Response, Part One (Thanks to Zhu Zai Jiangnan for becoming the Rolling Alliance Leader)

Winter goes and spring comes.

Zhang Rongfang watched as new buds slowly sprouted on the treetops and the wall.

The tender green buds trembled slightly in the wind, making it hard to tell whether it was the branches swaying or the new buds shaking.

"Now that the main city's whereabouts are unknown, even a large city like Wushan Prefecture can be abandoned. Let alone other cities."

In addition, there's the upcoming Sea Dragon Super Grade, and a storm is brewing.

He turned around and looked at Qing Su and Wei Li standing behind him.

After resting, Wei Li is much better.

When he stared at her, Wei Li trembled, knowing what he wanted to ask.

"My lord, the Golden Wing Tower here is in charge of four routes, and is essentially an Eastern Sect organization belonging to the area surrounding Dinghe Road."

"But the Golden Wing Tower is not the only organization under the master's command," Wei Li said.

Her master was none other than the Heavenly Maiden Tong Zhang.

This statement effectively separated the Golden Wing Tower, which was under the control of the Heavenly Maiden Tong Zhang, from the other areas.

Zhang Rongfang understood as well.

"You mean the Great Ling Golden Wing Tower is divided into many parts, each controlled by different people? So our main tower here is just the main tower that manages the four road areas?"

"Exactly." Wei Li nodded. "In addition, Master is busy with a major matter. I don't know the specifics. However, this matter may affect who will dominate the religious power of the Eastern Sect and Western Sect in the future."

"The power over religions throughout the land." Zhang Rongfang pondered this sentence carefully.

"Sea Dragon is subordinate to the Western Sect. You should know their style, sir. Once they take control, no one can say for sure what the world will become in the future," Wei Li said in a deep voice.

"To be honest, I was also rescued from the Western Sect's clutches by my master, so it's normal that I'm not trusted. This is because I bear too many traces of the Western Sect on me."

But..." She paused.

"But this time, sir, you should try to prepare for yourself as much as possible. Right now, the main headquarters is too busy to worry about anything, and the branch offices in various places are probably in the same situation as you."

Zhang Rongfang immediately understood.

He thought of the same thing.

The Golden Wing Tower has Death Warrior System in various locations. It is a huge force. If he could control the entire force, even ordinary Super Grade would not dare to act rashly when faced with an attack or encirclement by these assassins.

After all, aside from those crazy people on the Black List, most of the Super Grade have many Lineage and relatives.

Unless they also want their families to be destroyed and completely Black List, they will definitely treat those in power who control a large number of soldiers with courtesy.

At that time, he could even use this power to trade with these Super Grade, exchanging their support for him, thereby making those unattached Super Grade wary. In an instant, many ideas about how to use this approach flashed through Zhang Rongfang's mind.

A spark of ambition ignited in his heart.

Having one's own strength is important, but so is having such influence. Otherwise, if one is overwhelmed and unable to manage everything, sooner or later some unwanted things will happen.

"In that case, as the Spirit Envoy of the Golden Wing Tower Prefectural City Dinghe Road, I should be qualified to temporarily manage the forces of the Golden Wing Towers in all the cities of the entire road, right?" he said in a deep voice.

"Normally, a special order from the headquarters is required, but in special circumstances, you can act as you see fit," Qing Su replied. She had recently memorized all the relevant rules.

If you lack the strength, you can only make up for it in other aspects.

"That's enough."

Zhang Rongfang stretched out his hand, his five fingers, white as White Jade, gently spreading out.

"If we want to take control of the entire Dinghe Road, we are far from having enough manpower right now."

The number of experts in the Prefectural City is simply insufficient to support his current ambitions.

The sudden change in the main building and the emergency situation there gave him a great sense of crisis.

He must find a way to gain complete control over the Golden Wing Tower, which ultimately relies on its superiors.

These people are loyal to Golden Wing Tower, not to him.

So, what kind of person would be willing to be loyal to him, rather than to the Golden Wing Tower? Zhang Rongfang quickly found the answer in his mind.

Along Dinghe Road, there are five cities like Wushan Prefecture.

Secondly, there are more than thirty small and medium-sized cities, surrounded by hundreds of counties and towns. Each city has a special unit of Death Warrior System.

"If he could completely control this force, Bao Ning should have a result regarding the previous list," Wei Li replied.

"Go and summon him." Zhang Rongfang knew that he was too far away to effectively control all the forces in every city.

But as long as he wins over the powerful figures in each city and assigns them to manage different cities, he can easily govern everything.

Therefore, all he needs to think about is how to make these kinds of people truly submit to him.

He looked up and gazed once more at the new buds on the treetops.

But to my astonishment, I saw a little Xiao Hong Bird that had brought news standing beside the new bud, pecking at the tip of the bud and eating it piece by piece.

***Two days later. On the Official Road, only a few hundred miles from Wushan Prefecture.

A rickety carriage procession was slowly making its way this way.

The procession consisted of seven or eight carriages, each surrounded by guards on foot.

The procession looked like a distinguished guest traveling, but there was no luggage or oxcarts being used for transport.

If it were a caravan traveling, they wouldn't use a horse-drawn carriage, which is such a low-cost and inefficient mode of transport.

With so many people, they would need to eat, drink, and relieve themselves along the way, but this group only had a few small bags of luggage hanging on the side of the horses.

There was nothing else.

Inside the largest black carriage.

A slightly overweight man with a mustache, wearing a red and blue brocade robe, was carefully examining a portrait of Qing Jiao.

"I never imagined that after all these years, you would be the first to leave, my Lesser Master."

