Saint Emperor Devourer of Heaven

The Eastern Frontier of the Great Liang, although located on the border of the country, was not a desolate, cold place.

The Eastern Frontier had a vast territory, and although the population was not very large, only about a billion, it was mainly distributed in dozens of cities.

For the vast Eastern Frontier, a billion people was indeed sparsely populated, but the areas where people gathered were still very prosperous and lively.

The Eastern Frontier also had very abundant resources, and Champion Marquis Chi Ren was stationed here to guard it.

In the past, the resource output of the Eastern Frontier was managed by the Eastern Frontier Governor, and then handed over to the Imperial Court.

Since Champion Marquis Chi Ren came here, Emperor Liang had very confidently handed over the entire Eastern Frontier's resources to the Champion Marquis to support his troops.

The Champion Marquis had over twenty million brave soldiers under his command, and their equipment was very sophisticated. The cultivation resources used by the army on a daily basis were of higher quality than those of Prince Qin's Qin Family Army.

The Qin Family Army needed to guard the northwestern border defense line and also fought against the Great Zhen and Great Yan Empires all year round.

The Brave Army was different. Although they guarded the Eastern Frontier, there were fewer wars, and the scale of the enemies was relatively small.

The Brave Army mainly resisted the Eastern Turks from the east.

The strength of the Eastern Turks was actually quite strong, but their size and scale were not as large as Great Zhen or Great Yan, and they could not be compared with the combined military strength of the two great empires.

However, the Eastern Turks were much more barbaric than the armies of Great Zhen and Great Yan, being crazy and cruel.

After Jun Wuxie and the others entered the Eastern Frontier on the Immortal Ship, they did not stop. They passed over cities, which still looked prosperous.

They went directly to Yuan City on this trip.

Yuan City was the provincial capital of the Eastern Frontier, the center of the entire Eastern Frontier.

Besides Yuan City, the Eastern Frontier also had dozens of counties.

The Immortal Ship slowly landed outside Yuan City.

The soldiers guarding the city were all wearing Brave Army armor.

The so-called Brave Army armor was armor with the Brave Army's pattern and logo on it.

Among all the armies of the Great Liang Dynasty, only the Brave Army would wear this kind of armor.

The soldiers stood on both sides of the city gate, the battle spears in their hands were shining and sharp, flashing with a cold light, and carefully checked the people coming and going.

"The Eastern Frontier Provincial Capital has always been maintained by the Governor's Mansion soldiers. When did it become the Champion Marquis's Brave Army?"

The face of the guard beside Princess Liang Wan'er changed slightly.

Chi Ren had even taken over the provincial capital.

But the Minister of War didn't mention a word about it when he came back.

"Of course he has to take over the provincial capital."

Liang Wan'er basically believed that this matter was related to Emperor Liang.

What role did Champion Marquis Chi Ren play in this?

Needless to say, Chi Ren was Liang Buqun's arm in the Eastern Frontier.

"Let's enter the city first and talk to the Governor."

Liang Wan'er stopped the guard beside her from saying anything with a look in her eyes.

"Stop, those who come, accept the inspection.

Name, origin, how many people are in your family, what are you doing here?"

Several soldiers blocked the way of Jun Wuxie and Liang Wan'er and others.

"Presumptuous, do you know who is in front of you!"

The female guard beside Liang Wan'er's pretty face turned cold.

These soldiers were really presumptuous. Even if they didn't know the identity of the princess, they should at least be able to see the clothes on the princess, or the royal family, with the symbol of the Great Liang royal family.

Besides, are there any soldiers in the Great Liang army who don't know what the princess looks like?

It's not like the imperial court of the mortal world, where information transmission is backward.

The Great Liang is a cultivation dynasty, and the power of information exchange is very developed.

Which city in the imperial court has never had a portrait of the princess in its government office?

It's normal if the common people don't recognize her, but the soldiers in the army can't possibly not know.

