Half-Yokai Cultivating the Path of Immortality Chapter 673: 5 countries

Controversies arose one after another in the prison palace.

Liu Ji thought: "It is not appropriate to move. The good and evil country is a small country, and rashly interfering in the struggle of a big country is a way to die."

"It is precisely because we are a small country that we have to move. The surrounding countries are all enemies of Jiguo. How can we be allowed to protect ourselves alone?"

Qiu Ci sat in the corner.

More than ten years later, she has transformed the corner into a small garden with trees, flowers, mountains, flowing clouds, etc.

Next to him, Lu Tong sat on the cloud couch and listened quietly.

Liu Ji thought: "If you don't fight, it will be a small disadvantage and a small benefit. If you fight, it will be a big disadvantage and no benefit. After weighing the gains and losses, you can't take action."

"What's the big disadvantage?"

"The Liangyao Zhengguo is located in a dangerous place, and its lifeline lies in the Baishan Mountains, Shenxu, especially Shenxu. War is a gold-swallowing beast. Once involved, a large amount of money is bound to be consumed, which is not good for Shenxu and the country. ."

Liu Jixin looked at Lu Tong and said earnestly: "Master of the country, this dispute is located in Jieshui Lake and has nothing to do with the fundamentals of the country. If you win, you can't make a profit and make wedding clothes for others. If you lose, , which will deplete national strength and arouse the hostility of Ji State."

"How can Jiguo's ambition be avoided by staying behind closed doors?"

"At least it can be delayed for a few years."

Qiu Ci looked coldly and said: "If the Young Fox Kingdom dies, even if it is delayed for two hundred years, it will not help. Among the surrounding countries, only the Ji Kingdom is the enemy of life and death, and the rest can be 'allies'. Now the enemy is becoming increasingly important. The 'allies' are unable to support the prosperity, so what's the difference between continuing to stand by and wait for death?"

"The world is ever-changing, how can we know tomorrow today? The good demon Zhengguo only needs to accumulate strength, wait for the opportunity to come, and succeed in one fell swoop!"

"What if the opportunity doesn't come?"

"There is Jieshui Lake in the north, demons in the southwest, blood refinement and treasure country in the east, a land of chaos. If we can't find an opportunity, we are incompetent!"

"The Jieshui Lake is full of loose sand, the demons are extremely weak, and the two blood-refined kingdoms are at war with each other. I am afraid that no one will be able to match Ji State even though I have searched far and wide."

The two fought so hard that their breath was scattered.

Lu Tong took out a jar of scorpion wine and a pot of bamboo dew water and handed them to the two of them respectively.

"What would happen to Zhang Qiao if he were here?"

The two took the wine and looked at each other at the same time.

Lu Tongtong: "In the near future, Zhang Qiao will be in charge of the prison palace."

Zhangqiao has great talents.

Dengzhen Kingdom occupies a favorable geographical location, but Dengzhen Kingdom is not the only one with such advantageous location. Only Zhang Qiao can persuade military leaders, grand masters, wealthy people, etc. from various countries to willingly entrust huge amounts of family wealth.

Liu Jixin looked at Qiu Ci.

Qiu Ci thought for a while and said: "I have a good relationship with Zhang Xiangguo's disciple 'Dan Zui'. We often play chess. She is especially good at finding new ways and leveraging others' strength. If Zhang Xiangguo were here, she would probably not Will jump right into the game."

Liu Jixin asked: "In that case, why not ask Zhang Xiangguo to come over earlier."

Lu Tong shook his head and said, "Zhang Qiao has other important matters."

He took out two pieces of paper, handed them to the two of them respectively, and said: "This is from the Master of Yidian Hall. There are too many people with nothing to do, and we must find a way out."

"Can be sent to build fortresses."

Liu Jixin still didn’t want to get caught up in the war, and said: "On the side bordering Xuelian Kingdom, we have no danger to defend, so we should make some embankments."

Qiu Ci glanced at it and said, "Can't we send it to Shenxu?"

"There are already 80,000 people in the Divine Ruins, and they consume countless blood pills every day. If we add more people, the burden will be too heavy."

Liu Ji thought for a while, his expression brightened, and he said: "We don't need to buy more people. The Young Fox Kingdom is busy with wars. We can take the opportunity to reorganize the fields, level up the insects, flowers, and herbs, and plant them with grain and medicinal fields. It can save financial resources and consume manpower."

Lu Tong remained silent.

The contract with the Young Fox Country back then was to exchange insects and flowers for people. Now there is no need for people, but the contract is not easy to break.

