"Our understanding of that city is still too little."
Slowly, Imperial Tutor said, "As far as we know, there's only Blood Shadow, the Chen family, the traitor of White Horse College, and the traitor of the Hu family. Other than that …"
The old Taoist frowned. "The martial arts of the Chen family have improved. That devil, Blood Shadow, seems to have improved since he went missing. Did they figure it out themselves, or did they benefit from Chang 'an?"
Crown Prince Li Hong nodded. "Senior, you're right. But I still can't think of an effective way to investigate Chang 'an."
In the previous battle, in addition to the Eastern Tang royalty, the elites of the eight major sects of White Horse College, He Family, Zheng Family, Hu Family, Mirror Moon Tower, Baihong Peak, Songyang Academy, and Qingbokgung had all come out.
There were as many as nine Seventh Realm masters.
And there was also the Eighth Realm Purple Sun.
However, such a huge lineup had all been defeated. This meant that Chang 'an was definitely not to be underestimated. There might be Ninth Realm cultivators guarding it.
It was like a bottomless pit. All the enemies who went in never came out.
Li Hong glanced at the old Taoist in front of him.
Qingbokgung had indeed suffered a great loss.
Of the three masters in the palace, except for the Palace Master of the Eastern Tang Imperial Tutor, Taoist Xuan Feng and Taoist Jing Tong were all trapped in Chang 'an. No one knew whether they were dead or alive.
"Chang 'an is heavily guarded, whether we break in openly or sneak in by hiding our tracks."
Imperial Tutor pondered and said, "However, I heard that Chang 'an has set up a market to attract people from the outside world. This may be an opportunity."
Crown Prince Li Hong pondered for a moment before replying, "Senior's method is worth a try. I will make the necessary arrangements."
On the other side, the Prime Minister of Eastern Tang said, "You can also send someone to Chang 'an to persuade them. Although it's unlikely to succeed, it can put them at ease. We'll wait for His Majesty to return."
Crown Prince Li Hong nodded. "Let's do both at the same time."
The Eastern Tang mobilized troops to suppress the unrest caused by the Lingxiao school and other forces. At the same time, they secretly spied on the movements in Chang 'an through conciliation.
On the surface, an assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites acted as an envoy and headed to Chang 'an with the intention of peace talks.
Outside of Longbei County, it was rare to see Official of Eastern Tang forces stationed there.
Qinzhou Prefecture and Tongzhou Prefecture had completely become peripheral forces of Chang 'an.
As an envoy, the other party represented the entire Eastern Tang to seek peace talks. The Hanshan school of Qinzhou Prefecture and Tongzhou Prefecture, as well as the disciples of the Perak Dynasty, did not dare to act on their own. They hurriedly sent people to Chang 'an to report.
In the Daming Palace, Zhang Dongyun raised his eyebrows. The projection of Mr. Dark Cloud gave an order to allow the other party to enter Chang 'an.
The Left Assistant Minister of the Department of Rites of Eastern Tang, Jiang Feng, looked calm as he drove the carriage to the Longling Mountains.
He remembered the task that the Crown Prince and the Prime Minister had given him.
"In the name of peace talks, make the other party numb and careless. It will be best if we can find out the truth of Chang 'an."
Jiang Feng reached out to lift the curtain of the carriage and looked out, thinking silently.
The road into the mountains had been repaired very well. In the wild mountains, a road paved with bluestone was forcibly opened, and it was ten meters wide.
Many of the barren mountains, which were once completely covered by primeval forests, were extremely steep. It was undoubtedly extremely difficult to open a road.
It would be fine if the road was simple and crude. However, the road built in Chang 'an was made of huge intact stones. It would be a problem to transport them up the mountain, let alone pave the road.
How many people would they need to recruit?
How many people would die?
A bloody road paved with ghastly white bones!
Just now, he heard from the disciples of the Hanshan school of Qinzhou Prefecture that there were a few such roads under construction.
Jiang Feng's expression was serious.
The mountain road kept going up. After driving for a while, a city wall vaguely appeared in the mountains ahead.
"Is this Chang 'an City?"
As Jiang Feng thought, he was surprised to find that the city wall seemed to be dozens of miles long.
"How could such a big city be built in the mountains?"
It looked even bigger than Luyang City, the capital of the Eastern Tang Empire.
The city wall was sixty feet high, and the bricks were neat. It looked more orderly than the stone road under his feet, and more effort was put into it.
Jiang Feng calmed down and followed the team to one of the city gates. After being checked, they entered the city.
After entering the city, there were still many mountains and forests in sight.
"Then why did they build such a big city?"
Jiang Feng frowned again and carefully observed the surroundings.
Then, he found that the road in front of him was straight, and it went all the way through between two mountains.
"Wait, it's better to say that it's a mountain that's split in half from the middle, leaving a gap for the road to pass through."
"Could it be that someone forcibly opened the mountain to create such a straight road …" Jiang Feng's expression became serious.
"Stop the car."
Jiang Feng ordered, then got out of the car and looked into the distance.
In the distant mountains, there was indeed a similar unnatural scene of two peaks side by side.
The city wall just now had more than one gate.
If each gate represented a road to the city, and each road was built by splitting the mountain like this …
Jiang Feng let out a long breath.
The master of this Chang 'an City was not only powerful, but also willful …
"Let's hit the road." Jiang Feng got back into the car and looked out through the window.
The team continued to move forward. Along the way, they could see farmlands and village-like houses.
The deeper they went, the more similar places there were.
