Chapter 215: The Streets Are Empty
When Zhang Ye arrived at the city guard's mansion, it was a scene after the battle. The officers and soldiers of the city guard's office were cleaning up the mess.
"Master Zhang, you're here!" The captain noticed Zhang Ye at a glance and rushed over quickly.
"What's going on?" The city guard's mansion is equipped with a huge amount of immortal ropes. In addition, Zhang Ye has arranged a formation for the city guard's mansion. It is impregnable. Even if it is attacked, it should not be like this.
Hearing Zhang Ye's question, the Lord Guard sighed and said: "The thugs held a kind of jade talisman and ignored the attack of the Immortal Binding Rope. If Master Zhang hadn't strengthened the defense of the City Guard's Palace, I'm afraid the City Guard's Palace would have followed suit. It’s the same thing every time, with ruins and corpses scattered everywhere.”
Has the immortal rope been cracked? How can it be! You must know that each Immortal Binding Rope uses the highest anti-cracking technology. Even if the White Eyebrow Ancestor wants to crack it, it will take a lot of time.
Seeing that Zhang Ye didn't believe it, the Lord Guard took out a jade talisman and said: "It was seized from the thugs. Master Zhang will know it once he examines it."
Zhang Ye took over and made a preliminary inspection. He found that the jade talisman was the technique of Patriarch Baimei, and it was indeed immune to the immortal rope. After in-depth analysis, Zhang Ye suddenly realized.
In fact, this jade talisman does not break the Immortal Binding Rope, but it contains the cracked inscription of Tiandao City's city protection formation. Not only is the Immortal Binding Rope useless, any magic weapon that borrows the power of the city protection formation will not work in this jade. All spells will be ineffective.
For example, two children are playing rock, paper, scissors. One child comes out with paper. If you want to beat him, you can only use scissors. But the other child comes out with rock, but he beats the child who comes out of paper to a bloody head. Victory was achieved by violating the rules of the game.
The jade talismans made by Patriarch Baimei ignored the rules of the game and relied on the fact that he was the creator of the Tiandao City's protective formation, and used loopholes in the formation to become immune to the Immortal Binding Cord.
If these jade talismans fall into the hands of the enemy, such as the northern monks, the defense of Tiandao City will be ineffective. Ancestor Baimei did this because he did not take the lives of the people of Tiandao City into consideration!
While Zhang Ye was angry, he also understood why Patriarch Baimei was so anxious. He was simply frustrated over and over again on the issue of tying the immortal rope and was eager to prove himself.
Or is this a stern warning to the city guard under the instruction of Master Yuxu?
Under Zhang Ye's analysis, the Lord Guard also understood that this jade talisman could isolate the power of Tiandao City's formation, which was equivalent to strangling the throat of the city guard. This made him inexplicably sad and angry. Could it be that the City Guards House really had no way to compete with the Tiandao Palace?
Seeing that the captain and other soldiers had lost their fighting spirit, Zhang Ye pondered for a moment and said, "However, since this jade talisman has fallen into my hands, I can use it to replace Patriarch Baimei's city defense formation."
In the past, the city defense formation and Tiandao City were integrated into one, and Zhang Ye did not dare to violently dismantle it, lest it affect his whole body. But the jade talisman made by Patriarch Baimei contains the cracked inscription of the city defense formation. It is like a key. Zhang Ye can use it to dismantle the Tiandao City city defense formation and replace it with his own.
Hearing Zhang Ye's words, Lord Shouwei perked up. Every time the City Shoufu made achievements, he would be beaten back to his original form, because everything was provided by Tiandao Palace! If the most critical city defense formation is controlled, the city defense will become a hard nut, and Tiandao Palace will no longer be able to easily gnaw on it.
"I'm going to tell the soldiers right now that my grandma will never tolerate this bad news again!" The Lord Guard was about to inform everyone of the good news.
Zhang Ye said: "Wait a minute, the matter of the city defense formation will be kept secret for the time being to prevent the Tiandao Palace from being destroyed midway."
"But the soldiers have suffered repeated setbacks and their morale is low. They need good news to boost their morale." The captain could not find any other way.
