The conversation between the six of them continued for a while, and then they all dispersed to run their personal errands. They did not want to talk about it any further. If someone else heard it, it would be bad. As for Zheng-Fu, after he had separated, he immediately headed to the frontier city to take a look at the condition of the city after it was seized.

Whoosh!!! Whoosh!!!

Three days passed...

Zheng-Fu finally arrived at the frontier city area. This time he spent three days traveling. And the reason for spending so much time like this was that he traveled normally by himself and wanted to explore the area too, so he was not in a hurry.

Now, when he arrived at the courtyard before going into the city, Zheng-Fu saw a medium-sized barracks in front of the city gate, along with the Birdy Holy Fiery Heaven Country's soldiers, who were standing energetically and looked extremely solemn.

When Zheng-Fu expanded his psychic to examine the number of opponents, he found that there were about three thousand soldiers within and outside the city. The total strength of the soldiers was not very high, and the average was only in the eighth to the ninth level of the Golden Core stage.

The highest level was at the fifth level of the Nascent Soul stage, which was at the center of the city, the city lord's mansion.

"Huh… It seems that there are still townspeople in the city. And they don't seem to be harmed at all. But considering it, this kind of calmness is so strange that I don't like it at all," Zheng-Fu muttered uncomfortably about the unusually quiet situation as if something bad awaited him if he entered the city now.

Therefore, Zheng-Fu had not entered the city yet and chose to wait and see if the situation was as bad as he thought. As a precaution, Zheng-Fu created a spell to seal himself with double layers because he was afraid that the very strong people might be hiding and able to touch him.

Flop!!! Flop!!! Flop!!!

Not long after that, the small sealing image was finished. It had two layers stacked together, making his hiding better. Zheng-Fu was confident that even the intermediate level of the Immortal Soul stage would not be able to touch him.

One day passed...

Everything around the city was as normal as before. There was no movement at all. Zheng-Fu was constantly observing. Whether it was the changing of the guard at each period or other movements such as transport convoys or the whole strange convoys traveling into the city, Zheng-Fung carefully examined them.

However, he still did not find anything unusual, so Zheng-Fu thought to wait another day. If there were no further movements, he would invade the city, eliminating all the enemies. The days passed very quickly, from day to night and from night to day again.

Finally, another day had passed. Things remained the same in all the days that had passed. Nothing had changed except the shifting of the guards. Zheng-Fu then thought of invading the city as intended. But suddenly...

Clip-clop, clip-clop!!!

The sound of the horses' footsteps resounded, along with so many silhouettes of horses with humans galloping on their backs. They were hurriedly heading towards the frontier city, and when Zheng-Fu used his sense to check their level, a shocked expression suddenly showed on his face.

These dozens of troops all had cultivation at the Immortal stage, especially the one in the front who was at the eighth level of the Immortal stage and also had a strong fire elemental energy. They all looked like the high-ranking martial artists of Birdy Holy Fiery Heaven Country.

However, these people were not wearing military armor but rather fiery red robes that looked and felt like a procession of moving flames. Even the horses they were riding on were Fire Horse Monsters, except for the one at the very front, which looked bigger and stronger.

"Or is it someone from the Birdy Holy Fiery Heaven Sect?" Zheng-Fu said, staring intently at the group of newcomers since these people were not giving the sense of soldiers but seemed to be the martial masters.

"I've got to go into the city to check for sure. But how do I get in? That's right! If you want a tiger cub, you must enter the tiger cave," after thinking about how to enter the city for a while, Zheng-Fu thought of something he had done before, which was his makeover technique.

Whoosh!!! Whoosh!!!

Once figured out, Zheng-Fu waited for the martial master group to enter the city first. He then dashed to the barracks in front of the city to deal with one of the soldiers and to copy the soldier's face to disguise himself. It was not only his face that Zheng-Fu would imitate but also his memories, so in case Zheng-Fu met the other soldiers and they asked him anything, he would be able to reply.

Thump!!!

"Sorry, brother, but it's really necessary!" Zheng-Fu apologized to the soldier he had just beaten on the head, then dragged him out of sight before transforming himself into that soldier.

"Well, this should be alright. And the last one is memory."

Blop!!!

[Soul Sealing Skill, Second Stage: Swallow]

Whooooosh!!!

This soul-sealing skill was not only used to force people to tell the truth but also had a second stage: swallowing, and a third stage: erasing memories as well. But now, Zheng-Fu could only use the second stage because, to use the third stage, he had to master the skills of the first and second stages first.

But who would have the opportunity to use this kind of skill so often? So Zheng-Fu was still unable to reach the third stage of this skill, but just the second stage was more than enough.

