Chapter 139 The next target, Changping Mansion! Is Hajime going to run away?

Soon after.

Qu Heng left.

And after Qu Heng left.

There are always some crackling sounds that can be heard in the room where the wind is undoubtedly located.

The third prince is undoubtedly Feng.

It has been smooth sailing since birth.

Take over Qingcheng Mansion, a large mansion with sixteen counties.

He was extremely successful.

But now, because of the Liang family in Qingqu County, he suffered for the first time in his life.

Feng undoubtedly felt anxious and angry in his heart.

However, because of his identity.

You cannot lose control of your emotions in front of others at will.

Therefore, we can only endure it until Qu Heng leaves before having an attack.

"Now, Shanghua County and Qingqu County have fallen into the hands of the Guan family and Luo family respectively."

"The only hope is Luoshan Mansion."

"Now the door has closed again."

Outside the room, Qu Heng was walking with deep worry on his face.

The only chance to enter Luoshan Mansion.

Now, it has been lost.

They have already missed the best opportunity for expansion.

No matter how much output and salt production there is in Qingcheng Prefecture, no matter how large the area of ​​Qingcheng Prefecture is, it will be strictly limited here in the future.

As a minister who has followed the Third Prince Feng for more than ten years.

For a moment, he suddenly felt a little confused.

For a moment, he couldn't see clearly where the road ahead was.

In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

Bluestone City, the land of the Luo family.

In the room where the head of the Luo family is.

Luo Ping, the current head of the Luo family, was standing next to a huge map.

His brows were furrowed, as if he was thinking about something.

"Head of the Lu family, the land of Luoshan Mansion is now divided and ruled by our Luo family and Naguan family."

"Do you think we should continue to expand next, or..."

"Stop the expansion first and vigorously develop the four existing counties under your command?"

Beside the huge map, after Luo Ping was silent for a long time, he asked in a low voice to Lu Jun, the head of the Lu family next to him.

Now, as time goes by.

The situation within the Gale Dynasty has gradually become clearer.

The person with the strongest overall strength is Feng Wumian, who is the new emperor of the Gale Dynasty and sits on the land of two palaces.

The second most powerful person in terms of overall strength is the second prince Feng Wuhen, who is sitting in a palace.

The person with the third strongest overall strength is undoubtedly the Third Prince Feng.

But it is the Bailian Mansion located in the distance, firmly controlled by the Daxuankong Temple.

The one with the fourth overall strength is not Na Feng.

It is the Xu family located in Wanshan Mansion, which has exclusive control over Moyu Qilin, one of the three sacred horses.

Ranking fifth in terms of overall strength is Feng Wudu, who controls the entire Qingcheng Prefecture.

Today, the pattern is like this.

But as time goes by, some smaller family forces will gradually die out.

Those powerful family forces will gradually expand like a snowball.

The Luo family of Huaishui County sits on the land of four counties.

At this stage, it may be considered a relatively strong side.

But as time passes.

One year from now, two years from now, or three years from now.

If the Luo family still only controls the four counties, the situation will gradually become more and more unfavorable to the Luo family.

“Development is about development, and outward expansion must also be carried out.”

"The Qingcheng Mansion above Luoshan Mansion is not something we can touch at this stage."

"Below Luoshan Mansion and Changping Mansion, which is close to us, is a relatively good expansion target."

Lu Jun stretched out his hand, pointed at Changping Mansion on the map, and whispered.

"Changping Mansion?"

Luo Ping narrowed his eyes slightly and looked below Luoshan Mansion, at Changping Mansion, which was close to the Luo family's territory.

Changping Mansion is not a big mansion.

Among the thirteen mansions of the Gale Dynasty, its area can only be regarded as the last one.

There are only six miserable counties under Changping Mansion.

There are two counties less than Luoshan Prefecture.

And if Luo Ping remembers correctly.

At this time, Changping Mansion should be in a three-legged situation.

One side is the Bai family, which controls the two counties.

On one side is the Huang family, which controls the two counties.

The last party is the Chen family, which also controls the two counties.

The comprehensive strength of the three parties is quite close.

They are constantly at war with each other, but they can do nothing to help each other.

If nothing else, this three-legged pattern.

The land of Evergreen Mansion will continue forever.

However, in the current chaotic situation, it is obviously impossible to allow such a three-legged situation to be maintained forever.

