After listening to Mr. Dark Cloud's instructions, Xu Xingzhi understood everything. "Yes, sir."
He went to deliver the order.
After receiving the order, Shang Jie and Hu Ming immediately returned to Chang 'an.
Shang Jie was somewhat surprised when she heard that she would take over the East Market of Chang 'an.
It was already good enough that the Hanshan school and the Perak Dynasty took care of the West Market. The East Market needed to deal with the cultivators of the Eastern Tang, Western Zhou, Northern Qi, and other places. She needed a more suitable candidate.
However, the Dahe Longmen had only been in Chang 'an for a short time.
She thought that even if Xu Xingzhi stepped down, the person who would take over the East Market of Chang 'an would be chosen from the Chen family.
Although she was surprised, Shang Jie reacted quickly. She immediately replied, "I'm afraid, but I'll do my best to manage the East Market of Chang 'an. Please give me more advice."
"I won't misjudge you. You have the talent in this area." Mr. Dark Cloud didn't make any specific requests. He simply said, "You just need to adjust your position."
"… Yes, I understand." Shang Jie took a deep breath and bowed to Mr. Dark Cloud.
Shang Jie couldn't be more clear about the meaning of the old man in black's words.
By adjusting her position, he meant that from now on, she would consider herself more as a citizen of Chang 'an instead of an elder of Dahe Longmen.
Shang Jie didn't have any objections to this.
It wasn't that she would betray and forget about Dahe Longmen. She just wanted to do this for herself, for Chang 'an, and for the sect.
Just as she had reminded her martial nephew Wen Hu, she had to make corresponding adjustments now.
After Mr. Dark Cloud gave Shang Jie some advice, he looked at Hu Ming.
"I've seen your performance in Hexi County."
Mr. Dark Cloud said calmly, "According to the rules of Chang 'an, there are punishments for mistakes and rewards for meritorious service."
Hu Ming lowered his head. "Thank you, Senior."
"Now, you have two choices. First, I happen to have a superior demonic art that is suitable for you to practice the Dark Bat Transformation. You will benefit greatly from it, just like the Chen family, the Hanshan school, and the Perak Dynasty," Mr. Dark Cloud said.
Hu Ming's breathing became rapid.
He had never seen the Five Lightning Palm of the Perak Dynasty.
He had once seen the Hanshan school's Graceful Sword of the Dark Night used by a Hanshan school martial artist. Although it did not make him envious, he was sure that it was much more brilliant than the original martial arts legacy of the Hanshan school.
Hu Ming was envious of the Chen family's Dragon Slaying Fist.
Regardless of whether it was the demonic arts that he was currently cultivating or the martial arts of the Hu family that had been passed down from their ancestors, they were undoubtedly inferior to the Dragon-slaying Fist that the Chen family had obtained from Chang 'an City.
It was obvious that Chang 'an's teachings were also divided into levels and progressing step by step.
Then, as Mr. Dark Cloud said, the demonic art that could be taught to him, even if it was not as good as the Dragon Slaying Fist, would definitely be better than the Graceful Sword of the Dark Night, Thunderbolt Leg, and what he had learned.
With this demonic art, his cultivation would definitely improve greatly. He might even be able to cultivate a True Demon and break through to the seventh level of the Demonic Path, the Demon Raising Realm.
This made Hu Ming very excited.
However, he calmed himself down and did not say anything. He quietly listened to Mr. Dark Cloud's words.
"The second choice …"
Mr. Dark Cloud glanced at Hu Ming and said, "Chang 'an can help you exchange Hu Yinghua and the others who are imprisoned by the Eastern Tang."
Hu Ming exhaled deeply and said, "I firmly believe that I will have a chance to make contributions to Chang 'an in the future. As for my uncle and the others, they may be tortured as long as they are in the hands of the Eastern Tang. Therefore, I choose the second choice. I hope you can help me."
Mr. Dark Cloud nodded and then said to Xu Xingzhi, who was waiting on the side, "I'll leave it to you.
You can only exchange people of the same level with someone of the same level. "
"I understand," Xu Xingzhi replied calmly.
"Thank you, Chang 'an. Thank you, Senior." After Hu Ming thanked Mr. Dark Cloud, he turned to Xu Xingzhi and said, "Thank you, Mr. Xu."
"You're too kind." Xu Xingzhi nodded and said, "Brother Hu, I still need your help in this matter."
"Of course, of course. Mr. Xu, please tell me what to do."
Hu Ming thanked Xu Xingzhi, and then Xu Xingzhi bowed to Mr. Dark Cloud together and left.
After they left, Xu Xingzhi first handed over the information to the Shang Jie of the Dahe Longmen and took Shang Jie to Chang 'an East Market to familiarize himself with the situation there. Then, he left Chang' an with Hu Ming.
Xu Xingzhi had a way to get in touch with the Eastern Tang.
Although he had resigned from the Eastern Tang, he still had a few old friends in the imperial court of the Eastern Tang.
After leaving the matter to Xu Xingzhi, Master Zhang no longer worried about it.
He didn't care who the Eastern Tang wanted to exchange for the Hu family.
However, if the Eastern Tang wanted to exchange for some people who didn't plan to go back, it would be a bit of a joke.
There were many captives in Chang 'an now, and their attitude was getting softer and softer. They just didn't dare to bow down easily because they were worried that their families and clans were still under the rule of the Eastern Tang.
Some people who were alone didn't have such concerns.
Mr. Dark Cloud, projected by Zhang Dongyun, appeared in the Divine Punishment Palace.
In a side hall of the palace, a person was waiting.
It was a Taoist priest who looked like a young man.
When he saw Mr. Dark Cloud, he immediately bowed and said, "Senior."
