Several months later, Gao Yan and Zhao Xianyue received an invitation from the Heavenly Soldiers Hall.
The invitation was issued in the name of Xing Longkun, the Palace Master of the Heavenly Soldiers Hall, inviting the two of them to attend Xing Qianqian's Taiyi Ascension Banquet.
Gao Yan was not surprised that Xing Qianqian was able to break through to the Taiyi Immortal level, after all, the Seven-Turn Immortal Pill she used for the breakthrough was one that he had sold to her!
I wonder if Zhou Muyue has also broken through.
The other party will hold the ascension banquet more than a month later, which is still quite a bit of time.
As for whether or not to go, that's not a question.
The other party and Zhao Xianyue are best friends, and they even sent an invitation. If you don't go, it will definitely affect your relationship!
The two sides did have a brief exchange about when to depart!
The final decision is to arrive three days before the Ascension Banquet.
At Gao Yan's speed, if he travels at full speed, he should be able to reach the Heavenly Soldiers Hall in about half an hour!
Several days later.
Gao Yan was listening to music with his wife Zhao Xianyue at the Shuangxiu Tower.
Suddenly, a subordinate came to report that Nanming Duoduo had come to the city lord's mansion to request an audience.
"Madam, would you like to continue listening to the music, or come back with me?"
Gao Yan turned to Zhao Xianyue and asked.
"Is Nanming Duoduo a member of the Nanming family, a Golden Immortal family in the Dongyue Region?" Zhao Xianyue asked. Now that she had taken over the administration of the Dongyue Region, she naturally knew about the situation of the five major Golden Immortal families in the Dongyue Region.
"right!"
Gao Yan nodded.
"Then I'll go back with you!"
On the way back, Gao Yan told Zhao Xianyue about how he met Nanming Duoduo.
A short while later.
The two returned to the city lord's mansion, where Nanming Duoduo was settled in a side hall. However, at this moment, her brows and face were filled with worry and anxiety.
"Greetings, Your Excellency!"
Upon seeing Gao Yan arrive, Nanming Duoduo quickly stood up and bowed.
Gao Yan said gently, "Fellow Daoist Nanming, there's no need for such formalities. By the way, this is my wife, Zhao Xianyue!"
At that moment, Nanming Duoduo greeted Zhao Xianyue again.
After sitting down again, Gao Yan asked directly, "Fellow Daoist Nanming, you've come from afar, surely you have something to discuss?"
"Please, Your Excellency, save my Nanming family!"
Suddenly, Nanming Duoduo knelt down and pleaded!
"Stand up and speak!"
Gao Yan helped Nanming Duoduo up from a distance.
Then, Nanming Duoduo recounted the troubles that the Nanming family had encountered!
After the Futu Palace assigned Dongyue Prefecture to Gao Yan, the five Golden Immortal families, including Dongyun, Wenren, and Nanming, all moved to the Guifang Domain.
But they encountered problems after moving there.
Although the three states that the Floating Pagoda Palace allocated to the Nanming family did not belong to other Golden Immortal families, two Golden Immortal families have extended their reach into these three states and controlled several important industries within them!
Previously, these three states had no rulers, so naturally no one had any objections.
But now, the Nanming family has become the master of these three states. If the other two Golden Immortal families are allowed to continue to control these industries, it will harm the interests of the Nanming family!
However, after learning about the two Golden Immortal families, the Nanming family became wary, because although each of the two Golden Immortal families only had one Golden Immortal, they were both at the second level of Golden Immortal, and they had more Xuan Immortals and Zhen Immortals under their command than the Nanming family.
Turning against them directly is definitely not the way to go!
Therefore, the Nanming family sent people to negotiate with the two families, hoping that they would withdraw their respective forces from their territories.
Those two Golden Immortal families naturally refused.
Left with no other choice, the Nanming family had to settle for second best, stating that it was not impossible for your businesses to remain in the three states, but the Nanming family would have to take a stake in them!
But those two families joined forces and didn't take the Nanming family seriously at all. Not only were they unwilling to back down, they also refused to share even the slightest bit of profit with the Nanming family. It was clear that they looked down on you and bullied you!
For a time, the entire Nanming family was furious, but they lacked the confidence to turn against the other two families.
The only option is to secretly suppress the businesses of those two Golden Immortal families!
Those two Golden Immortal families are no pushovers either.
When the Nanming family suppressed their businesses, they supported people to rebel against the Nanming family's rule in the three states. They even secretly formed hundreds of bandit groups to wreak havoc in the three states.
Therefore, the Nanming family sent True Immortal level experts to suppress these immortal bandits, but these True Immortals were all killed by the experts hidden among the immortal bandits, causing the Nanming family to lose a total of seven True Immortals!
The Nanming family wasn't stupid; they naturally knew that the fall of the seven True Immortals was orchestrated by the two Golden Immortal families. So, having reached their limit, they directly broke off relations and seized all of the two families' assets within the three states!
After the formal falling out, the head of the Nanming family sent someone to ask the Dongyun family for help, hoping to join forces with them, since they all came from the Dongyue region!
At this moment, the Golden Immortals of the two great families disregarded the virtues of immortality. They first sent people to intercept and kill those who came to ask for help. The two Golden Immortals even joined forces to attack the Nanming family, severely injuring the Nanming family's Golden Immortals and killing most of the Nanming family's Profound Immortals!
This caused heavy losses to the Nanming family!
Forget about fighting those two Golden Immortal families again; even ruling the three states would be a struggle.
In the end, they even forced the Nanming family to sign many unequal treaties, and even forced Nanming Duoduo to marry into one of the Golden Immortal families as a concubine.
Under coercion from the two Golden Immortal families, the Nanming family had no choice but to submit!
However, Nanming Duoduo was unwilling to be humiliated by marrying him as a concubine, so she secretly ran to Tianyao City to ask Gao Yan for help!
After listening to Nanming Duoduo's story, Gao Yan looked at her and asked, "How do you want me to help you?"
The current predicament of the Nanming family is inextricably linked to him. If he hadn't demanded the Dongyue Domain, the Nanming family wouldn't have moved to the Guifang Domain!
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