Sun Xiang shook his head: "Who would dare to fight the idea of Astor City now?" And how can the forces that dare to attack the idea of Astor City be underestimated? We have all taken root in Astor City, and we must not be uprooted. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info My safety, rest assured, the Sage does not dare to deal with me, and it is difficult for the Quasi-Sage to stay with me. “

Now Sun Xiang is already in the early stage of the Great Sword Master, and if the magician also breaks through, he can directly reach the peak of the late stage of the Great Magister. So, he had the confidence to protect himself.

After listening to Sun Xiang's words, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then their faces showed joy. They all believed in Sun Xiang unconditionally, because Sun Xiang never let them down.

Subsequently, Sun Xiang stopped talking about this topic and began to assign tasks.

He was to lead the people to set up a teleportation array to the werewolf clan; Sun Ying assisted Zhang Jinli in selecting suitable personnel to start training and prepare for entering the werewolf clan; Bai Zhaoxuan was in charge of the preparation of materials for the opening of a branch in the werewolf clan.

Sun Ying had lived in the orc clan for a year and was familiar with the situation there, so he was given a heavy responsibility.

After assigning the task, Sun Xiang went to meet the sages of the elf race and the dwarf race respectively, and informed them of the situation.

When the sages of the elves and dwarves heard that they were going to enter the orc clan and open a shop, they immediately came to the spirit, and they wanted to immediately ask the above for instructions, and they also wanted to go there with the humans to open a shop.

For the requirements of the elven race and the dwarf race, Sun Xiang immediately agreed, he knew that with these two races to go, he could relieve the pressure on the Ettu Empire.

After two months of intense greening, the teleportation array was finally set up. Once again, the Sages of the Empire of Testula have gathered in the city of Aster, and they are to study their next move.

Representatives of the elves and dwarves also came, not the representatives who were originally stationed here, but the representatives who were newly sent from the elven kingdom. Three sages, two elves and one dwarf.

Hearing that the elves and dwarves were also going together, the Sage of the Tetulai Empire breathed a sigh of relief.

The final results are in. There were a total of six people who went to the werewolf clan to study trade this time, and except for Sun Xiang, the other five were all saints. Three in the Elven Kingdom and two in the Etullai Empire. It was the ancestors of the Sun family and the ancestors of the John family who came to the empire.

Sun Xiang and the six of them walked up to the teleportation array and left Astor City under the gaze of everyone.

At this time, the old Raphael was very troubled, and was talking secretly with the ancestor of the Innercy family.

Last time, because Rafael Xuan's attack on Wang Tingbo and others was revealed, there was a tense situation at the top of the Ingkaran Empire. The Wang family and the Shao family transferred all the personnel who were fighting against the orc clan back to the capital. Under their influence, the Kempins family also transferred personnel back in order to protect themselves.

As a result, the situation on the front line was reversed, and the orcs counterattacked on a large scale, not only recovering the lost territory, but also advancing the battle line to the original border, which had directly threatened the border cities of the Inkalan Empire. It was also thanks to the lack of siege means of the orcs that the front line was able to withstand it.

Later, the royal family and the Innazine family compromised, and several superpowers reconciled. The three families transferred their personnel back to the front line to calm down the situation on the front line. However, due to the estrangement, the front-line command began to have problems in scheduling, and it was no longer difficult to coordinate several super forces to fight together. This greatly affected the combat effectiveness of the front, and there was no longer the ability to carry out a counteroffensive against the orcs.

The front line was in a stalemate, and also entered a state of attrition.

The interior of the Inkallan Empire also began to have internal friction.

The opposition to the establishment of a secular state has now torn its skin. Led by the Wang family and the Shao family, they began to restrict missionary work in their sphere of influence, and those clergy, whether they were management or ordinary missionaries, were driven out. In areas where the influence on the church is deeper, they let the believers there self-manage, self-restrict, stay away from politics, and help each other, and strictly prohibit them from accepting the leadership, funding, and even guidance of the church in the Ingkaran Empire.

The actions of these opposition immediately aroused the discontent of the Imperial Church of Inkaraan, who protested and demanded that the Empire intervene in the matter.

The new archbishop, who had been propped up by the old Raphael, was not very prestigious, and did not have full control over the church. Now, under the influence of those regions, it has lost its prestige and has been hollowed out in the church.

The pious clergy of the church, who had great prestige among the religious population, finally took control of the church. Under the pretext of what was happening in those areas, they began to demand more power, even proposing that the Empire should not interfere with the Church, that the Empire should listen to the voice of the grassroots people in the Church's response, and so on.

