On the main hall of Qingfeng City, Yang Tao was sitting in the first place, and sitting next to him was an old man with a kind face, his hair was white, and he was not young, but everyone in the hall was respectful, and even Yang Tao was polite and courteous when he spoke to him.

This person is the head of their Yang family, and he is also a veteran of Qingfeng City, who wanted to assist Yang Taozheng's father in the northern and southern wars, and made a bloody contribution. Although he is now old, no one has ever despised him, even if Yang Tao is seeing the latter, he wants to call him Li Lao.

Under the main hall, Shaoshan and Yang Han stood side by side, reporting all the information collected by their subordinates.

"Recently, the two masters of Erlong Mountain are afraid that they have moved something, and the spirit stones handed over every month are getting less and less, and half of them have not been held accountable before, who knows that this time they have to make inches, and the spirit stones handed over are only half of what we agreed on. The person who spoke was Yang Han, and she looked a little angry at this time.

The Erlong Mountain in Yang Han's mouth was a small cottage in the territory under the jurisdiction of Qingfeng City, and it had always been Yang Han who had managed their area before. However, just a few months ago, they suddenly asked to pay less spirit stones in the future, claiming that they had a large number of people, and the spirit stones had no fixed income, and when it was time to hand over the spirit stones, they would pay as much as thirty percent less. Although Yang Han is the leader, she is a daughter after all, and her heart is soft, and it is not easy to see that they are indeed tolerant. Who knew that her approach did not make people grateful, but became more and more rampant, just yesterday when they went to collect the spirit stones of each month, the Erlong Mountain actually gave half directly, which made Yang Han extremely angry in his heart.

Erlong Mountain is located in Qingfeng City's traffic artery leading to the Extreme West Mountain Range, and there is no shortage of robberies on weekdays, but although Qingfeng City knew about it, it did not interfere, turning a blind eye, after all, this kind of behavior is normal in the cultivation world, and it has also brought a lot of benefits to Qingfeng City. If you want to say that there are no spirit stones in Erlong Mountain, I'm afraid it's unlikely.

Yang Tao was looking at his daughter and smiled slightly, "Then how are we okay in your opinion?"

Yang Han calmed down and pondered for a long time, "Erlongshan dares to advance a foot this time, and if you can't keep it, you will have to enter a zhang in the future, if we give in like this, they may not even be able to hand over a spirit stone at that time, so we must not let them develop like this, and we must strangle this sprout in the cradle." Yang Han paused for a moment, and then said, "That being said, the strength of the two masters of Erlong Mountain is strong, and if we act rashly, I am afraid that we will also have a lot of losses, so we must try to avoid war with them." In addition, their existence will also bring us a lot of benefits, which we cannot discard in vain, so I think the best way now is to come forward to deter and suppress their arrogance, so as to continue to use it for us. ”

"Then what if our deterrence doesn't have the desired effect?" Yang Taozheng still looked at Yang Han with a smile.

"So I think the scale of this deterrence must be grasped well, neither too intense to cause their backlash, nor too relaxed, so that they don't feel pressure......" said Yang Han's voice gradually quieted down, this task seems simple, but it is really difficult to complete.

"Shao Shan, how are you over there?" Yang Taozheng just smiled, did not give a clear answer, and asked Shao Shan on the side.

I saw Shao Shan's burly body take a step forward and clasp his fist at Yang Tao, "I don't have much of a problem here, it's just that those cottages that are closer to the boundary of Qingyang City are now led by Black Wind Village and Heavenly Wolf Village, and our words are not so important, and there is a faint tendency to get out of control." Shao Shan voiced his concerns.

Yang Taozheng was speechless, his face was calm, and he didn't know what he wanted to write.

"Gu Tian, how are they doing?" Yang Tao asked Gu Tian instead.

"According to the information from his subordinates, Gu Tian and they are now on their way back, and it won't be long before they can return to the city. Yang Han said. Gu Tian's training soldiers did not deliberately avoid everyone, and Yang Han would send someone over to inquire about the situation every few days, saying that it was an inquiry, but in fact, it was nothing more than supervision. After all, Gu Tian is a new leader, and everyone still doesn't know much about his temperament, so he must always keep track of his whereabouts.

"Oh, are you coming back today......" Yang Tao was interested, he also wanted to see how capable this new leader who was overpowering everyone on top of the big competition and thwarted Song Li with one move.

"Let's go, follow me out of the city to greet you!" Yang Tao stood up laughing. A little surprise appeared in Shao Shan's eyes, and he didn't understand why the city lord made such a decision, no matter how good that Gu Tian was, was it still worthy of being greeted by the city lord in person?

