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Chapter 473-Battle of Zhaoqing Ends

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Shanhai regaining control of Tianshuang County signified the upcoming end of the Battle of Zhaoqing.

The same day that they took down the county, Lin Yi led the 1st and 2nd regiments of the Guards Division to continued down south.

8th month, 25th day, the 2nd and 4th division of the Dragon Legion suddenly attacked from the east and west, blocking off the retreat path of the alliance army up north.

This course of action confused the alliance army, who were still locked in their arguments.

8th month, 26th day, Zhang Han led a temporarily established division to meet up with Baiqi. Baiqi immediately ordered the troops to rush up and surround Yun An County.

During that day, the alliance army tried many times to break out, but they were unsuccessful.

8th month, 27th day, Lin Yi led his troops and gathered up with the two divisions of the Dragon Legion.

The escape route up north for the alliance army was completely blocked.

8th month, 29th day, Sun Bin's 2nd and 4th legion of the Tiger Legion rushed day and night to arrived on the battlefield a day earlier.

With that, they had gathered the Guards Division, two divisions from both the Dragon and Tiger legion, one from the Leopard Legion, one Garrison Division, and one temporarily formed division in Zhaoqing Prefecture. In total, they had eight divisions and 110 thousand people.

Meanwhile, they had trapped the 110 thousand alliance army troops inside Yun An with no reinforcements. Moreover, these troops did not have grain inside.

Surrender became the only choice of the alliance army.

Some of the members of South Alliance remained stubborn, and they refused to surrender even in death.

When Ouyang Shuo learned of the frontline news, he immediately ordered the Guards Division to coordinate with Luo Shixin's division to sweep the north of Zhaoqing and clear every territory.

The current north region of Zhaoqing Prefecture only had a small amounts of troops left in the territories.

In less than a week, they totally cleared the north out. Gaia teleported out the Lords of Zhaoqing Prefecture to the Quanzhou imperial City.

9th month, 5th day, Xiao He led a number of officials and teleported over to Wulong County to start running Zhaoqing Prefecture.

The last hope of reinforcements was destroyed, and South Alliance fell into despair. Yuan Ping and the others knew that there was no chance to escape, but they did not want to be kept as hostages. As a result, all of them committed suicide within the city and returned to their territories.

The moment they returned to the territory, the South Alliance members all announced that they were expanding their military to ten thousand men in preparation of the threat of Shanhai City. Yuan Ping also officially replaced Hefu as the alliance leader of South Alliance.

9th month, 10th day, the only Lord left, Hefu, led his forces out of the city to surrender. Along with him was the famous general, Di Qing, as well as one hundred thousand alliance army forces.

At this point, the Battle of Zhaoqing, which had lasted for one and a half months, officially ended.

Along with the end of the battle, Gaia removed the lock on the channels and the forums. All the rumors and news about the war instantly flew onto the forums.

Everyone knew that Shanhai City had once again obtained an important victory.

9th month, 14th day, Wulong County.

Baiqi, Han Xin, and all the other generals left their troops and rushed to Wulong County to meet their Lord. Along with Baiqi and the generals were Song Wen, Hefu, and Di Qing.

Ouyang Shuo held a military and administrative meeting in Wulong County.

The people attending this meeting, apart from the generals, included Xiao He and the four directors.

In this battle, apart from the Tianshuang County city protection division that were wiped out, the other divisions had all suffered casualties. In total, the death count exceeded twenty thousand.

Of course, they also captured a sky high number of soldiers.

In the south region battle, they had captured forty thousand prisoners, which they formed into a temporary division under Zhang Han.

Outside Wulong County, of the fifty thousand Qu Yi forces, they captured thirty-five thousand.

Outside Genglou County, of the eighty thousand troops, they captured forty thousand.

Inside Tianshuang County, of the thirty thousand alliance army troops, they captured twenty thousand.

Of the one hundred thousand troops in Yun An County, all of them surrendered.

They needed to organize a total of two hundred thousand prisoners, much higher than the total number of troops in the Shanhai City Army.

How to organize and arrange such a huge army also posed great issues.

The Battle of Zhaoqing exposed the lacking numbers of the Shanhai City Army. Hence, Ouyang Shuo was determined to undergo a large-scale expansion.

Although reorganizing the troops laid in the scope of the Military Affairs Department, everyone knew that above them, the Lord made the decision.

Even Du Ruhui would not make a sound now and kept his his silent.

After Hefu surrendered, Ouyang Shuo started to set and plan the reorganization matters.

During this meeting, Ouyang Shuo officially tossed out his proposal.

First, they would disband the Tianshuang County city protection division, reassigning the two thousand remaining forces.

This decision also ended Song Wu's role as a major general.

The Tianshuang County city protection division was run too deeply by the Song Family. In this military group, many generals were members of the family. Even if they were his future-in-laws, he would not allow such a situation to occur.

Ouyang Shuo wanted to make use of this chance to completely remove this cancer.

At this time, the Song Family had to heavily rely on him. Even if they felt unhappy, they did not dare to say anything.

When the Song Family regained their powers, it would not be as easy for Ouyang Shuo to make such movements.

Secondly, they needed to replenish the twelve thousand casualties.

To make up for the losses of the various division, Ouyang Shuo set a new rule. After any major war, the various fighting divisions would have the priority to choose elite soldiers.

After they refilled the various divisions, they would reorganize the remaining prisoners together. As a result, the most elite prisoners would enter the various large divisions.

Only then would their combat strength not fall to an obvious extent.

Thirdly, they needed to build the Garrison Division.

Apart from the planned Zhaoqing Prefecture Garrison Division and Lianzhou Prefecture Garrison Division, Ouyang Shuo built two more.

