Traveling through the heavens from swallowing

Chapter 411: Big project, breaking through the exploding furnace, a fair and open sneak attack, and the army attacking the city!
Outside Wutan City, Liu Mang stood on the top of the city wall, looking down at the dense crowds of people below, and nodded:

"let's start."

Figures moved in response and began the vigorous project of road construction.

There are no excavators in the Doupo world, but it doesn’t matter, as a Doushi is capable of matching ordinary small excavators.

As for the number of fighters that Wutan City has after a year of development, it would be a small problem to allocate a thousand to build roads.

This is equivalent to a thousand small excavators, and the efficiency is lightning fast.

The use of cement in the 15 cities of Northeast China is no longer new. At this time, when building roads, concrete is naturally used.

With the presence of concrete, road construction is quick and easy.

After all, it is not a modern highway. There is no need to build complete supporting facilities. If we just build the road, the speed will still be very fast.

This time, the road construction in Wutan City mobilized tens of thousands of workers, all of whom were at least at the stage of great strength fighting qi, and there were countless fighters.

Several sections of the road started at the same time, and construction started in 15 cities at the same time. It may take less than a year to complete the connection of the 15 cities.

There is no need to worry about the construction speed. The only thing to worry about is the attacks from criminal forces along the way and in the surrounding areas.

The wide, easy-to-walk, unobstructed and guarded road is naturally not popular with these evil forces who mainly make a living by robbing people.

The construction of the road would mean that they would lose most of their sources of income, and in this northeastern region, losing income basically meant death.

This is a collision between order and chaos, a struggle between survival and destruction. They are unwilling to give up the enjoyment brought by the cost-free business, so they have no choice but to retreat.

"Divide the troops into four groups and advance along the designated route!" The third elder, wearing gorgeous and heavy armor, gave orders to the army.

"Yes!" Four Douling commanders, who were also fully armored, stepped out and started the sweep with their respective troops.

The Wutan City defense force has only 10,000 soldiers, with a total of ten commanders, all of whom are Dou Ling, and each of them leads a thousand city defense soldiers.

These ten commanders are all members of the Xiao family. They became Dou Ling during this year and were subsequently assigned to occupy key positions in the city defense army.

Four commanders led their respective subordinates to attack, which amounted to 4000 people.

Amid the fluttering flags, black matte armor appeared one after another. The sound of the armor plates rubbing and colliding was majestic and deep, but there was no sound of talking.

Every soldier's eyes were shining, their blood was surging, and their vaguely revealed fighting skills were not inferior to those of a fighting master!
This mopping-up force of 4000 people consists of experts at least at the fighting master level!
The faces of many forces that came to investigate suddenly changed. They had never even heard of such a large army composed of all members above the level of fighting masters, let alone seen it.

The strength of the Xiao family is so terrifying!
Although it was the wilderness, there were dense forests, hills, rivers, etc. everywhere, so it was not easy to walk, let alone a forced march.

But this is not a problem for the Wutan City Defense Force. Any fighter, even if wearing 100 kilograms of heavy armor, can still easily move through the dense forest.

As the four troops set out, gradually, the troops separated according to their organizational structure, covering a larger area in the mopping-up operation.

There are ten people in a team, and each team is led by a great fighting master. Their sweeping range is several hundred meters in radius.

Before long, sounds of fighting could be heard from everywhere, and screams were heard everywhere.

These were all ambushed in advance to prepare for a surprise attack on a wave of road construction troops, but they did not expect that before they could get close to the road construction troops, they were blocked by the city defense troops.

"The rest of the people, move forward and clear the way!" The third elder gave the order again.

The remaining 6000 people advanced directly forward, uprooting the trees and rocks that blocked the road and clearing a dirt road more than meters wide.

The road being built this time is not to upgrade or expand the original road, but to build a new scientific and advanced road, so naturally we have to start with road opening.

The city defense forces are responsible for clearing the road and ensuring safety, while the rest is left to the construction team. Each team performs their duties and does not interfere with each other.

This situation will last for several months or even a year until the road is repaired.

As for what to do with Wutan City after all 10,000 city defense troops have been sent out, we have to mention the changes in the Xiao family in this year.

Due to the rapid development of Wutan City, the city expanded again, and its strength in all aspects improved rapidly. Therefore, Jia Xingtian, who received Liu Mang's gift, promoted Liu Mang's official position. Now he is the Lord of Wutan City, one level higher than the ordinary city lord.

And his legal military strength also increased from 10,000 to 30,000.

