Something's wrong-they're coming for my disciples!

Taoyang Star Continent, Central Extreme Hall.

The chief officials of the various departments, including the Profound Mystery Division, the Earth Passage Division, the Medicine Division, the Martial Office, and the World Transport Department, met again to discuss the matter.

It has been more than half a year since Zhao Xing came here. During this time, there have been many small meetings, but this is only the second time that the general meeting has been held.

Although there are many leaders sitting here, only four people actually make decisions: Zhao Xing, the Sea Trade Envoy; Qiu Zishan, the Director of the Earth Passage Division; Gu Ming, the Director of the Profound Mystery Division; Zhou Ze, the Martial Office Guard Accomplishment Envoy.

"I would like to make a temporary personnel reshuffle. The list is as follows. Please feel free to offer any opinions."

Zhao Xing transmitted the list to the heads of each department through the Star Mirror.

After waiting for a while, no one spoke.

Just kidding. Bi Gang, who voiced his opposition last time, was immediately swallowed by the Voidgrass Doppelganger. After being imprisoned for a few days and then released, he was punished by being sent to the World Mountain Corner Peak.

Who would dare to object?

Zhao Xing glanced at the expressions of everyone in the hall and immediately understood that the pressure had been too great lately.

Actually, he didn't do much, just increased the workload a bit—the other professions were used as martial artists, and the martial artists were used as beasts.

Anyone who dares to object will be locked in the small dark room of the Voidgrass Doppelganger.

People's impressions of the egoist Si Nong are polarized. People love Si Nong like Yuan Qiusheng, while the combative Si Nong is usually regarded as abnormal.

He calls himself the Primordial Chapter Holy Son, which insiders naturally consider a compliment, but to laymen, he must be a "perverted Holy Son".

"I need to change my impression of him. It's not a good thing if everyone is afraid of me," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"Lord Qiu, although I have studied the ' Extreme Land,' I am not as familiar with the personnel of the Earth Passage Division as you are. Do you think this transfer is appropriate?"

"Martial Uncle, it's a perfect match." Qiu Zishan nodded honestly. After spending more than half a year together, he had been completely won over by Zhao Xing.

In terms of seniority, he was a disciple of Tao Yangzi, Tao Yang in turn was a disciple of Emperor Hongshan, and Zhao Xing was personally received by Emperor Hongshan.

He simply started calling Zhao Xing"Martial Uncle".

"Okay." Zhao Xing nodded with a smile.

Qiu Zishan was too honest. By asking that question, she was clearly trying to get him to start by bringing up some issues related to his work.

But Qiu Zishan just couldn't grasp the spirit of it.

It seems that Gu Ming is still the best person to do this kind of delicate work.

"Lord Gu, what do you think?"

After thinking for a moment, Gu Ming first affirmed Zhao Xing's personnel transfer. "At present, many departments in the Taoyang Star Continent are understaffed. The reason why you want to make personnel transfers is twofold: first, to improve efficiency, and second, to facilitate the post-transfer statistics of merits."

"No one should do the work of a commander but end up receiving the credit of an adjutant."

Look, Gu Ming's brain works really well; he immediately grasped the leader's message.

"After the anomaly occurred at Layered World Mountain, some people from Taoyang Base were transferred to the First Base, mostly from the fields of martial arts, medicine, and engineering."

"The other group is trapped in Layered World Mountain. Although there are few of them, many of them are chief and deputy officers from various departments."

"We sent people twice: once after the accident at the Fourth World Mountain, and once when the passage between the Fourth Fifth World Mountain collapsed, to reinforce the tunnel."

Gu Ming began to recount what had happened at the Taoyang Base, helping Zhao Xing to recall the cause and effect.

For example, the General Commander of the Martial Office had a total of four Pioneering Army units, with Zhou Ze as the chief envoy and Bi Gang and two other military officers as deputy envoys.

However, now Zhou Ze and Bi Gang remain here, while the other two deputy envoys are trapped inside the boundary mountain.

Other departments, such as the World Transport Department and the Medicine Division, also lacked sufficient personnel and officers.

Zhao Xing reviewed Taoyang Star Continent's previous military and political orders and found that both of these deployments were quite unreasonable.

I subconsciously asked, "Why not send out a concentrated, all-out operation, instead of small, coordinated actions?"

