Within the Northern Qi Dynasty, other than the royal family, there were five famous clans.
The common point of the six clans was that they all had ninth-realm masters.
Although King Qi was recognized as the number one master in Northern Qi, the other five giants had a tacit understanding of the royal family.
Although they often had conflicts with each other, when dealing with the royal family, they often advanced and retreated together, not giving King Qi a chance to attack them one by one.
In addition to the other clans with seventh-realm and eighth-realm masters, everyone worked together to keep the royal family in check. As a result, King Qi in Northern Qi was far less powerful than King of Tang in Eastern Tang.
Among the five famous clans, there were two martial artists, two Taoists, and one Confucian.
One Confucian was Shuofeng Academy.
The two martial artists were Misty Peak and Icefire Valley.
Among the five famous clans, the conflicts between these two martial artists were the deepest. They often clashed or even fought.
Although they could still maintain the same attitude when facing King Qi, they often refused to give in to each other.
Those who died in Chang 'an were mainly disciples of the Northern Qi royal family, Misty Peak, and Shuofeng Academy.
Icefire Valley was shocked that Hong Xiao, the great scholar of the ninth realm of Eastern Tang, also died in Chang 'an. Instead, they were mostly gloating over the misfortune of their own people in Northern Qi.
Icefire Valley even had frequent business dealings with Chang 'an and was a frequent customer of Chang' an's East Market.
Shang Jie's lobbying, coupled with the high-quality turquoise crystals in Chang 'an, Icefire Valley finally agreed to supply Breath Wind Iron to Chang' an for a long time.
Of course, they mainly focused on their own family for this kind of treasure.
In addition, Icefire Valley was famous everywhere, and their forging skills were even better than those of Tianfeng Mountain. They were not worried that Chang 'an would steal their business.
But the problem was that the people in Icefire Valley did not realize that Chang 'an was an abnormal place …
Zhang Dongyun was not in the weapons factory, but with a little care, the quality of raw materials such as Breath Wind Iron could be greatly improved.
The disciples of Tianfeng Mountain were forced to move to Longbei County and leave their home, so they must be sad.
But at this moment, cheers and exclamations rose and fell in the weapons factory, intertwining non-stop.
More and more Sky Beacon Mountain disciples began to view this place as a blessed land.
Everyone's enthusiasm was aroused.
The Heavenly Works Hall and the Weaponry Factory were constantly recruiting, and the scale of the factory was growing larger and larger.
Zhang Dongyun looked at this scene with a smile on his face.
Right now, they had to provide for their own family first.
After a long time, the scale of the business had grown, and everything was on the right track, they could begin to export it.
Regardless of the era or the world, the profits of the arms business were always very high.
As for whether or not he was worried that the things he sold would be used to beat him up?
Master Zhang couldn't have asked for more …
Chang 'an was thriving in all aspects and was on the right track.
While Master Zhang was in a good mood, the situation in the Eastern Tang dynasty seemed to be not so good.
Chang 'an made the Eastern Tang people unable to eat or sleep in peace.
The East Jin Dynasty took the chance to take revenge and attacked the north of the Eastern Tang.
Because the Eastern Tang dynasty couldn't fight with all their might, they were retreating in the north battlefield.
To make matters worse, when the East Jin Dynasty attacked the Eastern Tang from the north, there were also problems in the south.
The Eastern Tang dynasty was at a disadvantage in terms of geography.
It was in the center of the seven countries in the east. To the west was Western Zhou, to the east was Eastern Jin, to the north was Northern Qi, to the south was Southern Liang, to the southwest was Western Chu, and to the southeast was Southern Chen.
Southern Liang and Western Chu didn't make any moves.
However, the Southern Chen dynasty in the southeast also took advantage of the situation and attacked the Eastern Tang.
The Eastern Tang dynasty was attacked from both sides. It looked like it was going to be destroyed at any time.
However, King of Tang surprised everyone.
He left the capital alone secretly and went south without anyone knowing. He gathered the retreating Tang Army and turned around to attack.
In the end, he managed to kill two Southern Chen experts, one at the eighth level and the other at the seventh level. He even managed to injure many others, causing the Southern Chen army to suffer a crushing defeat.
Southern Chen didn't expect King of Tang to ignore Chang 'an's threat and go south. In the end, they suffered a heavy blow.
King of Tang didn't show any mercy and led his army to chase after them. Southern Chen didn't even have time to regroup.
The Eastern Tang turned defeat into victory, winning one battle after another. On the other hand, the Southern Chen suffered defeat after defeat, retreating step by step.
In the end, King of Tang even led his army into Southern Chen's territory and forced the King of Chen to personally lead the army. Only then did he retreat from Southern Chen's territory.
The East Jin Dynasty, which was fighting in the southeast, wanted to take advantage of the situation and attack the Eastern Tang's capital, Luyang City.
However, when they realized that Chang 'an wasn't moving, they couldn't make up their minds.
When the King of Tang returned north to the capital, the East Jin Dynasty slowed down their attack and only defended a few prefectures in the Eastern Tang in case the King of Tang suddenly attacked again.
The fact that Chang 'an didn't wait for an opportunity to attack made everyone else feel uneasy.
The Southern Chen Dynasty cursed in their hearts. However, Chang 'an never said that he would cooperate with them, so they could only swallow their anger.
However, everyone started to have doubts about Chang 'an's actions.
