Hearing the system notification, Zhang Dongyun heaved a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, he had made extra preparations, and the Evil Emperor had left behind a foreshadowing.
Otherwise, even if he conquered the Zhao Dynasty, he would not be able to complete the mission. He could only torture Zhao Shuo slowly and force him to submit. Then, he would lead the entire Zhao Dynasty to surrender.
Now, he did not need to go through so much trouble.
"Do the other people under your rule know about this?"
Zhang Dongyun asked.
Lou Ning nodded. "Your Majesty, I have already informed them. There should not be any blind people. If there are any accidents, I am confident that I can solve it quickly."
As the founder of the country, Lou Ning's words carried weight in the Lou Dynasty.
However, once he surrendered to Chang 'an and bowed his head, the entire Great Yin Empire would naturally be demoted as well.
Lou Ning was willing to do so, but it was hard to say what the other people under him would think.
"Then I'll leave it to you," Zhang Dongyun said calmly. "Clean up the Zhao Dynasty's territory as soon as possible."
If there were really people who didn't know better, Lou Ning could deal with them. For Castellan Zhang and Chang 'an, it was equivalent to having an additional amount of experience to protect.
Of course, since Lou Ning was loyal to him, Zhang Dongyun would not treat him and the Dayin Dynasty unfairly.
Although the Dayin Dynasty would be demoted in name, the expansion of Chang 'an would definitely not stop there.
Just like Chen Mengyang and the others, who followed Chang 'an, there were gains and losses. They would naturally gain a lot.
After watching Lou Ning leave, Zhang Dongyun smiled.
To him, the most important thing right now was naturally the generous amount of Construction Experience Points.
With these 3,000 experience points, he had accumulated 12,600 experience points for the construction mission.
The 14,000 experience points needed for the upgrade were gradually approaching.
He believed that as long as he completed the next mission, he would be able to gather 14,000 experience points for the eighth expansion of Invincible City.
Zhang Dongyun was excited. He rubbed his palms together and refreshed the mission list.
[Construction Mission 8.5 — The territory under the rule of Chang 'an is expanding rapidly. The communication and transportation infrastructure that the City Lord had previously built needs to be further upgraded and expanded. Please upgrade it as soon as possible.]
After reading the list of tasks, Zhang Dongyun sat alone in the palace as he burst out into laughter.
Stupid system, you're still not going to fall into my bowl this time?
Every time the System expanded, there would be a change of 16 times on the surface.
The communication and transportation network structure previously completed was the result of the sixth expansion.
After the seventh expansion, the original network suddenly seemed small.
But in fact, after the seventh expansion, Master Zhang had not neglected the further expansion of the transportation and communication network.
In addition to being busy with several construction tasks previously announced by the system, Zhang Dongyun had also been assigning tasks to the Imperial Pivot Hall and the directors of various places to strengthen the transportation network in various places and constantly connect with Chang 'an.
At the same time, he ordered Qianfeng and Huang Yu to contact other flying beasts to seek refuge in Chang 'an so that they could continue to build a new communication network.
The Azure Sky Eye was rare in the Eastern Border. Previously, there was only one pair in Eastern Tang.
But in terms of various natural treasures, the Central Plains was much richer than the Eastern Border, so the Azure Sky Eye was not so rare.
Right now, what City Lord Zhang lacked the most was a flying cloud beast.
However, after these days of accumulation, the communication network around Chang 'an had become wider and wider. It was gradually approaching the true range of the current Invincible City.
For Zhang Dongyun, even if there was no need for the System's task, he would still make such arrangements.
This way, he could greatly strengthen Chang 'an's rule over various places and greatly improve the local people's livelihood.
Now that the System had issued a task, the current situation in Chang 'an meant that he was only a step away from completing the task. It should not take much time.
Satisfied, Zhang Dongyun projected Mr. Dark Cloud to the Imperial Pivot Hall and continued to urge the various places to speed up.
Since he was not far from success, he would work harder to complete this last step.
In the Central Plains, Elder Qing He of the Tai Qing Palace had escaped. The other places in the Central Plains would definitely know that Lou Ning had submitted to Chang 'an and that Zhao Shuo had died.
In just one day, the six empires of the Central Plains were destroyed and defeated. All of them were about to fall into Chang 'an's control.
The various forces of the Central Plains would not sit still any longer. They would gather and counterattack with all their might.
Although the Zhao Dynasty was about to be destroyed, they still had another fulcrum in the eastern part of the Central Plains.
The Nine Peaks Academy was located in the Zhao Dynasty's territory.
As one of the sacred grounds of the Central Plains that had the deepest conflict with Chang 'an, they would only pay more attention to the news that Fengming City had been breached.
Master Zhang naturally had to be prepared for the other party's next big move.
If Chang 'an continued to expand, its range would definitely completely cross the Huang Sea and reach the Central Plains.
Zhang Dongyun roughly estimated that he might even expand the nine peaks of the Mirror Lake into it …
In terms of guardian experience points, he had already accumulated enough.
Originally, he had an exaggerated number of 45,600 experience points. This time, he had indeed spent a lot to upgrade Long Te, Ao Kong, Li Jie, Chen Mengyang, and the others.
