Could it be that His Majesty intended to teach him an even better devil art?
But he had to make a choice between healing his injuries and asking for guidance.
It would naturally be good if his old injuries could be healed immediately.
But if he could learn the superior devil art that His Majesty had just used, he would also be able to heal himself very quickly.
Of course, it would be best if he could have both.
But as soon as this idea popped into his head, Blood Shadow rejected it first.
In the end, it was because he had been muddle-headed earlier that he had actually wanted to rebel.
His Majesty had already been magnanimous by not killing him on the spot.
After that, he had been sent to patrol Baiyun Abyss, but had been defeated by Gao Qi and the others, which was tantamount to messing up his mission.
He hadn't accomplished anything, so how could he still have the face to ask for a reward from His Majesty?
Blood Shadow took a deep breath. He couldn't be bothered to argue with the old man in black. He hurriedly handed over the captured Tang Army soldiers to the other party and hurried to Daming Palace.
Zhang Dongyun, who had transformed into Evil Emperor, sat on a high throne and calmly looked down at the old devil below.
"This old servant is incompetent and has let Your Majesty down. Ten thousand deaths won't be enough to absolve my sins. I only beg Your Majesty to give this old servant one last chance to perform meritorious deeds to atone for my sins. This old servant will do his best until the day he dies."
Zhang Dongyun didn't comment on the old devil's oath of loyalty, and instead acted as if he was talking about something irrelevant.
"How much did you understand just now?"
Blood Shadow looked terrified and ashamed. "In reply to Your Majesty, this old servant is slow-witted, like looking at flowers in a fog. I only scratched the surface …"
Seeing that Zhang Dongyun didn't say anything and just looked at him, the old devil gritted his teeth and closed his eyes.
Blood mist surged around him, and an illusory shadow rose up above his head.
The shadow was in the shape of a blood phoenix, and it flapped its wings, ready to fly.
Zhang Dongyun glanced at it and said, "It's not even a little bit."
Blood Shadow was ashamed. "This old servant is slow-witted."
"But this is already a good start," Zhang Dongyun continued.
Blood Shadow was delighted to hear this.
He knew that he had made the right choice.
Healing and cultivation: one was in the present, the other was in the future.
If he chose to heal himself, it was inevitable that he would leave His Majesty with the impression that he was greedy for small profits in the short term.
If he chose to cultivate, it would show that he was motivated. His Majesty might give him another chance.
Moreover, to be able to learn even better demonic arts from His Majesty was undoubtedly even rarer.
"This 《Phoenix Blood Inscription》 is suitable for you to cultivate, but …"
Zhang Dongyun sat with his hands clasped in front of him. His ring finger and little finger were interlocked, and his middle finger, index finger, and thumb were facing each other.
"I don't reward people who have done nothing."
Blood Shadow's heart felt like it was on a roller coaster.
He smiled bitterly in his heart and said respectfully, "This old servant understands. This old servant will do his best and not disappoint Your Majesty."
"Alright, you may leave."
Zhang Dongyun said casually, "Clean up the scrap metal in the city."
Blood Shadow was stunned for a moment before he was overjoyed. "Yes, Your Majesty!"
He walked out of Daming Palace happily.
The scrap metal His Majesty was talking about was undoubtedly the arrows that had been absorbed by the blood phoenix earlier.
After subduing the enemies, Zhang Dongyun withdrew his hand and the blood phoenix dispersed. The arrows lost control and fell to the ground, piling up at the city gate.
After being refined by the blood phoenix's evil power, there was more or less a trace of evil energy left on the arrows.
Although Zhang Dongyun didn't immediately pass on the 《Phoenix Blood Inscription》 to Blood Shadow, the old devil had been ordered to clean up the arrows. If he studied it carefully, he would eventually learn something.
This made Blood Shadow extremely excited.
Although the Heavenly Gate in front of him was closed, His Majesty had left him a crack to see the light of day.
As long as he worked harder and made a contribution, the 《Phoenix Blood Inscription》 would definitely be his!
Blood Shadow was happy. He found the old man in black much more pleasing to the eye than before.
The old man in black looked at Blood Shadow flash through the air with a faint smile as he went to the city gate to clean up the pile of arrows.
He turned his head to look at the crowd on the other side.
"You have invaded Chang 'an and deserve to die a thousand times over.
His Majesty is magnanimous and spared your lives. You may be spared from death, but you must be punished.
The only way for you to be forgiven is to build Chang 'an. "
His voice wasn't loud, but it was steadily transmitted into the ears of every Tang Army soldier.
The crowd was silent. They looked at each other.
The old man in black that Zhang Dongyun had transformed into wasn't anxious at all. He looked at the crowd in front of him calmly.
Noticing the cold smile on his lips, someone in the crowd stepped forward.
Gao Qi's face was pale, and his armor was shattered.
He came up to the old man in black and said in a low voice, "We are willing to follow your orders. I hope you won't make things difficult for us brothers."
Zhang Dongyun nodded slightly. "Very good."
After saying that, he waved his hand and a blueprint fell into Gao Qi's hand.
"You'll be in charge of your soldiers." Zhang Dongyun didn't disrupt the organization of the Tang Army in front of him, and he didn't mind that Gao Qi was still the backbone of this Tang Army.
He simply handed over the head of the Shan Hu Tang Clan and his subordinates to Gao Qi.
"I only care about the result."
Gao Qi lowered his head and said, "Please rest assured, senior. We will do our best."
He paused for a moment, wanting to say something, but stopped on second thought.
Zhang Dongyun seemed to know what he wanted to say. "Do your work honestly. Your other comrades will soon come to accompany you, including your general, if he knows what's good for him."
Gao Qi and the others felt a chill in their hearts.
After hearing the news, Xuanwu General Du Kun would definitely come here.
They were originally worried that Chang 'an would force them to defend the city and become enemies with their former superiors and colleagues.
But from the tone of the old man in black, it seemed that he didn't take Du Kun seriously at all …
Some people were worried about their relatives, but at this moment, they couldn't ask, so they swallowed the words back into their stomachs.
They had no choice but to work as coolies for a certain City Lord.
They worked hard to get out of the city to cut wood and dig stones, but they didn't dare to run away. They obediently transported the things back to the city.
With the diligent efforts of thousands of people, residential buildings began to rise in Chang 'an.
The city was finally no longer empty and could be seen at a glance.
Chang 'an was no longer an empty city. It began to be more lively.
While the city was thriving, the City Lord himself was in a slightly bad mood.
He blocked the vision of others and came to the city wall.
A few arrows appeared in front of him, suspended in the air.
Zhang Dongyun looked out of the city, frowning without saying a word.
He just shot the arrows out of the city. The power of the arrows was much greater than that of the crossbows themselves.
Even the ballistas and cannons couldn't compare.
Logically speaking, the arrows should be able to fly very far.
However, as soon as they left the city, the arrows still quickly lost their forward momentum and fell down due to their own weight.
In fact, City Lord Zhang was busy with his own experiment at first. He didn't even think about shooting back at the Tang Army outside the city with arrows.
As a result, the arrows rained out of the city and fell quickly. They were so powerful that many Tang Army were injured.
The Tang Army thought that there were also crossbowmen in Chang 'an, so they fought back while rushing into the city.
They didn't know that City Lord Zhang wished that the arrows flying out of the city couldn't hit them and flew as far away as possible.
After thinking for a moment, Zhang Dongyun waved his hand toward the ground.
A piece of soil separated from the ground in Chang 'an, rose into the air, and came to his side.
Zhang Dongyun stuck the tip of an arrow into the soil.
Then, he aimed the arrow with the soil outside the city.
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