Hong Xiao, Li Xuannian, Gao Zheng, and the others were all killed, but Chang 'an seemed to have lost the intention to attack.
Was it because Chang 'an was also badly injured in that battle and had no choice but to rest and recuperate?
Detaining the envoys of Nanliang and West Chu seemed tough, but maybe they were just putting on an act to scare others into attacking?
All of a sudden, the decision makers of the eastern border countries felt that they couldn't see through that mysterious city.
After the King of Tang returned to Luyang City, he immediately ordered the northern Tang Army to fight back and chase out the Jin Dynasty army to recover lost land.
At the same time, he gave an unprecedentedly strict order to set up blockades in Longbei, Longnan, Yunzhong, and Hexi Prefectures to prevent Chang 'an from communicating with the outside world.
Anyone who disobeyed would have their family wiped out.
Many royal family experts were sent out to patrol the four prefectures in the northwest.
At the same time, the Eastern Tang dynasty was trying to contact Western Zhou and Northern Qi to lock down Chang 'an.
Northern Qi agreed to Eastern Tang's request, but the restrictions were not as strong as Eastern Tang's.
Aside from places like the Icefire Valley that were outwardly complying, at least on the surface, everyone else had to obey.
Occasionally, there was trade, but it was also smuggling.
Western Zhou's attitude was more ambiguous and didn't prohibit trade with Chang 'an.
However, they started to increase the price or ban the transport of precious materials.
Zhang Dongyun's attitude towards this was:
Fight.
Chang 'an's experts moved out in all directions, especially the blockades in Eastern Tang. They attacked fiercely and even killed wantonly.
Even if the captives, Shen Herong, and Ao Kong were not included, the number of experts who had surrendered to Chang 'an City was still considerable.
The Eastern Tang dynasty was under the strict orders of the King of Tang, so they didn't back down. The two sides kept fighting, and blood flowed like rivers.
Smoke could be seen everywhere in the four prefectures.
Eastern Tang's defense line was torn open, so there were often people who took risks to smuggle goods.
Luhe Villa was located in Yunzhong Prefecture and was quite a distance from the border, so the flames of war hadn't spread here yet.
However, the atmosphere in the villa was very tense.
In the villa, there was an endless stream of horses and even spirit beasts being taken to the battlefield.
Villa Master Yang Chen led everyone in the villa, under the orders of Tianshu Palace, to speed up the breeding of war horses and spirit deer to supply the front line.
One morning, a disciple of Luhe Villa went to feed the horses. When he arrived at the pasture, he was stunned and sat on the ground in fear.
In front of him, there were hundreds and thousands of horse corpses lying on the ground.
He went forward to check, but after a few breaths, he felt dizzy and fell down.
Yang Chen, who had rushed over after hearing the news, was livid. He ordered people to save people and quarantine the place.
All the horses in the horse farm were poisoned to death.
And it was not an ordinary poison. It was done by a cultivator with a high cultivation level.
That was why the disciple of the villa was poisoned on the spot not long after he got close.
Before Yang Chen could continue to be angry, he heard that a batch of spirit river deer had also been poisoned to death.
He was so angry that he trembled all over. But after a careful examination, he could only suppress his anger and quickly try to inform Chang 'an.
In Daming Palace, Zhang Dongyun finished reading the report and handed it to Shen Herong.
"At least the seventh realm, a devil cultivator who is good at using poison. It seems to be the Green Jade Toad."
Shen Herong said as she watched, "He snuck in. I don't think it's just to poison some horses and spirit beasts. He might be targeting people as well."
She looked up at Zhang Dongyun. "It's not easy for the spies of the Idle Sky Palace to find a cultivator at the seventh realm. I think I should go there personally."
"Bring Ying Er and Chen Chaoyan with you. Let's train together," Zhang Dongyun said casually.
"Yes, Big Brother," Shen Herong replied.
So, the two girls and a girl left Daming Palace, then left Chang 'an and rushed to Yunzhong County.
They first went to Luhe Villa, where the accident happened. Shen Herong secretly investigated and came up with a plan. He continued on with Ao Ying and Chen Chaoyan.
They went back.
"That guy should be going to Longbei County. He's up to no good." Shen Herong secretly contacted Zhang Dongyun through the Azure Sky Eye.
In Daming Palace, Zhang Dongyun grunted.
In fact, when Shen Herong and the others arrived at Luhe Villa, the System reminded Zhang Dongyun that the other party had entered Longbei County.
He didn't go to the north of Longbei County. Instead, he stepped directly into Invincible City.
This person seemed to be up to no good. Other than showing off his skills in Yunzhong County, he had been paying attention to hiding his tracks.
Zhang Dongyun guessed that this guy wanted to sneak into the city and put on a big show.
However, he didn't take him down immediately.
On one hand, the other party was refining poison in the wilderness and didn't have any contact with people.
On the other hand, Chen Chaoyan had recently broken through to the sixth realm of Taoism.
At this realm, her soul should be clearer and clearer, even if she didn't awaken the wisdom of the past.
It would be best if she could remember something on her own.
With Shen Herong around, Zhang Dongyun didn't need to guide them. The other party was there.
Shen Herong followed the traces and quickly found the other party.
In front of Ao Ying and Chen Chaoyan, of course, she pretended that she had the Azure Sky Eye on her head and asked Mr. Dark Cloud for guidance.
The three of them crossed a large river and saw a faint green light flashing in the forest on the other side of the river.
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