Upgrading 10 Realms to 11 Realms, one from 11 Realms to 12 Realms, and one from 12 Realms to 13 Realms … Zhang Dongyun had spent a total of 39,000 experience points in one go. He had spent a lot of experience points, and he was really happy spending them.
However, Zhao Shuo, Zhao Minglun, and Zhao Pingyuan — the three Realms — returned 15,000 experience points first.
Next, he would continue to receive experience points when dealing with the remnants of the Zhao Dynasty.
He would have more than enough to ensure that he would have more than enough for the eighth expansion.
Now, everything was ready. He just needed to wait for the construction mission points to make up for the last 1,400 points gap and reach the target of 14,000 points.
In Daming Palace, Zhang Dongyun leaned back and heaved a long sigh of relief.
…
Master Zhang felt very comfortable.
However, the others felt very complicated.
Zhao Shu, the dean of Mingde Academy, looked at Emperor Yin Lou Ning, who had met up with the others in Chang 'an, and was momentarily speechless.
Lou Ning's expression was normal. "Elder Zhao, now that we are subjects of the same palace, there are no more conflicts. From now on, we should work together to expand His Majesty's territory."
Zhao Shu's gaze was complicated as he looked at the other party.
He really didn't expect that Emperor Yin Lou Ning, who had always been domineering and tyrannical, would submit to Chang 'an without even drawing his sword or saber.
How was this possible?
Lou Ning had only made his fortune in recent decades, and he had created the current Dayin Dynasty with his saber and spear.
In the process of his rise, it wasn't that he hadn't met strong enemies who were stronger than him.
However, at that time, he had rejected their recruitment and didn't submit to strong enemies.
Even when he had fought until he had no soldiers left, and even when he had to flee for his life, he had never once submitted.
But now, what on earth had happened that made him so obediently give up his foundation and country, and bow down to Chang 'an?
Naturally, there were many people in the world who were afraid of the 12 Kings of Hell, but Lou Ning wasn't one of them.
Although Zhao Shu couldn't stand the other party's harsh and tyrannical orders, he never thought that Lou Ning was a coward.
However, looking at the current situation, if Zhao Shu didn't think that Chang 'an people were magnanimous and wouldn't lie to him, he would have thought that Lou Ning had already submitted to Chang' an before him.
"Judging from His Majesty … judging from His Majesty's actions, Chang 'an won't treat him lightly. His Majesty will still be in control of vast territories in the future."
Zhao Shu took a deep breath and Slowly said, "I only hope that His Majesty will follow Chang 'an's orders and treat the people with tolerance."
Lou Ning smiled faintly. "Elder Zhao, you worry too much about this. Since I've submitted to Chang 'an and am following His Majesty's orders, then there's naturally no need to mention that Chang' an will be united both internally and externally."
Zhao Shu nodded. "This is naturally a blessing for the common people. I thank His Majesty."
Lou Ning seemed to have seen through his thoughts. He smiled faintly. "Elder Zhao, you can supervise me from now on."
"You flatter me." Although Zhao Shu said this, he truly believed it.
"The two of you, please help me clear out the territories under Chang 'an."
At this moment, Long Te walked over and cupped his fists towards Lou Ning and Zhao Shu.
"No problem." Lou Ning and Zhao Shu nodded together.
With the three of them as the leaders, the heroes of Chang 'an that took down Fengming City immediately set out once again and swept through the territories of the Zhao family and the Great Jing Dynasty.
At this moment, Chang 'an's actions were like the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves.
The territory under the Great Jing Dynasty was vast, and it spanned more than 10,000 miles.
However, facing Chang 'an's attack, it all fell in a short time.
In the end, only the area around the Mirror Lake Nine Peaks was left.
"The Nine Peaks Academy has three level-four Confucian Grandmasters. Although I heard that Wang Che went out and lost contact with him, there are still at least Shen Tianxian and Shen Yuan."
On the way, Lou Ning said.
He looked towards Long Te.
Long Te's current cultivation had already regressed to the third level of the Demon Path True Body, which was the twelfth level of the Demon Path.
Although Lou Ning was domineering, the Nine Peaks Academy had the geographical advantage, and he knew that he could not fight against two alone.
Furthermore, the Shen family's Profound Arts could make him have a few more strong enemies at any time.
"My true cultivation is now the twelfth level."
Long Te replied calmly. "Before, at Fengming City, it was the Emperor of Chang 'an who helped to reach the thirteenth level. However, it has already returned to its original state."
When Lou Ning and Long Te heard this, they were both surprised at first. Then, they understood.
Before, they were still wondering when Long Te had broken through and suddenly reached the thirteenth level.
Now, they knew that it was the work of the City Lord of Chang 'an.
However, the fact that His Majesty could transcend time and space and raise someone's cultivation realm out of thin air was really shocking.
This was not the third level being raised to the fourth level, but the third level of the Demon Path True Body being raised to the fourth level, from the twelfth level to the thirteenth level.
The strength of someone who could raise someone's cultivation realm out of thin air was really beyond Lou Ning and Zhao Shu's understanding.
No wonder His Majesty could refine a clone with the body of a martial artist. It turns out that compared to his true power, clones are just a drop in the ocean … Lou Ning thought to himself.
Long Te continued, "Earlier, the Eleventh Elder said that he will soon come to the Nine Peaks Academy with the Eighth Lady and meet up with us."
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