Firstly, the young fox's national strength is strong, and secondly, his mediocre and careless attitude has changed.

"Don't make a decision in a hurry. Instruct each pond owner to re-survey the land and hydrology, and then hand it over to the owner of Baiqiao Mountain, and order her to prepare the medicinal juice and select seeds."

"Yes."

Qiu Ci said: "I have two friends. One of them is Danzui, a disciple of Zhangqiao Xiangguo. He is currently traveling around the world. I would like to invite them to come to Liangyao Zhengguo."

"You can invite with credentials."

"Okay."

……

Lixian Pier.

The whale boat, which had not been seen for a long time, docked outside the pier again.

Wearing a brocade robe, Shelu stood on the deck, with two delicate-looking maids standing on each side.

Lu Tong fell to the side.

"Fellow Taoist Shelu, how are you doing lately?"

Shelu smiled, stepped aside, and said: "It's not as comfortable as Taoist friends in the stormy weather. The Lord is waiting in the building, please."

"Okay."

Lu Tong took a deep look at Shelu and walked towards the building.

The top floor of the ship building.

Beside the window where Lu Tong and Shelu sat opposite each other last time, Yun Ao was sitting behind the table, closing his eyes and concentrating.

Lu Tong went over to sit down and said, "Sister, I invited you several times. What's the important matter?"

Yun Ao slowly opened his eyes.

His expression was as cold as before, but there was a hint of fatigue in the coldness.

"Junior brother, do you think the good demon Zhengguo can stand by and watch?"

Lu Tong shook his head, took out the tea set and started making tea.

Yun Ao was silent for a few moments and said: "The strength of Jiguo has exceeded everyone's expectations. If we don't stop it now, we will never have another chance in the future."

"Yeah."

Lu Tong agrees very much.

The strong get stronger and the weak get weaker.

A big country with a large territory and extremely rich output. With a large population, there are many talented people. As long as they don't make big mistakes, they will be ahead of small countries in almost all aspects.

Yun Ao said: "I will give you the island behind the weir, and I will also give you everything on the island. Do you dare to ask for it?"

Lu Tong smiled, poured a cup of tea and pushed it over.

"Sister, can I make the decision?"

Yun Ao looked at the tea cup and was speechless for a long time.

Lu Tong poured himself a glass and said: "Shu State was attacked, but Yanhou Island was safe. Shelu had already had a deal with Ji State, and now Yanhou Island is guarded by everyone except Shelu. Can’t stop.”

Yun Ao pursed his lips tightly, looked up at Lu Tong, and said, "What do you want?"

Lu Tong stared at it and asked, "Senior sister, do you want fame or profit?"

Yun Ao frowned slightly.

Lu Tongtong: "Do you want the name of the country's leader, or the interests of the country's leader?"

"How to make money without a reputation?"

"Of course, the noble family of Liangyao Zhengguo is no longer the king of the country, but the amount of 'Three Treasures' they have received is far better than that of me, the king of the country."

"Humph!"

Yun Ao narrowed his eyes and said: "You are so brave, you dare to take advantage of the situation and steal Laojun's inheritance."

Lu Tong stared at Yun Ao, shook his head slowly, and said, "It's not me."

"Who is that?"

Lu Tong had no words.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and Yun Aotong shrank suddenly and said, "Que Yu?"

"Yes, the fate between me and senior sister has ended. If you want me to take action, senior sister must pass the throne to junior sister Que Yu. With the character of junior sister, she will not be stingy with some of the 'Three Treasures'."

"Have you planned it long ago?"

"The right person will get many help, but the wrong person will get little help. Does this matter still need to be calculated?"

There was a gust of wind in the room.

Yun Ao's breathing gradually became heavier and he said: "Junior brother has forgotten that Shu Kingdom is located on the Immortal Ship. At worst, we will find another place to establish the country."

"Really?"

Lu Tong picked up the tea cup and took a slow sip.

In the past, Shushu Immortal Ship could indeed leave. But now, Shu Kingdom has expanded into a large area of ​​​​water land based on two fairy ships.

The boat can move, but the land on the water cannot be moved lightly.

Although Jieshui Lake is large, the spiritual lands are all owned by people, so it is not easy to choose another place to stay.

"Junior brother, aren't you afraid that I will kill you all? The country of Ji is powerful, but the good demon and the righteous country are vulnerable!"

Lu Tong frowned, put down his teacup, and said, "Who are you going to send, Senior Sister? Mingfeng? Feiguan? Or Shelu?"