In this troubled world, who can rise up as soon as possible?

Solve the chaos in the mansion as soon as possible.

Anyone can grow stronger quickly.

Qingcheng Fengfeng, who was surrounded by many people and stared at by his eldest brother, the emperor, and his second brother, was undoubtedly an exception.

"If we expand towards Changping Mansion"

"It's a good goal."

Luo Ping squinted his eyes slightly, with bursts of light flashing from time to time.

Qingshi City, the land of the Luo family, in the courtyard where the ancestors of the Luo family lived.

At this time, Luo Changfeng was sitting quietly under a stone pavilion.

Sitting in front of him were Fu Qiu, the deputy sect leader of the Luoshan Mansion branch.

And the one dressed in black and wearing a black hat.

The current sect leader of the Zijin Mansion branch, Zhong Mudao, looks a little weird.

When talking about Zhongmudao, we have to mention the shadow stone.

Originally, at the beginning.

Zhong Mudao, the current head of the Zijin Mansion branch, does not like the Luoshan Mansion branch.

Reform the system?

Directly cancel the 20% commission from the branch sect?

Hey, aren't you looking for death?

The Wandan Sect has continued since ancient times, and there have been countless alchemy geniuses who wanted to reform the Wandan Sect's system.

However, everyone failed.

No one can succeed.

This Luoshan Mansion is no exception.

As for the so-called image stone?

What is that?

Can this thing make money?

Why are you paying to watch? Are you out of your mind, or are those alchemists out of mind?

Even if there is really a small group of alchemists who are willing to spend spiritual stones to watch the images left by that bullshit image stone, how many spiritual stones can you earn?

Whether it can support the salaries of the alchemists of the branch sect of Luoshan Mansion is probably a difficult problem.

However, Zhong Mudao went to Luoshan Mansion.

When he wanted to persuade his old friend Fu Qiu to give up the Luoshan Prefecture branch and follow Zhongmu Dao.

He suddenly discovered that the image stone was not as simple as he imagined.

He originally thought that the image stone could even leave an image.

It should also be extremely blurry and unclear.

However, the image left behind by the photolith is not like this.

The images left behind by the photographic stone are not just clear ones.

Moreover, the most terrifying thing about this thing is that he can still retain the charm of an alchemist refining elixirs.

This situation is very serious.

Looking at the image stone is like asking a high-level alchemist to refine the elixir in front of you.

Moreover, the expenses required are pitiful.

In this case, do you think this image stone can not make money?

In addition, every time you pay for the image stone, you can only view the image in the image stone once.

As a result, such a scene appeared in the Luoshan Mansion branch.

Countless alchemists lined up, holding spiritual stones in their hands, watching the images left by the shadow stones over and over again.

Every time he watches it, the alchemist will always be eager to pay some more spirit stones to watch it next time.

Until all the spirit stones are exhausted.

The alchemists then chose to leave silently without feeling satisfied.

As for the Luoshan Prefecture branch, because the shadow stone is almost equivalent to a business without capital, the reserve of spiritual stones in the Luoshan Prefecture branch has gradually increased during this period.

The monthly salary given to alchemists has fully doubled from the original amount.

This made countless alchemists feel grateful, and at the same time, their recognition of the Luoshan Mansion branch skyrocketed.

The Luoshan Prefecture branch sect's increase in the salary of alchemists will not put much pressure on the branch sect.

Anyway, the left hand takes precedence over the right hand, so what will happen if you give more?

In the end, it will eventually return to the Luoshan Prefecture Branch Sect's pocket.

"In that case, the branch of Jiangnan Prefecture chose to join the branch of Changqing Prefecture?"

In the small courtyard, under the stone pavilion.

Luo Changfeng asked in a low voice to the two people in front of him while drinking the hot tea in his hand.

"The Jiangnan Mansion branch should have chosen to join the Changqing Mansion branch from the very beginning."

"And that's why the Jiangnan Mansion branch gathered all the sect leaders of the other branches."

"I think I did this just for the sake of the Changqing Mansion branch."

Fu Qiu said calmly.

"Then how many choose to seek refuge with us, and how many choose to seek refuge with the Changqing Mansion branch? How many choose to remain neutral and wait and see?"

After a moment of silence, Luo Changfeng asked again.

This time, Fu Qiu didn't answer.

