The road to Jianghu started from the martial arts hall

Chapter 654 Recruitment
"The magic weapon in the Burial Valley is actually a weapon of gods and demons?!"

"Also, those two mountains are actually two severed fingers of a divine, demonic beast. It was just a guess before, but this time it is completely confirmed."

"Haha, so what if it's a god, demon or a strange beast? It's still a beast that has been dead for who knows how long. Not to mention that it's just two severed fingers. The Marquis ate them up and fed them to his own magic weapon."

"Ahem, don't exaggerate the facts. Shangguan Wudi and I teamed up to kill Yu Zhenming."

"My Lord, you are too modest. Even if there is no Shangguan Wudi, Yu Zhenming will have no choice but to wait for your death!"

"Humph, Yu Zhenming is harboring evil intentions, conspiring with the imperial court to murder the Marquis. Sooner or later, he will destroy the Taoist heritage of the Buried Soldiers Valley!"

"Shangguan Wudi is indeed the best in the world. When he joins hands with the Marquis, it's as easy as killing a chicken to kill Zhenwu. Just thinking about it is terrifying and respectable!"

"One third of the world's Zhenwu has been lost in an instant. The world is about to change again."

For a moment, the venue was in an uproar again, and everyone was talking about it.

Some people were concerned about the weapons of gods and demons, some were concerned about the impact of the death of one third of the world's Zhenwu land immortals at once, and some were concerned about the strength of Fang Xun and Shangguan Wudi.
Everyone focused on different things, but while discussing, they were all shocked at the strength of Fang Xun and Shangguan Wudi.

The scene of the two of them joining forces to kill Zhenwu as easily as killing a chicken was shown to everyone, which made them even more in awe of each other.

For a moment, the venue was as lively as a vegetable market. After a long while, Fang Xun raised his hand and pressed lightly to make everyone in the venue quiet down again.

"Everyone, the imperial court suffered heavy losses in the Battle of the Buried Valley, and our Jiangnan region has also been recuperating for more than three years with a strong army and sufficient food."

After hearing Fang Xun's opening words, everyone realized something, and many people's eyes lit up.

"The world is now experiencing unprecedented changes, and Jiangnan is willing to be lonely. It is right before your eyes to make achievements!"

For a moment, everyone in the field was thinking, and Yu Jiaolong directly said: "Husband, just tell me, where should we fight?"

"Take over the four states of the East China Sea in three months," Fang Xun said immediately, "and then continue northwards to take over Shuntian Prefecture and the four states of the North within a year!"

"One year is enough!" Yu Jiaolong nodded in agreement.

Then he looked at Yang Shi's family of three and said, "You three are all from the four states of the East China Sea. I'm sorry to bother you."

Yang Shi immediately responded: "What trouble is that? It's my duty to serve the Marquis!"

Fang Xun nodded: "Qingshan Gang and Tianfeng Tower have already surrendered with all their factions. When the time comes, Li Xuanfeng will personally go to the Huangzhou border to meet the army!"

"In that case, we will go down and prepare," Yang Shisan and his companions immediately clasped their fists and bowed, then left the venue with the people from Yinyue Sect and Caixia Sect.

At this time, the leaders of other major sects were also looking at Fang Xun eagerly. They were also very jealous that Yang Shi and others, as the hosts of the four states of the East China Sea, would follow the army to reap the benefits.

Just the spoils captured along the way are enough to make people drool.

Although war is a costly matter, the issue of military expenditure is the responsibility of Fang Xun and Yu Jiaolong. They only need to consider how much benefit they can gain from following along the way.

Now the imperial court has just lost a large number of Zhenwu masters in the Burial Valley, and the forces guarding various places have become stretched thin.

The four states of the East China Sea are almost defenseless in the eyes of these Zhenwu realm masters from Jiangnan.

There are still four hosts, Qingshan Gang, Tianfeng Tower, Caixia Sect, and Yinyue Sect. Once the King of Yue's army arrives at the four states, won't it be easy to capture them by issuing proclamations to all places?
Fang Xun also smiled in the face of these passionate eyes.

"Of course I won't forget you all. After all, the four states of the East China Sea are new lands and need to be cultivated well. This depends on you all.

Of course, there are two points to note: the first 50% of the harvest must be handed over to the palace, and the rest must be kept by the king.

Second, try to catch them alive and don’t hurt anyone, I’m useful!”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone smiled knowingly.

When acquiring new territory, the first thing to do is to plow it up from top to bottom, just like in Jiangnan, cleaning out the bureaucratic system under the Confucian system, local gentry and various academies.

It's like being able to rob these big guys at will, so of course everyone is happy.