And as the daughter of the city lord, Yang Han's eyes widened, no matter how he imagined, he couldn't imagine that his father would greet Gu Tian in person, although Gu Tian performed well above the big competition, but this kind of treatment was too high...... And he can't see that he has anything good, just some strength, and everyone can see that Gu Tian just took him by surprise, and if he fought hard with Song Li, Gu Tian would probably lose. Moreover, he has led the team so many times without such treatment, thinking about it, he is really a little unconvinced, and he doesn't say it, and he is already a little indignant against Gu Tian in his heart.

Yang Tao was getting up and smiled apologetically at Elder Li beside him, "Elder Li, ...... you?"

Li Lao stroked his white beard with one hand and smiled, "Listening to you say so many times, I am also a little curious about this little guy, let's go, and let my old bones go over to see and understand." Then he got up and walked out.

The surprise in the eyes of Yang Han and Shao Shan was even worse, but they didn't expect that Li Lao, who had always been indifferent, was interested, and Yang Han's heart suddenly swelled with a strong sense of vinegar, his hands clenched into fists, and his eyes were full of disbelief.

The four of them stood on the city wall, causing everyone to talk, and they didn't know who would be able to get the city lord to receive them like this.

The wait of several people did not last long, and they saw a group of people and horses in the distance walking towards the direction of Qingfeng City. Even so, Yang Han's heart had already slandered Gu Tian's belly, and seeing that Gu Tian and they had finally arrived, the disbelief in his eyes was even worse, "I want to see what you are capable of then!"

Gu Tian led everyone, and he saw four people standing on the city wall, three of whom Gu Tian knew, but he had never met Li Lao Gutian, but he was also a person with a very high status in the city. Gu Tian was not at all surprised that Yang Tao was able to know the news of their return, but he was surprised that the city lord could greet them in person. Gu Tian is already smart, after such a long time of experience, he is no longer a hairy boy who doesn't know anything, Yang Tao is doing this just to recruit himself, so that he can willingly work for him, but this does not seem to be a loss for Gu Tian.

After a while, the people of Gutian are gradually approaching, and before they arrive, there is a momentum rising to the sky, and the momentum of hundreds of people is condensed together, so not spectacular!

Walking to the front of the city, Gu Tian waved his hand and stopped, and everyone behind him stopped together, with a neat voice and no mud and water. The hundred-man city guards stood quietly with a solemn aura.

The four of them looked at each other, and saw that everyone was in rags and slightly embarrassed, but they were all full of energy and spirit, and they were obviously much stronger than when they went out. The first person was tall, his eyes were full of light, his eyes were as sharp as a knife, and he stood there quietly like a sharp sword out of its sheath, with its sharpness exposed!

I have to say that the current Gu Tian has a solemn aura on his body, and hundreds of people follow behind him, majestic and majestic. Commanding thousands of soldiers and horses to rush to Shacheng, this is the dream of many men's hearts, but now he sees a shadow in the body of a young man.

Seeing Gu Tian's current appearance, the corners of Yang Han's mouth twitched, and he muttered secretly, "You know how to play majestic, what's the big deal!"

Her words did not escape the ears of Li Lao beside her, and she glanced at Yang Han meaningfully, smiling all over her face.

Gu Tian took a step forward, hugged his fist towards Yang, and said loudly

"The last general, Gu Tian, lead the soldiers back to the city!"

As soon as Gu Tian's voice fell, everyone behind him knelt on one knee, and the loud voice spread far away

"See the city lord!"

Yang Tao was scanning everyone above, with an unconcealable smile on his face, and nodded again and again, "Okay, all the soldiers get up quickly and enter the city!"

The soldiers got up and followed Gu Tian into the city, and the pedestrians on the street avoided one after another, consciously dodging an avenue. The city guards walked through the streets with neat steps, exuding a solemn atmosphere, and the streets were silent, and after they left, they caused an uproar. The eyes of those onlookers were full of surprise, they didn't expect that the army, which had gone out so embarrassed a month ago, would now have such a big change when they returned.

The team was brought to the training ground, and Gu Tian came to the main hall. On the top of the main hall, Yang Taozheng and the four of them were already waiting here.

"Since ancient times, heroes have come out of youth, and the ancient commanders are really extraordinary!" As soon as Gu Tiangang entered the door, he heard Yang Taozheng's voice of Chen Zan. Gu Tian's team was like a well-trained army, significantly stronger than the other city guards.

Gu Tian clasped his fists and smiled at everyone, "The city lord has won the award." ”

Everyone chatted a few words, Yang Tao looked at Gu Tian and said, "Commander Gu has something I want to hear from you now." Hearing this, Gu Tian also cheered up.

"Xiao Han, you come and tell the Gu Commander. ”

Yang Han was reluctant in his heart, but he still told Gu Tian the truth of the matter. After listening to this, Gu Tian secretly pondered, and the audience was silent.

"Commander Gu, what do you think?" Yang Taozheng couldn't help but ask when he saw that Gu Tian didn't speak.

Hearing Yang Taozheng's words, Gu Tian raised his head and saw that everyone was looking at him, so he smiled slightly and said lightly

"These people...... Kill it!"