Unlike Ye Chu, 3975 had a lot of things happen to most of his women, and ended up falling in love with each other.
In today's spiritual world, the relationship between Taoist couples may not be that deep, and most of them just use each other.
A strong woman can become an independent figure without a man, while a weak woman needs to rely on a man.
This relationship of dependence is not strong. Once the man falls, the woman will fall too. If they are not dead, they will go their own ways.
It is rare to have a particularly strong Taoist couple relationship, and listening to the stories Ye Chu told, there are not many women who moved her heart. There are only a few dozen and less than a hundred, which is considered a small number.
.But every woman, to some extent, has many stories with Ye Chu.
After getting to know each other, Mei'er was content to become Ye Chu's woman. Of course, it didn't mean that something would happen to the two of them in the palace right away.
It's just as long as it comes to her mind. Ye Chu also told her not to tell her senior sister and Hong Qi about some things. It might not necessarily be a good thing if they knew.
Meier naturally knew that, especially the fact that Ye Chu was still of the blood of the Holy Emperor, which surprised her, but it seemed to explain why Ye Chu was so strong.
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Two months later, Nanfeng Holy City.
City Lord's Mansion, Hong Qi and his wife finally returned to Nanfeng Holy City. It had been nearly seven months since they left here.
Seven months later, when they returned to Nanfeng Holy City, the couple was filled with emotion.
Because there are many more powerful people in Nanfeng Holy City. In just seven months, the number of practitioners from all walks of life in this holy city has increased by nearly 1.2 billion.
Moreover, there are still some buildings on the four sides of the Holy City and the outer suburbs that are expanding, and the entire Holy City is expanding outwards.
Now there are more than 5.6 billion practitioners gathered here, and the living environment in the Holy City is already quite crowded. If we continue to wait for other practitioners to come here, there will be no room for so many people here.
As soon as they arrived here, several immortal masters from the city lord's palace came over and reported to Hong Qi the current situation of the holy city.
One of the immortal masters said: "Now the number of troops in our City Lord's Mansion has nearly tripled. City Lord, do you think we need to expand it further?"
Before they left, they gave orders to expand the number of people in the city lord's palace, and powerful people sent pills to win over them.
Ordinary people will be assessed. Strength is actually not the most important. The most important thing is that if their character is not good, people with bad records will not be allowed to enter the city lord's palace.
"It's tripled?"
Hong Qi was also a little surprised. He had only been out for a few months, and the number of people in the entire City Lord's Mansion had tripled. This speed was really too fast.
The immortal master said: "It's like this. In fact, many people don't need us to win over them with elixirs. They come to take the assessment themselves. The most important thing for us immortal masters in the past few months is to assess these people."
.Make sure that these people are all upright people. Even though we have raised the assessment requirements several times, there are still many people who meet the conditions and are recruited into the City Lord's Mansion by us."
After saying this, the immortal master took out a jade slip with his right hand and handed it to Hong Qi: "Here is a list of all the new recruits to various positions in the city lord's mansion, as well as their relevant introductions and some cultivation levels.
, origin and other introductions.”
"Well, since you have all passed the assessment, that's fine."
Hong Qi thought for a while and said: "But in the past, our city lord's palace, there should be nearly one million people from all walks of life..."
"Now there are three million more people all of a sudden. Now our strength has been greatly increased..."
Hong Qi looked at the six immortal masters in front of him and said with a satisfied smile: "Everyone has worked hard during this period. You should have a good rest in the next few days. These newly recruited people will be assigned to suitable positions.
Well, there are some things that the immortal masters don’t need to do personally..."
"Thank you City Lord..."
There are six immortal masters here, all of whom are at the level of the Great Demon God. Three of them are the three newly recruited immortal masters before Hong Qi left. These three immortal masters were recruited with several Yuan Yuan Dan.
After the six immortal masters retreated, the magic stone appeared next to Hong Qi.
"Owner……"
Magic Stone gave Hong Qi a big gift. Hong Qi let Magic Stone stand up and said with a smile: "You have worked hard during this time..."
"The magic stone is not bitter..."
Demonic Stone was moved in his heart: "Seeing that the master has returned safely, Demonic Stone is very happy, but he didn't know about the mistress..."
"Don't worry, your mistress has recovered now..."
Mentioning this, Hong Qi was in a good mood and said: "By the way, I have another good news to tell you. I wonder if you know Ye Chu, also known as Ye Xianshi. He may be of the blood of the Holy Emperor...
…”
"Owner……"
Before Demon Stone spoke, Hong Qi smiled and said: "That's it, Master, I think Ye Chu may be of the blood of the Holy Emperor. Now Master, I have a good relationship with him. Maybe I can borrow some of the Holy Emperor's blood for him to help you."
