It was dark all night in Suzaku City, and the sky dimmed again at dawn. But not long after, the people who were still immersed in the vision of heaven and earth welcomed the sunrise.
So, early in the morning, many people gathered in the Baiyu Square in front of Jiuyou Tower.
And as the sunlight slowly passed over the surrounding buildings and completely illuminated the red wood and green tiles of Jiuyou Tower, the number of people in the square also reached its peak.
Looking around, the square is crowded with people and clearly defined.
The front row of the crowd were all people dressed in noble clothes. The heads of the big families in Suzaku City were even present in person. At the back of the square were the largest number of ordinary people.
The Jiuyou Tower refracted the brilliant colors in the sunlight, attracting countless astonished and admiring glances from the people. From time to time, among these people who were separated by guards, there was an exclamation due to some news that suddenly spread.
What was a little weird was that the family heads at the front of the crowd were frowning deeply, but they did not order the guards to scold and drive away the people. They all looked at the people with serious faces and remained silent.
This sudden situation lasted for a quarter of an hour, until a crisp sound of the door opening sounded in front of the square, and the square became silent in a tacit understanding.
"City Lord!!!"
Mu Qing was followed by Wang Yeqing and Cao Jin, and the three of them strode out of Jiuyou Tower together. The family heads who had been waiting for a long time immediately smiled brightly and greeted them.
Mu Qing stopped in front of the crowd and said with a smile: "Everyone, Suzaku City can be restored to life. It's been a hard work these past few months."
The smiles on the faces of the family heads deepened, and they humbly praised Mu Qing for his good leadership.
Mu Qing did not dare to take the credit, so he stepped aside to let Wang Yeqing out and said, "I just finished my retreat a few days ago. If you want to flatter me, you should find another reason."
Wang Yeqing glanced at Mu Qing and said, "The city lord can make an appointment with everyone for the next retreat."
Mu Qing smiled helplessly and exchanged a few more words. Seeing that the atmosphere was almost settled, he looked at one of the people in the crowd and said, "Master Xie, you seem to have agreed to come here together. I think it is because of the vision last night. If you have If you have any doubts, you can ask them in person."
Xie Ming, the current head of the Xie family, saw that Mu Qing directly called him by name and did not dare to neglect. He walked to the front of the crowd and said: "City Lord, we are indeed here for this. The vision of heaven and earth last night was too terrifying, and it appeared again. In the inner city, if it hadn’t been for the appearance of the Guards, there might have been a situation where they would have abandoned the city and fled a few months ago.”
Mu Qing nodded, looked at the crowd of people in the White Jade Square, and said loudly: "What happened last night was man-made, not the abnormal movement of the fire vein underground."
While Mu Qing was speaking, a group of personal guards led by Xing Fei himself appeared from one side of the square, and the condensed aura of soaring into the sky immediately attracted everyone's attention.
"Hiss, the breath of these people..."
Most of the family heads around Mu Qing are cultivators, and their realms are not low. Feeling the soaring aura from a distance, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes. Xing Zuo has been purging the hands of the family that have reached out to the Guards, but The Guards are also human beings, and they also need to start a family and start a career, so most of these family heads know what the situation of the Guards is like.
But now this scene is challenging their cognition.
Cao Jin looked at these family heads from the side and saw that they were all unmoved, with a bit of pride on his face. He chuckled and said: "Although this city lord's palace guard team is not large in number, the lowest level is spiritual life. Four of them are The early stage of transcendence.”
"!!!"
After receiving Cao Jin's personal confirmation, the family heads were no longer calm. Their faces were full of shock, and they had no idea when Xing Zuo came up with such a guard.
But before the expressions on their faces faded away, another team appeared on the other side of the square, attracting their attention.
"He's from the Suzaku Sect!"
It has been several months since the establishment of the Suzaku Sect, and the most basic sect costumes have been unified. The inner disciples are all dressed in black brocade robes, with flame cloud patterns embroidered on the collar and corners of the clothes.
The people who appeared in the square at this time were all inner disciples of the Suzaku Sect. At first, the heads of the families didn’t have much expression on their faces.
