Chapter 344 One Year Later

The peaceful days passed quickly.

In the blink of an eye, it has been more than a year since Jing Yan joined Daoyi Academy.

During this year, Jing Yan's cultivation level also improved steadily, and gradually reached the limit of the innate peak, which was only a thin line away from the Dao Lingjing.

During this time, Jing Yan basically shuttled between Daoyi Academy and the Alchemist Association. Occasionally, they would also go to the General Manager's Mansion to meet Mu Liantian and Red Lotus College to meet Jing Ziqi.

He also went to meet Jing Qingzhu once, and gave Jing Qingzhu some resources, and asked her to help deliver the resources to the Jing family in Donglin City to help the Jing family improve their strength.

The resources accumulated on Jing Yan's body have already reached a very terrifying figure. Although he consumes a lot in cultivation, the speed at which he accumulates resources far exceeds his consumption speed.

His alchemy ability has also reached an astonishing level, he has already been able to refine a first-class third-level elixir. This also means that he has the title of Alchemy King, a third-level Alchemy King.

After cultivating the Shining Spirit Secret Art to the extreme, Jing Yan exchanged for another secret art called 'Void Flame'. The Void Flame Secret Technique is more advanced than the Shining Spirit.

The effect of Xuyan is to enhance the power of swordsmanship and martial arts.

Jing Yan's holy light swordsmanship has already reached the level of human-level martial arts.

In short, during this year, Jing Yan has made considerable progress in all aspects. Especially, his own combat power.

Although, he is still at the innate peak state and has not been promoted to the Dao Ling state, but his combat power is no longer comparable to when he was going to fight Shang Qu.

Ordinary martial artists in the middle stage of Dao Lingjing are vulnerable in front of Jing Yan.

In fact, Jing Yan had already reached the limit of his innate peak half a year ago, and he could try to break through and advance. However, he always felt that something was missing.

It was because of this feeling that Jing Yan kept suppressing his own realm and did not try to break through. If it wasn't for the deliberate suppression, the current Jing Yan might have stepped into the real Taoist realm long ago.

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"Little friend Jing Yan, I haven't seen you for some days."

The general manager's mansion, Mu Liantian said to Jing Yan with a smile.

"It didn't take long. Three months ago, I came to see you, Mr. Manager." Jing Yan laughed.

"Hehe..." Mu Liantian laughed.

"By the way, there is something I want to tell you." Mu Liantian lowered his voice.

Jing Yan looked at Mu Liantian.

"Donglin City, there have been some problems recently. Huo Chunyang, the owner of Donglin City, seems to have a problem. I got some information, and Donglin City seems to be a little chaotic now." Mu Liantian said with a serious expression.

"What?" Jing Yan was startled!

After entering Daoyi Academy, Jing Yan never saw Huo Chunyang again. Now that Mu Liantian suddenly mentioned Huo Chunyang, Jing Yan was really surprised.

Mu Liantian said, something wrong with Huo Chunyang? What does it mean?

"Jing Yan, I know you are from Donglin City, and your family is also in Donglin City. That's why I mentioned this to you. City Lord Huo Chunyang seems to have disappeared. I don't know the specific situation. Clearly, I'm just talking to you first, so you can get ready." Mu Liantian shook his head lightly.

Jing Yan's eyes froze.

Although Mu Liantian didn't go into too much detail, Jing Yan could also imagine that if Huo Chunyang didn't sit in Donglin City, then Donglin City would definitely fall into chaos. The Jing family is in Donglin City, which is much worse than the Zhao family. With Huo Chunyang around, the Zhao family didn't dare to act presumptuously, but if Huo Chunyang disappeared, would the Zhao family still hold back?

Moreover, why did Huo Chunyang suddenly disappear? Here, too, there are big problems.

Huo Chunyang's sudden disappearance may be directly related to the Zhao family. Maybe it was the Zhao family who played tricks.

"Mr. Mu, is there no new city lord in Donglin City?" Jing Yan asked after taking a breath.

"There is no new appointment yet. Donglin City is relatively remote, and the news just came. The specific situation needs to be understood, so the county palace did not immediately appoint a new city lord. However, the Wen family has been very active recently. The head of the Wen family , I have also met the Lord King many times, and I seem to want to recommend a candidate for the city owner of Donglin City." Mu Liantian said slowly.

Hearing this, Jing Yan sneered in his heart.

Wenjia?

The backer of the Zhao family in Donglin City is the Wen family.

Hearing what Mu Liantian said, Jing Yan felt more and more that Huo Chunyang's disappearance had something to do with the Zhao family and the Wen family.

From the moment Jing Yan killed Zhao Zhenyan, the son of Zhao Dangyuan, the head of the Zhao family, he knew that the Zhao family would never let it go. It now appears that the Zhao family is already in action.

I'm afraid the Jing family is very difficult now.

When Jing Yan left Donglin City, although the Jing family got two of the four major cities in Donglin City, the resources they obtained greatly increased. However, time is short after all, if the Jing family wants to surpass the Zhao family, it cannot be achieved in a year or two.

Now that Huo Chunyang is missing, why doesn't the Zhao family take the opportunity to attack the Jing family?

After bidding farewell to Mu Liantian absent-mindedly, Jing Yan left the governor's mansion. Instead of going back to the first college, he rushed directly to Donglin City.

With Jing Yan's current cultivation base, using the Sky Wings that have reached the second level, the time it takes to travel from Lanqu County City to Donglin City will not be much slower than taking a Tianyan car.

After more than half a month, Jing Yan arrived outside Donglin City.

He put on a bamboo hat, hid his face, and entered Donglin City.

Jing Yan didn't go back to the Jing family's house directly, but went to Fangshi in the Southern District. His Brilliant Pill Building is located in Fangshi, Southern District.

Outside the Brilliant Pill Building, Jing Yan, who was wearing a bamboo hat, stood still.

It's noon now, if it's normal, it should be the best time for Brilliant Danlou's business. But now, the door of the Brilliant Pill Building is closed, and there is no sign of opening at all.

And on the street outside, some warriors in uniform passed by from time to time. Jing Yan discovered that these warriors in uniform were not the guards of the Jing family, but the guards of the Zhao family.

"It seems that something is wrong." Jing Yan narrowed his eyes.

Fang City in the Southern District is now the property of the Jing family, and the guards patrolling the streets should also be the guards of the Jing family. But now, the Zhao family's guards are all over the street, and there is no sign of the Jing family's guards at all.

However, seeing that the name of Brilliant Danlou is still there, Jing Yan felt a little relieved. It seems that the matter has not developed to the point of being out of control, otherwise the Brilliant Pill Building should be reduced to ruins by now.

The person the Zhao family hates the most is Jing Yan. The Brilliant Pill Building is his Jing Yan's property, and the Zhao family is well aware of it. If there was a war between the Zhao family and the Jing family, the Zhao family should be the first to destroy the Brilliant Pill Building to relieve their hatred. The Brilliant Pill Building is still there, which at least shows that the two big families, the Zhao family and the Jing family, have not fully opened their stations yet!