When Xu Dong was about to come out of the lotus 'flower' and 'cave', the imperial sword master stopped him, "You bring more spars, and you can also bring some unused spirit stones during the second secret room alchemy, which can be regarded as a commission for the monk group organized by the 'gate' of the Spirit Valley." ”

Laolongtan is not far from the barren meadow, Xu Dong out of the lotus 'flower' 'hole' not long before he arrived, when he walked into the mountain 'gate' he was familiar with, he saw the tall mountain 'gate' showing 'exposed' the appearance of dumping, his heart couldn't help but have a sense of desolation, once upon a time, this place was regarded by him as the most sacred place, and he didn't want to present this unbearable image now.

He went directly to the dojo of the master Fang Yun outside the 'gate' of the Linggu 'gate', and as soon as he walked into the entrance, his master Fang Yun appeared in front of him with a little dragon clock's figure, his nose was sour, and he called softly: "Master." ”

Fang Yun turned around and saw him, and a smile immediately appeared on his face, "Xu Dong, you're here." ”

"Master, why don't you renovate this mountain 'gate', or rebuild a mountain 'gate' with a little more weather. ”

Fang Yundao, "Xu Dong, you don't know, the Linggu 'Gate' is now unsustainable, and there is no money for the normal purchase of spiritual 'medicine' and magic tools, how can I have spare money to fix that, I, who is a master, am not afraid of the joke that you are an apprentice, the Linggu 'Gate' is not as good as day by day, and sooner or later it will collapse." ”

Xu Dong was taken aback, "Master, why are you talking like that." ”

"Alas. Fang Yun sighed and shook his head again, "It's okay if you don't say it, it's okay if you don't say it." ”

In fact, Fang Yun can guess a few points without saying that Xu Dong can guess a few points, the scene he saw in Meihuailing where Guangzhongzi led the villagers to ask for rain appeared in front of his eyes, in recent years, due to the lack of harvest in successive droughts, the common people can't even eat their stomachs, how can there be surplus money for their children to enter the 'Gate' sect to practice, not only in the country of Luotuo, but also in the cultivation world on the entire continent is not very good.

As a result, the 'sect' factions have been fighting each other more frequently, and some of the 'sect' factions, which were still barely maintaining relations, are now tearing their faces apart in order to compete for a small amount of resources, often sacrificing the lives of many disciples to compete for a piece of 'meat' that is not too 'fat', which in turn leads to the reluctance of the villagers to send their children to the 'sect' to practice.

On the one hand, the common people do not have enough to eat and advocate cultivation, and on the other hand, the cultivation world is so poor that even the few 'sects' that are already small cannot afford it.

Xu Dong thought that he also had the title of "Immeasurable Immortal Monarch", and he unconsciously had a sense of responsibility in his heart, he knew that in the Immeasurable Sea region, in addition to the big foreign countries such as the Luotuo Kingdom and the Longcheng Kingdom, there were also many small and medium-sized countries with small territories, and most of the kings of these countries were mediocre, causing the people to be miserable and banditry, accelerating the unification of the Immeasurable Sea region, and allowing the common people to have a peaceful life, which was already an urgent matter that should be put on the agenda.

Seeing that Xu Dong was silent in thought, Fang Yun reminded him, "Ai Disciple, do you have anything to do with coming to the outer 'gate' to find a teacher, if there is nothing to do, the teacher will go to Daotian to check the matter of harvesting the Spirit Valley." ”

Xu Dong's nose was sour, "Master, didn't Daotian hire nearby villagers to plant, and now it's cultivated by the disciples of the outer 'sect'." "I thought to myself, no wonder he didn't see a few disciples cultivating in the dojo, it turned out that they had personally '' the sickle to cut the crops.

