Chapter Ninety-Four: On Meritorious Deeds

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"Brother Mei, come on, come on, sit here. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 As soon as Ou Chuyang entered the meeting hall, Di Zhenjie cordially pulled him to the second seat and sat opposite Mr. Wang.

"This time, Yan Shanhou colluded with the Eight Great Beast Kings to launch an unprecedented fierce beast tide, which is really dangerous. Mei Aochu first gathered the crowd to defend the city, fought a bloody battle against the city, and tried his best to protect the city; and then he and Wei Dongheng uncovered the conspiracy of Yanshanhou and desperately rescued the Hanyu Palace; and finally dispersed the beast tide and defused the catastrophe, which is really a great contribution! The fourth prince should be rewarded heavily. Mr. Wang held his long beard and nodded in appreciation.

"Yes, thanks to Brother Mei, our family was saved. I would like to thank Brother Mei for his great kindness. ā€

"It's really commendable, if it's me, I will definitely not be able to hold on until the fourth prince returns. ā€

At least I couldn't come up with any such clever tricks as tearing down houses, setting them on fire, and poisoning them. ā€

In the council hall, many sword masters praised each other.

"Brother Mei's all-round talent in civil and military affairs, wisdom and bravery, I Wei Dongheng admires it very much!" Wei Dongheng even praised Ou Chuyang, "If it weren't for him, I'm afraid that when the Cold Jade Palace was breached, I would still be drinking cold wind in the extremely cold snowfield." ā€

"Those who have merit deserve a heavy reward. Di Zhenjie smiled and took a tray covered with red silk from his subordinates, handed it to Ou Chuyang with his own hands, and announced loudly: "This prince will appoint Mei Aochu as the deputy city lord of the Zhengxi Acropolis today to help manage all the affairs in the city. When I'm not in the city, everything big or small is decided by Mei Aochu!"

It has been less than a year since Ou Chuyang joined Di Zhenjie's disciples, and Di Zhenjie entrusted him with such an important task, and all the sword masters were amazed:

"I actually became the deputy city lord directly, this is really a success!"

"The fourth prince is really meritocracy, and there is no doubt about employing people!"

Wei Dongheng laughed and said, "Congratulations to Brother Mei, no, I should say congratulations to the deputy city lord." ā€

"This ......" Ou Chuyang was also surprised, got up and excused himself: "Thanks to the love of the fourth prince, but he is only a swordsman below, I am afraid it is difficult to take on such a heavy responsibility, and please think twice about the fourth prince." ā€

"Brother Mei, don't shirk it. Di Zhenjie waved his hand and said with a smile: "As the saying goes: When you are in trouble, you can see the truth, and you will show your true colors at the moment of life and death." If it were me, I wouldn't have been able to do as good as you. If you don't be the deputy city lord, who else can do it?"

Wei Dongheng, Mr. Wang and others also persuaded each other, and Ou Chuyang could not forcibly refuse, so he had to temporarily accept the big seal of the deputy city lord.

In addition to the position of deputy city lord, Di Zhenjie also rewarded an additional 10,000 amethyst. 10,000 amethyst is equal to 100,000 aquast, which is equivalent to 100,000 snowflake silver, which is a very considerable wealth. For Ou Chuyang, who was in urgent need of amethyst to cultivate, it was even more of a relief in the snow.

It takes one hundred and eighty amethysts to cast a sword, and this 10,000 amethyst needs to cast hundreds of superb crafts to earn it back...... Ou Chuyang accepted it without saying a word, for him, 10,000 amethyst was much more than the position of deputy city lord.

After that, Di Zhenjie continued to talk about meritorious deeds: all the servants who participated in this battle were rewarded with ten taels of silver; those who were injured in the battle of defending the city were rewarded with twenty taels each; those who were injured and disabled in the future will receive a disability subsidy from the city lord's mansion every month; and those who died bravely in the city were given a pension of fifty taels and buried in the north of the city together with Bao Hanping and Master Chen, the two martyred sword masters.

"It's a pity that the holy sword 'Ice Spirit Cold Light' was finally missing. I don't know if the Demon Emperor Han Yan was beheaded by the sword. Mr. Wang said with some concern: "If the Demon Emperor Han Yan does not die, then I am afraid that it will be difficult for Yanzhou to be peaceful in the future." ā€

Di Zhenjie asked: "Mr. Wang is well-informed, but only the origin of the Demon Emperor Han Yan?"