One would help to supplement the Shanhai City city protection division.

As the core of the territory, only relying on one city protection division seemed too little. As a result, he had to mobilize the Guards Division.

Hence, making use of this chance, Ouyang Shuo would expand the city protection division to two divisions. With that, even without the Guards Division, the could keep the main camp safe.

In the future, Ouyang Shuo's goal would be to make the city protection division into a city protection legion.

It seemed like having two divisions would suffice for now. If he directly made four divisions to form up a legion, their finances would fail to keep up even if they had enough soldiers.

Shanhai City was progressing and prospering everyday, and they now generated a sizeable economic income. However, overall, they were still in the developmental stages and needed a sizeable investment.

Ouyang Shuo did not want to cause too much of a financial strain on the territory.

He prepared the other Garrison Division for Jade Buddha County.

Jade Buddha County was a nail that Ouyang Shuo had stabbed into Jiaozhou Prefecture. To protect it and prevent South Alliance from removing it, he had to defend it.

They would quickly decide the four Garrison division major generals.

The major general of the Lianzhou Prefecture Garrison Division was Hu Yibiao, which was already set. The Zhaoqing Prefecture Garrison Division would be the young general, Suwang.

Ouyang Shuo would leave the two remaining choices to the Military Affairs Department.

No matter what, Ouyang Shuo had to respect Du Ruhui's power and grant him enough authority and space to perform his job.

If not, in the long run, he would have a tough time.

Using this chance, Ouyang Shuo also arranged the duties of Song Wu. He appointed Song Wu as the deputy major general of the Leizhou Garrison Division.

If Song Wu performed well, Ouyang Shuo could in turn promote him.

In this battle, the performance of the Leizhou Garrison Division had gained the recognition of Baiqi. The colonel, Zhao Yan, had naturally returned to the eyes of Ouyang Shuo.

At the crucial moment, Ouyang Shuo was ready to move him back into a fighting army.

Fourth, the expansion of the Leopard Legion.

Ouyang Shuo was ready to completely organize the Leopard Legion all at once.

Zhang Han replaced Wei Zhang as the major general of the 1st division. Wei Zhang, in turn, would become the major general of the 2nd division of Zhang Han's temporarily formed division.

In the legion, the 1st division till the 4th division might all look the same, but in terms of rank, they were different. The higher their position, the higher their rank.

The major general of the 1st division would be the person who had the highest chance to become the legion general in the future. Before, Shi Wanshui or Fan Lihua were the candidates.

Now, Zhang Han became the third person.

After all, with Zhang Han's ability, even the position of legion general was possible. At the appropriate time, Zhang Han would be promoted once more.

Apart from that, they would form up two divisions from the prisoners to form the 3rd and 4th divisions of the Leopard Legion.

Fallen general Di Qing would become the major general of the 3rd division.

Di Qing's ability had shone during the Battle of Zhaoqing. In fact, compared to Wei Zhang, he was a little better. However, as a new general, he could only be ranked lower than Wei Zhang.

Under Luo Shixin's charge, there were two young generals, Shao Bu and Sun Chuan Lin were both top-class cavalry generals. During this battle, they had performed excellently.

Sun Chuan Lin was a fierce general, but he was also exceedingly composed. Hence, Ouyang Shuo chose him to take up the position of major general of the 4th division.

After Lin Yi, another major general had developed from local talent.

Coincidentally, be it Lin Yi or Sun Chuan Lin, they had both worked under Luo Shixin. In addition to Shao Bu and Sun Tengjiao, they were the current best four young generals.

Luo Shixin's division was the best cavalry division and the first to pass a division trial. Its position was only lower than that of the Guards Division.

The two cavalry divisions were the two walls of the territory.

Luo Shixin, this young general, had become more and more recognized by Ouyang Shuo. His potential was endless, and he could still improve.

Ouyang Shuo was waiting for the day that Luo Shixin upgraded to emperor rank.

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Chapter 474-Organizing the Military

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The ability of Land of the Philosophers to raise the potential of the NPCs was slowly showing in the military.

Sun Chuan Lin, Shao Bu, Sun Tengjiao, Zhao Yan, Liao Kai, and the like, this bunch of home grown generals had broken through the obstacle of advanced general. It seemed unachievable before, but today, it seemed as though the bottleneck did not exist.

In the future, Shanhai City would welcome a bunch of advanced generals.

They did not need historical generals to take up the positions of major general anymore. This buff solved the future problem of advanced generals when Shanhai City expanded their army.

Apart from that, they had the Army Military Academy. At the end of the year, the first batch of people would graduate, and they would have a huge batch of professional military officers like logistics officers, clerks, strategists, and the like to join the various divisions.

In the future, each division could fight independently.

Replenishing members, expanding the Garrison Division, and organizing the Leopard Legion; all of these activities used up a hundred thousand odd prisoners. They still had a hundred thousand prisoners that needed organization.

Out of the one hundred thousand prisoners, excluding those injured and those who did not meet the standards, while also excluding the various county and House city protection squads, they had about sixty-five thousand potential troops remaining, enough to form another legion.

Ouyang Shuo did not choose to form a new legion. Instead, he expanded the current three legions. The current legions were made up of four divisions and each had 13,500 people and a total of 54,000 thousand men.

A legion, by definition, was sizeable enough to participate in a large war. However, based on the current battle situations, fifty thousand troops were not enough to control the battlefield.

One South Alliance could easily gather up two hundred thousand troops.

Hence, expanding the legion was urgently needed.

Ouyang Shuo decided to expand the four divisions to five, which coincided with the standard of five of the Shanhai City Military. He would also prepare a subordinate regiment for each legion.