"How sad for this soldier. I'm really sorry to have to do this to him. But even then, it was necessary. I wish you to rest in peace... Amida Buddha!"

Whoosh!!!

Zheng-Fu quickly read the memory of the soldier into his mind as he expressed his regret for this action. But with duty and necessity, he had to do it. However, Zheng-Fu was not mean to his soulless body. He chanted the spirits and cremated the soldier's corpse, then threw his corpse into his own dimensional space so that no one would notice.

Now that Zheng-Fu was under that soldier's face, he immediately headed for the city gates to enter the city. According to the memories of the soldier whom Zheng-Fu disguised as him, he was able to enter and exit the city easily because he was of a high rank.

Therefore, Zheng-Fu was able to easily enter the city without wasting time, and once he entered the city, Zheng-Fu was not in a hurry to do anything. He only walked around the city to see how many people were still living there and how they lived.

"Master, please have mercy on us!"

"Master, please take pity on my son. He hasn't eaten for days!"

Banggggg!!!

"Release me!!! Let me go!!! Oooouch!!!"

Thud, thud, thud!!!

Oooouch!!!

The situation in the city looked very bad for ordinary residents. These villagers were the ones who could not escape the city in time and were the ones who were in the lowest position. As for the people that Zheng-Fu sensed they were well-being were probably rich people with a lot of money and the merchants who spent money to survive.

Along the way, Zheng-Fu had witnessed many more such incidents. He could only grit his teeth and endure the pain that he could not help these people and had to let it go because if he helped them now, there might be trouble later on.

But he promised to come back and help these people out of their suffering for sure. Zheng-Fu hurriedly surveyed the area as quickly as possible until he came to a stop in front of a mansion. From the memories of this soldier, this mansion belonged to the city lord before the city was captured.

Now the mansion had become the residence of a nobleman who was sent to dominate here instead after the commander led the army out. And in front of the entrance to it, Zheng-Fu also found dozens of Fire Horse Monsters. The reason he stopped here was that his target was the head of that noble and those newly arrived martial masters.

"What business did you come here for?" Suddenly, the voice of one of the guards at the entrance rang as he saw Zheng-Fu walk in.

"I have important news to report to Noble Lord," Zheng-Fu made a calm face as he replied in a deep, mature voice.

"What's the important news? Tell us, and we'll go in and report it by ourselves!" The guards did not let Zheng-Fu enter. One of them gave a fierce look at Zheng-Fu and ordered Zheng-Fu to tell him the news, and he would report it by himself.

"No! This matter is very important. I must speak for myself. If you guys don't let me in, prepare yourself for the punishment from Milord for detaining me from reporting this news!" Zheng-Fu continued to play his role and spoke in a firm tone as well.

His expressions and words caused the guards' faces to change slightly with hesitation as to what they should do because if what Zheng-Fu said was true, they would be severely punished.

"So, you wait here, and I'll go to report to Noble Lord first!" The guard decided to bring this matter to the noble first because if something happened, he would not be punished later.

"Alright! But before going to report, I'd like you to take this with you for his decision," finished speaking, Zheng-Fu picked up a piece of cloth and handed it to the guard before he continued, "Tell him that this is just a part of the message I want to convey." Zheng-Fu finished speaking, then turned around and walked back slightly.

Umm...

Ten minutes passed...

"You can go in. Noble Lord is waiting for you!"

After ten minutes, the voice of the guard who went in to report sounded, telling Zheng-Fu to follow him to meet the noble within the mansion. This mansion was as large as the city lord of Blossom Meadow City's mansion, but it looked slightly more luxurious.

Moreover, the area around this mansion was also full of martial masters who were hiding at least a hundred people, and as Zheng-Fu examined, these people were probably not the kingdom's soldiers but rather mercenaries.

Because their energy flows were not the same for each person, including the nature of the latent energies, which were different. And the volatilities of the Qi wave energy were also not the same. Therefore, this group's only conclusion was that they were this noble's personal mercenaries.

"These mercenaries look no less bloodthirsty. But even then, I have to admire them for being able to use such a high level of camouflage skill. Plus, the energy levels are quite high," Zheng-Fu said, admiring their camouflage skills because they could be called very professional.

After entering the mansion, Zheng-Fu immediately went straight to the part of the main hall that was used for conversation. Four guards cautiously followed along before stopping in front of a large door guarded by two giant soldiers.

"We brought him to meet Noble Lord," said the guard who had entered earlier, staring at the two giant guards.

Umm…

Squeak!!!!!

When he finished speaking, a giant guard immediately pushed the door open. As the door opened, an aura of heat surged up, with a sudden intense pressure rushing towards Zheng-Fu, causing him to be slightly shocked at the hospitality of the people inside.

Thump!!!

Argh!!!

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