Princess Liang Wan'er made a gesture, signaling that the female guard didn't need to care.

"We are from the imperial city. This is my identity token."

Liang Wan'er took out a jade-colored token from her arms.

This was the Princess's Token.

The soldiers who were checking were immediately shocked when they saw it, "So it is Princess Your Highness who has arrived.

We are in our duty, please forgive us, Princess, and allow us to report to Colonel."

The female guard beside Liang Wan'er raised her eyebrows when she heard this, and was about to get angry, but was stopped by Liang Wan'er.

"Your Highness, why did you stop your subordinate?

These Brave Army soldiers are simply lawless. After you revealed your identity, they still wouldn't let us pass and even wanted to report to the Colonel!"

"Be patient and see what they will do."

Liang Wan'er didn't seem to care on the surface.

The female guards beside her were very dissatisfied.

Not long after, a person wearing Colonel armor and a black cloak walked over.

As soon as he arrived, he carefully looked at Liang Wan'er and Jun Wuxie and others, his attitude was very arrogant.

"Colonel, she claims to be Princess Your Highness!"

The soldier who said he was going to report pointed at Liang Wan'er and said.

"Nonsense! What is the identity of Princess Your Highness?

If she were to come to the Eastern Frontier, the imperial city would have sent the news long ago, how could we not know?

Princess Your Highness is clearly in the imperial city!

Say, who are you, why are you impersonating Princess Your Highness!"

"Are you sure I'm impersonating?"

Liang Wan'er's eyes were a little cold.

She knew that the Brave Army was deliberately making things difficult, but she didn't expect them to be so blatant.

A mere Colonel with at most a few thousand soldiers under his command actually dared to be so blatant in person!

It could be seen how confident he was!

Who gave him such confidence?

Naturally, it was Champion Marquis Chi Ren, and where did Chi Ren's confidence come from? It must be from her good imperial brother Liang Buqun, who was sitting high on the throne.

"Considering your ignorance, this Colonel can spare you the crime of impersonating the princess. Leave quickly, Yuan City is not a place you can come to!"

The Colonel waved his hand, looking impatient.

The female guards beside Liang Wan'er almost laughed out of anger.

This bastard said that the princess was impersonating, but then said that he could spare her the crime of impersonating.

It was simply a great joke in the world.

Impersonating the royal family, or Princess Your Highness, that was a capital crime!

Obviously, this person knew it was the princess, but deliberately didn't let the princess enter the city, wanting to drive them all away.

"I advise you to leave quickly, this is the Colonel's advice to you!

If you don't know what's good for you, we're afraid it won't look good when we start fighting!"

He was fearless.

Because he knew that the person in front of him was the princess, he was sure that the princess would not let anyone fight here.

The princess's impression on the people of the world was very good. If she were to attack the imperial soldiers at the city gate today, she might be criticized.

"You are really seeking your own death!"

Liang Wan'er's female guard was furious, and after saying that, she suddenly stepped forward and pushed the Colonel away, wanting to let Liang Wan'er and Jun Wuxie and others in.

She could see that Chi Ren didn't want them to enter the city, so he would have people stop them.

This Colonel thought that the princess wouldn't do anything to him here, so he was fearless.

Similarly, she didn't believe that if the princess insisted on entering, this Colonel would dare to attack the princess?

"Bold and reckless people, daring to break into the city of the frontier province!

Come on, surround them!"

The Colonel looked indifferent, his eyes revealing a cold light.

Suddenly, a group of soldiers poured out from the city gate, flanking from the left and right.

Jun Wuxie, who had been watching coldly and remained silent, instantly appeared in front of the Colonel.

The Colonel was so frightened that he retreated violently.

Almost at the same time, Jun Wuxie's palm reached out and sucked him over from the air, locking his neck.

In an instant, those soldiers were about to rush up.

"Don't move, retreat, all of you retreat!"

