The ink that wrapped him was returned to the inkstone in Shen Herong's hand.
In the distance, there are also ink dots wrapped around the people in the Valley of Ice and Fire, flying back piecemeal and falling into the inkstone.
The Magic Sky Dragon in the sky let out a long roar and fell to the ground, reappearing Ao Kong's tall figure.
"Is it almost done?" he asked.
Ink dots from far and near flew back one after another until no more ink dots came.
Shen Herong nodded: "We're all here. Shang Jie has been found. Let's go back to Chang'an."
Two figures, one large and one small, disappeared into the snowstorm.
Only the empty Ice and Fire Valley was left, and there was silence inside and outside.
Only the unextinguished flames in the valley burned quietly.
The night passed, and at dawn the next day, the place was still silent.
I don't know how long it took before anyone came again.
Before he got close to the valley, he felt strange.
In the past, the sound of gold and iron clashing could often be heard in the valley.
He continued to approach, but no disciples from Ice Fire Valley could stop him.
The man felt something bad and rushed into the valley.
However, there was no one in the valley.
It was as if everyone disappeared into thin air at the same time.
In the huge Valley of Ice and Fire, thousands of people, including their families,
One of the five famous sects of the Northern Qi Dynasty, where a ninth-level powerhouse is sitting in the Ice and Fire Valley, no chickens or dogs are left?
Moreover, there was no news at all before.
"Are these... the traces left by the Scarlet Training Burning Gold Palm and the Flying Snow Heavenly Sword in the Ice Fire Valley?"
When someone came to inspect it carefully, they found traces of the battle.
However, there are few traces of fighting and no signs of foreign enemies.
"Your Majesty... where is your Majesty?" The visitor was the entourage of Gao Tiansheng, Prince of Xuantong County in the Northern Qi Dynasty.
He hurriedly searched for Gao Tiansheng, but found nothing.
Gao Tiansheng also disappeared along with the people in Ice Fire Valley.
He could barely find some traces of Gao Tiansheng's use of the Snow Wind Divine Sword, but there was no clue as to the person's whereabouts.
Being in the empty valley, this person felt as if he had entered a mysterious ghost land.
He didn't dare to stay, so he left quickly and flew to report to the capital.
When Qi King Gao Tiankai received the news, he was silent for a long time.
Standing beside him was his eldest son Gao Ju, who reached out and took the message from King Qi. After reading it, he looked shocked.
"Ice Fire Valley, the whole family has been wiped out?" Gao Ju exhaled a long breath.
King Qi stood up, came to the window, and looked out the window: "Someone has done something that I have always wanted to do before, but I don't want it to happen recently."
"Chang'an City?" Gao Ju frowned: "But, there is no news at all."
If he just destroyed the mountain gate of Ice Fire Valley and hunted down Guan Hao, the owner of the valley, King Qi could do it alone.
The difficulty is that the other four famous families may intervene.
If you deploy troops to encircle the Ice Fire Valley to ensure that no one can escape, the movement will be loud and difficult to hide from others.
Moreover, it may take longer.
But now, someone has wiped out the entire Ice Fire Valley overnight.
Xuantong County Prince Gao Tiansheng's entourage went to check because he didn't receive a message from him within a day.
Separating the two, it would take less than a day and a night.
Then Gao Tiansheng, along with everyone in the Ice and Fire Valley, had no bones left, and their life and death were unknown.
Such methods made King Qi secretly frightened.
"What do you think of?" he asked.
The eldest son Gao Ju pondered: "If the other three major factions do not interfere, one faction can join forces with the royal family and it can be done."
"At least two ninth-level masters, and a lot of seventh-level and eighth-level experts to help."
King Qi nodded: "Hong Xiao of the Eastern Tang Dynasty was not wronged."
"The inside and outside of Ice Fire Valley have been carefully planned by the other party, leaving no traces to prove their identity." Gao Ju said.
"There is no need for the Eastern Tang and Western Zhou Dynasties." King Qi said: "Since it is not me, then there is only Chang'an."
"Father, what should we do next?" Gao Ju asked.
