It was not that he was surprised by his head's decision, but that he was surprised by the other party's decisiveness and calmness.
"Su Po, in Chang'an."
Gu Pu looked around at the people around him with a calm expression: "By communicating and discussing with them, I can further improve my swordsmanship."
When everyone heard the words, they all thought deeply.
Gu Pu continued: "Although our sect was in turmoil because of him, his mountain climbing challenge was just an inducement. The fundamental reason is that I, the leader, failed in my duties, which caused cracks within the sect, and eventually it got out of hand.
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"Why did the leader say this? It is clearly Han Feiyu and others who are harboring evil intentions." Hearing this, everyone hurriedly spoke.
Gu Pu waved his hand: "As for Su Po, although I was defeated by him, I have no grudge against him. He asked me to let us know that our swordsmanship still has many shortcomings.
If I really want to say it, I mostly admire him. Although he has used the Shushan Sword Peak of our sect to practice over the years, we have also benefited from his swordsmanship. In total, he is half a master to us."
An elder sighed: "Let the master make the decision, I have no objection."
Others also nodded: "I will obey the master's instructions."
Gu Pu nodded, then stood up: "In that case, I will go to Chang'an City."
Having said that, the leader of Shushan said goodbye to his fellow disciples and headed directly to Chang'an City in Eastern Xinjiang.
At the same time, another major monastic holy land in the former Dafeng Dynasty, which was located in the same territory as Shushan, was also involved in controversy.
This is the only remaining Bodhi Temple among the three Buddhist temples in China.
In the Bodhi Temple, Xin and the abbot looked at the fellow disciples quietly: "Everyone may feel free to speak freely about what they think."
"Brother Abbot, after all, you and I both come from the Leiyin Temple inheritance. The voice, appearance, and smile of our former master are still vivid in my mind."
An old monk sighed softly: "It's okay if we don't seek revenge from the Twelve Yamas. They treat the people well. It's Buddhist compassion for us to help them. It's Buddhist mercy to eliminate the war. But if we just become subordinates of the Twelve Yamas and bow our heads and obey their orders, I will
I do feel something is wrong.”
Abbot Xinhe nodded slightly: "I have the same view."
He looked at the others again: "What about you?"
Some people have put forward different opinions: "We stay here, although we obey the orders of Chang'an, but looking at the behavior of the Twelve Yamas in recent years, although they are domineering, they are not absurd, and we cannot be prohibited from promoting Buddhism."
I think that if we stay in China, we can inherit the legacy of Leiyin Temple. If we all leave, there will no longer be the inheritance of Leiyin Temple in China. Buddhist disciples all over the world will lose their protection and will inevitably be oppressed by Taoism and Confucianism.
"
There was no dissatisfaction on Xinhe's face, and he turned to look beside him.
Here, a young monk who looked to be less than twenty years old sat silently.
It wasn't until Abbot Xinhe looked at him that he spoke: "Your Majesty has said that Bodhi Temple is not an enemy of Chang'an. You can stay or leave at will, but those who stay must be loyal to Chang'an, and those who repeat themselves will not be tolerated.
No mercy will be spared to those who leave, but if there is a sword-to-sword encounter one day, there will be no mercy either."
This monk is none other than the young monk Huiming, who came to visit on orders from Chang'an.
When the monks in the Bodhi Temple heard this, they all nodded slightly.
Abbot Xinhe said: "Leaving does not mean that we will be enemies of Chang'an in the future. Those who are willing to leave can come with me, and those who are willing to stay in China should go to Chang'an City with nephew Huiming to pay homage."
All living beings in Bodhi Temple, whether they were staying or going, put their palms together and said, "Yes, abbot."
Shushan, Daxuan Dynasty, Bodhi Temple are like this, and the remaining sects of Buddhist temples and Taoist academies that are slightly less powerful are naturally no exception.
Chang'an City is already the undoubted dominating power in China.
Naturally, everyone surrendered one after another. For a time, people from all over China were flowing eastward, paying homage to Chang'an to express their submission.
There seem to be a lot of people, but if you pick any one, there will be experts above the Ninth Realm taking charge, which is much stronger than the forces in Eastern Xinjiang back then.
And such masters and sects are now like crucian carp crossing the river, which fully demonstrates the rich foundation of China's population and resources.
Now all of this will fall into the pocket of Chang'an City.
The master of Zhangcheng stood above the land of Middle-earth, overlooking this vast and fertile land.
Although this early expansion only lasted for one day, during that day, he was the master of this place.
The entire Middle Earth, together with the surrounding seas, is in the invisible city.
Wherever Zhang Dongyun wants to appear, it's all a matter of thought.
Moreover, others in Middle-earth can also appear as phantoms in the Daming Palace in Chang'an City, meet many Middle-earth masters who have come under imperial orders, and accept their surrender.
[The deepening of the government affairs department has been completed and can deal with the complex territorial situation after the expansion. The city owner completed the construction task 9.2 and received an upgrade experience reward of 3,000 points]
Listening to the system prompts in his ears, Zhang Dongyun's smile gradually grew bigger.
[Construction Task 9.3 Invincible City has a stable foothold in Middle-earth, and its influence is growing day by day. Please ask the city owner to strive to unify the four directions as soon as possible and rule over Middle-earth]
[The city lord successfully unified Middle-earth. Now no one dares to be the enemy of the city lord on the land of Middle-earth. The city lord completed the construction task 9.3 and received an upgrade experience reward of 4,000 points]
Zhang Dongyun couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh.