On the contrary, it was the man wearing black clothes and a black hat, with small eyes, who seemed a bit ordinary.

In fact, he has Zhong Mu Dao who can refine yellow-level middle-grade elixirs.

He whispered to Luo Changfeng in front of him: "Brother Luo, in addition to the Zijin Mansion branch where I am, there should be three more people who have chosen to join our Luoshan Mansion branch. They have chosen to join the Changqing Mansion branch. , including Jiangnan Mansion branch, there are four in total, and two branch sects have chosen to remain neutral and wait and see for the time being."

Under the stone pavilion, Luo Changfeng murmured to himself while drinking tea.

"In other words, there are five major branch sects on our side, six major branch sects on the Changqing Mansion side, and two major branch sects have chosen neutrality."

“The gap between the two parties is not that big.”

Soon after.

The two old men Fu Qiu and Zhong Mudao left the small courtyard one after another.

in the next period of time.

Many family forces in the Gale Dynasty are still fighting endlessly.

As for the branches of the Wandan Sect located in various cities of the Dafeng Dynasty.

They are silently supporting the Luoshan Mansion branch and the Changqing Mansion branch.

There is no overt struggle between these two factions.

Secretly, there are many.

For example, poaching and the like.

Whether it's the Luoshan Prefecture branch sect or the Changqing Prefecture branch sect, poaching is constantly happening.

However, under the advantages of various conditions.

Those who can succeed in poaching are basically from Luoshan Mansion.

As for Changqing Mansion, the number of successes was very few.

In the Luoshan Prefecture branch, not only the alchemist's salary is high, but there is also the image stone that can be viewed for a fee.

What do you have in Changqing Mansion?

Is your salary in Changqing Mansion low?

Or do you think that Changqing Mansion is the holy land for alchemists of the Gale Dynasty and can you compete for the first place?

Oh, right.

Now the branch sect of Luoshan Prefecture is rising strongly.

Whether your Changqing Mansion can win the first place in the end is a matter of speculation.

Gale Dynasty, Evergreen City.

Inside the Changqing Mansion branch, which was the holy place for alchemists of the Gale Dynasty in the past.

At this time, the prosperity is still there.

It’s just the alchemists that can be seen with the naked eye.

There was a look of worry on their faces.

The strong rise of the Luoshan Mansion branch made the alchemists of the Changqing Mansion branch feel an unprecedented pressure.

The first seat, the branch of Changqing Mansion is bound to win.

The branch of Changqing Mansion is also very keen on the authority brought by the first seat.

However, due to the competition among the branch sects of Naluoshan Prefecture.

Whether the Changqing Mansion branch can win the first place in the Dafeng Dynasty branch.

This seems to be gradually becoming an unknown quantity.

"metropolitan"

Changqing Mansion branch, in a palace with slightly dim light.

Nangong Ming is the current sect leader of the Changqing Mansion branch.

At this time, he was standing silently in front of a yellow-level top-grade furnace.

The top-grade Huang-level furnace was brought from the Nangong family.

As for the Changqing Mansion, Nangong Ming climbed up to the position of sect leader step by step by relying on his own abilities.

Without any help from the family.

Well, Nangong Ming personally thinks so.

"What's the matter?"

In the palace, Nangong Ming glanced at his deputy sect leader Zhuang Hong, and asked him in a low voice.

"The results have come out. There are five major branch sects who chose to **** the Changqing Mansion branch."

"And those who choose to support the Luoshan Prefecture branch sect, there are four major branch sects."

"There are still two major branch sects that remain neutral."

Zhuang Hong lowered his head slightly and whispered.

Hearing this, Nangong Ming couldn't help but frown slightly: "In other words, the gap between us and Naluoshan Mansion is not big?"

Zhuang Hong still lowered his head slightly and did not say anything out loud.

"If the two parties choose a neutral branch, is there any chance to fight for it?"

After a moment of silence.

Nangong Ming asked Zhuang Hong behind him in a low voice.

Zhuang Hong shook his head silently and replied calmly: "It is a bit difficult. If you must win the support of the two branch sects, you may have to pay a certain price."

After the words of the deputy sect master of Changqing Mansion came out.

The atmosphere in this palace gradually became a little depressed and tense.

"Pay a certain price?"

Nangong Ming murmured in a low voice, and his calm and unchanging face gradually became a little ugly: "Then the two neutral parties chose to split the sect, do you want to wait for a price?"

