Xie Han, the head of the Xie family, was one of the few martial arts masters in the West Chu Dynasty.
Basically, he was the head of the Sword-hidden Villa, Wu Xiao.
When Chang 'an occupied West Chu, the Xie family was one of the people who welcomed them.
"Has the Sword-hidden Villa been destroyed?" Mr. Dark Cloud asked.
Xie Han, the head of the Xie family, replied, "Together with Brother Ling and Brother Lu, we besieged the Sword-hidden Villa."
Wu Xiao was dead. Although there were other masters in the villa, they couldn't resist the joint attack of the Xuanhe Academy, the Ling family, and the Xie family.
"The Martial Arts Inheritance of the Sword-hidden Villa is good at hiding their whereabouts. Therefore, a few of them escaped."
Ling Qingfeng, the head of the Ling family, said, "Together with Brother Xie and Brother Lu, we will speed up the investigation."
They had to investigate.
For their own sake, they had to do their best.
The Sword-hidden Villa was destroyed by them, but the martial arts inheritance here was good at hiding and assassination.
The other side's disciples came back for revenge. They, who had high cultivation, weren't afraid, but they had to worry about the disciples' families.
Therefore, they would do their best to eliminate them.
Zhang Dongyun wasn't worried about this. After Mr. Dark Cloud's projection praised them, he let them go.
Then, he made Mr. Dark Cloud disappear from the Divine Pivot Hall and project himself in the Divine Punishment Hall.
Xiao Pengcheng, Xu Yunming, and the others were still locked up.
Mr. Dark Cloud came to the Divine Punishment Hall to see someone else.
"Have you thought it through?" He looked at the man in front of him and asked calmly.
The man said in a deep voice, "I'm willing to work for Chang 'an. I don't dare to ask for conditions with Chang' an. I just hope that Your Majesty and Sir can be merciful and give me a way out."
Mr. Dark Cloud said indifferently, "That depends on your performance."
The man bowed to him. "I, Tang Ze, am willing to sacrifice my life for Chang 'an."
He was Tang Ze, the commander of the Shadow Guards of the West Chu Dynasty and a master of the eighth realm of the Blood Cloud Roc.
He came to Chang 'an first and was detained for no reason, so he was unwilling and angry.
But as time went by, he gradually realized the magic and power of Chang 'an.
While he yearned for it, he was more worried about the West Chu Dynasty.
He felt that West Chu would not be able to block Chang 'an's attack.
The news that came later confirmed this point.
The King of Chu died and Chang 'an conquered West Chu.
Tang Ze did not have any hatred in his heart.
Cultivating the demonic path made him naturally cold and callous. It was difficult for him to develop feelings for anyone.
But he still had his own principles.
King Chu had shown him kindness by protecting him, so he had worked hard for West Chu all these years to repay the other side's kindness.
Now that the other party was dead, he was powerless to avenge him. He could only settle for the next best thing, hoping to preserve the other party's bloodline.
If he wanted to do this, he had to be useful to Chang 'an and make meritorious contributions to Chang' an. Only then would he be able to plead for mercy.
Therefore, Tang Ze took the initiative to surrender to Chang'an.
He had been working hard for a long time, so Zhang Dongyun let him go.
"However, you have to remember one thing. Those who are willing to submit to Chang'an will be spared from death."
Mr. Dark Cloud said lightly, "Those who are stubborn will only die."
Tang Ze said in a deep voice, "I understand."
Mr. Dark Cloud nodded. "Go back to your old place. There is room for you to show your skills."
"… Yes, sir."
Tang Ze was a little surprised.
The other party had the bearing of not doubting the people he used and not using the people he doubted.
Thinking of this, Tang Ze also made up his mind to live up to the other party's trust.
He was indifferent and even cold, but he abided by several of his principles. Among them, he was grateful and kept his words.
Tang Ze did not say anything more. After bidding farewell to Mr. Dark Cloud, he returned to his old place.
As the former commander of the Dark Guards of the royal family, his status in West Chu was equivalent to that of Yang Li when he was the Pavilion Master of the Eastern Tang Dark Pavilion.
When the former Dark Emperor of West Chu returned to his old place, he hid everywhere and launched guerrilla attacks. Those who were dissatisfied with Chang'an were all killed.
It was much more convenient for Tang Ze to find them than for Ling Qingfeng, Xie Han, and the others.
Zhang Dongyun handed over the matter to the other party and no longer worried about West Chu.
He began to focus more on the construction task to improve the people's food, clothing, housing, and transportation.
Although the task only mentioned Chang'an, strictly speaking, it was only the coverage of the system, which was only a dozen counties.
However, since Western Zhou, Western Chu, and the entire Eastern Tang now respected him and listened to his orders, the people in these places should naturally benefit from Chang'an's policies.
The land area of the three dynasties was extremely large.
Their population was an astronomical figure.
However, Master Zhang did not have the habit of doing everything himself.
He preferred to leave the specific matters to his subordinates after formulating the general direction and policies.
As for himself, apart from the construction task, he focused on cultivating.
From the eighth realm to the ninth realm was another huge threshold.
Many martial arts cultivators were stuck at this stage for a long time.
For example, Yun Mo had only broken through the bottleneck after receiving his guidance.
Zhang Dongyun was cultivating by himself. He had the talent of the Spirit Stone Jade Embryo, a high-level secret manual, and a large amount of spiritual energy in Invincible City. Of course, it was not as difficult as others.
