Chapter 375: Humanitarian Strategy
As soon as these words came out, the various forces that were originally afraid of the death of the True Lord could not sit still.
If Shen Yuan had taken back the territories that were short of resources in the early stage of the spiritual energy tide, it would be fine. It was not impossible to give Shen Yuan a face and give them up.
But now, as the world gradually recovers, the territory of Daxia has increased several times compared with the past. The resources contained in the revived world are the true foundation of the world.
Every time the spiritual energy tide comes, the entire Xuanhuang Realm will fight hard to compete for these resources, and one by one, the sects will disappear completely in the struggle.
Only the winner can occupy the accumulation of hundreds of years of spiritual energy tide, bring all resources into the cave paradise before the spiritual energy exhaustion period arrives, and go to the next node of spiritual energy tide recovery.
It can be said that the territories and resources of each state are tickets to the next spiritual energy tide era.
In the past thousands of years, there have even been powerful emerging forces that dominated the late stage of the spiritual energy tide, but in the end, because they failed to collect enough resources, their own cave paradise collapsed in the spiritual energy tide.
This alone is enough to show how precious these resources are. Without sufficient resources, no matter how strong one is, it is difficult to survive the period of spiritual energy depletion.
The True Lords present took advantage of the trend of heaven and earth revival and spent several years planning to successfully divide the land of the fifteen states of Daxia and seize its resources and incense.
Now Shen Yuan wants these True Lords to give up with just one sentence. Even if they agree, the forces behind them will not be willing.
"The words of the Supreme Daoist are a bit too much."
A True Lord glanced at the remnants of the void storm, suppressed his fear and said in a deep voice:
"The power of the fifteen states fell into the hands of others, which was originally due to the lack of control over the territory of Daxia.
After the recovery of heaven and earth, the demons rose up and invaded the states of Daxia. Daxia was unable to protect the people of the states, and it all depended on our cave paradise to kill all the demons to protect the peace.
And the people of the states and counties also admired the cave paradise and voluntarily broke away from the control of the Daxia Dynasty."
As soon as the True Lord finished speaking, the Imperial Observatory's expression sank and shouted:
"It's ridiculous! When heaven and earth just recovered, The railways and highways were severely damaged, which did affect Daxia's control over the states.
But this was just normal traffic. Daxia's human destiny protected towns and other places where people gathered to drive out a large number of demons. It also relied on the Yinsi incense and fire domain to prevent demons from invading major cities.
In the early days of the recovery of heaven and earth, Daxia Dynasty still protected the people of each state. "
"Why has Daxia lost control of the fifteen states until now?"
"How did you lose it? Don't you really know?"
Qintianjian was looking at the Zhenjun present with a sharp gaze, and pointed to one of the people in the crowd.
"Dongling Zhentian monks secretly destroyed the Chaofeng County City God Temple and led the demons to invade. I wonder how Zhenjun Zhu Heng should explain it?"
Zhu Heng, who was pointed at by Qintianjian, changed his expression, and then said sternly: "You are slandering out of thin air!"
Qintianjian sneered, and then looked at another Zhenjun.
"Chao Zhen Taixutian cultivator secretly spread rumors, claiming that Daxia will abandon Hezhou, which caused the people of Hezhou Prefecture to be in turmoil, attracting a group of monsters to attack and break through the prefectural army camp. True Lord Jiyue should know about this, right?"
True Lord Jiyue's expression froze, and his face was extremely ugly.
"Not only you two, the True Lords of Liangjiemen, Taixuan Faletian, and Guixuan Sizhentian should know very well how the prefecture land fell into your hands.
Although my Imperial Observatory is not strong, it is not blind."
The several major forces named were glaring at the Imperial Observatory, but with Shen Yuan in front, they dared not make any moves except glaring.
Seeing this, True Lord Ziyang, the leader of various forces, couldn't help but take a deep breath to suppress the throbbing in his heart.
Compared with other True Lords who only saw the head of Cangwu Demon Saint, True Lord Ziyang knew more, and naturally knew more clearly how terrifying the Supreme Taoist in front of him was.
"I'm afraid I can't get away with what happened today."
With a firm mind, True Lord Zi Yang gritted his teeth and said:
"It's not realistic for the Supreme Daoist to ask for the full control of the land of each state and county. We can make an agreement with the Daoist that the land of the fifteen states will continue to recognize the orthodox status of the Great Xia Dynasty.
In addition, the resources obtained by each state are also willing to be divided into 30% into the national treasury. I wonder if the Supreme Daoist is satisfied?"
"30%!"
Some of the True Lords exclaimed.
Although it doesn't sound much, you have to know that this 30% harvest does not require the dispatch of garrisons to sit in the city, nor does it require the risk of going deep into the wilderness to collect resources. It can be said that it is a benefit that can be obtained without any effort.
