On a vast expanse of water, there are islands of all sizes.

Between these large and small islands, there are occasionally dazzling rays of light across the void, which is naturally a monk who has cultivated to reach the foundation building stage and above.

And there are also light ferries between these islands, carrying those Qi Refining Stage monks who can't fly in the sky and travel between the islands.

The rows of pavilions on the island are built near the water, the light boat is green and the water is picturesque, but there is a bit of the scenery of the secular water town.

This is Tianhu City, the thirty-seven cities of Xiazhou, each with different scenery, and Tianhu City is built in the water.

On the largest island in the center of the city, a huge teleportation array was set up, and at this time, a white light suddenly flashed, revealing two figures.

As soon as Li Hui and Lou stepped out of the teleportation array with the wind, there were several monks wearing spirit armor and holding spirit weapons around them.

"Participate in Childe!"

Lou bowed to the wind: "No courtesy!"

took Li Hui and walked outside.

This teleportation array was set up in a solid fortress, and the two of them walked out together, and within a distance of more than ten zhang, a team of patrolling monks passed by, and during this period, Li Hui also felt that two powerful divine senses swept over him.

However, as soon as these patrolling monks saw that it was the building with the wind, they all gave way.

After walking a distance of hundreds of zhang, the two of them walked out of the huge fortress that protected the teleportation array.

"No way, this is an extraordinary period, Tianhu City is also in a semi-closed state, ordinary monks are not allowed to travel through this teleportation array, and they are worried that someone will destroy the teleportation array, so they built such a fortress. While walking, Lou Suifeng said to Li Hui with a little apology.

Li Hui nodded, and naturally understood this very well in his heart.

In Xiazhou, the teleportation array is the most important way to travel long distances. After the battle between the Reverse Wei Alliance and the Ziwei Palace, the Reverse Wei Alliance cut off the teleportation array between it and the cities under the command of the Ziwei Palace, and strictly controlled it.

If the teleportation array is destroyed, it is equivalent to a lonely city, and it is easy to be broken by the other party.

During the conversation, the two had stepped out of this fortress, and finally saw the blue sky and white clouds outside, Tianhu City, hidden between the lake and water, looked extremely enchanting, on the wide street, there were constantly monks coming and going, and there were no more faint lights in the sky, which was more prosperous than the last time Li Hui went to Tianhu City.

Li Hui showed a bit of surprise on his face, and sighed softly: "The impact of this war on Tianhu City is almost invisible, but it seems to be more prosperous. Lou Suifeng laughed when he heard this: "Tianhu City is the base camp of our Lou family, living in the rear of the war, naturally it has not been affected by the war, and there are also many monks under the command of the Lou family who have settled in Tianhu City, so it seems to be more lively." ”

Li Hui nodded, and also understood the reason.

"Not only are there more monks here, but the scale of Lake City has expanded several times now. Lou Suifeng's face showed a bit of pride.

Li Hui was stunned: "Isn't Tianhu City built in a body of water, surrounded by the city wall of seventy-two islands, how can it be expanded?"

Lou Suifeng smiled indifferently, and the pride on his face was even greater: "In fact, our Lou family has been operating for a long time, trying to expand the scale of this Tianhu City, after the war, it will build a larger city wall in the periphery of the original Tianhu City, and expand the scope of Tianhu City several times, this newly established urban area is called the outer city, and the original Tianhu City is called the inner city, and now the Tianhu City, on the whole, although it is not as good as the crape myrtle city, it can also be said to be the second largest city." ”

Li Hui was relieved, but in his heart, he secretly admired the methods of this Lou family, and actually came up with such a method. In this way, the core power of the Lou family lives in the inner city, just like the capital of the secular country, and the imperial city where the royal family lives. Then the outer city played the role of defending the inner city.

"In the past ten years, Tianhu City has also changed a lot, you and I have nothing to do, I will take you around this city. Lou Suifeng said with great interest.

Li Hui naturally has no opinion, he has been in retreat for ten years, and as soon as he came out, he encountered Nangong Ao's provocation, and he has been on the run since then. It's been a long time since I've been in contact with the outside world, and the beautiful scenery of Lake City is worth a visit.

The two of them walked side by side on the streets of the big island in the center of the city, chatting casually while looking at the markets on both sides of the street.

Tianhu City is a prosperous scene, and there is an endless stream of monks coming and going in every market. There are even bursts of sheng singing on the top of some restaurants, and a song and dance are leveling. Only the occasional group of patrolling monks with fierce spirit beasts walked by, which seemed to have a bit of a wartime flavor.

