It doesn't matter what the lord is.

However, they did not expect that they were all blocked outside the Great Wall by the Lingwu Lord, leaving behind more than 1,400 huge corpses.

What really surprised me was that this news could actually be spread. In the past, Lingwu Territory was a completely closed territory, and basically had no contact with any other territories. The [Hidden Guards] under the Lingwu Lord were all over Lingwu, and the outside Anbu could not infiltrate at all. As long as the Lingwu Lord wanted to keep any news secret, outsiders would never know it.

In fact, this is what she did in previous years. She never talked about the fight against the giants, so that outsiders could never guess Lingwu's true strength.

But this time such big news has come out, and there is only one possibility I can think of.

She did it on purpose.

It was like a lion sitting in the north, licking its bloody claws and looking behind itself after a great kill.

She is warning everyone in the world that it’s time to take sides!

——The giants have been defeated, and the day when Lingwu will move south is not far away. It is time to put an end to it.

I frowned, and I was angry. Although it was a good thing that she defeated the giants, it was definitely not good news for Yuxi City to go south so early. I was angry when I thought about this. If it weren't for this 100-mile city wall and the compressed magic cannon, her current strength would not have expanded to this extent. But then I thought that these things were given to her by me, so I could only blame myself for my bad luck.

I used it to exchange for Xi Luo's things, but I didn't expect that she could use it so well. Although I gave her the design drawings of the compressed magic cannon and the formula of cement, it has only been a few months, and she can build a wall of a hundred miles. The foundation of the Lingwu family is too strong.

In comparison, the strength of the capital is not enough. Although I gave Wumi the seeds of the best varieties of rice, it would take a year or two to harvest the food in spring and autumn, not to mention that even if we have the food to recruit troops, it is still a question whether we can defeat the iron-blooded cavalry.

Because Qingyun is gone.

Although I don't have a particularly clear estimate of the combat power of both sides, the fact that Lingwu has not taken action for so many years is a very important factor. That year, the lord of Cangzhou rebelled and was suppressed by the previous generation of Baiyi. The Qingyun who went around and cut the back row was also the absolute MVP.

The royal capital needs a new master of the tenth level of swordsmanship before it can compete with Lingwu.

Wu Mi must be aware of this. The last time I saw those people in the capital, the Jinyiwei commander's realm was unfathomable, and he was only one opportunity away from the tenth level. If he could reach the tenth level, the capital would be able to shock Lingwu and make her give up the idea of ​​going south in a short time.

29. The Legend of the Royal Capital

I have never liked to put my fate in the hands of others, so I took a piece of letter paper, wrote a few words on it, and planned to ask He Yue to send it to Wu Mi.

But after a little thought, I asked for the letter back.

I am definitely not the only one who does not want Lord Lingwu to go south, so there is no need to get involved in this mess.

I said to He Yue:

"I know about this. We should just pretend nothing happened in Yuxi City. No matter whether it's the Lingwu Lord or Wumi, as long as they don't contact us, we don't have to take sides. We just need to do our job well. The most urgent thing is the demons in the west and Yunyang in the east. We can leave the outside affairs to the big guys above for the time being."

What I just wrote down is some guidance for the Jinyiwei commander, which can help him increase his chances of breaking through. But doing so is too risky. Although it can raise the strength of the capital to a certain level, once the matter is exposed, the friendship with Lingwu will be gone.

And I just thought about it a little bit. The last time I talked to the Black and White brothers, they said that the top two, Xi Qin and Nan Chu, are preparing for a war against each other. If that's the case, the two lords probably don't want Lingwu to go south too early. Supporting the royal family to involve Lingwu, anyone with a discerning eye can see it now, there's no reason for the two not to do so.

He Yue nodded slightly and asked:

"Then, will the steel shipped from the Northern Industrial Base to Lingwu be delivered as scheduled recently? According to the report from the Anbu, all the materials sent to Lingwu will be targeted by those with ulterior motives."

