Chapter 59: The Mountain Rain is Coming

Shen Tang looked at him blankly, and once again had the feeling of coldness she had felt several times before.

From the beginning of the grudge with the Burning Incense Tower, the idea he had was to use this to expand the high-end power of the Profound Heaven Sect. Who could have thought of this at the beginning?

Just like that day, on the surface, he was giving her a strategy for establishing a foothold with purification sword talismans, but in reality, what was buried was that Liu Qingcang had to die.

Saying that the rapid rise of the Yama Palace over the years was only because of the appeal of the Yama King... Shen Tang absolutely didn't believe it now.

Lu Xingzhou continued to say: "The Burning Incense Tower still has to worry about being turned against by them, but as long as you secretly reveal your identity, who dares? As time goes on, your own powerhouses with a sense of belonging are cultivated, and those who are hired for transition can be absorbed if they can be absorbed, and dismissed if they cannot. This is the path to a strong sect I prepared for you, paved with the corpses of the Burning Incense Tower."

Shen Tang couldn't help but say: "Why did you say it now?"

"I must first observe whether the situation is advancing as I imagined. If not, then I said it early, which is called bragging." Lu Xingzhou sighed: "Sister, do you really think I am some kind of immortal who can see things hundreds of steps away? Being a staff officer is not easy. If you brag, it’s easy to be slapped in the face, and if you say it small, you are afraid that the boss will feel that you are of no use..."

Shen Tang squinted at him: "Your so-called observation of the situation advancing, shouldn't it be observing the advancement of our relationship? You feel that even if you brag, I won't blame you, so you dare to say it?"

Lu Xingzhou touched his chin: "To tell the truth... a little bit."

Look at the situation they are in now, he, Lu Xingzhou, is still being supported by Shen Tang on her shoulder and walking slowly!

Shen Tang stopped speaking angrily.

Lu Xingzhou apologized with a smile: "Now all aspects are indeed as expected, and there is still a lack of the attitude of the Burning Incense Tower itself... Has it been so calm all the time? It doesn't make sense..."

Shen Tang said angrily: "There are changes, but they are somewhat different from what was expected."

"How to say?"

"A major feature of the Burning Incense Tower is that its network is very wide. At least two or three out of ten forces within a radius of a thousand miles are alchemists stationed by them. I originally thought that our foreign exchanges would be very difficult. For example, we wanted to purchase some nine-forged steel for sword casting, and sent someone to find the Dongjiang Gang. I thought the Dongjiang Gang would not sell it to us, but I didn't expect them to sell it very readily."

"Hmm... what about the others?"

"If you say that the Dongjiang Gang is because of that ceremony and intends to ease the relationship, then several other families that are completely unfamiliar are also smiling and welcoming, which is very strange. To put it bluntly, even Wanbao Pavilion is willing to take our auction business, which is very strange. The Burning Incense Tower is a big customer of Wanbao Pavilion."

Lu Xingzhou laughed: "Someone is helping you... Hey... no."

His smile quickly converged, and he muttered to himself: "This help is a bit of a problem."

Shen Tang also roughly understood what he meant, and her expression was unclear.

Although the Burning Incense Tower was stronger than the Profound Heaven Sect, she was not afraid. What she was afraid of was the formation of collective isolation. That was indeed difficult for a newborn force to endure. So when the ceremony was held, she tried her best to sell well to the local forces in Xiazhou, and left a face with sects like the Dongjiang Gang. As long as the isolation was not so serious, there was still a play. But she didn't expect that after calculating for a long time, this kind of isolation didn't exist at all. There was no other explanation for this, only Gu Zhanting had spoken.

During the ceremony, the Burning Incense Tower openly assassinated, which was already against the Emperor’s "support" decree. As long as the Emperor had a little temper, others would inevitably cut off from the Burning Incense Tower.

On the surface, it was definitely helping.

But the Burning Incense Tower’s obvious defiance of the imperial will was not directly cleaned up, and the attitude was very ambiguous, which could give people a lot of interpretation. I don't know if it was to keep the Burning Incense Tower to sharpen Shen Tang, or if it was deep in the heart that it was better to let the Burning Incense Tower suppress the Profound Heaven Sect again.

After all, the surface strength comparison, the newborn Profound Heaven Sect really couldn't beat the Burning Incense Tower, and the gap was very large. Just keeping the Burning Incense Tower like this, was it sharpening or wanting Shen Tang to die?

Shen Tang sighed somewhat tiredly: "In short, the Burning Incense Tower should not have expected that the isolation would be ineffective at first, but now they must have realized it, and even judged that the Emperor wants them to fight in his heart. As for whether the Emperor really has this idea... I don't know, and they may not know."

"They will definitely plan a military attack." Lu Xingzhou said decisively: "The current calm is just paralyzing. In fact, they must have powerhouses infiltrating Xiazhou in batches. Once launched, it will be a thunderous blow!"

Originally, sect disputes rarely broke out into such a direct full-scale war. Lu Xingzhou’s original plan was also to simmer with a slow fire, hitting the Burning Incense Tower from various angles and slowly disintegrating it. With the characteristic that most of its powerhouses were hired, Lu Xingzhou could think of many angles to slowly target it.

As a result, after an analysis, it was most likely to break out into a thunderous attack. Thinking that this situation was still changing under the Emperor’s acquiescence, Lu Xingzhou simply wanted to explode: "Your father is really tm..."

Before the words fell, his feet went soft, and he almost fell.

Shen Tang was also distracted, and immediately reacted to hold him, and Lu Xingzhou also instinctively hugged her back.

The posture was pressed, exactly like a hungry tiger pouncing on a girl, which was terrible.

Shen Tang blushed, simply carried him up, and put him back on the wheelchair. The two looked at each other, and both smiled somewhat tiredly.

Now they were hugging together and didn't feel much... Tsk.

Thinking carefully, she realized that they had been strolling for a long time. Lu Xingzhou’s legs, which had just begun restorative training, had been able to walk to this point, which was already very difficult, much better than Shen Tang’s performance at the beginning.

"Is this because the power of the two immortal bones is strong?" Shen Tang smiled: "After a few days, when it is completely healed, no one will think that the most powerful magic treasure on your body is this pair of legs that seem to need a wheelchair."

"In a few days... I don't know if it will be too late." Lu Xingzhou sighed: "I want to end the seclusion and go out in advance."

Shen Tang was stunned: "Where to?"

"To see our City Lord. Sect people outside are infiltrating Xiazhou and are about to launch an attack on the Xiazhou forces. This is definitely within her scope of duty. Can't you say I’m pitting her?"

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"Yo, what kind of wind blew the two distinguished guests to my small government office?" In the Demon Suppression Division, Sheng Yuanyao sat in the commander’s room, sneering at the sight of Anuo pushing Lu Xingzhou in.

When they reached the threshold, Anuo lifted her hands and moved her master, wheelchair and all, "thump, thump, thump" into the door.

Sheng Yuanyao, who had a sneer on her face, almost couldn't keep a straight face after seeing this posture. She really wanted to laugh, but she held it back: "Don't just know how to show off cuteness in front of this official every day. This official doesn't know a miser who doesn't even invite a meal after holding a ceremony."

Lu Xingzhou laughed: "What is the City Lord saying? We clearly sent the Snow-Melting Returning Origin Pill. That is a sixth-rank pill, not worth more than a meal?"

Sheng Yuanyao sneered: "That is what you need for your own publicity. Is it really generous and polite?"

"Alright, alright." Lu Xingzhou took out a small box and handed it to Anuo: "Go and make up a gift for your beautiful sister."

Anuo smiled and ran over. Sheng Yuanyao pressed her head with one hand: "Don't use this set. Giving that now is called bribery. This official won't accept it."

Anuo said carefully: "Then does sister accept cheeks?"

Sheng Yuanyao was very satisfied and pulled her over, starting to rub her face.

Anuo: "..."

"Tell me, what are you here for today?" Sheng Yuanyao looked at Lu Xingzhou and wondered: "Why do you look pale? Are you injured?"

This was not an injury, but caused by being underground for a long time without seeing light. Lu Xingzhou didn't explain this, just smiled: "Why is the City Lord not in the City Lord’s government office, but making us look for it?"

Sheng Yuanyao did things differently as a City Lord. She didn't sit in the City Lord’s government office for a day, and worked in the Demon Suppression Division from beginning to end. Anyway, she was also the commander of the Demon Suppression Division. She didn't live in the City Lord’s mansion that was burned to ruins, and had always lived in the house allocated by the Demon Suppression Division.

It was just that she didn't treat herself as a City Lord at all.

Sheng Yuanyao said angrily: "You know that I was forced to be this City Lord. Isn't it the sequelae of the Xu Bingkun demon case? No one wants to touch this hot potato, so it was thrown to me. Anyway, I said early on that I wouldn't do government affairs at all, whatever."

Lu Xingzhou said: "So is there any follow-up to the demon case?"

"No." Sheng Yuanyao supported her head somewhat tiredly: "I have tried my best these days. No matter how I check, I can't find any clues about where the demon came from. Now it feels like a volcano that is about to explode at any time, making people sleep and eat uneasily."

"Has the City Lord ever thought that you are more likely to find clues in the City Lord’s office, rather than the Demon Suppression Division?"

Sheng Yuanyao looked up suddenly: "What do you mean?"

"Letting you be the City Lord is a very absurd appointment. I think your father also knows. But why did your father nod? He has been in the Demon Suppression Division for a lifetime, and he should have some vague suspicion... If I am not mistaken, in the family letter your father gave you, he should have hinted at some things."

Sheng Yuanyao thought for a long time and frowned: "No, he just asked me to visit other City Lords more, especially to visit the County Magistrate more. Isn't this an official convention? What is there to explain specially... Anyway, I won't do it if he explains it. Who has the patience to deal with those bureaucrats? One by one, they are righteous on the surface, and their eyeballs are turning lecherously. You are much better than them. At least you look openly."

Lu Xingzhou: "?"

Anuo: "..."

Her uniform temptation was indeed good-looking, and the girl’s dress when she went to eat melon that day also had a kind of contrasting beauty. Lu Xingzhou had indeed been looking openly all the time.

Lu Xingzhou naturally wouldn't talk nonsense with her, sighed and said: "If you want to break this case, the City Lord should indeed go to see those colleagues... But I want to advise the City Lord, it is best not to continue to investigate."

Sheng Yuanyao stared: "Why don't you investigate if there are demons? That is to harm people!"

"That will make you very dangerous?"

"I can ask for support. I have the backing of a country, not fighting alone like your sect."

Lu Xingzhou didn't speak. He didn't know the significance of Sheng Qingfeng letting his daughter go out, whether it was similar to the significance of the National Teacher letting Bai Mao train, wanting his daughter with a heart of innocence to recognize the world. A few days ago, he had already let her learn to be smooth in the face of facts. I don't know if he would let her learn to compromise in the face of evil next.

Slowly refining into a look like him.

But that is actually a... very regrettable thing.