With that, the strength of a legion would rise from 54,000 to 70,000, an addition of 16,000 people.

Seventy thousand elite troops were enough for a battle.

If they expanded the three divisions, they needed 48,000 men, similar to one legion.

After the expansion, they needed to appoint three more major generals.

Ouyang Shuo's principle was to try and choose from the generals that had greatly contributed in the war.

Hence, Shao Bu and Sun Tengjiao, the two cavalry generals, successfully became the 5th division major generals of the Dragon Legion and the Tiger Legion respectively.

As for the 5th division major general of the Leopard Legion, they would be chosen from one of the fallen generals.

In this battle, out of the two hundred thousand prisoners, only Di Qing was promoted. Such an obvious difference in treatment would definitely make the fallen troops feel excluded. Balancing everything, Ouyang Shuo decided to promote another fallen general.

As for the exact choice, it would be up to Du Ruhui.

After this full round of organization, Shanhai City had added four Garrison Divisions, as well as six fighting divisions, expanding to a total of 130 thousand men, a count close to the previous number of troops they had.

The fighting divisions, which were part of the three fully filled legions, had reached a total of 210 thousand troops. Apart from that, there would be Ouyang Shuo's three thousand Divine Martial Guards and the Guards Division.

Of the remaining seventeen thousand prisoners, Ouyang Shuo made them all change professions to bailiffs.

That's right, bailiffs.

Raising the position of the Internal Affairs Department, apart from giving them the power to trial cases, the second step was to prepare a strong bailiff squad for them. The bailiffs of the Law and Order Division were similar to modern day police squads.

Maintaining law and order, capturing thieves, and stopping crime organizations. Such matters were all left to the Law and Order Division.

Hence, they greatly needed to build a strong bailiff squad.

Once the Law and Order Division had enough bailiffs, they would be able to lessen the burden on the city protection squads and allow them to focus on military operations.

Ouyang Shuo required the city protection squads to be ready for the main battlefield at any moment.

He wanted to use all of these two hundred thousand prisoners to their best ability. He did not let many of these soldiers go because of the need to expand but also because the quality of these soldiers were relatively high.

The two hundred thousand prisoners were basically the entire alliance army.

During this battle, the alliance army had brought over the elite soldiers from their territories. As a result, their overall quality was above average.

After all, if he recruited and trained soldiers, and threw them into battles subsequently, the whole process would need more than three months.

Using prisoners of war was a short cut.

After this huge war, not only did the strength of the Shanhai City Army not weaken, it even increased instead. Thinking about this point, Ouyang Shuo really needed to thank South Alliance.

After confirming the plans for organizing the military, the following organization would naturally fall to the hands of the Military Affairs Department. This organization involved one hundred thousand troops and many different legions and divisions.

According to conservative estimations, without a month, they could not complete the first step of the reorganization.

For military organization, the Military Affairs Department already had a complete system.

First, they would remove the injured soldiers and the ones that did not meet the standards. They would pass these retired soldiers over to the Internal Affairs Department, who would handle them and give them new jobs.

These soldiers were all great laborers; everyone wanted to employ them.

After considering the population of people in Shanhai City, Ouyang Shuo instructed the Household Registration Division to try to arrange for this batch of ex-soldiers to work in Shanhai City and raise the population.

Ouyang Shuo wanted to let Shanhai City reach the population upper limit and upgrade to grade 2 prefecture.

Secondly, they needed to register the remaining prisoners of war and add them to the military records.

The moment they finished the military registration, they would officially integrate these people into the Shanhai City System. Others would not look down on them, and they could also enjoy the advantages of the territory. Of course, if they tried to run, they would be wanted by the entire territory.

To register two hundred thousand people, recording their soldier type, specialty, basic information and the like was a massive task. Solely relying on the Military Affairs Department was impossible.

Du Ruhui had no choice but to go and ask for help.

His first choice was naturally members of the Household Registration Division. This was their specialty, after all. Apart from that, he also took a bunch of students from the Army Military Academy to assist the Military Affairs Department.

This was also a chance for them to intern and get closer to the real action.

After the registration process, the soldier selection process would take place.

Shanhai City expanding ten divisions meant they needed fifty colonels and 250 majors. For these middle-level generals, they chose a portion from the old troops of Shanhai City, while a potion was chosen from the fallen troops.

After all, there were many elite generals among them, so Ouyang Shuo could not act biased against them.

The battle before was just them fighting for their Lords.

Now, they were one family. As their parent, Ouyang Shuo needed to treat everyone equally.

Of course, for the crucial positions, naturally, Ouyang Shuo had to grant them to generals he relied upon. The people he trusted would infiltrate all the divisions through the military reorganization.

Apart from that, Ouyang Shuo took a small number of officers from the Divine Martial Guards and Guards Division to become majors or colonels.

Be it the Divine Martial Guards or the Guards Division, they were people that Ouyang Shuo trusted the most. They were loyal to him and were willing to die for him.

Giving them roles in the divisions helped him keep control.

Ouyang Shuo had never planned to let go of his control of the military. Moreover, he wanted to prevent generals from growing arrogant and working for their personal gain.

He always thought that people were ambitious and selfish.

As a Lord, he needed to keep this ambition locked up in a cage from the start. He would not give it a chance to jump out.

Ouyang Shuo spent a vast amount of gold to pay for their salaries. Forming a professional army was with all these matters in consideration.

Apart from that, the salaries were standardized and transparent. The generals could not take the salary of the people under them. If they did that, the soldiers could report them to the Military Law Division.

With that, if any general dared to stage a coup, as long as Ouyang Shuo gave the order, the general would not be able to even move his troops, which would force them to surrender.

