It doesn't matter what the lord is.

"The natural barrier can be defended, but we don't want to just defend blindly. The Lord City Lord's intention is to teach them a lesson, so that no one will think that they can interfere in Yunyang's affairs."

This is to make a show of force to scare the tiger.

After all, Li Yi is now the prince of Yunyang, and there are many people who want to invest in him or use him. Yuxi City, as Li Yi's biggest concern, is likely to be targeted more in the future. At this time, it would be a bit monotonous to just repel Li Yi's army and preserve the existing territory. It would be better to teach Li Yi a lesson and let those who stand behind him carefully consider whether to offend Yuxi City to death for Li Yi.

Juanbai had a little more respect for this city lord whom he had never met before. From the conversation just now, it was clear that he had a very deep understanding of the current strategic situation. Even so, he still chose to hand over the military power to Fang Shisan. This kind of open-mindedness and courage was not seen at all in Li Neng.

Thinking of this, Selaginella asked with a look of respect:

"Will this humble official have a chance to meet the Lord City Lord?"

Fang Shisan thought for a moment and replied:

"Probably not in the short term. He's been quite busy during this period."

Selaginella even felt that it was rare to meet a wise leader, who had ideas, was not greedy for power, and worked hard every day. Where could one find such a good leader? It seemed that the rumors about Li De, such as being addicted to beauty and slacking off at work, were completely deliberate slander by someone with ulterior motives. It was really too much!

Fang Shisan couldn't see, so he naturally didn't know how Selaginella was prostrating. Although Tira could see it, she looked away with sympathy, not wanting to ruin the most innocent and beautiful fantasy of this newbie.

What Selaginella didn't know was that Reed was now leaning in Alayya's arms, making very dangerous remarks:

"I'm so tired... I really want to slack off..."

Alayya massaged the acupuncture points on his forehead and calmly accepted all his complaints and complaints.

There are many things that bother Lid recently, and Li Neng can only be regarded as the least important one among them. Even when Li Neng was arrested and locked in a cell, Lid still made time to visit him. I don’t know if this can be considered as a place-and-play game. In short, Li Neng can’t feel at ease if Lid doesn’t visit him for a day. He has fallen into a state of self-doubt and has to reflect on himself three times a day:

Where are the Lied people? Why haven't they come to see me yet? Am I useless?

Every time he thought about this, Li Neng felt that he was not far from death. This thought lingered in his mind, and it floated up when he pressed it, just like a plastic bottle floating on the sea.

In fact, Reed was worried about the balance of power in Yuxi City.

This force does not refer to the three forces of internal affairs, military, and supervision. At present, these three forces can already work closely together. He is worried about another thing: with the establishment of the Hero Guild and its initial scale, the number of heroes pouring into Yuxi City continues to increase. And with the promotion of Qian Teng and Pingzi, more "evil parties" in the eyes of the world are also willing to settle in Yuxi City. Although these people have improved the strength of Yuxi City, they have also caused the current instability of Yuxi City to a certain extent.

For example, this month, there were 20 to 30 people who urged him to choose a concubine. There was also a bold girl who came to recommend herself directly. After being rejected by Li De, she grabbed his clothes and tried to make it a done deal. Thanks to Alaiya's calm face to protect him, Li De was able to keep his chastity, which he didn't really want to keep.

To give another example, it is well known that half of the development of the hero profession is achieved by killing monsters, and the other half is all achieved by breaking into people's houses and stealing. Today, he rummages through a drawer and takes out a few bottles of medicine, and tomorrow he kicks a clay pot and steals a bag of money. He is a big villain who only cares about his own pleasure and doesn't care about the lives of others.

Although the heroes in Yuxi City are not so extreme, there are still many arrogant and reckless guys.

Qian Teng and Pingzi who joined earlier were relatively good. Qian Teng vented his desire for killing on the battlefield, and Pingzi did not kill the married man in Yuxi City. Overall, they were restrained. But some of the newcomers were not so sensible. Once, the leader of a mercenary group held a knife and said to Lid bluntly:

"I'm very strong. I can protect your little broken city by myself. Give me women and money, and I will keep you safe."

As he spoke, his eyes glanced at Alayya and the others. After being stopped, he still made a bold statement that he could save Yuxi City or destroy Yuxi City, and that it would not be long before Lid would have to come to him in person with money and women to beg him.

The leader of the mercenary group died that night.

But he was just the unlucky one. There were many evil parties like Yuxi City. How to treat them became a problem that Lide and the top leaders of Yuxi City had to face.

