In the past month or so, there has been an extra woman in men's clothes in the city, but the most eye-catching thing about her is not her dress, but basically every other day, she will inevitably sell a complete demon beast corpse that is at least level six in the shop opened by the Linghua faction in the city, and even once sold a level eight demon beast!

Under normal circumstances, it is already very rare to sell the corpses of complete fifth-level demon beasts, that is because demon beasts above level 6 generally do not act alone, and it is very difficult to hunt them, even if someone hunts them, they will not sell them, but choose to exchange them for what they need.

Princess Xiangxiang's behavior has also attracted the attention of people with a heart, and several times when she went to hunt demon beasts, she was followed, but those people were not disciples of a big sect, and they played sneak attacks in front of her, a high-level assassin, and the result was conceivable, after she killed several batches of masters in a row, no one finally stopped beating her crooked idea; There were also forces that wanted to win her over, and even the domain lord Long Tiansheng sent people to contact her, but they were all rejected one by one.

"Hall Master, that martial artist disguised as a man sold an eighth-level demon beast in the shop of this sect today, the complete corpse of the four-armed golden retriever roar, and five elixirs that are more than a thousand years old!" In the City Lord's Mansion, a disciple of the Dark Hall reported to Feng Chengyu.

"Hmmm! This Nizi is really powerful, with her talent and skills, it is absolutely impossible to be a loose cultivator, and there is no such No. 1 disciple among the other major sects, who is she. Feng Cheng muttered for a while and then asked, "What other actions has she made lately, and has she seen anyone else?" ”

"Her life is very regular, except for cultivation is to hunt demon beasts, we also specially sent a master of the Yin and Yang Realm to follow her, and we didn't find anything, but occasionally looked at the direction of our Linghua faction from a distance in a daze, when it comes to contacting people, except for those who want to win her over, I haven't seen anyone else, but now even those who want to win her over are closed." The disciple replied.

"Strange, such a person, definitely shouldn't behave like this, you must keep an eye on me, don't slack off, if she encounters any danger, you can help her at a critical time, understand?" Feng Chengdao: "Such a genius person, if there is really no problem, he can be absorbed into my Linghua faction!" ”

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Fang Lin was busy for a day, dealt with all the things, and just returned to his cave mansion, Li Haoran came up and mysteriously asked Fang Lin to open the ban on the cave mansion, and then said: "Fang Lin, I suddenly remembered a question. ”

"What's the problem?" Fang Lin asked curiously.

"Senior Sister Shu has gone to comprehend the advanced way of the Spirit Pill Master, you are already a Talismane Master and Spirit Array Master at the peak of the ninth level, why haven't you advanced, doesn't even your Dongfang family have this inheritance?" Li Haoran asked directly.

Fang Lin said: "It turns out that this is the case, our Dongfang family naturally has a spirit rune master inheritance, but I don't, hehe, so we need to rely on our own strength in the future battles." ”

"Hey, I said why don't you write down the inheritance of the spirit rune master, otherwise we are now the ones who have the spirit rune, and the custody can scare those old guys to death." Li Haoran said with annoyance.

"Alright, stop dreaming, let's ······" Speaking of this, Fang Lin's words suddenly stopped, because at this time, the prohibition outside the cave was touched.

A disciple stood outside the door, and when he saw the two of them coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "The disciple has seen the two elders!" ”

"What's the matter with me?" Fang Lin asked.

"Elder Hui, the domain lord envoy is already in the main hall, and he has named him to see Elder Fang and say that he has something important." The disciple said.

Fang Lin and Li Haoran glanced at each other, they both saw the doubts in each other's eyes, and of course there was a trace of vigilance, but since they were the domain lord's envoys, Fang Lin also had to meet each other.

When he came to the main hall, Fang Lin saw a middle-aged scribe wearing a four-rank official uniform sitting on the guest seat, and two sturdy guards standing behind him, both of whom were cultivators who had sat and forgotten in the Yanyan Realm, and Liu Rusong was accompanying him on the main seat.

Seeing Fang Lin and the others coming, Liu Rusong smiled and said, "Fang Lin is here, the envoy has been waiting for a long time." ”

The envoy also laughed and said: "It's okay, it's okay, haha, I've heard Fang Lin's name for a long time, and when I saw it today, it really deserves its reputation, it's really a young talent, haha." ”

"Hehe, the envoy smiled, the kid just did a little thing, not enough to worry about, I don't know what the envoy is here for?"

