In the following period of time, the capital was turbulent.
The Tai Sui Gang, which had been suppressed until now, suddenly launched an attack and with a thunderous force uprooted the main halls of the four major gangs: the Eight Gods Sect, Fengyun Hui, Ming Xinzhai and Qingjiu Sect.
The fall of these gangs seemed to happen overnight. All the middle and high-level gangs were massacred, and the disciples defected and surrendered one after another, making the Taisu Gang the largest gang in the capital.
Li Xiong, the leader of the Taisui Gang, even took advantage of the situation to unify fifty-seven gangs, large and small, in the capital, and founded an organization called the "Lion Alliance", calling himself the leader. From then on, he issued unified orders to all underground gangs in the capital.
The original four major gangs have been fighting for hegemony in the capital for a long time. They usually bully men and women, causing complaints among the people. But after the establishment of the "Lion League", Li Xiong promulgated a series of rules to uniformly restrain the brothers of each gang.
Although there are still businesses involving casinos, private salt, etc., compared with before, it has been accepted by many people.
The situation in the rivers and lakes is changing, and the situation above the temple is also turbulent.
The "Jiuye Party", which originally had the highest claim for the crown prince, fell to the bottom due to the rebellion caused by the fifth prince Liu Bai and the sixth prince Liu He.
Later, Liu Yang, the fourteenth prince within the "Nine Lords Party", turned against him, which made Liu Fengting even more disheartened and gave up the fight for the throne completely.
However, the originally unknown twelfth prince Liu Zihan suddenly emerged. Not only did he win over several young princes, he even gained the support of He Yunling, the Minister of Rites.
He gradually replaced the original position of the "Nine Lords Party" and became one of the new three parties, and also participated in the competition for the throne.
However, all the disturbances from the outside world can no longer affect Liang Yan now.
In fact, for him, it doesn't make much difference who will eventually take the throne, because the newly ascended emperor will be their key to unlocking the "Secret Treasure of King Cheng".
If Liu Zihan hadn't begged so hard that day, he wouldn't have put in the effort to let Ah Dai integrate the underground gangs in the capital and then use this part of the power to support Liu Zihan.
But while he helped Liu Zihan, Liu Zihan also did Liang Yan a favor.
There are four major areas in the capital, namely: Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, and Xuanwu. In each area, construction began secretly, and dozens of Taoist temples were built in a short period of time.
Others only thought it was the preference of a certain royal noble, but they didn't know that these Taoist temples were all used by Liang Yan to form the "Red Earth Creation Array".
The reason why he agreed to come to the capital in the first place actually had his own selfish motives, that is, he wanted to use Kyoto, a big city of millions of people, to refine his "Burning Emotion Seal" and thereby cultivate the second meridian of Zhou Tian Jue Meridian.
After all, Liang Yan's biggest trump card at the moment is actually the "Ephemera Sword" in his dantian!
This sword was transformed from the wood left by the Qing Emperor, and its grade is naturally of no small importance. However, because he is currently in the sword embryo stage, the flying sword cannot be separated from his body, which results in the inability to show his magical power.
If you want to break through from the "Sword Embryo Stage" to the "Jiangang Stage", you must continue to cultivate the flying sword in your body until the flying sword is finally completed, the sword is born, and the sword is removed from the body and unsheathed!
This process is difficult to achieve in less than five or sixty years.
As the "Tao Sword Classic" is a wonderful book on sword cultivation, there is naturally a way to shorten this time. The "Burning Seal" uses the love and hatred of thousands of creatures in the city as an excellent nourishment for cultivating the spirituality of the flying sword.
Greatly shortens the time to cultivate the flying sword.
Now that Liang Yan had found the second volume of "The Book of Taoist Swords", he became more attentive to his cultivation. He asked Liu Zihan to build a Taoist temple in the city, and he personally arranged the formations in the Taoist temple.
Dozens of Taoist temples were connected together, eventually turning the entire capital into the "Red Dust Creation Array" recorded in the book.
As soon as the formation was completed, the "Burning Emotion Seal" engraved on Liang Yan's back was immediately activated. He sat cross-legged and meditated in his mansion alone, and began to practice the second Zhou Tian Jue according to the method recorded in the "Tao Sword Sutra"
Pulse: "Beiming Immortal Vein" comes from.
More than a month passed in a flash, and deep winter ushered in the capital.
There are piles of snow on the streets, but the houses and courtyards are beginning to be decorated with lights and colorful decorations, making it look like they are getting ready to welcome the new year.
For ordinary people, their biggest wish throughout the year is to have a reunion dinner on New Year's Eve, no matter who you are as the emperor.
Liang Yan also stopped his exercises at this time and stood in his yard, looking at the heavy snow with a slight emotion in his heart.
I have heard from the palace before that Liu Yuan's health is getting worse day by day, and I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on for long.
The news I got from Qiao Wanli is that the seal of the imperial mausoleum is gradually loosening, and the complete release of "King Cheng's Secret Treasure" is not far away.
A war is about to break out.
Although Liang Yan is quite confident in the strength of his side, the demonic monk hiding in the dark may not have any accomplices. Once the two sides fight, who will get this "King Cheng's Secret"?
It’s still a matter of two things.
Just when he was slightly dazed, a servant from the mansion came to report:
The twelfth prince Liu Zihan is here!
"Huh? What is he doing here?" Liang Yan was confused, waved his hand and said: "Bring him to see me in the courtyard."
The servant responded and retreated. After a while, he brought another person back.
Liu Zihan, dressed in a white robe, walked in front first, and behind him was a woman wearing a goose-yellow gown with a gentle and graceful temperament.
"Wan'er? Why are you here too?" Liang Yan asked slightly surprised.
Liu Wanrou looked up to the sky, her eyes were red, she had obviously just cried a lot. When she saw Liang Yan, she seemed to be unable to bear it anymore, she threw herself into his arms and cried: "Brother Liang, the father. The father has passed away.
Got it!"
"Liu Yuan is dead? When did it happen?" Liang Yan was a little upset. Although he had known that this result was destined, he was still a little upset at the moment.
"Just this morning." Liu Wanrou felt sad, her voice choked with sobs.
Everyone was silent for a while, then Liu Wanrou suddenly raised her head again, looked at Liang Yan and said, "Do you know what my father said to me before he left?"
Liang Yan was stunned and asked subconsciously: "What did you say?"
"He said he wanted to see you again!"
"What?!" Liang Yan's mind suddenly went blank, and the feeling of turmoil in his heart became more intense.
Since he started practicing Taoism, his concentration has been far beyond that of ordinary people, and he doesn't care much about life, old age, illness and death in this world.
But hearing the bad news about Liu Yuan still caused a wave in his heart. This wave came from nowhere, making him feel a little lost.
At this moment, Liu Zihan cupped his hands and said:
"Brother Tang, oh no, it's Brother Liang! Zihan came here to borrow troops from Brother Liang!"