After exerting various methods, Ouyang Shuo could finally relax and allow the generals to bring the troops out to war. As a result of his identity, the chances of him personally leading them out would decrease in the future.

Even if he wanted to, the officials in the territory would not let him.

Of course, after they reorganized the military, he needed to go and meet each force. He needed to care for them and show his presence.

This move aimed to influence them.

Thirdly, they needed to replenish the divisions. Normally, the major generals could personally choose their troops under the accompaniment of the Military Affairs Department officials.

After all, there were many different types of generals, and their requirements of soldiers were different. Sword-shield soldiers, spearmen, archers, and more.

After the selection process, they needed to report back to the department and apply for items such as equipment, warhorses, and resources. After all, after the organization, the equipment would follow the Shanhai City standard.

This point alone was a massive expenditure.

Fourthly, and also the last step, was something the generals could not participate in.

Based on the Lord's plan, the Military Affairs Department would organize the remaining soldiers. With a division as a unit, they would hand them over to their respective units.

Throughout this process, the various major generals and generals could not interfere.

After they completed this task, the Military Affairs Department would order the division to head to a specified location to receive their forces. This method could reduce the interference of the generals on the organization of the military to a minimum.

Of course, Baiqi and the others would not just stand around and do nothing.

As commanders who would lead their men, they could ask for benefits for their soldiers and also recommend promotions for their best generals.

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Chapter 475- Military Rank System

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After announcing the military organization plan, the rewards based on respective contributions came next.

Wei Zhang was granted the title of Yanglie General. The other generals, including the soldiers who had contributed a lot, were all granted rewards. Of course, all the rewards were based on the rank and reward system that the Military Affairs Department had set up.

After busying himself for an entire month, Du Ruhui had managed to lead the Military Affairs Department to finally complete the reward and rank systems a day prior. Afterward, he obtained Ouyang Shuo's approval for the system.

This time, the reward for contributions followed the 'Shanhai Territory Military Reward system.'

Based on this system, the rewards for military contributions were split into three categories:

Firstly, monetary rewards.

This was the most basic and common reward type. Gold, silver, jewels, gems, silk, equipment, elite warhorses, cultivation methods, and the like.

Amongst these, the monetary reward was the most common.

The system clearly listed how much reward for how much contribution. The contribution list of generals and soldiers were all listed.

Of course, this system naturally rewarded those that performed well.

In other words, they would not hand out rewards on a large scale. Only the strongest warriors that killed the most enemies or those that created miracles had the chance to obtain the rewards.

Only then could they ignite the spirit of the soldiers and motivate them to do their best.

Secondly, upgrade of rank.

Based on the system, the ranks were split into General, Lieutenant, Officer, Sergeant, and Soldier, for a total of five stages and eighteen grades.

Generals were split into five grades, first being the highest and fifth being the lowest. Each 1st grade general would have a specific and unique title. Lieutenants were split into three grades, top, middle, and low grade.

The officer and sergeant ranks followed the same pattern. As for soldiers, there were split into top grade soldiers, 1st grade soldiers, 2nd grade soldiers, and private.

Their rank tied into their role in the military.

The General rank was only given to major generals and above. The Lieutenant rank was only given to colonels, Officer to majors, Sergeants to captains, and Soldiers to sergeants.

Apart from that, the private rank would only be given to soldiers that were not part of the military. Every newbie that reached rank 5 would automatically earn the private rank.

Any soldier below rank 5 would just be called a newbie; they would not have a rank.

From this standard alone, one could see the elite soldier strategy of Shanhai City. Based on this standard, anyone below rank 5 was a rookie, and they did not even have the right to head to the battlefield.

If one looked at other territories, a rank 5 soldier could already be considered an elite.

Each officer would have a basic rank after they received their job, with low grade as the standard. For example, a soldier who became a sergeant would become a grade 2 sergeant.

Of course, reaching top grade sergeant would be their max. They could only advance further if they became a captain. With this standard, the major generals would be grade 5 generals.

The military rank decided the relationship of the people in the military. Lower rank personnel must follow those above them; this was the iron law. With that, during the war, chaos would not occur.

With one unit as an example, in normal circumstances, if the major died, no one could immediately replace him or her. The captain did not have the rights to command them, so the entire unit would fall apart.

With ranks, the situation would completely change.

The moment a major died, based on military rules, the highest rank person would replace them as the temporary commander. If the replacement also died, the next highest ranked person would replace them. This process would repeat itself until the unit won or all of them died.

Just this one part of the system was better than thousands of people and horses or any territory specialty. Nothing could compare to a perfect system.

Apart from setting the relationship between boss and subordinate straight, this system also pertained to their salaries.

Making use of this timing, Du Ruhui once again revamped the salary system. In the future, the salary would only be linked to their rank and not the soldier's position and strength.

For example, before this, the salary of a sergeant was one gold a month. After the change, a top grade sergeant would receive one gold a month, a grade 1 sergeant eighty silver, and a grade 2 sergeant sixty silver.

Basically, a top grade sergeant was similar to the previous military standard. This act also silently lowered the military salary expenditure.

However, they could not say anything about this. The military was a place where strength was the most important. If you were not happy, you should work hard to raise your rank.

With that, it would motivate soldiers to work hard to receive promotions.

Du Ruhui's act was a stroke of god; he cheated them, but they still could not say anything.

Similarly, the system adjusted the various rank military salary standards. The basic principle was that they were eighty percent of the higher rank one. Which meant that in the same grade, lowering one rank would mean a twenty percent lower salary.

A top grade sergeant captain received five gold, a middle grade sergeant captain four gold, and a low grade sergeant captain three gold. A top grade captain major earned twelve gold, middle grade fifteen gold, and low grade twelve gold.

