Destiny is ashes

Chapter 558 Tianjian Mountain Range Affairs
The master of Tianjian Mountain is hereditary.

These eight words can almost be said to be the highest rank under the King of Town in the Dachen official system.

The official ranks in Dachen are very simple. The lowest rank who can be granted a certificate is the chief official of a city, and then there are the provincial officials who manage all the cities in a state, the governors who manage all the provincial capitals in a circuit, the kings of towns who manage all the administrative districts in a circuit, and the officials directly under the kings of towns.

Prince Zhen is loyal to the imperial court and is 100% loyal to the master of Xuantian Palace, Emperor Xuantian of Dachen.

If there is no Dao domain to guard the king, it will be directly under the jurisdiction of Shenjing. The official system in Shenjing is a different system, which is quite different from that in other places.

All Shenzang-level officials, that is, civil and military officials at the "big city and state" level, are required to leave a trace of their divine consciousness in Shenjing, and will be summoned by the imperial court to report on their work when needed, to ensure that the imperial court has control over all officials in the area under its jurisdiction.

This division of responsibilities at various levels seems strict, but it is actually very loose, because the imperial court is only responsible for issuing tasks and collecting taxes. It needs to ensure peace and prosperity within the country and collect enough dragon energy. How to complete the tasks, how to collect enough taxes while ensuring peace and prosperity, and how to ensure the supply of dragon energy are all things that local officials and town kings need to think about.

Therefore, in Dachen, especially in the northern and southern borders, you can often see some autonomous villages and cities. The managers of the villages and cities are not Dachen officials, but some warrior families. They are the "military nobles" in the Dachen Empire. Most of them are the warriors left behind by the pioneering military army to build villages and towns in the local area.

Ancestor An Jing, the founder of the An family in Gufeng County, can be said to be a 'military noble who manages the Anjia Village'. He has the strength of martial veins and can guard an area. He only needs to pay taxes to the Xuanquezhou government as usual. The ground vein nodes are stable enough and he can handle all matters by himself.

Of course, the ancestor's strength was at most an 'accidental martial vein', which could not be compared with the current An Jing, and it was not hereditary.

With the death of the An family's ancestors, Gufeng County and the surrounding towns developed better and better, and the state government began to take over management. An's father, An Qianshan, had to take the imperial examination to become a minor official in the local area, but the An family's influence in Gufeng County and the surrounding areas was still there, so An Jing's childhood was relatively stable, and he could practice martial arts and study. It was quite comfortable.

This treatment is already very good, and the next level up is "Lord of a city, passed down for generations", which is generally the highest treatment that the Dachen official will give to "non-system" warriors.

But this time, the treatment given by Prince De was completely different.

Changing the name of Broken Blade Mountain to Heavenly Sword Mountain is a matter of course. Broken Blade originally describes the image, and now that everyone knows that there are fragments of the Heavenly Sword buried here, of course the name should be restored.

But then, King De issued an order to heaven and earth, ordering An Jing to be the master of Tianjian Mountain, in charge of the three cities and seventeen towns around it, with the title hereditary... This was simply a smaller version of the title of king!

Dingzhou, where the Tianjian Mountains are located, has 36 large cities and 253 small cities. The three cities and seventeen towns around the Tianjian Mountains are not many, but that was the era of the previous "Broken Blade Mountains". Now, after receiving the will of heaven, the Tianjian Mountains have strong earth veins, blessed land, and core resources, and are destined to become the center of this state in the future.

And An Jing is in charge of this place, which is equivalent to saying that An Jing has become half of the governor in the actual sense!
To be honest, spending a huge sum of money to buy a horse bone is a bit too much. Even if there are ten thousand reasons, it is generous. An Jing couldn't understand why Prince De was so generous.

Prince De’s idea was very simple: he had few people under his command anyway and could not do anything about it. If he let it go, the situation would surely be slowly swallowed up by other forces.

In that case, it would be better to hand it over to An Jing directly.

Of course, these thoughts only existed in the minds of both parties. On the surface, both King De and An Jing had extremely serious and formal expressions, and King De's announcement resounded in all directions. With the blessing of the Emperor's Blood Magical Power, it could even spread throughout the entire state. It was the real "Voice of Heaven."

In the surrounding villages and towns, all the people of the old Linjiang City were stunned for a moment, and then they all cheered.

"Lord Anshan!"

They had all served under An Jing, so they naturally knew what kind of person An Jing was. Not to mention that their hometown had received divine feedback and had been transformed from an ordinary city into a blessed land with spiritual veins. Although Linjiang City was half destroyed and their family's past accumulation was likely to have been burned in the sea of ​​fire, the new Fuxie City would be able to have a brighter future.

