arrived at Yuqing Palace at some point unknown. They were bustling about according to the doctor's orders.Looking at those palace maids and eunuchs bowing their heads and working diligently, Zhang Liy..."Beep, system mission complete: finding the assassin of Cai Ning. Reward: sixty Blood Dan."

"Ding, system mission complete: Annihilation of the Island Sky Temple. Reward: Martial Art - Suppressing Demons Palm, reward: 20 Small Return Pills."

"Hm Little Still Dan"

Looking at the newly appeared reward in the system, Zhang Liyang curiously checked the introduction and found that this small red pill was a medicinal pill used by second-cycle cultivators. Zhang Liyang couldn't use this thing for the time being.

"Could this Demonic Subduing Palm be the one belonging to Hui'an"

As soon as Zhang Liyang clicked to receive the martial arts, a torrent of information flooded his mind.

Here, Zhang Liyang was still in the room slowly receiving the system's rewards, but both inside and outside Flying Dragon City had become somewhat astonished.

"Was Daitoji Temple destroyed"

"That's right, didn't you see the notification"

"This island temple actually harbored rebels, it truly deserves to be exterminated!"

"Surely not, Kongsi Temple would dare to do this"

"How could you not Didn't you see the stamp on top of the notice"

"Do you believe it just because I stamp it"

"Nonsense, don't you know that Zhang is now in the hands of the Living Bodhisattva!"

"Oh, I see. This Kōkō-ji temple truly deserves to be punished a thousand times!!"

Now, the people within the city have become almost blind. As long as they see Mu Yinghua's stamp, they will believe it 100%. Meanwhile, outside the city, those in the martial arts sects are filled with trepidation.

Dao Kong Temple's strength is not weak, it can even be said to be the top three forces within a radius of three hundred miles.

But it was this very force that, overnight, transformed into charcoal. People from various martial arts sects went to the gates of Kong Temple and saw only charred trees, buildings reduced to white ash, and uncollected corpses!

To put it simply, it was a sight to behold.

But those other martial arts sects also knew this was done on purpose by Flying Dragon City, aiming to intimidate them, the martial arts sects!

Has the Daokong Temple really been harboring rebels They didn't know, but they do now. And if they ever disobeyed in the future, their sect could very well be labeled as harboring rebels too!

After all, this is not the heartland of the dynasty, but a border region where royal law is far less effective than a blade.

To protect themselves, some sects banded together for mutual support, while others sent representatives to Flying Dragon City to pay their five years' worth of taxes.

As for the practices of these sects, neither Zhang Liyang nor Mu Yinghua paid much attention to them. Their main focus now was on the upcoming spring plowing.

The howling winds that have swept across the barren wasteland for several months are finally beginning to weaken, and the bitter cold is gradually giving way to warmer temperatures. The frozen, hard ground is also slowly softening.

Boom boom boom~

Thunder roared in the dark night, and lightning illuminated the entire world!

Splash!

Each drop of rain falling from the sky was like a sweet shower, bringing abundant life to this desolate and barren land.

Mu Yinghua has been busy since today.

Since Mu Yinghua took control of Flying Dragon City, throughout the entire winter she sent out a large number of people to cultivate wasteland outside the city. Although the time was short, they managed to cultivate 100,000 mu of wasteland.

To meet the needs of planting on newly cultivated land, Mu Yinghua had contacted people from Liangzhou City long ago to purchase a large quantity of seeds.

At first, he copied the three great families. With all the money Mu Yinghua got, he could build something remarkable.

Besides spring planting, the schoolhouse, which was the first to begin construction, has already been completed. It just waits for the teacher to arrive so that eligible children can attend school.

Feilong City was large, but there were few suitable teachers available. Eventually Zhang Liyang gave Mu Yinghua an idea, to simply offer a high salary!

An ordinary teacher's monthly salary was only fifteen taels of silver. Zhang Liyang offered a high price of fifty taels directly, attracting a large number of teachers to rush to Feilong City.

"There used to be schools but no teachers, but given this situation, there will soon be a surplus of teachers. We still need to continue building schools."

Mu Yinghua looked at the list in her hands, her brush twirling before she made a bold stroke. She decided to build twenty more academies, but these wouldn't be located within Flying Dragon City. Instead, they would be spread throughout the smaller towns and villages just outside the city walls.

"By the way, I haven't seen Yuanli recently. "

"He has gone into seclusion." Zhang Liyang smiled at Mu Yinghua, "Your Highness is busy recently, but you must also take care of your health."

"Alright, alright." Mu Yinghua took her approval document, waved her hand as she walked towards the door, "I have something else to attend to, I'll go now."

Looking at Mu Yinghua leave in a flurry, Zhang Liyang shook his head with a slight smile. The helpless little girl from the palace was gone, and Zhang Liyang faintly saw a strong woman with boundless energy and ambition growing up.

"Everyone is busy, I have to get busy too."

I wonder how the Tiger Wolf Pill would affect Yuan Li.

After eliminating the Diao Kong Temple, Zhang Liyang kept his word and directly awarded Yuan Li with twenty Tiger Wolf Pills. At the same time, Zhang Liyang also selected ten promising soldiers from the remaining soldiers of the Pan Shi Great Camp, giving each soldier three Tiger Wolf Pills.

Now Yuan Li and the ten soldiers have all gone into seclusion, while Zhang Liyang is thinking about something else: how to ensure the loyalty of the people he has invested his resources, finances, and energy in cultivating.

Especially the construction of the later Black Hell Mansion branch points, Zhang Liyang needs to grasp the loyalty of the people below even more. Otherwise, the branch points built by Zhang Liyang himself will eventually be absorbed into the Black Hell Mansion, and Zhang Liyang will have to cry to death.

Because from the very beginning, Zhang Liyang never intended to give this intelligence network to Heiyujifu. What he wanted was an intelligence network that perched on the big tree of Heiyujifu but could only obey his orders!

As Zhang Liyang pondered various methods, his eyes caught sight of the rewards within the system, and they lit up slightly.

I still have one small wish reward unused, this should work, right

As he still had 2 wishes left, Zhang Liyang didn't dare to ask for too much. After much deliberation in his mind, he slowly opened his mouth.

I need a means by which I can control the life and death of my opponent.

"The premise is that this is done willingly by the other party."

Fearing that his aspirations were too grand, Zhang Liyang felt compelled to impose a restriction on himself.

The restriction on the four characters "willingly" is quite harsh.

"Ding, host wish fulfilled!"

Seeing the system's response, Zhang Liyang was overjoyed, but also a little apprehensive. What if he hadn't added that restriction Would it have still worked

Looking at the newly appeared martial arts book in the system, Zhang Liyang shook his head and suppressed the thoughts in his mind. Then, he clicked on the martial arts to receive the information stream transmitted by the system.

"Blood Devouring Technique!"rial grace, this was Mù Yínghuā's first thing to do, and also the only thing Mù Yínghuā had to do.The square was already packed with people, all eyes focused on the raised platform in the center."Zhan...