The solar eclipse vision opened by the Secret Realm has lasted for a full seven days.

In the history of the Xuanhuang Realm several times, I have never seen such a long solar eclipse.

The people of the Xuanhuang Realm also experienced the shock at the beginning, to the panic in the middle, and then to the last habitualization.

The seemingly terrifying seven-day solar eclipse actually did not have much of an impact on the people of the Xuanhuang Realm.

After experiencing all the changes brought about by the tide of aura, the people of the Xuanhuang Realm have a strong acceptance of such extraordinary visions.

Compared to the demon siege and the rampant ghosts, this solar eclipse vision did not bring disaster in the real sense except that there was no sun that made daily life inconvenient.

The only one in the entire Xuanhuang Realm that has been deeply affected by the solar eclipse is the Great Xia Imperial Capital.

Great Xia, the imperial capital.

The black hole sun transformed by the entrance of the Fangcun Secret Realm still hung high in the sky, and below this round of black sun, tens of thousands of soldiers dressed in rune armor patrolled the imperial capital.

He Shao, one of the guards of the Nine Qings, rode a spirit beast mount and led a group of military cultivators to patrol the imperial city.

Seven days ago, with the opening of the Fangcun Secret Realm, thousands of powerful cultivators broke through the blockade of the Imperial Capital Great Array and rushed into the Fangcun Secret Realm.

Emperor Xia realized that this was an excellent opportunity, so he decisively ordered the mobilization of the forces of the whole dynasty, wanting to complete the re-establishment of the city gods before the end of the secret realm, and in order to ensure that the lighting of the city god incense could be carried out smoothly, he took the initiative to cede the position of the city god to the local heroes.

This crazy move caused a lot of criticism from the government and the opposition, but in the end, it was Xia Dili who overrode the public opinion and unified the will of the government and the opposition.

Shortly after Emperor Xia's decree was issued from the imperial city, an unexpected accident occurred.

Hundreds of cultivators were eliminated by the Fang Cun Secret Realm in the first hour and voluntarily withdrew from the Secret Realm Trial.

Although the vast majority of cultivators were casual cultivators, the sudden appearance of so many monks still had a great impact on the entire imperial capital.

In particular, Emperor Xia wanted to take advantage of the fact that many monks went to the secret realm to plan to re-establish the city gods, but the sudden return of these monks ruined Emperor Xia's original plan.

After all, no one can say whether there will be sect monks and god refining real people returning early in the future, which will affect the overall situation at the moment.

Emperor Xia decisively ordered that the eight legions in Jingzhou enter the imperial capital, and combined with the imperial capital array, block the exit of the secret realm, and suppress it immediately once a monk escapes from the secret realm.

In just one day, nearly half of the cultivators were eliminated and returned to the imperial capital, including many true sects and disciples of the family, which was far more intense than Emperor Xia expected.

Just when everyone thought that the sect powerhouses who would return in the future would destroy Emperor Xia's plan, there were suddenly no more trialists in the secret realm.

For six consecutive days, no one escaped from the secret realm, which made the Great Xia court quickly breathe a sigh of relief and stepped up preparations for the re-establishment of the city gods.

In the imperial city, a 95-zhang high altar has been built, and at the bottom of the altar there are 3,650 incense burners, which are dedicated to Mingshen Taoist incense, symbolizing the 3,650 city god temples in the territory of Daxia.

Most of the Myojindo incense in these incense burners had already been lit, and wisps of green smoke rose from the incense burner to the top of the altar, and a temple made of gold appeared and disappeared in the incense flames.

As time passed, martial law continued in the imperial capital, and the remaining incense burners were being lit one by one.

Guarding under the altar, Xu Yankuan flipped through the City God Book in his hand, and checked the progress of the City God Temple one by one with a serious expression.

Pointing to a name on the City God Book, Xu Yankuan said in a stern voice:

"Guyue County in Yinzhou was supposed to light incense three days ago, why hasn't there been any movement so far?"

The incense order on the side hurriedly responded:

"Qi Yu is too often, there are three major families in Guyue County, and the relationship behind them is complicated, and they all want to compete for the ownership of the position of Chenghuang.

Although the City God Division had ordered the decision to be made three days ago, the three families did not give in to each other, and no decision had been made so far. ”

Xu Yankuan glanced at the incense order, and said indifferently:

"I remember that Guyue County is only a hundred miles away from the state capital, and the three major families ignored His Majesty's edict and ordered the state army to go to Guyue County to slaughter the three major families.

As for the position of the city god, it will be at the disposal of the state army, and it must be arranged within three hours. ”

All the incense orders and city god envoys all looked at Xu Yankuan in disbelief.

Then he lowered his head and responded respectfully:

"Obey the order of the Lord!"

"In addition to Guyue County, the same is true of other counties.

