The Imperial City, as the capital of the Hongling Empire, is naturally of great importance.

This is the center of power, the lifeblood of the Hongling Empire is controlled by the imperial city, through the Black Knife Village, the current Holy Lord took the opportunity to implement a new national policy, greatly strengthened the central government's control over the locality, and prevented the recurrence of the Black Knife Village incident.

Since then, although the various places are still under the command of the original city lord, but there are more officials from the imperial city, the city lords can no longer be as arbitrary as before, because there is a pair of strict eyes around them, once they have any inappropriate behavior, they will be reported to the imperial city as soon as possible, the circumstances are slight, just verbal punishment, serious city lord's position is directly not guaranteed, I heard that the city lords in many places have been replaced, and many people have been executed secretly.

Since then, the city lords around the city have been called a positive, and the local governance under their jurisdiction is in good order, and for a while, the entire Hongling Empire has changed its atmosphere, and in the past two years, the national strength has been raised to a higher level.

The rise of the Hongling Empire was so fast, which made the surrounding neighbors panic, and when they learned that the Hongling Empire implemented a new national policy, several surrounding empires followed suit, and also achieved great results.

Whether an empire is strong or not, the common people are naturally clear, the new policy implemented by the saint today, the results achieved are visible, and the local people are more and more respectful and awe-inspiring to the saint today, so far, the imperial power seems to have reached its peak.

The transfer of power, of course, will also lead to a series of things, when seeing that the city lords in various places gradually began to be speechless, the Hongling Empire's leading forces realized that they could no longer be the head snake, so they showed favor to the Hongling royal family, hoping to get through some doorways.

The Hongling royal family did not block all these goodwill forces, after all, the local economy still depends on these local forces, as long as the local forces do not go too far, the Hongling royal family can still turn a blind eye.

Although the political aspect is firmly controlled by the Hongling royal family, the economic aspect is still dominated by the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce, and some of the remaining local forces occupy some, because of this, the Hongling royal family does not dare to make a move against the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce, and now it can only unite local forces to balance the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce.

In the future, once the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce declines, the Hongling royal family will never show mercy, as long as the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce is removed, the original local forces will be useless, and the Hongling royal family will definitely sweep away some at that time, as for how much is left, it depends on the means of the saint today, after all, he doesn't want the Hongling Empire to have a second Wanjin Chamber of Commerce, the lifeblood of the economy, of course, it is better to control it in his own hands.

These are roughly a series of things caused by Ling Xi's stabbing out of the Black Knife Village, in the final analysis, the current saint still has to thank Ling Xi, without Ling Xi's unintentional actions, he would not be able to implement new policies in various places so easily.

Of course, Ling Xi didn't know anything about this, after all, he had been away from the world for two years, and he didn't know anything about what had happened in the Hongling Empire in the past two years, so he had no way of knowing that the Hongling Empire had changed its new look.

Sunset City was originally located in the west of the Hongling Empire, and it was still quite far away from the imperial city in the center, but Ling Xi was already a creation seal, so he naturally didn't see this distance, and he arrived at the imperial city in less than half a day.

Now there is about a month before the elite competition, Ling Xi casually found a place to live first, it may be that the elite competition is about to be held, the number of people in the imperial city has skyrocketed, and the streets are crowded, which has no effect on Ling Xi, anyway, he has been staying in the hotel, and he will not go out and walk around, even if he is crowded outside, he will not do his business.

Ling Xi didn't go out and walk around, it didn't mean that he didn't care about the situation in the outside world, for the situation in the imperial city, the hotel guys couldn't be clearer, Ling Xi spent some source stones, and also heard a lot of news.

Ling Xi is most concerned about Jin Wuchai, Chu Tianyu and Zhao Yunxiao, this time he came to the Imperial City, one is for the elite competition, and the other is to find Jin Wuchai and the three to settle the grievances of the year.

Ling Xi originally planned to do so, but he learned from the innkeeper that two of the three Jin Wuchai had fallen, and the remaining one was like a waste, and he would never return to his old glory.

According to the hotel guy, two years ago, Jin Wuchai and the three of them went to the Misty Yang Academy together, and then it seemed that they had provoked someone, and within half a year, Jin Wuchai fell directly, and the abolished Chu Tianyu and Zhao Yunxiao were sent back, but Zhao Yunxiao couldn't face the fact that he had become a wasted person, and committed suicide more than a year ago, as for Chu Tianyu, he was living in the family, and even the Heavenly Sword Sect abandoned it.

Hearing the news, Ling Xi couldn't bear to sigh, although he had a deep grudge against Jin Wuchai and the three of them, but the three of them were also miserable when they ended up like this, no matter what, these three people were once the four heroes of the Hongling Empire.

Jin Wuchai fell directly and didn't say much, as for Chu Tianyu and Zhao Yunxiao, although both of them are still alive, but they are alive and more painful than dead, once a heroic man with infinite scenery, and then to a waste person now, this huge gap is not something that anyone can bear, Zhao Yunxiao is a strong person, let himself die decently, and he is worthy of his name as a hero.

As for the only remaining Chu Tianyu, Ling Xi will no longer go to him to settle old accounts, to some extent, Chu Tianyu is alive, which is the most cruel punishment for him.

Therefore, the old account between the three of them with Jin Wuchai, Ling Xi just turned it over, and I am afraid that it will not be remembered again.

At the same time, Ling Xi also understood that it would not be as simple as a coincidence that Jin Wuchai and the three of them ended up like this, this must have been done by someone on purpose, not for anything else, just to avenge him.

Who exactly this person is, Ling Xi can also guess, what he knows at present, there are only three acquaintances in Miyang Academy, Li Shuangyu may be angry for him, but Li Shuangyu is kind by nature, and he generally does not do it to this extent, so this person will not be Li Shuangyu, Sun Luoxuan, and he is still young, he will definitely not be able to do this kind of thing, so in this way, there will only be a thousand nights left.

