Chapter 321: The North-South War, the Northern Wilderness Prodigy

People's concepts and ideas are limited by the world and the times they live in.

In this world, people still have awe for the imperial power, and most people hold the idea of ​​"learning civil and martial arts, and serving the emperor's family".

In the eyes of the King of Donghai, he pointed out the powerlessness and weakness of the central government of the court, and revealed his ambition. Mu Lin, a poor boy, should bow down and create glory with him like other counselors and generals.

Even if Mu Lin could not agree for a while, he thought that Mu Lin just had not seen the cowardice of the central government of the court. When he saw the truth and realized the weakness of the central government, he would definitely surrender to him.

However, the King of Donghai thought a lot, but there was only one thing he didn't expect, Mu Lin... He was not a person from this world at all, and his concepts would not be limited by this world.

Learning civil and martial arts, serving the emperor's family... Bah!

The three views of the previous life made Mu Lin have no awe for the imperial power, and even thought that it was something that should be swept into the trash can.

Therefore, when he learned that the Daling Dynasty had the idea of ​​surrendering, Mu Lin never thought about supporting other princes and princes to gain the merit of following the dragon.

Mu Lin wanted to change the world, at the very least, change the dynasty.

‘The emperor takes turns, this year it’s my turn, then the throne, others can sit on it, but I can’t? ’

Of course, Mu Lin would not say the crazy thoughts in his heart, and he was even quite respectful to the King of Donghai - respecting the strong is not a courtesy, but a way of survival.

…

The King of Donghai felt Mu Lin’s respect, and he was quite satisfied with it.

When he learned that Mu Lin was unwilling to agree immediately, but wanted to consider it, he was not angry, but said generously: "Good birds choose trees to live in, the king is choosing ministers, and the ministers are also looking for kings to rely on. You can observe slowly and watch slowly, I will let you know who is the king worthy of your surrender!"

In this way, the ambitious King of Donghai left.

Mu Lin, on the other hand, murmured in his heart: "I hope the center of the Great Spirit Dynasty is not as bad as the King of the East Sea said, otherwise, it will be very troublesome to change the world."

...

I have personally witnessed Mu Lin refining the evil spirit in the time of one stick of incense, and I have also witnessed Mu Lin defeating the evil god. Even more, everyone has witnessed that Mu Lin is still alive and well after "dying" nearly a hundred times.

This talent and this tenacious vitality make all the aristocratic families in Yuzhou have no doubts about Mu Lin's future.

The phrase "future heavenly master" is not their flattery of Mu Lin, but their sincere belief.

Because the status of the heavenly master is high, many aristocratic families have not reached the level of heavenly masters, which means that Mu Lin has no free time at all in the next few days.

Every day, the elders, sons, or daughters of the major aristocratic families come to visit.

Moreover, everyone brought a lot of gifts when they came. It is not easy to hit a smiling person. With so many gifts, Mu Lin couldn't even drive them away.

Fortunately, two or three days later, Yan Yunyu and Chu Lingluo came from other places. The arrival of the two women, especially Yan Yunyu, took over many trivial matters, which finally made Mu Lin feel relieved.

However, just when he breathed a sigh of relief and before Mu Lin could think about whether to use the Tiangang Qi given by King Liang to advance, another big thing happened in Yuzhou.

"What did you say? The frontier soldiers came?"

"The King of the East Sea took action, and the human race had a civil war? But that's not right. The King of the East Sea controls the East Sea region, not the Northern Wilderness!"

The sudden news from the capital of Yuzhou shocked Mu Lin.

At the same time, Mu Lin gave up the idea of ​​taking his grandfather back to Yuzhou City at the first time.

‘Yuzhou is not safe either. There is a county god clone of mine in Ping’an Ancient County. There is also a Ping’an Ancient Street here, which is very suitable for the Yin Ba Men to practice. Let grandpa settle down here. ’

While thinking, Mu Lin looked at Yan Yunyu and signaled her to go outside to get information.

He wanted to know why the Northern Wilderness soldiers came here.

…

The news that the Northern Wilderness soldiers suddenly went south not only shocked Mu Lin, but also confused the elders of other aristocratic families.

Now, the whole Ping’an Ancient County is full of messy news. Fortunately, Mu Lin’s face is still big now. As his concubine, Yan Yunyu also benefited from it. When she asked, many people gave her face and told her the matter.

This is convenient, so after a stick of incense, she understood the truth of the matter.

After returning, she also told Mu Lin the whole story.

