Spring went to winter and came again, and in the blink of an eye, Shicheng had existed in the Luotian Continent for more than three years, and Shi Hao's retreat was more than two years, and there was no sign of leaving the customs so far.

For the entire Shicheng, although his name can still be pronounced, it will inevitably fade a lot with the passage of time, but it is the name of Shi Qingshan, and his prestige is increasing day by day.

With the help of the resources of the entire Stone City, Shi Qingshan also broke through to the Jindan Realm two years ago, and although his cultivation was a little worse, no one dared to underestimate him.

As the lord of one force, the people who come and go are the high-level figures of the various forces, and they have formed their own unique momentum over time.

Even if it was a Yuanying monk in person, he would unconsciously be a head shorter than him.

Since Shi Qingsong broke through to the Jindan Realm more than half a year ago, he had no intention of fighting for any power with his brother, but now he didn't even bother to meet the palace discussions.

Each has its own choice, and it can be regarded as a great joy, one main family, one main city, sometimes Shi Qingshan will also reflect on whether he has made a wrong choice.

But he has already understood a truth, Shicheng must be managed by someone, either he is Shi Qingsong, and Shi Qingsong's gradually stronger heart to the Dao, not to say that he is tired of this kind of lock, but it is definitely not how attentive he is.

And the core of the Shi family has never been the stone city, but the Shi family that manages the stone city, only the Shi family is strong, then the stone city has always been the Shi family, otherwise, who will speak in the stone city in the future is not necessarily.

Since the second brother has no intention of managing and has been preparing to retreat behind the scenes, he simply has to be tougher, so that the division of labor is so clear that he doesn't have to talk too much.

While he specially used Shicheng to absorb resources and strengthen Shicheng's overall strength, the good things were not sent to his own home, what were they sent for, it was naturally used to cultivate his own sons and nephews.

As for whether someone will gossip or even accuse him of doing this, how crazy it must be to do this.

Don't say that he is the lord of the city, and everything he has done is blameless, just say that the entire stone city belongs to the Shi family, who dares to say half a word, then he will have to die after three watches, whether it is assassination or open killing, it is not a matter of his word.

Shi Qingshan stands on the top of the high-rise building that was built in the city lord's mansion, it is more than 70 zhang high, the whole body is built of Qinggang stone, the length and width are 100 zhang, this building is not only high, at the top enough to take in the whole stone city, it is also the highest building in the stone city except the city wall.

Dressed in a black robe, wearing a jade crown, the whole person is not handsome and extraordinary, the first image that people see is not his appearance, but the momentum of the oncoming superior, now it seems a little aggressive, but the precipitation of time will always converge and become more imposing.

His deep eyes looked at the horizon, as if he were staring at somewhere, but as if he was looking far, far away, and no one could decipher more information from his eyes.

In the past, he was a little out of tune, and he acted impetuously, but since Shi Hao's retreat, he and Shi Qingsong have taken the lead and tempered him into a person in power who is not smiling and dignified, and his face can make his subordinates laugh or be nervous.

It's such a person, the unsmiling face suddenly thawed, and a smile came out from the corner of his lips, and he didn't know why he could be happy.

"Second brother, is it wrong for you to say that you are a brother? ”

He is in power, and he doesn't know if he usually feels lonely for a moment, but at this moment he is not lonely, there is just a sense of relaxation.

Behind him, Shi Qingsong appeared at some point, he took a few steps and stood side by side with Shi Qingshan, looking into the distance with the same look, not knowing what he was looking at.

Compared with Shi Qingshan's great prestige, his temperament is much more indifferent, as if there is nothing that moves him, in fact, there are many things that can move him, but it is by no means now.

"Why do you have to ask me, after all, we both understand many things, there are people in the city to sit, and someone in the Shi family must also be in charge, if you choose the outside, then I will also choose the inside, and as a younger brother, I will let my brother make a choice in a semi-forced way, and I should ask the eldest brother if he is angry. ”

Shi Qingsong's words were sincere, and there was no estrangement between the two sides in the main hall at the beginning.

It is true that he understands that the eldest brother Shi Qingshan was obsessed with power at the beginning, but he can't just look at the surface when looking at things, there are some deep-seated things that only the two of them understand.

What is his brother like, both of them are people who understand, and neither of them is a person with great ambitions, otherwise they would not be like that when the city was still there.

The old man of his own family was seriously injured, and in the face of the pressing of other families, the two of them had nothing to do, and even at that time, they only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, if they really had great ambitions, they should also seek a way out for the Shi family.

Although it may not be effective, sometimes there are two levels of doing and not doing.

Now that Shicheng has become a top power, it is normal to be fascinated by power, even if he doesn't have this idea.

