Listening to the system notification, Zhang Dongyun took a deep breath in relief.
After completing this character, his Construction Experience Points had accumulated to 6,600 points.
He was two-thirds of the way to 10,000 points.
The dawn of victory was finally appearing.
In Daming Palace, Zhang Dongyun sat up straight and refreshed the system mission list.
[Construction Mission 7.4 — Chang 'an is expanding day by day. There are many people under your rule, and transportation is inconvenient. City Lord, please improve the transportation level under your rule.]
Transportation …
Zhang Dongyun stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.
This was indeed an urgent construction.
After all, the geographical area of this world was really huge and the population was large.
As Chang 'an's control area increased, transportation was an urgent problem that needed to be solved.
Even the previous communication network needed to be constantly expanded.
However, how could the transportation problem be solved?
The transportation network or roads were one thing.
In this ancient world, transportation also needed to be considered.
Ordinary animal power could not support such a long journey.
Even if the animal had enough endurance, the speed and time were intolerable.
He could only think of spiritual beasts like Thunder Dragon Colt and Spirit River Deer.
However, they mainly transported people and small amounts of things.
Zhang Dongyun, who was influenced by his life on the Cerulean Planet in his previous life, hoped to have his own large-scale cargo and passenger transportation here.
He thought for a while and suddenly remembered that the royal family of the Nanliang Dynasty domesticated a special spiritual beast called the Eagle Elephant.
Its body was huge, but it could fly fast and carry weight.
Generally speaking, it was specially used for the royal family of Nanliang to travel and could carry many people at once.
However, this spiritual beast was extremely rare, and it was not easy to breed.
Therefore, the royal family of Nanliang cherished it very much and did not allow the Eagle Elephant to flow into the other six dynasties.
However, this was not a problem for Master Zhang.
With the Invincible City system, he could quickly breed a large number of Eagle Elephants and even let the cubs grow up quickly to meet the transportation needs.
As for the problem of not being able to refuse …
Master Zhang's lips curled up.
His projection of Mr. Dark Cloud was issuing orders in the Imperial Pivot Hall.
Under His Majesty's orders, pacify the Nanliang Dynasty.
As a result, Chang 'an, which had gradually digested the land of Western Zhou and Western Chu, had a large number of martial art masters commanding Chang' an's troops and horses to march southward.
When the Nanliang Dynasty was struggling with how to deal with Chang 'an's pressure, Chang' an helped them make a choice.
King Liang, Xiao Keye, had no choice but to invite experts from all over Nanliang to resist Chang 'an in the north.
But Chang 'an came in full force.
In terms of ninth realm experts alone, there were three great Martial Emperors — Yun Mo and Zheng Tianfeng from the land of the old Tang and Zhuo Zui from the land of the old Zhou.
They were indeed no match for King Liang in a one-on-one fight.
However, with three against one, King Liang was starting to feel the pressure.
On Chang 'an's side, there was still the ferocious Purple Sun and Daoist Zhichen, who were not too inferior to Ninth Realm martial artists.
The Tower Lord of Mirror Moon Tower, Yan Xishi, and the Sect Master of Xuan Yi Sect, Meng Shen, were both extraordinary.
What made the Nanliang Dynasty even more uncomfortable was that not only was Chang 'an's army attacking from the northern border with the land of the old Tang, but it was also under attack from the western border with the land of the old Chu.
Xuanhe Academy's Dean Lu Qing, Jade Bull Palace's Sect Master Tian Song Daoist, and the Xie Clan's Patriarch Xie Han led their disciples and moved together with the army.
Among them, the Patriarch of the Xie Clan, Xie Han, who was skilled in assassination and a level-eight martial art master, was especially feared by the Nanliang Dynasty.
Chang 'an attacked the Nanliang Dynasty from the west and north, launching a pincer attack on the Nanliang Dynasty with irresistible force.
Although King Liang had issued orders to mobilize troops, many people in the Nanliang Dynasty were hesitant in the face of Chang 'an.
King Liang could only helplessly retreat to his capital.
Relying on the geographical advantage of the city, the Nanliang Dynasty barely managed to resist Chang 'an's attack.
When the Yunxiang Sect's reinforcements arrived, the Nanliang Dynasty finally heaved a sigh of relief. They could easily resist Chang 'an's army.
The Yunxiang Sect was one of the top martial arts sects in the Nanliang Dynasty. There were many experts in the sect.
The current Sect Master, Nie Chang, was a level-nine martial art master. He was famous in the Nanliang Dynasty for his Thirty-Six Moves of the Cloud Whisking Palm and the Cloud Treading Steps. He was one of the top experts in the Nanliang Dynasty.
He was close friends with the current King Liang, Xiao Keye. Together with Chansheng Academy's Dean, Lu Chen, he was a martial artist and an intellectual. They could be said to be King Liang's two great helpers outside of the imperial court.
There were rumors that when Xiao Keye killed his brother to usurp the throne and plotted against the previous ruler of Nanliang, Xiao Zhaoyuan, he had Nie Chang's help.
When Nie Chang arrived at the capital, he worked together with King Liang and Xiao Keye to repel Chang 'an's attack. This caused the Liang Army to cheer loudly.
The Nanliang Dynasty's side also started to seek a counterattack to repel Chang 'an.
However, after the appearance of the winged Flying Serpent, everything that had happened before seemed to have become an illusion.
There had been news about this Flying Serpent in the Demonic King realm.