Either way, after three hours I need to see all the censers on the altar lit! ”

As the words fell, Xu Yankuan held the city god book in his hand and walked towards the depths of the palace.

Walking through the heavily guarded court, Xu Yankuan stepped into the Palace of Heart Nourishment.

There was no light source in the Heart Cultivation Palace, and Emperor Xia sat on the throne in the dim hall, staring at the black sun above the sky, as if thinking about something.

Seeing this, Xu Yankuan bowed and said:

"Your Majesty, a total of 3,597 City God Furnaces have been lit, and the remaining 53 City God Furnaces are expected to be lit within three hours.

When the incense of the city gods is returned, it is only necessary for His Majesty to ascend the altar and sacrifice the position of the capital city god with incense, so that all the city gods in the territory of Great Xia can be revived.

At that time, with the Great Festival as the foundation, you will be able to hook up the Chenghuang Incense Law Domain and regain control of the general trend of the world! ”

Speaking of this, Xu Yankuan's words carried a rare hint of excitement.

During the seven days of preparing for the Great Festival, in order to promote the progress of the Great Festival as soon as possible, he and Emperor Xia used a lot of unconventional means.

The three major families in Guyue County are just an insignificant microcosm, in order to implement the Chenghuang incense, in just seven days, the state capital army in various places does not know how many killings have been made.

Inside and outside the imperial capital, the government and the opposition were full of complaints, and the major sects outside the imperial capital reacted fiercely.

If it weren't for the fact that the powerhouses of the sects had already entered the secret realm, and there were only a few cultivators left behind in the sect stations outside the imperial capital, I am afraid that the entire Jingzhou would have already fallen into turmoil.

In this situation of internal and external troubles, the preparations for the big festival were completed, and only Xu Yankuan knew the hardships.

On the throne, Xu Yankuan's words seemed to recall Emperor Xia's consciousness, and his deep gaze fell on Taichang, the head of Jiuqing.

"Readymade?"

Emperor Xia's words were a little stunned, and his eyes fell into a moment of distraction.

"Xu Qing, do you think I really did something wrong by spending such a big price just to prepare for the big festival?"

Xu Yankuan was suddenly agitated when he heard this, and hurriedly buried his head low.

Emperor Xia originally conceded profits to Yin Si and gave up the position of Chenghuang to all parties in Great Xia, which caused a lot of criticism from the courtiers.

And in order to suppress the trialists who may leave in the secret realm of Fang Cun in these days, the four major legions were mobilized to enter the imperial capital for martial law, and the state army slaughtered local families, which made the government and the opposition boil inside and outside.

Even the ministers who have always supported Emperor Xia also offered advice, but they were all beaten back by Emperor Xia.

Even several ministers had a tough attitude, and the imperial envoys risked death to admonish, and they were beaten into the prison by Emperor Xia to wait for their fall, and the government and the opposition were in turmoil inside and outside.

And all this is just for the festival to go smoothly.

In such an environment, even if he was as proud as Emperor Xia, he couldn't help but have a trace of suspicion.

Regarding this topic, Xu Yankuan naturally did not dare to rashly make suggestions.

Don't look at him now in power, he can decide the life and death of a powerful family with one word, and his prestige is even higher than that of the three dukes.

But Xu Yankuan knew that everything he had was just a castle in the air, once this matter was over, Emperor Xia's attitude changed, and his fate might not be much stronger than those local wealthy families.

In order to protect himself, he had to be as careful as possible not to express any opinion on these matters.

Emperor Xia glanced at Xu Yankuan, who was silent, with a little displeasure in his eyes.

He naturally knew what Xu Yankuan was thinking, but he still had to use this Taichang now, and he didn't want to be too persecuted.

As soon as the conversation changed, Emperor Xia asked Xu Yankuan:

"How's the progress of the interrogation of the monks who have withdrawn from the secret realm?

Why didn't I see the trialists exit the secret realm again in the next six days? ”

Xu Yankuan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and hurriedly responded:

"After interrogation by all parties, those monks did not hide anything from the rules of the secret realm.

However, in the past two days, when he was the last group of monks, he confirmed a news from their mouths, that is, the Supreme Daoist was suspected of fighting with an unknown powerhouse in the secret realm.

In the midst of the battle, the supreme Daozi and the unknown powerhouse both broke out with great strength above the god refining, and the last group of monks were affected by the battle between the two sides, and chose to withdraw from the trial voluntarily in order to protect themselves. ”

Hearing the name of the supreme Taoist, Emperor Xia stared at the words and said:

"Where did the people who fought against the Supreme Dao come from? Do they know what the outcome of the battle will be? ”

Xu Yankuan shook his head: "Where the two sides are fighting, even the true people who refine the gods don't dare to set foot easily, and the only ones who are affected are some Qi cultivators, and they don't know the specific details.

