Dragon's Origin

Chapter 206: Better Not Open It (Part 2)

When Wang Sheng led a group of people safely back to Worry-Free City, it caused a huge sensation. The sensational effect even overshadowed the news of the Emperor enfeoffing the lords.

Yu Baozhai was shaken, Worry-Free City was shaken, and the whole world was shaken. The cultivation base in the Thousand Absolute Lands, a collaboration between Yu Baozhai and Wang Sheng, was completed!

In particular, the fact that more than sixty people advanced in less than half a year, with nearly forty of them above the fifth level, directly drove all the sects that heard the news crazy.

If their own sect could monopolize this, how many experts could they cultivate?

Although Wang Sheng had been careful enough along the way, there were places in such a large team that he couldn't take care of. At least seventy or eighty craftsmen and guards died in the Thousand Absolute Lands. For a team of several hundred people, the casualty rate was indeed not small.

However, if they could build a base by paying such a small price, then it would be worth it even if they paid twice as much! In the hearts of some family heads and sect leaders, such sacrifices were simply too normal.

Various parties began to ponder how to offer enough price to win over Wang Sheng, to win over Wang Sheng's guard. The heads of various parties racked their brains.

While various parties were going crazy because of the completion of the camp in the Thousand Absolute Lands, Wang Sheng was stunned by the Emperor's enfeoffment of the lords.

The imperial family's actions were too fast. How long has it been? Wang Sheng estimated that it would take about a year to complete the grand ceremony, but the imperial family actually managed to do so much in nine months?

In the blink of an eye, the old hen turned into a duck? The Emperor became the Son of Heaven, and the eight great families became the eight great vassal states: Song, Tang, Shi, Qiu, Dai, Xia, Gan, and Feng. In addition, Worry-Free City, where Wang Sheng was now, had also become the Worry-Free Kingdom.

The treatment was still the same as before, and the promises were still the same as before. All parties recognized the detached status of Worry-Free Kingdom, but only within the original scope of Worry-Free City. However, it was indeed much nicer to hear that the City Lord had become the King.

Not only did the great families become vassal states, but even the original sects were unwilling to be outdone and all became part of the vassal states.

Unfortunately, whether they were hidden sects or worldly sects, because their existence was based on sects, various cultivation manuals and methods, rather than controlling large amounts of land and population, the territories of these sects that became vassal states were all relatively small.

Small territories meant lower titles in the enfeoffment. Among the eight great vassal states, only the Song family was the Duke of Song, and the others were all Marquis. As for the vassal states transformed from these sects, they were all Earls. Even if there were many experts in their sects, without land or population, no matter how happy the Son of Heaven was, those Marquis would suppress them.

The only ways to increase the title were to maintain a good relationship with the Son of Heaven and show enough sincerity, so that the Son of Heaven could enfeoff them as Marquis or even Duke. However, this method was effective, but it could not help the vassal states expand their territory. Even if they were enfeoffed as Duke, they would only live in one or two cities, or three or four cities, which was not comparable to the thousands of miles of territory of each of the eight great vassal states.

Another way was to perform meritorious service and help the Son of Heaven to conquer the disobedient. However, everyone had just accepted the enfeoffment and was trying to flatter the Son of Heaven. Who would be disobedient?

Perhaps this required some skill, to "fabricate" some evidence of disobedience for some weak guys, and then everyone could justifiably send troops to destroy the disobedient country. While the Son of Heaven rewarded the attackers with titles, they could also justifiably annex the territory of the disobedient country, expand their territory, and kill two birds with one stone.

Who couldn't think of this method? They were all thousand-year-old foxes, so no one should play this game. However, it was only for a short time that they could maintain peace. As time went on, there would always be unbalanced people, and then there would be wars.

What did the Zhou Emperor bring after enfeoffing the lords? The Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. There were no righteous wars in the Spring and Autumn period, and the Warring States period was even more needless to say. The name explained everything. The Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period fought for so many years before Qin unified the six countries, which ended the struggle for hegemony among the lords.

This was a grand conspiracy. As long as the imperial family firmly controlled their own territory, controlled their own army, developed silently, and pretended not to interfere, the vassal states would always fight in a mess.

Why was Eunuch Li so excited when he heard the method Wang Sheng said? Why did the Emperor immediately feel that the opportunity had come when he heard this method? To put it bluntly, this was originally a big pit dug by the imperial family for the great families with the help of Wang Sheng's proposal.

Wang Sheng's purpose was only to make the various parties a little chaotic. However, his small conspiracy was carried forward to the level of a grand conspiracy by the Emperor and those scholars, allowing the great families and sects to enter the game in a dignified manner. Wang Sheng was ashamed of his inferiority. In terms of conspiracy, Wang Sheng was far from being a match for these cunning and scheming guys.

After sighing, Wang Sheng learned another news. The Song family was also willing to open their camp to all parties and let them send people in for cultivation. It could be said that this was directly competing with the newly built camp of Yu Baozhai.

"Conspiracy!" Wang Sheng defined it without hesitation: "Whoever believes it is a fool! If you are willing to send your family's experts in to be slaughtered, then go to the Song family's camp."

"Who says it isn't?" Lu Wenhuan set up the grandest posture to entertain Wang Sheng. The topic just now was also brought up here: "However, the Duke of Song has sworn in the name of the Duke that the Song Kingdom will never play tricks in the camp in the Thousand Absolute Lands, so that all parties can send people with peace of mind."

Having just received the title of Duke of Song, it was somewhat credible to swear in the name of the Duke at this time. In this way, I am afraid that all parties might believe Song Hongde's words and send people into the Song family's camp.

Wang Sheng didn't care if more people entered the Thousand Absolute Lands for cultivation, but Wang Sheng was very upset with Song Hongde's behavior before and after. The Song family wanted to rely on this to win the cooperation and understanding of all parties, but Wang Sheng would not let him get his wish.

"Can you now let my message reach the respected Duke of Song?" Wang Sheng asked Lu Wenhuan directly.

"If I try hard, I can!" Lu Wenhuan had not wasted his time during this period. He could still do this kind of request.

"Then help me send a message to the Duke of Song." Wang Sheng said to Lu Wenhuan with a smile: "The Song family's camp, it's better not to open it."

"Are you sure?" Lu Wenhuan asked with a surprised expression, and at the same time with a hint of surprise. If the Song family's camp was not open, then Yu Baozhai's would be the only one, which was a great thing for Yu Baozhai.

"I'm sure." Wang Sheng nodded: "Tell him, and also tell other forces, no matter which family it is, one person who enters the Song family's camp will die. Don't say I didn't warn you!"