For this reason, the two also had an argument, but at the same time of the dispute, he did not calm down and think about it, after all, he figured out something first.

Later, there was Shi Qingshan's Yiyan Hall, he successfully retreated to the Shi family, and now he doesn't know whether to call him the Great Elder or the Patriarch, after all, there is a Shi Hao pressing on it.

Along the way, the situation has changed, and the vision and mind of the two are no longer comparable to the young master of the small family at the beginning, even if they didn't understand some things at the time, but when they calm down and think about it, they will suddenly become clear.

For example, he called Shi Qingshan intoxicated with the opportunity of power to push him to stand in the foreground, and Shi Qingshan might still be happy at that time, feeling that he had a higher means, and from then on, the affairs of Shicheng would be decided by him.

But more than a year has passed, and his mind should have reacted, otherwise he wouldn't be so relaxed in front of him now, instead of a-for-tat confrontation with a gap in his heart.

After all, it seems that they have a bad relationship because of power, and it is normal to see each other and hate each other, not like the current harmony.

Hearing Shi Qingsong's words, Shi Qingshan was not angry, but smiled more, this kind of heartfelt smile will always make people feel like a spring breeze, especially now that he has been influenced by power, that smile is also much more charming.

"Second brother, my brother won't be angry with you, and I will even be happy for my Shi family, you have this mind to make my brother very happy, and I will be more relieved if the Shi family is in your hands, after all, you also know that the family is the core of the entire Shicheng and even my Shi family, if you don't have this mind, it is to worry about my brother, but everything is over, right." ”

This sentence has come over for a long time, and I don't know how many emotions it contains, and it also makes Shi Qingsong understand that the gap between the two has long been eliminated, but it is just the lack of such a conversation to talk about things.

He knew what his brother was thinking, and even he thought about it himself.

Others will only know that they are lucky, and even the entire Shi family, from a small border town, even the dynasty does not recognize the development of the small city family to the current level, who can say that the Shi family is not lucky, even they themselves know that they are lucky.

But this luck has often been thought about whether this luck can be left unwanted, because the pressure is too great, so big that sometimes both of them are a little out of breath.

There are many reasons, family, foundation, cultivation, and power, but the most critical point is that Shi Hao is too good, and he has single-handedly pulled the Shi family into the top forces, which is not excellent, then no one can say that he is excellent.

It is precisely because of this excellence that the two of them have put too much pressure on them, and others will not understand, but the two of them are panting violently all the time.

If there are a lot of people in the Shi family, then the situation will be a little better, one thing pressing on one or two people is oppression, and pressing on one or two hundred people will not have this feeling, just like I am poor and everyone is poor, then it will be fine, and the salted fish with rest assured are fine, it is similar to this feeling.

But how many people are in the Shi family, and when the child is not born, there are only three of them, and Shi Hao is riding in front of him, which makes people a little frustrated if they want to catch up, because they know that they will not be able to catch up in this life.

They also want to give up on themselves, anyway, with Shi Hao in front, no matter what, the Shi family will be fine, but they can't do it, or they are forced to do it under this general trend.

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Shi Hao can be in front, but he can't do many things himself, and even he has a day when he won't go to the top anymore, so what should the Shi family do when the time comes, the high-rise building will rise high, and the collapse will be the end of no return.

Except for the two of them, no one in the entire Shi family can take the lead, in other words, to a certain extent, the fate of the Shi family is in their hands, and they can't stand up if they don't want to.

In a short period of time, you can rely on outsiders, such as the ghost who is rumored to be the wife of the city lord, but rumors are always rumors, and they are all outsiders before they become established facts.

The stone city of Nuoda is run by outsiders, and others will think that the stone city belongs to the Shi family or someone else.

So after Shi Hao promoted them to the deputy city lord, the two felt that they had realized that outsiders could not see their progress, but only they understood that they were improving, although even Shi Hao would not care about this progress.

After the two of them were promoted by Shi Hao as the deputy city lord, the ghost also seemed to have realized that he had put down his position through the matter of cultivation, and since then, the plates of Nuoda have been handled by the two of them.

It was true that he didn't make any achievements at the beginning, and if something big happened, he still had to take over the ghost, but that was just in the past, and now whether it is Shi Qingsong or Shi Qingshan, they are confident that the big and small things in this stone city can be handled well without human interference.

Not to mention pioneering and enterprising, at least there is no problem in keeping this foundation, or it is not impossible to forge ahead, but their cultivation is too low, and they are nothing but their identity in Stone City, so they can only think about it.

Although the Shi family has the final say in Shicheng today, except for Shi Hao, who has the top combat power, there is no Shi family in other places, especially the four major troops, although they are led by the private soldiers in the early days of the family, but they are not the Shi family.

