Intent

Fang Yumin quickly understood what her father, Fang Linghai, meant.

As a genius who cultivated to the Spirit Transformation Realm in just over thirty years, she thought more than most people.

A series of achievements from Gu Jinlai flashed through her mind...

His own strength is astonishing.

He possesses a trump card capable of annihilating the Demonic Beasts King.

To establish the sacred land of the Celestial Master.

It possesses the lands of Star Province and Jiangzhou.

In any aspect, she would be more than a match for him.

She would not hesitate to marry such a heroic figure.

As for the age of over seventy Gu Jinlai?

This is not a problem at all.

Theoretically, True Person Spirit Refining can live to be two hundred years old.

Although not everyone can live to that age, if you do the math, being over seventy is only equivalent to an average person being in their thirties.

This is the most glamorous moment of a successful man's life.

However, after pondering for a moment, Fang Yumin shook her head. "Father, my personality is different from others. I am quite competitive. Although I do not object to a marriage alliance with Gu Jinlai, I find it hard to guarantee that I can settle down. In the end, in order to seize power, I will inevitably have to fight openly and secretly with Gu Jinlai. If Gu Jinlai's career is inherited from someone else, I can certainly compete with him. But as a lord who expands his territory, I am worried that my methods may not be able to suppress him. If I am not careful... I am afraid that it will lead to my death and completely destroy our relationship with Lingxiao City."

Fang Linghai calmed down after hearing this.

My daughter is indeed a restless person.

Once you truly enter the Gu Clan's gates, you're bound to stir up trouble.

Gu Jinlai, people who are assertive and domineering can easily backfire, losing both their wife and their army.

"Fine."

Fang Linghai dismissed the idea, saying, "However, you should still be responsible for making the trip to Lingxiao City. We really can't leave here."

"Yes, Father."

Fang Yumin nodded.

Cloud Sky City.

Gu Chifeng, his Qi and Blood surging throughout his body, was somewhat unwilling.

"Ancestor, are we really going to retreat?"

Beside him, Cheng Wanli was also looking at Gu Jinlai.

Yuntian City was saved by them.

Yellow Heaven Sect is now severely weakened, with only a few Spirit Transformation cultivators remaining and most of Spirit Refining True Person Immortals lost.

As for those Core Forming, Gang Condensing, and Qi Refining, as well as their elite disciples, the losses were even more severe.

It's questionable whether Yellow Heaven Sect can still hold the cities and prevent the forces within them from becoming rebellious.

"Retreat!"

Gu Jinlai calmly said, "Although Yellow Heaven Sect suffered heavy losses, several Primordial Spirit True Lord are safe and sound, and they still have sufficient strength."

At this moment, Gu Chaoyang stepped forward and whispered, "Ancestor, not long ago, the Qingluan Sect, the largest sect in Yuntian City, approached me. The entire city, moved by your contributions to the defense of Yuntian City, is willing to surrender the entire city to our Star Province and accept Star Province jurisdiction..."

Gu Jinlai at him.

It's not surprising that the Azure Phoenix Sect made this choice.

Yellow Heaven Sect suffered heavy losses. Although several True Lords are still alive, the sect will not be lost. However, without enough experts at the Spirit Refining and Spirit Transformation Realm to guard the various cities, all sorts of demons and monsters will jump out to stir up trouble and vie for power in the coming period.

"Now is not the time to occupy Yuntian City and half of Huangzhou."

Speak frankly, Gu Jinlai.

His gaze involuntarily drifted towards the direction of the Milky Way.

Under the Qian Tian purple qi Jue state, most of the pillar of light representing the luck of Demonic Beasts in the direction of the Milky Way dissipated.

But...

It is still far from the complete disappearance or reduction to the level of the Yunqi Mountains that have been imagined Gu Jinlai.

In other words, the Heavenly River Demonic Beasts still has the strength to fight back.

Several months ago, Gu Jinlai guessed that the power of Demonic Beasts was not as simple as it appeared.

They are hiding their true abilities.

The main reason for concealing their strength was the fear that appearing too powerful would incite various human forces to unite against them, thus annihilating them completely before they were confident in overthrowing the Great Qian.