Zhang Ye pondered for a moment. Without morale, the officers and soldiers of the city guard would become a mess. They indeed needed encouragement, but they could not be encouraged in this way.
"Lord Guard, I leave this matter to you." After Zhang Ye finished speaking, he walked towards the high platform.
The Lord Guard didn't know what Zhang Ye was going to do, but he believed in Zhang Ye and followed him.
Zhang Ye climbed up to the high platform. When the soldiers saw him, there was a hint of complaint in their eyes. They were already frightened and did not dare to blame the thugs from the Tiandao Sect. Instead, they blamed Zhang Ye for the failure of the Immortal Binding Rope to take effect.
Zhang Ye listened to everyone's discussion and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, the matter of tying the immortal rope tonight has been investigated clearly. It was caused by the jade talisman made by the ancestor Baimei. If the jade talisman can really break the immortal rope, I, Zhang, am willing to Take responsibility, but..."
When the soldiers heard this, they couldn't bear it any longer. They interrupted Zhang Ye and shouted: "The jade talisman broke the immortal rope in the first place. You have to bear the responsibility!"
"You shirked responsibility as soon as you came up. It means we misjudged you!"
The crowd was excited, but Zhang Ye was not angry. After all, everyone was beaten up and felt angry, which was understandable.
After the Lord Guard maintained order, Zhang Ye continued: "Please listen to what I have to say. The jade talisman did not break my immortal binding rope. It was just that the ancestor Baimei used the back door of the city defense formation to let the jade talisman block everything. The power of the formation caused the Immortal Binding Rope to fail!"
"Soldiers, do you know what this means?" Zhang Ye held the jade talisman in his hand and his voice gradually increased, "This jade talisman contains loopholes in the city defense formation. If it falls into the hands of the enemy, the Tiandao City's defenses will be destroyed." , will be in vain, and the relatives, children, and friends we protect will be slaughtered by the enemies who take advantage of it!"
This is not Zhang Ye’s alarmist talk, just seeking truth from facts.
After learning the truth, the officers and soldiers were filled with anger. Even the citizens of Tiandao City who were watching also cursed a few shameless and despicable words.
The captain was relieved. With a common goal and hatred, the morale was boosted. Zhang Ye was really good at it.
However, Zhang Ye wanted to do more than that. He said in a high voice: "Last time, the White Eyebrow Ancestor disintegrated the dungeon formation, and the vicious criminals came out in full force, resulting in countless casualties among the officers and soldiers of our City Guard, but the Tiandao Palace didn't care!"
"The White Eyebrow Ancestor did not repent, but became worse. He used the loopholes of Tiandao City to assist the thugs and launched an attack on the City Guard again!"
"This time, no matter whether the Tiandao Palace cares or not, I will care anyway!"
Zhang Ye drew his sword and pointed it at the Tiandao Palace. His voice was rolling, and everyone in the Tiandao City could hear it: "White Eyebrow Old Man, dare to fight me, Zhang Ye!"
The officers and soldiers were stunned, and realized that Zhang Ye wanted to defeat the White Eyebrow Ancestor through forging technology to vent their anger! One by one, they couldn't hold back their boiling blood, and roared: "White Eyebrow Old Man, dare to fight me, Zhang Ye!"
The officers and soldiers repeated Zhang Ye's words, one after another. Their eyes were bloodshot. Even if their throats were broken and their chests burst, as long as they had a breath, they would shout at the top of their lungs.
The officers and soldiers shouted, and the citizens gradually joined in. Later, the whole Tiandao City was roaring.
Seeing Zhang Ye's high-spirited appearance, the guard commander admired him very much: "A hero like Zhang Ye!" He also began to cheer for Zhang Ye.
If anyone noticed, they would find that Zhang Ye's eyes were surprisingly calm despite his boiling blood. This showed that Zhang Ye's decision to declare war on the White Eyebrow Patriarch was not a slap in the face, but a premeditated one.
The White Eyebrow Patriarch was in the Tiandao Palace, staring at the magical Taoist priest. Zhang Ye was thinking that taking this opportunity would not only strengthen the momentum of the City Guard House, but also drive the White Eyebrow Patriarch into the abyss, which could be said to kill two birds with one stone!