When the Nanliang people encountered it, they felt that it was even stronger than the rumors said.
King Liang and Xiao Keye discovered that not only was Nie Chang no match for this Demonic King, but he himself was also no match for the Flying Serpent.
With the Flying Serpent in the lead, Yun Mo and the other level-nine experts attacked together.
The situation in the Nanliang capital immediately took a turn for the worse.
King Liang was helpless. He could only lead his people out of the capital and escape.
Their only choice was to follow Western Zhou and West Chu's example and seek refuge overseas.
King Liang and Nie Chang each took a different path and broke out of the encirclement.
Nie Chang's group was mostly cannon fodder.
When necessary, he had a level-nine cultivation and could escape alone.
Thus, he mainly provided cover for King Liang and the others.
King Liang's group took a secret path.
There was an underground secret path in the Nanliang capital that led outside the city.
However, with the Flying Serpent present, this path was doomed to fail.
However, a crafty rabbit had three burrows. King Liang had another secret path.
It was a waterway.
Through the underground river, the Nanliang royal family secretly built another secret path out of the city.
They successfully passed through this path and sneaked out of the city.
By the time Chang 'an's army completely captured the Nanliang capital and found the entrance to the secret path, King Liang's group was already far away.
Chang 'an's army immediately launched a large-scale search.
The Nanliang royal family carefully avoided them.
However, while they avoided Chang 'an's army, they were discovered by the Nanliang locals.
With a flash of bloody light, a Luo Qing Academy student collapsed in a pool of blood.
The Nanliang martial artist was wiping the blood off his spear when a giant brush suddenly appeared in the sky.
With a stroke of the brush, a thousand swords fell from the sky.
Just as the Nanliang royal family expert was about to turn into a porcupine, a dragon-shaped aura suddenly swept across the sky and destroyed all the swords and blades.
"Xiao Keye!"
The owner of the giant brush turned solemn when he saw King Liang rushing over with a spear.
King Liang also looked at Luo Qing Academy's dean, Yang Meng.
"Why do you have to go to this extent?"
Slowly, King Liang said, "For the sake of avenging my royal brother, you are willing to destroy the Great Liang empire that he has spent his entire life working for?"
Yang Meng said coldly, "The empire that His Majesty has spent his entire life working for has already been destroyed in your hands. I had no choice but to draw a clear stream to wash away the stagnant water under your rule."
"Both my rule and my royal brother's rule belong to the Xiao family." As King Liang spoke, he pointed his spear in the air.
Yang Meng's brush drew a line. The bird used to deliver the message was swallowed up by the dragon-shaped aura of the Dragon Subduing Spear.
"The empire belongs to the people of the world, not to a single family!"
Yang Meng roared. "This is the difference between His Majesty and you!"
King Liang sighed softly. "That is why he betrayed my Great Liang royal family first. I can only place righteousness before family."
Before he even finished speaking, he pointed his spear at Yang Meng.
Yang Meng wrote down poem after poem with his giant brush as he tried to contact the people of Chang 'an.
However, all of the magical phenomena created by his calligraphy and painting were destroyed by King Liang's ferocious spear and domineering aura.
Yang Meng's message to Chang 'an was also destroyed by King Liang's spear.
In the next moment, King Liang charged right in front of him, his spear shattering the giant brush.
Then, the spear turned and arrived at the elder's chest.
The vanguard stabbed into the opponent's chest.
A powerful aura of royalty spread from the wound to Yang Meng's limbs and bones, destroying his life force.
The elder grabbed the spear shaft with great difficulty, but the aura of royalty was so sharp that it tore the skin off his hands.
Yang Meng felt as if his life was slipping away from him.
Xiao Keye's appearance seemed to have changed a bit.
It turned into a face that was fifty or sixty percent similar to his.
It seemed to belong to his old friend, the previous King Liang, Xiao Zhaoyuan.
Yang Meng let out a long sigh. "His Majesty, I, I, am useless. I cannot avenge you …"
His voice was loud and resounding. At the same time, his flesh began to break apart.
"However, the main culprit will definitely be executed!"
His body actually broke apart on its own. His blood splashed onto King Liang's body.
King Liang was shocked and furious. When he looked at Yang Meng again, he found that the other party was gradually taking his last breath.
"I believe that the City Lord of Chang 'an will fulfill your wish for the people's well-being …"
The old scholar's body was a bloody mess, but a faint smile appeared on his face. Slowly, his body collapsed backwards.
King Liang couldn't be bothered with the dead Yang Meng.
His entire body was burning with blood. His aura of royalty was on full display as he tried to dispel the blood that had splashed onto his body.
It wasn't that it was ineffective.
However, it was extremely slow!
It was so slow that King Liang knew that it would take four to six hours for it to completely disappear.
He could vaguely sense that this bloodstain seemed to be spreading outwards, possibly exposing his location.
The blood didn't just splash onto his clothes. It seeped through his clothes and into his flesh.
King Liang could only try to suppress it as he fled.
Seeing that the effects weren't obvious, he gritted his teeth and cut open a wound on his body. He used his blood to cover Yang Meng's bloodstain.
A cultivator's blood contained extremely great power.
King Liang's cultivation was at the ninth level. He was finally able to suppress the aura of Yang Meng's bloodstain with his own blood.
The blood loss was gradually weakening him, but he couldn't care less. He had to leave this area as soon as possible.
However, as he walked, he gradually came to a stop.
In front of them, a huge winged serpent was blocking their path.
A young man stood on the serpent's head.
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