Ding Mian has lived in Tianyuan City for more than ten years, so he naturally knows how powerful the Za family is. It can be said that every aspect in Tianyuan City is inseparable from the Za family. When it comes to influence, even the official Tianyuan Empire is inferior to the Zajia.
Of course, although the Zajia family is powerful, they cannot conquer the sky with one hand in Tianyuan City. After all, there are still some powerful forces that can be compared with the Zajia family.
For example, the Tianyuan Empire, as the suzerain state of Yuanzhou, does not truly unify Yuanzhou, but all the major forces in Yuanzhou recognize the official status of the Tianyuan Empire. This is enough to show that the Tianyuan Empire is not simple. As for Tianyuan City, except for the autonomous regions occupied by major forces, most of the other territories are controlled by the Tianyuan Empire, which also exercises taxation rights within Tianyuan City.
Although the Cangnan Empire has now annexed Shazhou and achieved good results in Manzhou, in terms of overall strength, the Cangnan Empire is not as good as the Tianyuan Empire. However, after the three families of Hu, Kong, and Cao joined forces, plus the emperor-level ministers who had already taken refuge in the Cangnan Empire, the Cangnan Empire was only as strong as the Tianyuan Empire in terms of high-end combat power.
In addition to the Tianyuan Empire, there is also Danlin in Tianyuan City, which is known as the number one elixir sect in the Tianyuan Continent!
Danlin's inheritance comes from the medicine-seeking wizards of the past Holy Empire era. The integrity of the inheritance is many times better than that of the Hu royal family. Now, almost 90% of the high-level elixirs circulating in Tianyuan Continent are from Danlin. Lin's hand, this shows how terrifying Dan Lin is.
As long as you are a cultivator, regardless of your level of cultivation, you will inevitably need the support of elixirs. As for some pills, only Dan Lin has the ability to refine and sell them, so no force is willing to offend Dan Lin. This also makes Dan Lin's status very transcendent in Tianyuan Continent.
If there are really blind forces that want to be enemies with Dan Lin, I'm afraid there will be many forces taking the initiative to solve Dan Lin's trouble without Dan Lin taking action.
Fortunately, despite his aloof status, Dan Lin always maintains a neutral attitude and never participates in the struggle between forces. Otherwise, if Dan Lin is really used by a certain force, it will be a disaster for the other forces.
In addition to Danlin and the Tianyuan Empire, there are also seven major aristocratic families that are among the most powerful forces in Yuanzhou!
The seven aristocratic families can be said to be seven aristocratic families, rather than seven empires. Their foundations are not in Tianyuan City, but occupy seven powerful cities in Yuanzhou. It can be said that each is a vassal of its own.
The seven major families all have their own properties in Tianyuan City, and there are also autonomous regions assigned to them in Tianyuan City. After all, they are local forces in Yuanzhou, and they should receive some preferential treatment in Tianyuan City.
Among these seven aristocratic families, the strongest ones, Dongfang and Gongyang, should be above the Cangnan Empire in overall strength, but slightly inferior to the Tianyuan Empire. As for the remaining five aristocratic families, Baili, Zhongli, Liangqiu, Chen, and Xie, their strength is It is on par with the Cangnan Empire. Even if it is slightly inferior to the Cangnan Empire, it is not too different.
What's more important is that these seven aristocratic families have been married to each other for more than a thousand years and are related to each other. Even if there are internal fights, they will act unanimously when encountering external enemies. Once united, they will become an extremely terrifying force. .
Many people believe that the seven major families united may be the only major force that can compete with the Miscellaneous Family!
Ding Mian's words took the effort of a stick of incense to explain the major forces in Yuanzhou.
It has to be said that Yuanzhou is indeed the center of Tianyuan Continent, and its power is by no means comparable to that of other states. If any of the big forces go to other states, they will definitely have the power to unify the entire state.
Compared with these big forces in Yuanzhou, it is no wonder that places like Liangzhou, Shazhou, and Manzhou are regarded as remote and barbaric places. However, the Cangnan Empire is developing rapidly. As long as it maintains this pace, it will be enough to make the major forces in Yuanzhou look at the Cangnan Empire with admiration!
After Ding Mian finished introducing the major forces, the carriage also stopped. It turned out that it had arrived at the destination of the trip.
After getting off the bus, the first thing Kong Ming saw was a white tower that was more than a hundred meters high and more than ten meters in diameter, standing in front of him.
This white tower looks almost exactly the same as the Tower of Babel, except it has been shrunk by an unknown number of times. If you look around this white tower, you can also see the Babel Tower not far away, which reaches straight into the night sky!
If we really want to compare the Babel Tower with the White Tower in front of us, we can only say that the White Tower is like a small grass under the towering tree!
At this time, I heard Ding Mian explain with a smile: "Your Royal Highness, noble lords, this place in front of you is one of the nine son chain towers of the Za family. After the Za family settled in the Tongtian Tower, they built nine towers around the Tongtian Tower. The sub-towers, each of which is thirty-three stories high, are modeled after the Babel Tower both inside and outside. It can be regarded as a famous place in Tianyuan City. Even though the Zajia family can use the Babel Tower as the base camp of their own power, Not just anyone is qualified to enter the Tongtian Tower. Those who are actually stationed in the Tongtian Tower are the core members of the Za family, and the rest of the disciples and ordinary members work and practice in the Nine Sons Tower."