I thought about it and replied:

"It was delivered as scheduled, but the quantity was reduced by half. When Lingwu asked about it, they said that the pressure from the demon clan was too great recently, and production could not proceed as usual. At the same time, the quality of the steel delivered was a little uneven, giving people the feeling that we were working overtime but still could not deliver as usual."

The core of the compressed magic cannon is not the design, but the quality of the steel. The traditional steelmaking method cannot produce a shell that can withstand high concentrations of magic. Only the industrial base in Yuxi City can produce such steel. If the amount of steel is limited, Lingwu will not be able to produce so many compressed magic cannons and shells, and more forces must be deployed to defend the northern defense line.

He Yue nodded.

I pulled out the second document and took a quick look at it. It was a report from the Anbu in Yuxi City about the royal capital.

When the dragons arrived, His Majesty the King immediately ran away with his guards.

But this matter was too embarrassing, so His Majesty the King decided to do something to save his face. This was a normal operation, but he did not reform the administration and work hard, nor did he stop the construction of palaces. Instead, he suddenly had an idea and took the responsibility of exterminating the Tianyue Mountain Dragon Clan on himself.

Anyway, no one claimed such a great achievement, so it was useless. His Majesty's prestige was greatly improved, and he became more confident in his words. As a result, I don't know how it happened, but a rumor spread in the capital some time ago that someone saw the former queen having a tryst with Qingyun and cheating on the king.

The king had just regained the right to speak in the capital, so how could he tolerate the prestige he had worked so hard to establish being messed up by such rumors? In a rage, he killed many people, but still couldn't stop the people from talking, so he decided to do the same, slowly guiding the public opinion into a legend like "Qingyun intended to molest the queen but failed", and put the blame on Qingyun, whose body was nowhere to be found.

For a time, Qingyun's image plummeted. Although it was nothing in my opinion, the people in the capital seemed to think that hooking up with someone else's wife was a shameless thing. Especially forcing the queen, it was too shameless.

There are negative news about Qingyun everywhere. I guess the dog king is probably hiding in bed and secretly happy. He didn't have a good impression of Qingyun. He was sad about Qingyun's death because the capital lost a great swordsman with the tenth level of swordsmanship. As long as there is a replacement, he doesn't need a man who has been in spiritual contact with his wife for a long time.

Just when he was feeling happy in secret, one night someone broke through the eighteen lines of defense, killed his way from the city gate to the inner hall, and then to the king's bedroom, forcing the king to apologize.

The man was wearing a pitch-black cloak, and no one recognized him. He finally fought with the Jinyiwei commander who came to rescue him, and was stabbed in the chest by the commander. But the sword did not hit him, and the man and the cloak disappeared together, leaving nothing behind.

The king was so frightened that he reportedly changed his trousers three times in one night.

This is not some supernatural story, but a very common illusion in magic. It is not difficult to use the illusion in magic to create a clone, but the combat ability of the clone is greatly reduced compared to the original body. The true strength of the person who came to the palace as a clone can be seen.

But no one knows this person and there is no information about him.

But this mysterious man obviously came here for Qingyun's matter. Maybe he is Qingyun's former friend, or a fanboy. There are not many people in the world who can use magic to such a high level. The most likely suspect is the only man in the world who has tenth-level magic. But I don't know that person, so forget it.

At this time, He Yue suddenly said:

"Speaking of which, the Lingwu Lord is keeping his troops on hold for the time being. It seems that there is a mysterious legend in the capital."

I asked with great interest:

"What legend?"

He Yue smiled and said:

"It is said that there is a genius who is unique in the capital and knows everything. That person never shows up in public, but secretly protects the capital's safety. In terms of personal strength, although he is not at the tenth level, he has already reached a level that no one can reach. This time, the capital was attacked by the dragon clan, and it was he who helped behind the scenes to resolve the crisis. Now many people are saying that the royal family's luck should not be ruined, and there is an incredible invisible guardian."

I was surprised:

"So awesome? Why haven't I heard about it in the capital?"