However, some grinding was still needed.
He slowly polished his murderous aura in preparation for condensing the domineering aura of the King.
He did not know how long his cultivation lasted.
Just like that, about three months passed.
During this period, some people were happy, while others were sad.
After Qing Xia Villa's Villa Master Yun Mo, another eighth realm martial arts ghost, Zheng Tianfeng, the head of the Zheng family, successfully broke through to the ninth realm and began to condense the domineering aura of the King.
Zheng Tianfeng had been stuck at the eighth realm for almost 30 years.
He had been stuck at this bottleneck for a long time. Seeing that he was getting older and older, and his Qi and blood were gradually showing signs of decline, Zheng Tianfeng had even given up on the idea of reaching the ninth realm in his life.
However, the Primordial Mystic Fruit and Divine Mountain Rock bestowed by Chang 'an City changed his fate.
After a few months of grinding and cultivating, he finally succeeded in breaking through his calmness and reaching the ninth realm.
Zheng Tianfeng was overjoyed. The Zheng family was also overjoyed.
This was an unimaginable situation in the Eastern Tang dynasty.
After this incident, the Zheng family's loyalty to Chang 'an City as a whole rose to a high level.
When the others saw this, they were also envious. They all hoped that they could make great contributions like Zheng Tianfeng, Daoist Zhichen, Purple Sun, and Mirror Moon Tower's Tower Master Yan Xishi.
However, Ren Yichao of the Lingxiao school was not in a good mood.
He went to the Great Snow Mountain again to meet Sect Leader Ning Heng.
However, Ning Heng and the others were still unwilling to yield to Chang 'an.
Facing the encirclement of the He family and the Dahe Longmen on the Great Snow Mountain, they were forced to retreat to the Northern Qi Dynasty.
Of course, Ning Heng and the others were unwilling to bow to the Northern Qi Dynasty.
However, the Northern Qi Dynasty was busy fighting with Chang 'an and might not chase them away.
They might even borrow their strength.
When that time came, they would have space to move and would not have to live under the eaves of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
Chang 'an did not pursue them after they retreated to the Northern Qi Dynasty's territory.
Although Chang 'an and the Northern Qi Dynasty were fighting in the west, Chang' an did not seem to have any plans to open a second front.
Ning Heng and the others of the Lingxiao school temporarily avoided disaster and gained some stability.
Ren Yichao stayed in the Great Snow Mountain. For the first time, he was a little reluctant to return to Chang 'an.
To be more precise, he was afraid of returning to Chang 'an.
He was not afraid of being punished by Chang 'an, but he was afraid that Chang' an would order him to deal with Ning Heng and the others personally.
However, after a short moment of hesitation, Ren Yichao made up his mind and returned to Chang 'an.
"If you order, I will be ready to join the pursuit team at any time."
After returning to Chang 'an, Ren Yichao had completely calmed down and no longer hesitated.
"It's good that you have such intentions."
Mr. Dark Cloud said indifferently, "There's no rush for now."
"Yes, I will take my leave." Ren Yichao left the Imperial Pivot Hall.
In the hall, another person walked in. "I would like to return to Misty Sky Peak personally."
It was Lin Ying, the Sect Leader of Misty Sky Peak, a famous martial arts sect in Northern Qi.
"The royal family of Northern Qi must be secretly watching our sect. If Junior Brother Chen and the others return and are discovered, the risk is too great."
Lin Ying said, "It's better for me to go there personally."
Mr. Dark Cloud nodded. "I hope your fellow disciples can make the right choice. You should have heard about what happened to the Hu family in the land of Old Tang last year, right?"
"Don't worry, Sir." Lin Ying nodded.
Mr. Dark Cloud waved his hand. "Go."
When Chang 'an had just replaced the Eastern Tang Dynasty, the other six dynasties in the Eastern Border were not particularly shaken.
However, in less than half a year, Chang 'an had taken over the Western Chu and Western Zhou Dynasties again.
A small half of the entire Eastern Border Continent was under their control.
This was a huge shock to Northern Qi, Eastern Jin, Southern Chen, and Southern Liang.
Right now, undercurrents were surging within the various dynasties.
Naturally, the royal family was facing a great enemy.
However, some of the famous forces in the four dynasties had various thoughts.
Chang 'an treated ordinary people well. This did not affect some people much.
However, Yun Mo and Zheng Tianfeng, who were originally at the Eighth Realm, broke through to the Ninth Realm one after another.
Gu Hechuan, who was at the Seventh Realm, broke through to the Eighth Realm.
The news came one after another, and it touched many people's nerves.
One person could be considered a coincidence, but many people improved in a short half a year. Was it still a coincidence?
This caused many people's hearts to become excited.
The Northern Qi Dynasty, which was at war with Chang 'an, was no exception.
The royal family was racking their brains to unite all the major sects in the country to fight against Chang 'an.
However, these sects all had different thoughts.
On this day, a snow gull flew to Yuquan Peak.
The snow gull went straight into the pill recipe of Yuquan Peak's Master, Daoist Miaoqing.
As soon as it fell into Daoist Miaoqing's hands, the snow gull turned into real snow.
However, words appeared on the snow.
Daoist Miaoqing looked at the words and was silent for a long time.
The pill room door opened, and Daoist Fei Shuang, Daoist Miaoqing's head disciple, walked in.
"Master, did Chang 'an reply?"
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