After sending out the initial 10,000 elite troops, there are still 20,000 troops left in Wutan City, so there is no need to worry about safety issues.

What's more, Liu Mang himself is in Wutan City, so there is no need to worry about safety. As long as he steps into the void and releases the pressure of Dou Zong, no one in the entire Jia Ma Empire dares to fight him.

Not to mention, the Xiao family's current six Dou Wangs, more than twenty Dou Lings and more than a hundred great Dou Masters are not just for show.

During this year, Liu Mang's alchemy skills greatly improved, and he also collected many alchemy recipes. With his dedicated training, the Xiao family underwent earth-shaking changes in just one year.

There are elixirs to assist in cultivation, elixirs to improve comprehension and aptitude, elixirs to strengthen and temper the body, elixirs to directly improve cultivation, and earth-level techniques. The Xiao family is now invincible in the Gama Empire.

Even Luo Shan is not far from becoming a Dou Huang. She has been practicing dual cultivation with Liu Mang for a long time. Although it has greatly increased the time it takes Liu Mang to break through to the Dou Zong level, the result still satisfies Liu Mang.

"So, to sum up, Wutan City is as stable as a rock, there's nothing to worry about!" Luo Shan patted his chest and vowed, completely ignoring Xiao Xun'er's blushing face.

How can you say something like "double cultivation" so loudly? The precocious Xun'er was so angry that smoke was coming out of her head.

Luo Shan didn't notice at all that she had said something inappropriate in front of the child. She rubbed Xun'er's pink little face, her eyes full of love.

Ah, so cute, Yan'er can't compare to her at all!
This is natural. Xiao Yan is an adult who traveled through time after all. It is impossible to expect him to be as cute and shy as a real child. If he really drives a car, Xiao Yan, as a modern transcendent, can crush Luo Shan's face with the wheel.

Then naturally, Xiao Yan seems less cute. Now Luo Shan doesn’t hug him anymore, but plays with Xun’er every day.

However, Xiao Yan was not sad, because although his mother's love was taken away, his father's love was still abundant.

"Hahahaha, Yan'er, come on, come on, attack here!" Liu Mang patted his strong and solid chest, telling Xiao Yan to attack without hesitation.

“Ahhh! A mountain-hugging strike!” Xiao Yan roared wildly while circulating his fighting spirit and delivered his strongest punch.

"Boom!" A muffled sound sounded.

Xiao Yan flew backwards and was about to hit the ground, but was grabbed by Liu Mang and landed safely.

His eyes were blurry and dull, and he seemed not to react, but his aura suddenly rose, and there was a roar in his dantian, and a vortex of fighting spirit condensed directly.

He actually broke through to the level of a fighter at this moment!

“Father, father, I have broken through to the Fighter level!” Xiao Yan almost jumped up with joy.

It has been more than a year since he started to cultivate the fighting spirit. He has been working hard every day from dawn to dusk. With the help of his father's many treasures and resources, as well as his father's frequent guidance, today he finally condensed the fighting spirit vortex and entered the fighting state. Of course he is excited.

Because, the fighter is actually just the beginning of the road to practicing fighting spirit!
The previous fighting spirit stage was said to be cultivation, but in fact it was just training. There was no guidance from any techniques, and it relied purely on accumulation, without any sense of pleasure from cultivation.

It’s different now, he is finally about to step into the door of the fighting world!

Liu Mang touched his head and smiled, "As expected of my son, this talent is in my style. A 5-year-old fighter, if you tell others about it, it will scare everyone to death!"

Xiao Yan excitedly said: "Of course, I am the number one genius in the Xiao family! My goal is to break the record of the youngest fighting master in the entire continent!" His tone was extremely proud.

The youngest fighting master on the entire continent was officially recorded at the age of 7. If it were the original Xiao Yan, he wouldn't dare to make such a boast, but Xiao Yan here has such good conditions that his chances are pretty great.

Liu Mang narrowed his eyes and smiled meaningfully.

If you want to break the record of the youngest fighting master in the entire continent, I have to let you break it! Liu Mang thought.

He looked at the ring hanging on Xiao Yan's chest, and the corners of his mouth curled up even more.

You are indeed the number one genius in the Xiao family, but if I let you go through this journey smoothly, I will not be worthy of being your father.

If I don't give you some difficulties to let you know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is, you will probably end up going to heaven in the future.

This is not conducive to the growth of Lord Yan Emperor.

Therefore, the Yao Lao ring was directly given to Xiao Yan, and Liu Mang even added a lot of ingredients to it.