"Alas. Fang Yun sighed again, "There are still so many inner 'gate' disciples, masters, and elders in Xunyang Ridge and Yun' Gate' that need to be supported, of course, the only way to rely on the outer 'gate' of Laolongtan is to sacrifice the outer 'gate' disciples and masters." He added, "You don't have to pay back the three masters you borrowed from me, and they can only be farmers when they come back, and they still have some interest in staying with you." ”

Xu Dong took out all the spars and spirit stones he was carrying with him and handed them to Fang Yun, as soon as he heard the sound of spars and spirit stones, Fang Yun's ears pricked up, "Beloved apprentice, how can you accept your things from the master." ”

"Master, you can first use these to improve the lives of the outer 'gate' masters and disciples, and I will send you 20,000 spars to repair the mountain 'gate' and the dojo, and also send people to send me the spiritual 'medicine' and magic tools that I don't need, so that I have stayed in the 'gate' of the Spirit Valley for eight years, and I can't watch it collapse like this. ”

Then Xu Dong briefly told Fang Yun what he meant, Fang Yun hurriedly got up and went to help Xu Dong Zhang Luo Monk Regiment, Xu Dong said worriedly, "Master, the outer 'door' masters are easy to say, I'm afraid that the two 'Dao' masters are not good to invite, so Master you are too embarrassed." ”

Fang Yun smiled rarely, "Don't worry, although Dao Min and Dao Qing are the inner 'gate' masters, they have a good relationship with your master, hey, what are you talking about, as long as they hear that I received an order for them, they will be happy to death, and I can also eat a kickback from them after the task is completed." ”

Xu Dong took a reassuring pill and said, "Master, I have to go back quickly, and the affairs of this monk group will be all your 'worry'." ”

Fang Yun sent him to the mountain 'gate', "Go back, go back, I'll go into the teleportation array to Xunyang Ridge to find Dao Min and Dao Qing, and then call a few outer 'gate' masters, and then ask them to go directly to the mouth of the camel valley to meet the guide you asked, they all have the ability to fly with the sword, and it is estimated that they will arrive half a day before your 100,000 army." ”

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Xu Dong did not enter the teleportation array through the barren meadow again, but used the Divine Movement Technique to return directly to the Pure Yang Palace, along the way he was in a good mood, and it was an unexpected gain to meet the Imperial Sword Master in the Lotus 'Flower' and 'Cave', and the monk group could have the Imperial Sword Master to lead for him, he could be said to have released one hundred and twenty hearts.

He walked through the main 'gate' of the Chunyang Palace into the palace, first went to the alchemy room to see if Yaqian's preparation of corpse killing powder had been completed, as soon as he entered the alchemy room, he saw that bags of corpse killing powder had been placed, and the blue line 'woman' was also called by Yaqian to help, now don't want Xu Dong to order, as soon as there is something, the four 'women' will do it together, and besides, Abu' 'flower' seems to have a particularly good relationship with the blue line 'woman', and the two are not like before.

"You four sisters listen to me, in this battle, you not only have to ensure that you don't have an accident, but also 'hand' you a task, that is, to ensure the safety of the entire harem, so that many concubines and nobles and palace maids and maids 'women' are shocked and frightened, because your enemies are those corpses, so you keep a part of the corpse killing powder for your own use, and let the shovel father-in-law 'hand' over to the Ministry of Shangshu Xu, Lord Xu naturally knows how to distribute. ”

The four 'women' all nodded, and went to follow Xu Dong's instructions, Xu Dong went out of the alchemy room and came to the Seventeen Horse Mansion, perhaps infected with the atmosphere of the coming big war, the eunuchs and palace 'women' in the mansion and even Zhao Ke himself were a little nervous.

"Xianggong, if there is really a palace coup, what should our family do, don't leave, stay in the mansion to protect me and Yuanbao. ”

Xu Dong stretched out his arms to support Zhao Ke's trembling shoulders and comforted her, "It's okay, I still have to '' the whole war in the background, here I will 'hand' over to a capable minister with a higher cultivation than me to guard, and he will do his best to protect your safety." ”

After speaking, he let his father-in-law come in, in this special period, Guo Guo is not at ease with everyone, and he must personally guard the Seventeen Horse Mansion, because this is the place where the queen mother and the little prince stay, and he has been by Zhao Ke's side since he was a teenager, and he has integrated Zhao Ke into his life.

