"Sir, we have sent a total of more than 300 gift cards to some famous forces in the Eastern Wilderness Continent. We have been informed that more than 100 forces will be able to attend the ceremony. Among them are the Grand Duke Wu Zong and the Marquis of Lu Yang.
Seven or eight forces of varying sizes were invited."
Li Jinbao and Ma Mou were reporting to Wang Dalu some things that would happen at the enthronement ceremony three months later.
Wang Dalu briefly browsed the list.
Upon hearing this, he interrupted Ma Mou who was about to continue speaking and asked the two of them.
"Are these three hundred or so the more powerful forces in the Eastern Barren? Are there any other local forces in the Eastern Barren that we have not notified?"
Li Jinbao and Li Zhaocai thought about it and both thought it was not the case.
Ma Mou said.
"These more than 300 forces also include the senior brothers in Dongyang College. There are also some relatively hidden sects that are either located in dangerous peaks of wild mountains or separated by distant seas. Our people cannot invite them for the time being."
Wang Dalu shook his head, seeming to think that this list of all the prominent forces in the Eastern Wasteland still had forces that could be invited but had not been invited.
However, Li Jinbao had some guesses in his mind and said to Wang Dalu.
"Sir, are you referring to the Sanxiu Valley in the Miluo Mountains in the south?"
Wang Dalu nodded.
"Well, yes, that's what I want to say. Old Man Turtle once mentioned to me that in the ancient continent, whether in Middle-Earth or the Four Wildernesses, there is an existence that is easily ignored by various forces, and that is the rogue cultivator."
Before Wang Dalu traveled far away, he asked Li Jinbao to send someone to learn about the situation in the Sanxiu Valley.
Wang Dalu asked Li Jinbao this question today, but Li Jinbao was a little confused.
"Sir, I'd like to inform you that those casual cultivators are all withdrawn and unruly, and most of them are bloodthirsty and ferocious evil cultivators who have caused many murders in the Eastern Wasteland. Most of them go to the rogue cultivator valley just to avoid the vendetta and revenge of the major forces."
The Loose Cultivator Valley in the Miluo Mountains in the south of the Eastern Wasteland is a special existence. It is filled with solitary cultivators. Most of them come here to practice hard to avoid being chased by powerful enemies.
The major forces have a common rule, which is that they will never set foot in the Sanxiu Valley, which covers an area of more than thirty miles.
Therefore, outside the Sanxiu Valley, you can often see disciples of various sects watching. As long as the enemy of the sect comes out of the valley, they will follow and pass the news to the sect, attracting the masters of the sect to kill the enemy.
Ma Mou said after hearing what Li Jinbao said.
"Sir, since you intend to recruit those casual cultivators, then I will go to the casual cultivator valley and invite some suitable casual cultivators for you to come to our Nanshan City to find work."
Wang Dalu nodded.
Li Jinbao below offered words of advice.
"No, there are many cruel people in Sanxiu Valley. It's hard to predict whether Mr. Ma will be good or bad."
Ma Mou was about to reply, but he heard Wang Dalu say.
"It's appropriate for Mr. Ma to handle this matter, but we still need a great monk to accompany us."
Ma Mou thought for a while and said.
"Sir, are you talking about Wei Buddha?"
"Yes. As far as I know, Wei Buddha is a very famous casual monk in China."
After Wang Dalu finished talking with the two of them, he looked at the sky and asked.
"Nie Zi and the others should be arriving at Xiongfeng City soon, right?"
Li Jinbao replied.
"According to the time, it should be here."
After a while, Wang Dalu left the side hall and went to Nanshan to find Wei Buddha.
In Xiongfeng City, whether it was the people in the city, the soldiers or the high-ranking dignitaries, they all felt a little frightened when they looked at the more than 5,000 fine armors of Nanshan City five miles away from the city gate.
When they saw and recognized that the person was from Nanshan City, they all thought that they were going to be the first test stone for the rise of Nanshan City.
After Xiong Meifeng and her son Ning Ke learned the news, Xiong Meifeng was just a little surprised and said nothing, but her son was completely panicked. If it weren't for her mother's comfort, she would have fled from the back city to look for him.