The Colonel felt weak, sensed the killing intent, and the palm locking his neck was like iron pliers, making him unable to exert any strength.

He had no doubt that if his attitude continued as before, his neck would be crushed.

"Let's go, why waste words and time with this kind of person."

Jun Wuxie said to Liang Wan'er, locking the Colonel's neck with one hand, and dragging him all the way towards the city.

Whether behind or in front, there were a large number of soldiers, following their footsteps forward and backward.

"This is the Eastern Frontier Provincial Capital, there are strong people in the army everywhere. If you don't let me go, you will eventually suffer the consequences!"

After arriving in the city, the Colonel said sternly, but inwardly trembling.

"People of Yuan City, I am Yuan Chu, the personal disciple of the Jinyun Immortal Sect, the unmarried fiancé of Princess Anping, the only daughter of Prince Qin, and the current驸马 (imperial son-in-law) bestowed by Emperor Liang to marry Princess Your Highness.

Today, I came to Yuan City with the Princess and Princess Anping. The Colonel of the Brave Army disrespects the Princess, defies his superiors, despises the royal family, repeatedly obstructs the Princess from entering the city, and even uses force against the Princess. His crime deserves to be punished!"

His voice was like a dragon's roar and a tiger's howl, the sound waves rolling, spreading far away.

Suddenly, a large area in the city instantly became silent.

Immediately, there was an uproar, the streets were crowded with people, and on both sides of the streets, in each house, people were sticking their heads out of the doors and windows.

In a short time, the city gate was crowded with people.

"Yuan... Yuan Chu... What do you want to do?"

At this moment, the Colonel was afraid, terrified.

His body trembled, his eyes were filled with horror, and he roared, "If you dare to kill me, Champion Marquis will not agree, and the Brave Army soldiers will not agree!

I am a hero, and I have made great contributions to the imperial court. You cannot kill a meritorious official!"

"Pfft!"

As soon as the Colonel finished speaking, Jun Wuxie ruthlessly twisted off his head.

In the severed neck, the hot blood spurted several meters high, scattering into a rain of blood in the air.

"Colonel!"

The surrounding Brave Army soldiers immediately roared in anger.

Jun Wuxie stepped on the ground, and with a bang, the immortal power evolved from blood energy swept out.

The surrounding hundreds of Brave Army soldiers were all blasted into the air.

Immediately, their bodies, as if subjected to intense gravity, plummeted downwards, crashing onto the ground with a series of sickening thuds, like dumplings falling into a pot, bones snapping and tendons tearing.

"Someone like you shouldn't even utter the word 'hero'; it's a defilement and desecration!"

After君无邪 finished speaking, he casually tossed the garrison commander's head into the air, where it soared before embedding itself deeply above the city gate.

"The reason I, along with the Eldest Princess and the Anping Princess, have come to the Eastern Frontier is to thoroughly investigate the blood sacrifice of the Eastern Frontier.

There are depraved individuals in the Eastern Frontier who are slaughtering the common people on a massive scale to complete a secret blood sacrifice ritual.

Currently, it may only be implemented in a small number of cities, but if left unchecked, the entire Eastern Frontier will soon suffer bloody slaughter!

During this special period, the garrison commander of the Valiant Army, after seeing the Eldest Princess's decree, still slandered her as an imposter, revealing his sinister intentions."

"Greetings, Eldest Princess,驸马, and Anping Princess!"

Only then did the people of the Provincial Capital of Yuancheng recover their senses and offer their respects in unison.

Their hearts were filled with shock.

Blood sacrifice of the Eastern Frontier!

There was actually such a horrifying thing.

The Eldest Princess and the Anping Princess had come in person, indicating that this matter was definitely not groundless, and the Imperial City must have received the news.

In that case, the Minister of War suddenly coming here some time ago might also have been because of the blood sacrifice of the Eastern Frontier?

