Xiaoqiu: "..."
Xiaoqiu fell silent.
Author's note:
11: A clumsy imitation.
Xiaoqiu: Sob, sob, sob.
Chapter 88: I won't lose control again
The Great Xia dynasty had more cultivators than other mortal nations, so its border forces were quite formidable.
Chi Yu and the others' Flying Artifact was soon intercepted.
However, Xiaoqiu stepped forward and produced his identification token to prove his identity, allowing the Flying Artifact to continue onward.
Over all this time, Chi Yu had passed through many mortal dynasties whose border defenses were as flimsy as paper. They had nothing but mortal soldiers, with practically no cultivators at all, whereas the border before him had a full seventy or eighty cultivators stationed there. That was a very large number.
After all, mortal dynasties paid for cultivators' services with children who had spiritual roots. Sometimes, a child with a top-grade spiritual root could only secure a cultivator's allegiance for a year.
Many clever dynasties signed contracts with the Immortal Sect to establish this sort of partnership.
But the Great Xia dynasty clearly had no such partnership with the Immortal Sect. Xiaoqiu explained to Chi Yu, "These cultivators are all my uncles, older uncles, cousins of my parents, nephews, nieces, and so on."
Chi Yu finally understood why Xiaoqiu had told him he had over a dozen siblings. They were breeding like there was no tomorrow.
His Great Xia dynasty covered an enormous territory, larger than any nation Chi Yu had seen in the Wasteland. The Flying Artifact flew for another hour before reaching Great Xia's capital.
Xiaoqiu said excitedly, "Let's go to my house first, my house first! Your Highness, let's go to my house first. I'll take Aotian-ge to see my little brothers and sisters."
He squeezed Chi Yu aside and steered the Flying Artifact toward Prince