29. We still have to follow the Basic Law

Making the best use of everything and making the best use of people is the demand that Lide puts forward to Heyue.

Everyone in the world has different positions and tendencies. Based on moral standards, a person can be divided into three different camps: good, neutral, and evil; and based on their attitude towards social order, they can be divided into lawful, neutral, and chaotic. Freely combining them, nine different camps are born.

For example, "Lawful Good" refers to a person who is kind by nature, abides by all laws and orders, and does not touch the gray areas formed by the law. He can be said to be a flawless good person, or he can be said to be a weirdo with mental mysophobia; "Neutral Good" is relatively milder. He is the most common good person in life. He does good deeds to the best of his ability and will not sacrifice himself for kindness; then there is "Chaotic Good", which means doing what you think is kind, and does not care whether this kindness conforms to social standards. Bai Huang is the leader of this standard camp.

The same is true for evil. "Lawful Evil" means that people in this camp only do evil within the system and skirt the law; "Neutral Evil" refers to villains who only consider their own interests, and burn, kill, rob and do whatever they want to achieve their goals, but their actions are mostly purposeful, and they are rational villains; as for "Chaotic Evil", they are the worst type, and they can be understood as the opposite of "Chaotic Good", doing all kinds of evil and living purely for their own pleasure.

Lid's idea is to allow the existence of lawful evil, suppress the forces of neutral evil, and directly eliminate chaotic evil from the city.

"There has never been a definitive answer to the question of whether human nature is good or evil. In fact, in my opinion, different people have different natures. Some people are born kind, some are born evil, and some are born like a blank sheet of paper, with good and evil all determined by acquired factors. Even people with evil natures can stay in Yuxi City as long as they can abide by the rules."

After discussing for a long time, Lid explained this to He Yue.

He Yue pondered for a while and replied:

"I see. Just like Qian Teng and Pingzi, although they belonged to the evil party before joining Yuxi City, they still abided by our rules in Yuxi City."

Qian Teng vented his desire to kill on the battlefield, while Pingzi played a great role in intelligence work. These two were relatively successful villains in Yuxi City. They did not change their evil characteristics, but they obeyed the order of Yuxi City and used their power in foreign wars, which was completely acceptable to Lid.

No matter whether the cat is black or white, a cat that catches mice is a good cat.

Some time ago, Pingzi was personally met by Lide. After listening to her experience of hooking up with men for a night, Lide actually thought it made sense:

——"Men in this world can be divided into two types: experienced and inexperienced. Young boys who are just beginning to fall in love are the easiest to deceive, as long as you follow their preferences. They like innocent and lovely girls, so I am their girl next door; they like elegant and intellectual girls, so I am the mature older sister; they like noble and cold girls, so I will step on them and let them lick my feet. I know all the looks they like, and I can perform whatever they want, and it's very cheap."

——"Mature men are more difficult to deal with, but there are skills, that is, you must make them feel different and feel that you are unique. For example, if he is a promiscuous person, I will be the woman he can't get, keep him hanging, and make him restless; if he is a weak and indecisive person, I will say that he actually has his own bottom line in his heart, and if he doesn't make a sound, he will make a big splash, so that he will regard me as his confidante; if he is a smart and cautious person, I will show him everything about me, without holding back... just like I am in front of you now."

Pingzi said, running his fingers across the fabric of the clothes, and said with a smile:

——"If Brother Lid wants to know everything about me, I can be honest with you~"

After listening to this, Lid agreed with it and selectively ignored the last sentence, and began to impart the knowledge he had learned to her. Especially the "white lotus" tactics, which simply means "I flirt with you first, and then your wife thinks we are having an affair, and I refuse to admit it, and she pesters me, and I am pitiful, and in the end you get so angry that you divorce her and I take over smoothly."

Not only that, Reed also taught her the cute habit of "嘤嘤嘤", which was absolutely not available in this era and was used to match her legal loli appearance, allowing Pingzi's intelligence work to be carried out more smoothly.

This is a typical example of win-win cooperation.

Lid hopes that there will be more people like Qian Teng and Pingzi among the villains gathered in Yuxi City, but this is indeed difficult.

After affirming the work of Qian Teng and Pingzi, He Yue said to Lid:

"Although Yuxi City does not force them to be good or evil, in this world, good is easier to control than evil. Evil thoughts can easily get out of control and cause serious consequences. It is not without reason that they are regarded as evil parties and blacklisted by various territories. We cannot expect everyone to be or become lawful evil. There are many people who come to Yuxi City with the intention of destroying."

