Zhan Chen looked at this elder and didn't know who he was, so he heard someone around him talking.

"Who's that elder? ”

"You don't understand this, he is a big man in the Elders' House, Elder Wu Zhihe, but he has the strong cultivation of Emperor Wu's Great Perfection!"

"So is he leading the team when we go to the west to defend this time?"

"I think so. ”

"But it's good that with such a powerful person in charge, our trip must be a lot safer. ”

"Dream your dreams! It's the big guys who are safe, and the bottom ones like us are not safe. ”

"Then why did you sign up?"

"Hehe, aren't we all treasures?"

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After listening to these people's discussions, Zhan Chen probably knew the identity of the brocade robe elder. At this time, I heard Wu Zhihe say to everyone: "Hello everyone, my name is Wu Zhihe, I am the commander of your trip, since I have signed up for this mission, everyone must obey my orders and dispatches, and work together, only in this way can we maintain the stability of the border of Daning and protect the water and soil from the attacks of demon beasts or demon cultivators." ”

Zhan Chen nodded, Daning Kingdom is a subsidiary of the Xuandao Sect, providing the Xuandao Sect with various cultivation resources and countless talents, and the sect will naturally attach importance to it.

"Now, please ask the elders and elite disciples to come forward. Wu Zhihe said.

Zhan Chen, Zhou Ziru and the others stepped forward, Wu Zhihe swept them over, and said to them: "Well, there are 32 people, 14 elders and 18 elite disciples, you are all the pillars of my sect, and you should play an exemplary role." Now I'm going to select six people to be the deputy commanders of this operation. ”

He selected the six people with the highest cultivation among them as his deputies. Then, divide the rest into 13 teams, each team is led by two Martial Emperor powerhouses, acting as positive and negative leaders.

Zhan Chen was also assigned to a team, and with him was an elite disciple named Wang Wei, who also had the cultivation of the first level of the Martial Emperor, and there were more than 256 people in their team, and there were 33 people who cultivated above the Martial King. It is conceivable that the 13 teams add up to more than 3,000 people, which is a large number for the Xuandao Sect, which shows how much importance the sect attaches to the western land.

After lining up the queue, Wu Zhihe led the way in front of the line, and a vote of people marched towards the north.

Zhan Chen was quite suspicious of this, so he asked Wang Wei beside him: "Wang Wei, why do you say we are heading north, isn't the land in the west in the northwest?"

Wang Wei replied with a smile: "Brother Zhan, do you know, our team is not going directly to the west, but going to the capital of Daning first. ”

"Oh, why is that?"

"Although our sect is the dominant one behind the Daning Kingdom, nominally the royal court of the Daning Kingdom is the symbol of the country, and the western region also belongs to the territory of the Daning Kingdom. Therefore, if we want to go to the west, we must also join the army of the Daning Kingdom and obey the deployment of the Daning Kingdom. ”

"I see. Zhan Chen suddenly realized.

"Don't look at the Daning Kingdom, which is a vassal of our Xuandao Sect, but I heard that their strength has also grown very rapidly in recent years, and Ning Yu, the king of the Daning Kingdom, has also reached the cultivation of the middle level of the Martial Saint, and I heard that there is more than one Martial Saint master in the Daning Kingdom. There are no less than 100 masters of Emperor Wu. ”

"I didn't expect that the strength of a big royal court could be compared to a sect, I really have a lot of knowledge!" Zhan Chen couldn't help but sigh.

"Not really! I'll be more clear with you. As far as I know, it is not only our sect and Daning Kingdom that participate in the defense of the Western Territory, but there are also other sect masters scattered all over Daning Kingdom. And this task of guarding is defense on the surface, but in fact it is a testing ground for the major sects and royal courts to cultivate and train elites. Not only our sect, but even the Yunshan Sword Alliance, Yuci Palace, and even those demon sects also have such an attitude. Only those who have experienced all kinds of trials and tribulations in this neutral zone are truly strong!"

Listening to Wang Wei's words, Zhan Chen suddenly had a feeling of seeing the sun again.

The team trekked through mountains and rivers, and after nearly a month, it arrived at Ningcheng, the capital of Daning Kingdom.

Ningcheng is majestic, the city wall is towering and majestic, no less than the Moluo City that Zhan Chen had seen before, the whole body is made of a kind of white bricks, its quality is transparent like jade, and it shines with a soft halo under the sunlight, which is extraordinarily wonderful.

In the team, the people who saw Ningcheng for the first time couldn't help but praise it, looking forward to entering the city immediately and having a look.

At this moment, the drums beat above the city, the trombone sounded in unison, the city gate was opened, and a team of honor guards poured out of it, and quickly stood in two rows in front of the city gate, playing military music, and welcoming the city.

A middle-aged man dressed in a dragon robe, wearing a golden crown, a face like red copper, eyes like a torch, and a beard, walked slowly from the city gate, and he was followed by a group of civil officials and martial artists, all of whom were introverted and extraordinary.

Seeing this, Wu Zhihe got up and got out of the car, led the people behind him, walked forward quickly, walked to the middle-aged man, bowed down, and said: "Wu Zhihe, the elder of the Xuandao Sect, meets the king of Daning!"

