The most common and popular method is to attach to a certain vassal state, which is also the great righteousness of the human race. The nine kingdoms are all bordering foreign races, rejecting foreign races, and protecting the emperor is their original destiny.
The situation in the Nine Kingdoms is now different. Although life is becoming increasingly difficult for mortals, they have not yet encountered natural disasters throughout the territory, and they can barely survive. There are occasional civil commotions here and there, but they have not yet led to the collapse of the dynasty. In the past, dynasties such as Dali and other dynasties
Changes are caused by horrific natural disasters that sweep across the entire human race, starving people everywhere, and then the people rise up.
And because of the ferocity of the foreign races, under the huge pressure of resisting foreign enemies, Emperor Tang was still respected as the co-master, and the human race was still unified.
If it wants to become the mountain gate of Taichu Palace, it will actually be very difficult. How to convince the surrounding Jin, Zhao, and Ji Three Kingdoms is a difficult problem. Moreover, Taichu Palace is currently focusing on expanding the northern mountain gate, so that all the treasures transformed by the several ancestors who sat here can be
show.
If you want to become the Taichu Palace Mountain Gate without any dispute, you must at least get close to the Immortal Lord, sit here and transform your life into a treasure. This is obviously not the current option.
Naturally, there is a third way, which is to be completely self-reliant, but this means extirpating oneself from the human race, which is impossible. When thinking of this, Wei Yuan thought about the history books, and felt that the time had not yet come, and the time had not yet come.
Wei Yuan has no interest in establishing himself as king. He just doesn't want to watch the mortals around him being slaughtered by foreigners. Moreover, the Western Jin Dynasty is so stupid that the people will only suffer after being merged. The best way is for Wei Yuan to put them under his protection.
It doesn't matter what your status is.
Just as he was thinking about his future, the monks from outside came to report: "Boundary Master, there is a general from the State of Zhao who is said to be your old friend and is waiting outside."
Wei Yuan couldn't remember any of his old friends serving in Zhao State, so he left the main peak and flew to Zhike Town, where he saw a heroic general admiring the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall. Just looking at his back, he felt that he was extraordinary.
The general turned around and said with a smile: "My dear brother, long time no see!"
Li Zhi!
Wei Yuan was surprised and happy. He took a step forward and the two hugged each other before taking a serious look at each other. After a few months of separation, Li Zhi had grown a little taller. His youthfulness and tenderness were gone, and he had gained a lot more majesty, but his aura
It seems a little unstable.
Wei Yuan looked at the general Zhao attire he was wearing and said, "Brother Li, why did he become a general Zhao again?"
Li Zhi laughed and said: "My status is sensitive and I cannot be reused in Southern Qi. I heard that Zhao Guoguang was looking for talented people, so I went to defect. After fighting for half a year, I was finally promoted to deputy general."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly coughed violently for a while, and his face became abnormally flushed. Wei Yuan hurriedly supported him and asked: "But he was injured? I happen to have a senior brother Sun here who is a god in medicine. How about he heal?"
Let him show it to you?"
Li Zhi waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter. I had a sudden illness some time ago, and I don't know what the cause was, but then I got better inexplicably. It's just that the illness came and went quickly. The doctors around me couldn't explain why.
, I wrote to ask my father, and he asked the imperial doctor to see it, but there was no conclusion, and he just asked me to have a good life and recuperate."
Wei Yuan felt familiar with this symptom and asked, "Could it be a curse?"
Li Zhidao: "I have doubted it, but I am facing the mountain people and the Ji Kingdom. The mountain people are only good at attacking, killing and looting, not cursing. The Wu Clan is good at it, but I didn't provoke them. They have nothing to do with cursing me. What for?"
Li Zhi smiled and said: "I won't tell him about this in advance. Anyway, my illness is about to recover. How is your cultivation? Brother, I am currently in the late stage of Taoji and will soon reach perfection. All I have to do is wait for the opportunity to achieve the Dharma. How are you doing? , do you want to make some gestures first?”