And as a force capable of traversing the north and south of the Tianhe River...

One Crocodile Dragon King and 100,000 Demonic Beasts are by no means the full extent of the power possessed by the Demonic Beasts.

With the Demonic Beasts of Muzhou already gathered and their power far surpassing that of the Demonic Beasts of Tianhe, he had to keep Yellow Heaven Sect to keep the Demonic Beasts of Tianhe in check.

He himself mobilized his troops to reinforce Muzhou, and after annihilating this Demonic Beasts force that was even more terrifying than the Heavenly River Demonic Beasts, he would discuss other matters.

Otherwise, even if he eventually pays a certain price to eliminate Yellow Heaven Sect and Cold Moon Sect is breached, his final situation will be even more severe than before.

"We, Lingxiao City, must withdraw, but we don't need to show it... In fact, we should use the pretext of eliminating Demonic Beasts to continue advancing into the surrounding towns... at least, until Yellow Heaven Sect offers enough benefits."

This Gu Jinlai.

"Extorting money from the Yellow Heaven Sect?"

Although Gu Chaoyang, Gu Chifeng, Cheng Wanli and others felt somewhat regretful that they could not completely occupy Huangzhou, the ancestor had already made a decision, and they had no choice but to obey and carry it out.

Not long after Gu Jinlai and the others finalized their next course of action, Jiang Chongshan appeared outside the main hall where he handled various matters.

Accompanying him was a middle-aged man dressed in armor who looked imposing and extraordinary.

Gu Jinlai a moment's thought, he quickly recalled a piece of intelligence that Cheng Wanli had reported two hours earlier.

He immediately went out to greet him, smiling as he said, "Your Highness, Star King, you've arrived."

After saying that, he cupped his hands in greeting to the middle-aged man. "This must be General Shang of Shangzhen North, I've long admired your name."

Shang Zhenbei's eyes showed a hint of guilt. "I am ashamed and do not deserve such praise. I was ordered by His Majesty to come and support the Lord of Guzhou, but... the Demonic Beasts are vast and countless. In order to prevent my soldiers from being caught in the flood of Demonic Beasts and being wiped out, I had to stop north of the Milky Way and wander around hunting down some of the Demonic Beasts that escaped the net, leaving the Lord of Guzhou to fight alone."

Gu Jinlai, they have appeared quite open-minded.

After all, according to his understanding, even if Shang Zhenbei decided to head south at the critical moment, it would probably take several days for all 30,000 of his elite troops to cross the river.

By the time they arrived at Yuntian City, the battle was already over.

So whether they come or not isn't a big deal.

What has been desired Gu Jinlai is a positive response from the royal family.

This signal at least allowed him to guess the royal family's attitude towards him.

"I am already very grateful that General Shang came. In addition, although you did not go south from the north of the Milky Way, you have tied down a large number of Demonic Beasts troops for us. Otherwise, our pursuit of Demonic Beasts would not have been so smooth."

This Gu Jinlai.

After exchanging pleasantries, the two sides quickly took their seats.

At this moment, Jiang Chongshan said, "Lord Gu, my imperial brother has given the order to officially appoint you as the Lord of Star Province, with the power to control Star Province. The matter of protecting the people's livelihood of Star Province will now be entrusted to you, Lord Gu."

"His Majesty has given the order?"

Gu Jinlai, there have been some surprises, yet they also seem to make perfect sense.

Over the past few decades, the Great Qian imperial family's control over the surrounding major states has been declining. Some major states, such as Huangzhou, Lanzhou, Jiangzhou, and Chi Province, are nominally under the Great Qian, but in reality, their orders cannot be effectively communicated at the local level.

This is true even for the Star Province, which has been occupied Gu Jinlai and is currently under its control.

Unless the Great Qian is willing to send a Celestial Person Being to Star Province to seize power, even if it is Primordial Spirit True Lord, it will not be long before he will slink back to Zhongzhou in disgrace. If he does not know what is good for him, he may even perish.

The Emperor of Great Qian has now officially conferred upon him the title of Lord of Star Province, which is merely to legitimize his rule.

On the one hand, we'll offer him a benefit.