Healing.”
"Master, please forgive the magic stone."
However, the magic stone knelt down to Hong Qi. Hong Qi was a little puzzled: "What are you doing?"
"That's it..."
Only then did Demon Stone explain that Ye Chu was of the blood of the Holy Emperor, and that he had given him a liter of Holy Emperor's blood before to help him resolve the evil spirit.
After hearing this, Hong Qi also laughed: "The truth is, get up quickly. There's nothing to blame you for. It's that kid who has been hiding the truth from me and Po'er. It's in vain that we are still guessing behind our backs..."
"Master, don't blame Brother Ye. Brother Ye is a kindhearted person. Maybe he doesn't want his bloodline to cause too much trouble." Magic Stone advised.
Hong Qi smiled: "Of course not. Ye Chu saved you, your mistress, and your mistress's two junior sisters..."
"He is my master's good brother. I won't blame him. But he is really of the blood of the Holy Emperor. I really didn't see it before."
Hong Qi said to Demon Stone: "Then how are you now? Are you feeling better after getting his Holy Emperor's blood?"
"Well, it's getting better."
Demonic Stone said: "Now my demonic aura has been reduced a lot, and I can suppress it even more now."
"Well, that's right. If you have any questions in the future, just ask him for blood." Hong Qi laughed.
Magic Stone was speechless, and Hong Qi asked again: "Has anything happened in the City Lord's Mansion recently?"
"There is nothing going on in the City Lord's Mansion. The three newly recruited immortal masters are working hard, but after all, too many people have been recruited during this period. Many people were recruited without knowing their backgrounds clearly."
Shi talked about the recent situation in the City Lord's Mansion.
"It's just that there have been too many people coming in and out of the Holy City recently. More than a billion people have appeared out of thin air. Those who used to stay in the city for seclusion or residence are now active."
Magic Stone said: "Moreover, there are many practitioners in the suburbs of the Holy City and in some dangerous areas under the jurisdiction of the Holy City. They are hunting for treasures and looting and killing. In short, the situation is very violent now."
"Well, this is inevitable. It's good if nothing serious happens."
Hong Qi could only sigh helplessly. When he first arrived in the Holy City, he and his wife Po'er walked around the city.
There were indeed a lot more people in the city all of a sudden. The streets were full of people, and there were many people bickering and fighting.
Even if there are millions of people in the City Lord's Mansion, they can't manage so many practitioners. Although there are only 1.2 billion more people, compared with the previous 40 billion people, it is not a huge increase.
many.
But the most important thing is that among the four billion people in the past, nearly half or even more than half of them usually practiced in seclusion and would not go out on the streets at all.
But things are different now. Those who were in retreat have also left the retreat one after another. It would be good to have 20% of the people in retreat now.
Therefore, it is equivalent to the city having more than two billion floating people all of a sudden. It doesn't matter if they are just ordinary humans on the earth. Everyone's pace is relatively slow. This holy city with a radius of 100,000 miles has to accommodate even a large number of people.
Hundreds of billions of ordinary people have no problem at all.
It's just that these are not ordinary people. They are all practitioners. Everyone can teleport, fly, and Taoism. Even a few powerful men at the level of the Great Demon God will most likely destroy the entire Holy City if they fight here.
It's ruined.
"How should I put it? Relatively speaking, the strength of our City Lord's Mansion is not particularly strong. If we can expand some powerful people above the Great Demon God, it may be of greater help to the power of our City Lord's Mansion. However, these people are not
Good move." Magic Stone sighed.
Hong Qi is not worried about these things. What worries him most is not the Great Demon God, but the Demon Immortal. Now he only has his wife.
And he didn't want to put his wife in danger by always letting his wife handle things in the holy city for him behind his back.
But without his wife to guard him, he, the so-called city lord, really has no say in this holy city.
Now in the Holy City of Nanfeng, there are probably more than five or six Demon Immortals. If there is not even one Demon Immortal in the city lord's mansion, then there is no point in playing.
There are at least hundreds of powerful men at the level of the Great Demon God in this holy city. There may be more than that, but there is no way to count them now.
Some powerful people are hidden in the city, and it is impossible for you to register one by one.
After thinking about it, Hong Qi still felt a little headache. He wanted to recruit a strong person above the Great Demon God. At that level, who would be willing to sacrifice his life for others.
After a while, Hong Qi asked the magic stone to rest first. He took out the City Lord's Order and called out to the old City Lord.
Soon, a light curtain appeared in front of him, and the figure of the old city lord appeared on the light curtain.
"What's the matter?" The old city lord was sitting cross-legged in the hall and practicing with his eyes closed. Although he didn't open his eyes, he knew that this was Hong Qi calling him.
Hong Qi said in a deep voice: "You are such an old city lord. Hong Qi would like to ask for your help..."
