Practice begins with collecting character cards

Chapter 262
"Go and start a stove." Xu Guan ordered Xiaoyao.

"Yes, young master." Xiaoyao immediately went into the house to light a fire.

"Go inside and continue." Xu Guan stood up and said to Zhang Yang.

Although he is not afraid of the cold at all, Zhang Yang is physically weaker and will eventually feel uncomfortable.

Besides, who can say no to a warm fire in winter?

On the fire, Xiaoyao put some food, barbecue and some fruits and vegetables that belong to this world for the two of them, and also warmed a pot of Immortal Drunk.

"Let's talk while we eat." Xu Guan said with a smile.

As his strength continues to improve and grow, he has established a firm foothold in this world. Now, in the current peaceful days, he has gradually learned to enjoy life.

"Well, this" Zhang Yang is still a little uncomfortable with it.

He is a serious person, and he has never reported on work like this while chatting while eating.

He just felt that this was not serious enough and formal.

But Xu Guan asked for it like this, what could a subordinate of his say?

"Recently, there seems to be a gap between the Ye family and Tang Bao. The Ye family has been secretly investigating something, which also makes the atmosphere in the city a little uncomfortable."

Zhang Yang touched the warm wine glass, returned to the topic, and continued reporting.

Xu Guan listened and waited for Zhang Yang to continue.

"The worst outcome is that if the relationship between the Ye family and Tang Bao deteriorates at this time, it may trigger a major civil strife. After all, the Tang family is also a famous ancient family force in the city."

Xu Guan shook his head and said: "There are really internal and external troubles. It seems that these peaceful days will not last long."

There are problems internally with the Ye family and Tangbao, and the external war seems to be showing signs of resurgence.

Suicheng is not stable at the moment.

"So we have to make plans early, Master." Zhang Yang frowned and thought for a moment before saying.

To be honest, the current situation was somewhat beyond his expectations.

In his plan, he wanted to gain a foothold in Suicheng after the war and develop well for at least three to five years.

But now with the in-depth investigation of intelligence, he feels more and more that this raging city-state war will not end so easily.

Instead, it continues in a repetitive state, and it will not be terminated until those masters have completely achieved their goals and disappeared.

If the war breaks out again, he cannot guarantee that Suicheng will be as stable as before.

The possibility of the country changing hands cannot be ruled out.

This is an overall situation in the world that neither he nor his son can control.

"As long as our base remains in Suicheng, our destiny will always be tied to Suicheng and even the Ye family. This is too passive." Zhang Yang expressed his concerns.

As the power expands more and more, it is normal to have this level of worry.

"Then what do you think?" Xu Gu'an sat cross-legged in front of the fire, sipped the warm wine on the fire, and asked.

"Start anew and start from scratch!" Zhang Yang directly expressed his ambition.

"Oh!" Xu Guan became interested.

"Nowadays, all the major city-states in the world are hardly stable. Even if we leave Suicheng and go elsewhere, we cannot change the passive situation of being dependent on others.

Instead of doing this, it is better to choose a place and build our own ideal city in these troubled times. At least in our own territory, we have the initiative! "Zhang Yang said in detail.

Don't rely on any city-state power, don't rely on anyone, be self-reliant, and build your own territory from scratch.

The difficulty is naturally unprecedented.

It requires huge funds, population base, talent and force, etc.

The most important thing is that we are in troubled times now, not in peaceful times. If you form a new force in the wild, you will easily become the target of attack and robbery.

It can easily lead to a disastrous ending with both people and money lost. This is easier said than done.

Why do those city-states have the protection of strong masters? It is because without the protection of strong masters, it is impossible to establish a long-lasting city-state boundary. Being invaded and invaded is the final destination, and they are all eliminated without exception.

Zhang Yang naturally also knew that it would be extremely difficult to survive in this way of building territory and power by establishing himself as a king.

If he hadn't relied on Xu Guan, a rising star, he would never have had such thoughts.

It was Xu Guan who supported his ambition.

In Zhang Yang's opinion, it is extremely likely that Xu Guan will be able to enter the master realm in the future. Along the way, he has had strong confidence in Xu Guan.

Coupled with the addition of those divine servants, the power base that Zhang Yang's plan should have taken decades to cultivate was acquired in one day.

