Chapter 1066: Mysterious Land

"Presumptuous!"

"The Heavenly Court truly does not hold our Great Qin in their eyes, to actually dare send people down to the mortal realm."

Gu Yue took the lead, his tiger eyes glaring in rage, a terrifying aura radiating from his body; the Martial Dao aura of a Taiyi Golden Immortal surged madly toward Liu Bang's side.

However, at this moment, several figures had also appeared beside Liu Bang, and these figures, facing Gu Yue's terrifying aura, did not fall behind in the slightest.

"This General has misunderstood. We brothers are not people of the Heavenly Court, but of the Human Race. This time, we were invited by Brother Liu to come to this place to seek opportunities."

A man behind Liu Bang stood out and said with a smile.

"Hmph! Do you take us for fools?"

Upon hearing this, the rage on Gu Yue's face erupted even further, the fury in his eyes like an erupting volcano, and the aura around his body increased by another thirty percent.

"This General does not care who you are. This place is the land of Great Qin, and everything here belongs to Great Qin."

"General Gu is too overbearing. This place is not under the jurisdiction of Great Qin; right now, this is Brother Liu's territory, and we are here at Brother Liu's invitation."

The man in the green immortal robe remained calm and composed, a stark contrast to the other—one cold, one hot.

"Hmph! Under the vast heaven, is there any land that is not the King's? This place is Great Qin. Liu Bang is merely a rebel; how dare he occupy the land of my Great Qin!"

Gu Yue looked coldly at Liu Bang, the killing intent in his eyes impossible to conceal no matter what.

"Heh."

Liu Bang's side also let out a cold laugh in response.

"General Gu, we are determined to explore this valley floor today; you cannot stop us."

Liu Bang said indifferently. With the Heavenly Court having sent two Taiyi Golden Immortals and four Golden Immortals, his confidence had greatly increased.

Not to mention the Taiyi Golden Immortals, the four Golden Immortals were not like those he had by his side before; these were genuine Golden Immortals who had fought their way up step by step from the bottom.

There were no flaws in their strength.

Moreover, this time, two Taiyi Golden Immortals had arrived at once, making his confidence even greater.

Those were Taiyi Golden Immortals; Liu Bang naturally knew their strength very well.

He had already recovered his original memories.

As the Red Emperor, he was also an Emperor Lord of the Heavenly Court, though his peak cultivation was not strong, barely reaching the Taiyi Golden Immortal level.

Even so, that was still a Taiyi Golden Immortal, and his status in the Heavenly Court was not something that the nominal Ziwei Dijun could compare to.

Now that he had reincarnated and descended to become the human Liu Bang, he carried the Red Emperor Dragon Qi, so his cultivation improved very quickly, and he had now recovered relatively fast, reaching the Golden Immortal level.

But he was different from the Golden Immortals he had by his side before; those Golden Immortals' Fleshly Bodies were mere shells, and the divine senses of the Heavenly Court's Golden Immortals were integrated into these shells, barely exerting a portion of their strength.

He was not like that; he was a complete True Spirit reincarnation, his Fleshly Body and True Spirit perfectly fused, with no limitations whatsoever.

However, this human flesh and blood was, after all, not as powerful as his previous life's foundation, so at the same cultivation level, it was ultimately a little bit worse than before.

Fortunately, he did not need to do the work himself now, as the Heavenly Court had arranged plenty of manpower.

This time, two Taiyi Golden Immortals and four true Golden Immortals had arrived.

Originally, he had been developing quite well here, and although Great Qin had sent many people, whether it was Gu Yue or the generals of the Li clan, the pressure on him was not very great.

Especially Gu Yue, who had not been here long and was not considered a commanding general, so the threat he posed was even smaller.

After all, although he was only a Golden Immortal, even a Taiyi Golden Immortal would find it difficult to threaten him within his own army.

The number of troops under his command might not compare to Xiang Yu's, but in terms of the number of elites, he far exceeded Xiang Yu.

And the equipment of the soldiers under his command even surpassed that of Great Qin.

After all, he had the Heavenly Court as his backing; in terms of military equipment, especially weaponry, there was no need to say more.

Not to mention being like the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals, but at the very least, in terms of armor and weapons, the quality was top-tier; the resources possessed by the Heavenly Court were not something Great Qin could compare to.

The Heavenly Court sat upon the Thirty-Three Realms, and each of those realms was far larger than the area of Great Qin, even larger than the Four Great Divine Continents.

Those Thirty-Three Realms were actually originally fragments of the Honghuang, only integrated into the Heavenly Realm when the Saints refined the earth, water, wind, and fire.

Of the Tiandi Ren Sanjie, the Heavenly Realm was actually the most vast.

This was also the reason why the myriad living beings of the Human Realm wanted to 'ascend' to the Heavenly Realm after reaching the Immortal Realm, because the Heavenly Realm was larger, had more resources, and even the Spirit Energy was more concentrated than in the mortal world.

However, the Heavenly Realm was ruled by the Heavenly Court, and not just anyone could ascend.

The resources of the Heavenly Realm were quite abundant, especially after the Heavenly Court had plundered several worlds previously, the resources were even more plentiful.

Liu Bang had that Heavenly Court Lord behind him, and the population under his rule had been increasing over the years; he also followed the path of elite troops.

During the campaign against Nanyue, the army he trained became stronger and stronger, and later, confronting Great Qin also strengthened the development of his military.

This made the strength of his army increasingly powerful.

The only gap was that his foundation could not compare to Great Qin, as Great Qin's population was far, far larger than his.

If Great Qin lost millions of elite troops, they could replenish them before long, but he could not.

After all, the Qin Army had sufficient standing armies, and these standing armies were trained in daily life; once they went through a few battles, they became elite troops.

As for those under his command, he only had a few million troops, half of whom were elites; this was his entire strength.

He did indeed have hundreds of millions of people under his rule, but it was impossible for him to pull out tens of millions to become a standing army; that was naturally impossible.

If he really dared to do that, his rule would likely fall into chaos in an instant.

Exhausting the country for war and increasing grain levies could indeed be done, but once done, the hearts of the people would be lost.

He had previously relied on the hearts of the people to win over those under his rule.

This was his method and his foundation, so he naturally would not act recklessly; he was not Xiang Yu and was not that anxious.

The land of Nanyue had already been developed by him, and although Nanyue's foundation was far inferior to the Great Qin empire,

as long as it was slowly developed, the population would only increase, and he was also constantly eroding Great Qin's territory.

He believed that sooner or later, he would be able to fight his way to Xianyang City.

Originally, he was keeping his head down and developing, but an accident occurred here in Nanhai Commandery; someone under his command discovered a valley here.

In the valley, there was a forbidden zone; many cultivators who had become Immortals entered the valley, only to disappear and never return.

This also drew his attention, so he brought men to come here personally, only to discover that this valley was a Dragon Valley of no small size.

He did not enter the valley, yet he sensed traces of true Dragon Qi from the perimeter.

Looking at the area outside the valley, it has already existed for who knows how many years, but that true Dragon Qi remains unextinguished, clearly showing that this place is not simple.