Although Qing Jiao was said to be missing, men who knew his personality could already guess that it meant he was dead.

The three brothers were all exceptionally talented. Although Qing Jiao was slightly less gifted, he was still far superior to the average person.

Before leaving the Mountain Gate, Qing Jiao made a boastful statement: he would never return to the mountain until he broke through the Ninth Grade shackle!

Now, the man sighed softly.

"It's a pity. If we had waited a little longer, perhaps the tide of the world would have turned in our favor. At that time, our positions and those of the Golden Wing Tower would have been reversed. Perhaps you would have been able to find your Ming Consort more easily."

"A person's fate is determined by timing and luck."

Since becoming Jiaoren, he has often uttered such sighs.

He disapproved of the methods used by those within Sea Dragon to kidnap beautiful women.

But since his master was a high-ranking member of Sea Dragon, he couldn't disobey him.

He had previously released several poor girls out of pity. He was then discovered and reprimanded.

After that, he was ignored.

Now that he has surpassed the grade and entered the Super Grade, becoming Jiaoren, his situation has improved.

"Lord Xue, we are almost at the border of Wushan Prefecture."

The coachman outside the carriage gave a stern reminder.

"The Golden Wing Tower has extremely strong intelligence capabilities. If we start from here, we may be discovered at any time."

"It's alright," Xue Chengyu said calmly. "Their rules prohibit the arbitrary mobilization of the Death Squad. This was a promise the Golden Wing Tower made to the Ling Ting. Besides, they should also know that the Death Squad can't kill me by surrounding me."

The way Golden Wing Tower and Sea Dragon interact in different places is quite subtle.

In some places, the two do not interfere with each other; one sells intelligence, and the other kidnaps girls, each doing their own thing.

In some places, the two sides are irreconcilable and constantly clash. However, they also take steps to prevent the conflict from escalating rapidly.

Originally, the situation in Wushan Prefecture was the same; as long as neither side crossed the other's bottom line of tolerance, they would live in peace.

Many even cooperate with each other.

Unexpectedly, they first contacted the people at the Wu Mountain headquarters to find out what was going on.

"If it really is the Golden Wing Tower's doing, then as the price for escalating the conflict first, I will wipe out all the high-ranking members of the Golden Wing Tower in Wushan Prefecture," Xue Chengyu said calmly.

"Yes," the driver replied.

Every organization has its own bottom line, Sea Dragon's bottom line is that it must hand over a fixed number of girls every year.

With the Sea Dragon gone, it's naturally impossible to achieve this year's target.

Two Ninth Grade Shangguan Family of Wushan Prefecture were defeated.

Even when the two joined forces, they were no match for Sweeping Mountain Tiger alone. After thirty moves, they were both defeated simultaneously.

Ordinary people wouldn't understand that although Shangguan Qingrong was Ninth Grade official, with his declining qi and blood, he could at most be used as a peak Eighth Grade official.

In reality, the main force is still his son, Shangguan Hao.

Now, Shangguan Hao has lost, and lost badly. He was struck in the abdomen and vomited blood several times, falling into a coma.

Shangguan Qingrong also suffered a broken arm. If it weren't for the final volley of musket fire and the scattering of Crossbow, which forced Sweeping Mountain Tiger to leave.

I'm afraid neither of them even deserves to live.

He would be killed on the spot.

At this point, all the Ninth Grade soldiers in the entire Wushan Prefecture had been defeated by Sweeping Mountain Tiger, and no one could rival him.

Rumor has it that Yue Hanquan sent someone to invite Thousand Mountain Sword Tan Xiao Dinghe Road, but unfortunately, the invitation was unsuccessful after several attempts.

Later, it was rumored that Tan Xiao had left Dinghe Road a year earlier.

The Tan Family simply hasn't released any information.

At this point, all hope was dashed.

Without Tan Xiao, the other mysterious Super Grade 1 has also disappeared without a trace.

From that point on, no one dared to step onto the arena that Sweeping Mountain Tiger had set up on the Flower Branch Riverbank.

Nobody wanted to go up there and die.

Even the Ninth Grade Prefect and his son were defeated; what use would the rest be? Bang! In the mountains and forests. Inside the Sweeping Mountain Tiger.

Ding Yu slammed his palm hard against the thick pine tree trunk.

Looking at the deep palm print he had made, he fell into a strange state of emptiness.

"I never imagined that those Ninth Grade would be so weak."

"I never imagined that the entire Wushan Prefecture was full of trash, which they spread among themselves, boasting and making people think they were incredibly powerful."

"Big Brother." Xu Xin and the others behind him looked at him with some concern.

Since his decisive victory in the ring two days ago, he has been in a state of being unable to muster any enthusiasm for anything.

"Didn't they say there's some Super Grade expert, Thousand Mountain One Sword? Maybe," Xu Xin advised.

"It's useless," Ding Yu interrupted him. "They're as weak as monkeys. Monkeys tell each other, 'That monkey is strong, very powerful.' But so what?"

"To me, that was still a monkey."

Ding Yu felt an empty hole in his heart, as if he were starving, and that hole made him unable to muster the energy to do anything.

Money? He has plenty.

Beauty?

He wasn't interested; it was just a low-level physiological reaction, and he felt even more empty afterward.

Treasure?

What are those things for? Can you eat them? From childhood to adulthood, the only thing he was interested in was martial arts.

So even when his wicked master wanted to take him as a disciple, he agreed without hesitation.

Everything, simply because the master is strong enough.

Unfortunately, his master wasn't strong enough later on.

During a friendly sparring session, he finally lost his temper and killed him.

Yes, he couldn't control himself.

He just wants to keep challenging himself to be stronger and stronger!