It doesn't matter what the lord is.

Xiao Hei stood up, took a deep breath, and said to Xiang Mu:

"Dad, I will avenge you."

Xiang Mu nodded, closed his eyes, and said nothing more. Xiao Hei turned around and said to Merlin:

"let's go."

Merlin followed his steps and took a final look in the direction of Mu. He could feel Mu's vitality draining away, but it did not dissipate into the world, but instead, along with the blood and souls of other creatures, it converged towards the main city of Xiqin. Merlin had a bad feeling. The faint sound in the air seemed to become more intense, as if the butterfly in the cocoon was about to break out and was now struggling frantically in the dark cocoon.

Merlin tried his best to adjust his thoughts, but the tragic scenes he saw in Xiqin kept appearing in his mind. Because the black fog separated Xiqin and Nanchu, Lid didn't know what was going on inside, and he and Xiaohei also didn't know what was happening in the outside world.

Merlin didn't know whether Lid had returned from the Dragon Clan, but he thought that burying him in the Dragon Clan might be a good choice, because what happened here was far more terrifying than the Dragon Clan who relied on brute force to do things.

[Lord doesn't matter] Volume 18 Midnight has arrived, but a glimmer of light still remains here

1. I only do one thing

After the council was established, Lide didn't take care of things, leaving most of the work to others. However, there was one thing that Lide personally supervised, and that was beheading.

In the second month after the establishment of the Council, Lide personally supervised the execution of seven merchants at Caishikou. These seven were not ordinary merchants, but wealthy merchants who were truly as rich as a country. Five of them were from Yunhai, and the remaining two were leaders of private chambers of commerce who had no territory.

The reason these seven people were killed was simple: they touched things they shouldn't have touched.

To be more precise, they, as representatives of foreign merchants, embezzled the goods that should have been turned over to the national treasury.

Lied was tolerant, he encouraged business development and gave these multinational businessmen enough preferential treatment; but he was also cruel.

If someone steals something from him, he will give a discount

That man's hand, there are still people coming forward, and he will kill until everyone obeys him.

"Sometimes I think I'm too kind to you."

In front of Bai Feng, Lide did not give the remaining wealthy merchants in Yunhai a single face. Lide turned his head to look at them. Beside him were seven dead bodies that no one dared to approach. One of the heads rolled down to Lide's feet, and the blood soaked Lide's shoes. He stepped on the head and said to the wealthy merchants expressionlessly:

"Wake up, everyone. Times have changed. You did whatever you wanted in Yunhai before because Yunhai would collapse without you. But in my eyes, you are nothing. Without you, other businessmen will take your place, maybe businessmen from Yunyang, maybe businessmen from Lingwu, maybe businessmen from Wanze..."

Every time Reed mentioned the name of a territory, someone from that territory would look up with fiery eyes.

The looks from those people made the wealthy merchants in Yunhai feel tingling on their scalps.

Lid smiled and said gently:

"Of course, I also know how difficult it is for you to get to where you are today. The efforts of several generations have created your extraordinary status today. Each of your families has its own ancestral hall, and each of them is engraved with hundreds of names. It is precisely because of the continuous efforts of such a huge clan that you are qualified to stand here and talk to me. But I want to tell you that those things can't protect you. I want to kill you, just as easily as I killed these seven people."

The wealthy merchants were wearing silk and satin, which should be breathable, but now everyone was constantly wiping the sweat that was flowing down their faces. Occasionally, someone would look up at their lord Bai Feng, hoping that Bai Feng would stand up and support the situation, but they found that Bai Feng was like a wooden man, just looking at the seven cold corpses.

Bai Feng couldn't speak for them at this time, because the factional struggle in the council was serious and Yunhai was relatively weak. This time, the merchants under his command made a mistake, which had a fatal impact on Yunhai, because if Lide took back Yunhai's power to trade with foreign countries, Yunhai would face a crisis of existence in name only.

Bai Feng knew very well that once Lid made this decision, no one would stand on Yunhai's side, because they were hoping something bad would happen to Yunhai so that they could take over Yunhai's current business share.

Why would Bai Feng's men do such a thing?

Because foreign trade is so profitable! Especially since the elves' own forging industry is not popular, but they are very rich, Lideqing bought a batch of weapons and equipment that were eliminated by Yongtian Kingdom and sold them to the elves. For this purpose, he specially arranged a play. First, he sent people to do business with the elves. The elves were very arrogant, and the human merchants were even more arrogant. As a result, the two sides naturally parted unhappily at the beginning.

