The winding mountain road leading up to Azure Peak was illuminated by a roaring sea of three thousand burning pine torches.
At the base of the grand causeway, thousands of commoner quarrymen, outer peak laborers, and disgraced stable hands marched in four vast columns, carrying heavy iron mining picks, sledgehammers, and timber axes.
"Tear down the toll posts!" a veteran miner shouted, throwing his heavy hammer against the carved oak barrier of the lower checkpoint.
CRASH!
The gilded Jade Pavilion banners were ripped from the stone posts and stomped into the freezing mud beneath three thousand pairs of rough leather boots.
The commoner disciples cheered, opening the main stone causeway for the armored vanguard marching at the front.
Leading the army side by side were Ye Chen and Lin