"You've been working for a long time, and you've always been diligent and conscientious."
Mr. Dark Cloud passed by the young Taoist priest and sat down in a chair.
"His Majesty is magnanimous. Chang 'an will give those who sincerely repent a chance, but …"
He stared at the young Taoist priest and said, "… There's only one chance."
The young Taoist priest said sincerely, "I understand what you're saying, senior. I'll cherish the opportunity seriously and won't dare to disappoint His Majesty and Sir."
He sighed and said, "I'm also unwilling to serve the Eastern Tang royalty. I'm even hiding in the Secret Pavilion that doesn't see the light of day like snakes, insects, rats, and ants.
Chang 'an is far better than the Eastern Tang royalty. There's a place for me to stay, and I won't be hunted down by the Green Cloud Temple. I'm already thankful. How can I be disloyal? "
This Taoist priest was one of the three great priests of the Secret Pavilion, Gu Hechuan, who had betrayed the Green Cloud Temple.
He looked like a young man, but his actual age was more than seventy. However, Taoist cultivation could prolong one's life, and he was good at retaining his appearance, so he looked less than thirty years old.
The secret in Gu Hechuan's stomach had already been completely revealed when he was first captured.
The reason why he betrayed the Green Cloud Temple and was hunted down by the Green Cloud Temple was because he stole a treasure.
Coincidentally, the treasure he stole was the Thundercloud Ruyi that fell into the hands of Zhang Dongyun along with Taoist Michito.
Gu Hechuan failed to steal the treasure back then, so he fled the mountain and was forced to join the Eastern Tang Secret Pavilion.
Later, after he fell into the hands of Chang 'an, he obediently worked as a coolie. Now, he finally had a silver lining.
"In Chang 'an, you have to follow the rules of Chang' an. You should have known this long ago, right?" Mr. Dark Cloud glanced at Gu Hechuan.
Gu Hechuan quickly said, "I understand."
Mr. Dark Cloud opened one of his palms, and a ball of green light suddenly floated above his palm.
The green light kept flashing, and a crackling sound came from it. It sounded like a ball of Green Thunder.
In the center of the Thunder Light, a Jade Ruyi was faintly discernible.
Gu Hechuan's breath stopped for a moment.
That was the Thundercloud Ruyi that he yearned for day and night!
When he was working earlier, he met his fellow disciples of the Green Cloud Temple, Taoist Michito and Taoist Huangye.
Gu Hechuan was not surprised that Thundercloud Ruyi fell into the hands of Chang 'an.
However, at this moment, when he saw the magic artifact that he couldn't get and changed the direction of his whole life, he had mixed feelings in his heart.
"Those who do well will be rewarded, and those who do wrong will be punished."
Mr. Dark Cloud said indifferently, "This is the rule set by His Majesty. Now that you are working for Chang 'an, it's up to you now."
After that, the ball of green Thunder Light disappeared.
Gu Hechuan's eyes were still looking at Mr. Dark Cloud's hand. After a while, he looked away and bowed to Mr. Dark Cloud with a serious expression. "Senior, if you have any orders, I will do my best to serve Chang 'an."
Mr. Dark Cloud didn't give Gu Hechuan any task at the moment. He just said casually, "Before that, go and have a good rest. Now that you are free, you can have your own residence in the city."
Gu Hechuan replied, "Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, senior."
Zhang Dongyun didn't send Gu Hechuan to Hexi County. It wasn't that he didn't trust him. In Invincible City, no one could lie to him.
It was because the situation in Hexi County was basically settled.
Li Qiong walked right into the trap, and the Xuan Yi Sect was in a mess.
Elder Song of the Xuan Yi Sect, who had led his disciples to Hexi County to help Li Qiong, couldn't help but hesitate. He didn't want his disciples to risk their lives for the royal family.
Without their support, the Old Prince of Eastern Tang, Li Dong, Commandery Prince Zhang Ming, Li Xuanyi, and the others couldn't do anything on their own.
On Chang 'an's side, Zhang Chong, Chen Jiezhi, and the others had many masters. They already had the upper hand. Now, they started to attack the Eastern Tang.
More than half of Hexi County fell into the hands of Chang 'an.
On this day, an elder of the Chen family led the disciples of the Chen family to take over a city in Moyang Prefecture of Hexi County. They were waiting for the army of the Left Army to follow up.
Suddenly, a disciple of the Chen family came to report, "Ninth Granduncle, the army encountered a group of Eastern Tang soldiers. We planned to take them down along the way, but we didn't expect someone to stop us. In the end, not only did the soldiers run away, but the entire army was stopped by the other party!"
"Who is it?" The elder of the Chen family asked, "Eastern Tang royalty? Or which sect? "
The disciple of the Chen family felt a little strange, "Neither. It looks like … like a Buddhist disciple. It's a monk."
The elder of the Chen family also had a strange expression.
Eastern Tang didn't have any Buddhist heritage. It was ruled by Taoism, Confucianism, and Martial Arts.
There were monks, but only a few traveling monks could be seen occasionally.
Most of them were Martial Arts cultivators. They just shaved their heads and converted to Buddhism, but they weren't real Buddhist cultivators.
Although Buddhist cultivators weren't as hated as Devil Path cultivators, they were still extremely rare.
Fortunately, the Chen family used to be a famous family in Eastern Tang. They had a long history and were knowledgeable. Therefore, the disciple of the Chen family could tell that the other party should be a legendary Buddhist cultivator.
If it were a local force like the Hanshan school or the Perak Dynasty, they might not be able to tell whether the monk was a true disciple of Buddhism.
"Where did this Buddhist cultivator come from?" The elder of the Chen family frowned and went out of the city, "I'll go and have a look."
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