Xu Dong 'handed' a forbidden palace token to Guo Guo, and whispered, "Guo Guo, you go to the Dharma Protector Mansion to invite Lord Yu Jian to come, only he can guarantee the safety of our people." ”

Xu Dong said to the old man in black, "Lord Yu Jian, you have been the protector of several dynasties, I don't have to doubt your ability, I remember that the emperor told me that when there was a 'chaos' in the imperial court in the past, you Lord Yu Jian were firmly on the side of the royal family, so I 'handed over' this family to you." ”

The old man in black seemed to hesitate for a moment, as if he was a little surprised that the emperor could 'hand' him such a pick, and then he nodded briskly and said, "Seventeen horses, you can rest assured, Poor Dao will use his life to ensure the safety of the seventeen horses and the son." ”

Guo Guo corrected on the side and said, "Lord Yu Jian, are you confused, you call the emperor the seventeenth horse master, and also, the queen mother and the little prince are also called by you." ”

The old man in black realized that he was speechless, and hurriedly said, "The poor road is old and confused, and as soon as he walked into the Seventeen Horse Mansion, he made a mistake, and he casually called out the previous customary name." ”

Xu Dong felt that this was a trivial matter, after all, the old man in black was a person in his hundred and ten years old, even if he was 'shrewd', he would not be confused, so he laughed it off, but comforted him a few words.

"Father-in-law Guoguo, tonight I am going to retreat and practice in the underground dark room of the 'Shouqiao Palace', this retreat lasts for two months, you quickly send someone to pass the decree, I will meet with the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs for the last time before the retreat, and 'hand' over the state affairs during this time. ”

The pot was quickly arranged, Xu Dong stayed with Zhao Ke and the little prince in the mansion for a while, and it was estimated that the ministers were almost here, so he got up and walked towards the "Shouqiao Palace".

As in any previous court meeting, hundreds of civil and military officials were lined up on both sides, and when the emperor came in from outside the palace, more than a hundred pairs of eyes looked at him together, and after a while, he knelt on the ground and performed the courtesy of the king.

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live. ”

"Zhong Aiqing is flat. Xu Dong raised his hand.

However, Xu Dong's raising of his hand today has a completely different feeling from before, he feels that these two hands are particularly heavy, so heavy that he can't lift them a little, and while raising his hand, he unconsciously glanced at the courtiers below, he deeply understands that after this earth-shattering change, most of them may no longer have a relationship with him.

Those people looked at Xu Dong's eyes and dodged, they didn't have the same idea as Xu Dong in their hearts, Xu Dong knew that they had ghosts, but he didn't bother to deal with them, he coughed his throat, and said as if he was routine, "Ladies and gentlemen, Li Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is the commander, and Lu Ajian, the 'servant' of the Ministry of War, is the vanguard, and the 100,000 troops of my Luotuo country have already gone to the border pass, and it is expected that they will arrive at the mouth of the valley before dark, and I have great trust in these two generals, and they will send good news back in the future." ”

He coughed twice again and said, "I'm going to retreat and cultivate in this 'Shou Zhi Palace' now, and the affairs of the palace have been 'handed over' to Lord Xu, the secretary of the ministry, and I hope that you Aiqing will spare no effort to help Lord Xu." ”

Those courtiers, especially those who were among the civil officials, all expressed their loyalty, and three of them also said that they would stay in the 'Shou Zhi Palace' for these two months to protect the safety of the emperor during his retreat.

Xu Dong said in his heart, where do you want to protect my safety, you are just ordered by others to monitor me, afraid that I will come out of the underground dark room of retreat, but he will not say anything, but in front of the civil and military officials, he will activate the mechanism of the dark room to open the stone 'door', and enter the underground dark room in front of everyone.

After he entered the dark room, the heavy dark room 'door' was "squeaked" shut, he put the makeup supplies in the dark room in advance, and then put on a black 'colored' cloak after the makeup, and then followed the underground passage made of stone to Taihouguan, Taihouguan There is also a mechanism at the exit of the dark passage, and this mechanism can only be opened by Xu Dong himself, he came out of the dark room through this mechanism, and went to the shadow wall of Taihouguan.

Now that the sky is approaching dusk, there are only a few pilgrims in the Sanqing Hall of Taihouguan, and he found the master from Wuliang Island without much trouble, and it turned out that Feng Zhongzi sent Yun Zhongzi, Xing Yu, Huang Fengyan, Shunji, Jian Chao, and Luo Sifeng to five people, and almost all the masters of Wuliang Sect were dispatched.