Ning Yang County was located in a remote area and was not considered rich.
This did not mean that the resources in Ning Yang County were not good. On the contrary, it was vast and abundant. The production of all kinds of resources was extremely high, especially the ores and materials used to refine spirit weapons. They took up more than half of the production of the entire Thunderfire Dynasty!
However, Ning Yang County was still not rich. The reason was that there seemed to be some problems with the people here.
Most of the people in Ning Yang County were conservative, stubborn, and had a trace of arrogance. This was because Ning Yang County was one of the origins of the human race!
Its long history could be traced back to hundreds of thousands of years ago. This made the people of Ning Yang County feel very proud.
Today, the forces in Ning Yang County were basically divided into two types. One was the normal spirit cultivator sects, and the other was the ancient tribes.
The strongest sect in Ning Yang County was the Divine Forge Peak. It was one of the top sects in the world along with the Blood Cloak Pavilion!
More than half of the refiners in the world came from the Divine Forge Peak. Every year, countless people would go up the mountain to ask the Divine Forge Peak to forge spirit weapons. However, the Divine Forge Peak had its own rules and would not easily forge spirit weapons for them.
Other than the Divine Forge Peak, the other spirit cultivator forces were very ordinary. Only a few first-rate forces could be taken out.
This could not be blamed. The main reason was that most of the people in Ning Yang County were born in tribes. They were basically taught by the elders of the tribes.
Unless the tribe's foundation was not enough, they would let their descendants enter a spirit cultivator sect to cultivate.
In addition, because Ning Yang County produced a large amount of resources, the Thunderfire Dynasty had a strong control over this place. There were also some people who chose to join the Thunderfire Dynasty.
So many resources flowed in and out, but Ning Yang County was not very rich. Another important reason was that many of the resources were secretly flowing to one place.
That was the Dark Thunder Guards of Ning Yang County!
In a place with a large amount of precious resources, how could there not be any corruption?
As long as someone dared to do it, the Dark Thunder Guards would be able to find out!
However, the Patrol Inspector of Ning Yang County's Dark Thunder Guards, Li Zhangtao, would not expose and punish these people. Instead, he would let them do as they pleased and take a cut from them!
Li Zhangtao's method was actually similar to the Leng Shiqi's method in the West Desolate Province. This way, a large amount of spirit stones and resources would flow into Li Zhangtao's pocket every once in a while.
Of course, it would flow into Li Jue's pocket.
It could be said that the position of Ning Yang County's Inspector was the Li Clan's money bag. They would never allow anyone to touch it!
Li Jue Cheng was still thinking about how to deal with Eunuch Gao and Leng Shiqi, but at this time, one of his trusted aides suddenly ran in and said, "Sir!
I've just received a report that Liu Xingzhi and his two servants have used the inter-domain teleportation formation! "
"What?" Li Jue Cheng was slightly surprised. He quickly asked, "Where are they going?"
"It … it's Ningyang County!"
Li Jue Cheng instantly stood up. His face was extremely gloomy. He said coldly, "It must be that damn eunuch who wants to take back Ningyang County. Wishful thinking!
Quickly go and inform Li Zhangtao, tell him to prepare everything, and don't let Liu Xingzhi find out anything.
We must remind him not to underestimate this Liu Xingzhi, and to be cautious in all matters. "
"This subordinate will do it right away."
On this day, Leng Shiqi, Feng Sha Mo, and Suluan went through the Dark Thunder Guard's inter-domain teleportation formation and arrived at Ningyang County's capital, Ningyang City.
As soon as the three of them walked out of the inter-domain teleportation formation, they were greeted by several Dark Thunder Guard members.
Leng Shiqi secretly sneered. When they used the inter-domain teleportation formation from the Dark Thunder Guard headquarters, the news must have reached Li Jue Cheng's ears.
They quickly walked in front of Leng Shiqi and respectfully said, "Greetings, Sir Liu. We are all Dark Thunder Envoys of Ningyang County's Dark Thunder Guard. We have specially received Sir Li's order to welcome Sir Liu.