Even if the Great Xia completely controls the land of the eighteen states, it may not be possible to pay 30% to the national treasury after layers of exploitation. It can be said to be a huge concession.
Such a huge concession of interests immediately made a True Lord Lianxu want to refute, but he was directly met with the cold eyes of True Lord Zi Yang, and immediately swallowed the words he wanted to say back into his stomach.
The divine thoughts were transmitted among the numerous Lianxu Zhenjun.
"This is 30% of the profits. I have a lot of land in the two states of Qingxu and Zhitian, so I don't care about these things. But my sect only has one county, and giving up 30% may not be enough to meet the needs of the sect."
"The Supreme Daoist is right in front of you. If you can deal with the Supreme Daoist, I can also pay you 30% of the profits."
"Forget it. If we can pay 30% to deal with this evil star, it's worth it."
"It's hard to hide the large-scale production of mineral veins and spiritual plants, but the production of those precious spiritual plants and natural treasures is scarce. As long as you don't take the initiative to leak the secret, who knows your specific harvest? Isn't it up to you to decide how much to give?"
"Now 30% is only temporary. When the world recovers further and is enough to accommodate the ancestors of the sect, the people who come here will be the Taoists in the sect and even the immortals in the world.
Even if the Supreme Taoist is strong, it is impossible for him to fight against so many Taoists and immortals on his own. Isn't it up to us to decide how much to give?"
Shen Yuan's strength has already made all parties feel a sense of urgency. After a brief exchange, all parties chose to give up 30% of the benefits to settle the matter.
Yellow River Dragon Palace True Lord suppressed his anger and bowed to him:
"In this case, let's set 30% of the benefits. I hope that the Taoist can fulfill the agreement."
Until this moment, Shen Yuan looked up and down at everyone present with a strange look.
"Have I agreed to your conditions?"
When these words came out, all the True Lords present were stunned, even Xia Yunqiu and Qin Tianjian showed surprise on their faces.
It was a pleasant surprise to be able to let the states maintain nominal support for the Great Xia Dynasty, not to mention the 30% resource benefits.
Even in the eyes of this monarch and minister, this was already the limit of all forces.
"What does Daozi mean by this?"
Zi Yang Zhenjun couldn't keep giving in at this moment, and asked Shen Yuan proactively:
"You can get 30% of the resources for free without any effort, can't this satisfy Daozi?"
Shen Yuan shook his head slowly.
"You only have one choice, that is to hand over the land authority of each state."
In fact, if Shen Yuan just wanted to maintain the Great Xia Dynasty, the conditions offered by Zi Yang Zhenjun were already generous enough.
After all, the relationship between him and the Great Xia Dynasty was at most a little incense and affection. He didn't seek anything from the Great Xia Dynasty, so there was naturally no need to force all forces into a desperate situation and cause trouble.
But at the moment, Shen Yuan had another purpose.
Ten thousand years ago, the Great Yin Imperial City was controlled by the cultivators of the Twilight Realm. After the Great Yin Emperor became a puppet, Shen Yuan was determined to find a way to break the situation.
But the power of an individual is too weak to face the peak human dynasty. Even if Shen Yuan becomes an immortal, it is difficult to fight against it.
So Shen Yuan thought of a crucial point, that is, the trend of humanity.
The Great Yin Emperor is recognized by the heavens as the legitimate successor. He has legality and naturally occupies the trend of humanity.
In addition, the Great Yin was the peak human dynasty ten thousand years ago. Under the will of the Emperor, he can even control the destiny of humanity in other realms. Even the Golden Immortal can hardly compete with it.
But the Great Yin Emperor ten thousand years ago was only at the level of harmony. When Shen Yuan just entered the imperial capital, he found that the Great Yin Emperor seemed to have some problems and could not control all the trends of humanity.
This situation became worse after the cultivators of the Twilight Realm controlled the Great Yin Emperor with the bronze ancient tripod. The trend of humanity continued to ebb with the passage of time. Every time an order was issued and every action was taken, it would bring turbulence to the trend of humanity.
In this case, the Great Yin Emperor will inevitably weaken gradually.
Under normal circumstances, no matter how weak the Great Yin Emperor is, as long as he is not completely abandoned by the human trend, he can control the situation.
But the existence of Shen Yuan brings another possibility.
As another controller of the human trend besides the Great Yin Emperor, Shen Yuan can take advantage of the situation to rise and control the human destiny once the Great Yin Emperor's control over the human trend falls to a certain level.
At that time, the human formation will become a helper for Shen Yuan, and it will be easy to suppress the conspiracy of the Twilight Realm.