Lid smiled and replied:

"Qian Teng and Pingzi were not lawful when they first came. Especially Qian Teng, who had to fight with Alaiya before he settled down. It's the same now. Those who are willing to stay must follow the rules of our Yuxi City. You can exploit loopholes in the law, do evil within the system, and operate in shady places, but if you dare to touch the laws of Yuxi City, no matter who you are, you will be treated equally. Those who are particularly jumpy...either leave Yuxi City, or never leave Yuxi City."

He Yue nodded slowly and said:

"Convince them with reason, money, and force. Those who are convinced can stay, and those who are not convinced can leave... But I am worried that they will counterattack violently, which may be a bit damaging to Yuxi City now."

“This is inevitable.”

Lid leaned back in his chair, stretched himself, and said leisurely:

"After all, we are now making rules for this group of people who are used to being lax. The most difficult thing in the world is to make and change rules, each of which is accompanied by a lot of bloodshed and sacrifice. But when they get used to our rules and start to abide by them, they will become the force that pushes Yuxi City forward."

Alayya brought him a bowl of ice jelly. Lid ate the ice jelly with a spoon and said to He Yue:

"Don't worry too much. Let me give you some information. The little assassin in our Anbu organization has reached the eighth level."

30. Genius Assassin Girl

Although you, Alayya, were taught by Lid himself, and you also received half of the inheritance of the great swordsman Qingyun, and you are ranked fifth on the rookie list, you can be said to be a hero among swordsmen;

Although you, Fileta, have two inheritances, one from the Demon King Snake Eyes of the East who has reached the Fourteenth Great Perfection, and the other from the great magician Merlin with unfathomable strength, it seems that you have a promising future;

But in the end, the one who first achieved a realm breakthrough and firmly sat on the throne of the strongest king in Yuxi City was me, Xiluo!

Xiluo was originally a seventh-level perfect cultivator. To reach the eighth level from the seventh level, one must travel all over the world and go through thousands of dangers. Xiluo had experienced a lot since coming from Lingwu to Yuxi City. This time, he went to the demon tribe to meet Lid in person, and he had experienced countless hardships along the way. Not long after returning to Yuxi City, he broke through.

The practice of the secret path is the skill of concealing one's aura, so the sign of whether an assassin is strong or not is not to see how spectacular the heavenly tribulation is when she breaks through her realm, but to see whether she is detected by as few people as possible when she breaks through her realm. If even the power fluctuations when breaking through the realm can be hidden, it means that this assassin has indeed reached a very high level in the secret path.

Only Lid was aware of Xiluo's breakthrough in Yuxi City. Lian Shuang only reacted after Xiluo told him. At present, when most people mention Yuxi City's combat power, they first think of Yunyang's genius swordsman Alaya, Filita who has been guarding Yuxi City alone for more than ten years, or Heji, Baihuang's bodyguard. This is certainly true, but Yuxi City's strongest combat power has never changed since Xiluo arrived.

She does not have an extremely powerful inheritance like Alaya or Felita that can be slowly mined, but don't forget that Shuang called her the Young Master of the Hidden Guards. The fact that she was trained as a successor by the Lingwu Hidden Guards, who claimed to be second and no one dared to claim to be first, was enough to show how talented she was. Lingwu's training methods were indeed a bit extreme, but if it weren't for her extraordinary talent, Lingwu probably wouldn't even bother to give her those inhuman trainings. Since she was made a candidate for the Hidden Guards' Grand Commander, it means that her potential itself is at the level of one in a hundred thousand or a million.

If even Shiloh can't be called a genius, who else in the world can be called a genius?

Geniuses don't need any adventures; they are the ones who provide adventures for others.

With Hiro, the master of the secret passage, in charge of Yuxi City, He Yue's work of clearing up the grievances has gained a lot of confidence. He made full use of his strengths and made clear arrangements for the evil parties gathered in Yuxi City.

He Yue first made such a request:

"Yuxi City can accept the existence of foreign forces, but you must elect a leader to discuss the specific regulations with us."

Lugus, who was known as the "Executioner of Beheading", shouted:

"I'm recommending myself to be the person in charge. Who's in favor and who's against?"

Kru, who is known as a "disassembly enthusiast", said in a deep voice:

"I object!"

He was beheaded on the spot.

