I can bless thousands of magical powers.

"My name is Wu Ziyu, nice to meet General Zhang Dao!"

In the White Tiger Hall of Xiyuan Daoying, a young warrior saluted Zhang Yuan with his fists clasped in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.

The man was in his twenties, dressed in a white tight-fitting shirt. He had a handsome appearance and outstanding temperament. There was arrogance hidden in his bright and lively eyes. At first glance, he was an elite young man from a large sect or a prominent family.

And this Wu Ziyu was the representative sent by the Wu family to come to Xiyuan City to discuss the bandit suppression with Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan responded calmly: "Brother Wu, thank you for your hard work in coming all the way here."

The other party came from Ruiyuan City, hundreds of miles away.

Wu Ziyu and his two followers all looked exhausted, probably because they had traveled day and night to get here.

The Wu family member was obviously in a very anxious mood. As soon as he sat down, he couldn't wait to ask when the Xiyuan Road Camp would be able to set out to hunt down the bandits and recover the lost property of the caravan.

Zhang Yuan was completely speechless!

Suppressing his inner displeasure, Zhang Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "Brother Wu, according to the information we have obtained so far, the bandits who robbed your caravan are most likely the Wild Sand Army's beacon fire."

After a pause, he continued, "Of the sixteen armies of the Crazy Sand Army, at least three are active in the area from the Western Regions to the Western Plains. There are a large number of bandits, and the Western Plains Camp only has three hundred soldiers available, which is really inadequate."

Horse thieves, as the name suggests, are bandits who rob on horseback. They come and go as fast as the wind and have great mobility.

Therefore, if you want to wipe out the horse bandits, you can only do it by sending out cavalry.

Although there are a total of one thousand soldiers in the Xiyuan Daoying, the seven hundred auxiliary soldiers besides the Dao soldiers are almost useless.

It was impossible for Zhang Yuan to mobilize all his forces to suppress the bandits.

His predecessor had done the same thing, but ended up losing his troops and himself.

The most important thing is that Zhang Yuan was very unhappy with the other party, or the Wu family’s attitude.

He didn't owe the other party anything, and he hadn't even had dinner yet!
Although Wu Ziyu is young and energetic, he is not a person with low emotional intelligence.

He immediately realized that he had overstepped his bounds.

The Wu family disciple took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "General Zhang, to be honest, the goods that our Wu family lost are not important in other aspects, except for the seven-leaf Ganoderma lucidum that is of great importance."

"As long as you can help us get this thing back, our Wu family will definitely reward you."

As he said this, he winked at the attendant beside him and said, "It's just a small token of my appreciation. Please accept it!"

The latter immediately took out a sandalwood box from his bag and presented it to him, then opened the lid.

Inside was a thick stack of gold bills!

Zhang Yuan took a quick look and found that the face value of the top gold note was one thousand taels.

If the gold notes below are all of the same denomination, the total amount would be at least thirty thousand taels of gold.

What a grand gesture!
Although Zhang Yuan was not short of money, he was still shocked by the other party's "little thought".

This shows how important the seven-leaf Ganoderma lucidum is to the Wu family!
Zhang Yuan did not accept the gold note immediately. He thought for a while and said, "How about this, Brother Wu? You guys take a good rest first. I will give you an answer tomorrow morning."

"General Zhang..."

Before Wu Ziyu could answer, another of his followers couldn't help but speak up, with a very ugly look on his face.

"Shut up!"

As a result, before the other party could finish his words, Wu Ziyu stood up and interrupted him.

The Wu family disciple bowed to Zhang Yuan and said, "Then I will wait for good news!"

Originally, Zhang Yuan wanted to arrange for the three of them to stay in Daoying. After all, there were also residences here specifically for entertaining guests.

But Wu Ziyu politely declined, saying that he and others already had a place to stay in the city.

Come back tomorrow morning to continue discussing with Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan did not force them, and personally escorted them out of the camp. The Wu family was a prominent family in Daqian, and they had a lot of connections with Shang Jingtian, so it was not reasonable for them to lose their courtesy.

Wu Ziyu had just left the Taoist camp and walked onto the street when his followers complained, "Seventh Young Master, you are giving too much face to Zhang Yuan, he is just a Taoist general!"

Wu Ziyu was not angry at his subordinates' complaints. He shook his head and replied, "This General Zhang is not an ordinary person. It is said that he was offered a bounty for assassination, but he killed two groups of assassins sent by the Blood Shadow Building."

"His cultivation strength is at least at level six, and he may even have reached the peak of level six!"

The follower was dumbfounded: "How is it possible?"

Zhang Yuan looks to be in his early twenties, younger than Wu Ziyu.

Wu Ziyu, as the talented young man cultivated by the Wu family with all his strength, is currently only at the peak of the fifth level.

He is actually on a different level than Zhang Yuan!

“This should be true.”

Wu Ziyu said calmly: "He obviously has some secret cultivation method. I can't see through his true cultivation level at all. We don't have any foundation in Xiyuan City. It is unwise to offend such a strong man."

He came to ask for help, not to show off the Wu family's power.

Moreover, for Wu Ziyu, the most urgent task is to take back the seven-leaf Ganoderma lucidum lost by the caravan.

The rest really doesn’t matter!
In fact, Wu Ziyu could certainly use the Wu family's reputation and his relationship with Jingtian to put pressure on Zhang Yuan.

But doing so would be tantamount to completely breaking off relations.

As long as Zhang Yuan pretends to obey and does not work hard, he can still fall.

Wu Ziyu thought about it and felt even worse.

However, the next morning, when Wu Ziyu and his followers came to the Taoist camp again, Zhang Yuan said without waiting for him to speak: "Brother Wu, I can lead the Taoist soldiers to the Western Regions right now to search for and hunt down the bandits who attacked your caravan."

Wu Ziyu was stunned.

He couldn't understand why Zhang Yuan's attitude changed so much in just one night.

It's so refreshing that it's unbelievable.

In fact, this young man from the Wu family was already prepared to pester Zhang Yuan to the end, and he even had a backup plan.

As a result, it is of no use at all now.

Wu Ziyu opened his mouth, then clasped his fists and saluted, "Thank you, Your Excellency!"

"You are welcome."

Zhang Yuan waved his hand and said, "But I have a request."

Zhang Yuan’s request was very simple, which was to let the only fourth-level guard of the Wu family who escaped come to act as a guide.

This fourth-rank expert managed to escape back to Xiyuan by chance, but he did not come to Daoying, so his whereabouts are unknown.

"no problem."

Wu Ziyu agreed immediately: "He is recovering in the city now!"

The other party was not seriously injured, so there was no problem in just acting as a guide.

Zhang Yuan nodded: "Then bring him here, the sooner the better."

The reason why Zhang Yuan's attitude changed was that he received another letter from the sect last night.

Shang Jingtian has already sent a sixth-rank strongman and two hundred elite Taoist soldiers to Xiyuan City for support.

Since the sect attaches so much importance to it, Zhang Yuan can no longer sit idly by.

He decided to lead his troops to the Western Regions first! (End of this chapter)