A demon calamity continues to ravage Shu State, with more and more state refugees pouring into the city from all directions.

Long Fei, on the one hand, is settling the refugees, while on the other, intensifying the expansion of the civilian group’s strength.

The army originally consisted of only five hundred thousand troops, but now it has been expanded by half again, already reaching the scale of a million-strong army.

Beneath the Qingcheng Mountains, a large-scale production plant has sprung up.

Long Fei first set up a batch of Aurora Flame Blade production lines, recruiting hundreds of thousands of men and women from the refugees to work here.

Governor Wu Youren observes this but keeps all these situations hidden.

In front of outsiders, he is still the highest commander of the civilian group.

When he has time, he even comes to inspect the civilian group.

For the sake of his official career, he can’t care about the future anymore.

Right now, he needs to rely on the civilian group to annihilate the Demon Clan and earn him political achievements.

Rumors from the court have already reached his ears.

Li Family’s power had significant opinions on him, continuously submitting petitions urging Empress Wu to replace him.

At this point, he can’t care less about so much.

He can only turn a blind eye, allowing the strength of the civilian group to grow.

Not only the civilian group but also the recent development of Shu King’s power in the state city gives Wu Youren some headaches.

The Jintang District became famous after one battle, and the wealthy in Shu State came in droves to purchase properties.

Shu King has purchased land in all four directions—east, south, west, and north—and is now starting to construct another Jintang Garden.

Even before the house is built, all the properties in the district sold out completely.

The governor looks at the piles of spirit stones and realizes he can’t get his hands on them.

However, the opportunity soon came, and the cause was that Shu King encountered a tough obstacle during a land requisition.

This piece of land is about a hundred acres, once used for growing spirit rice, but became barren after the river dried up. It belongs to a small sect.

The sect is called the Flying Sword Sect, and the sect leader is Fei Hongzi, a disciple of Mount Shu.

No matter how Shu King persuaded, he simply wouldn’t sell the land.

Helpless, Shu King changed the blueprint to avoid this barren land.

However, Fei Hongzi went so far as to dig a canal, channeling water to irrigate his wasteland.

This canal happened to pass right through the district planned by Shu King.

The construction workers attempted to stop it, leading to a conflict with the Flying Sword Sect.

The two sides had a big fight. The Flying Sword Sect had a strong background but not many skilled fighters, and were quickly handled by the experts from Shu Royal Mansion.

So they reported to the officials, asking the governor to uphold justice.

The governor, eager to seize an opportunity for profit, couldn’t believe such an opportunity came so quickly.

He summoned Shu King and Fei Hongzi to the main hall of the government office, presenting himself with an impartial attitude to mediate.

Fei Hongzi, like he had eaten gunpowder, refused to budge and even berated Shu King, accusing him of bullying and deliberately ruining the Feng Shui of the Flying Sword Sect.

They are channeling their water, yet Shu King intervenes to block them, clearly intending to ruin their land.

Shu King was agitated; the land was barren to start with.

Fei Hongzi’s accusations were clearly an attempt for the guilty to act as the plaintiff.

The key point was, the governor even sided with Fei Hongzi, saying to Shu King that the Great Tang Empire is built on agriculture, so Shu King should not destroy farmland.

Fei Hongzi wants to farm and dig canals to lead water, and Shu King shouldn’t block him for personal gain.

Shu King grew up in officialdom and clearly understood the governor’s intent.

When the mediation ended unhappily, Shu King privately negotiated with the governor, agreeing to give the governor ten percent of the new Jintang District’s profit.

The governor shook his head and held up five fingers instead.

Shu King bargained, and eventually, they agreed on thirty percent.

The governor was so pleased he told Shu King that he could do whatever he wanted, and there would be no interference.

Shu King left speechless, holding deep resentment against Fei Hongzi.

However, constrained by Mount Shu’s power behind Fei Hongzi, he convinced himself to bear with it.

Unexpectedly, the next day, Fei Hongzi sent people to blow up the upstream water canal.

Instantly, water flooded the construction site.

The tens of thousands of acres of land Shu King painstakingly acquired were all turned into muddy fields by the flood.

He was truly enraged, dispatching the experts and house servants of Shu Royal Mansion to engage in a fierce battle with the disciples of the Flying Sword Sect.

In the chaos, Fei Hongzi was severely injured and fled.

This incident blew up completely.

Fei Hongzi fled to Mount Shu, exaggerating the story to his master and even dragging Long Fei into it.

He claimed that Long Fei sent Shu King to deliberately target Mount Shu, intending to disgrace them.

The last time Mount Shu compared martial arts with Qingcheng, they suffered a great loss because of Long Fei, leaving the main figures in low spirits.

With this incident, they sent people down the mountain with Fei Hongzi to seek justice for their disciple without a second thought.

This time, Mount Shu sent over a thousand outer sect disciples.

Though they were from the outer sect, all had cultivation levels in the Divinity Transformation Realm, being the elite among the outer sect disciples.

They were led by the outer sect elder, Fei Hongzi’s master, Wang Zhengqian.

When these experts arrived, Shu King immediately fled to the manufacture bureau under the Qingcheng Mountains to complain to Long Fei for help.

After hearing Shu King’s account, Long Fei couldn’t help but laugh a few times.

In his world, he had seen plenty of developers bullying stubborn tenants.

Yet here, it’s the stubborn tenants bullying the developers.

Shu King wore a bitter face, somewhat embarrassed to face Long Fei.

He had selfish motives, seeing the huge profits from the Jintang District and wanted to do it alone without Long Fei.

Who knew his ability couldn’t control the entire situation?

He told Long Fei, from now on, for all real estate and other projects, he would give thirty percent to Long Fei.

He only asked for Long Fei’s help in solving the issues with the Cultivation World.

Long Fei agreed to help not because of the thirty percent profit, but because Shu King’s projects couldn’t be stopped.

Because of these projects, Shu King would continually hire refugees as workers, allowing them to live better lives.

He went to the construction site with Shu King.

Mount Shu’s over a thousand outer sect disciples camped on the domain of the Flying Sword Sect, erecting the sect’s flags all around.

The wind howled, making the flags flutter loudly.

The upper stream’s canals had been blocked, and the land began cracking under the sun.

In some places, there were still considerable water puddles.

When Long Fei and Shu King appeared, a group of Mount Shu disciples quickly stood up, locking their gaze on them.

Fei Hongzi of the Flying Sword Sect pointed at Long Fei and shouted, "Master, this is that Great Mercy and Great Virtue Master, Long Fei!"

Wang Zhengqian squinted his eyes, gazing straight ahead.

He sat upright on a stone, his body as straight as a sword.

A row of Mount Shu disciples all stood up, their expressions tightening, gripping their swords behind their master.

After Long Fei and Shu King approached, they smiled faintly at them, "You all need not be so tense; I come to negotiate with you, not to fight."

Fei Hongzi of the Flying Sword Sect raised his head and shouted, "What is there to negotiate? I won’t sell this piece of land! If you want it, you must step over my dead body."

Long Fei ignored him, just staring at Wang Zhengqian and said, "Are Mount Shu disciples always this unruly?"

"What are you saying!"

Fei Hongzi puffed his chest and pointed at Long Fei, shouting.

The corner of Wang Zhengqian’s mouth twitched, raising his hand to stop him and said, "How Mount Shu conducts its affairs is not your concern, as an outsider. My disciple has made it very clear; this land Mount Shu will not sell. So, you’d better not waste your time here, lest we break the peace again."