My strength increases by one percent every day; I can destroy stars with my bare hands.

The Pei family suffered humiliation at the hands of the Marquis of Anzhou, and the two leaders in charge collapsed from shock and grief.

Three days later, the Pei family announced to the world that they had personally torn up their marriage contract with the Marquis of Anzhou, causing quite a stir.

Li Xuancang had heard about it, but he didn't pay any attention to it.

He received the resources allocated by the imperial court, and Wang Xiaoniu and others purchased supplies in preparation for accompanying him to Ganquan County to assume his new post.

When the Li family heard the news, they felt extremely gratified and finally got their revenge.

"He brought this upon himself; retribution is inevitable."

The marriage arrangement with the Pei family still lingers in the Li family's mind.

Hearing of the Pei family's tragic end, they finally let go and found peace.

Two days later, the group left Qinghe County and headed towards Ganquan County.

Ganquan County belongs to Liangzhou, which is more than 6,000 li away from here. Even if everyone travels day and night, it will take about a month.

Outside the city gate, the prefect of Qinghe County and other officials, along with Huang Tianyun, Zhou Xingzhan, and others who were about to take up their posts in various places, came to bid farewell to Li Xuancang.

"Lord Li, take care on your journey."

"I wish Lord Li peace, good fortune, and prosperity in military affairs."

"May Lord Li achieve great success and be granted a title and generalship."

"..."

Everyone wore smiles, all expressing their best wishes for Li Xuancang.

Huang Tianyun and the others had all received favors from Li Xuancang, and since they all came from Anzhou, they were naturally close.

If Li Xuancang becomes successful in the future, he might be able to help them.

The officials of Qinghe County had no grudge against Li Xuancang, and they also tried to curry favor with him.

"Please wait, gentlemen, and take care."

Li Xuancang stopped the crowd from continuing the farewell, mounted his horse, gave a slight bow to everyone, and rode away.

The group consisted of several hundred people, including more than sixty of Li Xuancang's personal guards who had followed him for a long time, their families, and some people from his household.

Five carriages and more than fifty fine horses.

These horses are called Flame Horses; they possess the bloodline of demonic beasts and run as red as flames.

Each horse cost tens of thousands of taels of silver; Li Xuancang spent a fortune.

Yangzhou was a prosperous and peaceful place, and nothing happened for seven consecutive days.

After leaving Yangzhou, we entered Liangzhou, a region that became increasingly desolate.

"Huff, huff..."

The wind howled, the atmosphere was bleak, and the ground was as hard as stone, making most areas unsuitable for cultivation.

Some of the people they encountered were also emaciated and malnourished.

"Get out of the way."

When the people saw Li Xuancang and his entourage passing by, they quickly made way for them.

Such an impressive carriage is clearly not something an ordinary person can own; it's something they can't afford to mess with.

Ten days later, the group passed through a village where flames were raging and the people were being slaughtered by a group of people.

The scene before him caused Li Xuancang's pupils to shrink, and his murderous aura erupted.

"No, no!"

"Sir, please spare us!"

"Please, sir, give us a way to live!"

"..."

The people were powerless to resist and could only kowtow repeatedly on the ground, begging for mercy.

These officers and soldiers turned a deaf ear and were determined to wipe out the entire village.

"Let's go take a look!"

At Li Xuancang's command, Bai Meng and Wang Xiaoniu immediately rushed over.

"Stop it, all of you!"

Wang Xiaoniu shouted, and everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at him.

The officers and soldiers first looked at the two men with disdain, their killing intent surging.

If the two dared to meddle in their affairs, the crowd would tear them to pieces.

Immediately, the officers and soldiers looked at the five impressive carriages behind the two men, as well as the magnificent flaming horses.

They licked their lips, their mouths drooling, their eyes filled with greed.

"Haha, brothers, a fat sheep has been delivered to our door."

