On the blue street of Yunxuan City, the sound of firecrackers exploded, and the whole street was filled with a joyful atmosphere, and wooden buildings were built in the originally chaotic and dilapidated residential areas. The most striking of them all is a tall tower in the middle of a large mansion in the middle, the top of which is twice as high as the city wall, and from a distance you can barely see a tiny point.

In front of the mansion was erected a huge stone monument with four large characters engraved on it, Earth Group.

The mansion and its surrounding buildings are divided into eight areas, of which the central part of the mansion is the council chamber, the rear is the living area, the left is the logistics warehouse, and the right is the kitchen. Outside the mansion from left to right are the Medicine Hall, the Dan Hall, the Intelligence Office, the Mission Office, the Disciple Management Center, the Smelting Hall, and the Martial Hall. At present, only the Medicine Hall, the Dan Hall, and the Intelligence Department are manned, and the other departments are temporarily vacant.

They also rented a shop on the corner of Center Street and renovated it.

It took everyone a month, and Ouyang Ling's dowry was running out, and most of the houses were finally renovated. At Luo Tianlin's suggestion, the Earth Group held a grand opening ceremony.

Prior to this, Luo Tianlin asked the Green Snake Ji to release the news in the Mercenary Guild, and spread the news that the Earth Group had defeated the Demon Sect master in Qianxuan City. It's not about boasting, it's about attracting popularity.

Although Yunlu Xianju issued a gag order at that time, as long as there are people, there will be no secrets. Everyone will say to those close to them: I will only tell you this, you must not tell anyone else. After the descendants agreed, it would also be passed on like this, so although it seemed that this matter had been suppressed on the surface, in fact, there were more and more people who knew the specific situation when defending the city at that time.

"Xiao Jingsheng, the president of the Alchemist Guild, has arrived!" the butler shouted outside the door.

Luo Tianlin personally went out to greet him, and arched his hand: "Welcome, welcome, President Xiao, please." ”

Xiao Jingsheng glanced at the surrounding layout, and said with some surprise: "The construction is good, in just one month, there is such a climate." ”

Luo Tianlin said with a smile: "This is thanks to Elder Ouyang's blessing, otherwise it would not have been completed in such a short time." ”

Xiao Jingsheng was stunned for a moment, and immediately remembered the boxes of dowries sent by Ouyang Hong, and smiled.

"City Lord's Mansion, Yun Minghao City Lord has arrived. ”

"Hey, the city lord is actually here too?" Luo Tianlin was slightly stunned, although he did publicity this time, he didn't make any invitation posts.

Xiao Jingsheng smiled slightly, and whispered in his ear: "Of course, I came, and he naturally came." ”

Luo Tianlin suddenly realized that the new forces that could arouse such attention from the Alchemist Guild would naturally be concerned by the City Lord's Mansion, but he didn't expect that the City Lord would be present in person.

Luo Tianlin hurriedly greeted him and arched his hand: "The Lord of Cloud City has come to congratulate him, Luo has missed the welcome, please take a seat." ”

Yun Minghao smiled and nodded, carefully looking at the young man in front of him, he always felt as if he had seen it somewhere.

"Lord Lord, you seem familiar, have we seen each other before?"

Luo Tianlin said with a smile: "The Cloud City Lord should still remember the alchemy competition more than a year ago, when someone from the Demon Sect made trouble. ”

Yun Minghao's eyes lit up, "I remember, you are the champion of that conference, Luo Tianlin." I didn't expect that in just one year, you have become the master of a faction, rare, really rare, but if you want to gain a firm foothold, I'm afraid you have to work harder. ”

"Ling Xiang Hall Master Ling Hall has arrived!" As he spoke, he remembered the housekeeper's shouting outside.

"Ling Xiangtang?" Luo Tianlin was really a little surprised this time, he didn't have any intersection with them at all, and Ling Xiangtang's forces were not in the city, so it stands to reason that he didn't have a direct conflict of interest with them.

But he quickly went out.

He was a little dumbfounded as soon as he went out, this Ling Xiangtang actually brought a lot of gifts, it didn't look like something was going on.

As soon as Ling Ru saw Luo Tianlin, he laughed and said, "Lord Luomen, I didn't expect to meet again so soon, the old man vaguely remembers the demeanor of you killing all sides and crushing all the alchemy masters a year ago. It's just that I didn't expect that Lord Luomen not only had a first-class level of alchemy, but what was even more powerful was his martial arts cultivation, and he killed all the people of the Demon Sect without leaving a piece of armor, which I really admired. ”

Luo Tianlin suddenly understood, this guy must have known what happened in Qianxuan City and the strength of the Earth Group in terms of force. Ling Xiangtang was not in the city, so he must be more vulnerable to the attack of the Demon Sect, so he would take precautions and have a good relationship with Luo Tianlin.

