Soon, the weather would become hot and humid and mosquitoes would rage and, wearing helmets and armour would onlymultiply the suffering. Shangguan Jianyi hoped to return to Jade City before the summer came.

InStone Castle, the temperature was low all year round. Winter mighthavebeen harsh, but summer was indeed cozy.

Shangguan Jianyi believed he would be the Supreme King's mosttrustedright-hand manand would stay in Stone Castle to make the long-term plan.The cooperation with Norland on the other hand,was Shangguan Yun's job, the ambitious young man had tobe given opportunity to prove his strength publiclyrather than hidein the dark and make useless plot as he was did then.

The army, like neat crops, was spread out in front of him with colorful flags serving as landmarks, totaling to more than 70,000 people. The army of Fort Jin Pengstill hadmost of its strength even after two battles, theDragon armydefeating such a large and well-trained army was almost impossible.