Qing Luan and Yang Fei Long exchanged words as they arrived at the foot of Dragon Coil Mountain.
An emissary stepped forward and arranged accommodations for the group. Cultivators from each county town were housed in courtyards, each containing ten rooms. This was because Lords and Vice-Lords rarely came alone, often bringing some of their subordinate commanders.
However, Yang Fei Long and Qing Luan had not brought any.
"Everyone, follow me!" the emissary said.
Before long, the group was assigned to the lodging designated for the Myriad Mountains County town.
By the time they reached the provincial capital, it was already evening. The group had a casual meal of local delicacies before returning.
At night, Yang Fei Long sat cross-legged alone in his training room. The reason he wasn't practicing dual cultivation today was that he intended to break through to the peak of the Yuan Shen realm with a soul impact. During his battles with demons and blood fiends, Yang Fei Long's soul cultivation had become unstable, and this instability had only worsened over the past few days.
He now wanted to use the initial days of the assessment to try and break through. If he succeeded, even without fully merging his soul with his nascent soul to formally enter the Yuan Shen realm, he could gain additional advantages. Of course, even if he didn't break through, it wouldn't matter much. His current strength was already at the top tier within the Yuan Shen realm.
Two days passed in the blink of an eye.
This day marked the beginning of the assessment.
The entire Kilong Province comprised forty-three counties, making it a medium-sized province within the Vera Empire, ranking nineteenth among all provinces.
Kilong Province had thirty-six prefectures, with smaller provinces having only twenty-odd counties. Naturally, the largest provinces boasted over sixty counties. On average, each province had about thirty-odd counties.
The assessment location had also been decided long ago, set to be on the training grounds in front of Dragon Coil Mountain.
Ordinary people were not qualified to observe the provincial assessment for county Lords.
Yang Fei Long, Qing Luan, and Alice, a group of four, headed towards the training grounds. On the way, they encountered another group. Someone among them, with a playful expression on his lips, said, "Isn't this Commander Qing Luan? Oh, no, I should call you Lord Qing Luan. It's just that your status and position don't match. Not only are you following a weakling rookie, but you also have two human ants. Does Myriad Mountains County have no experts left? Or should I lend you a few stronger commanders from your Myriad Mountains County?"
"Eagle, I think you should change your name to Fly. In my opinion, all you do is buzz incessantly," Qing Luan Alice retorted sarcastically. "It's truly disgusting!"
"You..." Lord Eagle, Mirisici, his face changed upon hearing this, and a cold sneer appeared on his face. "I didn't expect you to still be so stubborn."
"Idiot, shut up! No one will think you're mute if you don't speak. No, you're worse than mute; at least mute people aren't annoying!" Alice snorted, her face filled with disgust, as if talking further to Lord Eagle would sicken her to death.
Lord Eagle's face turned red.
In verbal sparring, he had always been inferior to Alice, both in the past and now.
"Lord Qing Luan, I don't want to argue with you! Give me that woman, Cuckoo, and I won't bother you anymore!" Lord Eagle suppressed his inner anger and said, a trace of greed flashing in his eyes as he looked at Cuckoo.
Seeing Lord Eagle's gaze, Cuckoo's eyes flickered with hatred and anger, and also some fear!
If Qing Luan Alice hadn't intervened back then, she might have already become Lord Eagle's plaything. And it was said that none of Lord Eagle's playthings survived for more than a year.
Of course, Qing Luan had saved her by using her speed, as Qing Luan's strength at the time was still inferior to Lord Eagle's. However, Qing Luan's speed was incredibly fast, far surpassing that of a fly!
Qing Luan's speed, considered invincible at the same level, wasn't just a casual remark. Those who could match her speed were extremely rare.
"Calling you an idiot is actually praising you!" Lord Qing Luan laughed in extreme anger. The next moment, her figure vanished from her original spot.
With a loud smack.
The next moment, a figure flew backward.
The one who flew out was Lord Eagle. A blood-red handprint appeared on his face, indicating how vicious Alice's slap had been.
"You dare to hit me!" Lord Eagle exclaimed in shock and rage.
He was shocked by Alice's speed, which was even faster than before, and angered by being publicly humiliated, which was an unbearable disgrace!
"Hit you? If it weren't for the rule that Lords cannot kill each other, I would have killed you long ago! Don't force me to fight you to the death!" Alice said with a cold voice. "Respect my subordinates. Otherwise, I'll smash your mouth! Let's go!"
Saying that, she couldn't be bothered to exchange further words with Lord Eagle and instead gestured for Yang Fei Long and the others to proceed to the training grounds.
Yang Fei Long narrowed his eyes, making no further moves. Given his character, in any other place, Lord Eagle would already be dead. Of course, in any other place, Qing Luan would have also killed him!
However, this was, after all, the provincial capital, teeming with experts. Whether there were peak Fusion realm experts was uncertain, but there were certainly plenty of Void Refining realm existences!
Not to mention, there were dozens, even hundreds!
Although he could break through to the true Yuan Shen realm at any moment, mainly because his soul had successfully broken through to the Yuan Shen completion in the past two days, his soul and nascent soul had not yet merged, and he had not formally entered the Yuan Shen realm. Moreover, even if he broke through, he was unsure if he could defeat even a newly advanced Void Refining realm cultivator!
This was because Void Refining realm existences could control a piece of space, known as a domain!
Within the opponent's domain, he would be greatly suppressed. He truly wasn't sure if he could defeat them under such suppression!
Lord Eagle's face turned red. He desperately wanted to rush forward and fight Qing Luan, but his eyes, though spitting fire, held him back. He realized that he could not discern Qing Luan's strength, which indicated that her cultivation might not be inferior to his, or perhaps even stronger!
If he forced her into a life-and-death duel, even his uncle wouldn't be able to save him!
Furthermore, although his Eagle clan was powerful, with three Void Refining realm experts, the strongest among them was only at the late Void Refining stage. Qing Luan's clan also had three Void Refining realm experts, with two of them being at the completion of the Void Refining stage.
"Lord Eagle, would you like me to step in and teach this woman a lesson!" another middle-aged man said with keen interest.
This middle-aged man was the Great Lord of Blue Jade County. His true form was a Twin-Winged Tiger, and his cultivation was at the peak of the Yuan Shen realm. While the Twin-Winged Tiger clan was not a top-tier race, it was a quasi-top-tier race.
The racial strength was not much inferior to the Qing Luan clan and was slightly stronger than the Eagle clan!
"Hmph, I don't need your concern, Your Excellency," Lord Eagle Mirisici snorted.
"Heh." The Twin-Winged Tiger shrugged and didn't say much more. This Lord Eagle Mirisici had long been displeased with him, which was normal, as Mirisici had been cultivating for less than a hundred years and was a top genius of the Eagle clan. As long as he didn't die, he would surely become a Void Refining realm expert in the future.