In the Daming Palace in Chang'an City, Zhang Dongyun said: "Lao Wu is not the only one who practices the transformation of the Demonic Black Armored Dragon."
Shen Herong nodded slightly. She also understood this truth. She just witnessed it suddenly and was inevitably sensitive.
"Yes, the handwriting of the light curtain is also different from Fifth Brother's usual practice."
Shen Herong said: "However, if he has been reincarnated and re-cultivated, it would be hard to rush to a conclusion."
Just looking at her current practice, it is different from the way she practiced back then.
"Next, let's pay attention to the so-called Shushan Southern Sect." Zhang Dongyun said calmly.
Shen Herong nodded and kept heading east, crossing the eastern coast of China that was already occupied by Chang'an forces, crossing the deserted sea, returning to Eastern Xinjiang, and returning to Chang'an City.
While she was on her way, another piece of good news came.
Someone from the Zhao Dynasty, which dominated the eastern part of the Middle East, came to visit Wanghai City.
Wanghai City, and even the surrounding Jiangdong Road, were originally under the rule of the Zhao Dynasty.
Now, it is occupied by Chang'an.
Chang'an City controls this place along with the population and people's livelihood.
For the Zhao dynasty that rules the local area, it should be the most feared and serious concern.
But now, the other party is taking the initiative to show kindness.
When the news was reported back to Chang'an, Zhang Dongyun knew without thinking that the royal family's show of goodwill to Chang'an was directed at Jiufeng Academy.
Jiufeng Academy is located in the eastern part of Central-Earth, and like the Qinglian Sect and other forces, it is located within the Zhao Dynasty.
I remember that when Jiufeng Academy was first established, it received preferential treatment from the royal family.
At that time, the Zhao Dynasty's consideration was nothing more than to resist the Yansheng Mansion, which had exerted power over all of China and affected all Confucian practitioners.
But it's a pity that Jiufeng Academy rose too fast and soon became too big to lose.
It was too late for the Zhao Dynasty to regret it. In just over ten years, the other party had grown to the point where it could compete with the Yansheng Palace.
At the same time, it has seriously threatened the rule of the Zhao Dynasty and has become a more serious threat than Yansheng Mansion.
At this moment, a powerful enemy appeared for Jiufeng Academy.
Dongjiang, Chang'an City.
The Zhao Dynasty immediately decided to seize this opportunity.
As for whether it will repeat the same mistakes as when Jiufeng Academy was used to deal with Yansheng Mansion, but it ended up being a disaster?
The royal family has also considered it.
However, today is different from the past.
Back then, Jiufeng Academy had only one strong enemy, Yansheng Palace.
The reason why Jiufeng Academy can still grow and prosper in the cracks between Yan Sheng Mansion and the Zhao Dynasty is because of the secret help of other top forces in Middle-earth.
But now Chang'an City is a purely immigrant household.
At the same time, before they set foot in the Middle Earth, they had already offended Taiqing Palace, Yansheng Mansion and Jiufeng Academy.
Their future environment will be even more difficult than that of Jiufeng Academy.
Zhang Dongyun knew what the Zhao family's royal family had in mind.
He doesn't care about this.
Now, with the tacit approval and even support of the Zhao family dynasty, Chang'an's establishment in China will be smoother and more worry-free than before.
Soon, a certain city lord named Zhang sounded the system prompt:
[Chang'an successfully established a foothold in the Middle-earth, gained a firm foothold, and gathered the hearts of the local people, ushering in the growing support of local practitioners from all walks of life. The city owner successfully completed construction task 8.3 and received an upgrade experience reward of 3,000 points]
Zhang Dongyun breathed out a sigh of relief.
After completing this task, you will receive a reward of 3,000 construction experience points, and the total number of construction experience points will reach 9,600.
The goal of 14,000 points has been achieved successfully.
This made City Lord Zhang full of motivation.
