#497 - Silence and Sensation

In addition to managing the Star Blue Academy's teacher recruitment over the past three days, Lan Wenhao also led the Lan family disciples in expanding the academy to double its original size.

The expansion was necessary because the student population of the Star Blue Academy had grown too large, and the original area was no longer sufficient.

Now, with the Qin family's backing, the Lan family's influence has become increasingly powerful...

Since the area was insufficient, Lan Wenhao informed Ying Zhi.

He directly doubled the size of the academy, which is extremely valuable in the capital of the Great Ming Dynasty, where land is at a premium.

To achieve this, Lan Wenhao chose not to use force but instead purchased the surrounding land from families or individuals at prices far exceeding the market value.

After the purchase, the Lan family began a large-scale construction project.

The buildings in the Star Blue Academy, previously filled with the architectural style of the Great Ming Dynasty, were completely demolished during this construction.

In Lan Wenhao's words, since the teaching model was primarily based on Blue Star, all the buildings in the academy should naturally be in the Blue Star style.

And so, on the night before the academy's opening, the entire Star Blue Academy underwent a complete transformation.

Buildings filled with a sense of technology stood tall in the capital of the Great Ming Dynasty, as beautiful as a beacon of glazed glass...

The most obvious change was Qin Buyi's residence. Since the Lan family had decided to demolish everything,

the high-level instructor area was naturally the top priority. After Qin Buyi's residence was torn down, the Lan family built a towering tower in its place.

This tower was named the Star Blue Tower within the Star Blue Academy.

Similarly, Qin Buyi's new residence, the Star Blue Tower, was also the most dazzling building in the Star Blue Academy.

The Star Blue Tower could be seen from any angle in the capital of the Great Ming Dynasty...

Qin Buyi didn't feel much about this. Having cultivated to his level, the residence was no longer important.

However, since the Lan family had this intention, Qin Buyi did not refuse and moved in.

With such a large Star Blue Tower, it seemed somewhat empty with only Qin Buyi living there.

Lan Wenhao once suggested arranging some servants for Qin Buyi to clean up the dust and so on.

Qin Buyi rejected this idea without even thinking about it. He was used to living alone and didn't want anyone to disturb him.

During this period, Ying Zhi sent people to initially take over and control the four dynasties, including the Dawn Dynasty.

Currently, the total area of the Great Ming Dynasty is quite vast.

Within the Heavenly Battle Sect, there are a total of eighty-one dynasties, and the Great Ming Dynasty occupies ten of them.

This is equivalent to one-eighth of the total... This number has not been reached by any dynasty since the outbreak of the civil war within the Heavenly Battle Sect.

These ten dynasties include the Great Ming, Great Qin, the four dynasties of Li Da and others, and the four newly conquered dynasties.

With such a vast territory, the national power of the Great Ming Dynasty has undoubtedly increased several times compared to before.

As for the various cultivation resources within the Great Ming Dynasty, the Lan family disciples moved all the resources that could be moved into the Little Thousand World for storage.

The Lan family disciples also sent people to guard the remaining resources that could not be moved and collect them regularly.

These resources were firmly controlled by Qin Buyi's side, making all the cultivators within the Great Ming Dynasty more dependent on the Great Ming royal family.

Previously, these cultivators could rely on their strength to occupy one or several cultivation resource points, but now they could not occupy any.

If they did not rely on the Great Ming royal family, these cultivators would soon fall into a situation of depletion of cultivation resources...

In addition to formulating the next offensive plan, Qin Liang also led the Heavenly Court First Army in daily training to increase the degree of cooperation between them.

Besides the above, the news of Qin Buyi killing five Dragon Gate Realm experts swept through the various dynasties in the Heavenly Battle Sect area like a tornado.

These dynasties were all silenced for a time when they heard about Qin Buyi's terrifying and exaggerated record.

The major dynasties that originally wanted to challenge Qin Buyi also remained silent.

Killing a Dragon Gate Realm late stage expert could be understood. The top-ranked dynasties in the Heavenly Battle Sect area could do this, although it would be a bit difficult, but it was not impossible.

But killing four Dragon Gate Realm late stage experts, plus one Dragon Gate Realm early stage expert, was a bit unrealistic.

Moreover, these four Dragon Gate Realm late stage experts were all from the Heavenly Battle Sect, and their methods and combat power were far superior to cultivators of the same rank.

Even so, they could not escape the fate of being killed. For a time, the dynasties that wanted to compete with Qin Buyi immediately recognized their position.

When the enemy is a little stronger than you, you can make up for it with various means.

When the enemy is many times stronger than you, even if you use all means, the gap is difficult to cross, just like a natural chasm.

In addition to recognizing their position, the major dynasties in the Heavenly Battle Sect area also focused their attention on the Heavenly Battle Sect.

They were preparing to see how the Heavenly Battle Sect would respond to this matter, after all, Qin Buyi had killed the core figures of the four major factions this time.

If the four major factions of the Heavenly Battle Sect just let it go, they might as well disband completely.

Since they can't just let it go, then there must be follow-up measures...

Based on Qin Buyi's record of killing four Dragon Gate Realm late stage experts, ordinary Dragon Gate Realm completion stage experts are no longer his opponents.

Then, if you want to carry out follow-up strikes and revenge against Qin Buyi, there is only one possibility... that is to dispatch Human Immortal Realm experts!

However, the degree of civil war within the Heavenly Battle Sect has not yet reached the point where Human Immortal Realm experts will take action.

The Second Elder's action of blocking people from other factions from recruiting Qin Buyi has caused no small trouble for his faction during this period.

If the four major factions whose Dragon Gate Realm experts were killed by Qin Buyi dispatched Human Immortal Realm experts, the Second Elder would not just sit idly by and watch, would he?

At that time, it would be, since you are not playing according to the rules of the game, then don't blame me for not playing according to the rules of the game.

Out of a mentality of watching the excitement, most of the dynasties in the Heavenly Battle Sect area are waiting to see how the situation will develop next.

Inside the Heavenly Battle Sect.

The Second Elder's faction is decorated with lanterns and colors. Don't look at the fact that they have been blocked everywhere during this period, and other factions have united to suppress them.

But this does not affect the mood of the Second Elder's faction at all, because Qin Buyi killed four Dragon Gate Realm late stage experts from other factions.

These are Dragon Gate Realm late stage experts. All the losses suffered by the Second Elder's faction during this period are not as valuable as a Dragon Gate Realm late stage expert.

From this point of view, this loss during this period is completely insignificant...

Even if this loss is doubled, it is still within the acceptable range for the Second Elder's faction.

Qin Buyi's move not only gave the Second Elder's faction a respite from the siege of other factions, but also severely frustrated the spirit of other factions!