They are not afraid of the future. An Jing has proved his righteousness and responsibility with his sword many times. He is a hero in everyone's eyes. There is no cruelty or absurdity in his actions. Even if An Jing is given enormous power and freedom beyond that of ordinary city lords, they believe that An Jing will not do whatever he wants, and they can also enjoy peace under such a person.

This is the trust that can be gained simply by observing An Jing's behavior without words or emphasis.

The other party was a little embarrassed at the moment.

Those were the group of Tieli captives guarded by Xing Mofeng around Linjiang City.

These prisoners basically had no intention of rioting or escaping, but it was impossible to say that they were very cooperative. They basically just spent food in the camp decadently. No matter what they were asked, they didn't know what to do and just lived one day at a time.

Some of the captives were killed in the aftermath of the great war between the gods and demons, but most of them were still alive. They were at a loss as to whether they should take advantage of this opportunity of no one to govern them and return to Tieli, or simply stay in the local area...more than half of the former would die on the way, and the latter didn't know where to start.

"This is our Jiuli's Jiuli Army Master! Heaven has sent down a weapon master to the world, how dare we disobey!"

But now, some smart people among the captives suddenly woke up, immediately knelt on the ground, recalled the ancient ancestors from more than 100,000 years ago, and returned to the venue within a limited time to become the people of Jiuli again: "Master of the Army, please accept our greetings!"

All of a sudden, the captives all knelt on the ground and began to kowtow and pray for An Jing in the distance.

An Jing stood on the tower built by the earth's energy. He looked around at the townspeople around him. These people would be his subjects in the future. He did not feel even the slightest bit of "dissatisfaction" or "disgust", nor did they even have the slightest suspicion or disobedience towards him.

At this point, he was the "Lord of Tianjian Mountain" who was not questioned by anyone, whether enemies or friends. This vast land was now his, and he could do whatever he wanted with it.

He gained power and freedom through the sword, and the people feared and obeyed him because of the sword.

An Jing has established his own laws on this land. Even though it is silent, it is a fact.

but……

"not the right time yet."

Looking down at the people on earth, the Lord of Tianjian Mountain, the Lord of Fuxie Sword, shook his head slightly: "Everything is ready, but I lack the east wind - I have built a big ship, but it is difficult to sail forward without wind."

"You don't plan to stay in the Imperial Dynasty?"

King De raised his eyebrows. He saw it clearly: "Even if I give you the entire Tianjian Mountain Range, you still plan to go to Mingjing Sect?"

"It's best for everyone if I'm not here." An Jing saw it more clearly. He turned his head and looked at the ruins of Linjiang City: "Even if I stay here, I won't really take care of many things. I may understand some infrastructure, but it doesn't mean I want to spend my time on these things."

"Your Highness, the Heavenly Sword Mountains are indeed a great spiritual land, but I do not have full control over its power."

An Jing said this calmly: "Dachen hopes that I am a Dachen person. If I stay now, I'm afraid I will have to stay forever. I don't want to be restricted by this."

"Moreover, in order to obtain Linjiang City, I have offended many officials. I have killed the sons of the great families in Shenjing and the sons of the great generals in Beihai. It would be fine if I did not stay in the territory. With your protection, this area can be safe. But if I am here, I think that Tianjian Mountains and Fuxie City will not be able to develop well. There will be attacks and riots every few days. By then, I will not be able to protect my mother."

"In that case, I might as well leave Dachen. This way, I will have a deterrent effect. Everyone should think carefully about what they should do if one day I become stronger and come back to retaliate... I am a person who is both in the system and outside the system. I must make use of this advantage, otherwise it will be wasted."

All of the above are An Jing's true thoughts. Of course, there are some reasons that cannot be spoken out.

After the heaven and earth were reshaped, the Tushita Immortal Fire and the Immortal Palace returned to dormancy deep in the earth veins, but their condition was much better than before. The majestic Xuanyuan Qi that cut off the Frost Tribulation also brought them many benefits.

Although he had a Tai Chi formation plate with power similar to that of the Great Chen Emperor's blood, could he really use it casually? If he wanted to use it, he had to use it as a trump card. If it was exposed, then the civil and military officials who had finally managed to look away would probably have to turn their attention back to this, which was most likely the final result they wanted.

Prince De could also understand An Jing's thoughts, after all, An Jing's mother was still alive.

Sometimes, if you want to protect someone, you have to stay away from them.

An Jing is such an example. If he stayed with his mother, the attacker would definitely not care about this. Shen Mubai died because of An Jing's failure to protect him. The more likely possibility is that in order to protect Shen Mubai, An Jing had to expose his weaknesses and was severely injured in the attack. After being severely injured, there was no point in An Jing showing mercy to Shen Mubai.

But if An Jing stays away from Dachen, those inside Dachen who want to harm An Jing will have to be cautious and lie dormant - if they cannot kill a divine being, they will attack him without authorization and kill all his relatives and friends, leaving him alone and helpless, and he will have no choice but to practice hard and swear to find an opportunity to kill your entire family after he has succeeded in his practice.