Those innate strong men will become an important framework for him to build a new force.

He has some confidence, maybe this can be done!
That's why he said this to Xu Guan.

“Of course, this matter cannot be implemented too radically, and we cannot directly build a second Suicheng in a short period of time.

At present, we can regard this independent plan as a retreat. In the future, the development direction of power in Suicheng can be postponed to free up funds and energy to build this independent plan.

Even if it is just the simplest way of establishing a small and secret village, as long as it can provide sufficient security, we can attract a large number of refugees and distressed people to seek refuge with us. This can be regarded as our first step towards independence."

Zhang Yang continued to talk about his thoughts, his face showed no excitement, his eyes were calm as usual, he just expressed the thoughts in his heart one by one.

It was Xu Guan who had the final say on whether to implement the decision or not.

"Okay, just go ahead and do it." After hearing this, Xu Guan didn't think too much, and agreed lightly with a smile.

It seems as easy as just allowing Zhang Yang to open one more store.

"Uh" This made Zhang Yang stunned for a moment.

Perhaps even he didn't expect that Xu Guan would agree so easily.

After all, this is not a small matter, it is even a major event related to the life and death of Xu Guan's entire force.

But Xu Guan didn't even think for a second before making his decision.

On the one hand, this is naturally because he trusts Zhang Yang. In a series of previous tasks, Zhang Yang has also proven his ability to handle many matters besides cultivation.

Without publicity, he would not be so worry-free.

On the other hand, he is confident enough in himself.

He had just completed a major breakthrough and his strength had transformed.

Even if he sets up his own business, he still believes that he has the ability to protect his territory.

He is now completely incomparable to what he was when he first came to Suicheng!

"Okay!" Zhang Yang finally showed some excitement in his eyes.

Xu Guan provided him with an unprecedented opportunity, enough to realize all his ambitions.

He was not an indecisive person and agreed immediately.

This plan to set up his own business had been lingering in his mind for a long time, and he could finally implement it.

This will be the top priority for Xu Guan's forces.

In the next few days, the troops in the city continued to gather and go out, and people didn't know why.Various fortresses outside the city have also deployed troops and generals to defend Suicheng. It is obvious that the government of Suicheng has entered a state of alert.

They were also keenly aware that the war had a tendency to reignite and was already burning towards Suicheng.

"It's Lancheng!" In the Ye Mansion, a senior member of the Ye family slapped the armrest of the chair and shouted angrily.

"The bastards of the Duan family are here again!"

On the high seat, the head of the family, Ye Feng, also had a sinking face. Below him were a group of important figures in the Ye family, sitting in two rows.

The two brothers Ye Tianhuan and Ye Fenghua were also among them.

In such a serious occasion, Ye Fenghua may be too young to have any say.

But Ye Tianhuan is different. Since he reached the innate energy level in his cultivation, he has risen to the decision-making level of the family. He talks to the family elders on an equal footing, and his words carry great weight.

"Ever since the Lancheng Duan family was repulsed, they have been secretly continuing their strength. Their comeback is expected. It's nothing more than fighting again to decide the outcome!" Ye Tianhuan said calmly.

Now he is extremely powerful. He is no longer the same person he was two years ago. He can play a decisive role on the battlefield.

He even longed to use a war to review his current cultivation strength.

Just like Xu Gu An wants to find a strong master to evaluate his true strength.

Every time a cultivator makes a major breakthrough in cultivation, they will always have similar thoughts.

"Then the investigation on the Tangbao side should continue, we have no time to take care of them now." A senior member of the Ye Mansion suddenly looked at the head of the family, Ye Feng, and asked.

"Forget it, just keep an eye on Tang Bao and keep an eye on their movements. Let's put the investigation aside for now." Ye Feng shook his head.

The rest of the Ye family were silent for a while, and it could be seen that they were not very relieved about the Tang family who was outside the city.

This involves some old things from many years ago.

In the courtyard, following an extremely dull roar, one of the divine curse servants, Da Kui, suddenly started to feel his muscles all over his body, and his muscles and bones kept crackling.

The aura on his body climbed to the extreme, and finally broke through the limit in one fell swoop.

Great work!

His cultivation, which was originally stuck at the bottleneck of internal energy, took advantage of the situation and stepped into the field of energy transformation!

Da Kui felt extremely comfortable and laughed in the courtyard.

