"I'm not sure yet."
Inside the Daming Palace in Chang 'an, Zhang Dongyun said, "Fifth brother isn't the only one who cultivates the transformation of the Dark Armored Dragon."
Shen Herong nodded slightly. She also understood this, but she was sensitive when she saw it all of a sudden.
"Yes, the veins of the light screen are also different from what fifth brother usually cultivates."
Shen Herong said, "However, if he also reincarnated, it's not a good time to jump to conclusions."
Just looking at her current cultivation, it was also different from the Dharma Access of the past.
"Next, let's pay attention to the so-called Southern Sect of Shu Mountain," Zhang Dongyun said calmly.
Shen Herong nodded and kept heading east. She passed by the eastern coast of Middle Land that was already occupied by Chang 'an's forces, crossed the Huang Sea, and returned to the Eastern Border and Chang' an City.
While she was on her way, another piece of good news came.
The Zhao Dynasty, which dominated the eastern part of Middle Land, sent someone to visit Seawatch City.
Seawatch City and even the surrounding Jiangdong Road were originally under the rule of the Zhao Dynasty.
But now, it was occupied by Chang 'an.
Chang 'an City controlled this place, including the people's livelihood.
To the Zhao Family Emperor Dynasty, they should have been a huge problem that they feared the most.
But now, the other party took the initiative to show goodwill.
When the news was reported back to Chang 'an, Zhang Dongyun knew that the royal family was showing goodwill to Chang' an because of the Nine Peaks Academy.
The Nine Peaks Academy was located in the eastern part of Middle Land. Like the Green Lotus Sect and other forces, it was located in the Zhao Dynasty.
When the Nine Peaks Academy was first established, it received preferential treatment from the royal family.
At that time, the Zhao Dynasty's consideration was nothing more than to resist the Sacred Yan Mansion, which was powerful in Middle Land and affected all the Confucian cultivators.
But unfortunately, the Nine Peaks Academy rose too quickly and soon became too powerful.
It was too late for the Zhao Dynasty to regret. In just a dozen years, the other party had grown to the point where they could compete with the Sacred Yan Mansion.
At the same time, they seriously threatened the rule of the Zhao Dynasty and had become a bigger threat than the Sacred Yan Mansion.
And at this moment, a powerful enemy for the Nine Peaks Academy appeared.
Eastern Border, Chang 'an City.
The Zhao Family Dynasty immediately decided to seize this opportunity.
As for whether the same mistake would happen again, like how the Nine Peaks Academy dealt with the Sacred Evolving Prefecture, but ended up nurturing a tiger and inviting calamity?
The Imperial Family had also considered this.
However, things were different now.
Back then, the Nine Peaks Academy only had one strong enemy, which was the Sacred Evolution Mansion.
The reason why the Nine Peaks Academy could still rise and grow in the gap between the Saint Yan Mansion and the Zhao Dynasty was because of the secret help from other top forces in the Central Region.
But now, Chang 'an City was a pure outsider.
At the same time, they had offended the Tai Qing Palace, the Saint Evolving Mansion, and the Nine Peaks Academy before they set foot in the Central Region.
Their future would be even more difficult than Nine Peaks Academy's past.
Zhang Dongyun was well aware of what the Zhao Clan's imperial family was planning.
He didn't care about that.
Now, with the tacit approval and even support of the Zhao Dynasty, Chang 'an's foothold in the Central Plains was immediately smoother and less worrisome than before.
Soon, a system notification sounded from a certain City Lord with the surname Zhang.
[Chang 'an has successfully established a foothold in the Central Region, won the hearts of the local people, and welcomed the gradual submission of local cultivators. The City Lord has successfully completed Construction Mission 8.3 and received 3,000 experience points as a reward.]
Zhang Dongyun breathed a sigh of relief.
After completing this mission, he received 3,000 experience points as a reward. The total amount of experience points he had accumulated was 9,600.
He was halfway to his goal of 14,000 experience points.
