" Tian Heng brought the West Sea Army?"
Since the last incident, Shen Er has returned to Nanming Prefecture to recuperate. Although Nanming Prefecture is no longer as important as Jiangnan, Liuzhou was once the best place in Jiangnan besides Liuzhou.
Recently, there has been a large influx of people from outside the area. Countless people want to stay here, but unfortunately, Jiangnan can only accommodate a limited number of people. Most people can only be assigned to overseas islands. Only a very few outstanding talents, such as descendants with divination talents, families of sorcerers who have inherited sorcery techniques, or those with superb martial arts skills, need to go through fierce competition to stay in Nanming Prefecture.
This has led to a strong sense of superiority among the locals of Nanming Prefecture. The current hierarchy of contempt in Jiangnan is such that when it comes to marriage, location is the first consideration. Military households and scholarly families in Liuzhou are at the top, followed by the daughters of prominent families in Nanming Prefecture. After Liuzhou reached its quota, many Fighter Army or West Sea Army wanted to apply for good locations in Nanming.
As the Lord of the Underworld in Nanming Prefecture, Shen Er is growing rapidly. The people here are of high quality and have Power of Faith, so their improvement is also very fast. Even if Chen Qing intends to rotate the Lord of the Underworld later, with the accumulation of these years, he is confident that he can break through to the King Level within ten years and become one of the immortals!
However, a major event that recently occurred within the Nanming Prefecture has made him uneasy.
At this moment, Tian Heng suddenly returned, which immediately brought his sense of unease to its peak.
"Has the magic array on the city gate been activated?" Shen Er asked hurriedly.
"It was activated passively before a large number of soldiers were confirmed to be approaching, and all the spellcasters in the city rushed over."
Shen Er nodded slightly upon hearing this. There were quite a few Heaven Academy sorcerers stationed in Nanming Prefecture, several of whom were top experts who had graduated from Ziyue. Although they were not as good as the ones in Liuzhou, they had no problem controlling the already set-up city-protecting formation.
Without asking any further questions, he instantly teleported to the Underworld Temple, the closest temple to the city gate, and then quickly flew to the city gate.
" General Tian, why aren't you guarding the city gate? What are you doing here?"
Shen Er's tone was unfriendly. Although Tian Heng had proven himself several times to be completely loyal, he was still wary. Compared to Xu Hu, Tian Heng was clearly not as pure. His previous behavior was only because he favored Chen Qing and Jiangnan, and it did not mean that he would not betray them one day.
"It's urgent, Mr. Shen Er. Could you please let me into the city so we can speak privately?"
Shen Er was taken aback. The large army behind him was what he feared most about Tian Heng. If the other party wanted to enter the city, it would be a completely different matter. As the establishment of the Underworld became more and more complete, he could use a lot of the power of the Underworld's laws even in the Yang world of Nanming Prefecture.
Tian Heng is indeed very strong, but he's not afraid of coming in alone.
"Since it is so urgent, then General Tian, please have your troops stationed outside."
"Good"
About half an hour later, after confirming that the army had been stationed dozens of miles away, Shen Er had the array master open a small passage to let Tian Heng in.
What exactly happened?
Tian Heng quickly recounted what had happened in the past few days.
Shen Er was stunned.
This Tian Heng is making a huge move! He actually wants to take advantage of the princess's absence and swallow up the imperial army!
However, the actions were indeed risky enough, leading to their current passive situation.
"It's my fault," Tian Heng said with deep remorse. "If I hadn't had this idea in the first place, the Princess wouldn't have been able to gain control of the pass, and we wouldn't be in this passive situation now."
" General Tian, there's no need to blame yourself," Shen Er said after listening. "She and the King of Qin probably already had plans to join forces. Whether you take the initiative or not, they'll likely find a way to force you into this situation."
"Indeed, I was too careless; otherwise, with Ao Zhen's sudden increase in strength, I would at least be able to protect myself."
Shen Er nodded slightly, but secretly noted this characteristic in his heart. He had forgotten that the Principal God of the Divine Path Style all have special power characteristics, which can potentially lead to a rapid increase in power in a short period of time. Chen Qing has always been the best in this regard, with his strength advancing by leaps and bounds many times. He has fought against the top figures of the world and protected Jiangnan. However, many people have forgotten that other Principal God can sometimes do the same.
Tian Heng has Ao Zhen nominally under his command. Ao Zhen is inherently very promising, so it's not impossible for Tian Heng to suddenly have an ace up his sleeve. I never even thought of that before. Fortunately, Tian Heng never considered betraying me, otherwise...
"It's all in the past now. General Tian probably didn't expect that the other side could get past Wei Gongcheng. Most importantly, you probably didn't expect that the Duke of Song would cooperate with them."
The Flying Star ability can be troublesome at crucial moments.
"What does Mr. Shen Er think we should do now?"
Shen Er remained silent for a while after hearing this, and Tian Heng also waited quietly for the other party to think it over. Such an important matter could not be decided in a short time.
"These days, those eerie Buddhist lights have indeed disrupted the order. Not to mention anything else, the Power of Faith of my Underworld is clearly waning. Many worthy believers have obviously been affected, and even some spellcasters have been impacted."
"Even the array masters from the Heaven Academy?" Tian Heng was immediately shocked. Those were already a group of people with very high status in Jiangnan. Could it be that even such a group couldn't resist the temptation?
"Even within the Heaven Academy, there are varying degrees of talent. Some are the center of attention, while others remain ordinary." Shen Er sighed. "To outsiders, array masters are all revered figures, but most of them primarily interact with people within the circle. Within that circle, compared to geniuses, they are just ordinary people. The more capable they become, the more resentful they become. Once they realize what great figures they were once, few can resist the temptation."
"This..." Tian Heng gasped. This was indeed true. Unless one had reached the pinnacle of their field in this era, perhaps only those with the mental strength to resist the temptations of their past lives would have the power to resist them. Otherwise, even if it were a lie, many people would probably be tempted.
"Is it true? Their past lives?"
"I don't know about that." Shen Er shook his head. "There definitely aren't many. Where would there be so many powerful beings from past lives? Even if there were, the monsters in the Buddhist temple would probably be carefully protecting them and wouldn't let them be easily exposed. Otherwise, if they were controlled, it would be a huge loss."
"Originally, I thought that all we needed to do was stall for time and wait for the Lord to return, but now it seems that if we continue to delay like this..." Tian Heng frowned.
"I dare not touch the monsters hidden in that Buddhist temple. Even if I were to use a large army to extinguish them, the losses would likely be severe." Shen Er looked at the other party. "Just as Wang Ye analyzed for you, the Eldest Princess is openly trying to deplete your forces. The forces capable of resisting her are all in your hands. Once you suffer too many losses, I'm afraid..."
"But we can't just leave it unattended."
"Hmm, let me think about it." Shen Er considered for a moment, then suddenly said, "Let me see those pills."
Tian Heng was taken aback. What did the other party want the pills for?
"That has serious side effects, I don't plan to use it."
"I want to see how effective it is. I suspect that Her Highness the Princess herself wouldn't dare let her subordinates try it so easily, but if the pill is truly effective, perhaps this is an opportunity!"
"Okay," Tian Heng was about to hand over the pills when he suddenly felt a jolt.
He suddenly thought of a question.
At this moment, was Shen Er tempted?
Just as he said, if there were better opportunities in a past life, who wouldn't be tempted?