Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 1021 - 281: The Power of Deterrence

Fan Wu and his companions, when breaking into the Imperial City of the Shangwu Dynasty, did not choose to enter via the city gates but opted to ascend the stairways built upon the city walls.

The city walls were not vertical, which made it possible to construct houses on them and build stairways.

It seemed that because the walls were incredibly high, had they been made vertical, the required craftsmanship... would not be achievable by the technology of this world.

After walking for a good half of the day, they finally reached the top of the city wall, now three hundred meters above ground.

How high was three hundred meters?

At any rate...

Standing there, the wind blowing in their faces felt painfully cold, as if they were in a frozen snow-covered land.

The gusts of wind blowing from all directions were even stronger, and if one were frail, not holding onto the railing could result in being blown down.

Standing there, looking down, the view was obscured by a layer of mist.

This wasn’t like climbing a city wall, it was clearly like climbing a mountain!

"Huff... huff..." Even Yun Jiuqing felt overwhelmed by the short climb to such a height; she leaned on Old Blue Ox’s belly to take a rest, "My goodness... this place is so steep and high, I think... we should have taken the city gate."

Saying this, Yun Jiuqing looked at Old Blue Ox and then at the Destiny Coffin; she truly couldn’t understand where Old Blue Ox got the strength to pull a coffin up here.

What puzzled her even more was...

Old Blue Ox’s own weight was substantial, yet now it also had to drag up a coffin.

Despite such exertion, Old Blue Ox seemed only slightly out of breath, showing no other signs of fatigue.

"Yun Scholar, perhaps need some more training, otherwise, sooner or later, you’ll even fall behind this Green Ox," Xing Fengzi’s blunt truth was like a knife stabbing into Yun Jiuqing.

Listening, Yun Jiuqing gritted her teeth in annoyance, "You speak as if you, this Taoist, are not tired at all."

Xing Fengzi, puzzled, didn’t understand why his frankness agitated Yun Jiuqing, but he continued to speak his mind, "Although I’m also a bit tired, compared to you, Yun Scholar, I am much less so."

Yun Jiuqing: "..."

Suppressing the urge to give Xing Fengzi a thrashing, Yun Jiuqing awkwardly changed the subject, "No wonder no enemy uses these stairways to climb up the wall. We Cultivators are already so exhausted climbing up; if ordinary soldiers attempted, carrying heavy weapons and wearing heavy armor."

"By the time they climbed up, not only would their efforts be wasted, but they’d likely be completely drained. In that state, they could hardly be combat-ready, probably getting easily driven back ten-to-one by the Shangwu Dynasty’s soldiers guarding the city."

Bai Sheng nodded in agreement with Yun Jiuqing’s reasoning, adding, "Indeed. Unless the enemy forces are all Cultivators, but even Cultivators would find the climb tough. The Imperial Court dare builds so many stairways here naturally has its own plans."

Their group’s arrival at the top of the city wall via the stairways naturally drew a lot of attention. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Because it was rare for people to choose not to use the city gates and instead climb up, since they had to climb back down also, which was another arduous journey!

Of course, the main reason was that Yan Dalong and Yan Dahu, both nearly three meters tall, were too conspicuous.

The guards on the city wall saw them immediately.

Then these guards felt that these two towering figures looked very familiar.

Not far away, a spear-wielding guard couldn’t help but poke his companion, then whispered, "Boss, don’t you find those two big guys really familiar? Eh... Boss, why aren’t you responding? What’s that expression on your face?"

Then the guard realized that his companion was staring dumbfounded, as if seeing a ghost in broad daylight.

His companion swallowed hard, astounded, and spoke up, "If I’m not mistaken, one of those two big guys is called Yan Dalong, and the other is Yan Dahu."

"Yan Dalong and Yan Dahu?" The spear-wielding guard pondered these names, finding them oddly familiar, as if he had heard them somewhere, but couldn’t exactly recall.

Quickly, his companion explained, "You’re young and haven’t been a guard for long, so not knowing them is normal. Years ago, they were infamous figures in the Imperial City."

"That Yan Dalong is the elder brother, and Yan Dahu is the younger. They were both from the Imperial City, but they had committed some crimes there and were hence wanted by the Imperial Court. The reward for their capture altogether amounts to several thousand taels of silver!"