On his chest, the original five-petal flame flower of the divine curse has evolved into the shape of a seven-petal flame flower.

This was the result of Xu Guan's upgrade and update of his divine spell, which affected them one after another.

These servants who were planted with the divine curse by Xu Guan personally have the ability to synchronize Xu Guan's divine curse.

As Xu Guan's physical strength increased by leaps and bounds, these divine curse servants also gradually enjoyed this benefit.

Although their physical bodies have not become stronger than Xu Guan's, it is still a huge improvement for them.

Especially this man named Dakui, whose innate skill is called King Kong Heng Lian Magic Skill.

Theoretically, the stronger the body, the more effective this set of innate skills can be.

So much so that when this wave of divine curses were upgraded, he also completed a breakthrough in his cultivation bottleneck and reached innate strength!
Several other divine servants around him saw this and were filled with envy.

They also wanted to break through Huajing in one fell swoop, but unfortunately they didn't have Da Kui's physique, nor did they have Da Kui's skills.

Now Dakui has reached the stage of transformation, and the divine spell works perfectly on him.

Combining the two, his hard power has become the No. 1 among all the God's Curse Servants, even surpassing Xu Guan's first God's Curse Servant, Liang Hong.

"Not bad." Xu Guan looked on and nodded.

It is said that this is also the first person under his command who has the cultivation of Huajin. Unexpectedly, he cultivated it himself.

After Da Kui got over his excitement, he knelt down and bowed his head to Xu Guan with a pop, crying with gratitude and expressing his loyalty.

He was very aware of current affairs and did not dare to go overboard with Xu Guan.

"Thank you sir!"

"Get up." Xu Guan said casually.

Although this big boss is not as smart as Liang Hong and others, and it is difficult for him to stand alone in other abilities, in terms of combat effectiveness, he must be a sharp blade.

His physique is most suitable for the strengthening of the physical body in the divine curse. In addition, with his current cultivation of strength, his fighting power will definitely be second to none among the masters in the future.

"You go find Liang Hong and carry out your new mission." Xu Guan touched his chin and then made arrangements.

Good steel must be used on the blade. With Da Kui's current combat power, it would be somewhat of a waste to continue to stay at Xu Guan's residence to look after the family and the home.

Let him join Liang Hong's team, and they will have a chance to capture a target with a level of strength.

Although there are very few people who are powerful in transforming energy, and those who meet Xu Guan's requirements are even rarer, it is not impossible to search for them.

He left this matter entirely to Liang Hong. He had always brought back many high-quality divine servants to Xu Guan, and he had never been disappointed.

Then, Xu Guan looked at Wu Guangxin who was standing aside.

Seeing Xu Guan's gaze, Wu Guangxin immediately straightened his face and handed over his report.

"Sir, we found the war temple."

After hearing this, Xu Guan was not surprised.

He had been sending Wu Guangxin to track down the whereabouts of the cultists.

However, it was not easy to find, and months passed without finding anything.

Until now, when Wu Guangxin came back, he obviously brought back the news he wanted.

"Where?" Xu Guan asked.

A few days later, on the endless plain outside the city, two fast horses were galloping, shuttling between the plains.

There are two figures on the horseback, it is the night devils Wu Guangxin and Xu Guan who are leading the way.

"Sir, there are only two of us coming on this trip, will it be possible?" Wu Guangxin said worriedly on the horse.

He was well aware of the terror of those cultists, and was worried that it would be too rash for him and Xu Guan to come alone and fall into a dangerous situation.

If possible, he really didn't want to have too much interaction with those cultists.

"Just lead the way, I know what's going on." Xu Gu'an said calmly.

Seeing this, Wu Guangxin did not dare to say anything more.

The two of them went deeper and deeper into the plain, and there was no trace of Suicheng behind them.

Occasionally, you can see some ethnic gathering places on the plains huddled together to keep warm, but they are not climate-friendly.

There are many ferocious beasts and dangers in the plains. Those human villages and towns prefer to build on the plateau where Suicheng is located and live dependent on Suicheng.

In the plains, there are more hunting teams and explorers operating here. Of course, there are also cultists, raiders and other teams doing evil here.

But for the two of them, these pose no threat.

After all, both of them have strength above the innate realm.

(End of this chapter)