Having said that, if we have to wait until the Great Yin Emperor's human trend weakens to Shen Yuan's level, there are too many uncertainties.
Shen Yuan has no idea how long it will take for the Great Yin Emperor to weaken.
Compared to pinning his hopes on luck, Shen Yuan believes more in his own abilities, so he has initially set two plans.
The first plan is to actively guide the Great Yin Emperor to take more actions. The more the Great Yin Emperor takes actions, the faster he will weaken. Only then will Shen Yuan have the possibility of a desperate counterattack.
The second plan is to improve the great trend of humanity that he carries. Since Shen Yuan's great trend of humanity is in a weak position, it is necessary to improve Shen Yuan's great trend of humanity to narrow the gap with the Great Yin Emperor.
Shen Yuan's great trend of humanity comes from the reward of the artificial mental retardation system, but its root lies in Shen Yuan's destruction of the conspiracy of the Twilight Realm and pushing Xia Yunqiu to sit on the throne of the empress and become the imperial teacher.
The great trend of humanity has long been firmly tied to the Great Xia Dynasty and Xia Yunqiu.
The weaker the Great Xia Dynasty is, the weaker the great trend of humanity that Shen Yuan carries will naturally be.
But if the Great Xia Dynasty rises, the great trend of humanity that Shen Yuan carries will naturally increase.
It is precisely for the purpose of seizing the great trend of humanity that Shen Yuan will rush to the Great Xia Jingzhou without stopping after destroying the Qilian Demon Realm.
At present, the power of the states of the Great Xia is lost. If you want to increase the great trend of humanity, you must gather power and even actively expand power to the outside world.
This time, the major sects' abdication is a great opportunity for Shen Yuan, and Shen Yuan will naturally not miss the opportunity to take back the power of each state.
For Shen Yuan, let alone 30% of the benefits, even 100% is not as important as taking back the power of each state.
True Lord Zi Yang's face is extremely ugly, and so are the other major forces.
"No matter how strong an individual is, there is a limit after all.
Does the Supreme Daoist really think that he can compete with the entire Daxia cultivation world just because he is strong? "
"Let's go together! It's just killing a demon saint in the Hedao realm. With the combined efforts of the 26 Lianxu Zhenjun present, we can also kill the demon saint."
"The Supreme Daoist will definitely pay the price for your arrogance!"
After the words fell, the fear in the eyes of the Lianxu Zhenjuns disappeared, and the powerful magical power appeared at this moment, and its might disturbed the void as if the gods had descended to the world.
Above the sky of Jingzhou, Xia Yunqiu waved his hand to activate the incomplete human formation, and the Imperial Astronomical Observatory also showed a copywriter holding a compass, and the tense situation seemed to be ready to break out at any time.
"You have made another mistake. "
Shen Yuan's calm words sounded again.
With a light wave of his right sleeve, the twenty-six Lianxu Zhenjuns all felt the powerful spatial fluctuations enveloping them. Time and space changed, and many Lianxu Zhenjuns were already in a strange world.
This world is so vast that even with the strength of many Lianxu Zhenjuns present, it is difficult to see its boundaries at a glance.
Within the world, the sun and the moon run parallel, the four seasons rotate, and the order of time and space stabilizes the foundation of the world. It is a complete small world.
"Where is this?"
Some Lianxu Zhenjuns made angry sounds. Before they could understand the secret of this small world, the next moment the roar of heaven and earth spread throughout this realm.
A huge face appeared above the vast sky. Looking at his face, it was Shen Yuan, and his majestic voice resounded throughout the universe.
"I don't need to be strong enough to compete with the entire cultivation world. "
As he spoke, a giant hand that covered the sky slowly rose up, and time and space froze in that instant. All the True Lords seemed to be able to see a majestic hand hanging high above the long river of history, covering everything.
The water, wind and fire in the small world moved together, the sky was collapsing, the earth was collapsing, and this world seemed to be about to play chaos again.
The True Lords were shocked and angry, but at this moment they could not afford any hesitation. The Taoist artifacts, the thousand-foot golden body, the wonderful magical powers of the Tao, and the end of the external law showed infinite spiritual light, trying to tear apart the giant hand that covered the sky.
The True Lord of Lianxu had already exceeded the boundary of the small world. This realm was constantly shaking under the combined power of the twenty-six True Lords of Lianxu, as if it would be destroyed at any time.
At the moment when the magical powers of both sides were about to collide, the giant hand that covered the sky seemed to have caught a glimpse of inspiration from the infinite chaos, and a ray of spiritual light that opened up the world descended from the chaos.
In an instant, whether it was the sect-suppressing Taoist weapon or the thousand-foot golden body, they all collapsed under the spiritual light that opened up the world.
All magical powers were broken!
"I only need to suppress you."