The envoy took out a letter from the storage ring and solemnly handed it to Fang Lin Dao: "The domain lord has written it himself, and I must hand it over to Fang Gongzi with my own hands, hehe, now that the official's task is completed, I will leave." ”

"Hehe, the envoy is a guest from afar, if my Linghua faction does not fulfill the friendship of the landlord, wouldn't it be too ignorant of the rules, haha, it happens to be late, so please ask the envoy and all the guards to rest for a night in my Linghua faction, just a few days ago we hunted a ninth-level demon beast, so please ask the envoy to taste it." Fang Lin said immediately.

"This, haha, it's hard to be gracious, and the official will bother." The messenger said.

The matter of the entertainment messenger was naturally done by Liu Rusong, Fang Lin and Li Haoran returned to his cave mansion again, Fang Lin opened the letter, and after reading it quickly, he frowned deeply, Li Haoran couldn't help but ask when he saw his expression: "What did the letter say?" ”

Fang Lin didn't answer, but handed the letter to Li Haoran, and he pondered and calculated again, Li Haoran read the letter from beginning to end, and also frowned deeply: "The letter said that the old man who met with us last time in Wansheng City will come to Liyang City in a few days, and he hopes to invite you to go and talk about it, what kind of medicine do you say the domain master sells in this gourd?" ”

"There are two possibilities, the first is that the old man really came to Liyang to see me, and the second is that the domain master wants to find an excuse to trick me into Liyang, and then detain me or kill me or coerce me to do something else." Fang Lin Road

"If that old man is here, then why does he have to see you, we just met occasionally in the city of victory, and we can't talk about any deep friendship." Li Haoran said.

"Hehe, the identity of that old Shang has been found out in our secret hall, he is Shang Rong, the national teacher of the Shang Kingdom, known as the first wise man of the Great Shang Country, the last meeting with us was not accidental, but deliberately arranged." Fang Lin Road.

"However, at that time, we were just small people, how could we use him to come in person with a great master, and we had to bother to make so many arrangements?" Li Haoran said.

"There must be demons when things go wrong, there are things in us, or in my body, they are very interested, if this time it is really summoned by the national teacher, I really have to go, first of all, our current strength is not possible to confront the imperial court, and secondly, I also want to know what they are interested in about me." Fang Lin Road.

"Then what if it's the second case, it's just that the domain master wants to find an excuse to deal with you?" Li Haoran said.

"So before I go to the appointment, I must be fully prepared, if it is the second case, I must also have the certainty of escaping, but from now on, we may have to face the entire Shang court." Fang Lin said with some concern.

"Hmph, if you are right, you will be right, who of us is afraid of whom!" Li Haoran said hatefully, and then he changed his words and said, "What kind of arrangements do you want to make?" I'll have to go with you, but Shan'er and the others don't have to. ”

"Of course, this trip can be described as very dangerous, but I must have a few people to protect me on the way, otherwise if I am alone, I only need a few martial artists from the Nine Shadows Realm to surround me to death, haha." Fang Lin Road.

Li Haoran also laughed and said, "Say, what arrangements do you have." ”

Fang Lin didn't speak, but took out the transmission note, and directly connected with Fang Meteorite in Tianlin City and said: "Elder Meteorite, I will be invited to Liyang in two days, but I suspect that this is the domain master's plan to invite you into the urn, so I want you to lead Elder Li, Elder Li and Elder Yangbu to sneak into Liyang City first, first, to help me investigate, and secondly, to serve as my secret response, I will send Huangfu Jing to come to talk to you face-to-face on specific matters." ”

"Okay patriarch, do you want us to bring more people there, after all, I'm afraid that it has been heavily guarded there, if we want to rush out, I'm afraid it won't be easy." Fang Meteor's voice came.

"Well, just order some masters of the Nai Ho Realm to lurk in batches, and the rest don't need to, remember to hide your breath and don't let people see your true cultivation." Fang Lin Road.

Then, Fang Lin opened another transmission note and said, "Master, you inform all the cabinet elders to immediately convene a secret meeting of the cabinet, don't alarm anyone else, and don't inform Shan'er and them. ”

The Great Elder's surprised voice came from there, but he didn't ask too much, Fang Lin found Feng Cheng again, and asked him to immediately investigate if there was any change in Liyang City, especially the movement of the army······

In the cabinet, Fang Lin told the elders the general situation and his own judgment, everyone frowned when they heard this, and said: "Fang Lin, since it is so dangerous, can you not go, after all, how important you are to our Linghua Sect, it is irreplaceable by anyone, if the domain master really threatens you, I'm afraid we will have to agree to any conditions." ”

"We must go, and we must also see clearly what kind of attitude the domain master has towards us, but I will be fully prepared, I am ready to bring Ying Yue with me, so that I will be much safer." Fang Lin Road.