This filled Master Zhang with motivation.
He couldn't wait to refresh the mission list.
[Construction Mission 8.4 — Chang 'an has successfully established a foothold in the Central Region. Next, City Lord, please further expand the influence of Chang' an and rule the world. Please subdue a major dynasty in the Central Region and submit to Chang 'an.]
Seeing this, Zhang Dongyun couldn't help but blink his eyes.
This mission seemed simple, but there might be something fishy about it.
Subdue a major dynasty in the Central Region and submit to it.
Regardless of whether it could be done or not, it was definitely not a mission that could be completed by directly slaughtering a city and destroying a country.
To put it simply, subduing and submitting to Chang 'an meant that a major dynasty had to submit to Chang' an.
However, taking the Eastern Border as an example, Eastern Tang was destroyed because the entire imperial court was almost wiped out by Chang 'an.
At that time, Li Qiong was not the King of Tang or the Crown Prince. It was probably difficult for him to represent the Eastern Tang royalty.
It was similar to Western Chu and Western Zhou.
After the fall of their respective kings, many members of the royal families of Southern Liang, Northern Qi, and Eastern Jin took the initiative to surrender and avoided the fate of being exterminated.
As for the Southern Chen Dynasty, seeing that the situation was hopeless, the King of Chen personally led the entire royal family of Southern Chen to submit to Chang 'an.
So now the problem was, did he have to kill the other party until they couldn't stand it and had to surrender?
Or did it have to be said that the emperor of the dynasty had to personally bow his head and submit to it?
Zhang Dongyun felt that with the past conduct of the System, it probably wouldn't let him pass easily.
Then he needed to think carefully about how to complete this mission.
The one in front of him right now was undoubtedly the Zhao Dynasty.
Could he have any ideas about it?
While a certain City Lord was thinking about the Zhao Dynasty, the Zhao Dynasty was also thinking about him.
The Zhao Dynasty was officially known as the Great Jing Dynasty.
The current Emperor of Jing, Zhao Shuo, was already more than 300 years old. He had personally created the Great Jing Dynasty.
Strictly speaking, the history of the Great Jing Dynasty wasn't much longer than that of the Nine Peaks Academy.
However, the Great Jing Dynasty had a long history.
There was no lack of Martial Emperor experts in the past generations.
However, the Great Jing Dynasty could only be called a dynasty, not a dynasty.
This was because in the past, there was only one dynasty in the entire Central Plains, and that was the Jade Dynasty.
It wasn't until more than 30 years ago, when the Jade Emperor fell at the hands of the Evil Emperor and the Jade Dynasty fell apart that the Great Jing Dynasty became the Great Jing Dynasty.
The Central Plains had also fallen into a situation of warlords fighting for supremacy, until today, there were six dynasties.
The Great Jing Dynasty's capital, Fengming. Emperor Jing, Zhao Shuo, was strolling in the imperial garden in the imperial palace.
The officials silently followed behind him.
After a long while, Zhao Shuo suddenly said, "What's the situation in Jiangdong now?"
"Your Majesty, the people of Chang 'an are more ambitious than the Shen family of the Nine Peaks or the Kong family of the Saint Evolution Mansion."
One of the officials, I, answered, "The people of Chang 'an are now counting the people of Jiangdong. According to the results, they aren't part of the Academy or the Sect, but they are aiming to win the throne."
Zhao Shuo's expression didn't change. "Let them be for the time being. Don't prohibit trade and contact with the people. Let the Nine Peaks Academy slowly entangle with them."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The officials answered in unison.
The one who answered first, I, looked worried.
Zhao Shuo didn't turn around. He said while admiring the flowers, "What do you want to say?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." The elder said, "When two tigers fight, one is bound to be injured. However, I am worried that there might be a possibility of peace between the two families."
As for the Nine Peaks Academy and the Saint Evolution Mansion, they had driven the tiger to fight the wolf, but the tiger had grown stronger instead. This was the scar of the entire Zhao Dynasty.
