Pu Ban City became quieter than before.
Sixty to seventy percent of the strongholds and markets built by large human clans and families in Pu Ban City, and the campsites built for people from large clans and families to travel to and from Pu Ban City, were emptied overnight.
Except for the outsiders, thirty to forty percent of Pu Ban City's local people moved away as well. Some went to their families and friends, some went to the wild, and some directly went to the clans that had evacuated from Pu Ban City.
In the morning of the next day, the smoke rising from kitchen chimneys in Pu Ban City had been reduced by more than half, and the crowing of roosters and barking of dogs, which used to be heard every morning, had also become fainter. Some watchdogs even squatted in front of their houses, letting out wails that sounded like crying.
Even these domestic animals sensed the slight coldness lingering in the air of Pu Ban City, as if they had seen the sign of the decline of Pu Ban City.
Dong, dong! The bell rings echoed through the entire Town Hall. Hundreds of messengers rushed out of the Town Hall. Emperor Xun's first serious order was given — The former human emperor, Emperor Shun, was conferred as the Master Elder of the 'Council of Elders' by Emperor Xun. Emperor Shun now had the right to supervise all ministers of the humankind, with the right to act first and report later!
Many clan leaders who stayed in Pu Ban City snorted. Gong Sun Xun, this kid, wasn't that stupid? He knew that his position was unstable. Not only the leaders of human clans, not even everyone in the Gong Sun Family would follow his orders. This kid used Emperor Shun as a pretext, using Emperor Shun to threaten those human ministers. What a smart move.
However, Emperor Shun was an abdicated human emperor after all. According to the rules of the humankind, Emperor Shun should be far away from Pu Ban City by now, preparing for the promotion into the level of Supreme Magus. He shouldn't interfere in the affairs of the humankind anymore.
Gong Sun Xun conferred Emperor Shun as the Master Elder of the 'Council of Elders'. The 'Council of Elders' never existed among the humankind, and the position of Master Elder was unprecedented. It felt weird to have the former Human Emperor, who had already abdicated, supervise the officials of the human race.
However, Emperor Shun was a powerful man. Therefore, many people didn't question Gong Sun Xun's order on the surface, but only silently complained about it.
Emperor Shun was appointed as the Great Elder. He moved the elite warriors from You Yu Clan to Pu Ban City, and the black-armored guards were all under his command. Added with the private warriors from the Gong Sun Family, Gong Sun Xun immediately had a usable army under his command.
Next, Gong Sun Xun's second order spread across the entire human society. This order raised a commotion among human beings, and made more human clans decide to leave Pu Ban City and stay away from Gong Sun Xun. Gong Sun Xun appointed Yu Huo, a handsome non-humankind warrior, as the commander of a giant army composed entirely of elite non-humankind warriors. Yu Huo would be responsible for punishing those who disobeyed him!
This order was a declaration to the world — 'Don't think that I, Gong Sun Xun, am a newbie. Listen up, leaders of all human clans, earls and marquises. If you don't listen, I will let Yemo Tian lead an army to attack you!'
Along with this conferring order, a transfer order from Gong Sun Xun came.
He ordered the removal of the Chi Ban Mountain line of defense. The Chi Ban Mountain line of defense, which didn't even budge during the flood, was removed. All warriors returned to Pu Ban City to be reorganized.
As the Chi Ban Mountain line of defense was removed, a tremendous army under Yu Huo's command marched straight into Pu Ban City, without any resistance. For countless years, generations of Yu Dynasty emperors failed to break the Chi Ban Mountain line of defense. But now, Gong Sun Xun crippled himself.
The non-humankind army came to Pu Ban City, entered the city, and settled in.
The houses and campsites left by human clans and families, which were evacuated from Pu Ban City, became the military camps of the non-humankind army. Countless non-humankind warriors proudly showed up in the streets and alleys of Pu Ban City in groups. Flying forts and mountains swished across the sky, while Jia Clan warriors trod on metal plates and flew swiftly across the sky.
What was even more disturbing was that Xiu Clan craftsmen had explored every inch of land in Pu Ban City. They had been studying the defensive magic formation of Pu Ban City without any scruple, and had seen through every single defensive magic formation of Pu Ban City. They even began building divine towers on the highest points of Pu Ban City. Divine towers rose from the ground one after another, looking down at every corner of Pu Ban City with their erect eyes, glowing with a frosty light day and night.
After the non-humankind army stationed in Pu Ban City, it was no longer so easy for Pu Ban people to enter and leave the city freely.
Emperor Shun's black-armored guards cooperated with the non-humankind army and blocked the main roads in Pu Ban City. Entering the city was easy, but leaving without a tablet from Emperor Shun, no one could ever take a step out of Pu Ban City, unless they could break out of the city with brute force.
Before people in Pu Ban City recovered from the panic brought by the non-humankind army, Gong Sun Xun's third order was sent to the entire humankind.
This order threw the entire humankind into a mess. Countless elders burst into curses, while the leaders of countless clans opened their ancestral temples and prayed to their ancestors' souls, praying that Gong Sun Xun would die as soon as possible. Otherwise, the humankind would truly have no future!
Gong Sun Xun's third order was to build thirty-six beautiful areas around Pu Ban City. He ordered thirty-six palaces and gardens to be built in these thirty-six areas. Each of these palaces and gardens had to be over a hundred miles in radius, with thirty-six palaces and a hundred and eight three-hundred-meters-tall towers.
Gong Sun Xun's order clearly stated that all palaces and towers had to be built with the most precious materials, such as gold, jade, corals, turtle shells, pearls, ambers, agates, emeralds... To build these palaces and gardens according to Gong Sun Xun's order, an astronomical number of rare materials would be required.
Not only the palaces and gardens, Gong Sun Xun also ordered to store thirty-thousand beauties in each palace and garden for him to enjoy.
He also clearly stated that the thirty-thousand beauties in each palace and garden had to be from noble families. At the very least, they had to be the direct descendants of clan leaders or elders. Those girls who were born in ordinary families couldn't be counted among the beauties, no matter how beautiful they were.
But of course, as the human emperor, Gong Sun Xun would never waste natural resources and leave those beautiful girls in the world. He ruled that every beautiful girl in the palace and garden had to be served by a few adorable maids, and those maids could be those beautiful girls who were born in ordinary families!
Gong Sun Xun also gave an order to all human clans in the world. In order to fill the storehouses of these palaces and gardens, every human clan in the world had to contribute a large number of rare furs, rare treasures, flowers, herbs, fruits, and all kinds of expensive wines to Gong Sun Xun.
Gong Sun Xun made it clear, "As the human emperor, I am the father of all human beings in the world. You, people, should provide for me, just like how you provide for your father. Your children, your wealth, all shall belong to me."
Next, Gong Sun Xun gave out a series of orders.
Among all the orders, the most eye-catching one was:
First, all mines that provided Hao Tao with ores should be stopped.
Second, the human army should attack Yao Mountain City!
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