Yun Ao raised his eyebrows, and when he was about to have an attack, Lu Tong smiled and shook his head, saying, "I'm afraid I have no choice but to take action personally."

"Everyone in the country, who can stop me?"

"Can I, Jue Mingfeng, Jue Tianniu, and King Yongshen of the Young Fox Kingdom stop Senior Sister?"

Yun Ao gritted his teeth, with some embarrassment in his expression.

"Hey."

Lu Tong sighed, looked out the window, and said, "Sister, the situation is over. It's still too late to turn back now."

"What if I don't look back?"

Lu Tong looked at Yun Ao with a calm expression and said: "The person who deceived Senior Sister back then was Bao Nang and has nothing to do with the world. Besides, Bao Nang is dead..."

"Enough!"

Yun Aofeng slammed the table and said, "I won't give it away!"

"I hope senior sister will think carefully about what I said."

Lu Tong raised his hand and turned into a streak of blood and escaped out of the window.

The whale boat slowly sailed away.

In a restaurant on the pier, Lu Tong watched Whale Boat leave and said, "Ji State really wants to go to war with Shu State?"

"Not bad."

Zhenren Yuan walked out from behind and said: "Originally it was just a casual try, but I didn't expect Shu Country to be so weak. I simply swallowed it up in one fell swoop and used Shu Country's financial resources to plot against Young Fox Country."

Lu Tong was secretly shocked.

If Ji State swallows Shu State, Young Fox State will hardly be able to survive on its own, and Liangyao Zhengguo will not be able to escape death either.

"You can't swallow it."

"Why?"

"Even Zhoushan will not agree, and neither will Zuntian Divine Realm."

"It is inevitable to go against the general trend, the most we can do is to use more tricks. But..."

Zhenren Yuan looked at Lu Tong and said: "If fellow Taoists take action together and break open Shu Kingdom and Young Fox Kingdom together with Ji State, the king is willing to divide Young Fox Kingdom equally with fellow Taoists."

Lu Tong shook his head, with a smile on his face.

Yuan Zhenren said: "If fellow Taoist don't believe it, can we exchange protons?"

"What proton can be compared with a country?"

Master Yuan was silent for a while and said: "How about we ask Jianze and Xuelian to vouch for it together?"

Lu Tong still shook his head and said: "Ji Guo is so powerful that no one can control it. No matter how much you protect people, it will only be a layer of paper shackles."

Covenants are fragile.

After numerous breaches of treaties, many checks and balances have emerged between countries, and protons and guarantors are two of them.

Guarantors are very useful.

It’s just that the guarantor must be strong enough to easily convince both parties to the contract, so that no one dares to breach the contract.

Where there is a country of benefit, no country is qualified to be a guarantor.

Zhenren Yuan saw Lu Tong’s thoughts, sighed and said: "It seems that a fight between the two countries is inevitable."

Lu Tong smiled and said: "If you and I meet, please show mercy."

"I don't want to meet fellow Taoists."

……

As day goes by, the undercurrent gradually becomes stronger.

Icebergs drifted into Jieshui Lake one after another. The caravans smelled something unusual and avoided the trade routes one after another.

Inside the Purple Air Palace.

Dian Si'er frowned and said: "Master, Yanhou Island is closed, Shu Kingdom has suspended all trade, and the Jade Chao Immortal Ship cannot approach. The business of the Chamber of Commerce has dropped by 80%, all due to the cooperation with the demon clan. Come support."

Liangyao Zhengguo has almost no internal circulation and relies entirely on external business support.

Lu Tong looked at a map and said: "Walking through the wasteland, I will write a letter and send someone to deliver it to King Zizhen."

"It will take several months at the fastest to open up new trade routes in wasteland. Moreover, the distance is so long that it will be difficult to fill the vacancies within a few years."

He stared for a while longer and said: "Let's deal with Xue Lianguo first. Ju Shu has dealings with them. Later I will ask Ju Shu to introduce a few acquaintances."

"They know everything about our place. The price must be very high. Do you want to use the warehouse?"

"Don't move, it's too early to move now."

The two discussed for a long time, but they had no intention of talking about their personal affairs in the midst of trivial matters, so Dian Si'er took the letter and left in a hurry.

Lu Tong sat alone in the hall for a long time and said, "Little blue bird."

"Here."

"Send a letter to King Yongshen of Youhu Kingdom and King Yuchao of Shu Kingdom, asking them to come and see me."

"Yes."

"It is said that Xiao Longting, Du Yin, Water Dragon King, Ji Baobao, come to Xuanyang Palace quickly."

