The three thousand soldiers were all in the muscle-tempering stage, each one tall and burly. They marched in neat formation and moved as swiftly as the wind. It was because their Dao Foundation stage squad leaders—dozens in total—were encircling the formation and reinforcing the troops with speed-enhancing Dao spells.

With the aid of these spells, the army advanced at a remarkable pace of 50 li per hour. The march followed a strict regimen as well: they would march for two hours, rest for one ke, then march for another two hours.

The target of this raid lay 800 li away from the realm of Qingming. They would not arrive until the following day, so they would need to camp along the way. They would also be penetrating the fortified defense lines Yuan Qingyan had painstakingly set up.

Sitting atop his horse and watching the marching troops from afar, Wei Yuan found himself missing Fang Hetong quite a bit.

Bao Yun’s Seven Wonders Exquisite Treasure Tree also boasted a secret technique that enabled an army to travel at incredible speed. Unfortunately, Wei Yuan did not have...