
After flying for thirteen days, five Flame-winged eagles landed on the capital of the Dukedom.
The capital of the Dukedom was three times larger than the city of Marquis and most of the nearby forest was completely cleared of ferocious beasts.
One could stay without worrying about the ferocious beasts in this periphery. There is only one concern and that is another human being.
This time, Sam had no plans to bring his restaurant business here. He had no idea what he would face in the exam and he had no one to take care of his business when he was not around. At least in Blue Fire city, Chaya was there to take care of everything.
After landing someone comes and directs them to the place provided.
As they walked, Sam watched the residence. This place was isolated from the city and he could see various beasts that seemed to be the transportation of the other Marquis teams.
There were ten buildings in the residence and nine of them belonged to the nine cities of the Marquis and the rest probably belonged to the city of Dukedom.
After they entered the building and settled down, the Blue Flame Marquis gathered them and gave them the necessary briefing in the Dukedom.
The city is called the city of the South Star and the Dukedom is called the Duke of the South Star.
There were eight ranks of a duke in this empire and all of them were named according to the direction they were heading in followed by the stars.
And apparently they all shared a border with the empire they shared with the western continent.
The territory of Marquis Blue Flame was the southernmost and did not share a border. That's why they were also the last to come.
Almost all the other participants are here.
Dukedom City had three main experts and all three were newborn stage cultivators.
Duke himself was Nascent stage Peak and the remaining two were General who were intermediate level Nascent experts.
One of them was General Spark whom the Marquis spoke of. He was in charge of all the Dukedom forces which included all the army camps stationed in the various Marquis areas. And most importantly this person was the father-in-law of the Blue Flame Marquis.
Although there was a genuine person in charge of their place, General Spark was the top of this pyramid and everything was under its jurisdiction.
The second is the general Mercury. He is responsible for internal security. All the city guards were under his jurisdiction.
As for the rest. The Southern star academy was not only the best in the Dukedom, they also collaborated with the four major professions and had the students study within the academy. These four tower heads sent the required instructors to the academy.
Finally, there were a total of six noble families and all of them were of the same level as the Marquis family.
But their scope of authority was smaller and they had no territory under them except their estates.
By the time the short exchange was over, a visitor arrived.
"The Blue Fire Marquis."
A man who seemed to be in his early forties walked through the side as he called out to the Marquis who was facing all the candidates.
The marquis turned around and looked a little surprised by the arrival of that person. He came out of his shock and greeted the person.
"Greet General Spark."
The candidates were surprised. Just now the Marquis explained that this man was one of the three most powerful people in the Dukedom.
But the two people were obviously happy to see them and they were Brother Zeke and Blue Flame.
"Grandfather." (x2)
The two greeted him in unison as they happily walked towards him.
The man who seemed to be in his forties was actually nearly seventy years old.
But he looks only fifty because of the cultivation of the Nascent stage.
At the cultivation stage up to the Grand realm, the only changes in the body were health, physique, spiritual core size, and amount of spiritual energy. In addition, there is not much change in the aging and life span of the person.
In this world where pollution is negligible and the environment is pristine, the average life span of a healthy person is around 120 to 130 years and if one is a Supreme stage expert, the average life span of a healthy person is about 120 to 130 years, his life span is at most 150 years.
But the Nascent stage changed everything. One could even divide the entire cultivation into different phases like before Nascent and after Nascent. Of course, this only applies in these lower realms.
At the Nascent stage, the human body would undergo physical reform along with the spiritual core.
At this stage the person's cells will experience some sort of rebirth and the vitality increases at the same time the spiritual core will begin to resemble infinite space.
As the name suggests, the Nascent stage is the beginning of the realization of one's full potential. The changes at this stage would not only determine the end point of their cultivation, but also their position among their peers.
There are basically three things that can decide these things.
The first and most important is the infinite space of the spiritual core. This boundless space was not real but just something felt by the cultivator in its core.