At this time, human merchants will spread the news that the high elves refused to equip the night elves with better weapons and equipment. Delis, who recently advocated "improving the relationship between the high elves and the night elves" in the elves, will negotiate with human merchants and put pressure on the Elf King with the dissatisfaction of the night elves. In the end, human merchants will sell their weapons and equipment at a suitable price in exchange for spiritual herbs, spiritual beasts and rare materials in the hands of the elves.

In this process, human merchants benefited, and Delis gained further support from the night elves.

When these things are exchanged to Yongtian Kingdom, part of them will be collected into the national treasury, and the other part will flow into the private sector and be snapped up by the major wealthy families at high prices. Someone once calculated that after deducting various expenses and losses for each batch of weapons and equipment transported from Yongtian Kingdom to the elves, the net profit can reach a full 40 times the principal.

What does forty times mean? A profit of 300% can make a businessman commit any crime, even risking being hanged. 4000% is simply a fantasy. Although this number will be continuously diluted in subsequent trade, it is enough to make all parties present rush to get involved in the struggle.

Reed glanced at Bai Feng and said nothing.

To be honest, he knew that Bai Feng's subordinates could not be clean, and it was precisely because he knew this that he gave such an important task to the officials of the Yunhai faction. It seemed that he valued them, but it was actually a trap - a trap to gradually recycle power.

Of course, no matter whether Bai Feng can see it or not, as the boss of the Yunhai Group, he can only step on it, otherwise those wealthy businessmen who are greedy for profits will force him to step down first.

Fortunately, Lide did not intend to kill them all. After all, Lide did not have a strong sense of territory. What he needed were obedient people. As for which territory these people were from, Lide did not care. After killing these seven people today, Lide believed that everyone in Yunhai would be honest for a while, and officials in other territories would also be deterred.

"I'm very busy and don't have time to keep an eye on you, so you only have one chance. If you make a mistake and I find out, I will chop off your head and replace you with a new group of people. Listen carefully, there is no chance to reform. As long as you take my money, I will take your life."

After Lid finished speaking, he strode away from the scene. No one dared to move for a while. It was not until a long time later that the person in charge of collecting the bodies cleaned up the scene and the others dispersed. For Lid, this was not the first time he had killed someone this month, and it would not be the last time.

The various elixirs obtained from the elves were extracted into powders with the strongest medicinal effects by the Yunyang Industrial Base and distributed to the military at all levels, so that everyone could get a share.

Of course, the army that Jiang Lianqing was in charge of had the greatest demand for these spiritual medicines. Lide required all soldiers to reach the fifth level of strength. In addition to a lot of training and actual combat, the supply of various elixirs must also keep up. This is why Lide valued the spiritual medicines traded with the elves so much. These things were swallowed up by wealthy merchants and were useless to the world. Only when they were given to the army could they play their due value.

Reed knew exactly what he was doing, he was preparing for battle.

The reason why he was so anxious was that he had a bad feeling in his heart - some big trouble was about to happen.

2. The evil spirit flows to an abnormal place

After returning to the council meeting, Reed found that Skadi had been waiting at the door for a long time.

"Let me tell you, the magic storage warehouse has been built, and the effect is better than expected. However, the efficiency of the magic generator is lower than expected. The reason is unknown. We can only speculate that even if non-living things have magic circuits, the speed of naturally recovering magic is much slower than that of living things."

Reed nodded.

The significance of the magic storage warehouse is still very great. Now he is one of the actual controllers of this world. The work of using elementary magic teaching materials to select a large number of magicians from the people can now be replicated throughout the Yongtian Kingdom. The entire scope has expanded too much compared to before. There are thousands of people with magic talent in the first batch of screening alone.

These thousands of people may not all become powerful magicians, but after receiving training, they can all control the magic in their bodies. They can regularly transfer magic to the magic storage warehouse, so that Lid can freely produce compressed magic cannons. Similarly, this magic can also provide food for the little ghosts, or be used as a clean energy in the future to play a variety of functions.

Of course, Lide would also give them enough rewards. When they were elected, they would enter the civil service system of the Council and have a stable job for life. It was not only a civil service position, but also a nominal position in the army. Although it could not be said to be a sudden rise to fame, it was still a treatment that made people jealous.

