City Lord Zhang looked at it for a moment, and when he saw that the task was ordered, everyone followed it to the letter, so he nodded with satisfaction and no longer paid special attention to himself.

He focused his attention on a few dragon corals, and then considered ordering others to find what he wanted with the help of dragon corals.

As he was considering his candidates, his gaze suddenly moved slightly, and then his gaze shifted to the Sky City in the air below.

In the city in the sky, in a quiet room of the house, there is an old man in bloody clothes, who is meditating and pranayama.

After a while, he opened his eyes, stood up, and pushed the door open.

The old man in blood walks through the Sky City.

When someone met him, they all saluted respectfully: "I've seen Mr. Bloodshadow." ”

The old man was the Blood Shadow Old Demon, and he nodded indifferently to greet the person who greeted him.

The Blood Shadow Old Demon made all the way out of the Sky City, floating in mid-air, looking down on the Sky City that was getting bigger and bigger as it got farther and farther below.

As he watched, his gaze gradually became complicated.

At this moment, he suddenly felt something in his heart and looked to the other side.

There, there happened to be a person who flew out of Chang'an City and flew to the southwest.

The Blood Shadow Old Demon's gaze flickered slightly, recognizing the other party.

That's the head of Middle-earth, Li Qiong.

The current director of Chang'an City is also the ninth son of the Tang King of the Eastern Tang Dynasty.

When Li Qiong saw the Blood Shadow Old Demon, he immediately saluted: "I've seen Mr. Blood Shadow." ”

The Blood Shadow Old Demon's gaze had regained his calm at this moment: "You came back to report on your work?"

Li Qiong replied: "The climate in Chudi seems to have changed greatly this autumn, and the juniors have come to ask Mr. Wuyun for help. ”

Hearing this, the Blood Shadow Old Demon nodded slightly.

He looked Li Qiong up and down, and then suddenly asked, "Look, you will soon be able to break through to the ninth realm and achieve the realm of a martial arts king?"

Li Qiong replied: "It's still a little short, it may be the end of the world." ”

He was humble, and the Blood Shadow Old Demon could hear it.

Before Chang'an Jun landed in the Eastern Frontier, this young man should have been the cultivation strength of the Seventh Realm.

Later, because of Chang'an's guidance, Li Qiong successfully broke through the bottleneck in a short period of time and reached the eighth realm.

But generally speaking, at this point, if you want to continue to go up, it will take some time to polish.

But he couldn't stand Li Qiong's active meritorious service, sought merit, and successfully won more than one reward from Chang'an City.

Therefore, with the support of various treasures such as the Mountain God Rock and the undersea Xuanyu, Li Qiong was able to continue to advance by leaps and bounds.

Now, he has been the head of Chu for more than a year, and he is really only a stone's throw away from the ninth realm of martial arts, the realm of kings.

As long as you guard against arrogance and rashness, and continue to work hard, I believe that it won't take long for Li Qiong to break through that last bottleneck and achieve the cultivation of the ninth realm.

The same cultivation realm as the Blood Shadow Old Demon.

However, Li Qiong was not disrespectful in the face of the Blood Shadow Old Demon at this moment.

"Go ahead, do your errand. The old devil also looked calm, and after a few words of encouragement, he left.

After Li Qionggong sent the Blood Shadow Old Demon's body to disappear, he continued to turn around and head on the road, heading southwest and returning to Chudi.

The Blood Shadow Old Demon looked gloomy.

The young man touched his heart again.

It's not because the other party's cultivation realm is about to be raised to the same level as him.

First, even if everyone is in the same realm, the Blood Shadow Old Demon is sure to defeat Li Qiong.

Second, it was because the Blood Shadow Old Demon could be sure that he would cultivate to the tenth realm earlier than Li Qiong, and before the other party became the Martial Dao Emperor, he would first cultivate the Demon Dao True Body.

But the problem is that the object he should compare with has never been Li Qiong......

When the other party came to Chang'an City for advice, he would not look for him, but for Mr. Wuyun.

For the old man in black, the Blood Shadow Old Demon is actually very calm now, and he will not easily fluctuate because of the other party's news.

The problem lies with other people.

There used to be five gentlemen in the city in the sky, but now everyone has dropped their vests together.

Mr. He is actually Shen Herong, the "great sin of a thousand autumns" among the twelve Yamas in the past.

And Mr. Long is the "Ape Dragon King" Ao Kong.

As for Mr. Zhang, it is still mysterious.

But because it has long been rumored that he is an old friend of the city lord, his status is naturally transcendent.

The rest are Mr. Dark Cloud and Mr. Bloodshadow.

With the continuous expansion of Chang'an City, there are also higher realm powerhouses attached to the service.

Now, Mo said that he was a blood shadow old demon, and even behind Mr. Dark Cloud, some people began to talk small......

The reason is very simple, the cultivation realm and the current strength shown.

Regardless of the Blood Shadow Demon, Mr. Dark Cloud has been very strong before.