Luo Tianlin shook his head with a smile and said, "Hall Master Ling is too overestimated, it is the unshirkable responsibility of the righteous people to deal with the Demon Sect, if the Demon Sect dares to launch an attack on this city, then the Earth Group will definitely rush to the front." ”

"Okay! That's right! I, Ling Xiangtang, will definitely do my best to help when the time comes!" Ling Ru gave him a thumbs up.

"Hall Master Ling, please!"

After these three major forces, some small sects and families also came to congratulate. Most of them saw that the three major forces in and outside the city came to congratulate at the same time, and speculated that the newly established sect might have a lot of origin, so they hurriedly wanted to take a ride.

For these people, Luo Tianlin did not receive them in person, but returned to the council hall and the people from the three major factions to drink and talk.

Xiao Jingsheng was the first to raise his glass: "Congratulations on the establishment of the Earth Group, today the Cloud City Lord and the Ling Hall Master are here, on behalf of the Alchemist Guild, I am willing to establish an all-round cooperative relationship with the Earth Group." ”

Yun Minghao's eyelids jumped, the thing he was most worried about in his heart still happened, the Alchemist Guild had a wealth no less than that of the City Lord's Mansion, and he had also heard of the force value of the Earth Group, if they united, the control of the City Lord's Mansion would be greatly reduced.

He even had some suspicions that this Earth Group was secretly established by the Alchemist Guild itself. As a joint guild of alchemists and freedom, the alchemists' guild has never advocated having too much force, on the one hand, the guild is mainly focused on business and research, and on the other hand, it does not want to cause misunderstanding in the city lord's mansion. After all, eighty percent of the alchemists in the city were guild members, which was already a big force.

But even if the Earth Group was secretly supported by the Alchemist Guild, the City Lord's Mansion had no evidence and could not prove it, so it could only be secretly anxious.

As a result, he didn't expect Ling Ru to raise his glass and say, "President Xiao is wise, now that the Demon Sect is raging, many small sects and small sects have been wiped out, if you want to survive this crisis, it is necessary to unite." Therefore, our Ling Xiangtang also wants to establish a cooperative relationship with the two of them, I don't know what Lord Luo Men and President Xiao think?"

Yun Minghao really couldn't sit still now, if these three factions were united, there would really be nothing to do with the City Lord's Mansion, in the appeal of Yunxuan City, the City Lord's Mansion was originally no match for the union of the two major alchemy sects, not to mention that now the Earth Group has joined.

Luo Tianlin shook his head and said: "Lord Ling's words are wrong, since it is a joint fight against the Demon Sect, then the most important main force must not be forgotten, this main force is the City Lord's Mansion, without the City Lord's Mansion, it is impossible to defend Yunxuan City with our dozens of masters alone." I suggest that we unite with the Quartet, I wonder what you think?"

Ling Ru and Xiao Jingsheng naturally had no objections, and the three of them set their eyes on the people from the City Lord's Mansion at the same time.

Yun Minghao was completely dizzy, the other party not only wanted to unite the three factions, but even brought the city lord's mansion together, what kind of medicine was sold in his gourd?

He thought about it for a while, and decided to go back to find someone to study it, and said, "Everyone, although I am the city lord, I can't be the master of this matter alone, how about I give a few more answers after a while?"

Luo Tianlin saw his hesitation, and suddenly said in a loud voice: "Cloud City Lord, although it is a troubled time now, it is precisely because of the troubled times that he has a chance to rise. Wasn't it true that the Nine Great Sects took advantage of the situation a hundred years ago? Yunxuan City is not bad, but I think it can go further, and it is not impossible to reach or even replace the position of Lihuo City. Whether a city is strong or not, in addition to the strength of the city lord's mansion, the most important thing is the number of first-class sects in the city, the degree of commercial development, etc., so after the four of us cooperate, we don't need to spend our energy on infighting, but to build Yunxuan City stronger, I think there should be no reason for the cloud city lord to refuse such a thing. ”

Yun Minghao opened his mouth wide, the other party's meaning couldn't be more obvious, Yunxuan City was not his dish, and the goal of the Earth Group was to become a first-class sect, and he would not compete with the City Lord's Mansion for power. If they can really do it, I'm afraid that Yunxuan City will be famous in the continent because of the existence of the Earth Group, and the two will not be at the same level at that time, let alone become opponents.

