Chapter 60: Can Fill Up a Piece of Jade Paper

Wei Yuan’s heart continued to pound inside his chest after leaving the battlefield. Before, he had only seen a foreigner in the books and the images summoned by his teachers. But this time, he was fighting one personally. His opponent belonged to the foreign race famed for exceptional individual combat capabilities, the Mountain Dwellers as well.

The Mountain Dwellers were also a big race that lived to the south and southwest of Great Tang. Beyond the border mountains of Yong Province lay their domain. There were two distinct types of Mountain Dwellers: one slightly shorter than humans, moving through the mountains with the swiftness of wind; and the other being the giant Wei Yuan just faced. Though vastly differing in stature, they shared the same origin and lineage. The wonders of creation were truly awe-inspiring.

The reason Wei Yuan paid extra attention to the Mountain Dwellers was because their homeland lay right next to Yong Province. Although Yong Province was not their main direction of attack, small bands of forces had frequently crossed the border and harassed the region. On top of that, the Mountain Dwellers were infamous for their brutality. In ancient times, humans were already on their menu. Even today, Mountain Dwellers still cooked and ate humans when they captured them.

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