Four months later, in Canglong Mountain, Yuluo Palace Secret Realm...
As the powerful aura in the secret room suddenly appeared, expanded, and became stronger three days ago, Li Hongtu, Ji Xiaoyao, and Cui Lichen had been meditating outside the secret room for three days, never leaving.
During these three days, the hearts of Li Hongtu, Ji Xiaoyao and Cui Lichen were constantly fluctuating with the changes in the aura in the secret room.
Among the three people, even though Cui Lichen has already advanced to the Martial Emperor, the changes in his aura over the past three days, like a surging tide with each wave higher than the last, still caused Cui Lichen's face to change several times.
The person in the secret room is Yan Liqiang, who has been in the secret room for more than three months.
During these four months, the rumor that Pingxi King Yan Liqiang had "suddenly disappeared" in the secluded cave of the great Martial Emperor Yuan Tianfeng in Yulong Mountain has been spreading throughout the northwest. Although the news from Pingxi King's Mansion was that Yan Liqiang was in seclusion, the situation in the entire northwest was developing in an orderly manner towards the direction of northwest integration. Many reforms in Qiyun County, Gulang Province, and Heijie Province were also being vigorously promoted. However, because Yan Liqiang had not appeared for four months, all kinds of rumors began to appear.
This gossip originally came from Yulong Mountain. The 10,000 Dragon Teeth Army guarding the retreat cave of Yuan Tianfeng, the first generation of martial arts emperor, withdrew from Yulong Mountain more than three months ago. After the Dragon Teeth Army withdrew, many curious people in the martial arts world went to the cave to investigate, but found many strange traces in the cave - some places in the cave had completely collapsed for unknown reasons, and in many places in the cave, those people in the martial arts world found traces of strong men fighting in the cave...
The Longya Army that was guarding the cave left, but King Lu of Pingxi who had entered the cave earlier did not leave with them, so all kinds of speculations and rumors emerged.
Among them, there was a piece of news that came from nowhere and was among those rumors and speculations. It spread widely. This news even said that before King Pingxi was assassinated, one of King Pingxi's confidantes was already pregnant, and that child was the blood of King Pingxi. The result of the compromise and discussion of the Northwest bosses was to wait until the child was born and let the child inherit the throne of King Pingxi before announcing the news of King Pingxi's death.
A month ago, the Northwest Iron and Steel Plant in Huanglong County, Qiyun County, which had long been famous, was officially completed and put into production. This Northwest Iron and Steel Plant adopted many new production technologies and processes, and made some major changes to traditional steelmaking technology. The most important of these was the creation of mixed furnace steelmaking technology. During the trial production a few days before the Northwest Iron and Steel Plant was put into operation, it was said that this Northwest Iron and Steel Plant could produce more than 100,000 kilograms of high-quality steel every day. After the official production, the daily steel output could be doubled, and it could produce more than 100 million kilograms of high-quality steel annually. This number is jaw-dropping, and it almost makes people think they are listening to heaven. However, because this project was personally led by the father of King Pingxi, and those steelmaking processes and technologies were said to come from King Pingxi, when the steel plant was officially put into production and completed, from the six northwestern states' governors and the powerful and wealthy businessmen of the major wealthy families to the local gentry in Qiyun County, almost all of them gathered at the Northwest Iron and Steel Plant to attend the opening ceremony of the Northwest Iron and Steel Plant.
At the opening ceremony of the Northwest Steel Plant, all people saw were the tall chimneys, strange mixing furnaces, and splashing red hot metal and steel flowers of the Northwest Steel Plant, but they did not see Pingxi King Yan Liqiang appear, so the news about the assassination of Pingxi King Yan Liqiang became even more rampant. However, the output of the Northwest Steel Plant was also confirmed. After the official opening, the daily steel output of the Northwest Steel Plant was more than 300,000 catties. Everyone was stunned. The daily steel output of a steel plant was 300,000 catties. This number was too terrifying. You must know that some states in the Han Empire may not be able to produce so much steel in a year. The output of such a steel plant in a month has completely exceeded the annual steel output of the six states in the northwest.
On the day that the Northwest Iron and Steel Plant went into production, the price of the water-fired machines produced by the Manufacturing Bureau dropped by 20% compared to before.
Northwest Integration, Gulang Grassland, Wool, the World's No. 1 Factory, Steel, these words have made the entire Northwest excited and agitated in the past few months. But at the same time, the news of the disappearance and assassination of the King of Pingxi has added some uneasy and mysterious atmosphere to the excitement of the entire Northwest...
Except for a few people, almost no one knew that Yan Liqiang, who was rumored to be "missing" and "assassinated", had been making an all-out effort to charge towards the realm of Emperor Martial in the past few months. The news of his assassination was actually released by Yan Liqiang himself in order to muddy the waters of the Han Empire a little more. This was also the beginning of the whole plan.
Only if the shadow demon who has transformed into Lin Qingtian believes that Yan Liqiang is dead, will they become complacent and reveal their hidden tails. At that time, what awaits them is the thundering blow that Yan Liqiang and his men have been planning for a long time. This blow will completely pacify the White Lotus Sect and will be the most crucial battle for restoring peace to the Han Empire.
Before the battle to eliminate the most hidden and dangerous demons in the Han Empire, when the news that he possessed the Nine Dragon Seal was about to be revealed to the world, there was only one thing Yan Liqiang wanted to do and should do - he must advance to the Martial Emperor as quickly as possible.
Only by advancing to the Martial Emperor can one have the greatest chance of winning the battle with Lin Qingtian!
Only by advancing to the Martial Emperor can one not worry about other people's covetousness and various calculations after the Nine Dragon Seal is exposed!
It has actually been less than a year since he last broke through the cultivation barrier and advanced to the Martial Emperor. For others, it is simply a fantasy to advance to the Martial King in this period of time. It is completely impossible. But for Yan Liqiang, nothing is impossible. Since he obtained the Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing, he has never been able to overcome any difficulties. Especially last time, after breaking through the cultivation barrier before the Martial King level, his cultivation progress has been even faster and smoother...
(End of this chapter)