The Mansion Soldiers of the Secret Realm are different from the Imperial Soldiers; Mansion Soldiers are privately recruited warriors, often called retainers by common households.
Only officials of the official residence have the right to recruit Mansion Soldiers.
Moreover, there are strict regulations on the number of Mansion Soldiers.
For example, a Governor can recruit only a thousand soldiers.
A Mansion Lord, one hundred.
A County Lord, ten.
A Town Lord, two or three.
Mansion Soldiers eat privately provided grain, while Imperial Soldiers eat government-provided grain.
Generally, there's a complete set of regulations to mobilize Imperial Soldiers; it's not something that can be done on a whim.
Therefore, both Ji Wanrong and Governor Yi Zhongcheng brought their own Mansion Soldiers there.
These cultivators move extremely fast.
Although Purple Spirit Mountain is far from the inner city, they all reached the scene in the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