The various forces fought in Yuxi City, but He Yue did not stop them. He just posted notices, asking every household not to go out to eat melons, and to stay at home when they have nothing to do. Because Yuxi City has a new newspaper, people will not be so bored staying at home, and they can still discuss various stories happening in Yuxi City together.

After fighting for three to five days, many well-known villains lost their lives in Yuxi City, and the remaining people gradually regained their composure. The forces began to maintain a delicate balance. No one was willing to take action, but no one obeyed Yuxi City's instructions. He Yue once said that evil is more difficult to control than good, but in fact, although evil is difficult to control, it is very easy to incite. Even if these people saw He Yue's intentions, there was no backbone figure who could stand up and ask everyone to stop. The final result would only be a reshuffle of the forces of all parties.

In the second stage, it is time for Shiloh to appear.

It was very hard for the villains to maintain the balance of power, but it was very easy for He Yue to destroy this balance. All they had to do was let Xi Luo kill one or two people quietly, and then point the evidence at the scene to another person. Although some people would suspect Yu Xicheng, Xi Luo was not exposed from the beginning. Almost all the villains believed that it was impossible for Alayya and his men to complete such an assassination.

So they turned their attention to each other again.

When gods fight, innocent people are affected. The evil parties who don't want to be involved naturally jumped out of this circle early and chose to act in accordance with the laws of Yuxi City. After all, only those who do not intend to obey the management of Yuxi City will want to jump out and be the boss. Those lawful evil parties have begun to study how to exploit loopholes in the laws of Yuxi City, or how to cooperate with Yuxi City for mutual benefit like Qian Teng and Pingzi.

This makes the distinction.

By the third stage, the powerful evil forces had become quite weak. At this time, Fang Shisan led his troops into the city, Bai Huang led the patrol team to search one by one, the Anbu organization was fully mobilized, and masters such as Alayya Heji cooperated to directly eliminate all the guys who tried to take root in Yuxi City and turn it into a breeding ground for evil.

Some were driven out of Yuxi City, some were beheaded on the spot. Even though they were so happy at first, now we have to make a list of their crimes.

No matter what your purpose is, this is the territory of Yuxi City. Now that you are here, you have to be obedient.

The extra evil forces were completely eradicated, and the atmosphere in Yuxi City was obviously much better. The remaining evil parties were more sensible. After all, those who didn't know how to die didn't know how to die. If they still couldn't understand the situation, they would be really stupid.

At this time, Lid invited Qian Teng and Pingzi to come out and speak, saying that Yuxi City does not mind your background and past experiences. If you are willing to contribute to Yuxi City, Yuxi City can provide you with shelter.

Many people will leave in this process, because to be honest, the reason why many evil parties gathered in Yuxi City and fought for a person in charge is that their goal is far from being as simple as cooperation. They hope to undermine Lide, turn this land into their own, and turn the people of Yuxi City into their money bags for their own happiness. This is a typical bandit mentality.

It is definitely not an easy task to make these evil gangs return to their hearts, but He Yue did it in his own way, giving them a sweet date after a beating, and indeed made many notorious evil gangs choose to stay in Yuxi City. They are like Qian Teng or Pingzi, with a very complicated past and have done many bad things, but they are willing to abide by the order of Yuxi City and will restrain all thoughts of doing evil in this pure land.

As for where these desires will ultimately be vented, it depends on what talents they each possess.

31. New members of the evil party

Before fighting with Li Yi, Li De will try his best to play every card in his hand to its due effect.

A long time ago, Li De, He Yue, and Fang Shisan had analyzed that with the current situation in the world, each war would become more and more difficult. The reason was simple. The Blue Ocean era had passed. Now the spheres of influence of each territory had been basically determined. Any emerging forces would be subjected to all-round suppression.

In order to delay the siege, the top leaders of Yuxi City lay dormant for a whole year. During this year, whenever there was a big movement in Yuxi City, they would immediately try to throw some dirty water on themselves to cover up the edge that had been exposed before.

Today, Yuxi City has two major industrial chains: the Demon Breeding Farm and the Northern Industrial Base. Among them, whether it is the dumping of demon materials, alchemy and wine making, or the newly launched perfume luxury goods, they are all very mature cash cow businesses, providing continuous financial support for the development and growth of Yuxi City. It can be said that they are the core driving force for the sustainable development of Yuxi City.

