After the alliance between Stygian and the Ghost Army, the military strength of the Stygian Harbor increased dramatically, putting pressure on the neighboring town of Estuary. Its mayor Lin Miao came uninvited and took the initiative to show favor to me, not only gave me a batch of weapons, but also planned to pay monthly tribute under the coercion of Qilang!

But I couldn't listen to it anymore and couldn't help but speak out against it.

Lin Miao was confused by my attitude, and she didn't seem to be able to guess what I meant by this. He turned his head to look at Shichiro again and asked tentatively, "This...... Ahem, ghost handsome, what is your opinion? ”

Qilang was expressionless, and he didn't look at me, and said directly to Lin Miao: "Mayor Lin, since Lord Zhai Hong Kong said so, naturally his opinion shall prevail!" However, I still have two requests, I wonder if the mayor will be able to grant them? ”

"Ghost handsome, please speak! Please speak! ”

"Now that the population of Hades Harbor is booming, there is no place to spare. I would like to borrow a piece of land in the town of the estuary and use it to build several armor workshops and strengthen the armament. This little request, Mayor Lin won't give face, right? ”

"Yes! OK! When Lin Miao heard that he was just borrowing the site to build a workshop, he hurriedly agreed.

"In addition, since the town of Estuary wants to form an alliance with the Underworld, according to the number of troops, it should take the Underworld as the leader. If a foreign enemy invades Hekou Town, our Hellport coalition will send troops to help. If an enemy wants to harm the Harbor, shouldn't the Estuary also support the Harbor? ”

"Uh...... That's ...... nature."

"Good! Mayor Lin is really refreshing! Qilang slapped his thigh and shouted: "According to what the Zhai Harbor Lord said, Hekou Town does not need to pay military expenses to the Harbor every month, but once a war breaks out, Estuary Town needs to obey the command of the Zhai Harbor Lord!" What does Mayor Lin think? ”

Lin Miao wiped her sweat, as if relieved, and nodded hurriedly: "So good!" So much better! Ghost Shuai, Lord Zhai Gang, can we make a decision? ”

"It's a deal!" Shichiro replied.

Shichiro's two requests are indeed not excessive, and at the same time, they can also solve the problem of nowhere to build an armor workshop in the harbor, so I have nothing to object. So I said, "One word is a deal!" ”

Lin Miao got the affirmative answer from me and Qilang, and her face immediately cleared, and even the fat on her face trembled with a smile. After agreeing with me on the date and manner of the delivery of the weapons, he happily took his farewell and returned to Hekou Town.

As soon as Lin Miao left, Qilang asked me, "Why don't you want to take his money?" I heard that he once set you up when he came to attack the Stygian Harbor in Mighty Waterfall City before, what are you doing with this wall-top grass? ”

I said: "I know that this Lin Miao is not the kind of person who promises a thousand dollars, but after all, Hekou Town is an old neighbor of the Stygian Harbor, and we should support each other more than to bully them." ”

"Humph! I'm afraid that even Lin Miao himself disdains this truth! Shichiro sneered, "If there is a chance to kill the Stygian Harbor and make a profit from it, it is estimated that he will sell the Stygian Harbor as soon as possible!" ”

"That being said, is it because others may have bad intentions that we should take action first? Isn't that a sin to be added to? "I really can't disagree with Shichiro.

Shichiro said again, "So what? According to me, the strategic location of Estuary Town is very important, if it can be directly incorporated into the territory of the Harbor, it will be more beneficial to our future development, and the chances of winning against the Yin army will be greatly increased! ”

The more I listened, the more frowning I became, "You mean to take Estuary Town directly?" Stygian Harbor and Estuary Town have always had a good relationship, and Lin Miao just gave a big gift, but you want to annex his Estuary Town? This is not the work of a benevolent person, and it is completely contrary to the righteousness you said before! ”

When it comes to this, it's actually hard to hear. This is also the first dispute between me and Shichiro since the alliance between Stygian and the Ghost Army!

Shichiro looked at me quietly, not continuing to defend himself, nor wanting to be angry. It can be seen that he still respects my opinion very much, including my previous denial of his practice of asking Lin Miao for military expenses, and he did not compete with me in front of Lin Miao, but took the initiative to give in and take my opinion as the mainstay.

Perhaps, these two sentences I said are indeed a bit heavy.

"Kindness is a good character, and so is benevolence." Shichiro sighed, stood up and walked out, leaving only this sentence lightly: "But as a leader, a brave man who is determined to save the world, liberate the underworld, and do a great and fearless cause, he should not be bound by these small sections, and he should be domineering when he should be domineering!" ”

I looked at the back of Shichiro leaving, and couldn't help but sigh too: "Is he too domineering, or am I too soft-hearted?" ”

The alliance between the Stygian Harbor and the Ghost Army, although it is a very correct decision from both the overall situation and the general righteousness. However, the combination of the two forces, which were originally unrelated, will inevitably involve the interests of all sides, and there will inevitably be various contradictions.

Shichiro and I, as the leaders of both sides who are trying to bring this to fruition, must not have any more suspicions and estrangements, and even a quarrel will have a negative impact on future cooperation. As for who is right and who is wrong in the matter of the attitude towards Hekou Town this time, I'm afraid we will have to wait until after the big battle with the Yin Army to know!

