Chapter 222 Speculations

Looking at the accumulated ten system tasks, Lu Fan couldn't help but sigh secretly.

The rewards of these tasks are more generous than one another, but the difficulty of completing them is not small.

If you can get all these task rewards, your personal strength and the overall strength of your surroundings can be greatly improved.

But completing these tasks is not an easy task.

The simplest task is the challenge with Wang Teng, which is not too difficult.

You don't need to worry about forming a new legion, but this takes a certain amount of time and it is difficult to complete in a short time.

Thinking of this, Lu Fan looked at the second system task.

Compared with other tasks with very generous rewards, this task is slightly less difficult.

And the reward for this task is the best for him.

Because every time you conquer a force, you can improve a small realm, which is much faster than your hard practice.

If you conquer all the ten first-class forces and the eight great families, your cultivation can be improved by a full eighteen small realms.

For ordinary cultivators, it takes one or two years or even several years to improve a small realm. Some cultivators with poor talents may find it difficult to break through for decades.

Even for a genius cultivator, it would take more than ten years or even decades to reach the eighteen small realms.

So in comparison, the difficulty of completing the system task by myself is very simple.

Thinking of this, Lu Fan became more determined about what he was going to do next.

Moreover, it was not as simple as completing the system task to subdue the ten first-class forces and the eight great families.

After all, if he wanted to control Daqian, he had to face the ten first-class forces and the eight great families.

Today's Daqian looks peaceful, and the Daqian royal family firmly controls the vast territory of Daqian.

But in fact, it is not the case.

The ten first-class forces and the eight great families are all existences that listen to orders but not announcements, and are not controlled by the Daqian royal family.

Moreover, many spiritual stone veins and some secret blessed places in Daqian are in the hands of these forces.

In addition to the ten first-class forces and the eight great families, the forces ranked in the third layer also followed suit and were faintly out of the control of the Daqian royal family.

Although they did not rebel, they were always a huge hidden danger.

For any emperor, these forces are intolerable.

He believed that his cheap father had the same idea as him.

It was just that his cheap father was powerless.

He might want to take action against the ten first-class forces and the eight great families, but he couldn't.

Because once his cheap father took action, the ten first-class forces, the eight great families and other small and medium-sized forces would definitely join forces to fight.

After all, they were used to being free and controlling a large amount of resources on their own.

How could they give up their freedom and submit to the royal family?

When these thoughts popped up in his mind one after another, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed through Lu Fan's mind.

"Could it be that the reason why my father gave me military power was to take action against these forces?"

After thinking about this suddenly, Lu Fan's face suddenly showed an extremely strange look.

If this is the case, it would be interesting.

"Forget it, whether or not they are used as guns by my cheap father, these forces must be suppressed and subdued, and completely controlled in my own hands."

As long as I control these forces, the position of the Lord of Daqian is basically stable.

As long as my cheap father is not stupid, he will definitely not shake his position.

Lu Fan thought about it for a long time in the front hall before returning to the backyard to rest.

Lu Fan did not go out for the next time, but stayed in the county governor's mansion.

In addition to cultivation, he practiced swordsmanship and actual combat.

With Xiahou Dun and Pang De, Lu Fan's swordsmanship was rapidly improving, and his combat experience was becoming more and more abundant.

The news that Wang Teng challenged Lu Fan also spread to most of Daqian, especially in the northern border.

The cultivators who heard the news rushed to the Three Swords Peak to witness this battle.

Of course, many people were very curious.

Why would the first genius of Zihua Sect challenge the waste prince to a life-and-death challenge?

Could it be that the waste prince could practice?

For a time, Lu Fan's name was discussed by countless Daqian people, and many cultivators were also discussing it.

In Hanyang City, this news caused a lot of waves.

After all, everything Lu Fan did when he came to Hanyang City was seen by the people and cultivators in the city.

They also knew that Prince Lu Fan was not a waste.

It was just that Lu Fan had never publicly revealed his cultivation to the outside world, so no one knew his true cultivation.

Therefore, all the common people and cultivators in Hanyang City were guessing what Lu Fan's cultivation was.

However, not many common people and cultivators were optimistic about Lu Fan.

Although what Lu Fan did in the city made them admire him very much, they also recognized Lu Fan, the prince, from the bottom of their hearts.

But the one who challenged Lu Fan was Wang Teng, the famous first genius in the northern border.

So even if the common people and cultivators in Hanyang City recognized Lu Fan, they didn't think Lu Fan could defeat Wang Teng.

In this way, amid the discussions of countless cultivators, the day when Wang Teng challenged Lu Fan soon arrived.

When the sun rose, Lu Fan woke up from his cultivation state and slowly opened his eyes.

The moment he opened his eyes, two rays of light flashed in his eyes.

Feeling the power slowly calming down in his body, Lu Fan sighed helplessly, and a look of disappointment appeared on his face.

"The speed of practicing in seclusion alone is too slow."

If he didn't cheat, he might not feel anything.

After all, all cultivators practice step by step to improve their cultivation.

But he is different from other cultivators.

It took him less than a month to go from a useless person with no cultivation to the fourth level of the Spiritual Sea Realm.

Because he has experienced the speed and happiness of cheating, this speed of practice is too torturous at this moment.

It's like getting used to flying and suddenly changing to walking, there will definitely be a huge sense of gap.

"It seems that I still have to find a way to complete the system tasks and get the task rewards."

Just when Lu Fan was sighing and thinking like this, footsteps were heard outside the room.

Then Zhang Qi's voice came from outside.

"Your Highness, Princess Pingxi and Master An are here to visit and are waiting in the front hall."

Zhang Qi's voice woke Lu Fan up from his contemplative state. After collecting his thoughts, he said in a deep voice to the outside of the door:

"Let Xiahou Dun and Pang De wait in the front hall as well."

"Yes!"

After Zhang Qi left, Lu Fan got off the bed, washed up briefly, and went straight to the front hall.

He didn't need to guess why his cheap cousin and An Lan came.

Because today was the day when Wang Teng and himself were going to challenge each other to death, it would be strange if they didn't come.

Soon Lu Fan came to the front hall of the County Magistrate's Mansion.

When he walked in, Jiang Shang, Gu Tiefeng, Lu Wushuang, An Lan and others who were sitting in the front hall all stood up...