Gu Ming remained silent, only glancing at Qiu Zishan.

The latter looked ashamed.

Zhao Xing understood immediately. Based on Ancient Hill of Antiquity's leading position in the Sea Passage Ancient Road, Qiu Zishan, the head of the Earth Passage Division, was nominally on equal footing with Gu Ming, but in the beginning, everything was decided by Qiu Zishan.

It wasn't until Qiu Zishan made several mistakes that Gu Ming Qiu Zishan couldn't help but turn against him.

But that's all in the past now. Qiu Zishan has already called him "Martial Uncle," so what can Gu Ming say?

Seeing that Zhao Xing did not continue to ask, he simply skipped the topic with a single sentence. "The catastrophe came too quickly, and the Taoyang Base was established too recently."

"Fortunately, the adults turned the tide. Now we have not only cleared away the fragments of Boundary Mountain and restored the Yin Yang Twin Stars to their proper positions, but we have also repaired a small part of the Teleportation Array. Everyone has taken some remedial measures."

"Perhaps we can achieve a balance between our merits and demerits, or even make our merits outweigh our demerits."

The atmosphere inside the hall immediately relaxed a bit.

Yes, after more than half a year of hard work, Taoyang Star Continent has recovered to a level close to that before the disaster, except that personnel and resources have been severely depleted.

Thanks to Zhao Xing's Theory of Law, everyone's fear of Layered World Mountain has been greatly reduced.

It's just a natural disaster, isn't it?

We're all at the Dao Domain Realm. In the context of the Desolate Territory Era, who hasn't taken on a few missions to fight against the Desolate Territory?

Zhao Xing's Theory of Law at least dispelled some of the fear caused by the unknown!

With a direction, even if these Dao Domain Realm still can't solve the problem of the Layered World Mountain, surely those in the Reincarnation Realm or even Demigod can solve it?

Assuming that Taoyang Star Continent can return to normal levels, then Sea Passage Ancient Road may not necessarily be closed.

Their power and status are firmly tied to the Sea Passage Ancient Road. As long as the Sea Passage Ancient Road is not abandoned, they can continue to operate.

"My lord just mentioned personnel changes, and I, Gu Ming, and the Profound Mystery Division were the first to agree. However, I feel that we could make minor adjustments to the specific personnel..."

Gu Ming set a good example, and soon the leaders in the Central Extreme Hall began to speak enthusiastically.

"Lord Zhao, our World Transport Department has always had eight Land Mountain Ark docked at Rain Plain. Originally, only Lord Fang of the World Transport Department could operate them, because the authority was in his hands. Without his talisman, none of us could board the Land Mountain Ark."

"With Lord Fang trapped in Layered World Mountain, I am unable to use these eight Land Mountain Ark, even though you have appointed me as the temporary commander."

"If you, sir, can ask your superiors to change the access permissions, I will be able to get in. Land Mountain Ark can then cooperate with the Earth Passage Division to move Corner Peak away."

Furthermore, it isolates the converging characteristics of the boundary mountains.

"Sea Trade Envoy, your Theory of Law mentions that the Earth Epoch Cataclysm at the Layered World Mountain period released the flowing energy stored in the Triassic Era of the Mesozoic Era, which can paralyze people's spiritual senses and weaken their willpower. However, our Medicine Division's research two months ago discovered that the herbal materials used to make Dao Xuan Pill can effectively counteract this geological change."

"But I, Chai Sisi, am just Detailed Cabinet Physician, not Grand Cabinet Physician, and I cannot develop an effective remedy."

"Furthermore, the materials for Dao Xuan Pill are prohibited in the Red Star Empire, and I have no right to apply for them. Even if I did get them, I wouldn't be able to handle the administration of the medicine."

"Promoting me to be the Grand Cabinet Physician is not appropriate. The only Grand Cabinet Physician currently available is Lou Lanxiao. I hope Your Excellency will consider this carefully."

Putting aside everything else, the middle and senior management of all the departments and units along the Sea Passage Ancient Road are definitely Elite Grade; otherwise, they wouldn't have been sent to such an important ancient road to carry out pioneering work.

With Tao Yangzi absent and Qiu Zishan taking temporary leadership, these people's talents were not brought into play, and the elites turned into a mob.