Grandpa Xiong Bo passed away.
Xiong Meifeng looked at the shocked ministers in the palace and shouted.
"Why? Everyone is so panicked. The people here are just the remnants of the rebels in Nanshan City, and you are the real ministers of the Hou Dynasty. If you are afraid, you can surrender."
The ministers below all fell to their knees after hearing this, claiming that they did not dare.
The power that Xiong Meifeng has developed over the past ten years still scares the officials.
The minister below knelt on the ground for a while before Xiong Meifeng asked calmly.
"Is there an envoy from the other side with a message?"
At this time, a general wearing green armor among the ministers replied cautiously.
"Reporting to the city lord, no one from Nanshan came to communicate."
Xiong Meifeng thought for a moment and then decided to take all the officials to the city gate to watch.
Two veterans wanted to stop Xiong Meifeng from taking risks, but blindly persuaded Xiong Meifeng to go to Earl Xiong Bo for a while. However, Xiong Meifeng called the soldiers outside the palace and pulled them out in front of everyone.
He was beheaded and executed in front of his ministers.
All the ministers' expressions changed, and then Xiong Meifeng led these extremely frightened ministers to climb high and look at the soldiers and horses coming from Nanshan City.
At this time, Xiong Meifeng's son Ning Ke asked quietly beside him.
"Why did mother kill the two old ministers of King Li? What they said was all for our mother and son?"
Xiong Meifeng grabbed her son's arm and said seriously.
"Mother knows that they are all loyal ministers. But my son, you have to remember that as a person in power, what you want is for the people below to obey your orders absolutely. Only in this way can you secure your position."
After Xiong Meifeng finished speaking, she looked at the soldiers of Nanshan City with flags waving outside the city. The leader was an old man whom she had never seen before.
"General Julien ordered you to leave the city and visit the camp."
A man who looked like a general responded, led two soldiers out of the city, and rode towards the direction of Nanshan City.
It had been more than an hour since Nie Zi led everyone to arrive outside Xiongfeng City.
During this hour, they did not move forward, but just waited for Xiong Fengcheng's reaction.
Li Zhaocai and Wu Yue urged Nie Zi to march, but Nie Zi was unmoved and ordered his soldiers to stay where they were.
Before arriving, Ma Mou personally told Nie Zi to let the people from Xiong Fengcheng go out of the city to contact them first, and then explain their purpose of coming.
The purpose is to first make the people in Xiong Fengcheng confused about the purpose of Nanshan City's visit, which makes Mr. Frightened.
When he saw many people in official uniforms on the wall opposite, supporting a female general and a young man, Nie Zi asked Ning Yu beside him.
"Those two people must be Xiong Meifeng, the acting city lord, and her son Ning Ke."
Ning Yu had already noticed the two figures, and the veins on his face popped out, and the inch-long facial scar now looked even more ferocious.
After a while, I saw the city gate half-opened and then closed again, and three soldiers came running towards me.
A smile appeared on Nie Zi's face.
The general assigned by Xiong Meifeng stopped three to four feet in front of Nie Zi and others, cupped his hands and said in a trembling voice.
"I wonder what everyone in Nanshan City...what are you doing here?"
Nie Zi took a look at the timid young general in front of him and said calmly.
"We are here to give Viscount Ning Que an invitation to attend the ceremony on the second day of February in Nanshan City. Please go and tell your City Lord Ning Que to open the city gate so that I can hand the invitation to your City Lord face to face when we enter the city."
The young general's face softened slightly after hearing this, but he was still confused.
"Our Lord Ning is not in the city for the time being, so why don't you, gentlemen, give the invitation to me. I will hand it over to you when my Lord comes back."
Ning Yu shouted from the side.
"Ning Que is not here, then let Xiong Meifeng take over!"
The young general was a little frightened by Ning Yu's shout. He looked at Ning Yu's face wrapped in armor, with a confused look on his face.
"You...are you Young Master Yu?"
Ning Yu didn't say much nonsense, but coldly told the young general to go back and tell Xiong Meifeng to go into the city to accept the invitation from Nanshan City, otherwise he would bear the consequences.