Well, to be honest... to be honest, I'm a bit brain-dead.

——Isn't this sending someone a fateful moment? And it also cultivates a future enemy with great potential!

At this moment, the shadow of Kan Ming Zhong appeared in An Jing's arms and returned to the side of King De.

"Eh." Prince De was quite surprised as he took the Kanming Bell. "You have improved again. It's really thanks to Lord Anshan."

The sound of the bell dinging and dinging could be heard. It had been taught by Fu Xie that it would never tell anyone about An Jing's time in the Tianyuan Realm... Of course, even if it did, it would only prove that An Jing had the magical power of Taixu, and it did not mean that An Jing could really go to another world.

In addition, An Jing is also from Jinyuantian, and the top leaders of the major forces who truly understand the inside story in this area will also push their speculation in this direction, and this happens to be the fact, which is An Jing's perfect vest!
"Where is Rong Yucui?"

At this moment, An Jing first thought of Jinyuantian, then thought of Shuoyueying, and then thought of French fries and Coke, and then quickly thought of the lush green that had helped him a lot and brought to King De: "How is it now?"

"The injury is a bit serious, but after all, he is a plant demon spirit, so he recovers quickly."

Prince De smiled and said, "I plan to arrange for it to be the general of Tianjianshan. If the environment here is to be completely restored, it will definitely need it to adjust it, and it can also achieve the divine treasure. I just don't know if Lord Anshan has any objection."

"Of course not." An Jing also recognized Rong Yucui. They were both here to help, but the Northern Tour Envoy had a feeling of "always here, but need to pick the best time to act", while Rong Yucui had the spirit of fighting to the end for promotion no matter what the situation.

Now, Rong Yucui has finally achieved her wish and is about to become the demon general she has always dreamed of. How could An Jing stop her?

The future of the lush green was arranged, and King De did not ask, "Where did Wu Gu Mu go? Do you know the whereabouts of Shuo Yue Ying?" This was a question that An Jing knew the correct answer to but was difficult to answer. Instead, he turned his head and looked at Chen Yinzi, who had been there all the time but remained silent.

Now, Chen Yinzi was standing far away on one side of Tianhai. Not only did he not move closer because of An Jing's appearance, but he stayed very far away from him.

This is not to say that he doesn't want to be close to An Jing, but everything is over. As the manifestation of the Mingjing Sect, theoretically, he cannot stay in the territory of Dachen.

Wumai is the highest combat force that can be dispatched in a conventional struggle between forces, Shenzang is the highest combat force in a regional struggle, Xiansheng is the highest combat force that can be mobilized in a large-scale conventional war - as for Chunyang, who is above them, that cannot be triggered by any conventional struggle. If they take action, there will at least be turmoil at the level of half a continent. No force can stand a Chunyang going crazy, as that will inevitably lead to the destruction of all lives and the whole world.

Without official permission, Chen Yinzi's entry into Dachen would be tantamount to declaring war, not to mention that the Five Sects of Chenli had just signed an agreement with Dachen some time ago, whereby neither side could send warriors into the other's territory and could only fight in a limited manner in the struggle zone.

Xiansheng Zhenjun is obviously not within the scope of "limited combat".

The reason why King De pretended not to see and Chen Yinzi remained silent was because they were waiting for An Jing to say something.

"I invited Grandmaster Chen Yinzi to fight against the demons. He is the backbone of our Beixuan Jizhou in fighting against the demons. If it weren't for Grandmaster Chen Yinzi, the Great Demon Kuji would have been unsealed."

An Jing did not exaggerate in the slightest, he just told the truth: "According to the Zhenwu Covenant, when all parties are fighting against the invasion of the Heavenly Demon into the world, they should put aside all conflicts and solve the problem with the Heavenly Demon as the main focus. I think the behavior of Grandmaster Chen Yinzi is in line with the Zhenwu Covenant."

Hearing this, King De also bowed to Chen Yinzi and said with a smile: "Old senior, thank you for your hard work."

With the approval of a mountain master like An Jing and a town king like him, at least on the surface, there is nothing wrong with Chen Yinzi coming to Dachen.

This was an open greeting. The private greeting of Prince De was even more direct: "So, Senior, are you going to take Lord Anshan back now? Or should we wait for a while? If you don't mind, you can come to my palace for tea."

Prince De also knew that the relationship between Prince Jing and Mingjing Sect was unclear. As Prince Jing's successor, he naturally wanted to gain some connections and channels with the five Chenli sects. Although An Jing was good, he was too young. Making friends with Chen Yinzi would be a good thing for both sides.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness, but I won't accept it."

Chen Yinzi cupped his hands and responded seriously. He looked at An Jing with a look of relief, but also very serious: "But An Jing... I can't take you back to the sect in a short time."

(End of this chapter)