Once Zhao Xing, as the chief official, fulfilled his duties, all departments and units on the Taoyang Star Continent immediately unleashed tremendous vitality.

Everyone knows what needs to be done and sees hope; things won't be a mess like before.

The scene of everyone working together in the Central Extreme Hall made Qiu Zishan feel ashamed.

He couldn't understand why the same group of people were like small fry in his hands, but became elites after Martial Uncle Zhao arrived.

Qiu Zishan could only attribute the problem to his lack of personal charisma, which prevented him from gaining the genuine support of these people.

Thinking about it this way, Qiu Zishan felt even more uncomfortable and wished he could use his Earth Escape allows one to escape) to get away.

"Zishan, what's shameful about not being as good as Martial Uncle Zhao?" Junior Sister Gong Xiaoyuan, who was standing next to Qiu Zishan, saw through his thoughts. "You'll only meet a handful of people like Martial Uncle Zhao, who are knowledgeable in both law and politics, in your lifetime."

"At Ancient Hill of Antiquity, being good at your work is enough. Coordinating various departments and sections isn't your job; that's the teacher's job!"

Hearing his Junior Sister comfort him, Qiu Zishan felt much better. "Junior Sister, you're right, let's work hard!"

"Martial Uncle Zhao will definitely be carrying out a rescue operation next, and our Earth Passage Division absolutely cannot fall behind."

Gong Xiaoyuan: "Mmm~o(**)o"

The meeting identified and resolved many problems.

After the meeting ended, Zhao Xing immediately wanted to send a message to Emperor Bisui. Just as he left the Central Extreme Hall, he saw a burly man sneaking around the corner, spying on him.

Swish~

Zhao Xing took a step and appeared behind Bi Gang.

"Vice Envoy Bi, what are you doing here?"

Bi Gang was startled, but quickly recovered. "Ah, Sea Trade Envoy, this, that—"

Seeing that Bi Gang was stammering and unable to speak, Zhao Xing said, "If you don't tell me, I'm leaving."

"Sea Trade Envoy!"

Bi Gang gritted his teeth, knelt down on one knee, and cupped his hands. "I offended the Sea Trade Envoy before and have not yet Sea Trade Envoy. Please forgive me this time, Sea Trade Envoy.

Zhao Xing looked at Bi Gang and said indifferently, "Oh? I heard that after you were released, you went around saying bad things about me. You said I bullied my colleagues and was harsh and inhumane."

Bi Gang's face turned pale. "I was ignorant and didn't understand your good intentions. I am willing to accept the punishment."

Seeing Taoyang Star Continent's prosperity and everything developing in a positive direction, Bi Gang couldn't sit still any longer.

Zhao Xing held a meeting in the Central Extreme Hall and made arrangements for the three armies of the Martial Office to go into the mountains for rescue. However, the Pioneering Army, led by Bi Gang, was still tasked with the original mission: moving the fallen rocks from the sixth and Seventh World Mountain.

This won't do! Qi Sect Martial Practitioner can endure hardship, but they can't always suffer!

He initially thought the Sea Passage Ancient Road was doomed and didn't care whether he could complete the mission or not, but now that's no longer the case. For the sake of his subordinate brother, he had to come and plead for mercy.

The weeds in the corner of the palace wall shook their heads, leaving only the sound of wind sifting sand.

After a moment of silence, he looked up, but Zhao Xing was nowhere to be seen.

Just when Bi Gang thought he had not gained Zhao Xing's forgiveness, a voice appeared in his ear on the wind. "I will not dwell on the past. Go back to the camp and select a thousand good men. Three months later, they will follow me into the Seventh World Mountain."

Bi Gang immediately stood up with delight and cupped his hands in the direction where Zhao Xing had disappeared. "Thank you Lord Zhao!"

The Sixth World Mountain, with its hard and heavy rocks, suddenly arched up, as if something was about to break through the soil.

At first it was just a bubble shape, but the center point became sharper and sharper, as if thorns were growing on the mountain.

The combined power of the boundary mountain struggled against this force that was breaking through, and finally, at a certain moment, with a "whoosh!"

A pit appeared in the boundary mountain, and a large number of rocks were thrown out after they lost their cohesion.