Temporary expansion is really expensive.
Fortunately, after a thorough sweep, a lot of guard experience points were replenished.
But what is even more regrettable is that I took this opportunity to directly crush the construction task and complete the latest construction task on the spot.
As a result, I believe it won’t be too long before the truly permanent ninth expansion.
Zhang Dongyun nodded with satisfaction and refreshed the system task list:
[Construction mission 9.4 Invincible City has successfully unified the Central Earth, and its influence has spread to Southern Wasteland and Northern Wilderness. It has a vast area and a large population under its rule. Please ask the city lord to once again improve the cultural level of the people under your rule and reduce the illiteracy rate to less than 10%]
Zhang Dongyun looked at this character and couldn't help but feel angry and funny.
Is it annoying to come here all the time?
But, forget it, education is the foundation of everything.
Improving the quality of the population is a top priority.
Zhang Dongyun was in a very good mood and shook his head.
Anyway, the current occupation of such a large area is the result of temporary expansion.
After the temporary expansion is over, the scope of Invincible City will still be as large as the previous eighth expansion.
To complete the task, it is definitely applicable to this scope.
However, there is still no problem in unifying China and having its influence reach Beimang and Southern Wasteland.
Speaking of Beimang and Nanhuang...
City Lord Zhang raised his eyebrows.
Beimang is also miserable.
First, Xian Kaiyang wanted to conquer Beimang and sweep the place.
Then Su Po went north again and swept the second round.
After two strong men took turns beating him violently, Beimang's top master died immediately.
Nowadays, there are no masters above the twelfth level in Beimang.
Xian Kaiyang didn't take Bei Mang seriously. After Su Pojian challenged Bei Mang, he didn't come back to take charge of the situation, which created a related problem.
People in Beimang were panic-stricken and could not find stability. Xian Kaiyang's prestige in Beimang was also shaken.
If he can come back and settle things in Chang'an, then everything will be easy.
But now that he himself has died, it can be said that Chang'an wants to conquer Beimang without any effort, not to mention that Beimang is currently covered by the temporarily expanded Invincible City.
Zhang Dongyun doesn't need to take action personally at the moment. It's more than enough to call Long Te and others and Lou Ning, who is coordinating Su Po's return journey, to go there.
City Lord Zhang himself looked towards the south.
Southern wilderness.
At this moment, the Southern Wilderness had no time to know the changes in Middle-earth. Little did they know that in just a short moment, Middle-earth had completely changed the world.
In the ancestral land of the Golden-Winged Dapeng Clan, clan leader Xuanfeng was telling Chengguang: "Go to the Middle-earth in person and find out whether there is any bad blood between Chang'an and Beimang."
The golden-winged roc nodded with orange light: "Yes, I'll leave now."
"No need." At this moment, a strange voice suddenly sounded in their ears.
Following the sound, there was also a figure shrouded in radiance, appearing in the ancestral land of the Golden-winged Dapoc clan, landing right in front of the two demons Xuanfeng and Orange Light.
The two golden-winged rocs were all surprised.
The other party suddenly appeared. Xuanfeng, who was at the peak level of Demon King's cultivation, was not aware of it at all before and could only watch helplessly as the other party penetrated deep into his lair.
At first, Cheng Guang thought he was a guest invited by the head of his family.
But just by looking at Xuanfeng's expression, he knew without asking that the person in front of him was an uninvited guest.
"Who are you?" Golden-winged Dapeng Xuanfeng's expression darkened, and a cold and alert light flashed in his eyes.
"Seventh brother didn't keep you here at first. I have free time today, so I came here to take a look." Zhang Dongyun said in a calm tone.
Xuanfeng took a deep breath: "...Are you the Lord of Chang'an City?"
Although he didn’t know the true depth of Chang’an City or how many masters there were in Chang’an City, the leader of the Golden-winged Dapeng Clan still had a strong feeling in his heart that the person in front of him was the mysterious Lord of Chang’an City!
"Your Excellency, you are here today to have a real meeting with this clan? But you don't know the surname of Chang'an City Lord Gao?" Xuanfeng asked in a deep voice.
When the other party came here, it was obvious that they were coming with bad intentions. As Xuanfeng spoke, he began to gather the power of his ancestral land of the Golden-winged Dapoc clan.
Just like the incense offered in Buddhist temples gathers the power of will at the mountain gate, the ancestral land of the demon clan is refined with the blood and starlight of the masters of the great demons in the past. Over time, a mysterious protective restriction will also be formed.
As a result, golden tornadoes were seen rising from the ground, instantly covering the surrounding world, condensing to the outside like a solid, like a fortress transformed by the golden wind.
The restriction also works internally, and the golden sky is as if solidified, squeezing inwards.
The space here has been sealed, and even the Martial Emperor, who is in the realm of Tuoliuhe, cannot move the void and leave.
Of course, City Lord Zhang never planned to leave like this.
"The background of the Golden-winged Dapeng Clan is still shallow, and it is not as good as the ancestral land of the Sirius Clan in the past."
He had enough time to comment: "But no wonder, it's only been in recent years that you have reached the Fourteenth Realm."
Before he finished speaking, the golden storm surrounding him suddenly stopped.
Xuanfeng, the leader of the Golden-winged Dapeng Clan, was shaken all over.
Orange Guang, a member of his clan next to him, looked at him in shock, only to see that his own family had lost both wings and claws.
Only a solitary torso was left, connected to the neck and head.