On the other hand...

They're making their presence felt in Star Province once again.

Let the people of Star Province know that Star Province is still under the jurisdiction of Great Qian.

Having understood the cause and effect from Gu Jinlai, he still stood up and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. I will do my utmost to protect Star Province and prevent Star Province 60 million people from suffering any persecution from Demonic Beasts."

"Since His Majesty has appointed Gu Tianjun as the Lord of Star Province, he naturally believes that Lord Gu will not disappoint His Majesty's high expectations."

Shang Zhenbei laughed in response.

At this moment, Jiang Chongshan said again, "My imperial brother has also appointed me as the governor of Jiangzhou. However, I do not have enough manpower to call upon. Furthermore, Jiangzhou is in dire need of reconstruction. Therefore, I will have to trouble you, Lord Gu Tian, to take care of all matters, big and small, in Jiangzhou."

"Jiangzhou, huh?"

Gu Jinlai quickly guessed what Emperor Qian was thinking.

Seem...

The Qian Emperor's attitude towards the Star King was not as fearful as rumored.

However, considering that Jiang Chongshan was actually able to obtain such a top-tier Cultivation Method as the Qiantian purple qi Technique, he felt that Star King Jiang Chongshan's previous performance was merely a performance for the world to see.

He then cupped his hands in a respectful gesture, saying, "I will certainly not disappoint His Majesty the Star King."

At this moment, Shang Zhenbei said again, "Lord Gu, I have come here with a request that I would like to make. I hope that you will grant it."

"Oh?"

"The heavy cannons called 'Sharp Swords' from Star Province are truly divine weapons. Neither the Cloud Wing Arrow Chariots nor the Vulcan Cannons are worthy of a second glance before these Sharp Swords heavy cannons. Especially when it comes to annihilating Demonic Beasts that are already enormous, tenacious, and lack agility, they far surpass any other war Spirit Artifact. Therefore..."

Gu Jinlai Shang Zhenbei could finish speaking, Jiang Chongshan, smiling, preemptively asked with a smile, "General Shang, do you intend to request the purchase of the Sharp Sword Heavy Cannon from Lingxiao City on behalf of the capital?"

Shang Zhenbei was taken aback.

His original intention was to have Lingxiao City present the method for forging sharp swords and heavy cannons to the royal family.

After all, the royal family has many more Heavenly Masters, Grand Heavenly Masters, and Heavenly Emperors.

In addition, given the resources controlled by the royal family, if they were to produce swords and heavy cannons, their efficiency would be many times higher than that of Lingxiao City.

With enough powerful swords and heavy artillery, driving out Demonic Beasts is not just empty talk.

But Your Highness, the Star King...

He glanced at Jiang Chongshan.

I had a vague idea of what was going on.

Is he worried that Lingxiao City will refuse?

If Lingxiao City refuses...

Thinking of the supreme treasure that Gu Jinlai had wielded, which was said to be equivalent to a strike from a peak Celestial Person, Shang Zhenbei suppressed his original thoughts.

Whether or not to develop the refining method is a decision His Majesty must make personally; he is not qualified.

For a moment, he had no choice but to change his words and say, "Yes, we do intend to purchase swords and heavy cannons from the Lord of Guzhou on behalf of the capital to fight against the Demonic Beasts. I wonder what the Lord of Guzhou thinks?"

Gu Jinlai had already witnessed the silent exchange between Shang Zhenbei and Jiang Chongshan.

"Although the production efficiency of our Lingxiao City's Sharp Sword Heavy Cannons is extremely slow, if it's for fighting Demonic Beasts, we're still willing to allocate some to sell to the capital. However, the Sharp Sword Heavy Cannons are very expensive to forge..."

"High cost?"

Shang Zhenbei thought of the power of sharp swords and heavy cannons.

With the assistance of several elite operators, even high-ranking Demonic Beasts can be annihilated with such powerful weapons. It is only natural that such weapons are expensive.

"I wonder how much the Ancient Heavenly Lord intends to price a sharp sword and heavy cannon?"

"I will naturally offer a cost price when selling to the capital, ten portions of Immortal Refined Gold will suffice."