"The Great Spirit Dynasty did not fight a civil war, nor did the frontier army go south. The ones who came this time were the proud children of the Northern Wilderness and some elite soldiers in the army. Those people went south in the name of challenge. They are constantly challenging the elite children of the southern aristocratic families. If someone does not respond, they will even rush into the aristocratic families and defeat them. Challenging and sweeping all the way, they injured and defeated many people. Also, just yesterday, they spread the wild words that all the cultivators in the south are cowards, and said that they and others would stay in Yuzhou City. If the children in the south still have blood, they will challenge them."

"???"

"Are the proud children of the Northern Wilderness so arrogant?"

Breaking into someone's house and beating them up, and saying that the children in the southeastern states have no blood... In fact, the information Mu Lin received was not comprehensive.

The Beihuang sergeant is not that elegant, and he is not so bloody. What people say is that if the southern prodigies still have balls, challenge them, otherwise, cut them off and wear skirts.

Yan Yunyu also heard about these rude words, but as a young lady, she was naturally embarrassed to tell Mu Lin directly, so she could only use a gentle way of saying it.

However, even though Yan Yunyu had spoken in a gentle manner, the initial impression given to Mu Lin by the domineering behavior and arrogant words of the Northern Wilderness elite was still not good.

But soon, Mu Lin raised his eyebrows and felt that there must be something weird in this.

"Why do they do this? I don't believe that they are all arrogant people. I believe that one person is so, and I believe that ten or a hundred people are like this. But the young man is young and energetic. I don't believe that the commander of the Beihuang Army is still so arrogant. people."

Mu Lin never believed that the commander of Beihuang's army would not know about such a large-scale operation by Beihuang's elite.

Even, in his opinion, this was an operation commanded by the commander of the Northern Wasteland Army. Otherwise, those young men would never have been able to create such a huge momentum.

And the participation of those legion commanders also means that there must be other reasons for the Northern Wasteland Prodigy to go south this time.

"You guessed it right, this is indeed not a simple challenge trip."

The person who responded to Mu Lin's words was not Yan Yunyu, but Chu Lingluo's mother Si Ye. She also inquired about some information and brought Chu Lingluo to Mu Lin, preparing to discuss some matters with him.

Then, without waiting for Mu Lin to ask, she said bluntly:

"This time the elites of the Northern Wilderness went south on a large scale for military expenses."

"If you ask for military expenses from the imperial court, why go south?"

"Because the southeastern region is an important tax paying area..."

Following Si Ye and Yan Yunyu's explanation, Mu Lin gradually understood the whole story.

In this world, the north is bitter cold and desolate, with few spiritual lands. There are also many monsters, alien races, magic sects, and forbidden places entrenched in it.

Such a chaotic area cannot develop the economy at all, nor can it produce various resources on a large scale.

Therefore, the main tax payment area of ​​the Daling Dynasty has always been the Southeast Prefecture, which even accounted for 60 to 80% of the entire Daling Dynasty's tax revenue.

Every year, the Daling royal family collects taxes from the Southeast Prefecture and then gives them to Beihuang.

Thinking of this, Mu Lin was speechless: ‘Isn’t this just a transfer payment? Unexpectedly, when I came to this world, I could also see transfer payments. ’

Mu Lin was lamenting, while Si Ye and Yan Yunyu continued to tell Mu Lin: "Although the Southeast Prefecture paid more taxes, because of the existence of the Northern Wilderness Legion, they blocked demons, aliens, evil gods, etc. Waiting for the disaster to go south, this allowed the Southeast Prefecture to have a stable environment. Therefore, although the Southeast Prefecture had a lot of friends in the past, Beihuang always complained about poverty, but they could barely accept it, and this made the situation better. It has always been stable, but it has been different recently.”

As soon as he said this, Mu Lin knew the reason:

"Because the end is near?"

Si Ye: "Well, we in the Southeast Region have never felt deeply about the approaching doomsday. This is because the Great Spirit Emperor relied on the dragon veins to deploy a super formation to block most of the disasters outside the country's borders."

"Those who are excluded from the outside world are weird, evil gods, demons, taboo powers... and other disasters. If they want to enter the Great Spirit Dynasty, they have to fight against the Northern Wilderness Army... Therefore, during this period, they are under great pressure, and There were heavy casualties.”

"The more casualties there are, the more they want. Pensions and various resources. Every year, they ask for it."

"For their demands, the Southeast Prefecture could afford it in the early stage, but now that the tax revenue has reached more than 80%, the Southeast Prefecture can no longer afford it. Many people also feel that most of the taxes of the entire Daling Dynasty are borne by themselves. This It makes them a little angry.”

"And the Northern Wilderness Legion has even greater grievances. They believe that it was the children of their own family who stepped up to the plate, exchanging blood for blood, and exchanging lives for lives. This was how they blocked the evil spirits from outside. But now, they have made great contributions, but they have not done enough. "

"Then there were quarrels, endless quarrels..."