He couldn't wait and refreshed the task list:
[Construction Task 8.4 - Chang'an has successfully gained a foothold in China. Next, please ask the city lord to further expand Chang'an's influence and dominate the world. Then come all directions. Please surrender a great dynasty in China and submit to Chang'an]
When Zhang Dongyun saw this, he couldn't help but blink his eyes.
This task seems simple, but there may be some tricks hidden inside.
A great dynasty in Central China surrendered.
Regardless of whether it can be done or not, but literally speaking, the task cannot be accomplished by simply slaughtering the city and destroying the country.
The so-called surrender, simply put, means that a great dynasty must surrender to Chang'an.
But taking Eastern Xinjiang as an example, when the Eastern Tang Dynasty was overthrown, almost everyone in the court was killed by Chang'an.
At that time, Li Qiong was not the king of Tang Dynasty but not the heir apparent, so it would be difficult for him to represent the royal family of the Eastern Tang Dynasty.
Western Chu and Western Zhou are similar.
In Southern Liang, Northern Qi, and Eastern Jin, after the death of their respective kings, many royal family members took the initiative to surrender to avoid being exterminated.
As for the Nanchen Dynasty, King Chen saw that the situation was over and personally led the entire Nanchen royal family to surrender to Chang'an.
So now the question is, should we kill the opponent until he can't bear it anymore and finally have to surrender?
Or is it that the emperor of this dynasty must personally bow his head and surrender for it to count?
Zhang Dongyun felt that given the system's past virtues, he might not be able to pass easily.
So how to complete this task requires him to think carefully.
The person currently in front of us is undoubtedly the Zhao Dynasty.
Is it possible to try it?
While a certain city lord was thinking about the Zhao family dynasty, the Zhao family royal family was also thinking about him.
The Zhao Dynasty was officially called the Dajing Dynasty.
The current King of Jing, Zhao Shuo, has a lifespan of more than 300 years. He founded the Great Jing Dynasty with his own hands.
Strictly speaking, the history of the Dajing Dynasty is not much greater than that of Jiufeng Academy.
But if we talk about the Dajing Dynasty, it has a long history.
Emperors of the past dynasties have many masters in the realm of martial emperors.
But Dajing can only be called a dynasty, not a dynasty.
Because in the past, there was only one dynasty in all of China, and it was the Jade Dynasty.
It was not until the Jade Emperor fell at the hands of the Evil Emperor more than thirty years ago and the Jade Dynasty fell apart that the Dajing Dynasty became the Dajing Dynasty.
The world of Middle-earth has also fallen into a pattern of heroes competing for hegemony, until the six existing dynasties exist today.
The capital of the Dajing Dynasty was sealed to the Ming Dynasty. In the palace, Emperor Jing Zhao Shuo was walking in the imperial garden.
The ministers followed him silently.
After a long time, Zhao Shuo suddenly said: "What's the situation on the Jiangdong Road side now?"
"Reporting to your majesty, the ambition of Chang'an Langzi is far greater than that of the Shen family of Jiufeng or the Kong family of Yansheng mansion."
An old minister replied: "The people of Chang'an are currently counting Dingkou, Jiangdong Road, and creating a register based on the counting results. They are not the academy sect, but are determined to compete for the top spot."
Zhao Shuo's expression remained unchanged: "Let them go for the time being. We can't help but stop trading and contact with the people, and let Jiufeng Academy slowly get entangled with them."
"I will obey your Majesty's will."
All the ministers replied in unison.
The veteran who answered earlier had a worried look on his face.
Zhao Shuo did not look back. While admiring the flowers, he said, "If you have anything to say, tell me."
"Yes, Your Majesty." The old man said: "When two tigers fight, one of them will be injured. But I am worried that there may be a possibility of peace talks between the two families."
As for the fact that like Jiufeng Academy and Yansheng Mansion, they chased away tigers and devoured wolves but ended up being succeeded by tigers, this is a scar for the entire Zhao Dynasty.
