Although Hai Tianxiao's order made the cultivators outside the city quite dissatisfied, it did not cause a major commotion and the situation was quickly brought under control.
Just because of this, Zhou Yang must have contributed a lot.
The cultivators who entered Dingbei City were all elites and influential figures among the 200,000 people. The remaining 120,000 people were organized into twelve towns by Zhou Yang during this month.
Not only that, he immediately identified the candidates for the commanders of the twelve towns, commanders of thousands, and centurions, and promised these people huge profits, allowing them to vigorously control and suppress their troops.
With so many actions, the 120,000 people outside the city gradually stabilized. This is Zhou Yang's third step strategy.
In these days, Zhou Yang was also paying attention to his former acquaintances from Bai Zong, but he did not find Gang Yi and other Qinglongmen disciples, nor did he see the genius of Bai Zongshan mentioned by Keshan, Long Tengyun of Guyin Villa.
But he discovered the men and horses of Fengling Mountain and Mengyue Sect.
The trial disciples of these two sects once fought against him in the secret sea. Both sides suffered casualties, and they were fighting to the death.
But today, when I looked around, there was no acquaintance between the two factions.
There are only three consequences for those people. One is that they do not come out of the secret realm. The second is to die in the previous beast wave. The third is to escape to the area south of Linghe in Baizong Mountain.
The secret realm of the Shrine has become the Jedi of the Shrine, and the previous war at Bai Zong Mountain was so tragic, so the first two possibilities are very high.
Zhou Yang shook his head and got busy again.
Although Taiqing Sect and Dashun Trading Company sent spies every day to inquire about news, Zhou Yang was solely responsible for the recruitment operation, and the location was in Nancheng. In addition, Zhou Tianzong deliberately concealed it, so it was not until a month later that the two factions came back to their senses. , Ji Bao and Chen Mie were furious and cursed Zhou Tianzong for being cunning and cunning.
They jointly submitted a letter to the city government, demanding that Hai Tianxiao be allowed to recruit people from the city from both sides. Surprisingly, Hai Tianxiao agreed immediately.
The two factions sent a large number of disciples to Nancheng to win over the cultivators of Bai Zongshan, but they were beaten to death and injured, and they were ignored at all.
First, because the reputation of the two factions is too bad, second, Zhou Yang constantly brainwashes the people in Bai Zong Mountain, and third, he secretly spreads the evil plans of Taiqing Sect and Dashun Trading Company, and wants to recruit these people to destroy the monsters in Bai Zong Mountain, so that They serve as cannon fodder.
The three factors are combined. It’s no wonder that the recruitment operations of Taiqing Sect and Dashun Trading Company are successful!
As eleven fake elixir masters and 80,000 elite disciples joined the Zhou Tian Sect, the balance in Dingbei City was completely broken.
A few months ago, although Zhou Tianzong was the strongest, once Taiqing Sect and Dashun Trading Company united, their overall strength would surpass Zhou Tianzong. But now the situation is completely different. Zhou Tianzong's strength has steadily surpassed the two factions combined.
If Zhou Tianzong implemented the one-power standard before, then it is the two-power standard now.
In other words, no one was more powerful than Zhou Tianzong before, but the current situation is that the two strongest sects together cannot compare to Zhou Tianzong.
From now on, Zhou Tianzong has truly become the overlord of Dingbei City, Hai Tianxiao has also firmly assumed the position of city lord, and the sect has regained its former glory.
Not only that, the 120,000 troops stationed outside the city were actually controlled by Zhou Tianzong. If this power is added, even if there is another force like Taiqing Sect, Zhou Tianzong will not be afraid anymore.
Although Hai Tianxiao did not reward Zhou Yang heavily, everyone in the sect knew that Zhou Tianzong's achievements were all due to him. Zhou Yang's popularity and prestige in the sect has surpassed anyone under Jin Dan.
If you are promising, you will get a position. Now his status is second only to the deputy sect leader Fudo Zhenren, and he has become one of the three giants of Zhou Tianzong.
However, Qiu Yiming's status has plummeted. Although he still maintains his status as a great elder, his power has been greatly reduced and his popularity continues to decline.
If virtue is not worthy of his position, it will be a matter of time before he steps down.
At this moment, Ji Bao and Chen Mie's intestines were filled with regret.
If they had known that Zhou Tianzong would come up with this move, they would have taken action long ago.
Originally, there were a large number of disciples from Bai Zongshan in the three gates of East, West and North. If they sent people to separate and win over them early, maybe their strength would surpass Zhou Tianzong and fight for the right to speak in Dingbeicheng.
But now the deal is done and it's too late to say anything.
Ji Bao and Chen Mie were angry and furious. They had already killed several of their subordinates who had not opened their eyes. They were so frightened that no one dared to move forward.
However, the sky has a dark eye, and things have two sides. There will naturally be joy and sorrow. Zhou Tianzong's strength expanded too fast, and his logistics supplies were immediately stretched, and he was somewhat unable to make ends meet.
For this reason, Hai Tianxiao and Fudo Zhenren worked hard and in the end they had to raise taxes in the city and increase the monthly tribute paid by various forces to the city lord's palace, so that they could barely survive.
However, this move also aroused dissatisfaction from the two major factions and many forces. They jointly protested to the city lord's palace, demanding a reduction in taxes and monthly tribute.
The city lord's palace did an excellent job and approved all requests, but there was one condition, which was that each faction was required to provide a free area and have Baizong Mountain cultivators stationed there.
This condition scares everyone away. This is equivalent to having someone else's army invade your territory. Does that mean you still have sovereignty?
If it were a few months ago, they might be happy to accept it, but now the situation has changed drastically. These 80,000 elites of Zongshan have joined Zhou Tianzong and can no longer be pulled back.
This worry has been solved, but the second worry still exists, and that is the 120,000 disciples of Zongshan outside Nancheng. If these people are not handled well, they will cause great turmoil.
Zhou Yang has been very busy in the past few months, always running around the city and outside. On the one hand, he had to deal with the problem of the mixed formation of the city guards. On the other hand, he had to firmly control the people of the two newly built towns. He also had to appease the more than 100,000 disciples of Zongshan outside the city. He was very busy for a while.
Not only that, in order to attract talents, his own pockets were quickly shrinking, and his inventory was running low and needed to be replenished urgently.
Fortunately, Fang Lie still had some of his two million contribution points. He used these contribution points to exchange for a large amount of mid-level materials, but he could only barely maintain it.
For several months, he only had time to practice at night. Because he couldn't keep up, he focused on trying to figure out the two secret techniques of Seven Star Flowing Cloud Step and Great Burning Heaven Hand, and he made quite some progress.
His practice of ancient writing has not fallen behind, and he can barely read a small volume of the Code of Destiny. However, he lacks time and it is impossible to fully translate the contents of the Code.
Also, in addition to the Code of Destiny, he tried his best to remember all the important books in his mind, and destroyed all the jade slips and paper that could be destroyed.
With the improvement of his realm, his ability to memorize and memorize information has also greatly improved. Basically, it does not take much time to memorize an important classic or secret technique.