"So, are we going to prepare for the worst, if it's really what you say, we're probably going to be in real danger this time." Wind and snow trails.

"Hmph, Dog Court, Lao Tzu has long been tired of them, come if you want to come, let's kill them happily!" Zhou Kuohai shouted.

"Could it be that we are worrying about the sky, in fact, the imperial court has no intention of dealing with us at all." Yang Mei pondered.

"No matter what, it's always good to make more preparations, so be it, as soon as Fang Lin leaves, we will prepare secretly, if we think too much, then it is naturally the best, if it is really as we think, we will not be caught off guard." Snowy roads.

"Okay, let's do what Brother Xue said, and after Fang Lin leaves, we must secretly arrange the disciples who will be picked up along the way." The Great Elder said.

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Liyang City is still as prosperous as ever, full of people and traffic, and four old men in white slowly entered the city, and they did not emit any trembling momentum, just like four ordinary old men.

"Lin Yuan Restaurant, this is it, let's go in." The old man in the lead said.

A handsome young man in his twenties stood at the gate of the restaurant, and when he saw the four of them looking at each other, his eyes lit up, and he immediately stepped forward and said, "May I ask if this is a meteorite old-timer?" ”

"Huh? Do you know us? Fang Meteor said in surprise.

"The junior Lin Tianqi has seen the four seniors, Fang Lin is my friend, I received a summons from him yesterday that the four seniors will come to Liyang City to play for a few days today, and ask me to receive them on my behalf, the juniors dare not slack off, they waited here early in the morning, and finally waited for the four seniors, the seniors please, the private room has been prepared." Lin Tianqi said.

Lin Tianqi and Fang Lin and his party experienced the battle of the Shark Imperial City, and after so many years of tempering, they were finally promoted to the point where they had their first glimpse of the Yanyan Realm, so the Lin family sent him to work at the Lin Yuan Restaurant in Liyang City.

Fang Yuanxing and the others had no doubts about the identity of this Lin Tianqi, because Fang Lin had already informed them about the arrangements for Lin Yuan Restaurant, and after a while, Lin Tianqi took the four of them to the personal private room on the top floor, and went down to prepare the dishes according to the instructions of several people.

"Elder Meteor, you said that the patriarch knew that there was danger this time, why did he still run here?" Fang Cheng asked first.

"I don't know the original end of this, but the patriarch naturally has his considerations for doing things, we just need to do things according to his orders." Fang Meteor Dao.

"Hey, that's what I said, but I always feel not very peaceful in my heart, Lao Yang, do you feel like this?" Fang Li asked.

"I think you two old guys are a little too worried, the patriarch is so eloquent, just with the battles he commanded in the Huanhua Wetland and after returning to China, that one is not earth-shattering, it is a last resort, so, Lao Li, Lao Cheng, I don't think you have to worry about it there." Yang Bu said lightly.

During the conversation between several people, the dishes had already been served, and Lin Tianqi came to Fang Shenxing and arched his hand: "Senior, there is a person below who claims to be Huangfu Jing who said that he asked to see a few seniors, I don't know if the seniors want to see each other?" ”

"Well, tell him to come up." Fang Meteor Dao.

After a while, Huang Fu Jing walked in and saluted the four of them, and then sat down, and after all the attendants had withdrawn, Fang Shenxing laid down some prohibitions and said, "Huang Fu Jing, let's talk about it, what are the arrangements of the patriarch." ”

Huangfu respectfully said: "Several elders, this is how the master arranged it······"

At night, the three figures quietly passed through the layers of forbidden laws of the Linghua faction, and ran in the direction of Wansheng City, without alarming anyone along the way, and came to the city gate, Fang Lin used his elder order to open the city gate, and then came to Bianliang City, which was closest to Liyang City, through the teleportation array of Wansheng City, and then entered the City Lord's Mansion, preparing to go to Liyang City tomorrow.

As soon as he settled down, Ying Yue asked a little puzzled: "Boy, which one are you singing, obviously there is a teleportation array in the Linghua faction, and you still want to run to the city of victory to teleport, are you kicked in the head by a donkey?" ”

Fang Lin said with a smile: "It may be very dangerous for us to go to Liyang this time, if those of our partners know our situation, they will definitely go with us, in this way, they will also be very dangerous, because if that person wants to be unfavorable to us, there will definitely be many masters to surround and kill us, if it is just the three of us, plus some arrangements I have made in advance, it is not very difficult to escape." ”

"Well, but his realm is not high, and it will become a drag when the time comes." Invite Yue pointed at Li Haoran and said.