Ling Xi knew that Ye Qianyan had given him all his tenderness, and for his sake, even if he was an enemy of the whole world, he would not hesitate to clean up Jin Wuchai and the others, so it could be seen that Ye Qianyan was doing quite well in the Hazy Sun Academy, and he still had the leisure to avenge him.

It is also considered that Jin Wuchai and the three of them are unlucky, but they met Ye Qianyan, if it were him, he would probably not be so ruthless as Ye Qianyan, of course, he would not have any prejudices against Ye Qianyan because of this, Jin Wuchai and the three of them had this fate completely self-inflicted, and when they chased and killed him two years ago, the three of them should have this awareness.

Through this incident, Ling Xi made up his mind that when he arrived at the Misty Sun Academy, no matter what, he should give Ye Qianyu an explanation, of course, he also had to give Shi Zhuxue and Li Shuangyu an explanation, he would not be separated from Shi Zhuxue and Li Shuangyu because of Ye Qianyan, and he would not live up to Ye Qianyan, even if he couldn't be with Ye Qianyan in the end, he had to show an attitude, so as not to delay Ye Qianyan's good years.

From the guy, Ling Xi also learned a piece of news, it was about Qin Haotian, in fact, this news was not a secret, it was just that Ling Xi had been cultivating in the Bamboo Sea, so he didn't know.

Two years ago, there was a Defan Sanyin in the Imperial City, it is said that he is also a twin pupil, and after hearing about the tomb of the imprisoned dragon, this Defan Sanyin specially rushed to the Imperial City, just to accept Qin Haotian as his heir.

Since then, Qin Haotian has followed the Three Seals of Alien and does not know where to go, anyway, Qin Haotian has not been seen in the Imperial City for the past two years, thinking that there is nothing big about coming to the Imperial City, Qin Haotian will not come back.

"It's a pity..."

Hearing the news that Qin Haotian had already left, Ling Xi couldn't help but shake his head, more or less disappointed.

After that, Ling Xi asked his buddy for a pot of wine, and drank it alone in the corner of the lobby.

It can be seen that Ling Xi's face was full of frustration, two years ago, in the Prison Dragon Tomb, because of the help of the Yanhuang Holy Armor and Zhong Sheng, his light was able to overshadow Qin Haotian, but he knew very well that if he wanted to separate the high and low with Qin Haotian, he might not be able to defeat Qin Haotian.

In any case, in Ling Xi's heart, Qin Haotian is an opponent worthy of his all-out, since stepping into the cultivation path, he has never met a satisfactory opponent, Qin Haotian is the first opponent that makes him extremely eager, so he is eager to fight with Qin Haotian, even if he ends up with a failure in the end, he must be separated from Qin Haotian, otherwise he will always feel unhappy in his heart.

A battle with Qin Haotian, Ling Xi can be said to have been looking forward to it for a long time, Ling Xi is sure that Qin Haotian is also eager to fight with him, originally thought that when he arrives in the imperial city, he will be able to fight with Qin Haotian, which Cheng thinks that Qin Haotian has already left the imperial city, Ling Xi's expectation, I am afraid that it will be disappointed.

After drinking a pot of wine, Ling Xi felt that his throat was a little hot, and he didn't know if it was drunk, Ling Xi's face became more and more frustrated, and even with a trace of pain.

At this time, the guy walked over and saw Ling Xi extremely melancholy, and said with a smile:

"Little brother, are you trapped by love? Do you want another pot of wine?"

"No need. ”

Ling Xi shook his head, looked out the window, and subconsciously asked:

"Man, did you say His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be back this year?"

The guy shook his head and smiled:

"Little brother laughed, I'm a guy from a hotel, how do you know this, by the way, little brother, you care so much about His Royal Highness the Prince, do you have any relationship with His Royal Highness the Prince?"

Ling Xi took a deep breath and said slowly:

"Opponents. ”

"Opponents?"

The guy was getting more and more puzzled.

"An opponent who gives me my all. ”

After speaking, somehow, a flame ignited in Ling Xi's eyes, and endless battle intent rolled in his heart, he was eager to fight with Qin Haotian happily, as long as he could distinguish the winner from defeat, even if he died, he would have no regrets.

"It's... Creation Seal!?"

Ling Xi's battle intent rolled, and accidentally exuded the coercion of the level of the Creation Seal, everyone in the hall immediately felt this powerful momentum, and cast frightened eyes at Ling Xi, the guy was so frightened that he sat on the ground, he was only the strength of the Xuanyuan Seal, how could he withstand the momentum of the Creation Seal, fortunately, Ling Xi did not target him, otherwise he would have fainted at this moment.

Ling Xi quickly realized that he was a little out of control, hurriedly dispersed the coercion, and apologized to his guy:

"I'm sorry, I didn't hold back for a while. ”

"No... It's okay..."

The guy was trembling all over, still looking at Ling Xi with a shocked face, he couldn't have imagined that Ling Xi, who looked so young, was actually a powerful Creation Seal.

Ling Xi looked at the silent lobby, everyone was already stunned, obviously shocked by the strength of his Creation Seal.

Ling Xi shook his head helplessly, Xu was slack, and if he didn't pay attention to it, he would expose his strength.

Ling Xi didn't stay in the lobby for long, ignoring the surrounding eyes, and walked straight out, just happened to be depressed in his heart, so let's go to the street.

After a while, everyone came back to their senses one after another and began to discuss who the mysterious Ling Xi was.

When Ling Xi was wandering the streets, he didn't know that what was happening in the lobby had spread rapidly in the Imperial City...