A top grade lieutenant colonel earned fifty gold, mid grade forty, and low grade thirty.

The general ranks were different too.

Based on the rules, the generals received a yearly payment. A grade 5 general would receive one thousand gold, grade 4 two thousand, grade 3 three thousand, grade 2 four thousand, and grade 1 five thousand.

Apart from the yearly payment, they also enjoyed other special treatments.

According to the rules, each general would be awarded a general manor in Shanhai City. Based on their ranks, the size of the manor would also differ.

For example, Lin Yi, a grade 5 Huwei General, was awarded the Huwei General Manor. Baiqi was a grade 1 commander-in-chief, so he was awarded a Commander-in-Chief Manor.

Ouyang Shuo planned the matter out like this because he wanted the generals under him to also enjoy the warmth of hope apart from fighting wars. Returning to Shanhai City, they would have a place to live.

Based on the Gaia's arrangements, the family of historical people would appear in the wilderness when their dynasty entered the game's proceedings.

For example, Baiqi's wife arrived in a similar manner.

Similarly, the families of Sun Bin, Er'lai, Zhang Han, and the like all came to Shanhai City.

In the military system, apart from the differing treatments of generals, the privates and rookies were treated differently too. Similarly, as the salary of the system adjusted downward, their income was changed too.

A grade 1 to 4 rookie would earn twenty silver. A grade 5 to 9 one forty silver. Grade 10 to 12 war elite warriors earned sixty silver, similar to a grade 2 sergeant.

Du Ruhui was also vicious. With just this change, he cut off ten percent of the military expenditure. Before this, a unit with an average of grade 4 soldiers could receive 275 gold.

After the change, it dropped all the way to 237 gold.

Projecting this outward, the income of a division dropped from 8250 to 7200 gold. A full legion cost around 36,000 gold.

To cut down the military expenditure, Du Ruhui truly went all in this time.

Similarly, the Military Affairs Department made the salary of the Garrison Divisions crystal clear.

Their ranking system was similar to the war fighting army. However, their salary was eighty percent less. The city protection forces acted as a group that was always on alert, so they were given the same rate as the fighting armies.

With ranks, there were naturally similar medals.

Based on Ouyang Shuo's instructions, they medals had a dragon design.

The generals all wore a golden dragon medal.

The number of gems that the dragon spat out was used to differentiate the various grades. The higher the rank, the more gems. Starting from one to five for a grade 1 great general and six for a grade 1 Commander-in-Chief.

Ouyang Shuo, as the overall commander of all the troops, would also wear a golden dragon medal. However, his medal depicted a nine-clawed golden dragon that spat out majestic golden-colored dragon balls.

Nine golden claws, five at the front, four behind.

The dragon balls of the generals were white. Their golden dragons only had seven claws, four in front and three behind.

Lieutenants, Officers, and Sergeants all had silver, iron, and bronze dragon medals respectively. Similarly, the number of dragon balls were based on their grade.

Each medal was made up of the material in its name.

The golden dragon medal was made out of gold.

As for the lowest rank, they did not have the right to wear a dragon medal. Their medal was made of bronze, and the symbol depicted a Tang Blade and a heavy sword crossing each other. Bars were used to differentiate between the ranks.

Privates had one bar, grade 2 soldiers two bars, grade 1 three bars, and top grade soldiers four bars.

Undeniably, the pushing out of the rank system signified that the Shanhai City Military was walking on the path of becoming a professional military.

They would naturally hand this large-scale reorganization to the generals.

Based on the arrangements of the Military Affairs Department, they would hold the rank award ceremony right after they completed the military reorganization.

At that time, Ouyang Shuo would personally chair it.

The last type of military reward was to grant them nobility titles.

Undeniably, in olden times, nobility titles were much better than rank rewards. Anyone who obtained a nobility title would bring glory to their ancestors.

Unfortunately, Ouyang Shuo, be it as the Lianzhou Lord or the Nanjiang Governor-General, did not have the right to grant ministers or generals nobility titles.

Only a Lord of a country could.

Hence, they shelved the third type of reward for now. When they had finally set up their country, they could give out such a reward.

Du Ruhui only listed this out to give the generals a dream and a rough idea of the future.

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Chapter 476-Zhaoqing Prefecture Organization

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The Military Affairs Department military rewards and military rank system similarly suited the navy. However, as a different field, they would have a different base color for their medals.

It had a blue base, representing the endless oceans and seas.

The cavalry forces had red as its base color, representing a fiery red passion. The infantry used yellow to represent an earth like solidness and resoluteness.

The three soldier types all had their own meanings.

Apart from the specifics of the military ranks and the military salary, they also set the different military rewards. They split the entire reward system into three tiers and nine grades, with grade 1 being the highest and grade 9 being the lowest.

Grade 1 to three were called top tier, grade 4 to 6 mid tier, and grade 7 to 9 low tier.

The different grades all had different rewards.

Top tier rewarded one with nobility titles, mid tier with military ranks, and low tier with monetary rewards.

The evaluation standard of their contributions was calculated from the number of kills and other factors such as leadership, logistics, strategy, and cover.

Similarly, the grading system was different from generals and soldiers of different ranks. For example, the role of a general was to lead, not to simply brutally kill the enemy.

Another example would be for the advisors, who needed to come up with strategies to achieve victory.

The possibilities and types were limitless, so they could not be specified.

The inspectors and generals of the troops would complete the evaluation of the military contributions together. The lowest rank general to take part in this evaluation was the majors.

With both sides monitoring each other, they could prevent false reports or negative issues like kill stealing or stealing other people's contributions.

