Shi Ziling said apologetically: "It's all my fault, I was confused on the mountain and delayed for seven days and seven nights, this ...... After I go back, I will punish myself with three cups to make amends to everyone, huh...... Let's go back first."

"Eh, seven days and seven nights, what?......'s the situation?"

Yu Wei and Ma Yu looked at each other, and they didn't understand Shi Ziling's meaning for a while, but they both relaxed when they saw that Shi Ziling looked full of energy, obviously not injured.

Yu Wei asked, "Then did you win or lose the contest with Yuan Shi Tianzun? What happened to those seven days and seven nights? You won't fight until now to decide the winner, right?"

Shi Ziling said with a smile: "This trip is finally worth it, and I successfully concluded the two-palm appointment with Tianzun." That seven days and seven nights was because I was too involved in practicing while waiting for Tianzun, so that I forgot the time outside the gods, and thanks to Tianzun who never disturbed me, I realized a new **. Actually, we only finished today. ”

"What? You forgot the time to practice on Shangqing Mountain? You still practiced for seven days and seven nights? Yuan Shi Tianzun actually didn't drive you down?......

Yu Wei complained loudly: "I said why is it so strange, there has been no news for so many days, and I don't know if I ask those Taoist priests, it turns out that you are ** sick again! God, do you know that the family and friends in Songhu City have repeatedly cared for us to report the results of your duel back as soon as possible, now it's okay, after so many days of delay, I don't know what Songhu City will be in a hurry!"

Shi Ziling was said to be red-faced, and said embarrassedly: "This ...... I don't want this either, who knows that I will forget the time when I practice...... Okay, Brother Yu, am I wrong, okay? Let's go back as soon as possible, lest the Puritans misunderstand us and plot against us!"

Ma Yu laughed and said: "I just want to break my head, I can't imagine that you have been delayed on Shangqing Mountain for so long because of this reason, and it is also thanks to the patience of Tianzun and his old man." I guess if Tianzun had woken you up earlier, maybe he wouldn't have lost this duel, haha......"

Everyone laughed loudly, only Shi Ziling felt very uneasy when he thought that he had made everyone worry for so long these days. Yu Wei asked: "So you really won? You really won the Yuan Shi Tianzun, and you won the first Yuan Shi Tianzun in the United States?"

Ma Yu said with a smile: "Of course he won, you should understand the smile on his face when he went down the mountain, and from now on, the throne of the first person in the United Kingdom will belong to Ziling." ”

Shi Ziling Zhengse said: "Don't say anything about the first and second, although I have a slight upper hand this time, I have also benefited a lot, and although Tianzun was defeated, it can be seen that his old man actually doesn't care about the first and second name." ”

"You must know that everyone in the Bright Moon Continent is good at martial arts, and there will be many hidden masters who are indifferent to fame and fortune who are studying martial arts in obscurity, and there must be many of them whose strength is far beyond our imagination, and today Tianzun has mentioned such a senior. I told you a long time ago that the first and second are all false names, as long as you can continue to move forward on the road to the peak of martial arts, people who care too much about false names usually can't go far. ”

Everyone saw that Shi Ziling had no arrogance after defeating Yuan Shi Tianzun, and they were all deeply admired, Yu Wei said: "Speaking of martial arts, I admire you, a genius and weirdo, even if we don't get reborn after practicing your self-created Yuan Demon God, there are still some people who have made rapid progress." I have long said that if there is really someone in this world who can defeat the Yuan Shi Tianzun, then this person must be you. ”

For Yu Wei's words, Ma Yu, Leng Long, Leng Hu and others all agreed, in fact, although they were worried about the safety of Shi Ziling in the past seven days, they were still full of confidence in Shi Ziling, otherwise they might really lead the army to rush up.

Then everyone returned to Zhongzhou City together, Shi Ziling and Ma Yu had already agreed not to send troops for the time being, but to focus on stabilizing the territory, so they began to stabilize the city defense and recruit troops.

Although neither side took the initiative to publicize the results of the battle between Shiziling and Yuan Shi Tianzun, there were still well-informed people who quickly heard the news and transmitted this amazing news.

The martial arts people in the central part of the country have always regarded Yuan Shi Tianzun as an invincible god, and they can't help but be surprised and unbelievable when they hear that Shi Ziling actually has the upper hand in the battle with Yuan Shi Tianzun.

However, the facts are the facts after all, as time goes by, gradually some people have found some sporadic news from the Shangqing Palace, and after confirming that Yuan Shi Tianzun has indeed been defeated, everyone has more respect for Shi Ziling, a martial arts genius. Coupled with the glorious record of the Songhu Legion being almost invincible, there are more and more martial arts masters of the Songhu Legion who come to Shiziling from all over the country, not to mention the allegiance of the local chaebols in the central region.