But with Chang'an City's march into Middle-earth, Mr. Wuyun's cultivation strength gradually became unable to deter everyone.

In the face of the people of the tenth realm and even the eleventh realm, Mr. Wuyun is naturally not afraid.

But now the people who are gradually attaching to Chang'an are the top powerhouses of the Thirteenth Realm like Lou Ning and Chu Xin, or the masters of the Twelfth Realm like Zhao Shu.

Whichever one is a giant in Middle-earth.

Eastern Xinjiang is barren, so it was difficult to attract the attention of Middle-earth masters before.

Otherwise, the above-mentioned masters, any one of them can sweep through the eastern frontier.

In the face of them, Mr. Wuyun's cultivation strength seems to be a little insufficient.

With the march of Chang'an City into Middle-earth, Mr. Wuyun is now in Chang'an City, but he is gradually feeling a little sympathetic with the Blood Shadow Old Demon.

The other masters under Chang'an were still polite to them and obedient to their words.

But not because of his personal strength, but because they are the confidants of the Chang'an City Lord.

To a certain extent, they respected the dark clouds and blood shadows, and they were in awe of the authority of the city lord of Chang'an.

The change of Mr. Dark Cloud in everyone's minds made the Blood Shadow Old Demon feel a little more balanced in his heart.

However, after a short period of relaxation, he soon felt a lot of pressure in his heart.

The status that His Majesty's authority brings to them is generally fine.

But when it comes to an emergency, it's not necessarily better.

More importantly, will their place in His Majesty's mind change?

Every time the Blood Shadow Old Demon thought of this, his heart became heavy.

In the final analysis, iron still has to be hard......

The old devil sighed.

However, Chang'an expanded too fast, and the time left for him was too short, even if he concentrated on cultivation and concentrated on it, the time was still not enough.

As soon as he thought of the existence of the top powerhouses of the Thirteenth Realm like Lou Ning and Chu Xin, who moved mountains and seas in a moment's thought, the Blood Shadow Old Demon had the feeling that the mountains were standing still.

It is much more difficult to surpass them than to surpass Mr. Dark Cloud.

The old devil was feeling upset when someone suddenly came looking for him.

It's the same old enemy he was before.

"Your Majesty summons. Mr. Wuyun said indifferently.

The Blood Shadow Old Demon took a deep breath: "The old man will go." ”

As soon as he saw each other, the old devil's chaotic thoughts suddenly calmed down.

However, at this moment, he had no idea of competing with the other party.

In a way, people are now even sympathetic.

Unless, they are all willing to play the role of only one fortunate minister.

If you want to be a confidant for Your Majesty, do things for Your Majesty, and cultivate your strength, you can't get around it after all.

The Blood Shadow Old Demon turned his mind and flew upwards to Daming Palace.

After entering the palace, the old devil saluted Zhang Dongyun: "The old slave sees Your Majesty." ”

With a wave of Zhang Dongyun's hand, a few dragon pattern corals arrived in front of the Blood Shadow Old Demon.

The old devil hurriedly took it, but he didn't know this treasure.

He quietly waited for Zhang Dongyun's order.

Zhang Dongyun instructed: "This is a dragon-patterned coral, which can be used to find Panlong Rock, after you get my guidance, you will go to the barren sea between Middle-earth and Beimang, search for Panlong Rock, and bring it all back." ”

Hearing this, the Blood Shadow Old Demon hurriedly responded: "The old slave respectfully obeys His Majesty's holy decree. ”

Zhang Dongyun nodded: "You can choose your own manpower and set off as soon as possible." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. The Blood Shadow Old Demon bowed his head and retreated.

After leaving the Daming Palace, the old devil breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

The errand entrusted by His Majesty is certainly not simple.

But since His Majesty is willing to hand over the errand to him, it shows that His Majesty still trusts him very much.

He had to take advantage of the opportunity carefully.

The Blood Shadow Old Demon made up his mind, and then he selected some men and set off with him, heading to Middle-earth first.

Being able to serve His Majesty is naturally a great thing for many people.

As for the risks involved, everyone doesn't care.

Middle-earth is convenient, although the Yin Dynasty in the southeast and the Jing Dynasty in the east have been occupied by Chang'an, and Chang'an is still encroaching on the territory of the Daning Dynasty in the northeast of Middle-earth, but they are fighting from south to north.

At present, they have not been able to contact the northern wilderness of Middle-earth.

The Blood Shadow Old Demon and the others were ordered to hunt for treasures, at least until Ao Kong and the others conquered the Beihai port, they were still alone, risky, and could not be answered.

Of course, this is their own idea.

It was impossible for them to know that in fact, the eastern part of the Daning Dynasty, from north to south, was all shrouded in the invincible city system.

Everything in heaven and earth, as long as Zhang Dongyun moves, he can control it.

It's just that in order to avoid the scope of the invincible city from being too clear, Zhang Dongyun avoided doing this.

Now, let your men toss around.