He Yue sighed and said:

"It's just a rumor... It is said that the hundreds of dragons in Tianyue Mountain were not sent by the king to exterminate them. There are 300,000 people in Tianyue Mountain. No matter how strong the dragons are, it is impossible to kill them all. Several survivors said in unison that they did not see the royal army that day. They only saw a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old, who was covered with weapons and killed all the dragons alone. When they went to look for him afterwards, the boy disappeared without a trace. Now in the capital, many people are spontaneously looking for this person. I don't know how many wealthy nobles and princes in the capital are planning to extend an olive branch to him."

I shrank my neck:

"Is there such a thing? That's really amazing."

There was some worry in He Yue's eyes:

"Lid, don't you think he is very similar to the spiritual warrior lord who went deep behind enemy lines and killed the commander of the giants? The fact that the king has such a brilliant genius is not a good thing for us. The most terrifying thing is that there are so many smart people in this world who think they have figured out the background of the royal family, but they didn't expect that they can find such a master to save the situation at any time. Add to that the magician who came from nowhere, and the water is getting more and more muddy."

No, no, no, I really don’t know about the magician, but I think there shouldn’t be another master like him in Wang Du.

Even the master from before is unlikely to appear again.

30. Letter from Nan Chu

The rest is no big deal.

The only problem was that the female succubus and the male demon were too powerful, and they brought nearly 200 succubi at once, which gave He Yue a headache. It was obviously inhumane to throw all these succubi into the demon breeding farm, so they could only set aside an area in each of the five cities and build houses for them.

Now that everyone is here, the Succubus House can open anytime. The female succubus and the male succubus are so grateful to me that they insist that I go to cut the ribbon and enjoy it as the first customer to experience the succubus service. When I think about the fact that I agreed to this at the time, I can't help but have a headache.

If Alayya knew about this, all my efforts would be wasted!

Thinking of this, I wrote a reply on paper, asking them not to rush to open the Succubus House. Nearly 200 succubi came from afar, leaving their homes and migrating to human land, and they need some time to adapt. Forcing them to work at this time is a bit too cruel. Considering that they will be used as a signboard in the future to recruit more succubi to Yuxi City, this appeasement measure is necessary.

During this period of time, let the female charmer and the male demon explain to them the rules of Yuxi City and their future work content.

By the way, ask them to write a business plan for the Succubus House and give it to He Yue to check for any omissions.

According to the news from Hantu, the branch of the demon breeding farm has been almost completed. However, the primitive chemistry of the northern industrial base is currently unable to analyze the land pollution caused by the demon excrement. The demon breeding farm built in the suburbs can only clean up the excrement every day, load it with a carriage, and pass through Yuxi City to throw it into the demon territory.

This kind of work is very hard, and it also increases the labor cost, but Hantu dared not complain and did everything as he was told. The blacksmith named Tufalu he found some time ago was kicked out by me. Hantu has been as obedient as a little white rabbit recently, fearing that I would take it out on him if I was in a bad mood one day.

After all, Shayan, who came with him to recommend a blacksmith, was cleared of the charge of [colluding with spies] two days ago and was released by the Anbu organization.

After I had basically finished handling the government affairs, I found a letter at the bottom of the file.

He Yue took back the documents I had approved and sorted them out while saying:

"The letter sent to Yuxi City today looked like it was sent from the Nanchu Territory. Do you have friends there?"

"That's right..."

I still couldn’t figure out the Black and White brothers’ intentions for the time being, and I didn’t tell He Yue in detail what happened in the royal capital.

I opened the letter and found that it was not something particularly important. The letter was written in black, and it generally asked about my situation, especially whether the demons had taken advantage of the collapse of the national defense formation to invade in large numbers.

Judging from the description in the letter, the Nanchu Territory seemed to have just fought a tough battle. Although it was not as large-scale as the battle between Lingwu Territory and the Giants, it was definitely not easy. The second largest territory in the world barely won the war, which made Hei very worried about whether other borders could withstand the pressure from outside. The south was guarded by the Lord of Yunhai, so it was naturally not a big problem. The only thing that worried him was the demons in the west. He told me in the letter that if the pressure from the demons was too great, I could let him know in time and he would help me think of a solution.