Surpassing Lihuo City to become the most prosperous city in Lizhou, Yun Minghao had never thought about it before, but when he really had such an opportunity in front of him, the pride in his heart that had been silent for many years suddenly burst out. I saw him raise the wine glass on the table, drank the liquor in it, and said loudly: "Lord Luomen is right! Life is only a hundred years in the world, and it is not in vain to be able to fight for the next generation!"

"Welcome aboard!" the four pairs of large and small hands clasped tightly.

Ling Ru asked, "Lord Luomen, do we need to unite those small gangs outside?"

Luo Tianlin shook his head: "No, these are some wall grass, as long as our four factions are united, they can only obediently follow our route at that time, there is no need to add them in and make some more voices out of thin air." ”

Yun Minghao also nodded, even if the interests of the three major factions were divided, he naturally didn't want to add those gangs that didn't enter the stream.

Luo Tianlin stretched and said, "Okay, after we finish talking about business, I'll take a few people to visit the most magnificent building of our Earth Group, the Stargazing Tower." ”

Yun Minghao's eyes lit up, "The stargazing tower that Lord Luomen said, but the towering tower behind it?"

Luo Tianlin smiled and nodded, and took the lead in getting up and leading the way.

The four of them came to the bottom of the tower, and there was a person guarding the entrance, and when they saw Luo Tianlin coming, they hurriedly saluted. He was originally a commoner around, and when Zhuge Tian bought the house, he found that he had a flexible mind and dexterity in his hands and feet, so he recruited him to do the work of a sentry, and his salary was fifty taels a month, which was better than any work he did.

Luo Tianlin also felt that with the existence of the telescope, ordinary people could take on this important task, and now there was a shortage of manpower, so he recruited a few more people for rotation.

The four of them climbed to the top of the stargazing tower, which was a small platform four feet square, and a strange circular object was erected in the middle of the platform, and it even seemed a little crowded if all four people were on it.

Looking around from here, the scenery of the entire Yunxuan City can be seen in full view, and even the rivers and mountains in the distance can be seen.

Luo Tianlin explained: "Although this place is called a stargazing platform, it is also an important sentry post, and we can see a long distance from here, once a demon cult person attacks, then we can prepare early." ”

Yun Minghao nodded and said: "This design is really good, but Lord Luomen, there is a problem, this place is too high, although we can see far away, it is difficult to see the surrounding scene clearly with our eyesight, and it is even more difficult if it is at night." If it were an ordinary person to serve as a sentinel, I am afraid that the effect would be extremely poor. ”

Luo Tianlin smiled: "Yes, we naturally have considered this situation, but with it, there is no need to worry about this problem." He pointed to the round object in the middle.

This object is small at the bottom and large at the top, and it can also be turned in all directions, and the three of them have actually noticed this strange thing for a long time, but they don't know what it does.

Luo Tianlin pointed to the small end and said, "Cloud City Lord, please close one eye and look inside with the other." ”

Yun Minghao followed his words, and looked towards the opening of the small end, and suddenly a huge building came to him, and there were three big characters of the City Lord's Mansion hanging on it.

"This, this, this is amazing!!" Yun Minghao, as the lord of a city, actually became stammering, which shows how shocked he was just now.

"Hey, let's see. Xiao Jingsheng saw his performance, and he couldn't hold back in his heart, so he hurriedly urged.

Yun Minghao handed over the thing. Xiao Jingsheng looked inside, and his reaction was not much better than that of the other party. It's all sluggish. He turned slightly, looked around Yunxuan City, and then sighed deeply, "I finally know why Luomen mainly built such a tall tower, it's really amazing!"

He handed the object in his hand to Ling Ru on the side, and after the latter turned around, he actually saw the entrance of his sect, and his heart was shocked, with this, wouldn't it be said that if Ling Xiangtang was attacked, the Earth Group would be able to find out and warn him as soon as possible?

"I'm convinced, Lord Luomen really has great powers, and he can get such a divine weapon, I don't know what this thing is called?"

"Actually, this is a little gadget of my own design, called a telescope, if you like it, I can give you a smaller telescope as a gift. After Luo Tianlin made this large telescope, he also made a few small telescopes with excess scraps, but that kind of telescope can be magnified about ten times at most, which is of little use.