Zhou Yan suffered inhumane abuse.
Although he resisted, it was regrettable that Chu Luoyan's strength was too terrifying, and she struck first, using various items to restrict Zhou Yan's power, spells, and abilities.
Chu Luoyan was very familiar with all of Zhou Yan's strengths, as if she had thoroughly understood Zhou Yan's every detail. Under her preemptive strike, Zhou Yan was completely defenseless, left to be slaughtered.
One step away, and he endured inhuman treatment.
He wanted to report to the enforcement team, he wanted to complain, the elder was abusing people!
When Zhou Yan reappeared alive, he was already covered in wounds.
He swore that he would become stronger and would eventually get his revenge.
Their animosity had grown immensely.
No news from the outside world.
Rather than saying no news, it was more like no one dared to speak.
Damn it, Chu Luoyan didn't care who you were; anyone who dared to spread the word was truly courting death!
This was the first time Zhou Yan had suffered such treatment. What had he done wrong?
He was just a little too talented, his strength just a smidgen higher than others in his age group.
Others in his age group: "Are you just a smidgen higher?"
Zhou Yan was very patient, as the saying goes, "A gentleman's revenge is never too late, even if it takes ten years."
Fortunately, he wasn't a gentleman, so he didn't need ten years; a year or so should suffice.
But that was assuming he could investigate Chu Luoyan thoroughly first, then he could take revenge!
Returning to the villa, Zhou Yan sent a message to Yang Junming: "I need to take leave!"
Seeing the message, Yang Junming finally felt relieved. As long as he was alive, that was enough. He quickly replied, "Okay!"
Zhou Yan didn't say how long he would be on leave, and Yang Junming didn't ask. People outside couldn't reach Zhou Yan because he had turned off his communication functions.
After returning to his territory, Zhou Yan went to the [Chamber of Seclusion], took his pills, and began to cultivate. Well... and recover from his injuries.
These injuries were nothing to Zhou Yan; his life was tougher than a cockroach's, he was just angry.
After finishing his cultivation, Zhou Yan emerged from his territory again and informed Bai Qi and Zhang Liang.
Then, Zhou Yan teleported his territory back to its previous location and began to collect lumber.
The lumber here was of such high quality that Zhou Yan was unwilling to leave.
Zhang Liang again arranged for lumberjacks to go out and harvest wood, and also assigned a hundred thousand people to hunt magical beasts. The rest were to cultivate and train within the territory.
Meanwhile, Zhou Yan entered the territory and began to construct buildings. He had obtained quite a few powerful buildings this time. Zhou Yan casually took out a building.
[Building: Pike Camp]
[Type: Barracks]
[Quality: SSS]
[Description: Can be built within the territory.]
This building wasn't obtained by Zhou Yan himself but by Xie Xuan during a trial.
In the trial grounds of Ziwei Academy, the items placed in the chests were fixed, with no element of luck involved. Zhou Yan was naturally delighted that Xie Xuan could obtain such a high-quality barracks.
The territory prompt: "Constructing [Pike Camp], [Pike Camp] evolves into [Guan Ning Iron Cavalry]."
"It's the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry!" Zhou Yan was very surprised. It was this army.
There was an old saying among the Ming army: "If Jurchens are less than ten thousand, they cannot be defeated; if they are ten thousand, they are invincible." But this myth was shattered by a scholar named Yuan Chonghuan.
Because the Ming Dynasty at that time implemented a foolish system of civil officials leading troops, they were fortunate to have the emergence of Yuan Chonghuan, an unparalleled military genius.
In the Battle of Ningyuan, ten thousand exhausted soldiers defeated 130,000 Eight Banners cavalry. However, that was a defensive battle, and many people dismissed it. But in the Battle of Ning-Jin, the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry truly defeated the Manchu Eight Banners in an open field battle.
The Liao Dong army, with only seventy thousand men, forged the Ning-Jin defense line that baffled the Manchus. Later, when the Qing dynasty invaded Beijing through Mongolia, the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry rushed to reinforce. Nine thousand cavalrymen held off one hundred thousand Eight Banners troops outside Beijing. Although this battle was won by chance, it fully demonstrated the powerful combat effectiveness of the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry. If Emperor Chongzhen had trusted his subordinates without doubt, it wouldn't have been impossible to recover Liaodong in five years.
At that time, if the Ming Dynasty could have given Yuan Chonghuan enough time to expand the army, they would have forged an invincible army that could conquer the world.
It was ironic that this loyal general ultimately suffered the fate of being executed by slow slicing, completely ending the Ming Dynasty's last wise and brave general.
Moreover, this army was very peculiar, being able to use modern firearms.
Zhou Yan had previously witnessed the power of the enemy's spearmen, simply because firearms were not extremely powerful on the Canglan Continent, only comparable to special archers.
In terms of power, technology-based items were actually on par with fantasy, immortal cultivation, magic, warrior, and mythological items. It just depended on which direction the territory was developing.
Each territory would develop according to personal preference or the types of buildings that provided bonuses, but Zhou Yan's territory did not have such issues.
Zhou Yan's territory could amplify everything within the territory, whether it was races or various buildings. The amplification effect was the same for all.
Although Zhou Yan's territory seemed complex, it was actually a characteristic of his territory. After all, his territory was very unique, with all races coexisting, with no distinction of race superiority or inferiority, and every race could coexist peacefully.
Because, as long as they were summoned by Zhou Yan, their loyalty was one hundred percent, and no one harbored any ulterior motives, which was the most precious thing.
Zhou Yan looked at this barracks, which also had its own characteristics.
Zhou Yan directly entered the barracks and began to upgrade it.
The first twenty levels of [Guan Ning Iron Cavalry] required ordinary wood, stone, and spirit coins. After level twenty, it required Xuan Tie Shi (Mysterious Iron Stone), and Zhou Yan's territory even had eight-star quality of this material. Thus, Zhou Yan directly upgraded the territory's level to eighty.
After the upgrade was complete, the entire barracks had become much larger. After all, it was an eighty-level barracks, which was naturally extraordinary.
[Building: Guan Ning Iron Cavalry]
[Level: 80 (Upgrade required)]
[Quality: RRR]
[Attributes: For every 3,000 Soul Coins consumed, one Guan Ning Iron Cavalry can be summoned. Current capacity (0/1000,000)]
[Special Attribute One: Increases cavalry speed]
[Special Attribute Two: Increases overall combat power]
[Special Attribute Three: Increases overall all attributes]
[Special Attribute Four: Increases overall damage]
[Special Attribute Five: Increases overall defense]
[Special Attribute Six: Increases firearm damage]
[Special Attribute Seven: Increases firearm range]
[Special Attribute Eight: Reduces damage taken by soldiers]
Seeing the attributes of this barracks, Zhou Yan was very happy. Zhou Yan was determined to forge this cavalry into a special army that could excel at both long and close-range combat.