"Is that okay?" An Xiaoyu stretched out her hand and clicked twice on the light screen, which was showing this set of special military uniforms, which was a special outfit that the An family planned to design for An Xiaoyu, in order to adapt to the battle in the jungle, and to be able to easily let her bring a few more knives.

The overall color of the costume is naturally white, since the last incident, An Xiaoyu completely abandoned the black shape, and changed to a white or army green dress, this time to the deep mountain border in winter, it is naturally more suitable for white.

She had been discussing with the designers and administrators of the An family for a whole day, because such a dress represented An Xiaoyu's first official expedition, and all the actions were in the eyes of the people, and there could be no regrets.

So her requirements for this dress are almost harsh, which makes the designer even bigger, but An Xiaoyu is the seventeenth lady of the family, so she naturally has to serve with all her heart, so although she is exhausted, he is still discussing various possibilities in front of the light screen with the high-spirited An Xiaoyu.

A dress from simple to complex, and again from complex to simple, so after a few times, it finally became a final, the designer took the design drawing to put it into practice with relief, and Ying Shen looked at An Xiaoyu next to him and smiled, and then took out the recustomized knife.

This time, the short knife is still made of the snow-white material, but it is vaguely still a little translucent, it should be said that this is an anti-freeze material, and the temperature itself does not decrease too much with the temperature, so it is difficult to form frost on it, preventing the handle from freezing on the hand.

An Xiaoyu looked at the short knife in front of her, a little surprised: "The two separable long knives you gave me last time are actually quite easy to use, but you didn't continue to use them this time?" ”

Ying Shen smiled bitterly: "I watched your battle video last time, and found that when you used those two knives, your strength and speed were obviously attenuated, I think it's better to follow the traditional way, anyway, now that space technology is changing with each passing day, maybe I can still get a space scabbard out, and then you don't have to worry about bringing knives." ”

An Xiaoyu smiled, in fact, she also felt it herself, the kind of split long knife without a handle is not used in a short knife, first of all, the traction of the energy itself has a certain limit on the trajectory and range of the blade's flight, and then the need to use the blade collision to cause a change in the trajectory, which is equivalent to two less knives in action.

In fact, she originally wanted to talk to Ying Shen, but then she fell into a state where she didn't want to care about anything, and naturally she was not in the mood, but she didn't expect Ying Shen to be Ying Shen, a forging master who focuses on forging not only needs superb forging technology, but also needs to understand the employer's battle.

This time, the short knife style, except for the addition of frost-resistant materials that appear a little translucent, has not changed otherwise, and it seems that Ying Shen does not dare to innovate in the style casually, so as not to affect An Xiaoyu's battle outside.

If it's a simple battle, it's okay, if it's a duel with a master, the slightest mistake may be a catastrophe, and I don't know what kind of danger I'm going to encounter when I go to the border this time, alien races, awakened beasts, predators, and peripheral factions, these are all things that make An Jia nervous.

On the contrary, An Xiaoyu didn't look nervous, changed into a re-customized outfit, inserted seven knives into the scabbard, and entrusted the An family to send the remaining part to the suitcase of the Three Thousand Academy, ready to be used at the border for backup.

Lifted the hem of the white robe, raised his hand and pulled out two knives, An Xiaoyu's hand bloomed with two flickering knife flowers, and with a shake of his hand, he floated freely around An Xiaoyu's body, and the shadow of the knife light fell in the air to form an afterimage, like petals flying in the air.

An Ming looked a little stupid, and after An Xiaoyu finished trying his hands and took back the two knives, he smiled dumbly, clapped his palms and said: "Your sword technique is really perfect, I'm afraid that the entire An family's control of the knife technique has not been able to surpass yours." ”

An Xiaoyu smiled, but she was not modest, she happily accepted such a high hat, and after saying goodbye to Ying Shen, she left the design room, followed An Ming's side, and walked out of the room.

"Big brother is looking for me?" An Xiaoyu looked at the scenery in the courtyard of the An family, which was still like spring, in fact, it was some cold-resistant plants that were still showing green, and she didn't know how much money and how much energy the An family spent to turn the yard into a spring-like appearance.

An Ming's leather boots stepped on the path in the courtyard, and said with a smile: "I was ordered to ask you if you need to sit and watch the follow-up exercises of the Tao. ”

An Xiaoyu also smiled, knowing that it should be at this time, and she herself had thought about this problem, so she came back this time to consult with the administrator, so she said: "I don't need the follow-up exercises, you know that in terms of controlling the law, it is obvious that it has a greater advantage to enter the Dao with gods, and there is no need to turn the divine soul in the body into a god." ”

"Well, I'm just here to ask, in fact, this result is also what we expected, but in the future, when you settle down, I'm afraid there is nothing to learn, and we can only provide some human and material help."

"Does the eldest brother think that I joined the An family just for profit?" An Xiaoyu asked with a smile, directly saying this question, which has always been very sensitive to both parties and has never been raised.