The crowd made no attempt to conceal their greed, immediately abandoning the common people and tacitly surrounding the carriage, clearly not the first time they had done something like this.

Seeing this, Wang Xiaoniu and Bai Meng were so angry that their breathing became heavy.

These people are utterly lawless; they actually dared to offend Li Xuancang, and their crimes are unforgivable.

"court death."

The two suddenly charged out, holding nothing back.

"Kill them."

As soon as Wang Xiaoniu made his move, hundreds of soldiers around them immediately charged towards them.

"puff!"

"what!"

"Well!"

"..."

The screams of the officers and soldiers were incessant as they collapsed to the ground.

Bai Meng is already in the late stage of the Bone Forging Realm, possessing innate divine strength that rivals that of the Blood Condensation Realm.

Wang Xiaoniu is also in the late stage of the Bone Forging Realm, only one step away from the Blood Condensation Realm.

With the two working together, these officers and soldiers posed no threat to them.

As his comrades fell one after another, the battalion commander's face darkened with malice, knowing he had met his match.

However, he was not afraid. This was Liangzhou, the territory of their Liangzhou army.

Offending the Liangzhou army will be disastrous for anyone.

"To dare attack officers and soldiers is tantamount to treason. Aren't you afraid of having your entire family executed?"

The battalion commander shouted threats, trying to get the two men to give up their resistance.

The two ignored him and instead charged at him quickly.

Upon seeing this, the battalion commander's expression changed drastically; he was no match for the two men.

"Quickly, fire the signal flare."

The officers and soldiers immediately released signal flares, and the Liangzhou army, upon seeing them, would immediately come to their aid.

"You're all going to die!"

The battalion commander's eyes were sinister; he wanted these people to die without a burial place.

Bai Meng swiftly charged towards the battalion commander, slamming his heavy black iron sword down towards his head.

Li Xuancang killed Manzhan and bestowed his Xuan Tie Heavy Sword upon Bai Meng, the two complementing each other perfectly.

Upon seeing this, the battalion commander was terrified and hurriedly raised his broadsword above his head to defend himself.

"clang."

Swords clashed, sparks flew.

"Snap!"

The next moment, the long sword was shattered, and the immense force was transmitted to the battalion commander.

"what!"

With a scream, the heavy sword fell, severing the battalion commander's arm, which bled profusely.

This was only because Bai Meng showed mercy; otherwise, the battalion commander's body would have been split in two by now.

The battalion commander screamed in pain, and Bai Meng grabbed him by the neck and lifted him up.

"Shut up!"

A furious roar, like a raging beast.

Even though he was in excruciating pain, the battalion commander dared not wail any longer.

After carrying him to Li Xuancang's side, Bai Meng threw him to the ground.

"Kneel down."

When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. The battalion commander knelt down beside Li Xuancang without hesitation.

Li Xuancang remained expressionless and asked in a cold voice, "Are you soldiers from Liangzhou?"

"That's right, we are regular soldiers of the Liangzhou army. If you know what's good for you, release us now, or else..."

When the battalion commander heard Li Xuancang mention the Liangzhou army, he thought Li Xuancang was afraid of them, and immediately made a threatening remark.

"what!"

Before he could finish his threat, Bai Meng stomped on his thigh and broke it, causing him to scream in agony and break out in a cold sweat.

The battalion commander then realized that these people were not afraid of his identity as a member of the Liangzhou Army at all, and dared not speak again.

Even though it hurt so much that they grimaced, they forced themselves to endure it.

His eyes held endless hatred and murderous intent; as long as the rest of the Liangzhou army arrived, he would make them wish they were dead.

Li Xuancang continued, "Why did you massacre the people? Did these people commit a grave crime?"

At this point, the battalion commander dared not play any tricks and could only obediently answer.

"They are all lowly people, so it's a good opportunity to kill them and exchange them for resources and merits from the imperial court."

The battalion commander spoke as if it were a trivial, commonplace matter.