He told the old city lord about the current situation in the city lord's palace in Nanfeng Holy City, but he did not mention the fact that his wife was a demon fairy.
But how could the old city lord not know this?
"Your City Lord's Mansion doesn't need absolute strength. Don't you have a wife who is a demon fairy? With her sitting in command with you, Nanfeng Holy City will not be in chaos." The old City Lord said.
"My wife is indeed a demon fairy."
Hong Qi sighed: "But she is the only one, and there are not many experts in my city lord's palace. If the next auction attracts some strong people and that group of people, I'm afraid there will be a big chaos.
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"You don't have to worry about this. How do you recruit people? You continue to recruit people. If three million people are not enough, you can recruit 10 million people..."
The old city lord didn't even open his eyes and said calmly: "You have millions of people under your control. You can always scare some people..."
"this……"
Hong Qi was a little embarrassed and didn't know how to answer. There were millions of people in the City Lord's Mansion now, and he already felt it was quite a lot.
If we recruit 10 million people, how can we manage it? Managing it is a very laborious task, and the more people there are, the better it is not necessarily better.
"The Nanshang Auction is a major event in your Nanfeng Holy City, but it is not an absolute major event. You don't have to take it too seriously. Just do whatever you want. All of this is due to fate..." the old city lord said.
Such a sentence.
"You just need to be the lord of your Holy City with peace of mind, don't let Nanfeng Holy City be destroyed, and just keep the Holy City..."
After saying this, he cut off the conversation. Hong Qi could no longer see the old city lord's condition. Hong Qi's face became a little solemn as he listened to the old city lord's words.
The magic stone appeared beside him, and Hong Qi murmured to himself: "It doesn't matter whether the Nanshang Auction is held or not, but the most important thing is to protect the Holy City of Nanfeng..."
"Maybe the Holy City has an origin we don't know about. For this Holy City, the Nanshang Auction is not worth mentioning, so that's why the old city lord said this." Magic Stone said.
Hong Qi nodded and sighed: "Maybe that's true. Otherwise, why wouldn't the old city lord be anxious? Those guys are causing mischief here and regard my city lord's mansion as a spiritual energy. It seems that we really need to recruit more people."
"Are we still hiring?"
Magic Stone said with some worry: "People can be recruited, but the financial resources of our city lord's mansion may not be enough..."
"No more spirit stones?" Hong Qi frowned.
Demonic Stone said in a deep voice: "Lingshi is one thing. If we recruit several million more people, I'm afraid we won't even be able to afford the recruitment of these people..."
Hong Qi thought for a while and then said: "Why do we need to give them a promotion? Let them earn their own money. It's enough for them to show off by coming to our city lord's mansion. What more money do these people need?"
"Well, can the people recruited like this be useful?" Magic Stone expressed doubt.
Hong Qi said: "It doesn't matter whether they are useful or not. It doesn't matter if their cultivation level is a little lower. As long as they are willing to work for our City Lord's Mansion, their benefits will be indispensable."
"In the near future, Nanfeng Holy City will become the most watched city in the entire Immortal Road. Many people want to find an official position in such a place..."
Magic Stone said: "What about immortal masters? Do you want to recruit a few more?"
"It's definitely necessary. Only six people are far from enough."
On the way back, Hong Qi and his wife also stayed in other holy cities, and naturally they also saw the strength of the current city lord's mansion in other holy cities.
Not to mention the Holy City of Luosha, there are eight great demons guarding the auction alone, and there are countless other powerful men.
The other holy cities along the way, which I haven't visited for some years, have now greatly increased in strength, because countless strong men from all over the world have flocked to the Immortal Road, and strong men are not so hard to find now.
If it is not expanded now, the strength of the City Lord's Mansion will be looked down upon by others in the city, and things in the Holy City will not be able to sustain themselves.
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That night, Hong Qi invited Ye Chu out and drank and chatted in the pavilion of the back hall. Hong Qi also talked about the current situation of his city lord's mansion.
"Actually, there's nothing to worry about..."
Ye Chu smiled and said: "Brother, you just need to control this small group of people under your command. The rest will naturally let them arrange the people below. You don't have to do it yourself. Release the power in your hands to others."
That’s it for them.”
"Well, it's just that it's hard to recruit this immortal master. We only recruited three of them before. There aren't many strong men above the Great Demon God who are willing to work in the city lord's mansion." Hong Qi sighed helplessly.
Ye Chu smiled and said: "What's wrong with this? Brother, you haven't grasped the key point of these people. You have to put out bait that makes them want to eat."
"Bait? Brother, you might as well make it clearer and give me some advice." Hong Qi didn't quite understand what Ye Chu meant. Did he have any heavy bait in his hand?
