"Eighth Sister?"
Hearing this, Su Po frowned and thought.
"Eighth Sister said that although she was injured when she came out of the Immortals, it wasn't serious enough for her to reincarnate," Shen Herong said Slowly.
Su Po nodded.
For Martial Arts masters like Ming Tonghui, him and Chu Yaoguang, it was very difficult to reincarnate. It wasn't as convenient as other cultivators like Taoists and Diabolism.
Reincarnating was also a matter of life and death for them, so they should avoid it if possible.
"According to her, I cut her with my sword and she was forced to reincarnate?" Su Po asked softly.
Ao Kong nodded. "That's what she said."
Su Po didn't say anything.
Shen Herong and Ao Kong both looked up at Zhang Dongyun.
From an emotional point of view, they didn't want to suspect Su Po and Chu Yaoguang.
But in this way, what happened back then didn't make sense.
After Su Po came out of seclusion, he didn't go crazy and kill anyone he saw.
"Based on your state back then, you probably couldn't recognize Eighth Sister," Zhang Dongyun looked at Su Po and said calmly.
In other words, even if Chu Yaoguang was a traitor like Yang Li and Ying Xiaowo, who killed Ao Kong and others and left traces for Su Po to discover, Su Po, who had cut off his past, wouldn't have reacted.
On the other hand, Chu Yaoguang wouldn't have been killed because he found something strange about Su Po.
Su Po shook his head slightly. "I really don't remember, but I probably couldn't recognize Eighth Sister back then, just like I didn't realize Twelfth Sister's identity not long ago."
Zhang Dongyun thought carefully.
According to the judgment of the Invincible City's system, it was all true.
He deduced Su Po's Sword Dao and the way he cultivated in seclusion and concluded that he was indeed in a state where he had cut off his past and wasn't himself.
Under such circumstances, it was normal that he couldn't recognize Chu Yaoguang.
"Seventh Brother, do you remember that you once went to the Tai Qing Palace?" Shen Herong suddenly asked.
Su Po shook his head. "I don't have any recollection of it. Maybe I did go there, but I didn't go there in that state to settle the score with the Tai Qing Palace for plotting against you in The Immortals. I only learned about what happened in The Immortals from you after I recovered my memories before I went into seclusion."
… Then, why did he make that trip back then?
Zhang Dongyun, Shen Herong, Ao Kong, and even Su Po himself had doubts in their hearts.
"It's not a big deal. Let's wait until Eighth Sister comes back." Zhang Dongyun looked pensive, but he didn't say anything more. He only said, "Seventh Brother has just made a breakthrough. You should go into seclusion and rest for a few more days."
Su Po nodded. "Big Brother, the spiritual energy in this city is abundant, surpassing everything I've seen before. It's truly a holy land for cultivation."
"Little sister, take seventh brother to choose a residence." Shen Herong left with Su Po.
Ao Kong stayed in the main hall and turned his head to look at Zhang Dongyun.
Slowly, Zhang Dongyun said, "Seventh Brother is fine."
Ao Kong didn't look happy when he heard this. He sighed, which was rare. "So, Eighth Sister might have a problem?"
"Don't worry. Everything will come to light soon." Zhang Dongyun said.
Ao Kong nodded and then saluted to Zhang Dongyun. "Big Brother, I'll go into seclusion and cultivate for a few days."
Seeing this, Zhang Dongyun knew that Su Po was going into seclusion and couldn't be disturbed in a short time. He nodded slightly. "Do as you wish."
Ao Kong said goodbye to him and went to get the demonic blood of the Phantom Clam. Then, he returned to his own seclusion and didn't come out.
Zhang Dongyun stayed alone in the main hall. He stood up from his seat and walked Slowly with his hands behind his back.
He looked to the west.
His vision extended all the way to the Eastern Border, across the Desolate Sea, and straight to Middle Earth.
On Middle Earth, at the edge of Invincible City's territory, Zhang Dongyun continued to look to the west.
This time, he couldn't see very far. Mountains and rivers soon blocked his vision.
Zhang Dongyun frowned slightly and looked away.
In Daming Palace, he sat down on his throne again and browsed the System's mission list.
[Construction Mission 9.1 — Invincible City is now across two continents and one sea. Communication between Middle Earth and the Eastern Border is inconvenient. City Master, please strengthen the construction of cross-sea transportation and strengthen the connection between Middle Earth and the Eastern Border.]
[Many ports and fleets in Middle Earth and the Eastern Border have been built. Initial requirements for communication between the two continents have been met. City Master has successfully completed Construction Mission 9.1. You have received 3,000 experience points for leveling up.]
Zhang Dongyun nodded in satisfaction.
It was the right decision to prepare the long-distance ships.
As the number of Taoist Perfected Persons in the Ninth Realm of the Eastern Border increased, and as large areas of Middle Earth came under his control, a large number of Taoist disciples in Middle Earth submitted to him. Not only did more people set up the cross-sea formation in Chang 'an, but more people could also set up the cross-sea transportation formation.
Most of the lands of the Ning Dynasty, Jing Dynasty, and Yin Dynasty in the east of Middle Earth were occupied by Chang 'an. The ports along the coast were no exception.
The first thing Zhang Dongyun did was to strengthen the connection between the Central Plains and the Eastern Border.