In addition to that, he told me that the "Resistant Alliance" that they had previously proposed to unite against the outside world had already taken shape, and asked me to help come up with a name.

I thought about it, took out a piece of letter paper, and told Hei about the recent developments of the demon clan. As for the name of the organization, I temporarily decided on [Potian].

I thought that the sword that Qingyun swung for the last time would be called this name, but when I asked Alayya, I found out that it was not.

Although the phrase "ask the heaven" is not bad, it is still a little off in my mind. Heaven and earth are not kind, the world is unfair, and it is useless to ask with passion alone. You need the courage to turn everything upside down.

Hei didn't seem to want to expose his connection with Yuxi City, so the letter was sent from a seemingly inconspicuous address. I put the letter paper into an envelope, sealed it with wax, and asked Heyue to send it back to the original address.

This has completed the processing of all the government affairs that had been piled up in Yuxi City during this period.

This efficiency is so good that He Yue would feel ashamed of himself:

"I admire you... I thought you would take some time to research before deciding."

I put down my pen, stretched myself, and asked:

"Is there a problem with the handling?"

"It's the absence that makes people angry."

He Yue put the documents in his hand on another table, turned around and said to me:

"If you can be this efficient on a normal day, I can rest assured that I can retire... Let's go, I still have to do what I promised you. Do you need me to change my clothes?"

Things in Yuxi City were quite busy during this period, and He Yue had no time to dress up. In the morning, she washed her face with a handful of water and went to work without makeup.

Although she is chosen by Bai Huang as the second most beautiful person in the world, He Yue does not seem to take her looks seriously. When she is busy, she has no time to take care of herself.

He Yue stretched out his hand, looked at his clothes, frowned slightly, and sighed:

"But I don't have any particularly nice clothes. I usually wear this one, and another bright red dress for opera performances. According to the plan you mentioned, I feel like I should dress cuter so that we can feel like a date when we're together... Now when the two of us go out, it looks like we're discussing business."

“It’s so real.”

I stroked my chin and thought for a while. I didn't need He Yue to dress up and look different from usual...

Ah, there is.

I walked forward and held He Yue's hand.

"Then let's hold hands. You don't usually do this, do you?"

He Yue shuddered, but before he could complain, I had already dragged him out. He Yue stumbled a few steps behind me before he could catch up with me. The words he had been thinking about for a long time came out with only a helpless "Hey" and a soft sigh:

"You... forget it."

He Yue's eyes were fixed on our holding hands, and his tone sounded a little lonely for some reason. But it was only for a moment, and he immediately smiled again and asked:

"So, what do you need me to do?"

He Yue has very delicate skin, and her white and tender hands are very comfortable to hold.

I pulled her through the wooden corridor, past the humiliating site of our last failure, and headed straight for the backyard where Alayya practiced swordplay.

"We don't need to do anything special. As long as the two of us act more intimate than usual, it will definitely arouse Alaya's curiosity. This plan... is named [Operation to Make Alaya Jealous]!"

31. Isn’t it like this?

Alayya cut a deep crack in the ground with her sword.

White and blood-red sword energy surged around her.

One sword contains benevolence, righteousness, and morality, while the next sword is full of murderous intent.

This contradictory swordplay brought a certain burden to Alaya. She had to stop every two strikes and wipe the sweat off her face with the towel on her neck. Because of this, she couldn't completely immerse herself in her swordplay and achieve the state of forgetting both herself and the world.

I took advantage of this and while Alayya was wiping her sweat and taking a break, I took Heyue's hand and swaggered through the corridor at the edge of the backyard.

Sure enough, Alayya raised her head and looked at us.

I am very sensitive to eye contact. She first looked at me, then at He Yue, and then at our hands that were clasped together.

I'm coming!

Just when I thought Alayya would react, she calmly lowered her eyes, wiped the sweat from her head, held the sword and continued the next round of practice.

He Yue and I walked through the corridor and went straight to a corner.

"Something's wrong."