themonasnovels Chapter 8 Changes in the Royal City
Chapter 8 Changes in the Royal City
The world underwent a great change.
Plants, flowers, and trees all undergo transformations, and many people in the royal city benefit from this.
Many people were incredibly excited. Their bodies underwent a transformation, their spiritual roots awakened, and they cultivated magical power. Their combat strength increased by leaps and bounds, far surpassing what they had achieved in martial arts before.
But if we're talking about who benefited the most last night, it would undoubtedly be the royal family and the imperial court.
While they may not have a complete monopoly on all resources and treasures, more than half of the opportunities definitely fell into the hands of the royal family and the imperial court.
As the sun rose in the east, golden rays of sunlight fell upon the land of the royal city. Chen Liu did not stay in the deep palace and remain out of the world. Instead, he had Lü Yunbing push him out of the palace and into the royal city.
However, compared to the former royal city, the current royal city is clearly unrecognizable.
The former royal city was probably a huge city that was about ten miles long and wide.
It has a city wall that is more than ten feet high.
The interior was divided into four prefectural offices, each with more than a million people, and countless wards, markets, and villages. The buildings were densely packed, and the main streets were paved with stones, making them spacious and clean.
Every time I go out, the streets are teeming with pedestrians, bustling with people, and incredibly lively.
But now, one can see enormous trees standing tall in the royal city, and countless weeds growing out of the cracks in the stones.
Due to the collapse and expansion of the earth, the once clean and spacious streets are now covered with deep grooves and cracks.
Many of the houses that were originally densely packed together collapsed into ruins during last night's events.
As the earth cracked and expanded, the originally densely packed houses of the royal city now appeared to be divided into many 'fragments,' with a vast area appearing between each fragment.
In short, the entire royal city has expanded more than a hundredfold in size due to the changes last night.
It stretches for hundreds of miles in length and width.
The imperial army is conscripting adult citizens and warriors, but the expansion of the royal city has made the completion of this order uncertain. The royal city is hundreds of miles long and wide. The area is so large that even if the imperial court had a hundred thousand troops, it would be difficult to completely control it, let alone the tens of thousands of troops it currently has.
After all, the changes in this world are not over yet, and chaos reigns everywhere.
Whoosh!
Perhaps seeing Chen Liu appear, a burly figure descended, exuding a fierce aura, and respectfully bowed to Chen Liu from afar, saying, "Li Qing greets Martial Ancestor."
Chen Liu sensed the presence of the newcomer and turned to look in that direction. He nodded slightly and said, "Oh, it's General Li."
"How is it? Is there any unrest in the capital?"
Li Qing sighed, his face filled with worry, and said with a bitter smile, "Martial Ancestor, last night's events have caused chaos in the capital. The current military force is far from sufficient to restore order and regain control of the capital."
Chen Liu nodded without surprise, then glanced around the royal city and calmly said, "Since things are in chaos, let's start over. First, we'll conscript adult civilians and warriors from the surrounding area to strengthen our forces. Then, we'll use the palace as a base to infiltrate further afield and gradually bring those areas back under the control of the court."
He paused for a moment, then said, "No rush. No matter how things change, as long as we maintain our footing, the court will be fine. The capital city will still be the capital city of our Great Yong Dynasty, and the people who are willing to obey orders will still be the subjects of the Great Yong Dynasty."
"If they think that with some change or a bit of luck they can challenge the imperial court... then they can give it a try."
Before he became the Martial Ancestor, the Great Yong Dynasty was not without turmoil and upheaval both internally and externally.
He became the Martial Ancestor not solely by breaking through the realm of a terrestrial immortal.
Instead, he earned his fearsome reputation as the Martial Ancestor step by step, entirely through his own hard work!
That's why Li Qing, the Grand General of the Imperial Court, was so respectful to him. He had fought all his life, and the blood on his hands was probably not as thick as the blood on Chen Liu's hands. Had he ever personally witnessed the killings in Chen Liu?
Li Qing was secretly alarmed and quickly bowed his head respectfully, replying, "Understood, Martial Ancestor, rest assured, with us here, the court and the palace will be safe."
Chen Liu nodded and had Lü Yunbing push him to continue walking outside. In a short while, they disappeared into the street not far away.
After wandering around the royal city for a long time, I learned that the guards had originally sealed off the entire city, but due to the transformation of heaven and earth, the royal city had become fragmented, and the original seal had become "riddled with holes" and was of little use.
Therefore, Li Qing and other court generals were busy reorganizing the army and reassuring the troops in order to gradually restore order to the capital and prevent it from collapsing completely.
Because the garrison was too busy, civilians and warriors who were originally confined due to martial law came out and cautiously explored the changed royal city.
Or perhaps they ventured into the eerie mountains outside the royal city, hoping to find treasures and opportunities.
More than half an hour later.
Driven by Lü Yunbing, Chen Liu also arrived at the outskirts of the royal city. Standing on a section of broken city wall, he gazed into the distance at the wilderness that resembled a primeval forest and the mysterious mountain shrouded in mist.
"Quack quack quack!"
I wonder if it's because it sensed the presence of a human.
Several enormous demonic birds suddenly flew out from among the towering trees that reached into the clouds in the wilderness. They looked somewhat like crows, but their wingspan was several meters.
He exuded a demonic aura comparable to the late stage of the Qi Refining Realm, and his speed was extremely fast.
The moment they appeared, their blood-red eyes blazed with wildness, staring intently at Chen Liu and his companion, as if they had found prey, their eyes gleaming with a fierce light.
In the blink of an eye, several demonic birds pounced out, emitting strange cries.
This strange cry also seems to contain sorcery, capable of trapping those with weak wills in a dreamlike state.
Chen Liu was momentarily caught off guard and his mind wandered for a moment. Although it was only a slight daze, it still made him look at the group of demonic birds with slight surprise. This sound illusion was quite interesting.
Lu Yunbing, who was following beside him, had a solemn expression, with one hand on the hilt of her sword, ready to help Chen Liu solve his problems at any time.
But when the group of demonic birds rushed within a hundred feet of the two of them, their demonic aura suddenly vanished without a trace, and their massive bodies instantly plummeted from the sky, crashing onto the ground below in a daze.
Without the protection of demonic power, the demonic birds were all dizzy and disoriented from the fall, and for a moment they were still confused: "???"
Lu Yunbing was also stunned for a moment, then understood what was going on, and looked at Chen Liu with even more awe and respect.
She couldn't even figure out how he made the move.
They actually managed to make those demonic birds fall from the sky to the ground, landing face-first in the dirt.
Whoosh whoosh!
At this moment, people rushed towards this place from behind and to the left and right. Some of them still only had the aura of martial artists, but others had already transformed and cultivated magic power. They sensed the commotion here and came over to investigate.
However, when they arrived here and saw the two figures on the broken section of the city wall, the martial artists and cultivators who had gathered around were all shocked.
Some cultivators' expressions changed slightly, and they immediately stopped in their tracks, exclaiming in low voices, "Martial Ancestor!"
Some people looked over the city wall and landed on the several demonic birds that had fallen to the ground outside. However, their huge demonic bodies did not have any demonic aura at all, and a look of surprise flashed in their eyes.