After seeing the Blood Shadow Old Demon and the others leave and go to the west, Zhang Dongyun retracted his gaze.

The dark cloud he projected, after separating from the Blood Shadow Old Demon, went straight to the Heavenly Punishment Palace.

There, quite a few people had new ideas.

This can also be regarded as the incidental impact of Chang'an City taking Middle-earth, severely damaging Yansheng Mansion and Taiqing Palace, and destroying Jiufeng Academy.

Many cultivators in Eastern Xinjiang, including Sima Xuan, the Jin King of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in Eastern Xinjiang, and others, bowed their heads to Chang'an one after another and completely surrendered to Chang'an.

This is also Zhang Dongyun's intention.

The more people available in your hands, the better.

Within the range of Invincible City, he can naturally clean up the other party at will and let the other party be a coolie.

However, those who surrender sincerely can be sent outside the range of the invincible city and continue to play a role.

What's more, it can give full play to people's subjective initiative......

In this regard, Zhang Chengzhu thinks that he is still relatively open-minded.

As for cultivating strength, that's not a problem.

A master, there is a use of a master.

Low hands, too, have the use of low hands.

In addition, there are some who want to surrender early, but Zhang Dongyun has never let go of the other party's own people.

For example, under the rule of the Northern Qi Dynasty in Eastern Xinjiang in the past, a group of people from the Valley of Ice and Fire.

This includes the chief official of the Ice and Fire Valley Valley, as well as the elders Sun Fangyuan, Qian Gang and others, as well as the master of the Gao family of the Northern Qi royal family, Gao Tiansheng.

At the beginning, it was Ao Kong, Shen and Rong who took action, destroyed the Valley of Ice and Fire, wiped everyone down, and captured them back.

Considering that the identities of the Twelve Yamas at that time were exposed later, the better, so Guan Hao, Gao Tiansheng and others were detained separately.

Now, Ao Kong, Shen Herong, and Chu Shaoguang have all lost their vests in a row, so naturally there is no need to continue to lock up Guan Hao and them.

Guan Hao, along with the people in the Valley of Ice and Fire, had already succumbed.

Now you can finally regain your freedom.

Of course, we still have to continue to do what needs to be done.

The heirs of the Valley of Ice and Fire are all good at smelting.

Now, they have to continue to work hard, do their old job, and shine for Chang'an City.

Although now Chang'an soldiers have entered Middle-earth.

But there is a huge place in Eastern Xinjiang, and there are so many people, and the city lord Zhang does not plan to move everyone to Middle-earth.

Then, whether it is an ordinary person or a cultivator, there are naturally many others who will continue to live on this land.

However, he also did not plan to set up two teams in Middle-earth and Eastern Xinjiang.

The Blood Shadow Old Demon's worries were an incentive for himself, but for Zhang Dongyun, it was completely superfluous.

City Lord Zhang wants to be willful and keep the Blood Shadow Old Demon in a high position, which is not a big deal.

It just depends on whether City Lord Zhang himself is willing.

As for the Blood Shadow Old Demon, he himself is willing to make progress, and Zhang Dongyun is also happy to see it.

Although the impression was not good at the beginning, the old devil, as the earliest subordinate, has always been conscientious and dedicated.

City Lord Zhang doesn't mind rewarding his merits, and at the same time he is also an example for others.

As for the so-called "Mr. Dark Cloud", it is even less of a problem.

At the moment, Mr. Dark Cloud walked into another cell in the Heavenly Punishment Palace.

In this cell, there sat a Taoist man, dressed in sackcloth, with a calm and peaceful expression.

Seeing Mr. Wuyun coming in, the Taoist priest made a mockery and saluted him: "Brother Dao is here." ”

Mr. Wuyun looked the other party up and down: "The Zhengyi faction has returned to my Chang'an City and declared itself a vassal to Your Majesty, and the Taiqing Palace will definitely be destroyed, do you still plan to continue to hold on?"

The Mai Taoist nodded: "In the past, Brother Gumu Dao pointed out the poor Dao, how could the poor Dao turn his back?"

Mr. Wuyun looked at the other party and suddenly smiled: "If the next moment, the old man captures the ancient wood and puts it in front of you, how will you stay?"

The Mai Taoist priest in front of him is the Dongjiang Chen Di Baoyushan Sect, Ge Xin.

Hearing Mr. Wuyun say this, Ge Xin was slightly silent.

After a while, he spoke: "If you can, Poor Dao hopes to exchange his life for Brother Dao's forgiveness of Brother Gumu. ”

Mr. Wuyun was stunned: "Does your life have that much weight?"

"The life of the poor Dao, or the life of Brother Gumu Dao, should not have much weight for Chang'an, it is all just a thought of the city lord of Chang'an. ”

Ge Xinyan said: "Even so, the poor Dao is just trying hard, hoping to repay the kindness of Brother Gumu Dao for teaching the Fa in the past. ”

Mr. Wuyun looked at the other party, and said quietly after a while: "Unfortunately, no. ”