Li Qiong, Liang Zhen, and the others didn't know that Zhang Dongyun had no intention of letting them go.
When the Dark Cloud surrounded the two of them, they had no choice but to fight back.
Li Qiong, who was only at Martial Arts Realm Six in name, finally revealed his true strength.
His murderous aura was so dense that it was almost tangible. It was even denser than that of many veteran Martial Arts Realm Seven experts.
Li Yi was now at Martial Arts Realm Seven, and it was obvious that he was only half a step away from Martial Arts Realm Eight.
It wouldn't be long before he broke through to Martial Arts Realm Eight.
He had already mastered the essence of the Eastern Tang royalty's Battle King Fist, which was passed down in the Li family. Under the activation of the Heaven Punishing Battle Aura, his fist exploded with shocking power. It was even stronger than that of his fourth brother, Li Dang, who was also at Martial Arts Realm Seven.
Combined with his current age, he was the one with the highest talent in martial arts among the Tang Emperor's sons.
In time, there was hope for him to reach Martial Arts Realm Nine.
In his eyes, his opponent wasn't Li Hong or his second brother, Li Yi.
The opponent in Li Qiong's eyes was his father, Li Xuanxin.
His strength and ambition were rising step by step.
However, King of Tang, Li Xuanxin, was in his prime. Even though the lifespan of a Martial Arts Realm Nine was limited, he was still many years away from the end of his life.
Li Qiong couldn't wait.
Would King of Tang allow him to continue growing?
This time, he sent him to Hexi County and hinted that he had to bring Xuan Yi Dao with him. He didn't want to give him a chance to continue growing.
Previously, he allowed his second brother, Li Yi, to fight with his eldest brother, Li Hong.
He even allowed his illegitimate son, Gao Yu, to fight with Li Hong.
Now that Gao Yu was dead and Li Hong was trapped in Chang 'an, his father allowed him to continue fighting with Crown Prince Li Hong.
As they fought, his father's position became more and more stable.
In fact, Li Xuanxin still had fifty to sixty years to live. Li Qiong was much younger than Li Hong and Li Yi. He could afford to wait.
However, there was a problem that he had to consider.
What if, what if Imperial Father broke through to the ninth realm?
Legend had it that after a martial arts cultivator broke through to the ninth level, their lifespan would increase greatly, just like other cultivators.
At that time, he, Li Qiong, would win. All his brothers and sisters would be useless.
Li Qiong was in no mood to wait any longer.
He took the risk to come to Chang 'an.
However, he never expected that the other party would suddenly turn hostile.
Li Qiong's Battle King Fist was unprecedentedly powerful due to his many years of dormancy and unexpected setbacks.
With one punch, he felt that he had touched the threshold of the eighth realm of martial arts.
Once he condensed the vengeful energy, he would truly step into the Level Eight Ghost Might Realm.
However, this powerful punch was unable to break the black cloud in front of him.
The black clouds rippled, and a fist suddenly reached out from within.
Their fists collided head-on.
Then, Mr. Dark Cloud calmly withdrew his fist.
Li Qiong's fist … exploded.
His flesh, blood, bones, and meridians were all blasted into a cloud of blood mist.
The explosion stopped at Li Qiong's wrist, not a bit more, not a bit less.
However, his hand completely disappeared. Blood spurted out from the wound on his wrist.
On the other side, Liang Zhen, the elder of the Xuan Yi Sect, made a spell with both hands. His thumb and middle finger interlocked into a circle, and his index and middle fingers stood together like a sword.
Then, he opened his mouth. Suddenly, a sword light flew out.
The four famous sects of Eastern Tang Taoism were known as the Thunder of the Green Cloud Temple, the Cloud of the Fuzhen Guan, the Fire of the Qingbokgung, and the Sword of the Xuan Yi Sect.
Different from the other three sects' exquisite spells, the Xuan Yi Sect was known for their swordsmanship.
However, unlike martial arts and swordsmanship, the Xuan Yi Sect's swordsmanship was based on the Daoist Sword Reining Technique.
The cultivator's magic power constantly hammered and refined a Daoist flying sword.
In the end, the magic weapon took the form of a sword light in Lotus City. There was no hilt, no guard, and no scabbard. There was only the blade.
After being hammered thousands of times, the blade became soft and flexible. It could curl and shrink into a pill and hide in the body of the Xuan Yi Sect cultivator.
When fighting with an enemy, the cultivator would open his mouth and spit out the pill. The pill would turn into a sword light and fly out like lightning.
At this moment, the sword light sliced through the layers of black clouds.
However, in the next moment, more black clouds gathered.
As the elder of the Xuan Yi Sect, Liang Zhen controlled the flying sword. All of his magic power was combined into one.
The sword light suddenly became a dozen meters long and a meter wide. As the cold light flashed, it was extremely frightening.
The Xuan Yi Sect's Sword Manipulation Art, the Xuan Heart Single Sword Sword, was fully activated. It cut through the black clouds in front of him.
However, the black clouds did not shrink. Instead, they took the initiative to meet the sword light. In the end, they even surrounded the sword light tightly.
No matter how Liang Zhen controlled the sword, he could not free his flying sword.
The black clouds continued to condense and finally condensed into a solid body. It was like a black scabbard. The sword light was sucked into it and could not be pulled out.
Seeing this, Liang Zhen was shocked. He gritted his teeth and a light mist rose above his head. An infant appeared from it. It was his Nascent Soul.
This seventh level Daoist expert was using his Nascent Soul to control the sword. He was using all of his Daoist techniques to the extreme.
The sword light was sealed in the black scabbard. Along with the black scabbard, the sword light shook violently and tried to escape.
However, Mr. Dark Cloud smiled. He raised his hand and extended his index finger. He drew a line in the air.