However, judging from the feedback from all parties, the unknown powerhouse should be a person from the Ten Cave Heavenly Holy Lands. ”

Emperor Xia pondered for a moment and sneered, "Since the last batch of cultivators took the initiative to withdraw because the Supreme Daoist fought against an unknown powerhouse.

Maybe there will be no trialists to quit in the follow-up of the Fangcun Secret Realm, and it is also related to their fight. ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Xia couldn't help but show his joy in points.

"Well played! The Supreme Daoist finally helped me solve a big problem.

If the Supreme Dao and the powerhouses of the Cave Heaven Holy Land can be wiped out together, there will be no one to hinder the expansion of the Incense Domain. ”

Xu Yankuan remained silent and did not express any opinions.

Seeing this, Emperor Xia's eyes were a little bored.

Waving his hand at Xu Yankuan, Emperor Xia said in a deep voice:

"Since the big festival is about to start, Xu Qing will go to prepare as soon as possible, and make sure that all the City God Furnaces are lit on time."

"Yes!"

Xu Yankuan held the city god book, turned around and walked out of the Heart Cultivation Palace.

As Xu Yankuan left, the light of the entire Heart Cultivation Hall seemed to be a few minutes darker.

Emperor Xia was still sitting on the throne, the shadow behind him quietly squirmed with a strange rhythm, and a hoarse voice slowly sounded in the Heart Cultivation Palace.

"Has he found something?"

Emperor Xia casually picked up a secret letter on the table to complain to Xu Yankuan, threw it into the brazier, and said with deep eyes:

"Xu Qing is a smart person, things have come to this point, and there is no room for withdrawal.

Whatever he wants, he will go according to my will.

What's more, the big festival has not started yet, and it is still necessary to use Xu Qing, who is too often to open the festival. ”

The hoarse voice seemed to acquiesce in Emperor Xia's attitude, and instead spoke:

"In the imperial capital, there are still several unstable factors."

"Oh?"

"The ghosts and gods left behind in the Yin Si Mansion, the Qin Heavenly Supervisor who is unwilling to 'join the stream', and your daughter."

Emperor Xia's movements paused slightly, and then said indifferently:

"There are only a few ghosts and gods left behind in the Yin Si Mansion, and I have already sent three captains to guard around the mansion, which can be easily suppressed with just one order."

"Although the prison is unwilling to participate in this matter, he will not stand against me, after all, he is also one of the causes and effects."

"As for Xia Yunqiu, the supreme Taoist, secretly supporting her, igniting her humane fire, and gathering people's hopes for her, how could I not know his thoughts?

It's just that I want Xia Yunqiu to replace me and take charge of this human luck. ”

Emperor Xia's eyes became more and more cold.

Picking up a blank holy decree on the desk, Xia Di picked up a pen and wrote.

Every word fell, and he could feel a wave of turmoil from the dynasty's luck, but the movements in his hands did not stop.

"Herald Captain He Shao to meet you."

A moment later, the armor-clad guard captain He Shao strode into the Heart Cultivation Palace.

"He Shao greets Your Majesty!"

Emperor Xia threw the written holy decree in front of He Shao casually, and his voice did not carry the slightest emotion:

"Tianxing Princess Xia Yunqiu secretly conspired with the sect to sabotage the Grand Festival of the Capital City God, shaking the foundation of the dynasty and humanity."

"Spread my will, deprive Xia Yun of the title of princess in autumn, and give her a glass of wine.

If there is resistance, kill on the spot! ”

When He Shao heard this, he suddenly raised his head and looked at the emperor with a gloomy expression on the throne.

As a witness to the Yin Si Alliance meeting, He Shaoke has seen with his own eyes how Xia Yunqiu turned the tide and fought for the interests of Great Xia.

But such a princess who has made great contributions to Daxia ended up with a glass of wine, which made He Shao feel a chill from the heart.

"He Weiwei?"

Emperor Xia's voice sounded again, He Shao's body trembled, and then he gritted his teeth and said:

"Weichen takes the order!"

Respectfully holding the holy decree, He Shao turned around and strode away from the Heart Cultivation Palace.

As He Shao left, the hoarse voice sounded again.

"This He Weiwei obviously doesn't want to do anything to Xia Yunqiu, if you send him, you won't be afraid to let Xia Yunqiu go?"

Emperor Xia shook his head.

"He Shao's role is only to convey the holy decree as Jiuqing and deprive her of her title, Xia Yunqiu's humane fire is not something that can be easily killed with a holy decree.

I won't give her any chance to escape, so you will personally kill Xia Yunqiu. ”

The hoarse figure seemed surprised, and then let out a sarcastic chuckle.

"Do your Majesty's will!"

(End of chapter)