He wanted to make Xiao Yan fall from the clouds to the bottom of the valley, and then have him climb out from the bottom of the valley. Only with this setback would his future path be much smoother.

However, let him be proud for a while. If you don't let him finish pretending, how can he experience the pain of having his dignity broken?

Yan'er, I'm doing this for your own good!

boom!
Suddenly, a loud explosion resounded throughout the Xiao family, and the entire Xiao family was shaking.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Luo Shan came to Liu Mang with Xun'er in her arms, still in shock.

Liu Mang's face changed drastically: "My pill!"

He disappeared directly to the alchemy room in the back mountain, only to see that the original alchemy room had disappeared, and the lid of the Qingjing Ding placed there was blown away. Thick black smoke rose into the sky, and the surrounding area of ​​ten meters was completely reduced to ruins.

"Ah, my alchemy room, my cauldron, my medicine." Liu Mang looked at everything in front of him and wanted to cry but had no tears. This furnace of seventh-grade Dragon Blood Xuanhuang Pills was completely ruined.

"Why would the furnace explode? My automatic alchemy method has clearly been perfected!" Liu Mang didn't understand, so he found the lid of the cauldron that was blown away and checked if there was something wrong with the spirit of the vessel.

The Qingjing Ding itself has no spirit, but in order to give full play to the subjective initiative of the alchemy furnace, Liu Mang integrated the soul of a seventh-level magical beast into the Qingjing Ding, letting it help him deal with the boring and repetitive work in alchemy, and he was only responsible for taking action during the key processes.

It takes a very long time to refine elixirs above grade 6, and Liu Mang was unwilling to sit there for days or months to refine them, so the automatic elixir refining method came into being.

Everything was obviously fine before, and I had made seventh-grade elixirs before. How come not only did it fail to make the elixir, but it even caused the furnace to explode?
After checking, Liu Mang's face became even more ugly, because the spirit of the weapon was blown away.

"Fortunately, the weapon spirit offset most of the power, otherwise, the back mountain would have been destroyed. What the hell did I practice?"

Generally speaking, the furnace will not explode when refining alchemy because there are no factors that can cause an explosion.

But sometimes these problems would occur due to operational errors, such as forcibly restricting the flow of power in and out of the furnace, blocking the furnace opening and preventing exhaust and heat dissipation, or there being flammable and explosive ingredients in the medicinal materials, or there would be power conflicts. However, this Dragon Blood Xuanhuang Pill was a body-building pill that he had researched for several days. It did not contain any flammable and explosive ingredients, and there was no reason for problems with power control. Even if he did not notice other minor problems, the weapon spirit would solve them.

How could this explode?

Liu Mang fell into deep thought.

The spirit of the weapon who died with his eyes open: Is there a possibility that the effect of the elixir you developed is not to refine the body but to cause an explosion?

When the explosion sounded, the entire Xiao family was startled, even the group of masked men in black who sneaked to the door of the Xiao family were also startled.

They were immediately frightened out of their bodies, and were clearly exposed to the eyes of the Xiao family guards who were also in shock.

Wearing black and masked clothes in broad daylight, is that stupid? This was the first thought of the guards.

Then the next moment

"Enemy attack!!!" The hoarse roar spread throughout the Xiao family. Luo Shan, who was carrying Xun'er to the back mountain, immediately turned around and rushed to the door of the Xiao family.

Fighting wings spread out behind her, she soared into the air, emitting tremendous power and rushed towards the door, preparing to shout to intimidate the enemy.

But before she could think of what to shout, someone spoke for her: "How dare you come to my Xiao family and make trouble! Come up and get killed!!"

The voice was clear and pleasant, exuding endless majesty, but you could tell it was a little girl.

Luo Shan looked at Xun'er in her arms in confusion, she saw that her little face was full of seriousness and her eyes were full of disdain.

Me.You.Ah?
What kind of education can make a four-year-old girl look down on the world like this?
Luo Shan didn’t understand, she had never taught this!

Before she could figure it out, she had already arrived above the door and the hundreds of men in black appeared before her.

She was confused again. Why were they wearing black clothes and masks in broad daylight? Was it because they thought it wasn't conspicuous enough?

Moreover, attacking the front gate of the Xiao family, what is the purpose of this? Are you guys trying to attack the Xiao family head-on?
In short, Luo Shan couldn't understand the other party's actions.

Ma Xu also couldn't understand what his brothers were doing. If they were going to explode, they would explode. Why did they jump out? What about sneaking into the Xiao family and kidnapping key figures? And why did I jump out too?