A crater appeared in the mountain, wider at the outside and narrower at the inside, and a Realm Boat, thinner at the front and thicker at the back, rushed out.

"Yu Yu?"

The front half of the Realm Boat was a drill bit, which had turned fiery red and translucent due to its rapid rotation, as if a Solar Yang was burning inside.

"!"

Someone flew out of the Realm Boat, took out a magic gourd, and poured it onto the drill bit.

Seven moon rivers quickly Entanglement the drill bit, trying to stop the Realm Boat drill bit.

"Boom!" A piercing roar suddenly erupted during the union of yin and yang.

The drill bit suddenly dimmed rapidly, and canyon-like cracks appeared on it, with debris flying everywhere, and most of the seven Moon Rivers were also annihilated.

"Damn, another one's broken."

"This is really weird. Nine of the Top-Grade Source Yin-Yang Drill have been ruined. Luckily, I brought a lot of extras, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get back."

The Lanji Lord grumbled as he put away the gourd.

He is a Lord Level Mechanism Master.

A year ago, after receiving a mission from the Empire, he rushed to the Bisui Star Continent of the Sea Passage Ancient Road to begin opening up the passage between the Sixth World Mountain and Fifth World Mountain.

The unique feature of Layered World Mountain is that it is bottomless in all directions, hidden entirely in the void.

Therefore, they could only choose to dig tunnels in the weakest points.

We can only dig from the Image Manifestation Layer. If we dig from the Dao Manifestation Layer or Dao Ancient Layer, we don't know when we will be able to get through.

Even so, the Lanji Lord still felt incredibly overwhelmed.

Damn that Diejie Layered World Mountain! Because it's constantly converting and merging void energy, it has no clear weak points at all!

The previously identified patterns became inaccurate after the collapse.

He dug for a whole year, ruining nine Top-Grade Source Divine Weapon Drill, before finally carving out a small path from the Sixth World Mountain.

The Lanji Lord quickly transformed the Realm Boat and began to probe the surrounding directions.

Unexpectedly, they discovered that the starry sky in front of the Sixth World Mountain was surprisingly clean.

"What happened? Wasn't it said that the sixth and seventh mountains collapsed, and the debris filled the space in between the base?"

"Is the intelligence incorrect?"

The Lanji Lord tentatively contacted the people on the Taoyang Star Continent and discovered that the Star Mirror also had a signal here.

It is clear that the communication starlink at the Taoyang Base is also in operation.

How strange!

The Lanji Lord called out and quickly rushed to the Taoyang Star Continent to deliver the goods.

He had to hurry, as the boundary mountain would eventually close. The mountain path he had cleared on his way here was unstable, and if he returned too late, the mountain would become an impenetrable wall again.

"Metaphor~"

Since the starry sky was clean and tidy, the route was clear, and the Lanji Lord could accelerate the car without restraint.

It only took five days to fly to the Taoyang Star Continent.

"Who is Zhao Xing? Tell him to come out and collect the goods!"

The Lanji Lord's Realm Boat hovered above the Star Continent, constantly sending out signals.

Zhao Xing was with Gu Ming. They had received a notice five days ago that a Reincarnation Realm Mechanism Master was coming to the Taoyang Star Continent to deliver something, so they had been waiting at the Realm Transport Port for a while.

"Lanji Lord, I am Zhao—"

"Whoosh~"

Suddenly, the Realm Boat emitted a burst of white light. The Lanji Lord threw down the cargo and then ran away.

Gu Ming was speechless. Was the lord of the Empire's institutions in such a hurry?

"Is the Lanji Lord rushing to deliver the next order?"

Zhao Xing shook his head. "I don't know, maybe they wanted to save some money."

The Empire's reimbursement limit is fixed. How many drills the Lanji Lord uses to Opening World Mountain is his own business. If the consumption is within the limit, then the rest is the Lanji Lord's own money.

"Huh? There's another person here. I don't remember saying we needed reinforcements." Zhao Xing suddenly noticed that there was another person standing on top of the cargo.

His rank is not low; he is also a lord.

"May I ask who you are, senior?" Zhao Xing already knew that this person's name was Ji Shan, Lord Level, but he didn't know why he had come.

"You're Zhao Xing? I came here specifically to find you." Ji Shan's eyes were burning with fervor. "The Earth Vein samples that Emperor Bisui provided for you were all selected by me from the treasury of the Ancient Hill of Antiquity."

