Open up and break into another world

Xu Ming and his group hurried along and soon arrived at the Yunqi Guard's base outside the capital.

During this time, Wen Shuai's guard team—ten experts at the peak of Inner Refinement—also emerged from the shadows and followed Wen Shuai.

Reaching the peak of Inner Refinement was enough to become a Deputy General in the Flying Cloud Army, or a mid-level manager in a large force like the Flying Cloud Martial Pavilion. Wen Shuai had ten Inner Refinement martial artists following him, showing that although Wen Shuai's power was not as great as that of the First Prince Wen Man, he still had some influence.

"Halt!"

However, outside the Yunqi Guard's base, Xu Ming and his group of thirteen were stopped: "This is the Flying Cloud Army's Yunqi Guard base; intruders will be killed without mercy!"

Wen Shuai flashed a golden token.

The token had golden dragons coiling around its edges. The front was inscribed with the character "Wen," while the back featured a vivid dragon head. Moreover, as soon as the token was revealed, a sense of oppression radiated outwards.

"Flying Cloud Token!"

Every soldier in the Flying Cloud Army recognized this token as the symbol of the Flying Cloud Kingdom's royalty—the Flying Cloud Token!

Even among the royalty, only a select few with great power could possess this token.

Upon seeing the Flying Cloud Token, the few obstructing soldiers were immediately terrified—they were stopping a major figure of the royal family! If they angered the other party, they would have nowhere to seek redress even if they died.

"The Third Prince is here, make way!" Wen Shuai's guard immediately stepped forward and shouted.

Such shouting was naturally not something Xu Ming or Sun Ji would do, let alone Wen Shuai himself. Wen Shuai's guards, in addition to protecting Wen Shuai's safety, also had the task of maintaining Wen Shuai's image.

The few soldiers immediately moved aside in fright.

"Someone, take us to a chiliarch named Zhai Ba!" Wen Shuai took the lead in entering the base, saying without turning his head.

The centurion responsible for guarding the base gate immediately stepped forward tremblingly and led the way. At the same time, a clever soldier had already run to report to Zhai Ba.

Xu Ming walked beside Wen Shuai, thinking, "It's a good thing I have Wen Shuai with me, otherwise I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to enter the base!"

How could the Yunqi Guard's base be a place where just anyone could enter?

If Xu Ming couldn't even get through the gate, how could he talk about saving Xu Kai? It would be good enough if he didn't get himself caught up in it.

"Wen Shuai has shown me great kindness; if I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely repay him!" Xu Ming thought to himself.

Indeed, if it weren't for the Na Ring and money Wen Shuai gave him that day, Xu Ming probably wouldn't have been able to grow so quickly. And today, if it weren't for Wen Shuai, he would have no way to save Xu Kai. Wen Shuai had helped him repeatedly, and Xu Ming was naturally grateful.

… …

Inside a large military tent deep within the Yunqi Guard's base, Lin Muqing, Zhai Ba, and ten chiliarchs under Zhai Ba were drinking heartily.

"Brother Zhai, thank you for today's matter!" Lin Muqing raised a glass of wine and smiled.

"You and I are brothers; why thank me? Isn't that too distant?" Zhai Ba said with a smile, finishing his drink.

As for how much the word "brothers" in his mouth was worth, that was unknown.

"Of course I have to thank you! Brother Zhai, you don't know how much of a burden you've lifted off my chest!" Lin Muqing took a sip. "I've wanted to kill that Xu Ming for a long time; but he joined the Wilds Martial Academy, and I couldn't find a good opportunity to strike! It's fortunate that I discovered his clansman Xu Kai was here with you. Since I can't kill Xu Ming for now, I'll kill his clansman to play with first—oh, no, I can't kill him so quickly; I have to torment him until his mother doesn't recognize him before I let him die, hahaha…"

Lin Muqing laughed maniacally.

His personality was extremely selfish and twisted. In the capital, as soon as he saw someone he didn't like, as long as the other party was weaker than him, he would try his best to kill them.

Originally, Lin Muqing didn't take Xu Ming seriously at all. In his opinion, a small character like Xu Ming could be killed casually.

But then Lin Muqing discovered that Xu Ming's strength was actually stronger than his own; but even so, he still didn't take Xu Ming seriously—so what if his talent was good? So what if his strength was stronger than mine? He's just a kid from the countryside; as long as he's in the capital, I, Lin Muqing, will always find a way to kill him!

Listening to Lin Muqing's perverted laughter, Zhai Ba's hand also trembled imperceptibly; but immediately, he acted as if nothing had happened: "Brother Lin, why talk about these things? Today, we brothers are just drinking and not talking about these unpleasant things!"

"Haha, good, drink!"

The ten chiliarchs accompanying them all carefully toasted each other.

These chiliarchs certainly knew about Lin Muqing's perversion, and they also knew that their superior Zhai Ba was not a good person either. However, in order to get more promotion opportunities in the Flying Cloud Army, and in order to have a wider network of contacts in the capital, they still came over to carefully flatter Lin Muqing and Zhai Ba.

Although Lin Muqing's strength was very average, he was still at the early stage of Inner Refinement, which was naturally much stronger than a soldier of the Yunqi Guard.

This soldier had come to report an urgent matter, but he never expected that as soon as he pushed open the tent door, a wine cup would fly towards him, immediately smashing his head and causing him to bleed. But seeing that the person who threw the wine cup was Lin Muqing, who was surrounded by the chiliarchs like stars surrounding the moon, he dared to be angry but dared not speak.