"Notify the other four families, as well as the Eastern Tang Dynasty and the Western Zhou Dynasty." King Qi ordered: "At the same time, send troops to recover the counties that were previously occupied by Ice and Fire Valley."
"Yes, father." Gao Ju replied after a slight hesitation.
King Qi turned to look at him.
Gao Ju lowered his head: "In this way, there is no buffer between us and Chang'an."
"If you don't occupy it, it will be occupied by Chang'an." King Qi said calmly: "There is no buffer."
Gao Ju bowed and saluted: "My son, I understand."
When the news came out, everyone was shocked.
Especially Wutian Peak.
The elder of the mountain gate who was temporarily in charge of the situation immediately reported Lin Ying, the leader of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, who was traveling south, asking him to be careful.
In the direction of the Western Zhou Dynasty, after receiving the news, King Zhou immediately ordered the border to be on guard.
As for the Eastern Tang Dynasty, the King of Tang remained silent for a long time after hearing the news.
The Taiwei frowned at Junming: "Chang'an has such strength, why can't it be seen that it is so strong when it fights with us and the Qi army at the border?"
During the Eastern Tang Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty blocked the borders of the territory under the rule of Chang'an and banned commercial exchanges between the two countries' people and Chang'an.
Under the command of Zhang Dongyun, Chang'an has been engaging in serial battles with the Tang and Qi armies in recent days.
Generally speaking, Changan is stronger.
But the highest level masters who have appeared are only in the eighth level and never in the ninth level.
"Maybe our previous guess was right." Old Prince Li Dong said slowly.
The monarchs and ministers in the palace were all deep in thought.
The power to destroy Ice Fire Valley was indeed enough to take down the Tang army commanded by the people of White Horse Academy and Li Xuannian.
But the opponent's performance since that battle has not been entirely strong.
They even had a tacit understanding and secret alliance with the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Chen Dynasty.
At that time, everyone speculated that Chang'an was also injured in the battle with Hong Xiao, the dean of Baima Academy, and needed to recuperate.
Today, Chang'an suddenly showed its fangs again. Is it because their vitality has recovered in the past two months?
So strike hard and show your fangs.
So, Guan Hao, the chief of the Ice Fire Valley in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and Hong Xiao, the dean of the White Horse Academy, are both masters of the ninth level. After the battle between Chang'an and the Ice Fire Valley, will Chang'an enter a stage of recuperation again?
Or take a break of about two months?
Should the Eastern Tang Dynasty take advantage of this opportunity to capture Chang'an and attack its weakness?
Everyone's eyes were turned to Prince Tang.
King Tang turned his head and looked at another person in the hall.
A Taoist priest with white hair but a youthful face.
The Taoist priest is the same as the King of Tang, the master of Qingyun Temple and Qingye Zhenren in the ninth realm.
Master Qingye was contemplating, but when he felt the gaze of King Tang, he raised his head:
"This is the first time Chang'an has taken the initiative and launched such a big battle."
When everyone heard the words, they all groaned.
"Chang'an City is too mysterious, and no one knows its true details." Master Qingye continued.
The king of Tang Dynasty said: "There is someone who may know."
"Oh?" Master Qingye was slightly surprised when he heard what he said.
The king of Tang Dynasty said: "My people are about to find him. We will ask the real person to help us at that time. Through this person, we may understand the city of Chang'an and find out how to deal with the enemy."
Master Qingye looked at Tang Wang and nodded after a while: "That's great."
He noticed that most of the officials of the Eastern Tang Dynasty in the palace also looked at a loss.
"Your Majesty, what about Chang'an City now?" the Taiwei asked Jun Ming.
The king of Tang said: "We can relax a little for the time being to make him numb and careless."
Xiang Junming nodded: "I obey my orders."
In fact, the monarch and his ministers understand each other tacitly.
Now that the Eastern Tang Dynasty is relaxing the blockade of Chang'an City, it is true that the entire Eastern Tang Dynasty is diverting their attention to deal with the person mentioned by the Tang King, but there is another purpose.
The Ice Fire Valley's sphere of influence is located in the southwest of the Northern Qi Dynasty, just bordering Chang'an City.
It is still uncertain whether Chang'an City will take over the Ice Fire Valley after destroying it.