"Your Highness, Eldest Princess, is the blood sacrifice of the Eastern Frontier real?"

"It's too terrifying; how could someone be so depraved!"

"Our Eastern Frontier has a population of one billion!"

"Your Highness, Eldest Princess, you and驸马 must stand up for us common people.

We beg you to find out the truth as soon as possible and capture the blood sacrificers; otherwise, we'll be living in constant fear…"

The people felt a chill run down their spines.

驸马 said that the blood sacrifice had already begun in some cities.

It was hard to imagine how miserable and terrifying those cities were now…

"You are all subjects of my Great Liang, and I, Liang Wan'er, as the current Eldest Princess, will absolutely not sit idly by and allow anyone to harm my imperial dynasty's people!

I have come here to thoroughly investigate the blood sacrifice and find evidence.

If it is true, I will definitely expose the mastermind, give you all an explanation, and restore a clear and bright world to the Eastern Frontier!

Please believe me, believe驸马, believe the Anping Princess.

驸马 is a direct disciple of the top Daoist sect, Jinyun Immortal Sect, and possesses astonishing abilities.

With his help, you can all rest assured!

Everyone, there is no need to panic; just live your lives as usual and trust us!"

After Liang Wan'er finished speaking, she gave 君无邪 and Qin Keqing a look, and they left side by side.

…

As they walked down one street after another, they gradually sensed many cold auras coming from all directions, locking onto them.

君无邪's cold gaze swept across the surroundings, his voice like a dragon's roar, echoing in the sky above Yuancheng.

"The garrison commander defied his superiors and obstructed our investigation; he deserves to die!

If anyone else wishes to obstruct the Eldest Princess's investigation, feel free to step forward and test whether the blade in my hand is sharp!"

As his voice fell, those killing intents gradually dissipated, as if they had never appeared.

The guards beside Liang Wan'er looked at him, impressed by驸马's dominance.

Being a direct disciple of a top Daoist sect was indeed different; one could walk unhindered anywhere.

When action was required, there was no need to waste words or have any concerns.

They didn't know that Liang Wan'er and 君无邪 were cooperating to put on a show for the Liang Emperor; they really thought he had become the驸马.

They were very satisfied with this驸马 and sincerely happy for Her Highness, the Eldest Princess.

With this direct disciple of a top Daoist sect, a peerless figure of the sixteenth rank, as驸马.

Her Highness, the Eldest Princess's future path would be even further, and her stage would not only be in Great Liang, but in the starry sky, or even a higher world with stronger order and a more perfect Dao.

When they arrived at the Governor's Office, the Eastern Frontier Governor, Xing Guoan, was already waiting at the entrance with the Vice Governor and Adjutant.

Seeing 君无邪 and the others, the Governor led the officials and hurried forward to greet them.

"Xing Guoan, the Governor of the Eastern Frontier, along with the Vice Governor and Adjutant, respectfully welcomes Her Highness, the Eldest Princess, and welcomes驸马 and the Anping Princess."

"Lord Xing, there is no need to be so polite.

We are here solely to investigate the blood sacrifice of the Eastern Frontier, which I believe Lord Xing is already aware of.

This is not a convenient place to talk; let's go inside and discuss it."

"Yes, Princess,驸马, Princess Anping, please come in."

The Governor hurriedly led the way.

Although he was considered a high-ranking official, a second-rank official, those who came were members of the royal family.

The Anping Princess, although she was the daughter of a prince of a different surname and not of royal blood, had the highest status among all the princesses in the imperial dynasty.

This was because Prince Qin's position was higher than that of any other prince.

Although not a member of the royal family, she possessed a status even higher than that of an ordinary royal princess, and should naturally be treated with respect.

君无邪 silently entered the Governor's Office, his brow slightly furrowed.

As soon as he stepped into the Governor's Office, he had a strange feeling.

On the surface, he couldn't see anything, but everything here exuded a strange aura.