They were less emotional, but soon, the same shock as before appeared on their faces. The realm of these young disciples was also surprisingly high.
After the Suzaku Sect appeared, people from the Ten Thousand Flower Valley and the City Lord's Mansion also appeared soon after. Everyone came to the front of the crowd, with Mu Qing as the center, standing quietly on the left and right.
The heads of the family paid great attention to the atmosphere of the occasion. After reacting, they did not dare to look around. They looked at the city lord respectfully and asked with their eyes.
Mu Qing waited until Murong Jing came to his side, then smiled slightly and said: "What happened last night is very simple. An external force contacted some disciples of the Suzaku Sect with the intention of causing sabotage on the large formation underground in the inner city. However, We knew about this in advance, so we used every trick to catch these people."
The family heads breathed a sigh of relief, and Xie Ming even took the initiative to compliment him: "I've heard that the city lord has ended his retreat a few days ago. I think he has been busy with this matter for the past few days, but we people have not been able to help. busy."
Mu Qing interrupted Xie Ming's compliment, looked at Xing Fei aside, and said, "Bring this person up so that everyone can see."
Soon, the disciples who had betrayed the Suzaku Sect were tied up and brought to the front of the square, but what they paid attention to was not the fish, but three corpses.
The family heads glanced at two of the corpses with different expressions, but did not dare to say anything. Instead, they looked at the other tall corpse and asked curiously: "City Lord, is this an outsider?"
"Yeah." Mu Qing glanced at Xiao Gaofeng, who had a sword pierced between his eyebrows, imagined Ye Yun's graceful display of this sword, and said with a smile: "This person's name is Xiao Gaofeng. He used to be the chief minister of the Lin family in Xishan. Later he ran away. Go to the Gu family and be driven by the Gu family. I have had a feud with the Gu family for a long time, so I am not surprised that he would come to Suzaku City."
The family heads walked closer and looked at Xiao Gaofeng, who was completely out of breath. When their eyes met, they all tacitly suppressed some doubts in their hearts.
Xiao Gaofeng's level should not be low, but if he wants to create the kind of movement like last night, he alone and the rebellious disciples of the Suzaku Sect may not be able to do it.
Mu Qing would take the initiative to let everyone come here today. There were some things that he wanted to clarify in a smooth manner. After seeing the expressions on the faces of these family heads, he took the initiative and said: "Of course, there are two more accomplices of Xiao Gaofeng. One person. I managed to escape by luck and one person was captured. It is temporarily inconvenient to reveal more information to you."
"where……"
"This is undoubtedly a clean victory."
Seeing that Mu Qing was so frank, the family heads stopped being stingy with their compliments.
Mu Qing waited until the atmosphere was almost calm and said in a serious voice: "Everyone, what happened last night is indeed over. Suzaku City will have a long period of peace and quiet in the future, but the Gu family is still the Gu family, so I have some plans, and I will speak frankly here now. come out."
All the family heads were silent. They didn't know what Mu Qing was planning to do. They all shrewdly kept silent. Only Xie Ming spoke up: "Don't worry, City Lord. No matter what the City Lord's Mansion plans, the Xie family will be the first to support it."
Mu Qing smiled slightly, looked past these people, looked at the people in the square, and said solemnly: "What I said today will be affected by everyone living in Suzaku City. After today, you will all have a chance. "
As Mu Qing spoke, he stepped into the air and stopped above the crowd. Following his movements, Murong Jing, Huai Fenghua, and Zhong Ling'er all appeared next to him.
Mu Qing held the Suzaku Seal in his hand and released his aura without any reservation. Suddenly, the sky and the earth roared, and an extremely solid Suzaku spirit hovered in the sky. As its wings vibrated, the air gradually heated up, and there was some noise in the field. People with higher realms can still faintly hear the strange roaring under the ground. .
The atmosphere in the White Jade Square suddenly boiled, and everyone on the ground raised their heads and looked directly at this miraculous scene.
At a certain moment, Mu Qing, with his robe swaying in the wind, became the protagonist of this world in the eyes of everyone.
Mu Qing said: "The vision of heaven and earth last night changed the fire vein under the inner city, and along with it changed the other eight fire veins under the Youyan State. From now on, where we are This world will never be the same."
