At this time, Li Xu opened his eyes, and everyone who saw his eyes could feel the sharpness contained within them.
He faced Toji Hisami, bowed to the ground, and saluted directly.
"Li Xu will defend the lord’s honor to the death!"
"Good!"
Toji Hisami didn’t really have any other words to say except "good" at this moment, so he immediately stepped forward to help Li Xu up.
Li Xu’s sublimation directly made up for what the White Tiger Guard was most worried about, which was the strength of its leader.
The White Tiger Guard was different from the Black Tortoise Guard. The Black Tortoise Guard was the main guardian and did not pursue individual prominence, but rather overall strength.
However, the White Tiger Guard was different. The White Tiger Guard focused on attacking.
Sometimes when there was a stalemate, someone needed to break the situation with pure force. At such times, the strength of the leader was crucial.
Li Xu had finally crossed the threshold between mortals and strong men today.
From then on, the White Tiger Guard also possessed its sharpest minion.
Li Xu’s aura woke up Boris and Marta, who were standing beside him. After they felt Li Xu’s changes, they showed shocked expressions.
Lin Yifei in the back was even more envious and looked at Toji Hisami with a faint, pleading gaze.
"Lord! Azure Dragon cavalry, White Tiger attack, Black Tortoise defense, Vermilion Bird magic; then do we also need a long-range army!?"
Lin Yifei suddenly strode forward, knelt down directly toward Toji Hisami with his hands clasped in fists, and spoke.
Seeing that several of his colleagues had already received their own opportunities, he couldn’t sit still.
As a high-level professional, Lin Yifei could have developed by simply following his own career path.
However, after witnessing Toji Hisami’s series of miraculous operations and the huge scale of the Jiuzhou Territory, Lin Yifei was deeply moved.
Toji Hisami was also stunned by his words.
Indeed, because of the relationship between the Vermilion Bird Guard and Elara, he had truly ignored the importance of pure long-range troops before.
However, the Vermilion Bird Guard was composed of magicians after all, and its fighting style was completely different from that of a shooter unit.
After all, Elara was only his ally, not a retainer of the Jiuzhou Territory. After leaving the Lord Trial, the Elf Archer Group would have nothing to do with him.
Thinking about it this way, they really needed to develop an army of shooters.
However, Toji Hisami was not satisfied with a simple shooter force. He sat back on his throne, resting his chin against his hand, and fell into thought.
Down below, Lin Yifei felt uneasy, as if thousands of ants were crawling in his heart.
Finally, Toji Hisami raised his head and looked at Lin Yifei.
"Since you have this intention, I will authorize you to form your own archer army."
"However, what I want is not just a simple shooter unit, but also all long-range ordnance such as artillery."
"In a word, what I want is a long-range force that can cope with all battlefield situations! Not just a group of shooters!"
"Can you do it?"
Toji Hisami spoke sentence by sentence. Lin Yifei below was a little shocked at first, but he quickly calmed down.
"I will fulfill my duty!"
"Okay! The Jiuzhou long-distance army shall be called the Shenji Battalion! It will be formed by you, Lin Yifei!"
Toji Hisami patted the armrest of the throne, and Lin Yifei below accepted the order.
At this point, the military establishment of the Jiuzhou Territory was completely settled.
With Lyra as the top person in charge, the four guards held sway underneath, followed by the Shenji Battalion and the standing troops.
Everyone took their orders and left, beginning to build their own legions with great enthusiasm.
Toji Hisami unfolded a new map of the Jiuzhou Territory and drew a new palace wall around the Lord’s Palace.
The four guards would each be stationed at four city gates, and their camps would also be arranged nearby.
Then came the various functional areas of the Jiuzhou Territory, which were paved out in sequence. Each gate corresponded to two main trunks, which were connected by auxiliary roads.
Beyond the functional areas lay a fertile farmland planting area, and a defensive city wall was built behind the planting area.
Outside the city wall was the Shenji Battalion and the camp area of the standing troops.
At the same time, various factories and laboratories were arranged on the outermost periphery.
The huge Jiuzhou Territory plan was gradually improved under Toji Hisami’s planning.
Every time he completed a section, he sent it to Lena, who would then distribute the tasks.
Lena received these detailed structural blueprints with immense relief and excitement, immediately mobilizing the logistics teams to begin zoning out the new sectors. Under Toji Hisami’s master design, every single building had its own dedicated purpose, forming an organic grid that seamlessly blended defense, production, and learning. The blueprint did not merely organize the present space; it laid down the blueprint for a rising empire that could easily support tens of thousands of citizens without a single hint of chaos.
At this time, the huge changes in the Jiuzhou Territory, along with the return of the member lords, caused massive repercussions throughout the major territories like an earthquake.
Even the lords outside the Eastern District’s Tiandong Alliance quickly got the news.
Overnight, the area of the Jiuzhou Territory had expanded more than ten times, completely shocking everyone.
People were discussing this matter crazily on public channels and group channels.
"More than two thousand square kilometers? Is this really a territory created during the trial phase?!"
"He has already upgraded to a primary domain before the trial is even halfway over! How can anyone compete with that?!"
"The gap between us and Lord Tianqi is no longer something that can be bridged by hard work alone. This is sheer suppression!"
Originally, there were still some lords who were dissatisfied with Toji Hisami because the Tiandong Alliance had taken away too many benefits in the Eastern District.
However, now, everyone had completely extinguished that little thought in their hearts.
From now on, they would be the most loyal friends of the Tiandong Alliance!
In fact, all the lords in the Eastern District had united and begun preparing for this Lord Trial to dominate the Eastern District under his lead.
The strong dominance of the Tiandong Alliance was already unstoppable in their eyes.
Under such circumstances, as fellow lords of the Eastern District, if they could seize the opportunity, they would naturally rise to heaven together.
Even if they couldn’t eat the meat, they could still follow the boss and drink some soup!
For a period of time, the hearts of the people in the entire Eastern District were united like never before, and no one harbored any other thoughts.
Even the people who worked for the Tiandong Alliance worked exceptionally hard, which amazed many members of the Tiandong Alliance itself.
Even in trade, many materials were consciously discounted by twenty percent without anyone needing to negotiate.
The result of this series of chain reactions was that Elara, the person in charge of the Southern Region for the Tiandong Alliance, received a large amount of cheaper supplies.
The entire massive trade network from the Eastern District to the Southern District was completely established by Elara due to the high quality and low prices coming from the Eastern District.
Many lords in the Southern District felt that it was better to buy than to manufacture on their own.
This caused the Holy Spirit Alliance, who had been plotting carefully, to feel a chilling coldness from the depths of their souls.