Of course, if he wanted to, he could merge the two places directly and eliminate the Huang Sea that was tens of thousands of miles in between.
Or, he could build a bridge between the two places that spanned the vast ocean.
Within Invincible City's territory, it would be a piece of cake.
However, news was not allowed to leak out of Chang 'an. If outsiders knew that he had such a remarkable ability, some might kneel down before him, but some might run away until he couldn't find them.
Moreover, with Master Zhang's personality, it had always been better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.
To put it bluntly, he hoped that the people under him would be fully active and be filial to him, rather than him feeding them one by one.
Of course, the construction mission still had to be completed.
However, the increasingly developed sea transportation could gradually meet the demand.
Zhang Dongyun refreshed the System's mission list. A new construction mission came into view.
[Construction Mission 9.2 — Invincible City's territory is rapidly expanding. The population under its jurisdiction is originally from many countries. The inherent government departments are more difficult to carry out their functions. City Lord, please further deepen the construction.]
Zhang Dongyun nodded slightly. This was also the meaning of the mission.
Every time Invincible City expanded, its size would increase by four times in all aspects.
In terms of area alone, it would increase by 16 times.
At first, it didn't seem eye-catching.
However, after several expansions, it had now reached an extremely exaggerated number.
Intuitively speaking, it had already encompassed the entire Eastern Border and the surrounding Huang Sea, and occupied one side of Middle Earth.
Even if the Huang Sea's population was small and negligible, the population of Eastern Border and Middle Earth added together was already extremely exaggerated.
The size of Middle Earth's Jing Dynasty, Ning Dynasty, and Yin Dynasty, be it in terms of total population or number of cultivators, was much larger than the seven countries of Eastern Border.
Not mentioning the Jing Dynasty and Ning Dynasty, the Yin Dynasty's rulers were pretty much completely preserved.
Not counting Lou Ning and Chu Xin, these two Realm 13 top experts, just the other Imperial Family members and officials numbered in the hundreds.
Any one of them could put a lot of pressure on Zhuo Zui, Li Qiong, and the other local officials.
Since they wanted to strengthen the relationship between the two places, the corresponding laws and the corresponding people needed to be enforced.
Currently, Master Zhang did not lack people.
Su Po entering the city and verifying his identity had a huge impact on freeing Chu Xin, who was currently on the frontlines.
Chu Xin was a Realm 13 expert and had been on the frontlines with Lou Ning and the others, fighting against the Great Ning Dynasty and Saint Evolving Manor experts.
For a Realm 13 Confucian expert, being on the frontlines was naturally very useful.
However, for the current Chang 'an, he was in charge of various government matters and could not be replaced.
In terms of cultivation and strength, he was more powerful than Gao Yu and Zhao Shu of Mingde Academy.
Although Shen Herong was talented and trusted by Zhang Dongyun, for now, Zhang Dongyun still hoped that she would focus on her own cultivation and recover to her former peak state as soon as possible, or even make a further breakthrough.
Under such circumstances, being able to take Chu Xin out of the frontlines was a joyous matter for Zhang Dongyun.
For new construction tasks, he could just leave it to Chu Xin and Zhao Shu.
Xu Xingzhi and the other old members of Sky Pivot Hall would help from the side.
From being able to hold power to being someone else's assistant, this was also a test for Xu Xingzhi.
However, based on Zhang Dongyun's observations, he should be able to adjust his mentality and complete the task.
To him, working with the twelfth and thirteenth realm Zhao Shu, Chu Xin, and the others would naturally benefit him.
A temporary hibernation could lay down a foundation for his future rise.
With Su Po here, not only Chu Xin, but also Lou Ning, Long Te, and the others could withdraw from the frontlines.
However, there was no rush for now.
However, there was another problem that Zhang Dongyun was rather concerned about.
He could not buff Su Po with a talisman.
In other words, if Su Po left Invincible City, he could complete the task, but Zhang Dongyun could not raise his cultivation while he was outside the city.
The System's wording was [Current functions are insufficient.]
From this perspective, could it be said that there was still a chance in the future … Zhang Dongyun thought to himself.
After a while, Zhang Dongyun shook his head and turned his attention elsewhere.
Earlier, he had tried to use Zheng Ximing to lure the Six Fiends of the North Sea to Chang 'an, but there had been no reaction.
Master Zhang did not give up. Since he had nothing to do, he tried again.
However, there was still no reaction.
This made Zhang Dongyun scratch his head.
He was using Zheng Ximing's name to contact the Six Fiends of the North Sea and head to the sea between the Central Plains and the Southern Wasteland to rendezvous.
Of course, they had to cross the entire Central Plains, but they could take a detour, right?
Although the final rendezvous point was actually within the boundaries of his Invincible City …
However, the other party should not have such a clear and accurate understanding of the dangerous boundary, right?
After all, according to Zheng Ximing's message, their opponents should be the demons of the Southern Wasteland, which had nothing to do with Chang 'an.
Why were they so vigilant?
Where had they been exposed?
Zhang Dongyun carefully examined Zheng Ximing and Qin Shuo, carefully sorting out the information they had divulged.
After studying for a while, his expression became strange.
Tan Ping, Jiang Zhe, and the others might not want their brother to get the Coiling Dragon Rock at all …
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