldron Mountain.
Two days later, Xu Qingtong arrived at Nine Cauldron Mountain with the group.
Sensing Xu Qingtong's arrival, Dong Yunxiao hurried out to greet him. "Sect Leader, you've brought everyone?"
Xu Qingtong nodded and asked, "Deputy Sect Master, have you planned out the sect's construction?"
"Sect Leader, look at the contours of this mountain. We'll build along its slopes. The mountain gate will go there, the inner sect here, and this will be the area for the outer sect disciples.