Then, the black scabbard that trapped the sword light drew an arc in the air and knocked on the head of Liang Zhen's Nascent Soul.
The infant was knocked back to the top of Liang Zhen's head.
Liang Zhen screamed. Blood flowed out of his seven orifices and he fell on his back.
Although it was not fatal, the elder of the Xuan Yi Sect was severely injured.
Seeing this, Li Qiong wanted to continue resisting. However, he could only give up. He used his left hand to cover the wound on his right wrist.
"Doesn't the Chang 'an treat all guests with goodwill?"
Li Qiong looked at Mr. Dark Cloud and asked in a hoarse voice.
"That is indeed the case for guests who truly have good intentions. As for you …"
Mr. Dark Cloud smiled. "I was just kidding."
Li Qiong almost fainted. Before he could say anything, he was wrapped up by the dark cloud and captured together with Liang Zhen.
Wu Qiong, the Sect Master of the Perak Dynasty, who had brought them into the city, was also stunned.
Then, seeing Mr. Dark Cloud's gaze, Wu Qiong immediately said, "I didn't know the right person. Please punish me.
Fortunately, you saw through Li Qiong's plan. Otherwise, I would have made a big mistake. "
"He is cunning. It's not your fault." Mr. Dark Cloud said.
Wu Qiong heaved a sigh of relief and quickly left.
In the Great Ming Palace, Zhang Dongyun projected Mr. Dark Cloud to continue interrogating Li Qiong and Li Qiong. He dug out everything they knew.
Li Qiong wanted Chang 'an, Western Zhou, and Western Chu to balance each other. Zhang Dongyun did not reject this idea.
If a large number of masters from Western Chu and Western Zhou came to attack Chang 'an, it would undoubtedly trigger a large number of guarding tasks, which would allow Master Zhang to gain experience.
However, this was not necessary.
Li Qiong's wishful thinking was very good. West Chu and West Zhou might not dance according to his instructions.
As for using Li Qiong to give Eastern Tang royalty to create chaos, if the King of Tang did not know Li Qiong's plan, he would still have a chance.
Now that he and the Xuan Yi Sect were forced to come to West River, Li Qiong could not do anything without external help.
That was why he came to Chang 'an.
Since that was the case, City Lord Zhang would first put away the reward for him and Liang Zhen's experience points into his pocket.
However, the Ninth Prince disappointed him a little.
He thought that since Li Qiong could suppress the Xuan Yi Sect, he should at least be at the Eighth Realm.
In the end, he was only at the Seventh Realm.
Of course, he was about to reach the Eighth Realm. He was extremely talented. No wonder the Xuan Yi Sect was willing to bet on him.
However, the problem was that he came too early …
Now that he was at the Seventh Realm, then so be it.
[Random Guarding Task 5.3 — Kill or capture Eastern Tang Commandery Prince Li Qiong and the Xuan Yi Sect Elder who entered the city.]
[The City Lord captured Li Qiong and Liang Zhen who entered the city. Random Guarding Task 5.3 completed. Obtained 1,000 experience points to upgrade.]
Two Seventh Realms and one thousand Guardian Experience points. That's actually not bad … Zhang Dongyun consoled himself.
In addition to the 700 points from Zhang Zhonghang, who was at the Eighth Realm, he had now accumulated 4,800 experience points!
He was only one step away from the requirement of 5,000 experience points for the next upgrade.
In theory, if he took down another Fourth Realm invader, he would be able to gather the last 200 experience points.
However, he was not in a hurry now.
Because there was still a gap in the construction tasks.
As the timber business gradually grew in scale, the new source of income in Chang 'an had stabilized.
Zhang Dongyun refreshed the list of tasks. The old ones were completed, and new ones could be refreshed.
[The City Lord has opened up a new and stable source of income for the city. The citizens have to support the City Lord and maintain stability. The City Lord has completed Construction Task 5.1. Obtained 1,500 experience points to upgrade.]
[Construction Task 5.2 — Expansion of the city. The initial administrative departments are not suitable for continued management. The City Lord, please divide them and make them fit the city's current development.]
Zhang Dongyun leaned back in his chair after reading it.
This meant that he wanted to divide the Imperial Pivot Hall in more detail.
In fact, he had been doing this for a long time.
However, the System seemed to think that it was not enough.
Perhaps it needed to be divided. After the division, the departments would be able to operate better. The various affairs also needed to be further refined.
It needed enough manpower and more complete rules and regulations.
Zhang Dongyun nodded slightly. He projected Mr. Dark Cloud and gave orders in the Imperial Pivot Hall.
After adjusting a few artificial changes, he ordered, "Go to the East Market of Chang 'an and find Xu Xingzhi here."
His subordinate immediately did as he was told.
Soon, the blue-robed scholar came to the Imperial Pivot Hall to meet Mr. Dark Cloud.
"Dahe Longmen, Shang Jie, summon him back from Hexi to take over the East Market of Chang 'an," Mr. Dark Cloud ordered calmly.
Xu Xingzhi immediately answered, "Yes, Sir."
It seemed that he was deprived of his control of the East Market of Chang 'an, but summoning him in the Imperial Pivot Hall obviously meant that his long-cherished wish was about to be realized.
As expected, Mr. Dark Cloud continued, "From today onwards, you will enter the Imperial Pivot Hall and assist me in handling the daily affairs of Chang 'an."
"I understand. Sir, please give me more advice." Xu Xingzhi was good at maintaining his composure. He was overjoyed, but his expression was calm.
Mr. Dark Cloud continued, "The first specific task for you is to negotiate with the Eastern Tang."
Xu Xingzhi was slightly surprised. "Please tell me, Sir."
"Summon Hu Ming back from Hexi County," Mr. Dark Cloud said.
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