As the head chef of the Gao family, Consort Bai naturally knew that her culinary skills were her livelihood. Therefore, even without Gao Yan's instructions, she continued to improve her cooking skills.
Therefore, her culinary skills have changed dramatically since she entered the household.
The Celestial Immortal-level wild beast that Gao Yan brought back had reached the sixth level of Celestial Immortal, so Bai Fei found it a bit difficult to deal with it.
It took three whole hours to prepare a sumptuous feast of wild beasts.
This celestial-level wild beast weighs hundreds of thousands of kilograms.
The amount of meat used in the Wild Beast Feast was only a few thousand kilograms.
Moreover, apart from Gao Yan, no one else could eat much. The four female immortal servants could eat more than ten catties, and the twelve female immortal servants could eat five or six catties.
But the Empress Taiyin and Vivi are different.
They felt bloated after eating less than a pound of meat, so Gao Yan arranged for them to stay at his mansion to refine the energy from the wild beast meat.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
The cheap master Shen Ye, along with Gao Yan's twelve Xuanxian, arrived in Tianyao City.
"Your subordinates pay their respects to Your Highness!"
The twelve immortals knelt on one knee and bowed to Gao Yan.
"No need for formalities, please rise!"
Gao Yan raised his hand to signal them to stand up, and then asked them to introduce themselves!
The leading female immortal said, "Young master, my subordinate is Ning Xuanyin, with a cultivation level of the ninth level of the immortal realm, and serves as the squad leader of the immortal guard!"
The second Xuanxian followed up, saying, "Young Master, my subordinate is Han Zhongze, a Xuanxian at the eighth level, and serves as the deputy captain of the Xuanxian Guard!"
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Soon, the twelve Xuanxian were introduced. The strongest was Ning Xuanyin, who served as the captain and had reached the ninth level of Xuanxian. The second strongest was Han Zhongze, the vice captain, who had reached the eighth level of Xuanxian.
As for the other ten people, they all reached the seventh level of the Profound Immortal realm!
In terms of sheer numbers of Xuanxian (mysterious immortals), they have surpassed any Golden Immortal family in the Eastern Yue Region.
"Xuanyin, what about the remaining one hundred and twenty True Immortals?"
Gao Yan asked.
"Young Master, they are still on their way. At their speed, they should arrive in two days at most!" Ning Xuanyin replied respectfully.
Gao Yan nodded and said again, "Xuan Yin, take some people to the Qu family and invite the Qu family head to Tianyao City. Tell him I have something to discuss with him!"
"Yes, sir!"
Ning Xuanyin set off immediately.
As for the other eleven people, Gao Yan settled them in the mansion.
Two more days have passed.
The head of the Qu family returned with Ning Xuanyin.
Upon meeting, the head of the Qu family immediately offered his congratulations to Gao Yan.
Because the five major Golden Immortal families of Dongyue Domain all received news that Gao Yan would be in charge of the ten states within Dongyue Domain, and also learned that Gao Yan had become a disciple of Shen Ye, one of the four elders.
The five great Golden Immortal families felt an indescribable envy towards this.
"Master Qu, you're too kind!"
He invited the other party to sit down and have some tea.
After a while, having finished exchanging pleasantries, Gao Yan made his request: to exchange Han Yuan Prefecture for Han Bing Prefecture.
The head of the Qu family agreed without hesitation.
The reason is simple: Hanyuan Prefecture is not only much larger than Hanbing Prefecture, but it also has more than 100 more cities.
The taxes collected each year are also much higher.
Therefore, exchanging with Gao Yan is definitely not a bad deal.
In fact, even if it means taking a loss, the Qu family head would choose to make an exchange in order to befriend Gao Yan!
Not long after the Qu family patriarch left.
The 120 true immortals finally arrived.
Among them, there are ten True Immortals at the ninth level, twenty True Immortals at the eighth level, and the rest are True Immortals at the seventh level!
Therefore, Gao Yan summoned the 12 Xuanxian and 120 Zhenxian to discuss matters.
He spoke calmly, "I have ten states under my jurisdiction. Who among you is willing to become the ruler of one of them?"
But no one present volunteered.
Before they were sent here, they all had some understanding of Gao Yan.
First, their master, Shen Ye, highly valued Gao Yan as his disciple. Second, Gao Yan was also a powerful alchemist.
Staying by his side and working for him would naturally bring more benefits.
Therefore, even when faced with the temptation of being a high-ranking official, none of them were tempted.
"In that case, I'll make my selection!"
Seeing that everyone remained silent, he loudly announced the names of ten True Immortals at the ninth level, appointing them as the rulers of the ten states!
Disappointment flashed in the eyes of all ten people.
Subsequently, Gao Yan issued another order, requiring the ten Xuanxian (excluding Ning Xuanyin and Han Zhongze) to each select ten Zhenxian (True Immortals) to form patrol teams.
Each team is responsible for patrolling a state, specifically investigating city lords who constantly exploit the immortals through various means!
After Gao Yan issued the order.
These people then took action.
"Young master, what about us?"
Seeing that everyone else had a task, the remaining people were a little flustered.
"Ning Xuanyin, Han Zhongze, listen to my command!"
"Your subordinate is here!"
"You will lead the remaining True Immortals to expand Tianyao City for me!"
Gao Yan said in a deep voice.
Although he had become a powerful lord ruling over ten states, he had no intention of moving!
"Young master, how much expansion do you need?"
Ning Xuanyin asked!
"Expand it a thousandfold!"
Gao Yan said, "By the way, you can gather those down-on-their-luck immortals outside the city to do the work!"
"It's the young master!"
In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed.
Tianyao City has been expanded.
The once somewhat crowded Tianyao City was now unusually empty.
The original city center has become the periphery.
The original city lord's mansion was abandoned, because a much larger and more luxurious city lord's mansion has been built in the center of the city!
Gao Yan and his men moved into the city lord's mansion.
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