"More than 100 years ago, I also heard some legends. Mr. Wang narrowed his eyes slightly, got up and looked into the distance, his deep gaze seemed to travel through time and space, back to a thousand years ago.

"A thousand years ago, the bitter cold land of Yanzhou was inaccessible and was the world of the beast clan. At that time, the lord of the beast clan was the amazing and brilliant Demon Emperor Han Yan. It is said that he was already transcendent and holy at that time, and there was no rival in the world. ā€

And all the people listened in silence. For sword cultivators, the legends of the top power are more attractive than the songs of beautiful women.

"As the strength of the Demon Emperor Han Yan became stronger and stronger, his ambition gradually swelled, and he was bent on entering Zhongzhou and competing with the Terrans for the dominance of the world. Just when the **** war was about to break out, the Demon Emperor Han Yan disappeared overnight inexplicably, and no one knew where he went. ā€

"The mystery of the Demon Emperor's disappearance has not been answered, although there have been various speculations, but no one would have thought that it was Gu Caiyi, the favorite woman of the Demon Emperor Han Yan, who cut off her love and killed her relatives with righteousness, gave up her cultivation, and froze him in the Cold Jade Palace for thousands of years with the help of the holy sword 'Ice Spirit Cold Light'. ā€

"After the disappearance of the Demon Emperor Han Yan, the beast clan collapsed, and the south of Yanshan was gradually occupied by humans and took root. Although there is an outbreak of beast tides every year, it cannot change the situation of human beings constantly enclosing land and occupying cities. Hundreds of years ago, the Di family entered the land of Yanzhong and built Jinghai City and four acropolises, and the threat of the beast tide became smaller and smaller. ā€

After listening to Mr. Wang's narration, everyone knew this legend through the ages. Someone asked: "But now that the Demon Emperor Han has returned, Gu Caiyi has died." If the Demon Emperor Han Yan leads the beast clan to rise strongly again, how can our Di family resist it?"

"That's right, the transcendent Demon Clan Emperor is by no means easy to resist. All the Heavenly Rank powers of our Di family may not be able to defeat him, how can this be good?" everyone began to worry.

"You don't have to worry too much. Ou Chuyang said: "When the Demon Emperor Han Yan recovered, I heard him say in person: Gu Caiyi froze him for thousands of years, causing his cultivation to fall to a great realm, and he couldn't even maintain his humanoid body. Therefore, even if the Holy Sword 'Ice Spirit Cold Light' did not catch up with him and kill him, he would no longer be a top-level power of transcendent sainthood. If the Orcs attack on a large scale, we invite heroes from all walks of life to work together to definitely resist it. ā€

"That's good!" Di Zhenjie stood up and said loudly: "I will immediately order someone to spread this matter." Not only Yanzhou, but all over the world. Let everyone in the world know that if Yanzhou falls, then the beast clan will definitely take advantage of the victory and go south, and no one in the world will be able to be alone. At the same time, I will ask my father to step up contact with the sword cultivation sects in Ningzhou, Zhongzhou, Shuozhou and other states adjacent to Yanzhou, and ask them to be ready to help Yanzhou at any time. Don't panic. ā€

Hearing Ou Chuyang and Di Zhenjie say this, everyone's expressions gradually eased and slowly settled down.

"And. Mr. Wang added: "Although we have suffered a lot of losses from this beast tide, the casualties of the beast herd are even greater. I don't think there will be any more large-scale beast tides in three years. We can seize the time, recuperate, train Ding Zhuang, recruit heroes from all over the world, and prepare for future changes. ā€

What Mr. Wang said is very true. Everyone was completely relieved and continued to talk and laugh.

Ou Chuyang felt a growing sense of urgency. It has only been two years since he crossed into this world, and the Sword God Secret Treasure has been born one after another, and rare swords such as 'Blood Drink' and 'Ice Spirit Cold Light' have also appeared one after another, and the top-level heaven-level powers have also emerged one by one...... The world of great controversy has indeed begun. And he's still a mere swordsman, how can this work?

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