Dark Thunder Manor has already prepared a banquet to welcome you, Lord Liu. "
These people's attitudes were extremely low. Leng Shiqi revealed a faint smile and said, "Sir Li is really enthusiastic. However, this envoy is under orders to investigate various matters in Ningyang County. It's not appropriate to be too close to Sir Li, so this envoy can only accept Sir Li's good intentions.
This envoy still has to go patrol, so please return. "
After saying this, Leng Shiqi took a step forward and was already dozens of zhang away!
Feng Shamo and Suluan also followed closely behind him, disappearing without a trace in a few flashes.
These people could only helplessly shake their heads as they watched Leng Shiqi leave. There was nothing they could do. After all, the other party was an Imperial Eunuch and had the authority to investigate. They couldn't just kidnap Leng Shiqi.
They could only hurry and report to Li Zhangtao.
At this time, in Ningyang City's Dark Thunder Manor, Li Zhangtao was waiting for Leng Shiqi with a group of inspectors and senior inspectors.
Previously, these people said that they wanted to hold a banquet for Leng Shiqi, but looking around, there wasn't even a banquet. Instead, they were all sneering. It was clearly a Hongmen banquet.
Li Zhangtao was over sixty years old. His temples were gray, but he had a unique majestic momentum.
He sat on the high seat, playing with an emerald jade ruyi in his hand. This thing was carved from Fengyuan Warm Jade, which was specially used to make sixth-level spiritual weapons. This thing was a treasure that would make people jealous outside, but in Li Zhangtao's hand, it was just a toy.
After he learned that Eunuch Gao had sent an Imperial Eunuch who had just entered the Gang Spirit Realm to Ningyang County, he actually didn't take Leng Shiqi seriously.
Li Juecheng and Eunuch Gao had been fighting for so long that he could see at a glance that Leng Shiqi was here to seize power, but he still felt that there was nothing to worry about.
This was not because he looked down on Leng Shiqi, but because he was confident in himself!
Li Zhangtao had been in charge of Ningyang County for nearly ten years. In the past ten years, he had replaced all the Dark Thunder Guards in Ningyang County with his own people. It could be said that he had the final say in the Dark Thunder Guards!
In addition, he had already established a good relationship with the major forces and businesses in Ningyang County. They were all related to interests, and they were bound together for good or ill. Therefore, even if he took the initiative to give up power, those people would not be willing to do so.
No matter in terms of strength, influence or background, Ningyang County was not a place where an outsider could interfere!
Li Zhangtao had worked hard in Ningyang County for nearly ten years. If his power was really seized by Leng Shiqi, a junior, he might as well find a piece of tofu and kill himself directly.
Therefore, Li Zhangtao didn't care about the arrival of Leng Shiqi, even if Li Juecheng specially reminded him.
Today, he had set up a formation to "welcome" Leng Shiqi because he wanted to show Leng Shiqi who had the final say in Ningyang County!
There were a total of four supervisors in Ningyang County's Dark Thunder Guards. One of them, Lin Jiegui, smiled and said respectfully, "Sir, you don't have to worry. Eunuch Gao is too naive to send a junior to seize power this time. It seems that Eunuch Gao has no subordinates to use.
This time, we must make that Liu Xingzhi lose face. What Elite Assembly chief? It's just an empty title. "
Li Zhangtao glanced at him and said, "I don't care if Liu Xingzhi dares to seize power. He won't succeed anyway, but we can't underestimate him too much. The Elite Assembly chief is not just a title.
At most, we'll make him lose some face and back off. If we go too far, hmph, he's already an eunuch at such a young age. Who knows what position he'll climb to in the future? When that time comes, it'll be difficult for him to settle accounts. "
Lin Jiegui was also embarrassed that he had flattered the wrong horse. The others were also secretly laughing. However, at this time, the people who had come to welcome Leng Shiqi returned.
Li Zhangtao frowned and said, "You came back on your own. Where is Liu Xingzhi?"
Those people said awkwardly, "He, he left directly!"