"If it's to be transferred from the Empire's treasury, you'll have to wait at least another three years."

Zhao Xing glanced at Gu Ming, who immediately said, "Hand over the goods to me for storage."

Since Lord Jishan is not on the written list, it must be a personal action, and he is targeting Zhao Xing.

Gu Ming, no longer wanting to be in the way, immediately arranged for someone to go and receive the goods.

"Senior, please come inside and take a seat."

Zhao Xing invited Lord Jishan inside.

Meanwhile, in the Red Star Empire, in the Primordial Beginning Realm.

A multi-party meeting is underway in Thousand Star City.

Zuo Qiyu and Five Poisons remained seated on the main floating platform.

Yuan Ding Emperor of the Reincarnation Temple, Emperor Lord Mangya of the Ancient Kingdom Alliance, Bowei, the scholar of the Seven Realms of the Academy City, and Emperor Tianwu of the Origin Heavenly Palace were seated in two rows.

They all stared intently at the middle-aged man in the blue robe.

Undoubtedly, the first half of the meeting was dedicated to holding Ancient Hill of Antiquity accountable.

"Lushan Emperor Lord, when we first started cooperating, your Ancient Hill of Antiquity confidently declared that the Three Layered World Mountains was no problem and could be resolved."

"Now, five out of the seven major ancient trails have encountered problems, and all of them are in the Layered World Mountain section."

"I won't mention the number of dead and injured, or the resources and time wasted; I'm sure your Ancient Hill of Antiquity is well aware of that."

"My Origin Heavenly Palace needs an explanation," Emperor Tianwu declared first.

"The Ancient Kingdom Alliance also suffered heavy losses in this Boundary Mountain disaster," Emperor Lord Mangya said coldly. "Lord Lushan, I won't say any more unpleasant things."

"Your Ancient Hill of Antiquity will have Mitsunari take over the future rights originally allocated to the five roads."

Yuan Ding Emperor of the Reincarnation Temple Bowei, a scholar from the Seven Realms, remained silent, but they clearly shared the same sentiment.

The ultimate goal of holding allies accountable is nothing more than to seek compensation; for Ancient Hill of Antiquity, 30% is already a significant loss.

After all, the Ancient Hill of Antiquity itself requires a lot of investment.

When the topic of interests came up, the atmosphere in the room immediately became tense.

Just then, the Five Poisons Emperor Lord spoke.

"Emperor Lord Mangya, what do you mean by 'I won't say anything unpleasant'?"

"It should be said, and it should be said extensively!"

Emperor Lord Mangya was somewhat taken aback. He then saw the Five Poisons Emperor Lord jump down from the floating platform, float in front of Lushan Emperor Lord, and unleash a torrent of abuse.

"You brat Ancient Hill of Antiquity Reed Mountain, you promised so readily back then, but now you've botched it all. You've caused many geniuses from my Primordial Beginning Realm to be trapped or killed—"

"It's one thing for the disciple to be useless, but for Hong Shan, who is skilled in Mountain Art, to be trapped inside the Three Layered World Mountains is truly shameful! He has utterly disgraced the Holy Monarch!"

"Fellow Daoist Five Elements," Lushan Emperor Lord was about to speak.

"Who the hell is your Daoist brother!" The Five Poisons Emperor Lord cursed even more fiercely when he saw that the other man was talking back.

"In the fourteenth era before the Desolate Territory, you and I worked together to dig in the Black Heaven Desolate Territory. The five Emperor Lord Realm couldn't even dig out a single black stone, and many of my men died."

"In the eighth era before the Desolate Territory, you shamelessly claimed you could fix the Ten Directions Mountain, hahaha! You've even blown the Kui Ox to the Northern Boundary River!"

"Alright, I won't go into the distant past. At the beginning of the Desolate Territory Era, the Gold-Devouring Emperor of the Ten Thousand Rivers Demon Race Gold Devouring Emperor Lord was actually able to gnaw away half of the Earth Vein of your Primal Ancient Realm. It's truly laughable—"

"Were the Agricultural Official in the Three Realms and Twelve Mountains of the Ancient Hill of Antiquity all raised on soil?"