If we say that the two parties chose a neutral branch, their strength would be at the bottom.

Even if you fight for it, it won't actually have much impact on the results.

But the problem is, those two parties chose a neutral branch.

The overall strength is not much worse than the third-seat Jiangnan Mansion branch or the fourth-seat Zijin Mansion branch.

And the reason why those two branch sects chose neutrality

Except after wanting to wait and see first.

Most of them probably want to wait for the price, right?

If the price paid by the Luoshan Mansion branch is high, the two major branch sects will choose to join the Luoshan Mansion branch.

And if the Evergreen Mansion branch pays a higher price, then the two major branch sects will choose to join the Evergreen Mansion branch.

But, this idea is quite good.

But if the two parties choose a neutral branch, are they really not afraid of being liquidated in the future?

Even in a short period of time, benefits were obtained.

But similarly, the two branch sects that choose to sell for a price will also plant a landmine for their branch sect that may explode at any time.

In the beginning, it might be fine.

But as time went by, as Changqing Mansion gradually secured its position as the number one branch of the sect.

Those two branch sects that chose to wait for a price will eventually pay a heavy price for their series of actions.

"We pay the price."

"The two major branch sects must be brought together."

After a long time, Nangong Ming whispered.

Zhuang Hong, who was behind Nangong Ming, nodded silently.

Then he disappeared into this palace.

After the deputy sect leader of the Changqing Mansion branch left.

Nangong Ming was the only one left in the huge palace.

"Luoshan Prefecture Branch"

After whispering in a low voice.

Nangong Ming then walked silently towards the direction in front where a yellow-grade top-grade furnace was placed.

After waving his hand, he directly released the spiritual fire in his body.

The spiritual fire is called Earth Core Flame, and its grade is probably at the lower level of Xuan Grade.

This spiritual fire was nurtured by heaven and earth and was extremely rare.

If compared with the most common Black Crow Flame, even a hundred Black Crow Flames are probably not as good as one Earth Core Flame.

Of course, this is the spiritual fire bred by heaven and earth.

It was also given to him by the Nangong family.

And the reason why Nangong Minghui appeared in the Dafeng Dynasty was that the Changqing Mansion branched out.

The main reason is that he wants to prove himself.

Want to prove your ability.

He wanted to prove to others that besides his status as a direct descendant of the Nangong family.

With his ability, his talent.

He can still break into a new world.

This Luoshan Mansion branch will be Nangong Ming's first powerful opponent.

Similarly, this Luoshan Prefecture is divided into sects.

It will also become the first branch of the Wandan Sect that is defeated by him and can be called a rival.

In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

Bluestone City, the land of the Luo family.

In a small courtyard exuding ancient aura, there is an extremely mysterious secret room space a hundred meters underground.

At this time, there was a strong feeling that reached the extreme.

It's even enough to condense into substance, a scarlet aura that's enough to corrode everything in the world.

Zheng slowly spread out in Shigui's body.

【Click】

[click click click]

The shackles were corroded and broken, and the sound of falling to the ground slowly sounded.

Shi Gui stood up silently, and circulated the scarlet aura in his body that had been accumulated for an unknown period of time and had the ability to corrode.

He touched the cage made of fine iron in front of him.

Then, Shi Gui's arms exerted force slightly.

The fine iron cage that should have been extremely strong was easily opened.

Seeing this scene, Hajime couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly.

The three scarlet pupils couldn't help but rotate rapidly at this time.

Even though the ghost didn't say anything.

But it can be vaguely seen from Shi Gui's expression.

It seems very excited.

In fact, if you think about it the other way around, it’s normal to be a little excited.

He was forcibly captured by a human for no apparent reason, and then imprisoned in a cage a hundred meters underground for several months, or even a year.

During this period, no food or drink was given.

Now that Shigui has broken free from the cage where he is imprisoned by his own abilities, how can he not be excited?

In the small courtyard, in the mysterious space a hundred meters underground.

Waves of strange and slightly exciting calls gradually sounded.

After the excitement, Shi Gui walked out of the prison step by step.

And just when it wanted to escape from this dark cage.

All around, the formations that have been carved out a long time ago, and the accumulation has reached thousands, are quietly operating.

There were tens of thousands of talismans posted nearby.

At this time, it was also trembling slightly.