Of course, the entire evaluation system lacked testing so far. As a result, problems would probably exist.

This was a test of Du Ruhui's ability.

More often than not, you could try to create an extremely perfect system, but in execution, matters would always go south. The end result could be harmful instead of helpful.

The revolutions and changes in history had more than a few bad examples.

Be it Wang Mang, who tried to create his ideal society or Wang An Shi, they all met problems at the execution stage.

Of course, the root cause was that they did not combine their systems with practical happenings in the world. They did not try to predict future problems, so they ended up with failure.

Apart from that, one had to understand the essence of doing things step by step.

This was a game. In the real olden society, such a change would totally not happen. As an emperor, one could not even ponder such a possibility.

The moment an emperor raised such a matter up, many people would fight for their own interests or the protectors of tradition would prevent it.

The game was completely different. The entire territory lacked aristocratic families, nobles, and confucian scholars, so the people's thinkings were more open as a result.

Because of the above reasons, Ouyang Shuo was highly confident in the success of these systems.

During this period, apart from establishing the two systems, they had also made some progress in perfecting the logistical support system that Ouyang Shuo had tasked them to create.

On the military and administrative meeting, Du Ruhui made a simple report.

This time, the Combat Logistics Department targeted the normal wear of soldiers, apart from their armor. With sword-shield soldiers as an example, apart from armor and helmet, they must wear a cotton shirt and shoes.

Hence, the Combat Logistics Department had opened two large-scale clothes factories in Lianzhou and Leizhou Prefecture. They mainly produced the daily clothes, shoes, cotton socks, cotton blankets, towels and other daily products the soldiers needed.

All these items seemed unassuming, but they were highly important to the soldiers.

In the olden day armies, if they could distribute armor and weapons to everyone, that was already considered amazing. The normal clothes they wore were brought from home. During winter, they still needed their family to send them stuff.

This time, the Combat Logistics Department was caring to the maximum, and they solved all these problems at once.

Undeniably, a scientific and logical logistical support system was one of the hallmarks of a professional army.

The Combat Logistics Department was walking on the correct path.After dealing with military matters, they would have to discuss the organization and structure of Zhaoqing Prefecture.

Ouyang Shuo still chose Tianshuang County to act as the governing base of the prefecture. They would rename it as Tianshuang City. Although it had experienced the chaos of war, its basic facilities were still the best in the entire prefecture.

Similar to Leizhou Prefecture, Zhaoqing Prefecture would also have five Houses.

After this meeting, they would occupy the current Wulong County and destroy the teleportation formation. They would rename it as Wulong City, and it would act as the governing base of Wulong House in the north of Zhaoqing.

Although Ouyang Shuo liked the teleportation formation in Wulong County, he did not dare to place the control of a teleportation formation under the hands of people he did not trust.

After Spicy Snack Prince escaped from Yun An County, he had already returned to Wulong County. Ouyang Shuo really could not give this person the same level of trust he gave Mulan Yue.

After all, both sides were not close, and it was merely a trade of interests.

After the meeting ended, Spicy Snack Prince would take up a role in a county in Leizhou Prefecture; Ouyang Shuo would totally remove him from Zhaoqing Prefecture.

In the end, Ouyang Shuo remained exceedingly wary about players.

They renamed the camp of the alliance army in Yun An County as Yun An City. It would become the governing area of the center region. They would place Yaogu County and Genglou County under the jurisdiction of the Yun An House.

Originally, Cangcheng County was much more suitable to act as the governing area of a House. Unfortunately, Baiqi had set it ablaze, leaving it in total ruins.

Ouyang Shuo did not plan to rebuild Cangcheng County. After all, such a choice might raise negative emotions amongst the locals.

As a result, the choice of Yun An House prefect was highly important. The person must have high morals and great ability, which would allow them to slowly calm the people.

In the end, Ouyang Shuo chose Lianzhou Prefecture Tianfeng House Prefect Cui Shousi.

Cui Shousi was doing excellently in Tianfeng House, and each of its indices were far ahead of others. Based on the Regulatory Division's report, the locals all had an exceedingly good opinion of their prefect.

Hence, Ouyang Shuo believed that Cui Shousi could run Yun An House well.

Apart from Tianshuang House, Wulong House and Yun An House, there was also the Shui Tai House and the Muge House. Shui Tai House was located in the south, and Muge House was right next to Jiaozhou Prefecture in the east.

As for the governor of Zhaoqing Prefecture, Ouyang Shuo decided on Du Sijing.

After getting to know him in this period of time, Ouyang Shuo had a rough idea about him. He was vastly experienced in governmental matters. He knew how to achieve benefits while avoiding problems. He was also incredibly smooth in his work, so making him a governor was a decent choice.

Name: Du Sijing (King Rank)

Dynasty: Yuan Dynasty

Identity: Nanjiang Governor-General House Zhaoqing Prefecture Governor

Occupation: Civil Servant

Loyalty: 75

Command: 50

Force: 35

Intelligence: 65

Politics: 75

Specialty: Stabilize (20% increase in efficiency of administrative matters in the territory, 10% increase in territory prestige, 15% increase in probity standards of territory).

Evaluation: Du Sijing was born in the Pan House, and he strove to learn since a young age. He researched medical studies, writing 'Jisheng Bacui.'

As for the remaining choices of prefects, the Administration Department would select them and ask Ouyang Shuo for his approval.

Coincidentally, the Administration Department had opened up their evaluations of officials in the entire territory. Zhaoqing Prefecture was not as rushed as Leizhou Prefecture, so all the officials must meet the standards before they could take up roles.

Undeniably, of the local officials in Zhaoqing Prefecture, they would remove a large portion of them.