"This Jiuzhou Competition, the Zajia is the organizer. In order to receive all the forces from Tianyuan Continent, the Zajia very generously opened the Nine Sons Chain Tower to the outside world for all forces to settle in. Xiaguan made an appointment half a year ago Okay, now the top seven floors of this white sub-tower belong to our Cangnan Empire. Within this sub-tower, there are training rooms on each floor. The higher the number of floors, the better the effect. Now it is about 30 kilometers away from Kyushu There are still three months before the official start, so you can use the training room here to do your final cultivation, and I believe that you will finally be able to show off the majesty of our Cangnan Empire in the Kyushu Competition!"
Ding Mian is really capable of doing things and has good eloquence. Hu Hao, Kong Ming, Cao Pozhen and others had a very good impression of him, so Hu Hao smiled and said: "Master Laoding has done all this! He can arrange it for us." It takes a lot of effort to create such an excellent place to live.”
Of course, Ding Mian didn't dare to take credit. After being polite, he led everyone to climb the tower.
Kong Ming heard Ding Mian say that the sub-tower in front of him, both inside and outside, was built in imitation of the Babel Tower. After entering the tower, he naturally looked around carefully and memorized the layout of the tower one by one.
In this sub-tower, the structure of each floor is similar. Winding around a spiral staircase in the middle, there are seven or eight rooms on each floor, each with its own use. Of course, each floor must have two to three rooms dedicated to retreat.
Within this sub-tower, there is obviously some kind of special formation restriction that can automatically gather the energy of heaven and earth, making the energy in the tower far more abundant than the outside world. Putting aside those special cave heaven paradises, such a sub-tower is indeed a more suitable place for cultivation.
Kong Ming could vaguely feel that the fluctuations that gathered the energy of heaven and earth came from under the foundation of the sub-tower. Obviously there was something mysterious beneath the sub-tower. He didn't know if the Tongtian Tower had the same structure.
Everyone quickly climbed to the top seven floors of the sub-tower under Ding Mian's leadership, and assigned rooms under Ding Mian's arrangement.
Kong Ming, Kong Qingyi, Hu Hao, Hu Li, Cao Pozhen, Cao Pojue and others were naturally assigned to the top. After all, they were the protagonists representing the Cangnan Empire in the Kyushu Competition.
Originally, according to the room arrangement, Moyue and Tie Suxin should be on the lower floor, but they firmly disagreed, saying that they must live with Kong Ming in order to facilitate Kong Ming's food and daily life.
Logically speaking, at such a special time when the Kyushu Competition is about to begin, it is not appropriate to have a maid serve personally. However, Kong Ming's status is special, and Ding Mian also knows that this peerless genius is likely to win a huge share for the Cangnan Empire. In order to save face, I deliberately asked Kong Ming for his opinion.
Hu Hao, Cao Pozhen and others all looked at Kong Ming with strange expressions. Apparently they regarded Kong Ming as the Master of Flowers, who actually had the ability to make the maids around him reluctant to stay away from him.
Mo Yue has a black veil covering her face, so her face cannot be seen clearly, but her slender figure has a unique youthful charm. And Tie Suxin, who shows her true colors, is even more stunning in the world, enough to make any man feel amazing!
While Hu Hao and Cao Pozhen admired Kong Ming's ability to pick up girls, they were also envious of Kong Ming's sexual fortune.
But in the conscience of heaven and earth, Kong Ming is by no means a lustful person. The relationship between him and Mo Yue, Tie Suxin and other women has always been innocent, and it is definitely not the kind of relationship Hu Hao and others thought.
If Kong Ming wants to avoid suspicion, he only needs to refuse Mo Yue and Tie Su Xin's request. However, when Kong Ming saw the expectant looks in the eyes of the two women, he could only sigh secretly and nodded in agreement.
Kong Ming knew what the two girls were thinking and understood that they wanted to cherish the time they spent with him as much as possible. How could he bear to let the two girls down? As for what Hu Hao and others would think of Kong Ming's "romantic" behavior, they couldn't care less for the moment.
It can be said that from today onwards, in the eyes of the younger generation of Cangnan Empire, Kong Ming will not be able to escape the title of romantic seed.
Since the two girls insisted on staying with Kong Ming, Hu Hao graciously gave up the suite that originally belonged to him, and Kong Ming took the two girls to move in. When passing by Kong Ming, Hu Hao patted Kong Ming on the shoulder and said to Kong Ming with an expression that only men would understand: "Brother, do your best, use your power appropriately, and don't work too hard. If you If your legs are weak during the Kyushu Competition, it will be a loss for our Cangnan Empire!"
Kong Ming rolled his eyes, unable to refute Hu Hao's words, and simply closed the door, blocking out all those envious eyes.
(End of chapter)