"What kind of city is this?"
Not only Jiang Feng, but all the members of the Eastern Tang delegation were curious.
However, some people also despised it.
Although they didn't know how to build a city in the mountains, this city was still a wild place. It didn't have the prosperity of a city at all.
"It's just some bumpkin who's vain, isn't it?"
"In the end, it's just a joke."
As they were thinking about it, they suddenly found that another city wall appeared in the distance.
"A city within a city? The outer city and the inner city? "Jiang Feng was surprised.
He estimated that from the first city wall to here,
About a dozen miles.
The inner city wall was as high as the outer city, about sixty feet.
When they approached the second city wall, they had to go through a round of inspection.
When they entered the city again, the mortal world was suddenly rich. People came and went.
At the same time, the rugged mountains in the city seemed to have been flattened.
It was like a valley in the mountains, or even a small plain suddenly appeared in the mountains.
"Who has been to Dragon's Ridge before?" Jiang Feng asked in a low voice.
Someone replied, "Your Excellency, I have been here more than ten years ago."
"Is there such a valley in Dragon's Ridge?"
"Absolutely not, Your Excellency. This should be the most dangerous and steep cliff in the past. I don't know what's going on."
Jiang Feng nodded silently.
He suddenly felt that the sun was a little too dazzling.
He looked up and saw that there seemed to be a second sun in the sky, shining brightly.
Jiang Feng was surprised. When he looked carefully, there seemed to be a palace in the light.
"What's there?"
Everyone in the Eastern Tang delegation was surprised.
"Write it down." Jiang Feng calmed down and ordered the people accompanying him.
He looked around and found that most of the people were rushing to the west of the city.
"I heard that the market in Chang 'an is divided into two parts. The mortals in front of the west market must be there. As for the cultivators in the east market …"
He subconsciously looked to the east.
The left assistant minister of the Department of Rites of Eastern Tang was from the Songyang Academy. He was also a cultivator in the fifth realm of the Confucian school. He was young and promising.
The east market was not as prosperous as the west market.
However, there was a faint spiritual energy in the air, indicating that there were rare treasures and many cultivators there.
Jiang Feng wanted to see which cultivators appeared in Chang 'an.
However, as an envoy, he needed to meet the City Lord of Chang 'an first.
The City Lord was unfathomable. Even the people in Chang 'an rarely met him.
The delegation had to deal with Mr. Dark Cloud first.
Jiang Feng braced himself and prepared to go through Mr. Dark Cloud first. Then, he must see the true face of the City Lord of Chang 'an and find out who he was. Only in this way could he repay the Eastern Tang.
He straightened his clothes and stepped into the main hall.
He saw an old man in black sitting in front of him, looking at him quietly.
Jiang Feng was about to speak when the old man suddenly said, "Red clothes?"
The left assistant minister of the Department of Rites of Eastern Tang was stunned. "This is my court uniform …"
Mr. Dark Cloud said indifferently, "Today, wearing red clothes is forbidden in Chang 'an."
Jiang Feng felt a surge of anger in his chest, but he forced it down. "I didn't know about this. Please forgive me. I'll change my clothes and come back …"
However, before he could finish, he was interrupted by Mr. Dark Cloud.
"Take him down."
At the other party's order, a few big men immediately rushed out.
Jiang Feng shouted angrily, "You're deliberately making things difficult for us. How rude of you to provoke the Eastern Tang!"
When he was caught, he subconsciously resisted. He chanted poems and turned into a raging fire to burn the other party.
But it happened so suddenly that he couldn't react in time. A group of martial artists had already closed in on him.
He was immediately knocked down by a few punches and gagged with rags. His literary talent couldn't gather and the raging fire dissipated like a phantom.
Jiang Feng, the leader, was taken down. None of the other members of the Eastern Tang delegation could escape.
In the sky, inside the Great Ming Palace, which had almost blinded Jiang Feng and the others, Zhang Dongyun had an indifferent expression on his face.
The Eastern Tang sent people to investigate, but they were wrong.
As the City Lord, he would know if anyone with bad intentions entered the Invincible City.
As for Jiang Feng …
[Random Guardian Mission 4.2 — Kill or capture Jiang Feng, the Left Assistant Minister of the Department of Rites of Eastern Tang who has entered the city.]
[The City Lord's subordinates have captured Jiang Feng who has entered the city. Random Guardian Mission 4.2 completed. Obtained 300 experience points to upgrade.]
No matter how small a mosquito was, it was still meat.
The fourth expansion of the city required 4000 Experience Points from the Guardian Mission.
Although the Purple Sun had "eaten" the rewards of Li Dang and the others, he still had a huge amount of experience points left. A total of 3,000 experience points.
Including the 300 from Jiang Feng, he had a total of 3,300 experience points.
He was not far from 4,000 experience points.
Zhang Dongyun was in a good mood. He stretched his muscles and walked out of the Daming Palace.
Even without the power of Invincible City, he could still fly in the air.
He had reached the fifth realm of martial arts, the Flying General Realm.
Thinking back to when he first entered the city, it had been more than five months. He finally had some achievements.
However, if he wanted to travel the world with his own strength, he was still lacking.
In any case, he had broken through his martial arts realm today and earned 300 experience points. It was a double blessing.
Zhang Dongyun's figure hovered in mid-air as he looked down at the city below with a smile.
Suddenly, he had a thought and returned to the Daming Palace.
In the palace, the reflection in the rippling mirror showed that Shen Herong and the others had arrived at Yechuan County.
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