The news flew into the case handling tables of the leaders of various sects like snowflakes. After all, Zhang Ye was one of the most famous people in Tiandao City, and his declaration of war on the White Eyebrow Patriarch was a top priority.
The leaders of each sect hesitated for a moment. This matter should be a headache for the Tiandao Palace, but it has nothing to do with us. So they took the attitude of watching the fire from the other side of the river. There are also those who are afraid of chaos in the world, so they might as well add fuel to the flames in secret.
Tiandao Palace, Refining Hall.
The deacon disciple passed the news of Tiandao City to the White Eyebrow Patriarch.
The White Eyebrow Patriarch was meditating with his eyes closed, without causing any waves, and responded with seven words: "A mere five-star forger."
This sentence without a beginning or an end quickly spread. Some people speculated that the White Eyebrow Patriarch might think that Zhang Ye was just a five-star forger and looked down on him.
But some people were dissatisfied: "He, the White Eyebrow Ancestor, is not even a star, how dare he say that about Master Zhang!"
At this time, an elder stood up and said: "The White Eyebrow Ancestor actually had a forger rating. I don't know how many years ago that was, the president of the Magic Weapon Association was not yet President Sima, and the Heavenly Soldier Pavilion was just a third-rate sect. At that time, the White Eyebrow Ancestor had gone to do the forger rating, and he was considered the first eight-star forger in the East Region."
"However, the White Eyebrow Ancestor was young and arrogant at the time, and he declared that he would not take the nine-star badge, which meant that he did not look down on the eight-star badge at all."
"So, it's not that the White Eyebrow Ancestor is not a star forger, but that he gave up the star rating."
Hearing this, everyone took a breath of cold air. He got an eight-star rating, but he actually gave up the certification? How crazy is this person?
And after so many years, the White Eyebrow Ancestor's forging ability must have reached a higher level. Maybe he already has the strength of nine stars, but he is just too lazy to get certification?
This saying spread, and the cultivators who were particularly optimistic about Zhang Ye became less confident. Of course, some people were not convinced and went to the Magic Weapon Association to ask President Sima to confirm.
President Sima checked all the records of the Magic Weapon Association in history and really found the forging certification of the White Eyebrow Ancestor in those days. It was indeed eight stars.
The voices in Tiandao City discussing Zhang Ye's challenge to the White Eyebrow Ancestor gradually calmed down. Perhaps in everyone's mind, Zhang Ye is a rising star, and in some aspects, he can be on par with the older generation of forgers, but compared with the White Eyebrow Ancestor, who is a fierce man who does not show his talent, everyone thinks that Zhang Ye is still a little less mature.
When the guard told Zhang Ye about the response of the White Eyebrow Ancestor and the people's sentiments in Tiandao City, Zhang Ye smiled casually: "I almost forgot if I didn't say it. I should re-certify the forging level."
What does this mean? I'm not discussing countermeasures with you. What do you want to certify the forging level for? The guard didn't react for a while, but then he suddenly realized it. Since the White Eyebrow Patriarch refused on the grounds that Zhang Ye's forging star level was not enough, Zhang Ye offered a level that he could not refuse.
Zhang Ye was a person who became a five-star forger after only five tests, and he was rated full marks in every subject. If he were to be re-evaluated, he would have to be at least seven or eight stars, right? Or in other words, the first nine-star in the history of the Eastern Region?
Not only was the guard captain puzzled, but the people in Tiandao City were also very curious about the news, and they followed Zhang Ye to the Magic Weapon Association, and the streets were empty.
How could the Magic Weapon Association accommodate so many people, and the people who came were all well-known figures. It would be very offensive to let someone in or not let someone in. For this reason, President Sima was particularly distressed, but Zhang Ye gave him an idea, but asked for the benefits to be split in half, that is, selling tickets!
President Sima originally disdained the ticket money, but there was really no way, so he gave it a try. However, when the tickets were sold for five immortal stones each and were still in short supply, President Sima was dumbfounded.
For the first time in his life, President Sima discovered that selling tickets was more profitable than selling magic weapons, and he would refine a few magic weapons in the future.
Speaking of Zhang Ye, what the hell are you!