Wang Chong smiled faintly and said, "What's so difficult about that?"
He drifted down from Copper Pass, moving like flowing clouds and running water, then like a heavenly steed soaring into the sky. With a single move, he captured Li Hongji alive, threw him to the ground, and asked, "Have you ever seen such a young Grandmaster?"
Li Hongji no longer had any doubts. Countless people said that Wang Chong was the youngest Grandmaster in the world. This man was so young, and his martial arts were so formidable-who else could he be? Besides, he had captured Li Hongji in one move; killing him would be as easy as turning over his hand. Li Hongji was sincerely convinced of Wang Chong's abilities.
With these several hundred remnants added to his forces, Wang Chong's first act was to teach them the two sets of martial arts he had created. Li Hongji had long heard that the Wind-Treading Cavalry under the Prince of Yan could learn "Supreme" martial arts. Once he began learning them, all his doubts vanished.
Over the next few days, more than a dozen groups arrived one after another. Each contingent of Li Cunshou's former troops numbered anywhere from several dozen to several hundred, with the occasional lone straggler coming as well. Gradually, Wang Chong gathered two or three thousand men.
Li Cunshou's former troops were all veterans of a hundred battles. Having endured countless struggles of life and death, they knew the importance of martial arts. Yet even Li Cunshou would not teach superior martial arts to his subordinates, while Wang Chong had no such reservations. This alone won these veterans' wholehearted allegiance, sparing him the process of buying their loyalty.
Half a month later, Yuwen Xuandu was the first to return, bringing Wang Chong a pleasant surprise: