Elf's hand

time flies.

A month has passed unknowingly since the earth-shattering battle between the eldest prince and the fourth prince at Tayun Mountain.

In this month, a series of major events happened in Dongyun Empire.

The eldest prince Su Zhengqian fell, almost all the senior officials of his faction were wiped out, and the power in the Dongyun Empire was instantly disintegrated.

The fourth prince Su Zhenghao was officially recognized by the royal family Su family and the national master Mo Qianyu, and ascended the throne as the new emperor.

These two incidents shocked the human world and caused an uproar.

In particular, the fourth prince Su Zhenghao inherited the throne in a hurry. After taking power, he adopted a series of thunderbolt measures to eliminate the remaining power of the eldest prince. At the same time, he replaced a group of officials and suppressed various forces fishing in troubled waters through some means. In a short period of time, Over time, the turbulent situation in the Dongyun Empire was stabilized.

At the same time, Su Zhenghao also awarded many rewards, the most eye-catching of which was Chu Haoren, the only one who was canonized as a prince.

The location southeast of the imperial capital is the residence of the King of Chu.

In the royal palace in the middle of the mansion, it is spacious and magnificent. Chu Haoren sits on the big chair in the center with a golden sword. He is dressed in a dark green luxurious robe, wearing a crown on his head, his demeanor is calm, as steady as a hill, and his eyes are clear. And it was extremely deep, and the way his eyes moved around made it impossible to see through what was in his heart, and a sense of respect arose for no reason.

This is not only the status of Chu Haoren as a king, the lord of a country, but also his cultivation level has entered the saint level.

The majestic Titan, wearing golden armor and holding the silver wings, stood majestically behind Chu Haoren like a god.

The Gluttonous Dragon crawled at Chu Haoren's feet. Its realm improved rapidly, and it was already a heaven-level monster. Its body was even bigger, its wings flashed with silver light, and it exuded a terrifying monster aura. Its beast eyes were looking straight. He looked greedily at the group of people kneeling in the hall.

This group of people was clearly the weapon refiners sent by the eldest prince Su Zhengqian to compete with Chu Haoren for first place in the weapon refining conference.

Completely opposite to what they had done at the weapon refining conference, they were no longer weapon refiners at this time, but prisoners whose lives were at risk at any time. Chu Haoren was ennobled by the new emperor Su Zhenghao, who had just ascended the throne, and was ennobled as a prince. King of Chu.

Jiang Gong was wearing gorgeous and bright clothes, with his hands on his hips, standing at the foot of the steps triumphantly, with his back to Chu Haoren, his eyes glancing at the kneeling group of people with pride, he grinned and said: "You all Listen up, His Highness the King of Chu has been extraordinarily kind this time. He has brought you out from the prison. Now you have only two options. One is to submit to His Highness the King of Chu and serve to your heart's content. From now on, your family will also prosper and prosper. There are endless benefits, and the other one is death. Not only will you die, but your family will also be confiscated and exterminated!"

"Quack! I like the latter one, just give it to me!"

The gluttonous dragon tooth monster laughed, and drool could not wait to flow from the corners of its mouth. Its bloodthirsty eyes flashed with desire, and it wanted to swallow them all in one bite.

The faces of the weapon refiners were as pale as paper, and they were already in a state of despair and fear. After hearing these words, their bodies could not help but tremble.

The weapon refiner who had been forcibly taken away by Chu Haoren at the weapon refining conference was even more frightened. Among these people, he had the deepest enmity with Chu Haoren. He immediately said in a trembling voice: "We are waiting for you. Previously, we were coerced by the eldest prince and had to be in trouble with His Majesty and His Highness the King of Chu. We are willing to surrender to His Highness the King of Chu."

"Yes, we are willing to submit to His Highness the King of Chu!"

Other weapon refiners also kowtowed, scrambling to express their willingness to submit.

Seeing how easily these refiners were subdued, the Gluttonous Dragon swallowed helplessly and sighed in disappointment: "A group of weaklings, even if they are given to me to eat, they still have no appetite!"

A subtle smile appeared at the corner of Chu Haoren's mouth, and he glanced at the group of weapon refiners with a cold gaze, and said calmly: "I will set up the weapon refiner, Jiang Gong will be responsible for all the affairs of the weapon refiner, and you will Under his leadership, I will refine weapons and equipment for my king. I will give clear rewards and punishments. Let the past be forgotten. As long as you are loyal, in addition to general rewards, you will also receive guidance on weapon refining, so that you can improve your skills in weapon refining. To achieve greater achievements in the way, of course, if anyone does not know how to praise, he will be killed without mercy!"

Jiang Gong's face was full of pride, and he bowed and said: "Your Highness is wise!"

The weapon refiners were surprised and happy. What surprised them was that Chu Haoren asked them to refine weapons and equipment. This was so unexpected. What they were happy about was that although they didn’t completely believe Chu Haoren’s words, at least they didn’t have to worry about it now. His life was at stake, and he might even have a better future than under the First Prince.

After the collapse of the eldest prince's faction, these weapon refiners were all in panic. Now that they had a chance to escape the fate of death and annihilation, they immediately kowtowed without hesitation and shouted: "Thank you, His Highness King Chu, for your grace!"

Chu Haoren nodded happily, and the subjugation of these weapon refiners was as smooth as he expected. In order to understand the situation of these weapon refiners, Chu Haoren asked Jiang Gong to secretly investigate during the weapon refinement conference, and he Finding Jiang Gong immediately saved the lives of these weapon refiners.

Now that Chu Haoren has control over the life and death of themselves and the family behind them, he can use their power to achieve his own goals.

At this time, a figure walked into the hall, bowed and said: "Your Highness, Zhao Lie is outside asking for an audience."

This figure was none other than Chu Haoli. Chu Haoren was canonized as Queen of Chu. He needed to establish his own power, so the first thing he thought of was naturally to recruit a group of trusted personnel from the Chu family.

Chu Haoli was also among the best among the younger generation of the Chu family, so he was sent here. Now he is a fighting general and holds the position of commander of the guards of the Chu Palace, in charge of all defense work.

Chu Haoren said to Jiang Gong: "Take them down, start preparing for the weapon refining workshop, and select suitable talents from their families to join the weapon refining workshop."

"Yes!"

Jiang Gong bowed and agreed, waved to the group of weapon refiners with great dignity, and walked out of the hall in a swaggering manner.

Although Jiang Gong's family power is not small, Chu Haoren is a popular figure in the eyes of the current emperor. He himself has many identities and potentials that no family dares to underestimate. Jiang Gong has become Chu Haoren. One of his confidants.

After letting Jiang Gong leave with the group of weapon refiners, Chu Haoren asked Chu Haoli to take Zhao Lie into the palace.

After canonizing the King of Chu and establishing the King's Palace of Chu, Chu Haoren asked Mei Ya'er to help him find Zhao Lie.

The first step for Chu Haoren to establish his own power is to improve the status and power of the Chu family. The second step is to recruit some powerful people and families from the outside to form his own circle of power.

Although Chu Haoren is highly valued by Su Zhenghao, his foundation in the Dongyun Empire is still very shallow after all. Only by having his own circle of influence can he truly gain a foothold in the Dongyun Empire.

Zhao Lie, still dressed in black, walked slowly into the hall, followed by his servant Harry.

After not seeing each other for a few days, Chu Haoren had already been crowned king, and his realm had also entered the Saint level. He was different from what he had been before. Zhao Lie felt deeply moved and stepped forward to bow.

"I have met His Royal Highness the King of Chu."

Chu Haoren smiled slightly and said, "There are no outsiders here. Brother Zhao and I will stay away from each other. Please sit down!"

A faint smile appeared on Zhao Lie's indifferent face. He sat down on a chair in the hall and sighed: "After a few months, things have changed so drastically. It's really unbelievable! This is I got it by chance, and it can be regarded as a gift from me to congratulate you on entering the Saint level and being awarded the title of King!"

Holding a box in his hands, Harry walked out respectfully and offered it with both hands.

A ray of green light shot out from Chu Haoren's fingertips, and quickly wrapped around the box like a thread, then flew back into his hand and opened it gently.

"Fire Melting Crystal?"

There is a fist-sized spar stored in the box, which contains abundant fire power.

Chu Haoren's eyes lit up, he nodded slightly, put the things into the silver wing ring, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhao, I accept your wish. I heard that you have not been idle these days, and have formed a mercenary group. .”

Zhao Lie nodded and said with stern eyes: "Yes, you also know that I have been hunted by the Huo family for so many years. If the Huo family is not destroyed, I will never find peace. This mercenary group is what I have been hunting for all these years. Most of the people recruited secretly are desperadoes. In the past few months, I have been contacting them, gathering them together, and secretly forming a mercenary group."

Because Chu Haoren knew the secret of Zhao Lie's formation of the mercenary group through the intelligence system of the Shengmei Chamber of Commerce, Zhao Lie was not surprised by this, because he knew that Chu Haoren was the gold medal pharmacist of the Shengmei Chamber of Commerce before, and now His status is even more unusual.

Seeing Zhao Lie admitting frankly, Chu Haoren smiled faintly, "You have only broken through to the first level of Dou Wang not long ago. Even if you organize such a mercenary group, it will be difficult to avenge the Black Nightmare clan!"

Zhao Lie smiled helplessly. He wanted to fight against the Black Nightmare Clan, one of the eight major forces of mankind. His strength was still too weak. Unless he could become a Fighting Saint, how could he easily become a Saint? Even if Zhao Lie was very talented, he would never be able to reach the Saint level within a few decades. After all, there was only one perverted existence like Chu Haoren in the world.

Chu Haoren glanced at him and said with a smile: "I won't mince words with you anymore. I came to you just to cooperate with you, Brother Zhao!"

"Oh?"

"In Shuiyue Cave, I have killed Huo Lingjing. In the future, I can also help you take revenge against the Huo family of the Black Nightmare Clan!" Chu Haoren said in a deep voice.

Zhao Lie's eyes suddenly moved and he said seriously: "Are you serious about this?"

"Of course!"

Chu Haoren stared at Zhao Lie with stern eyes, "But there is a prerequisite. I wonder if Brother Zhao can agree."

"Please say!"

Zhao Lie himself is weak. After so many years of operation, he finally established a decent mercenary group. However, such a mercenary group is still far from enough. If he can get help from Chu Haoren, it will undoubtedly be a blessing. Big good thing.

Chu Haoren said eloquently: "I have just enthroned the King of Chu, and the fiefdom is centered on Chuxiang Town, the ancestor of the Chu family, including three cities in the southeast and west such as Wuli City, as well as more than a thousand miles on the north bank of the Cangling River. scope."

Hearing this, Zhao Lie frowned slightly and said hesitantly: "Cangling Jiangbei? It's a chaotic place there. It's the junction of the spheres of influence of the Dongyun Empire and the Beita Empire. Those vassals were fighting for territory and were killing each other endlessly. Later, exist

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With the secret support of the Northern Tartar Empire, the power of the Red Flag Kingdom has gradually surpassed that of several other countries, and has gradually become the overlord of that no-man's land. Although it does not rule directly, on the surface many city lords and fighting families have surrendered to the Red Flag Country. Yours Why is the fief there? "

Chu Haoren smiled nonchalantly and said slowly: "Originally, His Majesty wanted to reward me with Jiangnan Kingdom and several other countries, but I politely refused and took the initiative to ask for the large chaotic land in Jiangbei. I hope Brother Zhao You can help me conquer that chaotic place and make it my foothold."

There are dozens of cities in that chaotic land. On the surface, they are submissive to those countries, but in fact they are independent and often have small-scale wars with each other. Every year, some vindictive families disappear in the battles. Some cities control is lost.

It is quite difficult to bring down that chaotic land and completely control it, because these dozens of cities are composed of dozens of fighting families, and they have the support of several countries behind them. Behind these countries are the Dongyun Empire and the Northern Tartar Empire.

Now that Su Zhenghao has entrusted that area to Chu Haoren, these vindictive families may even secretly join forces to fight against Chu Haoren for the sake of their own interests. This is what Zhao Lie is worried about.

"You are really good at choosing!"

Zhao Lie sighed with a wry smile, shook his head and said: "I am now a first-grade fighting king, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve this."

Chu Haoren smiled and said: "Of course I won't let you face these vindictive families directly. On the surface, I will personally come forward. What I want you to do is to secretly build a team to serve as my backbone. You and these This team will not appear in front of people openly, you only need to practice and kill."

Hearing this, Zhao Lie finally understood Chu Haoren's intention, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Zhao Lie is still being hunted by the Black Nightmare Clan. He cannot appear in public. Chu Haoren's proposal plays into his hands.

"Okay! I promise!"

