The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

Swish!

Su Qinghe landed next to the enormous handprint, his face extremely gloomy.

The entire state army camp, including all the mid- to high-ranking officers and experts from their Yellow Heaven Sect, was wiped out by Chu Xiu alone.

Most importantly, Ji Canglang also died by Chu Xiu's sword!

The entire state army camp was deathly silent, and tens of thousands of state soldiers stared at Su Qinghe with fear on their faces.

"Don't worry, Chu Xiu only wanted to kill our Huangtian Sect's high-ranking members, and he has already achieved his goal!"

"He probably won't be coming to the state army camp anymore."

Su Qinghe took a deep breath, calmed his anger, and said in a deep voice to the tens of thousands of state soldiers, "You will stay in the state soldiers' camp from now on and are not allowed to leave the camp at will. I will have the Holy Son send an expert to take over the state soldiers' camp."

"Yes, as the elder commands."

Tens of thousands of soldiers breathed a sigh of relief and said with utmost respect.

They also knew that Chu Xiu had no interest in them, these ordinary state soldiers, and if he wanted to attack them, he would have already done so.

Outside Qingzhou City.

Swish!

Chu Xiu seemed to appear out of thin air outside Qingzhou City.

"Greetings to the Marquis."

Qin Lie descended from the sky and bowed to Chu Xiu.

Chu Xiu waved his hand and said, "No need for formalities."

"Thank you, Lord Marquis."

Qin Lie thanked him and said.

"You don't need to take any action now. Just leave it to me and the capital garrison."

Chu Xiu nodded slightly and looked at Qin Lie.

"Yes, I understand."

Qin Lie said with a respectful expression.

Chu Xiu moved swiftly, using his lightness skill to head towards the commander's tent of the capital garrison.

Qin Lie disappeared from the spot and went into hiding.

"Congratulations, host, for your persistent efforts in doing positive things, killing a group of Huangtian Sect experts and Qingzhou State soldiers who betrayed the Great Zhou Dynasty, you have received a reward of fifty years of Heavenly Power and the reward of the first volume of the Supreme Array Dao."

"Do you want to receive the reward?"

The mechanical voice of the positive energy system rang in Chu Xiu's mind.

"Yes!"

Chu Xiu's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but feel pleasantly surprised. He said it without hesitation in his mind.

The first volume of the Supreme Dao of Array Formations—isn't this the inheritance of array formations?

Having received the array formation inheritance as a system reward, he will surely become a true array master, and it will not be impossible for him to break the Yellow Heaven Limitless Array of the Yellow Heaven Sect.

The voice just fell.

Fifty years of celestial and human power appeared in Chu Xiu's dantian.

The Shangqing Divine Skill operated automatically, allowing Chu Xiu's cultivation level to break through from the peak of the fourth level of the Celestial Realm to the peak of the fifth level of the Celestial Realm.

Immediately afterwards, countless contents and insights about formations appeared in Chu Xiu's mind, which were the contents and insights about formations in the first volume of the Supreme Formation Dao.

These contents seemed to be imprinted in Chu Xiu's mind, which rapidly improved his understanding of formations.

"Now that I am a true array master, I no longer need to fear the Yellow Heaven Limitless Array of the Yellow Heaven Sect."

A glint of light flashed in Chu Xiu's eyes as he headed towards the camp of the capital's garrison.

In a blink of an eye.

Chu Xiu had already arrived outside the gate of the capital garrison.

"Greetings to the Marquis."

Upon seeing Chu Xiu appear, the captain of the Beijing Garrison, who was guarding outside the gate of the Beijing Garrison, bowed respectfully.

"No gift."

Chu Xiu asked calmly, "Is General Zhao in the commander's tent?"

"Reporting to the Marquis, the General is already waiting for your arrival."

"The three commanders of the Embroidered Uniform Guard are also in the command tent."

"The Beijing Garrison Commander said respectfully."

Chu Xiu nodded slightly and walked towards the capital garrison.