Here, after all, the Northern Qi Dynasty is still the most powerful country in the world.
If Chang'an City takes over, it will change the previous situation and finally set foot on the land outside the Eastern Tang Dynasty.
The Northern Qi Dynasty will definitely not give up.
The Eastern Tang Dynasty is now trying to reduce the pressure it puts on Chang'an in the east, so that Chang'an can rest assured and devote its main energy to the Northern Qi Dynasty.
Previously, in dealing with Chang'an, the Eastern Tang Dynasty was the main force and the Northern Qi Dynasty was the auxiliary.
The strength of the Northern Qi Dynasty was not very great.
Now, the Eastern Tang Dynasty just hopes that the Northern Qi Dynasty can also show its true skills and fight against Chang'an.
And the situation is moving step by step in the direction that the emperors and ministers of the Eastern Tang Dynasty most want to develop.
The Northern Qi army marched all the way south, carrying on their backs several counties that had previously been dominated by the Ice Fire Valley.
But here, they met the Chang'an army head-on.
Zhang Dongyun killed Ice Fire Valley firstly to get these laborers, secondly to take over all the business markets in Icefire Valley, and thirdly to firmly control the Xifeng iron ore vein in his own hands.
How could he let go of several counties in Northern Qi where Ice Fire Valley is located?
It's just that he and Mr. Wuyun Majia can't leave the city, and the rest of his men are not enough to quickly quell the Ice Fire Valley, leaving no time for other forces in Northern Qi to react.
That's why Ao Kong and Shen Herong were asked to take action.
In order to keep their identities confidential, the two of them did not travel with anyone else.
However, after they acted as the vanguard to wipe out the Valley of Ice and Fire, others naturally followed and took over.
Not long after Xuantong County Prince Gao Tiansheng's entourage sent out the message, the thunderous sound of horse hooves could be heard from the south of Ice Fire Valley.
The Chang'an Youweiwei, who were reorganized from the former prisoners of the Tang Army in Yunzhong County, under the leadership of the old demon Ziri and the elder Han Zhe of Dahe Longmen, officially set foot on the land of Northern Qi, fought all the way here, and took over the Ice Fire Valley.
After them, under the guidance of Chen Jiezhi and other masters, batch after batch of Chang'an troops came to support the front army.
They had a head-on confrontation with the Northern Qi army, which was a little slower to move south, and fought repeatedly for this piece of Northern Qi land.
The three counties of Bei Qiyuanhe, Yuanxi and Yunbei, which are closest to Chang'an and directly bordered by Longbei and Yunzhong counties, first fell firmly under the control of Chang'an.
It contains the Xifeng Iron Ore Vein and is also the location of the Ice Fire Valley Mountain Gate in Xihai County. It is the focus of competition between the two sides.
The Chang'an army, which arrived first, firmly occupied Xihai County and resisted the Northern Qi attack without giving an inch. It even continued to invade counties further north and forced the Qi army to retreat.
The Northern Qi army was still unable to invade Xihai County, so it couldn't help but become extremely anxious and continued to increase its troops.
Chang'an also had no intention of giving in, and a large number of masters and soldiers came to support them.
The Xifeng iron ore vein that has been occupied continues to produce such natural materials and earthly treasures, which are transported back to Chang'an.
Chang'an Ordnance Factory is operating at full capacity, quality and output are improving, and it is quickly occupying the market left by Ice Fire Valley.
Chang'an produced armor, which officially replaced the Ice and Fire Valley and became famous far and wide.
The leading position has been firmly established.
In the Daming Palace, the system prompt sounded in Zhang Dongyun's mind:
[The Chang'an Ordnance Factory built by the city owner has a group of leaders, and it has become a leading industry that is well-known far and wide. It radiates the city's influence to the surrounding wider world. Complete the construction task 6.3 and receive an upgrade experience reward of 2,000 points]
Zhang Dongyun took a long breath.
Not to mention the tangible benefits of occupying the four counties of Yuanhe, Yuanxi, Xihai and Yunbei in Northern Qi.
Just say that your system rewards are a considerable amount of income.
The construction experience points have now reached 6,100 points, which is far from the requirement of 7,000. Victory is in sight.