The one who made the decision was Zhao Shuo himself.
"The youngest son of Shen Tianxian, Shen Ping, was killed by Chang 'an not long ago."
Zhao Shuo said faintly, "Shen Ping's head was publicly sent to the Nine Peaks Academy by Chang 'an."
Hearing this, everyone nodded.
It seemed that the Nine Peaks Academy wanted to make peace, but Chang 'an didn't buy it at all.
The possibility of the two sides working together now seemed very slim.
"Even if the Nine Peaks Academy wins, they will be greatly weakened. We can take the opportunity to eliminate them."
Zhao Shuo didn't avoid the mistakes of the Nine Peaks Academy in the past. "If Chang 'an has the upper hand, contact the Tai Qing Palace, the Saint Evolution Mansion, and other forces to attack them together. As for the Nine Peaks Academy, just weaken them to a certain extent."
In this way, they could continue to restrict the forces of the Saint Evolution Mansion and other forces, making it easier for the Zhao Dynasty to maintain the balance.
"Yes, Your Majesty," everyone answered in unison.
Zhao Shuo said, "Keep in close contact with the Tai Qing Palace, the Saint Evolution Mansion, and other places."
Immediately, someone took the order and left.
Suddenly, a guard came to report, "Elder Chu Chaowen of the South Sect of Shu Mountain has entered the Dajing Territory. He asked around along the way and seems to be targeting Chang 'an."
Hearing this, Zhao Shuo's eyes flashed.
If the South Sect of Shu Mountain joined in, it would be even more foolproof.
Emperor Jing Zhao Shuo was happy to hear the news, but Elder Chu was the opposite.
He was ordered by the Sect Master Han Feiyu to look for Shen Herong.
Han Feiyu was forced to retreat by Su Po's sword and left early, so he didn't see the scene where Su Po attacked Shen Herong again.
However, many people of the South Sect of Shu Mountain, including Chu Chaowen, were there at that time.
After witnessing what happened, everyone was shocked and doubtful.
After hearing the news, Han Feiyu immediately ordered the South Sect to look for Shen Herong's whereabouts, just like the North Sect.
When facing Su Po, the Heavenly Treasure Sword was cut in half in an instant.
The strange scabbard lasted longer than the Heavenly Treasure Sword.
Chu Chaowen also realized the key point, so he asked around along the way.
Everyone in the South Sect of Shu Mountain gradually came to their senses.
When the Heavenly Treasure Sword mysteriously appeared in the Shu Mountain area, could it be this girl's doing?
Where did they find the Heavenly Treasure Sword?
Chu Chaowen suddenly thought of what happened when he met Perfected Yun Luo of the Tai Qing Palace.
He immediately went to the Tai Qing Palace and sincerely asked for advice. Finally, he knew that the sword that Perfected Yun Luo had was the Heavenly Treasure Sword.
At the same time, he and the sword were lost in Chang 'an City.
It seemed that the girl with the scabbard was also from Chang 'an.
Perfected Yun Luo was the same as Chu Chaowen, a cultivator of the twelfth realm.
Although the people of Shu Mountain were arrogant, they still cared about the Tai Qing Palace.
Chu Chaowen didn't act rashly. He contacted the Sect Master Han Feiyu and went to the territory of the Zhao Family to continue to ask for information.
Hearing that the Zhao Family seemed to be on good terms with Chang 'an, Elder Chu of the South Sect of Shu Mountain was even more upset.
Just as he was feeling vexed, a member of the Zhao Family suddenly came to visit.
"Father invites Mr. Chu to the Fengming City."
The second half of the sentence attracted Chu Chaowen's attention. "Mr. Luan Shan of the Sacred Evolution Mansion is also visiting Grand Jing."
Someone from the Sacred Evolution Mansion?
Chu Chaowen's heart skipped a beat. He nodded. "Okay, then I'll have to trouble you."
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