"What is it?" Zhai Ba knew that if there was no urgent matter, a soldier would never dare to push open his tent door.

"Report! General Zhai, the Third Prince has come to find you and has already entered the base!" Zhai Ba was only a chiliarch and couldn't be called "General" at all; but when there were no higher-level officers present, the soldiers would flatter him and call him General Zhai.

"The Third Prince is here?" Zhai Ba frowned, exchanged a glance with Lin Muqing, "Who else came with him?"

"There are ten guards, and it seems there are two friends."

"Two friends?" Zhai Ba was shocked, "I have no intersection with the Third Prince, why would he personally come to find me?—Brother Lin, do you think it's possible it's because of Xu Ming?"

Zhai Ba had also heard that the Third Prince and Xu Ming seemed to have some friendship.

It's just that Zhai Ba's information was not very accurate; if he knew that Wen Shuai and Xu Ming were not just slightly acquainted, but also had a deep friendship with Xu Kai, then he would never have had the courage to help Lin Muqing plot against Xu Kai.

"I don't know." Lin Muqing didn't expect that the Third Prince would personally come to find Zhai Ba, "But…I'm afraid it really is for Xu Ming!"

The soldier who came to report was also a cheap bone. After being smashed on the head by Lin Muqing and bleeding, he even provided Lin Muqing with more information: "That's right! There is a person beside the Third Prince who seems to be Xu Ming—I saw him during the Flying Cloud Martial Pavilion's recruitment, I shouldn't be wrong!"

The soldier had also heard that Xu Ming was a rare genius in the history of the Flying Cloud Kingdom, and he was fortunate enough to see Xu Ming take action; now hearing the name "Xu Ming," he suddenly remembered—wasn't that person Xu Ming?

"Sure enough!" Zhai Ba and Lin Muqing looked at each other again, "I didn't expect the Third Prince to personally stand up for him!"

"So what if the Third Prince stands up for him?" Lin Muqing sneered, "Brother Zhai, the Flying Cloud Army is not the Third Prince's territory!"

"In any case, let's go out of the tent to greet him first!" Zhai Ba said.

Zhai Ba and Lin Muqing both nodded and bowed to meet the Third Prince. Even if they looked down on Wen Shuai in their hearts, they couldn't lose their manners in the face of royalty.

"Lin Muqing!" Xu Ming looked at Lin Muqing from the side, with killing intent in his eyes.

Lin Muqing, however, pretended not to see it, sneering disdainfully in his heart: "Want to kill me? You're just a kid from the countryside, so what if you have some talent? The power of my Lin family in the capital is something you can't achieve even if you work hard for ten lifetimes!"

"Zhai Ba!" Wen Shuai said straight to the point, "Do you have a soldier named Xu Kai here? Hand him over to me!"

"This…" Zhai Ba hesitated.

"Third Prince!" Lin Muqing said boldly, "Xu Kai disobeyed military orders and has been taken into custody, I'm afraid he cannot be handed over to you!"

Wen Shuai's eyes turned cold.

Lin Muqing immediately felt enormous pressure.

"Who are you? When did it become your turn to interrupt? Get out!" Wen Shuai rebuked unceremoniously.

Since Lin Muqing was a very clear member of the First Prince's faction, why would Wen Shuai give him face? It's the same whether he gives him face or not anyway.

Lin Muqing obviously didn't expect that Wen Shuai would scold him as soon as he came up. He felt ashamed and indignant in his heart, but he didn't dare to speak again and could only stand aside silently—in terms of power, Lin Muqing was far behind Wen Shuai, not even at the same level.

"Hmph, noisy!" Wen Shuai snorted coldly and continued to look at Zhai Ba.

Zhai Ba bit the bullet and thought for a while before saying: "Third Prince, Xu Kai did disobey military orders, I'm afraid he cannot be handed over to you, but must be left here to accept punishment!"

"Disobeyed military orders?" Wen Shuai smiled, "Then tell me, how did he disobey military orders?"

"I sent him to hunt demonic beasts, but he refused to accept the order!" Zhai Ba continued.

"Oh? Then tell me, what kind of demonic beast did you want him to hunt?"

"A level five mountain boar…"

"What a joke!" Wen Shuai suddenly shouted, "Zhai Ba, I really doubt how you became this chiliarch with that brain of yours? You want Xu Kai, who is at the third level of Outer Refinement, to hunt a level five demonic beast?"

Zhai Ba also knew that he was somewhat at a disadvantage in this matter and did not reply for a long time. After all, the truth was that he was helping Lin Muqing deliberately make things difficult for Xu Kai.

"I won't waste my breath on you, and I won't dwell on what happened!" Wen Shuai's aura was very strong, "Now, you immediately transfer Xu Kai to my command; this matter will be considered a clean slate—don't worry, I'm not a very vengeful person."

A clean slate?

In an instant, Zhai Ba's thoughts struggled fiercely.

To be honest, he had no grievances with Xu Kai. The reason he made things difficult for him was entirely to give Lin Muqing face. However, could Lin Muqing's face be bigger than Wen Shuai's?

However, although Wen Shuai's face was big, Zhai Ba couldn't easily buy it—because Zhai Ba was a very pure member of the First Prince's faction.

Just as Zhai Ba was hesitating, almost at the same time, Zhai Ba and Lin Muqing's messaging tokens trembled.

Both of them received a messaging order from the First Prince Wen Man. Only four words were written on the message—Military discipline is like a mountain!