"Now that the five mansions of my Lou family have been merged into one, the strength is many times stronger than before, all the large Fang markets in Tianhu City are all directly under the Lou family, and there are also some medium-sized Fang markets that are opened by other sect forces, but they all have to pay taxes to my Lou family and accept the protection of the Lou family. Lou walked with the wind, while pointing to the markets on both sides to introduce Li Hui.

Li Hui looked carefully, and sure enough, he saw that the Lou clan emblem was hanging outside many large markets. In his heart, he secretly said that now this Tianhu City, like that Ziwei City, is completely under the iron-fisted rule of the Lou family.

Those patrol teams who came and went, when they saw Lou Suifeng, they all stopped and respectfully called "Childe" faintly, and the identity of the young master of Lou Suifeng Tianhu City was shown to the extreme.

Lou Suifeng returned the salute modestly every time, but this reflected his unusual status, just like two ordinary people meeting and saluting, which was nothing. But if one of them has a higher status and does these ordinary things to return the courtesy, it makes others feel unusual.

Lou Suifeng looked at Li Hui, with a slightly wry smile on his face: "No way, my father is now the patriarch of the Lou family, and even with me, my status in this Tianhu City has become different." ”

Li Hui smiled slightly, although he didn't like this kind of struggle for power and profit in his heart, and only wanted to pursue the supreme sword way, but everyone has their own way, so naturally he would not have any other opinions about Lou Suifeng.

"You are now the young master of Lake City, and you will inherit the Lou family in the future, and you are also the overlord of one side, and these people should be polite to you. Li Hui instead smiled and teased the building with the wind.

Lou Suifeng could only smile bitterly when he heard this, but after laughing, he shook his head: "Although my father is the current patriarch of the Lou clan, it may not be me who will take over his position as patriarch in the future." ”

Li Hui was also a little surprised when he heard this: "Could it be that the position of this patriarch will not be passed on to others?"

Lou Suifeng shook his head: "You also know that our Lou family was originally divided into five mansions, and later, although my father became the patriarch, with the support of those ancestors behind him, the five mansions were unified, but he also made some compromises, and he was not the only one in the clan who had the final say." ”

"After the integration of the five mansions of the Lou family, a council of elders was established, each of the five mansions has a great elder, my father is also one of the great elders, when there is a major resolution on weekdays, you need to ask the council of elders to help, if you can't pass the resolution of the council of elders, it can't be implemented, if you encounter a real big event, there are those ancestors behind the generation to come forward to control. ”

Lou walked with the wind, and introduced the current situation of the Lou family.

"Each patriarch of the Lou clan must select outstanding children from the five mansions, and they can only take effect if they are jointly appointed by the Council of Elders, but it is not as simple as passing on from father to son; this move is naturally also for the imbalance of power within the Lou family, and the patriarch is autocratic, which leads to instability within the family. ”

Li Hui secretly sighed in his heart for this Knowles's strategy and wisdom. Since ancient times, I don't know how many sect forces have gone from extreme prosperity to decline step by step because of infighting or because of autocracy, and even disappeared in the long river of time.

The fact that the Knowles can come up with such a method that can not only ensure the unity of the family, but also do not have the dictatorship of the patriarch, and check and balance each other, is indeed conducive to the long-term inheritance of the family.

The two of them wandered around the street for a long time, and they kept coming across some patrolling monks who came to salute, and some monks who did not know each other suddenly came over and greeted him with great enthusiasm. In this case, although Lou Suifeng was confused, he could not lose his courtesy, so he returned the salute in turn.

Gradually, both of them were a little more excited.

"Li Hui, let's go to my mansion and stay, I wanted to go around casually, but I didn't expect it to be so troublesome. Lou Suifeng smiled bitterly.

Li Hui nodded: "It's okay, I haven't rested for a long time, so let's go to your house." ”

Lou Suifeng showed a little joy when he heard this, but he smiled as if he thought of something, and said with a little obscenity: "Let's go to Xiaoyao Island again in the evening, now that place is even more lively." ”

Li Hui was stunned, and also remembered the intoxicating Xiaoyao Island, and couldn't help but smile slightly: "Okay, let's go have a drink tonight." ”

"Now the headquarters of the Lou family is set up on the big island in the center of Tianhu City, and the other five prefectures have also expanded a lot, but I still live on the island where the original Xifu is located, and now my father has a lot of things to do, and rarely goes back to the Xifu, and I have also expanded my other courtyard a lot, let's go." Lou said with the wind and released a cyan flying boat and took off into the air.

Li Hui also sacrificed the Wind Breaker to follow, and the two flew towards the location of Knowles' West Mansion in the northwest of Tianhu City.