And the people behind him also learned to bow down to King Daning, and said in unison: "Meet King Daning." ”

Ning Yu laughed and said: "Angels, please hurry up, the masters of the Xuandao Sect are looking forward to the masters, like looking at the clouds after a long drought." ”

Wu Zhihe stood up with everyone and said: "Don't dare, we are here to assist Your Majesty on the order of the sect master this time, the Xuandao Sect is in the country of Daning, and it is the responsibility of Your Majesty to guard the land for a long time." ”

"Xuandao Sect, all of you will quickly follow the widow into the city, and the widow has already prepared accommodation and food for you in the city. King Daning turned around and entered the city as he spoke, and Wu Zhihe also led the crowd to follow in.

Zhan Chen entered Ningcheng, and saw that the road was wide, the cars and horses flowed endlessly, the pedestrians were weaving, the shops were lined up one after another, and the trade was prosperous.

Everyone was not in the slightest panic because of the arrival of the monarch and the Xuandao sect team, everything was as usual, only when the king passed by, they would bow down to him and say, "Long live Your Majesty!"

Seeing this, Zhan Chen had a good impression of this King Daning in his heart, it seems that although this king is in a high position, he does not rely on his status and martial arts cultivation to threaten the lower class people, so there is this scene of harmonious coexistence between the upper and lower levels.

Passing through several streets, a magnificent palace appears in people's field of vision, the red palace wall, the tall watchtower, all isolate the palace from the outside world, its own space, outside the outer wall, there are rows of guards patrolling, guarded.

Standing under the tall palace wall, you can look up and see a tall spire-shaped palace is particularly outstanding, like a sharp cone reaching straight into the sky. Zhan Chen thought, I'm afraid that it is the main hall where the king lives.

Due to the large number of people in the Xuandao Sect, people below the elder level were concentrated in the barracks area on the side of the palace. And only the elders can enter the palace walls.

So Zhan Chen followed Wu Zhihe into the main gate of the palace, and saw a luxurious scene, spotless avenues, lush flower beds, beautiful sculptures, fountains, and beautiful palace maids floating by, all of which gave people a deep impression.

King Daning welcomed everyone into the palace and instructed an official on the side to arrange accommodation for Xuandaozong and others. After Zhan Chen inquired, it turned out that there were several sect masters who had not yet arrived. So they waited in the palace for nearly a week, during which more than forty Martial Emperor powerhouses from several sects came to the palace one after another.

A week later, the King of Daning held a grand banquet in his palace to wash away the dust of the masters who had come to the aid of the various sects.

That night, when Zhan Chen came to the banquet site, he saw that the huge palace was already full of tables, there were more than 300 tables, and each table was covered with delicacies, elixir and jade liquid, which was mouth-watering.

Zhan Chen sat down with everyone, looking left and right, and found that all the people present were strong Martial Emperors, and he was immediately shocked, and secretly thought: "I didn't expect that guarding a western region would attract so many masters, I'm afraid that the backbone of the entire Daning Kingdom has gathered here." ”

After a while, everyone came, more than 300 seats were full, and the lord of Daning Kingdom was in a high position, raised the golden bottle in front of him, and laughed: "Today's widow is really happy, all of you are a generation of strong people in my Daning Kingdom, I want to toast everyone first!"

"Toast Your Majesty!" The people below also drank all the wine.

I heard King Daning say again: "Tomorrow, we will set off, and here I want to introduce to you the governor of this march, who is also the third prince of the widow - Ning Qi!"

The guards at the door immediately said loudly: "His Royal Highness the Third Prince Xuan!"

After a while, a burly, heroic young man walked in through the door.

Zhan Chen looked at it with the True Pupil Secret Technique, and was shocked, he couldn't see that His Royal Highness the Third Prince was actually a powerhouse in the Martial Emperor Great Perfection realm, no wonder his father was overflowing with pride when he introduced him.

Ning Qi stepped forward, knelt down on one knee, and arched his hand: "Child Ning Qi to meet his father!"

"Get up!"

Ning Qi stood up.

"Give me a seat!"

The attendants on one side immediately brought the cushions, the wine table, the dishes and wine, and Ning Qi knelt down to the right hand of King Daning.

Daning Guojun said again: "Wu'er, I want to introduce you to a few distinguished guests here today, and you toast them one by one. ”

"Yes!"

"Here this is Elder Wu of the Xuandao Sect. ”

Ning Qi immediately stood up, raised his wine glass and said to Wu Zhihe, "Ning Qi respects Elder Wu with a glass!"

Wu Zhihe also stood up and saluted back, saying, "His Royal Highness Prince Xie!"

"This is Elder Huang of the Six Swords Sect"

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Subsequently, King Daning introduced the representatives of important sects to Ning Qi one by one, and Ning Qi also toasted one by one.

At the end, King Daning said to him again: "Qi'er, you are one of my most important people, this time let you take charge of the military and guard the western region for General Zhao Meng, it is an experience for you, if you want to do a good job as the governor of the capital, you must ask the seniors here for advice, especially Elder Wu of the Xuandao Sect, understand?"

"Father, please rest assured, the child will be remembered!"

King Daning nodded, and said to everyone: "Okay, I don't want to delay this celebration, let's start the banquet!"

With his announcement, the bells and chimes in the palace played in unison, and everyone enjoyed a happy time. In the Ming Dynasty, they will go to the chaotic western land.