Ouyang Shuo would ruthlessly handle this matter. Moreover, they had two hundred thousand troops in Zhaoqing Prefecture, so no one could truly cause any waves.

After settling the structure of Zhaoqing Prefecture, Ouyang Shuo left the remaining matters to the four departments, as well as the newly appointed governor to settle.

After the large-scale reshaping of Leizhou Prefecture, the four departments were familiar with this kind of task.

Making use of this free moment, Cui Yingyu reported to Ouyang Shuo about the finances of the 8th month.

Shanhai City handed over 95 thousand gold, Lianzhou Prefecture 55 thousand gold, Leizhou Prefecture 22 thousand gold, Qiongzhou Prefecture 84 thousand gold. Along with the direct income of the Industry Division of 80 thousand gold, the territory had earned 336 thousand gold in the 8th month.

This was a total of one hundred thousand gold more than the 7th month, a staggering forty percent increase.

In terms of good news, there were three.

First, Leizhou Prefecture had profits for the first time. Although it was not as much as the other prefectures, it was still decent.

The development of Leizhou Prefecture was enough to prove that the way of the king was to expand. Even if war used up many resources and one had to invest a lot at the start, one could make a lot at the later stages.

This deal was worth it!

Second, Qiongzhou Prefecture's earnings had doubled.

As the age of sea travel arrived, the finances of Yashan City exploded, bringing the finances of Qiongzhou Prefecture to a whole new level.

With the current situation, it was also possible for Qiongzhou Prefecture to surpass Lianzhou Prefecture.

After all, ever since Shanhai City was cut out from the Lianzhou Prefecture, its competitive advantage was weakened by thirty percent.

Third, the boom in income from shipbuilding.

Similarly, because of the age of sea travel, the Industry Division that followed Ouyang Shuo's instructions and let go of the Three Flowers Wine Factory, Leishan Minefields, and other similar industries did not lose profits. In fact, their profits grew.

This also gave rise to a small increase in the Shanhai City finances.

Based on Cui Yingyu's estimations, the bonuses from sea travel would continue for a long time.

One could foresee that in the next half a year, the territory finances would be more relaxed. This was also why when Ouyang Shuo had chosen to expand the army, the Financial Department did not make any noise or opposition.

Since the financial income increased and the financial outlay decreased, the territory made a record profit of 185 thousand gold.

With money, one naturally had more chips to play with.

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Chapter 477-Basic Public Services

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With money in his pocket, some of his ideas could come to fruition.

During this period of time, Ouyang Shuo had been pondering about a certain problem. The territory had developed to this stage, and they owned four prefectures of land. If this was during the olden times, their land area would be similar to a real country.

At this stage, how should he change and improve the territory?

In his past life, the scattered territory ruling experiences that Ouyang Shuo had picked up through the forums were not enough to lead and guide him to plan for the long term future of the territory.

In his past life, after five years, Di Chen's territory reached a similar state to the current Shanhai Territory. In other words, Ouyang Shuo took less than two years to complete what Di Chen did in five.

Hence, there really was not another layer of experience that Ouyang Shuo could borrow.

At this stage, Ouyang Shuo had to rely on himself. Be it Xiao He, Fan Zhongyan, or the others, although they had knowledge of history, in terms of ways of thinking, they were still restricted to the olden times.

Hence, they could perfectly complete Ouyang Shuo's plans if he directed them. Xiao He could finish all the work that Ouyang Shuo instructed him to do flawlessly. He would not need to worry.

However, for them to stand at the forefront and point out the direction for the Lord, that was a little difficult. Let us not mention Xiao He, even Zhang Liang would not have the ability.

They did not lack intelligence or capability. However, their way of thinking was fundamentally different to players.

This difference could be called a generation gap, but to put it in a bigger sense, it was the defining difference between the times.

In stories where the main character went back in time, the reason why the main character could rule the world was not because of his modern knowledge but because his way of thinking was superior.

As a result, they could jump out of the fences and create an unusual path.

Ouyang Shuo was currently playing such a character. Hence, no one could help him, only himself.

Ouyang Shuo had predicted such a situation to occur a year ago.

Hence, he would always bury himself in books, and he would continuously seek help from Fan Zhongyan and the others. His goal was to improve himself. He wanted to become the leader of his own destiny.

Thinking up to this point, Ouyang Shuo got up and stood at the window.

The courtyard outside of the window was silent as usual without the bustle of daytime. The moon hung high, and the pure moonlight shone gently on the courtyard.

Under the cover of the night, Ouyang Shuo seemed exceedingly lonely.

Top leaders are all lonely!

The rebirth had made Ouyang Shuo even more lonely than others.

No one to confide in, no one to share his thoughts with.

Ouyang Shuo's current achievements had far exceeded his expectations. Compared to his last life, the situation of Bing'er and himself were like night and day.

Logically, Ouyang Shuo should feel contented and enjoy his life.

Unfortunately, he could not!

Ouyang Shuo could not feel happy about his current state. Due to his heart as a man, as he continued to progress onward, he would forever have the lingering goal of kingship.

To hold all the power in the world and grasp all the beauties.

Which man in the world had never possessed such a dream?

Now, Ouyang Shuo had such a chance.

Standing at crossroads, Ouyang Shuo did not want to miss his chance.

To become a hero, one needed the right time—time was of essence.

The wheels of history had pushed Ouyang Shuo to his current position. He already had no way back.

The road to kingship was like rowing a boat against the current. If you did not progress forward, you would end up slipping back.

If Ouyang Shuo dared to relax, numerous enemies would charge for him and tear him to shreds. He would suffer a far worse outcome than the end of his last life.

How could the road to kingship be a bed of roses?