"Haha, you don't have to worry about me, they want to kill me, it's not that simple, because I have comprehended the spatial attributes, and I have a certain certainty if I want to escape." Li Haoran didn't care.

"Well, I won't care if you live or die anyway." Ying Yue said lightly and went back to the room.

The next day, Fang Lin and the three of them entered Liyang City, Fang Lin and Li Haoran naturally changed their appearance, the three of them walked around the city, seemingly wandering around the city, but Li Haoran knew that Fang Lin was actually checking whether there was anything unusual in the most likely place in the city to ambush the army, as well as to investigate the route that he and the others could retreat, as well as some other arrangements.

After walking for a day, Fang Lin didn't find anything abnormal, which made the three of them relax a lot, during this period, Fang Lin did not meet with Fang Shenxing and the others, and after another day, Fang Lin and the three of them came to the outside of the Domain Lord's Mansion to ask for a meeting, but at this moment, they heard a burst of hearty laughter coming out: "Haha, Fang Lin Xiaoyou, you are late, let the old man wait." ”

An old man with white hair but full of energy walked out, and Fang Lin also smiled heartily when he saw this person: "Haha, there are some things in the door that have been delayed, and I hope that Elder Shang will forgive me for my neglect." ”

Long Tiansheng, who came out with Shang Rong, also laughed and said: "Haha, Fang Lin is good, this time the envoy came back and his cultivation has improved again, hehe, it is all in the Yin and Yang Realm, but even if it is in the Yin and Yang Realm, if you let Shang Lao wait for so long, you should still be punished, and you will have to make three cups in a while." ”

"Hehe, it should be punished, it should be punished." Fang Lin said with a smile.

The group just talked and laughed and entered the domain lord's mansion, the wine banquet had already been set up, and everyone directly put on a posture without being verbose, and while laughing, Fang Lin introduced Ying Yue again, but he just said that she was his new teammate, and her cultivation was just a matter of sitting and forgetting about the Yin and Yang Realm.

After chatting a lot of gossip, Shang Rong suddenly changed his words and said, "Fang Lin, do you know about the recent events of the Yeyue Empire?" ”

"Hehe, Elder Shang also knows that although we narrowly won a battle with the Heavenly Desolate Sect Alliance, most of the masters in the sect were seriously injured, even a few of us are no exception, don't hide it from Elder Shang, so far my injury has not healed, how can I have the heart to care about the affairs of the Yeyue Empire." Fang Lin smiled bitterly.

"Well, this battle has really played the prestige of your Linghua faction, once again showing the world your Fang Lin Wushuang's ability to command troops, can you tell me what method you used to kill the disciples of the two families cleanly." Long Tiansheng said with a smile.

"Hehe, it's nothing, it's just that He Pingzhang and Zhongli are too reckless, and they don't want to think about it, Wansheng City can be described as the base camp of my Linghua faction, how can there be no arrangement in it, just break in like this, and it's strange not to suffer losses." Fang Lin said lightly.

"Hehe, okay, let's not talk about that, Fang Lin, let me tell you, the State of Wu was destroyed by Beitang Mo more than half a year ago, but their royal family disappeared mysteriously, Beitang Mo slaughtered in the State of Wu, almost killing all the people of the Wu State, and since then, the five kingdoms have been destroyed; Immediately afterwards, Ye Yue carried the power of victory, attacking from all sides, and wanted to exterminate the Yu Kingdom, Nanyue Kingdom and other eight countries, and now nearly three million troops may have already set out, Fang Lin, what do you think about this matter? Shang Rong said.

Fang Lin laughed when he heard this: "Elder Shang, don't you think too highly of me, such a national event, how can a person like me in the rivers and lakes have a big deal to say." ”

"Hehe, Fang Lin, don't pretend to be stupid there, who doesn't know that you have a splendid mind, haha, okay, let's talk about it, we're all listening." Long Tiansheng said half-jokingly and half-truthfully.

Fang Lin smiled awkwardly and said, "Okay, I'll just talk about it, if there is anything inconsiderate, I hope you two will give you more advice." ”

After saying politely, Fang Lin pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Li Tianyou's biggest purpose in doing this is to establish his authority, and to make all countries big and small see the powerful force of his Yeyue Empire, after all, an army composed of three million warriors is difficult for any country to take, and even if it is taken out, it is difficult to form the combat effectiveness of the army, and this is one of them." ”

"Second, he wants to completely plunder the resources of these countries, and the warriors who captured them will become cannon fodder for himself to attack the rest of the countries, and turn the ordinary people of these countries into his slaves, working for the huge food base that his army needs."