To Fang Xun, the amount of wealth gained from the confiscation of property and the extermination of clans was secondary. The most important thing to him was the absence of aristocratic families in the world.

After completing the purge and replacing their own bureaucratic system, it is time to start a new round of major construction.

Public schools, factories, roads and various infrastructure were built in various places, driving the development of all industries.

Such a big cake, if you cut some of it, it would be enough for everyone to eat. Everyone showed excitement. No matter what, whether it was expanding the territory to rob the rich families, or the subsequent large-scale construction, it contained countless benefits and wealth, so of course they had to participate enthusiastically.

But just when everyone's eyes were getting more and more excited, Fang Xun suddenly poured cold water on them.

"Everyone, calm down for a moment and listen to what I have to say."

Fang Xun's voice made everyone feel a kind of oppression. They were suddenly startled in their hearts and immediately put away their smiles and listened carefully.

"Let me be frank with you. I won't say anything if you rob those wealthy families, and I won't lower your status to embarrass the common people.

But if you are like this, your disciples and followers may not do the same. If they rob the local civilians by trickery,

Fang Xun knew that at least the people present were Yangshen Grandmasters, who were full of pride and would not bother to rob the poor people.

But they cannot guarantee that there won’t be such scum among their disciples, so they give a warning in advance.

Before he could finish his words, Yang Shi said in a deep voice: "You don't need to take action, my lord. I, Yang Shi, will hunt down this kind of person to the end!"

The others also reacted and expressed their opinions.

"Oh, only a worthless loser would bully the poor people. If such a person appeared in my sect, I would kill him on the spot."

"There is no need to hesitate, let's all kill this scum together!"

"My Lord, you don't have to give me face. If something like this really happens, those who deserve to be killed will be killed, and those who deserve to be cut will be cut. Even if it is my disciple, son, or grandson who has committed a crime, I will let my Lord deal with it!"

The masters present were still clear-headed, and in their hearts they were actually very disdainful of such behavior.

So many wealthy families don't dare to rob, but only dare to bully the poor and weak people. What kind of hero is that?
But there is no guarantee that there really is such a scum in his family. After all, he has a lot of relatives and disciples, and there are all kinds of birds in the forest.

They all knew that Fang Xun was not just a loud talker with no action, but someone who would really kill, so they quickly expressed their attitudes.

This is to prevent such scum from appearing in one's own sect or among relatives and being caught in the act, which would implicate oneself and the sect.

After a while, one figure after another apologized to Fang Xun and disappeared from the venue, going back to start preparing.

Soon most of the people had left, leaving only a group of people from the Prince of Yue's Palace.

Fang Xun said with a smile to the generals and officials in the Yangshen Realm.

"Everyone, go down and prepare. Not only do the troops need to be led by you generals, but the masters in the rear cannot be idle either. They will be busy after the four states of the East China Sea are taken."

Soon a group of Yangshen realm masters also left, leaving only seven Zhenwu realm masters in the venue: Fang Xun, Yu Jiaolong, Bai Qingmeng, Yuan Tiangang, Zhen Yangzi, Qiao Zhengyang and Dongfang Que.

Just as the six people were about to leave, Fang Xun suddenly said, "Zhao Ning, Ah Qing, and the other two Taoist priests, please stay for a while."

After hearing this, the remaining Qiao Zhengyang and Dongfang Que said goodbye and left.

When there were only five people left in the field, Bai Qingmeng asked, "Fang Xun, what's the matter?"

Fang Xun smiled and said, "Five months later, we will join forces with Shangguan Wudi, Duo Mingren and others to break the seal of Tianyin Mountain!"

In an instant, the four people's pupils shrank and their faces showed fear.

Yu Jiaolong asked worriedly, "Husband, are we going to attack the Tianyin Mountain Academy directly?"

Apparently, it wasn't just Fang Xun who was afraid that Master and the others would do something desperate, Yu Jiaolong and the others were the same.

Fang Xun immediately smiled and explained: "It's not what you think. I just use the earth veins to perform a ritual."

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and suddenly a Feng Shui map covering the entire world appeared, floating in the air and immediately attracted the attention of the four people.

"This is the Feng Shui pattern that Black Water Abyss spent more than 800 years and countless manpower and material resources to lay out."

Bai Qingmeng's expression remained calm, while Yu Jiaolong's cherry lips opened and closed silently, obviously showing that she was shocked.

Yuan Tiangang and Zhen Yangzi, two masters of Tianji Fengshui, were staring at the feng shui map with their eyes fixed, like perverts seeing a naked beauty.

It is hard to imagine how much Black Water Abyss paid in order to create this Feng Shui pattern that encompasses the entire world.

(End of this chapter)