"Haha, just think about the Holy City of Luosha." Ye Chuyi smiled pointedly.
Hong Qijing seemed to be enlightened by this suggestion, and said in surprise: "Brother, what do you mean?"
"It's just that I don't do that kind of thing here..." Hong Qi felt helpless.
He roughly understood what Ye Chu meant. He just wanted to convey a message to the world, that he could follow the city lord's mansion and maybe rob the treasure together.
It's just that he just said before that he would not really rob the treasure. If he were really such a person, the old city lord would not support him as the city lord.
Ye Chu smiled and said: "I didn't ask you to do those shameful things, I just gave some people some such tips..."
"This is not necessarily the news. If you want to spread it, you can let some people who are not the city lord's palace spread some such news outside, such as the inside story of some auctions in other cities..."
Ye Chu smiled and said: "As long as you let this news out..."
"Haha, then if I am not black, I will become black..."
Hong Qi smiled bitterly and said: "There are some people who just want to come here. It's just that such people are difficult to discipline..."
"It doesn't matter whether you obey or not, as long as the name of your city lord's palace is on it, I don't really expect them to do anything..."
Ye Chu said: "Humans die for wealth, and birds die for food. If you don't scatter wealth and food, how can you attract people and birds..."
"Well, brother, what you said makes sense, let's do it this way. If this is the case, maybe we can recruit a few more immortal masters," Hong Qi said.
"Well, you can secretly divide these strong people who come here for profit, treat them differently, and give them some benefits when you have the opportunity..."
Ye Chu said to him: "Immortal masters can definitely recruit a few more people. As for the lower-level people below who are really doing things, these people have to spread some wealth and give out some benefits.
, they can be allowed to have some privileges or benefits in the city."
"Welfare? What?" Hong Qi didn't quite understand the meaning of this word.
Ye Chu smiled and said: "Actually, it's a benefit. For example, there are many Taoist platforms in the city. Normally, you need to queue up to enter the fight."
"You can set aside some Taoist platforms specifically for the use of these people. If there are not enough, you can also build some new Taoist platforms by the city lord's palace, as well as libraries and the like, and put in some Taoist teachings and ancient borrowings for them to use." These new recruits have a chance to get in there.”
Ye Chu smiled and said: "As long as you give them some small favors and the status of the City Lord's Mansion makes them feel proud, naturally many people will be willing to work for the City Lord's Mansion."
"Brother, you are really a genius..."
Hong Qi also clapped his hands and applauded: "It's a pity that you don't want to be the city lord. This way, you can spend a small amount of money to do big things, but you can also win over people's hearts and greatly expand the strength of the city lord's palace. This is really wonderful."
"This should have been done a long time ago."
Ye Chu smiled faintly. As a modern person who traveled through time and was influenced by the advanced modern management concepts of the Xuanyuan Empire, Ye Chu was well versed in this.
It is difficult to win over powerful people. Either you are kind to him or he wants something from you. In short, relationships are not easy to maintain, so you must be extremely careful.
It is much easier to win over ordinary people, ordinary guards, and some people in charge and patrols in the city. The key is to create a sense of belonging for these people and make them feel that they are in the city lord's mansion. He is very valued and usually has a lot of benefits.
Even building a few more luxurious bathhouses in the city and allowing only people like them to bathe in them will make these people feel proud and proudly call themselves the people of the city lord's palace outside.
It is best to recruit these people who are usually bullied by others, or who are not very high status practitioners, but have a certain level of strength.
It is easiest for such people to work for the City Lord's Mansion when they receive corresponding respect and find a sense of belonging under the welfare conditions of the City Lord's Mansion. Generally speaking, such people come from various domains. It is not easy to find people among people, because those people have no sense of belonging to the Immortal Road. Therefore, it is best to find people who are aborigines near the holy city and have deep feelings for this place.
After Hong Qi got an exciting plan, he immediately went to discuss the matter with the immortal masters he trusted at the beginning, while Ye Chu temporarily moved into the City Lord's Mansion.
He has not discovered Xie Tian's aura recently, and Xie Tian should not have locked onto his existence. Ye Chu has been relatively comfortable in the past few months.
Because the relationship with Meier has been confirmed, although nothing else happened, she is already considered his Taoist companion.
Ye Chu just read the Wordless Heavenly Book every day, and his cultivation suddenly became extremely intense, and the fairy spirit from before had been fused by him.
After these two months of stabilization, his strength is now much stronger, but it will still take some time to fully integrate the power of the fairy spirit.
On this day, just after Ye Chu finished reading the Wordless Heavenly Book, Elenaer woke up and said hello to him in Yuan Lingzhong.
Ye Chu put away the wordless heavenly book and asked her: "How long will it take to help you restore your divine body, sister?"