"Third, it is to let those weak countries see that anyone who opposes him Li Tianyou will be exterminated, deter small countries, force them to surrender without a fight, and make further preparations for him to sweep away the countries in the future."

When he said these three points, Fang Lin's speech speed was very slow, as if he was thinking about it while speaking, and sometimes there would be a short pause, giving Shang Rong a feeling that he was a little struggling, and then Fang Lin smiled slightly: "That's all the kid can see, if there are fallacies or omissions, I hope Shang Lao will correct them." ”

Shang Rong laughed and said: "It's amazing, it's really amazing, it's almost exactly the same as our analysis, haha, the competition between countries is nothing more than interests and prestige, you can see that these are no longer just geniuses can be included." ”

"Hehe, Fang Lin, then do you think the Yeyue Empire's battle will be able to achieve their desired goal." Long Tiansheng asked.

"Well, the Yeyue Empire will definitely win, but it depends on how they win, but I don't think it will be a complete victory or a miserable victory." Fang Lin Road.

"Why do you say that?" Long Tiansheng asked again.

"Li Tianyou did this, there is no doubt that these eight countries have been forced to a dead end, even if people want to surrender, they are not allowed, with the example of Wu in front, they will inevitably fight desperately, in this case, the army's losses will undoubtedly be very large, so it is impossible to win a complete victory; But after all, the strength of the Yeyue Empire is too strong, and these countries are too weak, so they can't really deal a fatal blow to Yeyue's army, so it is impossible for Yeyue to win miserably. Fang Lin said.

"Can't the royal family of these countries run away like the royal family of Wu State?" Long Tiansheng asked again.

"With the precedent of the Wu Kingdom, the Yeyue Empire will inevitably notice this, so it is impossible for the royal family to escape as a whole, but it is possible to quietly send out some elite disciples and take away the important treasury of the imperial family." Fang Lin Road.

"So, if you were Li Tianyou, how would you deal with this matter?" Shang Rong asked suddenly.

"Hehe, it's very simple, surrender without a fight, just surrender, you only need these countries to pay tribute every year, you can get money from them, and you can free up your hands to deal with those disobedient countries, isn't this the best of both worlds?" Fang Lin smiled meaningfully.

Shang Rong had a little embarrassed smile on his face, but he thought in his heart: "Hmph, little guy, do you think that the old man can't see that you are deliberately hiding it, you put forward such a clever idea before, but now you have such a bad idea, if they all surrender, he Li Tianyou will still show the majesty of a fart." ”

"Then, Fang Lin, do you see if it will stop for a while after this Yeyue action, and besides, this is a blessing or a curse for my Great Shang Country." Shang Rong quickly regained his thoughts and asked again.

"The world is about to be in turmoil, and who can be alone." Fang Lin sighed faintly: "Ye Yue still won't make any moves against my big merchant country for the time being, after all, we have already declared himself a vassal, but if we are used, we will never be able to run, and we have not been asked to do anything before, that is because our country's national strength is not yet in its eyes, but the current development of our country cannot be hidden from them, and Ye Yue's military strength in the early stage is strong, and he does not disdain to use others, but with the consumption of the war, he will inevitably drag one vassal country after another into the war, so, The Great Shang Kingdom should be ready to start war at any time. ”

Shang Rong closed his eyes and pondered for a while before opening his eyes and said, "So what does Xiaoyou think my court of the Great Shang Kingdom should do, is it a false accusation and excuse it, or is it to carry out orders and do things according to the rules?" ”

"Hehe, in fact, Shang Lao should know very well in his heart that as long as the Yeyue Empire gives an order, the Great Shang Imperial Court has no choice at all, but this may not be a good opportunity for the Great Shang Kingdom to strengthen itself." Fang Lin Road.

When Shang Rong heard this, his eyes suddenly flashed, and he stared at Fang Lin and said in a deep voice: "How can you say this?" ”

Fang Lin smiled slightly, and said indifferently: "It is very powerful, it is a combination of vertical and horizontal, coercion and temptation, Li Dai Tao stiff, and hiding from the sky and the sea." ”

Listening to Fang Lin's words, Shang Rong suddenly had a kind of enlightenment, but Long Tiansheng was a little puzzled, Li Haoran was in deep thought, but Ying Yue didn't care at all, tasting the delicious food by herself.

After a long while, Shang Rongcai laughed and said: "Fang Lin is really a genius in the world, listen to your words today, the clouds in the old man's heart for many years have finally dispersed, haha, come to the old man to give you a drink." ”

"But, Elder Shang, why don't I understand what you mean?" Long Tiansheng asked.

"Haha, don't say it, don't say it." Shang Rong smiled and said, "Fang Lin, your future is limitless." ”

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