Wei Yuan was a little hesitant and said hesitantly: "This is not good, after all, I am already in the Suspension Realm."
Li Zhi couldn't help but said, pulling Wei Yuan and walking out, saying: "Li's four-elephant and three-legged cauldron have already developed spiritual wisdom. He has many supernatural powers. If I don't let you see it, you may not know how powerful my brother is!"
After a while, the two people stood opposite each other in the martial arts arena. The eight Taoist monks around them each stood in a corner, working together to maintain the martial arts arena to prevent it from being too damaged.
The long sword in Li Zhi's hand ignited a golden flame, and an ancient giant cauldron loomed above his head. The surrounding world seemed to be slightly distorted, making Li Zhi's momentum rise steadily. This ancient cauldron is worthy of being the foundation of an immortal, and it already has some dharma-like charm. It is Distorting the rules of the surrounding world and allowing Li Zhi to use his strength, the power of Li Zhi's Taoism was increased by 50% out of thin air.
Li Zhi raised his sword to his eyebrows, and the light on the sword instantly rose to a height of ten feet. Then he slashed the sword at Wei Yuan with a long laugh, and shouted: "Brother, be careful!"
It had been a long time since he had encountered such a decent attack. Wei Yuan didn't know how to respond for a moment, so he picked up a bundle of fairy swords and threw them over.
Hundreds of fairy swords roared out. The first forty or fifty swords destroyed Li Zhi's sword energy, and the back seventy or eighty swords pricked Li Zhi into a hedgehog. But the golden light shined through the hedgehog, and it was obvious that Li Zhi had used the fairy cauldron to protect him. Own.
Wei Yuan stretched out his hand and grasped it, and dozens of fairy swords exploded at the same time, turning Li Zhi into a beggar.
After a while, Wei Yuan held a banquet, and Li Zhi had washed and bathed again, and put on new clothes and armor. However, his eyebrows were still burnt a small area, and it was difficult to recover for a while.
Li Zhi was obviously a little unhappy at the table. He had recently made a breakthrough and came to Wei Yuan with great interest, but he lost without even knowing how. How could he be happy?
Wei Yuan saw this and comforted him: "Brother Li, don't worry too much. You are still very powerful. Others may not be your opponents."
These words sounded a bit harsh... Li Zhi forced out a smile, pretending to be relaxed and said: "Haha, brother Xian is great, and he must be surrounded by high-level practitioners. If I were also in Qingming, I'm afraid I would have to squeeze in Make it into the top three."
You can't get in... Of course, Wei Yuan didn't say this.
At this time, everything was going well in Qingming, and the banquet was simple. Li Zhi didn't care. He ate in a hurry. After the servants cleaned up, he took out a piece of jade paper and spread it on the table. After activating it, a piece of Western Regions appeared in front of them. map.
The map is three-dimensional, with mountains, rivers, cities and other details, and even the newly established counties of Ningxi Prefecture and the Qingming Realm are listed on it.
Li Zhidao: "The King of Qi finally relaxed some time ago, and my father took back the boundary stone that originally belonged to our family. But I was tabooed by the Empress Dowager Xiao and could not be used in Qi State, so my father discussed with King Zhao,
The exchange has been reached. I am ready to set up a boundary stone in the Western Region and officially open up the territory!"
Wei Yuan said: "This is a great thing! Where will Brother Li plan to erect the boundary stone?"
Li Zhidao: "I came to you just to discuss this matter. I plan to erect the boundary stone farther to the west, not far nor close to your boundary, dear brother, so that we can help each other. So my idea is,
here!"
Li Zhi stretched out his hand and pointed at a point on the map. This place is located in the southwest of Qingming, more than 9,000 miles away from Qingming. This place is deeper into the Witchland than Qingming, and it is also 6,000 miles away from the nearest realm of Zhao. Li Zhi is here
It's not a big deal.
Moreover, there is knowledge here. If Li Zhi really gains a foothold, then this territory and Wei Yuan's Qing Ming can be connected together, firmly sealing the way out of the Western Jin Dynasty to the west.
What does Li Zhi want to do?