He stood at the front of the crowd, looking straight at the sky and seeing Luo Shan looking down at him, lost in thought.

The scene was silent. Luo Shan was a little at a loss. What should she say next?
She was apparently quite talkative when facing Liu Mang, and could explain all kinds of weird reasons clearly, but when it came time to speak, her mind went blank.

“You ants, dare you to rebel? Death will be the happiest ending for you!” The childish and crisp voice sounded again, helping Luo Shan to hold up the situation.

Luo Shan was stunned, then coughed: "Ahem, kneel——"

"How dare you, a madman, come to my Xiao family and act so recklessly! Die!"

Before Luo Shan could finish her words, she was interrupted again. Then, a giant palm full of fighting spirit fell from the sky and landed among the crowd with a bang.

Except for a few who were relatively far away, all the hundreds of men in black were beaten into a pulp.

A figure stood in the void, with his hands behind his back, snorting coldly: "You are just an ant, it's not a pity to die!"

The domineering attitude that looked down upon the world shone into the hearts of everyone in the Xiao family like sunshine.

"Clan leader!" The Xiao family members saluted in unison and turned their respectful gazes towards their domineering clan leader.

Seeing the longing in Xun'er's eyes, Luo Shan immediately solved the case. It turned out that it was her own husband who taught the girl to be like this!

You must teach by example. As the patriarch, your every word and action will influence the children whose values ​​are still uncertain. Xiao Zhan, take it easy!

Luo Shan gritted her teeth. She didn't want her children to become domineering emperors in the future. This trend must not be allowed to continue!
Ma Xu stood there trembling, almost foaming at the mouth.

His body was covered in the flesh and blood of his brothers, and the sticky and smelly blood soaked into his clothes and dripped down, like a demon crawling out of hell.

Why. I'm not dead?
He was somewhat confused in a trance.

"Because I want to know where you come from." A condescending voice came down, causing Ma Xu to raise his eyes unconsciously.

But when he raised his eyes completely, a huge hand covering the sky and the sun fell on his forehead.

“Wait—Aaaaaaah!”

Before he could finish his words, they turned into screams, and then the screams completely disappeared.

Ma Xu's face was distorted, his eyeballs were moving uncontrollably, and his nose and mouth were almost rubbed together in pain.

But he couldn't make a sound. Every part of his body was twitching, and his brain turned into paste and flowed out of his ears.

A minute later, Liu Mang found the key information and withdrew his right hand.

Ma Xu stopped trembling, his eyes became completely dead, and he fell to the ground with a thud, his breath completely gone.

His brain was damaged, and he was obviously dead. As a mere Dou Wang, there was no possibility for him to survive in such a situation.

Liu Mang took the towel from the tribe member, wiped his hands, and whispered: "Yunlan Sect"

He knew that launching the sweep would inevitably lead to a counterattack from these evil forces, but he did not expect that the Yunlan Sect, the largest and most powerful sect in the empire, would take action directly.

"There is no reason. No matter how the situation in the 15 cities in the northeast changes, it will take at least ten years to affect the Yunlan Sect thousands of miles away. Moreover, with my Xiao family taking the lead, their Yunlan Sect can also legitimately gather surrounding forces in the name of suppressing bandits and rebellion. Why are they taking action against the Xiao family at this time?"

"Yunshan saw the threat from the Xiao family? Does he have such a long-term vision?"

Liu Mang's eyes moved: "Or has the Soul Palace already contacted Yunshan at this time?"

Although in Liu Mang's eyes the Yunlan Sect is an evil force, but for the vast majority of people in the Jia Ma Empire and even in official name, the Yunlan Sect is a reasonable and legal military academy, and of course it can suppress bandits and rebels.

The Yunlan Sect has now developed to the point where it can compete with the imperial family. If it wants to go further, it will inevitably provoke a counterattack from the royal family.

At this time, Yunshan had not yet broken through to the Douzong level, and Jia Xingtian was still the top master in the empire. Of course, the Yunlan Sect did not dare to conquer everywhere recklessly.

But it’s different with the Xiao family taking the lead. It was the Xiao family who started this work, and their Yunlan Sect is just responding to this just action. You, the royal family, should look for the Xiao family, why are you looking for my Yunlan Sect?
Although Jia Xingtian is the number one master, he will not be too confident facing Yunshan. He will not attack the Yunlan Sect without being in the right. He cannot call on other Douhuangs in the Empire to besiege the Yunlan Sect.