The crowd in the square was dispersed by Mu Qing
Forced by the momentum, he fell into silence for a moment, but not long after, someone asked out of curiosity: "City Lord, what's the difference?"
Mu Qing smiled slightly: "Some of you must have gotten up very early. Have you noticed that the eaves are not covered with white frost today, and there are new shoots on the dead branches?"
"Nine meridians are connected. In a few days, you will find that Suzaku City has entered late spring and early summer ahead of schedule, and the temperature will rise rapidly. And more importantly, the spiritual energy of this world will be much richer than before, making it more suitable for practice. .”
Mu Qing paused for a while, and waited for people to slowly understand what he meant before continuing: "This is also the reason why I deliberately asked everyone to come here. From today on, the Inner City will take the lead in establishing three practice sects, namely The Vermillion Bird Sect, the Ten Thousand Flowers Valley, and the Great Sun Sect.”
When Mu Qing mentioned the Ten Thousand Flowers Valley of the Vermillion Bird Sect, Murong Jing and Huaifeng Hua were both calm. However, when he mentioned the Great Sun Sect, Zhong Ling'er straightened her small body, as if she was afraid that people on the ground would look down on her, and let out a soft "ha" , with a wave of her little hand, countless magic weapons surrounded her like ribbons, immediately attracting everyone's attention.
"..."
Mu Qing was also stunned for a moment because of Zhong Ling'er's sudden move, and then continued to say "seriously": "You should have heard of the Suzaku Sect and Wanhua Valley. The one who appears in front of you now is Zhong Ling'er, the leader of the Great Sun Sect. .”
"The magic weapons around her are all forged by the Great Sun Sect. Master Ling'er said that anyone who is a disciple of the Great Sun Sect can have a magic weapon."
Zhong Ling'er was proudly displaying her collection. When she heard Mu Qing's words, her face suddenly darkened. She wished she could leave and fly over to block Mu Qing's mouth. But in a blink of an eye, she saw countless pairs of bright eyes looking at her on the ground. He was stunned again, hesitated, and then said with a pained face: "They are core disciples. As long as you become the core disciples of the Great Sun Sect, you can choose whatever you want among the magic weapons in my hand."
"Wow!"
After receiving Zhong Ling'er's personal promise, the crowd immediately went crazy. Even the disciples of the Suzaku Sect on the side looked at Zhong Ling'er eagerly, seeming to be considering changing the door.
Seeing that the situation seemed to have gone astray, Mu Qing coughed lightly and quickly got back on track, saying: "From now on, the outer city of Suzaku will remain as usual, but the inner city will become a veritable place of cultivation. When the sect recruits disciples, everyone will have a chance. Participate in the assessment. Those who want to try, just wait for the announcement from the City Lord’s Mansion.”
Mu Qing answered some people's questions and asked Xing Fei to execute the traitors of the Suzaku Sect. This was also to show everyone present that the rights of the City Lord's Mansion were superior to those of the sect.
After all this was done, the square was still very lively, but Mu Qing did not show up again, but led the family heads who were unwilling to leave like this into the Jiuyou Building.
In Jiuyou Building, everyone sat down in the lobby on the first floor.
Seeing that Mu Qing actually wanted to overturn the inner city reconstruction plan that he had promised them, those family heads had been holding back until now. At this time, they finally couldn't bear it anymore. Someone stood up tremblingly and asked: "City Lord, we have been cooperating with the City Lord these past few months." The government is acting, what you just said is not, and is not..."
Mu Qing smiled and motioned for the other party to sit down, and added: "Aren't you overturning what I promised you before?"
The man nodded, as if he was a little afraid of Mu Qing's strength, and quickly added: "But since the city lord has spoken, we will abide by it."
Mu Qing sighed softly: "The crisis in Suzaku City has not been completely eliminated. We must become stronger in the time we have bought. That's why what happened today."
"I can tell you clearly that the inner city will become a place of practice ruled by the city lord's palace. It is true that it can no longer be planned as before, but besides the inner city, there are other places now."
"Huh? Other places?" The family heads were all puzzled.