Wei Yuan said: "Brother Li is really generous! Just standing here, it must be very difficult in the early stage. Brother Li should have been prepared for it, right?"
Li Zhi smiled slightly and said: "My piece is a high-grade boundary stone. Looking at the nine countries now, there are not many high-grade boundary stones left. Therefore, the elders of the Four Saints Academy will give their full support to this expansion of territory. In the future,
We must use my realm as the foundation, expand outward, and turn it into the third mountain gate of the academy, comparable to Taichu Palace."
"If that's the case, then why don't Brother Li go further to the southwest? It's a bit cramped to be the gate of the academy in this place now."
Li Zhidao: "I have thought about it too. But I heard that you were ostracized and jealous in the Western Jin Dynasty, and they still refuse to give you a name. I thought that we are still here anyway, so it is better to stay closer to you. This way we can meet again in the future.
If the Western Jin Dynasty attacks your territory, I will have an excuse to intervene. I am a clan member of the Southern Qi Dynasty, and I am also the military envoy of the Zhao State. The Western Jin Dynasty must restrain itself no matter what."
Wei Yuan cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations to Brother Li on your promotion!"
Li Zhi laughed and said: "My boundary stone is also rare among high-grade ones. It can expand the land for 1,800 miles. For the sake of his father's face, King Zhao simply made me Zhenshan Jiedu Envoy."
We will arrive when the boundary stone has made its decision."
Wei Yuan's heart moved, he reached out and pointed on the map, and said: "I think Brother Li's realm might as well be established here."
Li Zhi took a closer look and found that the place was surrounded by mountains on three sides and faced a river on one side. It was easy to defend but difficult to attack. It had various terrains. It was located at the junction of the mountain people and the Wu tribe. There were not many strong enemies. It was indeed a pretty good foundation.
It's just that this place is nineteen thousand miles away from Qingming, so Li Zhi frowned and said, "In this case, if something happens to you, dear brother, I won't be able to come over to support you immediately."
Wei Yuan said: "Now we are all in the early stages, and our big enemy is still a foreign race. Not long ago, I caused the Western Jin Dynasty to suffer a little. They should not make any big moves for a while.
Besides, if we openly block their way to the west, I'm afraid the King of Jin will be angry. It's better to leave them enough space and let them go west. If we really fall out with the Western Jin in the future, then you and I will attack from the north and the south, and we can directly defeat them.
The land of Shanxi will be cut into two parts. No matter how much land they open in the west, won't it all be in our pocket?"
Li Zhi thought for a moment, then nodded and said: "This place was originally one of the options. I will go back and discuss it with my father. If there is no problem, it will be here. Oh, by the way, how far can the realm of the wise brother be extended?"
Wei Yuan thought for a while and said: "It should be a little more than two thousand miles, but that will be many years later."
Wei Yuan didn't lie. It was indeed a little more than two thousand miles. As for Wanli, it was just Qing Ming's own information that had not been verified.
The matter was agreed upon, and Li Zhi said again: "I see that everything in your realm is lacking, and the people are not fully clothed. When I came here, I heard that the governor Yuan Qingyan has been blocking you. So, the south of the Broken Realm borders on the Yuyang Mansion of Zhao State.
Cui Shutong, the governor of Yuyang, is a violent and greedy man. I will contact his lieutenants and ask them to send someone to escort a caravan over. You can see what you need, but it will cost more."
"Built of cloth, farm tools, fine hardware, spiritual plants." Wei Yuan reported several items in one go.
"No problem, I'll make arrangements immediately when I get back. This trip will most likely involve some conflicts with the defenders. I'll send someone to escort them in disguise. Even if we can't get through, we can guarantee a fight. Yuan Qingyan has cut off Cui Shutong's financial path, and he will never give up.
of."
Wei Yuan also said: "I will also send people in disguise to respond by then, and we should be able to survive a fight."
Li Zhi and Wei Yuan looked at each other, and the two of them thought of the same place. However, the situation of rampant horse bandits in the Broken Realm seems to be difficult to change for a while.
Chapter completed!