An Ming didn't expect An Xiaoyu to go to the Eastern Wilderness for a few days, but he actually went straight like a big-headed soldier, stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "Maybe it was at the beginning?" Or maybe not. Anyway, I can't see exactly what you're going to do now, do you want to form your own faction? ”

An Xiaoyu did not hide it: "The second An family is my godfather after all, and it is difficult to participate in various battles as a family in the cultivation world, after all, the cultivation family must always be consistent with the empire, and when I want to do it, in fact, there are times when there are still some differences from what the people above the empire think." ”

"So I want to form a force, this force is about three parts, one part is the Eastern Wilderness Army, President Pei has already given me power, I am asking them to integrate all the original Eastern Wilderness local troops in the Eastern Wilderness, conduct unified training, and continue to expand the number of members, first reach the number of a company."

"The second part is my power in the imperial capital, including the intelligence network that has been established, and the convergence of some combatants, but obviously this part is more difficult, after all, the imperial capital is still a puddle of troubled water, and not everyone can reach in and touch the fish."

"The third part is some of my allied families, including the Wei family, the An family, the Lei family, and the Jiang family, to ensure the relative stability of my rear when I deviate, and to provide some material, manpower, and information support when I attack."

An Ming listened to An Xiaoyu's vision, listened and thought at the same time, asked a few questions from time to time, and pointed out the overlooked parts and wrong parts of An Xiaoyu's original rough plan through rich experience to supplement and correct, so that An Xiaoyu's plan was more substantial.

And he also proposed: "As for the power of the imperial capital you mentioned, I don't think there is anything that cannot be solved by controlling an underground force, first of all, the underground form of the imperial capital has always been like this, although the times are changing with the times, but the existence of underground forces is an inevitability." ”

"All parties will not interfere with the normal development of the underground forces, just like the whitewashing of the gray rope now, as long as it does not involve the core interests of the empire, the empire will not interfere too much. In the midst of every change of times, new underground forces will inevitably emerge, and these forces are undoubtedly the means for all parties to obtain benefits on the surface. ”

"At the beginning, the stage of the initial rise of the underground forces will inevitably depend on the controller of the interests of one party, and they may be able to break away later, or they may be discovered and annihilated in the process of seeking freedom, and a new party force will be born."

"This is the inevitable law of development of underground forces, Ash Rope was like this at the beginning, and Yixiangxuan was like this at the beginning, otherwise do you think that the manager of a small street in Yixiangxuan can really transport drugs to the imperial capital, and can also sell them in a quarter of the city?"

An Xiaoyu only then knew that there was such a first layer: "In other words, the empire actually supports someone to control the underground forces?" When the underground forces develop to a certain period, they will inevitably get out of control, and after they get out of control, they will either go to extinction or seek whitewashing. ”

An Ming nodded: "That's it, Che Zichang must also know this law, so he began to carry out the whitewashing work frantically, and the biggest resistance he has to face comes from two, one is from the obstacles of the forces on the surface, and the other is from the voice of the gang who wants to rejoin the command of a big man." ”

"Then if I make an alliance with the Gray Rope at this time to help them clear their name, and I begin to slowly accept this part of the underground forces they now govern......"

"That's right, at this time, you and the gray rope reached an alliance, you can help the gray rope resist the pressure on the surface at the same time, and you can make the voices of those who seek the protection of the big guy die down, and then justifiably bring the original territory of the gray rope under your command, and then a quarter of the underground forces in the entire imperial capital will be yours, and no one dares to touch your territory, you can't develop how you want?"

Listening to An Ming's statement, An Xiaoyu was really a little moved to be honest, and she also began to realize that she still didn't know enough about the laws of various situations and force changes, so when facing Ash Rope, she couldn't find a way to turn it into an ally when facing any force.

But there are two main things she is worried about, one is that her own forces are mainly above the cultivators and the military, and the underground forces are a field that she is not familiar with at all, and how she should operate and control it still needs to be considered.

The second is that if she really wants to control these underground territories, then she must also accept the rules of the underground world, do some shady things, and obtain some unknown benefits, otherwise she will be rejected by the entire underground world, and she is actually disgusted with these things.

An Ming seemed to see her concerns, and continued: "The underground forces still have to exist after all, if you don't control them, they will fall into the hands of others, do you want people like Wei Jingchang or Ma Shengshi to control these underground businesses?" At least you'll be able to limit some of the most heinous parts of the sin without letting them spread like Yi Xiang Xuan. ”

"However, I don't have any experience in this area...... An Xiaoyu shook his head and said: "Compared with the eldest brother and Wei Qingxuan, I am still a little too tender after all, I am the kind of person who calculates one person, you are all masters of calculating a city, I have no self-confidence." ”

An Ming smiled: "Wei Qingxuan and I, what else is it, the people in charge of these big families, the things they have been exposed to since childhood are all for today's achievements, I don't think there is anything clever, and I don't think there is any difference between calculating one person and calculating a city, it's just that the fields are different." ”

"What's more, if you want to control the entire underground force, do you have to do it yourself? Any person in power must jump out of the circle of calculation, from battle to strategy, and do not have to go deep into danger, this is the royal way, I think you can train the west to become the commander of the Eastern Wilderness Army. ”

An Xiaoyu was thoughtful, and his pace began to slow down, An Ming had a smile on his face, and did not interrupt An Xiaoyu's thinking, he knew that An Xiaoyu was already considering the possibility of accepting the southeast city of Gray Rope, as for what kind of person to appoint to take over the underground world, this is not something An Ming can instruct.