He Yue can basically maintain the stability of the internal affairs, while Bai Huang can handle the public security part. As for the foreign war, Fang Shisan, who is ranked tenth on the strategy list, is in charge. There are only nine people as strong as her in the world. In addition, Shuang and Xi Luo form the Anbu to monitor the overall situation and obtain intelligence, and secretly solve some problems when necessary. Now Yuxi City is basically in a flawless state.

The only territorial issue was resolved not long ago by doing business with the demons. Now Yuxi City still has 300 miles of fertile land on the demon side that can be used for unearned gain, and both the manpower and military strength have been greatly improved.

As for whether these are enough to defeat Li Yi's army, it should be no problem. Even when Yuxi City was at its most vulnerable due to internal and external troubles, Li Yi's army was firmly blocked outside the battlefield in the east by Luger and could not enter the territory of Yuxi City. Moreover, Yuxi City has slowly recovered from the war against the demons, so there is no reason for it to lose.

But is it really enough to just defeat Li Yi?

The Lingwu Lord defeated the giant invasion, 80,000 cavalrymen galloped on the snow, 150,000 armored soldiers beat drums and shouted, the sound shook the world. She has reminded everyone that the time to stand in line has come, which also means that this great war will not make the world wait too long.

Even though the royal family had gotten rid of their kidney deficiency and regained their strength with the support of the Western Qin lord, the balance was still too fragile. The worst result was that the war between Western Qin and Southern Chu broke out first, and the Lingwu lord would inevitably take advantage of the chaos to go south, and Yongtian Kingdom would be completely enveloped by war.

In order to bring Xi Luo back to Yuxi City, Lid had to give the blueprint of the magic weapon to Lingwu; in order to go to Tianyue Mountain to save Lana, Lid had to hand over the hybrid rice to the white-robed minister Wumi. He was running two businesses, and he was like walking on a tightrope. If he was not careful, he might be crushed to pieces.

Apart from Lingwu and the royal family, Lide was standing in front of more than just Liyi or Yunyang Territory. Prince Kaiya of Huai and Prince Noron of Qiming were both troubles he had to deal with at this stage. Considering that these upper-class people liked to stick together, if he beat one away, more would come. Lide had to do his best to increase the strength of Yuxi City.

Fortunately, there are still many resources to fight for.

Some time ago, the Northern Industrial Base reported that it had bought a bottle of black viscous substance from a traveling merchant at a very low price. It was basically a gift when buying iron ore. According to the traveling merchant, this was mined from the South Seas, and its use was unknown. After asking the bishop of the temple, the bishop said that this thing was the blood of the devil, and carrying it on the body would bring disaster, so basically no one dared to buy it.

At present, the Northern Industrial Base is still studying the specific use of this thing, but Lid, who had already known what this thing was, directly signed a cooperation agreement with the traveling merchant, asking him to find someone to transport all the mined items to Yuxi City. No matter whether it is useful at this stage, just get it first.

This is dead stuff. Apart from these things, the most important resource to grab is actually people.

Lide was not the first person to see that the evil party could be used. When the Cangzhou lord started a rebellion, he also employed a large number of evil parties and bounty hunters. But after he was defeated by the previous generation of Baiyi on the front battlefield, the evil party and bounty hunters quickly turned against him, accelerating his demise. This incident was also widely publicized by various territories to show that the evil party was not reliable at all.

But in Lid's eyes, betrayal itself cannot be considered a black spot.

You've lost on the front battlefield, and the game is over. Are you still expecting these hastily assembled people to be buried with you?

Loyalty is admirable, but it is unrealistic to expect all your subordinates to be loyal and willing to sacrifice themselves to save you in times of crisis. The evil party is the most real group of people in the world. They only believe in power. Only if you are strong enough will they bow down to you. Accepting the evil party may sound like courting disaster, but in fact, you only need to control two points:

First, we cannot accept everything. We cannot accept people who attack indiscriminately and often beat up their teammates.

Second, always be stronger than them.

If a big defeat would be too much to handle, then it would be better to keep winning.

This time, there are more than thirty villains willing to join Yuxi City, among which the four most famous ones are: [Ghost Hand] Wal, [Broken Sword] Yawen, [White Face] Jade Owl, and [Fugitive] Seth.

Walter is a human, but he was born with one hand that was black like charcoal, unconscious, and as hard as steel. Later, he practiced poison skills, concentrating the poison in his palm. When he slapped someone with his palm, he could dissolve the opponent's internal organs into blood, or even leave only a human skin. Walter is in the middle of the seventh level, but because continuing to practice poison skills will cause backlash to the body, it is difficult for him to improve his realm.