With so many potential magicians, on the one hand, they need to be trained to speed up their growth, and on the other hand, considering that one magic storage warehouse may not be enough, Lid plans to build a few more magic storage warehouses. Several major projects are being launched at the same time, and the national treasury is facing an empty situation. Lid can only build magic storage warehouses with his own money.

In addition to improving the overall combat effectiveness of the human army, Reed also takes time every day to compete with human strongmen.

In fact, he has nothing to learn in martial arts. It is better to say that he can even give some advice to others. But he needs to fight with others constantly to stimulate his body's potential and keep his body and mind in a relatively active state. Lid feels like a knife. Fishing can keep him sharp, but it will also make some parts of his body rust. Constant fighting will grind away the rust on his body, which is necessary before the big battle.

After the fight, Huang Yan and Li De sat on a rock in the wild. Huang Yan wiped the sweat off her face with a white towel around her neck. She was only wearing a sports vest.

The bottom was a pair of tight-fitting trousers. The knife she usually used was casually inserted beside her. Huang Yan looked at Lid and asked:

"It seems like you've been a little anxious lately."

Lid did not shy away from expressing his concerns:

"When people face the unknown, they will inevitably feel anxious. Especially this time, I vaguely felt that the cards in my hand were not enough." Huang Yan said with emotion:

"Even if you are rich, you still have a lot to worry about." Lid took a few sips of water and said with a smile:

"So it's easy to gain the world, but difficult to keep it. When you have nothing, you can think of nothing and just keep moving forward. But one day you will cross the finish line and be praised by everyone to a high position, and then you will have to think about all kinds of things. Unless we are like those princes and nobles you hate, burying our heads in the sand like ostriches."

Huang Yan looked up at the sky above his head and asked:

"Lid, why are there so many disputes in the world?"

Lid put down the water bottle in his hand, looked at the sky with her, and replied:

"Perhaps it's because human beings are inherently complex. People who pursue their own interests often only see themselves, while people who fight for their ideals often see themselves as saviors and impose their personal will on the people."

Huang Yan was silent for a long time before he said:

"I don't like it. This kind of world... I don't like it."

Huang Yan stood up, casually drew the knife beside him, pointed to the sky, and said to Lid:

"My original purpose of starting an army was to create a world where everyone could have enough to eat. At that time, my idea was simple: the princes, nobles, temples, and rich people were so wealthy that the money for one meal was enough for several families to live on for a whole year. So I would kill them all, take the money and distribute it to people all over the world, so that everyone could have enough to eat. I don't care what other people think of me, because I have always hated dogs."

Reed said to her:

"You did nothing wrong."

Huang Yan put down the knife and smiled gently at Lid.

She doesn't laugh often. She rarely encounters people and things in her life that can make her laugh. Huang Yan put away the knife and said to Lid:

"Maybe I also think of myself as a savior. Relying on killing to solve problems, trying to poke a hole in the dark sky above my head, what I did was no different from the saviors in heroic biographies. It's just that they are not as harsh as me, nor as indifferent as me."

Lid smiled and said:

"You are not the savior, you are a member of the fucking cult."

Huang Yan stretched out his hand to pull Lid up, and the evil spirit on his body flowed again. He said to Lid: "Then this time, you should treat it as a crusade against me, a member of the Demon Sect."

The two men fought again, and it took an entire afternoon before they returned to the city from the devastated wilderness. As they walked side by side, Huang Yan suddenly said to Lid:

"Your worries are not without reason. I also have a bad feeling."

Huang Yan raised her hand, and the evil spirit flowed around her. A skull made of black smoke floated in front of her and then quickly left. Huang Yan said to Lid:

"As the son of Tianyan, I am the collection of human resentment towards the gods. Although my current state is not enough to mobilize the evil spirits that cannot be dissipated in this vast land, I can at least feel their direction - now a large amount of evil thoughts and evil spirits are converging towards Xiqin, as if they are about to form something unprecedented there."

Huang Yan paused, looked at Lid, and said to him:

"I know you like to act alone, because I have the same habit. But this time, if you want to go there, I will go with you. No matter what, I will not see my brother jump into the fire pit alone again."

Lid put his hands on her shoulders, put his arms around her neck, and said, "Okay."

Afterwards, Lid discussed with the Lingwu Lord, the Hidden Guard Commander, Bai Ye, Hong Lian, and Skadi, and took time to return to Yunyang to use the magic storage warehouse to fully charge the little ghost. The little slime also absorbed the corpse of the second son of the Dragon King, Nopres, but has not yet completed its evolution and is in seclusion.