Therefore, the Xiao family's actions at this time should be a good thing for the current Yunlan Sect. There is no reason to take action against the Xiao family.

But the fact is that they took action. This was the result of Liu Mang's soul-searching. Moreover, there were only a few forces in the empire that could send a Dou Wang to lead a team to attack the Xiao family.

Other forces have no reason to take action against the Xiao family. Liu Mang has brought them only benefits and no harm. Only the Yunlan Sect is a sect that cannot enjoy the dividends brought by Liu Mang's industrial development and may be jealous.

The most important thing is that Yunshan had a history of collusion with the Soul Palace in the original novel, so it is not incomprehensible that he is colluding with him now.

Just as the Xiao family has always been under the attention of the ancient clan, it is normal for the Soul clan to also send people to pay attention to them.

The Xiao family is on the rise, which is undoubtedly not conducive to their search for the Tushe Ancient Emperor Jade. It is understandable that the Yunlan Sect would try to test the Xiao family.

Or maybe, the Ancient Clan couldn't bear to see the Xiao family rise, so they leaked the news to the Soul Clan?
However, Liu Mang scratched his head. This attack started off well but ended badly. What are you trying to test with just a Dou Wang?
"Wash the floor, clean up, do whatever you need to do!" Liu Mang flew away directly and returned to the back mountain to continue studying the furnace explosion problem.

This was the first time in his life that a furnace exploded. He found it very new and decided to study it for a while.

Luo Shan ran back to her yard carrying Xun'er, and only then did she breathe a sigh of relief and release her hands that were covering the little girl's eyes.

"It was a wasted trip." Luo Shan said regretfully.

Xiaoxun'er rolled her eyes and said, "If you don't run in vain, then whose will?"
She has decided that she will break through tonight, escape from the control of her guardian Luo Shan, and walk her own path to becoming an emperor!
The next day, Wutan City was besieged by a large army. The ten major bandits in the northeast worked together to gather an army of 100,000 and marched to the city.

The original intention was to force the First City Defense Army, which had gone out to clear the way, to return to defend the city, but they ignored them.

"Then take advantage of the situation to capture Wutan City and cut off their retreat and supplies!" a big bandit said angrily.

The power of the bandits in the northeastern region of the empire is not much smaller than the official power, and the top-level combat power is even higher.

The top ten bandits, five Dou Lings and five Dou Wangs, and the mayors of the 15 cities in the northeast, excluding the cheating Liu Mang, are still far inferior to the other side.

This way he can secure his position as city lord, simply because he is used to getting things for free and is unwilling to earn money on his own.

Why earn it yourself when you can rob it?
The ten great bandits all thought so.

Now that the ten major bandits have gathered together to besiege Wutan City, the entire Northeast region has been silenced. Many residents of Wutan City have moved their families away overnight, but there are also many who have taken up arms to live and die with Wutan.

The city of Wutan, with a population of one million and an average fighter per capita, was actually scared away more than 100,000 people by a motley army of ten bandits. Liu Mang found it outrageous when he received the news.

"Are they stupid? The ones who escaped alone are enough to destroy the enemy's 100,000 strong army two or three times. Why are they running?" The commander of the Second Legion, Fang Jinwu, was very disappointed.

Fang Jinwu is a deacon recruited by the Xiao family. He was originally a Dou Ling with no faction affiliation and was a casual cultivator. Now he is a 1-star Dou Wang and is responsible for commanding the Second Legion of Wutan City Defense.

Liu Mang put down the news and chuckled, "That's not the case. After all, they have nothing but cultivation. They have no fighting skills, no weapons, no experience, and even no courage. They are worse than the mob outside. Let them run away. It happens that many families of the city defense army do not have the right to live in Wutan City. Originally, they needed to expand the city before solving this problem, but now they can solve it directly."

The commander of the Third Corps, Shen Hong, also smiled and said, "Old Fang, just be happy. Your Second Corps has the greatest need, and they have voluntarily moved out. You should be thanking them."

Shen Hong’s situation is basically the same as Fang Jinwu’s, except that he is in charge of the Third Legion of the City Defense Army.

"Okay, get everything ready. I think the ten major bandits can't hold back any longer." Liu Mang interrupted.

The two looked at each other, bowed and said, "We are ready, City Lord!"

They still know the basic common sense of calling the city lord when at work and calling the family head after get off work.

Liu Mang nodded: "Well, let's get started. This is my first battle after taking over Wutan, and I must win beautifully."

"Yes!" The two of them took the order and left.

(End of this chapter)