"My lord, this way please."

The captain of the Beijing garrison said something to Chu Xiu and walked ahead to lead the way.

One of the Imperial Guard soldiers used his lightness skill to head towards the command tent of the capital garrison.

Not long after.

Chu Xiu saw Zhao Wuyang, the Grand General of the Capital Garrison, Xie Xuan, the Deputy General of the Capital Garrison, and Fang Heng and others come out to greet him. A smile appeared on his face, and he cupped his hands and said, "I am unworthy of the honor of being greeted personally by General Zhao and General Xie."

"It is my duty to come out and greet Your Excellency."

"My lord, let's talk inside the command tent."

Zhao Wuyang extended his hand to Chu Xiu in invitation.

"it is good."

Chu Xiu nodded and followed Zhao Wuyang into the command tent, where they sat down again according to their rank.

"My lord, did you go into Qingzhou City ahead of time to gather intelligence?"

"This humble general seems to have heard some sounds, may I ask what they are?"

Zhao Wuyang considered for a moment, then looked at Chu Xiu and asked.

All eyes turned to Chu Xiu; they had all heard the loud noise coming from Qingzhou City.

"I just went to the state army camp in Qingzhou City."

"He also conveniently killed all the state army generals and Huangtian Sect experts in the state army camp."

"As for the voice you heard, it was a peak ninth-level Human Immortal Elder from the Yellow Heaven Sect stationed in the state army camp."

"He saw that I had killed all the state army generals and Huangtian Sect experts in the state army camp, so he struck in a fit of rage."

Chu Xiu smiled lightly and said calmly, "If this Yellow Heaven Sect elder hadn't been so powerful, I would have eliminated him as well!"

However, although I did not eliminate this elder of the Yellow Heaven Sect this time, all the state military generals who had defected to the Yellow Heaven Sect were eliminated.

The effect that the 50,000 troops from various prefectures can play is already very limited.

"Then the 50,000 state soldiers in Qingzhou City are not a threat!"

Zhao Wuyang said with a smile, "However, I wonder if Lord Marquis has ascertained the approximate strength of the Yellow Heaven Sect in Qingzhou City."

Xie Xuan and the others also stared intently at Chu Xiu.

In reality, even if the 50,000 soldiers from the prefectures were still intact and their generals were not lost, they would be as vulnerable as clay chickens and earthen dogs in front of the capital's army.

Therefore, they were not very interested in the 50,000 state troops.

What they really wanted to know was the true strength of the Yellow Heaven Sect within Qingzhou City.

Did the Yellow Heaven Sect manage to train a truly elite force?

"I took a look around Qingzhou City, and Xiao Qingcang claims to have an army of 500,000, which should be true."

"However, an army of 500,000 can only be described as a rabble."

"Although I see that this army of 500,000 has been divided into camps and is undergoing training, it will not be of much use in the short term."

"And in the entire city of Qingzhou, there is only one place that I have not entered."

Chu Xiu pondered for a moment, then said, "That is the governor's mansion!"

"The governor's residence?"

Zhao Wuyang's heart skipped a beat, and he said with a solemn expression, "Does the Marquis mean that the Yellow Heaven Sect might be hiding a truly elite force within the governor's mansion?"

"good."

"Since the Yellow Heaven Sect dared to raise its flag in rebellion, it must not only have experts."

"There must still be an army, elite troops strong enough to rival the army of our Great Zhou Dynasty!"

"This army is definitely the true trump card of the Yellow Heaven Sect!"

Chu Xiu spoke earnestly and forcefully.

"Does Your Excellency have any way to infiltrate the governor's mansion to investigate?"

Zhao Wuyang remained silent for a long while before asking Chu Xiu.

He actually guessed that the Yellow Heaven Sect's willingness to rebel likely stemmed from preparations that had begun many years ago.

Since they had already begun preparations, it would be impossible for the Yellow Heaven Sect not to be secretly training an army.