In this boundless space, along with the development and progress in the sub-stages of the Nascent realm cultivation, the spiritual sea would form from the center and the rate of its development was indicative of the endpoint of their cultivation.
The second thing is the sharpening of the body or the density of the spiritual sea.
In this time of reform, cultivators tried to make use of it and tried to hone their bodies if they were warriors and increase the density of spiritual energy in their spiritual sea that was comparable to battle power.
The general ignored everyone as he spoke to his grandson and then looked towards the group. He seemed to be looking for someone and his gaze was fixed on Sam a little longer.
After which, he looked at the Marquis and asked.
"Why is there an extra person?"
"He's not a candidate, but he's someone's subordinate."
The general immediately frowned and looked displeased.
"Whose branch, her?"
The marquis pointed at Sam.
The general looked at Sam and said.
"This is not your home and you cannot bring subordinates here. This place is for the participants who do not have living arrangements made in the city. This is a gesture from the Duke to make you comfortable, not to let you free.load with extra baggage."
Sam raised an eyebrow and looked at the General with a cold gaze. When he saw Zeke's mixed emotional face and the arrogant blue flame face and finally the Marquis' anxious face, he knew that this person must have targeted him on purpose.
The message from the first wife must have arrived and this general really took it out. After all, if this was the rule, the Marquis would definitely not miss such an obvious rule.
"So, that means we can stay in the city if we have our own arrangements?" Sam asked without answering his previous statement.
"Do it if you can. But you can't bring your subordinates here." He said those words and ignored them before turning towards the Marquis.
"Tests and other related matters will be announced tomorrow; you can roam around the city as you wish but you should gather at the estate before dawn."
He looked at Sam and said.
"Send him right away or you can go out with him."
Sam says nothing and pulls out his mark, Watt follows him as he pulls out his board. There was a string of letters engraved on his side. Silver wind.
Because, Sam had no naming he asked Watt to do it himself.
Sam did not even look towards the Marquis as he spoke.
"Contact me with a communication token in case something happens."
Then with the air whistling, Sam and Watt left the place at wind speed.
"Damn it, he might buy another house." Philip said quietly, but everyone clearly heard it even the General.
"Huh, no tom, ****, and Harry can afford a place here." He snorted and gestured for the Marquis to speak in private.
But Marquis, Jack, Philip even Kelly and Hawk shook their heads.
It's true that no Tom, ***, and Harry can buy a place, but whether Sam is Tom*** and Harry.
He is SAM, when he never fails to get what he wants.
But the general did not think too much of their thoughts.
Although he was stunned by the floating board, he only thought that Sam and Watt would find an inn.
He took out a communication token and said.
"Sign two people moving over some floating object, follow them and tell all the inns and restaurants that he cannot be considered a customer, if he eats or lives in one of these places, I will hold you accountable. "
He did not even wait for the other party's reply and turned off his token. But the Marquis was stunned.
The general looked at him and said.
"Do you have anything to say about my second grandson?" Serious voice.
"I have nothing to say. He was executed because he did something he wasn't supposed to do."
"Why should I trust you?"
The marquis thought for a moment and said.
"Do you know Black Water?" The general was stunned when he heard these words.
"How do you know that name?" His voice sounded panicked and a little anxious. If the neighboring empire was an external enemy then Black Water was the internal enemy of the empire. Although, he was not in charge of internal security, he knew who they were.
"Luther worked for them, this is the scroll I found in his ring." He took out a bundle of scrolls containing Luther's duties in the organization.
The Marquis did not ask for Luther's ring without reason. He asked for these scrolls, he could take them for granted, but he thought that there might be a possibility Sam might know about these scrolls based on the scope of his intelligence gathering. That's why he shot an arrow in the dark and hit the target.
When the general looked through them, he was dumbfounded. He did not know that the Black water branch had been annihilated and it was happening in his daughter-in-law's city.
If he knew that, Sam was the one who did the job, one must be wondering how he would think.