At the end of the mountain road, Yu Huatian strode over in a Silver Python Robe.
Behind him were Jian Yue, Ye Gucheng, A Fei, Xu Hongru, the Five Elements Ancestor, Yuan Chengzhi, Wen Qingqing, Ma Jinliang, Ding Xiu, and the other experts under his command.
There was also a contingent of elite Embroidered Uniform Guards, over a thousand strong, every last one a Grandmaster Realm martial artist.
Over the past two years, with the help of the Dragon Meat and Dragon Blood Yu Huatian had brought back from Divine Dragon Island, countless experts had emerged in both the West Depot and the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
After the West Depot was abolished, all those men joined the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and its finest formed a Thousand-Household Guard, producing this terrifying force.
Even from afar, a terrifying aura of iron and blood swept toward them, striking fear into their hearts.
Song Yuanqiao and the other sect leaders were about to step forward to pay their respects, but the sight of the terrifying formation behind Yu Huatian made their expressions change in horror.
Even in the Ming Jianghu of today, a Grandmaster martial artist could rightly be called an expert.
In fact, many leaders of second- and third-rate sects had not reached that realm.
Yet now, a guard of over a thousand Grandmaster Realm martial artists stood before them. How could they believe it?!
"Is... is this the Imperial Court's true strength?!"
Someone could not help murmuring, his face full of shock.
Over the years, under Yu Huatian's suppression, the Ming Jianghu had become considerably more peaceful. The Imperial Court and the Jianghu had kept to their own waters without encroaching on each other, and even occasionally worked together to resist foreign enemies.
This western expedition was one such example.
But in