The person who made the decision at the beginning was the Emperor Zhao Shuo himself.
"Shen Tianxian's youngest son, Shen Ping, died in the hands of Chang'an not long ago."
Zhao Shuo said calmly at this time: "Shen Ping's head was publicly sent to Jiufeng Academy by Chang'an."
Hearing this, everyone nodded.
It seems that Jiufeng Academy wants to make peace, but Chang'an City doesn't want to buy into the other side's account at all.
The possibility of the two parties joining forces now seems slim.
"Even if Jiufeng Academy wins, it will definitely be severely damaged. We can take the opportunity to eradicate it."
Zhao Shuo did not shy away from the mistakes that made Jiufeng Academy grow in those years: "If Chang'an has the upper hand, we will contact Taiqing Palace, Yansheng Palace and other forces to attack it together. As for Jiufeng Academy, it will only be weakened to a certain extent."
In this way, the Yansheng Palace and other forces can continue to be restrained, making it easier for the Zhao Dynasty to find balance in the middle.
"I will obey your Majesty's will." Everyone replied in unison.
Zhao Shuo asked: "We must always be in close contact with Taiqing Palace, Yansheng Palace and other places."
Even if someone is ordered to leave.
At this time, a guard suddenly came to report: "Chu Chaowen, the elder of the Southern Sect of Shushan, entered our Dajing territory. He made inquiries along the way and seems to have an intention to target Chang'an."
When Zhao Shuo heard this, his eyes flashed.
If Shushan Nan Sect joins in, the look will be even more foolproof.
Emperor Jing Zhao Shuo was delighted when he heard the news, while Elder Chu, the protagonist of the news, felt exactly the opposite.
On the orders of the sect leader Han Feiyu, he came out specifically to look for Shen Herong.
Han Feiyu was forced back by Su Po's sword that day, so he evacuated early and did not see the scene where Su Po struck Shen Herong again with his sword.
However, there were many people from Shushan Nanzong present at that time, including Chu Chaowen.
After witnessing what happened, everyone was shocked and confused.
When Han Feiyu heard the news afterwards, he immediately ordered the Southern Sect to step up the search for Shen Herong's whereabouts like the Northern Sect.
When the Tianwu Sword faced Su Po, it was cut off almost instantly.
The weird scabbard lasted longer than the Tianwu Sword.
Chu Chaowen also realized the key, so he searched and inquired all the way.
The Southern Sect of Shushan gradually came back to their senses.
When the Tianwu Sword mysteriously appeared in the Shushan area, could it be the work of this girl?
Where did they find the Tianwu Sword?
Suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in Chu Chaowen's mind, and he thought of what happened when he met Master Yunluo of Taiqing Palace.
He immediately went to the Taiqing Palace and sincerely asked for advice, and finally found out that the sword that Master Yunluo was carrying was the Tianwu Sword.
At the same time, both men and swords were trapped in Chang'an City.
From this point of view, there is a 90% chance that the girl with the sword scabbard is also from Chang'an.
Master Yunluo, like Chu Chaowen, is a practitioner of the twelfth realm.
Although the people in Shushan are arrogant, they still take the inheritance of Taiqing Palace seriously.
Chu Chaowen did not act rashly. While contacting the sect leader Han Feiyu, he came to the Zhao family's dynasty and continued to inquire about the news.
Hearing that the Zhao Dynasty seems to be on good terms with Chang'an now makes Elder Chu of the Southern Sect of Shushan feel even more unhappy.
Just when he was worried, a member of the Zhao family's royal family suddenly came to visit him.
"Father, please invite Mr. Chu to go to Fengming City for a gathering."
The second half of the other party's words caught Chu Chaowen's attention: "Mr. Luanshan of Yansheng Mansion also happened to be visiting our Dajing."
People from Yan Sheng Mansion?
Chu Chaowen's heart moved slightly and he nodded: "Okay, then I won't bother you."