What's more, in addition to being inferior to Shi Hao in terms of strength, the four commanders are stronger than the Shi family, and any one of them is stronger than the Shi family, Dongtian Sevenfold or even Eightfold, this is already the combat power of the late Yuanying period, and in terms of close combat, you can also pull the Yuanying Monk to hang, this is already a very strong combat power, don't treat the Yuanying Monk as a monk.

In addition to the fact that the commander of the four major legions was born in the Shi family's private soldiers, the generals, partial generals, generals, captains, commanders, and even squad leaders can be said to be promoted by themselves.

Now that Shi Hao is pressing, the major commanders are very loyal, and all the armies are very loyal, if there is no Shi Hao pressing, what guarantee will their loyalty be, after all, this thing cannot be seen or touched.

Loyalty depends on whether the Shi family is strong enough, as long as it is strong enough, loyalty can be seen, after all, not all high-level people are conjured out of thin air, how can they become high-level without going through many tests, what can be used is high-level, and what cannot be used cannot be climbed.

Unconsciously, the two of them have become a qualified person in power, thinking about things more comprehensively, and at the same time inevitably starting to play the trick of power and scheming.

Some things related to life and death should always be in the hands of their own people, and now there are few people available to the family, and after the family is strong, some things will slowly be held in their own hands.

This is not like the world where there is no cultivation in the mundane, and it is impossible for many people to come out of their own homes, and only then can there be things where loyal people are in power, but there are many things that are anti-guest-oriented.

It's similar in this cultivation world, it's just that it's easier to happen because of the anti-guest, the Shi family is developed by a family, and of course the power is safe in your own hands, even if it's a dynasty and a dynasty, it's also this model.

Even if someone from his own family wants to sit in the position of the city lord from the commander, it doesn't matter, as long as the family is in charge, the things are still in their own basket, and whoever is in charge of the house is the same, as long as it is beneficial to the family.

Therefore, the two of them had to stand in front of the stage under this strong pressure, for their own good, for the sake of the family, they all had to stand up and take the lead, their own family was not excellent, only one person supported the strength of the family, and sooner or later something big would happen.

As soon as something happens, it will definitely be doomed, and it will fall directly from the clouds to the dust, and you will not even have the qualifications to be dust.

It sounds like Shi Hao has pitted them, but without Shi Hao and without them and the Shi family today, they can't jump out even if it's a pit, not to mention that they can't say what Shi Hao said about them.

If there is no Shi Hao, the current Shi family may be long gone, how can there be a glorious today, instead of complaining about Shi Hao, it is better to develop yourself, and if you are not worthy of virtue, then let yourself make the family worthy of this position.

Fortunately, the Shi family has nine Linlin'er, and the strength of the family is a sure thing, they only need to survive this time, as short as fifty years, as long as a hundred years, and this kind of pressure will no longer be so breathless.

"Second brother, if you sit in the position of the city lord for your brother, you won't have too much time to practice, maybe you won't have too high achievements in this life, but you are different, you can practice well, and then you will have to rely on you to shelter the family, and those children, you should pay more attention. ”

Shi Qingshan patted Shi Qingsong on the shoulder, left such a paragraph and left the roof of the building, there are still many things waiting for him to do in the City Lord's Mansion.

Outsiders only say that he has great power and unlimited scenery, but who knows how precious things he gave up for this power and for the Shi family.

As long as the cultivator is not at the end of the road, who doesn't want to live a few more years, and who doesn't want to go to the immortal road to see the scenery.

Although a monk has a long lifespan, who is not racing against time to cultivate within this longevity, especially those who have a road ahead but are not outstanding, this cultivation time is even more precious.

Shicheng has a lot of power, of course, the resources are enough, as long as Shi Qingshan puts down his power and concentrates on cultivation, immortals and pseudo-immortals may not dare to think about it, but the god transformation period and the Mahayana period are not unattainable, and if you fight, you can completely rush with the resources provided by Shicheng.

But for the sake of his family, Shi Qingshan may not be able to let go of his power a little, so he chose to use his cultivation time to deal with those locks that did not improve his cultivation.

But these things can't be completely borrowed from the hands of others, they have to sacrifice one person, Shi Qingshan chose himself.

Maybe only Shi Qingsong knew how big the sacrifice he had made, but would he say it? He couldn't find anyone to say, it was a very helpless and somewhat pitiful state.

In the past, Shi Hao always felt that he was too weak, he didn't have much affection for the Shi family, and he couldn't care about the development of the family, so he could only keep rushing forward and there was no turning back.

Now he is standing at the top of the continental pyramid, but the family feels that they are too weak, and they can only rush forward, and they can't turn back.

The higher you stand, the more you have no way back, even if you hit your head and bleed when you rush forward, you can only hit hard, and you would rather die than be squeezed to death.

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