"Yes."

A quarter of an hour later, several people entered the hall.

"Meet the Lord!", "Meet the Master."

"Sit."

A few people sat down separately.

After waiting for nearly another stick of incense, Xiao Longting came from the border of Xuelian Kingdom and said: "Greetings to the Lord."

"Sit."

"Thank you, Lord!"

Lu Tong scanned several people one by one.

The one served first eats the meat.

Xiao Longting, Duyin and others were the first to enter Wangguo and occupied a large area of ​​land. Later they became mountain lords and used this to recruit countless subordinates.

Except for Shenxu, most of the monks who can fight belong to a few people.

"Jiguo and Shuguo are fighting, have you heard about it?"

"Yeah."

"I heard something."

Lu Tongtong: "Tell me, what do you think?"

The Water Dragon King looked at Du Yin, Ji Baobao looked at Xiao Longting, and Du Yin also looked at Xiao Longting.

Xiao Longting said directly: "I obey my orders!"

Lu Tong looked at the others again.

Duyin and Shuilongwang also said: "Subordinates, obey your orders!"

Ji Baobao responded first and then added: "Master, but Huang Biaohu is not good at diving."

Lu Tong ignored it, nodded, and said: "Go back and prepare. Raise two thousand people per mountain. In addition, recruit two thousand new people to fill the vacancies."

"Yes."

The four of them retreated together.

Lu Tong looked at the empty hall and said: "It's not enough, the inheritance is still too little."

……

"Your Majesty, I would like to see you, the dramatist."

"Bring it in."

It was dark at night, and Lu Tong still stayed in the Purple Air Palace, facing a map alone.

The map is very simple, some mountains, some water, and some land.

But after there are people, there are infinite changes immediately, which no one can understand.

Ji Shu entered the palace and said: "Meet the Lord."

"What happened?"

Ju Mao glanced at the map and said: "The Blood Refining Country can make plans."

"Huh?"

Lu Tong looked condensed.

Ji Shu said: "The four-clawed crows in the Divine Ruins have more victories than defeats. Many of the bloodline leaders of the Blood Refining Kingdom have secretly attracted them. When I contacted them, I noticed something that could be plotted."

"Sit down and talk."

"Yes."

Ji Mao sat on the futon and said: "There are many bloodline leaders in the Blood Lian Kingdom. In the past, each of them either led a lineage or became an elder within the sect. Now they all hold high positions of power~IndoMTL.com~The country's leader is also Don’t dare to underestimate them.”

"I've heard about this."

The blood-refined country and the treasure country, one is a mixed country with many people, the other is a small country with strong people.

Ji Shu said: "I heard at the wine table that the reason why the Blood Refining Kingdom set up a life-and-death competition was to use the power of the Treasure Kingdom to check and balance the many bloodline masters."

"It makes sense."

"But this move may not be satisfactory. Back then, in order to tempt people to board the life-and-death ring, the leader of the Blood Refining Kingdom issued many regulations, including very generous rewards and promotions."

Lu Tong was thinking in his mind.

Wear down the strength of dissidents and enemies through life-and-death competitions, and then win over the victorious brave men through rewards.

Pulling and beating together is a good idea.

"Where are the opportunities?"

"It has something to do with us. We fight for the Pulse Master, and many rewards cannot be received, all of which are attributed to the Pulse Master. As time goes by, the Pulse Master becomes more and more powerful with more rewards, and sooner or later there will be nothing to reward."

Lu Tong understood instantly.

Without reward, there is no kindness, and there will be resentment.

And when it reaches the point where there is no reward, there are only two ways left - either to live on an equal footing, or to avoid future troubles forever.

"Are you planning to support a pulse master?"

"Exactly. The Blood Refining Country is too powerful, and strong people cannot be neighbors. They must be allowed to fall into civil strife."

"Be cautious and don't cause trouble."

"Yes."

After Ju Shu said one thing, he continued: "There is another thing. I heard that the Shu Kingdom and the Ji Kingdom have begun to fight, and there is also an opportunity for a good demon to rule the country."

"What?"

"Go north. Take the opportunity to break through the Kingdom of Shu, go deep into the Jieshui Lake, and plunder the wealth in the lake to quickly strengthen the country. Then unite with the Young Fox Kingdom to fight against the Kingdom of Ji. In this way, the great troubles in the east and west will be eliminated, and the territory in the north and south can be expanded."

Lu Tong fell into silence, stared at the map for a long time, and said: "Go down."

"Yes."