Before Si Ye finished speaking, Mu Lin felt that this was a sense of déjà vu.

"Isn't this the territorial dispute between the north and the south?"

Mu Lin was in an era where transportation was developed and people could move around at will. Although there were still conflicts between regions, they were not that serious.

But it was different in ancient times. There was huge traffic congestion and most people would never leave the local area in their lifetime, which made regional differences extremely serious.

The Ming Dynasty's township parties and the North-South Ranking Case were all manifestations of regional disputes.

Although there is force in this world, the social system is feudal. Therefore, regional disputes in this world are also very serious.

While Mu Lin was meditating, Si Ye spread his hands and said: "As for this quarrel, the Southeast Region has not been invaded, so the feelings are not deep, but the Northern Wilderness is different. They have always been in a state of war, and there are not so many Time to argue, right now, this elite team should be the one they send to defeat the enemy."

"They probably want the central court to know who is more important, the South or the North."

"..."

Such behavior has some effect.

In this world, strength speaks for itself after all. If the Northland defeats the Southeast Region, then the winning side will definitely gain a lot of say, while the losing side will have to spend more resources.

What's even more interesting is that Beihuang sent only some teenagers, and the banner they raised was just a challenge, which made the dispute between the north and the south still belong to the category of controversy and did not develop into a civil war.

"There are masters."

After sighing, Mu Lin thought of something and asked curiously: "By the way, is Beihuang so confident... No, they seem to have swept countless people along the way. This is not confidence, but strength... Are they so strong?"

Yan Yunyu and Si Ye both recognized the strength of Beihuang.

"Compared with the southern states, the geniuses in the Northern Wasteland are indeed stronger... There have been wars for many years, and the geniuses who survived, whether they are warriors or Qigong practitioners, are truly strong people who have experienced countless battles."

"Moreover, the battlefield training and the baptism of iron and blood have also made their wills more resilient and easier to break through."

"This actual combat experience, as well as a higher level of cultivation, makes it so that even if the strength of the cultivators in the Northern Wasteland and the Southern is equal, the Northern Wasteland often wins."

"However, the South has more resources and more people after all. With this base, the number of Qigong practitioners and warriors cultivated is also more. In the past, the strength of the two was almost the same. The Northern Wasteland has become stronger in recent years."

Speaking of this, Si Ye's expression was stern.

"Mu Lin, you also know that you can't practice before the age of sixteen, right?"

"Yes, it is said that practicing like this will cause terrible things to happen..."

Before the voice fell, Mu Lin thought of something and narrowed his eyes and said, "Do the monks in the Northern Wilderness start practicing before the age of sixteen?"

"Yes, there are many people who do this."

At this point, Si Ye did not immediately explain why they did so, but set up a silent formation to block the news from this place.

Afterwards, she used several other methods to completely block the news from here.

After everything was done, she whispered:

"The origin of our world has been polluted. Before the age of sixteen, the human body has not yet fully developed. If you rashly absorb spiritual energy, it is easy to take in some forbidden powers into the body, causing the body organs to mutate."

"Most of these mutations are bad. For example, the power of decay will make people age rapidly, and the power of plague and disease will make people entangled with illness for life. Others will grow horns and tentacles on their heads, and even split consciousness, madness, and madness... Because the origin of the body has mutated, even we can't cure it. This makes most of the Southeast Provinces not allow cultivators to practice before the age of sixteen."

"It is also because the origin of the world is polluted that this crisis is defined as a world-destroying danger!"

This secret has never been told to Mu Lin before. When Mu Lin heard this suddenly, his heart almost stopped.

"The way of heaven... is polluted?"

'So, I am favored by the way of heaven, but I am actually facing danger! ’

Thinking of his close encounter with the forbidden power, Mu Lin was filled with fear.

However, Si Ye didn’t know Mu Lin’s experience, and didn’t know that he had been looked at by the Heavenly Dao not long ago.

Therefore, she thought that Mu Lin’s fear was because he was stunned by the sudden news.

And this also made her frown.

Fortunately, Mu Lin’s behavior was not too abnormal. When she first heard about it, she was also shocked.

At this time, looking at Mu Lin’s fearful look, she hurriedly comforted him: "Don’t worry too much. Although the situation is not good, our world is not that bad... There are tall people to support the sky when it falls. The True Lords and Heavenly Masters of the human world are still there. They are helping the Heavenly Dao deal with this infection."

These words really made Mu Lin breathe a sigh of relief.

However, the sense of crisis in his heart was still very heavy.

The Heavenly Dao was polluted, which made Mu Lin understand that the crisis he was about to face was never a fight between humans or alien races, but a disaster of world destruction.

"I need to become even stronger... I can't delay any longer. I will refine the Aurora Qi into my soul and advance my body to Condensed Qi."