After a period of rest, the city defense of Zhongzhou City was renovated, and Shiziling also recruited a group of soldiers and horses in the local area, and officially established the Zhongzhou Branch of the Songhu Legion. After all the affairs in the central part were in order, Shi Ziling handed over the command of Zhongzhou to the Duanmu brothers, and he returned to Songhu City with Ma Yu, Yu Wei and others.

In the days that followed, the Songhu Legion had been constantly expanding its legion to improve its combat strength, and the imperial court was extremely panicked after Luo Linhai's defeat, fearing that Shiziling would take advantage of the situation to attack Yanjing City, and was also actively recruiting troops to strengthen its defense.

Although the imperial court repeatedly ordered the world's heroes to form a coalition to crusade against Shiziling, but there were few responders, and the original major forces were defeated and killed, and the remaining small and medium-sized forces were more optimistic that Shiziling would eventually overthrow the imperial court, not only did not respond to the imperial court's crusade order, but sent people to Songhu City to show goodwill to Shiziling.

In addition to being busy with the military training of the Songhu Legion, Shi Ziling handed over most of the daily management affairs to Ma Yu and Su Bairen and others, and he himself devoted the rest of his time to the study of the Nine Yuan Customs Clearance Diagram and the Kinetic Technique.

Although the Nine Yuan Customs Clearance Diagrams have been collected, it is not easy to fully integrate the nine diagrams, but fortunately, Shi Ziling has already kept all the diagrams in mind, and finally found the correct cultivation method after collecting all the diagrams, and then began the long cultivation process.

A year later, the Songhu Legion had expanded to 200,000 troops, plus 100,000 horses each from the Zhongzhou Branch, the Black Dragon Branch, and the Yanzhao Branch in the west, with a total of 500,000 troops, including countless martial arts masters from all over the country. This does not include the city defenders and auxiliary defense forces stationed in the major towns, if all the troops are added, the number of troops loyal to Shiziling is nearly 800,000.

Although the imperial court is also constantly recruiting, there are not too many responders, and there are even fewer truly powerful martial arts masters. In order to appease Shiziling, the imperial court sent an envoy to Songhu City in July, hoping to recruit Shiziling, and promised to make an exception to make him a special prince, enjoy the treatment of a prince, and also be free from the constraints of the imperial court.

Shi Ziling did not hesitate to refuse the court's reward, and announced that the world would officially send troops to overthrow the court in October of that year. After the news came out, small and medium-sized forces in various places responded one after another, and before the Songhu Army officially sent troops, the total number of coalition forces established in various places to overthrow the imperial court had reached as many as six or seven hundred thousand.

If you add the men and horses of the Songhu Legion, it is expected that by October, more than one million coalition troops will join the capital, and almost everyone is gearing up, just waiting for Shi Ziling to give an order to overthrow the Luo Dynasty in one fell swoop.

After the news reached Songhu City, Ma Yu, Su Songyi and others all came to Shiziling's capital mansion and asked if Shiziling would act in advance.

Ma Yu said excitedly: "According to the latest news received, the forces in various places have expressed strong support for our upcoming action to overthrow the Luo Dynasty, and many places have spontaneously formed coalition forces to respond to us, and it is expected that we can organize an army of nearly one million at that time, and it is just around the corner to overthrow the imperial court in one fell swoop." ”

However, Shi Ziling did not agree to send troops in advance, Shi Ziling said: "Although the response from all sides has exceeded expectations now, no matter how many people in the coalition army are, the real core combat power must still be our Songhu Army." Although the size of our regiment has grown rapidly over the past year or so, its combat strength still needs to be further enhanced. ”

"According to the feedback from the generals of the Songhu Legion sub-regiments in Zhongzhou, Heilongcheng and Yanzhaoguan, it will take some time for each sub-regiment to complete the offensive and defensive training plan I have arranged. ”

Su Songyi, Ma Yu and the others also felt quite reasonable when they heard this, Su Songyi said: "But now there are still three months before October, and our people and horses in Songhu City have already completed the preparations one step ahead, I don't know what you plan to do during this time, Ziling?"

Shi Ziling said: "Don't hide it from my eldest brother, I want to take advantage of my free time in these three months to go to Caiyunxuan in the South China Sea." ”

"Caiyunxuan ?......"

Everyone was a little surprised when they heard this. Su Songyi asked, "What are you doing in Caiyunxuan?"

Yu Wei interjected: "I must be looking for Fairy Ye, I haven't heard from Fairy Ye for a long time, but I've always missed her." ”

Ma Yu smiled: "You are now a family person, your wife Leng Feng has a good character and good looks, what do you still think about Fairy Ye all day long?"

Yu Wei said disapprovingly: "I don't have any thoughts about Fairy Ye, I just feel that she has not heard from her since she lost to Ziling, and I am just a little worried about her." Ziling has so many beautiful wives, don't you still have to go all the way to see Fairy Ye?"