In the eyes of the grassroots people of the Inkran Empire, the Cult of Light is the state religion of the Inkran Empire, so there is no difference between the church and the state, and the church also represents the state. Since the church has always defended their interests, they are more willing to listen to the church and believe in the church.

They all agree with the ideas put forward by the church. They think that the Cult of the Illuminati is the state religion of the empire, and the church is the highest organization of the Cult of the Illuminati, that is, the highest organization of the empire, so why should they divide the upper and lower levels?

They believe that in the Kingdom of Light, the church is higher than the state, and then in the Ingkaran Empire it must at least be equal. Those who think this way are not limited to the grassroots people of the Empire, but even some of the upper echelons of the Church of the Empire have begun to think like this.

It is precisely because of this that the church formed by the elder Raphael has shown signs of getting out of control.

In order to bring the church back under his control, the old Raphael once again hardened himself, intervened directly in the church, and began the purge. This purge is not for the unscrupulous people who have infiltrated the church, but for the devout clergy.

After the cleansing of the old Raphael, the church was purified, and all of them became loyal to the old Raphael. However, the church has also become a castle in the air, and it can no longer unite the religious people at the grassroots level. Because the purged clergy are still active among the believers, still propagating the doctrine, and still developing believers. They ostensibly obeyed the leadership of the Imperial Church, but in fact they had begun to govern themselves.

This non-governmental self-government organization is still very loose, even very scattered, and does not have a unified leadership and a unified charter. However, their belief in the Cult of the Illuminati is the same, and some scholarly exchanges are held from time to time, which keeps them in touch.

Now they lack a central figure, a central figure who can make all parties surrender. As soon as this figure ascends to the top, those civil society organizations will immediately gather under his command and become a powerful force.

The opposition led by the Wang family and the Shao family can see it, the centrist faction led by the Kempins family can see it, and even the faction led by the old Rafael can also see it. These people are all vested interests in the empire, how can such a figure appear. As a result, the three parties began to unite, and as soon as they found the signs, they were immediately eliminated, and such a character was not allowed to grow at all.

The interests of the three parties in this regard are aligned and surprisingly united.

However, the differences between the three parties on how to deal with the current situation have begun to widen.

The opposition, led by the Wang and Shao families, once again proposed to abolish the national policy of separating church and state, abolish the church, and restrict the spread of the Illuminati cult. All the clergy were imprisoned. For the grassroots religious believers, the reform began. They appealed that long pain is better than short pain, and that they should cut through the mess quickly.

The number of centrists, led by the Kempins family, began to dwindle, and the reduced number threw themselves into the arms of the opposition. The rest believed that the opposition's approach was too radical and could easily cause social unrest, which was not conducive to the stability of the empire. Their proposal is to abolish the separation of church and state, turn the church into a civil organization, and the government will always supervise it, and immediately eliminate any signs of anti-government.

In the face of the opinions of the two factions, the faction led by the elder Raphael was stubborn. They believed that the existence of the Church could alleviate the contradictions in society as the gap between the rich and the poor widened, and help the empire to strengthen its rule over the grassroots people.

There is unity and quarrels between the three parties, but there are more times of quarrels. More importantly, all sides believe that their ideas are right, so they do their own things in their respective spheres of influence, and treat the national policy of separating church and state as a piece of waste paper.

This kind of separate style of play makes it impossible to unify the regional development of the Ingkaran Empire. The edicts of the empire also began to be blocked, and the country was in danger of being divided.

Old Raphael was anxious to see this. He began to negotiate secretly with the four super families, hoping to find a compromise solution. He even began to cede part of his interests, hoping that the empire would not be divided.

Due to the restrictions of the ancestors, the four super families all said that they would never split. However, they did not give in to the issue of dealing with the Cult of the Illuminati.

At this time, the Hill Business Alliance appeared, and his appearance caught the old Raphael off guard.

The Hill Merchant Alliance began to settle in Astor City three years ago, and with their deep financial resources and rich business experience, they quickly established themselves in Astor City and began to trade with the Elven Kingdom.

One of the most effective ways for the Hill Merchant Alliance to make the most of their profits is to bring goods from the Elven Kingdom to the Inkaran Empire. Although the Inkaran Empire still restricts the entry of goods from the Elven Kingdom, the Hill Merchant Alliance has a way. Sassoon of the Kingdom of Light can secretly sell dwarven bows and arrows here, not to mention the Hil Merchant Alliance.

is also selling dwarven bows and arrows, how can Sassoon's financial resources be compared to the multinational business alliance. If the bows and arrows he smuggled in were compared to one, the number of bows and arrows sold by the Hill Merchant Alliance would be a thousand or more.