After pondering for a moment, a trace of excitement emerged in Zhao Lie's eyes. He suddenly stood up, bowed loudly and said: "From now on, I, Zhao Lie, am willing to follow His Highness the King of Chu, through fire and water, without any hesitation!"

With a smile on his face, Chu Haoren stood up and walked down the steps, pulled Zhao Lie up, and said with a smile: "I feel relieved when Brother Zhao helps me."

Zhao Lie said excitedly: "I will gather all the people and start preparations for the formation."

The growth of this team is equivalent to the growth of Zhao Lie's strength, and his hope of revenge becomes greater.

"Since this team is the Shadow Army, let's call it the Shadow Army. When you go back, select the members carefully and submit the list and their information. I will prepare appropriate weapons, equipment and elixirs based on their respective situations! "Chu Haoren was well prepared and said: "Currently, Chuxiang Town is being rebuilt. It is not appropriate for your team to appear in front of the world. I will arrange a suitable place for you to practice."

Seeing that Chu Haoren had an arrangement, Zhao Lie was overjoyed and said immediately: "Yes!"

Chu Haoren took out two more Divine Essence Flying Spirit Pills and handed them to Zhao Lie. He took the time to try to refine them, and the effect was pretty good.

Zhao Lie was naturally very happy, thanked him again, and then hurriedly left with Harry. Next, Chu Haoren made a series of methodical arrangements, which was completed until dark.

It was the first time that Chu Haoren took charge of the overall situation, and he finally felt that it was not easy to be the one in power, especially since there were so few people around him who could help him share the burden, and many things required him to do it himself.

Chuxiang Town is being rebuilt, and the clan leader Chu Yihong needs to stay there to take charge of the overall situation. Chu Xingyan, as the only powerful King Fighter in the Chu family, must also stay there to prevent the remnants of the eldest prince from fighting against the alliance because of his previous relationship with Chu Haoren. Come and cause trouble during the holidays. Therefore, the number of people the Chu family can mobilize is limited.

"Strength, the current strength of the Chu family is still too weak, not even half of the Lin family of the Jiangnan royal family!"

Chu Haoren sighed secretly in his heart. If the Chu family was strong enough, they would not be in such a tight situation.

Without stopping, Chu Haoren immediately went to the headquarters of the Shengmei Chamber of Commerce and obtained a large amount of medicine refining materials from Mei Yaer.

Later, Chu Haoren returned to Prince Chu's Mansion and handed over the affairs of Prince Chu's Mansion to Chu Jiaxin, and he immediately devoted himself to refining the medicine.

Chu Jiaxin came to the imperial capital with Chu Haoli to share affairs with Chu Haoren.

He wants to refine a batch of Divine Essence Flying Spirit Pills.

The Divine Marrow Flying Spirit Pill has the effect of improving the physical constitution and blood vessels, and to a certain extent, enhances the cultivator's talent and qualifications and improves his cultivation level.

Back then, Chu Haoren got a Divine Essence Flying Spirit Pill at the Jingnan Empire's medicine refining conference. After taking it, he got a lot of benefits. After entering the medicine refining altar, Chu Haoren paid attention to this Divine Essence Flying Spirit Pill. Panacea, got the prescription.

However, because the materials for the Divine Essence Flying Spirit Pill were difficult to gather, and it was not easy to refine, Chu Haoren just tried to refine it some time ago.

In order to help the Chu family improve their cultivation level, Chu Haoren asked Mei Yaer for a batch of materials of astonishing value.

Fortunately, Shengmei Chamber of Commerce has such a rich foundation, otherwise, let alone Chu Haoren's current financial resources, even a prince like Su Qingling would be good if he could get one-tenth of it.

After spending more than half a month, Chu Haoren finally refined this batch of Divine Essence Flying Spirit Pills. Some of them were sent to the Chu family, some were handed over to Zhao Lie, and some were handed over to Chu Jiaxin, Chu Haoli, Tai Tan and others.

During the period of time when he was refining medicine in seclusion, Zhao Lie had truly established the Shadow Army, and they were gathering somewhere outside the imperial capital. Chu Haoren only needed to designate a suitable secret location, and he could immediately bring this army with him. The desperadoes went to practice and hone their fighting power.

Jiang Gong received information about the members of the Shadow Army. The weapon refining workshop was located in the Prince of Chu's palace. The weapon refiners recruited were all top-notch and began to tailor weapons and equipment for the members of the Shadow Army.