Lide asked someone to leave a message for the little slime, and then returned to the royal capital.

Not long after, Lid met the two people he wanted to see the most: Merlin and Xiao Hei, who had returned from Xi Qin and Nan Chu, were covered in injuries.

3. What happened in Yuanyang City

"We got one thing wrong from the beginning."

The autumn sun shines into the house. Xiao Hei, who is sitting on a chair, hangs his head and clenched his fingers:

"From the moment Xiaobai met with an accident and we went to rob the execution ground, we fell into that woman's trap. After that, you went to the Dragon Clan and we went to Xi Qin. In fact, it was all within her plan. The war between Xi Qin and Nan Chu, with corpses everywhere, actually fulfilled her wish... Now the entire Xi Qin and Nan Chu are barren and have become a truly barren land, but that woman has ascended to a god by stepping on the bones of countless creatures."

Even though he had a general understanding of the whole story when he was hypnotizing Shi Yuan, Lid was still stunned when he heard the news, and subconsciously asked: "God?"

Xiao Hei nodded and replied:

"Yes. At least that's how they see it. To escape from the human realm and evolve to a higher realm is their goal." Lid asked:

“Did they succeed?”

Xiao Hei shook his head, not to say that they had failed, but that he did not know. Then, he and Merlin told Lid the whole process of the operation in Xi Qin.

After Lid went to the Dragon Clan, Xiao Hei, Merlin and the big guy Steel Nail also went deep into the West Qin territory again. The purpose of this time was to investigate the truth of what Xiao Bai said, and the three of them also made some plans for this. The first was the problem of Mr. Tingchao. As long as Mr. Tingchao was still on the side of the West Qin lord, it would be difficult for Xiao Hei and his group to approach the West Qin lord, let alone approach that woman.

So Xiao Hei approached Mr. Tingchao's daughter, Kanhua, but Kanhua was a very precocious child and resembled her father to a certain extent. She did not want her father to be involved in various disputes, so she tactfully rejected Xiao Hei's proposal. Xiao Hei and his group had no choice but to give up trying to win Mr. Tingchao and risk their lives to sneak directly into Yuanyang City, the main city of Xiqin.

When they arrived at Yuanyang City, it was already a tragic scene.

The monsters that once had human-faced spiders hanging from their heads have now turned into dried bacon. The entire Yuanyang City is covered with spider silk and black fog.

Merlin and Steel Nail were walking on thin ice every step they took. Even though Merlin had created a realistic illusion and sent many clones to various places to check the situation, a sense of crisis still remained.

It hangs over everyone’s mind.

Finally, when they walked near the lord's mansion, they saw Mr. Tingchao sitting there playing the sword and singing.

Although the trio was covered by Merlin's illusion, Mr. Tingchao seemed to know they were coming. He picked up his sword and said calmly:

"Get out of here."

Merlin stopped walking, and Mr. Tingchao did not open his eyes, but just repeated:

“This is not the place for you to come.

The next moment, Merlin and Xiao Hei exchanged glances, and the illusion covering the three of them suddenly lifted. This time, Merlin did not use magic, but drew his sword and stepped forward to take Mr. Tingchao's sword.

Both of them were at the tenth level, so it was hard to tell who was better with this sword. Taking advantage of this moment, the tattoo on Xiao Hei's body lit up with a dark red light. He picked up the stick and jumped high, flying dozens of meters above the ground.

It suddenly fell down, bypassed Mr. Tingchao and hit the lord's mansion behind him.

Steel Nail roared and swung his fists, rushing towards the Xiqin Lord's Mansion from the ground. However, before he got close, an invisible force seemed to blast out from the Lord's Mansion, knocking Xiao Hei

Merlin was shaken away along with the steel nails. Merlin had no time to be distracted. After exchanging three swords with Mr. Tingchao, he suddenly had a bad premonition.

There is something in the lord's mansion.

What a horrible thing!

Mr. Tingchao raised his sword and rushed forward. Xiao Hei wanted to move forward, but the next moment Merlin retreated instantly, holding Xiao Hei's collar with one hand and Gang Ding's collar with the other, leading two

At the same time, without any hesitation, he used his life as the price to push the illusion to the extreme, and quickly retreated to the outside of Yuanyang City with two people.

In the next moment, except for Mr. Tingchao, everything within a few hundred meters of the lord's mansion evaporated directly.

Whether it was the land, buildings or air, they all disappeared from the space around the lord's mansion in an instant.

There was dead silence in heaven and on earth.