"Oh, I forgot, you guys really do eat dirt. The first level of the ' Extreme Land ' technique just about guiding meridians into the body, haha, what a useless technique!"

"I think it would be better to call it Wasteland Technique!"

Despite being questioned by Emperor Lord Mangya and others, Lushan Emperor Lord remained calm and composed.

However, he was genuinely somewhat vulnerable to the Five Poisons Emperor Lord's insults.

The Five Poisons insult people by exposing their shortcomings, always picking on the dark history of Ancient Hill of Antiquity.

The Lushan Emperor Lord was furious.

But he couldn't lay a hand on it, much less talk back.

After all, the Five Poisons Emperor Lord was Zhao Xing's true teacher.

The problem of Ancient Hill of Antiquity now will most likely have to be solved by Zhao Xing's Theory of Law!

After the Five Poisons emerged, the first half of the Origin Council became a one-man show of mockery by the Five Poisons.

No one brought up demanding compensation from Ancient Hill of Antiquity anymore, because they couldn't get a word in edgewise.

The first half ended with Lord Lushan's face turning green from being cursed.

In the second half, the Five Poisons Emperor Lord finally got tired of cursing.

Lushan Emperor Lord finally had a chance to speak.

"Fellow Daoists, this matter was indeed a failure of our Ancient Hill of Antiquity, which underestimated the difficulty of the Layered World Mountain." Lushan Emperor Lord bowed and apologized.

Then he looked at the Five Poisons Emperor Lord: "Fellow Daoist Five Elements is right, I am a waste, and my junior brother Hong Shan is also a waste."

Oh ho?

The Five Poisons Emperor Lord glanced at the Lushan Emperor Lord. Why is this old guy being so low-key today? It's not like him at all.

Zuo Qiyu tugged at Five Poisons: "Stop cursing, let them continue."

Lushan Emperor Lord then looked at Yuan Ding Emperor and the others. "The problem of the Three Layered World Mountains is not unsolvable. The Ancient Hill of Antiquity can guarantee that everything will be restored to its original state within a hundred years."

Emperor Lord Mangya glanced at Lushan Emperor Lord, exchanged a look with Yuan Ding Emperor and Emperor Tianwu, and nodded slightly.

Then Yuan Ding Emperor spoke up, "Brother Reed Mountain, there's no need for such formality. In the end, we are allies working together, and we don't really intend to make things difficult for Ancient Hill of Antiquity."

"If things can be resolved, that would be best."

If it doesn't work

Lushan Emperor Lord said, "If that's not possible, then we'll do as Brother Mangya said. My Ancient Hill of Antiquity will voluntarily relinquish 30% of its original rights."

Emperor Lord Mangya snorted, "It's easy for you to say, but with all these resources and treasures you've brought out, it's no joke. You'll have to produce some results!"

"If your Ancient Hill of Antiquity can't do it, why not let others try? The Ancient Kingdom Alliance and the Origin Heavenly Palace are not without Agricultural Official."

Seeing that Emperor Lord Mangya was pressing him hard, Lushan Emperor Lord had no choice but to take out a Dao Book from his sleeve. "Look, everyone, this is Theory of Law written by my disciple from the Ancient Hill of Antiquity. It has great guiding significance for solving the problem of the Three Layered World Mountains, and it has already been preliminarily verified."

Everyone immediately scanned the Dao Book that Lord Lushan had taken out. The cover bore ten large characters. " On the Mesozoic Triassic World Mountain Origin Theory."

The author's signature is in the lower corner: Zhao Xing.

Upon seeing this name, the Five Poisons Emperor Lord was momentarily stunned.

"What's going on? Zhao Xing's Theory of Law is being treated as a treasure by Ancient Hill of Antiquity?"

The Five Poisons Emperor Lord immediately reviewed the contents of the Dao Book, then looked at the serious expression on the face of the Lushan Emperor Lord, his eyes filled with a mixture of surprise and anger.

Surprisingly, his disciple's Theory of Law was valued by the Ancient Hill of Antiquity. What great talent must that have been required?

What's infuriating is that the Lushan Emperor Lord just now used the phrase "a disciple of my Ancient Hill of Antiquity".

"Damn it, no wonder this old bastard didn't talk back, he's here to steal my disciple!"

"Shameless old thief!"