Speaking of the Yin Army, Shichiro once told me when he came: The undercover agents he plotted against and planted in the undercover mansion were not only Lu Zhidao, Lu Yu and others, even in the Yin Army after the strict rectification campaign of King Yama, he still retained a few eyeliner, and every month or two he would secretly pass on some news about the underworld and the Yin Army.

I didn't rush to inquire about the identities of these eyeliners, but it is estimated that they should only hold positions such as middle and low-level officers on the surface, and it is difficult to have high-level figures like Lu Zhidao, otherwise the ghost army would not have been successfully pursued by the Yin army many times before and its strength was greatly reduced.

After another month, Shichiro once again got the latest secret report from the underworld. But this time it's still not about whether the Yin army is going to attack the Underworld, but about Dao Xiu's invasion of the underworld! The news is obviously more explosive and even more surprising!

The specific situation is as follows: Far away from the Harbor of the Underworld, there is a medium-sized Yin City of the same size as the Harbor called Tiankeng City. Unlike most of the Yin Cities, which are connected to the ground by Yin veins, there is a large, deep natural cave at the top of the city that leads to the ground. Viewed from above, the natural cave looks like a passage from hell. The sun called this cave "Tiankeng", and the underworld was also named "Tiankeng City" accordingly.

Tiankeng City: I also went to Zuoqiu City when I was running a caravan. The sinkhole is rich in all kinds of underground medicinal herbs and some vampire bats, it is difficult for normal humans to climb through the sinkhole to the secret Yin City thousands of meters below, the dense yin qi and the swarms of bats are enough to dispel their curiosity. Therefore, the existence of Tiankeng City has never been known to outsiders.

But for some reason, the passage into the city of Tiankeng City was leaked out recently, and it was known to the people of the Maoshan Dao Association. They organized hundreds of Dao cultivators with various expedition equipment, and even some guns and ammunition of unknown origin, to sneak into the sphere of influence of Tiankeng City from the cave passage on the sinkhole.

Because Dao cultivators have cultivated the Dao Method, they have yang qi to protect their bodies, which can resist the yin qi in the underworld of the underworld. They brought enough equipment to deal with those vampire bats, and in the end, they actually found the entrance to Tiankeng City.

The guards of Tiankeng City found out about this, went out of the city to intercept it, and had a fierce conflict with the people of the Maoshan Dao Society. But because the other party was holding a gun, the cold weapon in Yin Xiu's hand couldn't fight at all, and as a result, he suffered a big loss on the spot, and in the end, even the entire Tiankeng City was lost. The city lord had no choice but to flee with all the city's citizens, whether human or ghostly. Tiankeng City also fell into the hands of the Maoshan Dao Society, and it became their first foothold in the underworld.

When this news reached the ears of the underworld, the king of Yama was furious. He has always regarded the underworld as his territory, and he does not allow the Taoist cultivators of the yang world to interfere. Now that the people of the Maoshan Daoist Association have openly invaded the underworld and grabbed a Yin City as a base, I am afraid that the future purpose will be far more than just capturing this Yin City, and even endangering the rule of the underworld in the underworld!

The king of Yama was angry, and the Yin army was naturally about to be dispatched. According to the secret report, the Yin army has sent 8,000 day tour troops, led by the Japanese marshal Gan Sheng to Tiankeng City, which is bound to drive all the invading Dao cultivators out of the underworld.

In terms of numbers, eight thousand Yin troops are naturally enough to deal with hundreds of Dao cultivators. But the other side has a hot weapon in his hand, so he doesn't know how to fight this battle?

The purpose of the existence of the Yin Army is mainly to deal with ghosts, so it has always used Yin weapons and talismans that are similar in shape and material to cold weapons, and guns have no effect on ghosts at all. This is what Dao cultivation grasps, their Dao method specializes in restraining ghosts, and the gun in their hands can pose a huge threat to Yin Xiu, otherwise they would not dare to rashly invade the underworld and snatch the traditional territory belonging to Yin Xiu.

I also informed the high-level leaders of the Underworld Harbor of this news, among which Wang Shou, the Sarcastic Ghost and others still didn't know much about the reason for this matter, and they were very surprised that Dao Xiu had invaded the underworld for the first time, what was the purpose of doing this?

I said, "I'm afraid it's because of the manslaughter incident that happened in the Deserted Tomb Mountain a few years ago. At that time, the Yin army mistakenly killed a vice president of the Maoshan Taoist Association, and the former Marshal of the Yin Army, Riyou, was also killed on the spot, so the Liangzi of the two sides was concluded from then on. Afterwards, although Maoshan Dao would squeeze out and oppress the Yin cultivation in the yang world, it could not shake the foundation of the underworld. Now they have finally found a breakthrough to take real revenge on the underworld! ”

Shichiro said, "Anyway, this matter is a good thing for the Stygian for the time being. Once Dao Xiu makes a big deal out of Tiankeng City, the underworld will have no time to take care of our side. ”

"Hmm."

All the Yin cultivators, including me, nodded in agreement with his point of view.

But I still have a vague sense of foreboding. With the strong intervention of Dao Xiu, the underworld, which was already very unpeaceful, will definitely become more chaotic and turbulent. Dao cultivation, Yin cultivation, and ghost cultivation, the tripartite forces representing their different interests, are they going to fight a big war in this underground world after all?