The gentleman does not build walls, after all, he is still the heir of the second family, and he must agree with the empire.

The two of them walked on the path like this, the cold winter wind blowing An Xiaoyu's hair and long clothes, and the snow-white boots stepped on the stone road, making a crisp sound. An Ming looked down, only to find that An Xiaoyu had grown a lot taller in the past half a year.

Thinking of the little girl who had just come to An's house and needed the companionship of the administrator to be at ease, An Xiaoyu has obviously become a mature adult, not only in terms of age and body, but also in terms of belief and vision in her heart.

An Ming sighed a little, just now he boasted that he was a person who had been in contact with the general trend since he was a child, but seeing An Xiaoyu's growth rate, he really didn't dare to call himself a genius.

It wasn't until An Ling finished her cultivation and jumped up and down from a distance that she threw herself into An Xiaoyu's arms that An Xiaoyu's thinking ended temporarily, patted An Ling's back, turned back to An Ming and said, "Thank you, big brother, for your advice." ”

An Ming smiled and nodded: "It's all family." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, but An Ling was not happy: "What are you two playing dumb riddles again?" Sister Xiaoyu, come on! The day before yesterday, Liu Yun also said that he sent me many Tiandu specialties, and I didn't have time to break through these days, just when you came, let's eat together! ”

An Xiaoyu glanced at An Ling in surprise, she didn't expect this little girl to break through again, and she was one step away from being able to break through the mountain level and reach Yunxing, such a speed is also extremely fast, the little girl is only sixteen now, although it is not comparable to An Xiaoyu, but it is not a dream to step into the master realm before the age of twenty.

Just when An Xiaoyu completely ignored the interior of the Three Thousand Academy, the mecha department had already begun to prepare for the opening of the academy tomorrow morning, and the two hundred and twenty people in the freshman year went to the western border to carry out support activities, and the three thousand academy spent a whole day discussing this matter.

Especially when it comes to the imminent departure of the mecha department to the border, there is always a talk about the state of the Autonomous Council, but unfortunately no one knows what kind of discussion or even struggle is going on within the Autonomous Council.

In a tearoom outside the school, several students wearing the uniforms of the Three Thousand College and wearing the badge of the junior were sitting next to the tea table, holding teacups in their hands and elegantly trying to enjoy the leisure of the afternoon, there were a total of five people at the table, three men and two women, obviously with the boy in the middle as the core.

The boy in the middle has a bronze ring on the little finger of his left hand, with slightly angular knuckles, which looks particularly heavy, and his own body also has a calm and old-fashioned temperament, even when drinking tea, it is like walking alone in the wilderness.

"Brother Xu, now that the mecha department and the surnamed Liu are fighting happily, won't we make a move?" A boy on the other side looked at the news that kept popping up on the terminal, and seemed a little impatient.

The boy with the bronze ring called Brother Xu put down his cup and exhaled lightly: "Since you know that the mecha department and the autonomy will be fighting, you should know that the mecha department can't push the autonomy society at once, do you think we can?" ”

"Shouldn't the sandpiper ......compete with each other at this time?" said the boy.

Gao Xu raised a hand, motioned for him not to continue, and said softly, "How long has the Autonomous Council just risen?" The mecha department's expedition this time is just to temporarily avoid the edge, and now is not the time for us to make a move. ”

The boy's face was entangled, and he wanted to speak again, but he was dragged twice by another boy next to him, only to find that the two girls around Gao Xu were displeased, and his cold eyes saw that a layer of cold sweat instantly rose behind his back, and he couldn't say the words anymore.

Gao Xu continued: "The Autonomous Council is now mainly divided into two factions, one faction is still headed by Liu Fang, advocating the development of the Three Thousand Academies, taking advantage of the mecha department to go on the expedition, and first stand firm in the Three Thousand Academies. The other faction is led by Chen Song, advocating following the pace of the mecha department and also going to the border to support, and not to be left behind to teach the truth. ”

"If these two factions are still being discussed, you should be able to see that the disintegration of the Autonomous Council is inevitable, but now the internal struggle is in full swing, but there is still no intention of disintegration, precisely because the Autonomous Council is now gaining momentum and there is no possibility of splitting."

"A rash move at this time can only make the situation more chaotic, and the internal entanglement of the Autonomous Council will be more entangled, but it will delay the process of the Autonomous Council's momentum diminishing, so I will wait and live in peace for the time being, try to attract talents, and when the mecha department comes back from the western border, it will naturally be clear."

At this time, An Xiaoyu had already come out of An's house and came to Jiudaoguan.