Ouyang Shuo wanted to claim the world, so he was destined to lose his freedom.

The moonlight was like water, washing his heart and calming him down. The loneliness from before suddenly spread out in his heart and disappeared.

Ouyang Shuo closed the window and returned to the front of the table.

The military and administrative meeting during the day had only solved the important problems at hand. There were still many matters that Ouyang Shuo needed to find the related officials to discuss one by one about.

For example, after they organized the military, the problem of where to attack would surface. Should they attack east toward the weakened Jiaozhou Prefecture or Shaozhou Prefecture? Or should they continue with the old plan and head west toward Chiyou City and attack Taiping Country afterward.

Ouyang Shuo had already allowed Taiping Country to grow for close to a year now, and it had become a colossal monster. One had to say that Ouyang Shuo's previous prediction was too confident and overly optimistic.

The current Taiping Country was not something that Shanhai City could easily overcome.

Ouyang Shuo did not expect that the recruiting ability of Hong Xiuquan would be so overpowered. Think about it, it was tough enough for Shanhai City to take down Leizhou and Zhaoqing Prefecture.

On the other hand, Taiping Country had easily taken down Zhen An Prefecture and Guilin Prefecture. It was just like collecting items for them.

Between the two, it was obvious who fared better.

This monster had already turned into a cancer for Shanhai City.

Rearing a tiger turned into a problem!

In the future, Shanhai City was destined for a tough war against Taiping Country.

Apart from that, there were the changes in the territory.

The military rank and reward system was just Ouyang Shuo testing the grounds.

The next step would be for Ouyang Shuo to make larger changes. His eyes aimed at the public services, which they had always overlooked so far.

Public services formed the core ideas of modern day public administration and governmental changes, including building public faculties, developing education, technology, culture, hygiene, politics, culture, and the like.

Throwing it into the game, everything apart from sports was relevant.

Firstly, education.

Needless to say, from the education of kids in the private schools to Xinan University, it was done with the aim to educate the people and produce talents for the territory.

Next, technology.

Technology was the first production strength. If not, what was the point of being a leader in this world? The other Lords would snatch away the various technical manuals.

Next, culture.

Culture and education were similar; they relied on one another and controlled one another.

Lastly, hygiene.

Hygiene, apart from public hygiene, included medicine and medical services.

The current territorial plans had weaknesses and even problems in these four main aspects. Before this, the territory only had a vague overview, but now, they needed to run it in depth.

Taking education as an example.

The territory education organizations like Xinan University and Army Military Academy were the highest level, even in the entire territory.

The private schools, under the help of Ouyang Shuo, had also developed quickly.

The problem was that between the private schools and the university, there was a break in the education system.

In olden times, a more complete system started from child education, county school, prefecture school, to college, and finally to the imperial college. Together, they formed a chain.

This chain, strictly speaking, was also present in the territory.

In the various Houses and counties, there were colleges that acted as the second level of education. The Xinan University played the role of imperial college.

The problem was not the college level but the type of classes.

At the primary level, items such as the three-word classics and the book of family names were normal. The Xinan University had eight colleges, so they could be considered dazzling.

However, they missed out on a prefecture grade education entity.

They had obtained the other prefectures through war. They naturally inherited the schools set up in these territories after they occupied the places.

These schools mainly taught the confucian classics.

As a result, the various prefecture schools could only send students to the economics college of Xinan University. The other colleges like law college, business college, and the others could not accept them.

The other colleges recruited students from society or from the basic level officials. These people would enter the college to learn and be molded.

This was not a long term plan.

The reason why this problem did not stand out before was because Shanhai City was only one prefecture. The Xinan University could still accept the society students in the territory.

However, the territory now had four prefectures.

Even the artisans in Zhaoqing were willing to travel thousands of miles, spending close to a month on the road to learn at the university.

Students of the four prefectures were enough to fill the university up to the brim.

Hence, they needed to build a transit ground in the middle.

As a result, in the prefecture schools, they needed to set up similar classes like calculus, business, and law. This was to let the students from there gain the qualifications to enter the university.

Similarly, if they used the various schools to group up and choose the students, only the elite ones would gain the ability to enter Xinan University.

With that, not only did it solve the problem, it would also raise the quality of students in Xinan University, making the level of the students fit the status of the university.

If not, and you asked Han Feizi and Xu Hang to teach a bunch of useless students, wasn't that a waste of resources?

Apart from that, the moment they formed the system, it would naturally become a perfect selection chain. Through the various tests at different levels, they could choose talents. This way, they did not need an imperial exam.

Anyone who managed to graduate successfully from Xinan University would naturally be one of the most outstanding talents in the territory.

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Chapter 478- Science, Education, Culture, and Health Department

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Wasn't Ouyang Shuo's plan great?

Of course, because this was basically a copy of modern day education, there was no need to pass an imperial exam. Instead, they would give round after round of exams to choose out the talents.

However, to execute this plan was extremely difficult.

Firstly, the lack of teachers.

The main map of the game mainly used Confucianism teachings, and the talents amongst the people were mainly Confucian believers. Hence, to set up other subjects in the prefecture schools, they would need to prepare the appropriate teachers.

Now, the only place that could develop teachers was Xinan University.

Firstly, they could choose a bunch of the current teachers in the colleges and place them into the prefectural schools to teach lessons. Secondly, they could choose a portion of the students that graduated to become teachers.

With the help of the two, they could set up the prefecture school structure.

Taking into account the current situation, setting up various subjects at a prefecture school level was already difficult. To do so for House schools and County schools, they really did not have the ability.

Ouyang Shuo was eager, but he would not rush the entire process.

After the prefecture schools were up and running, the students that graduated could in turn be placed down into the House schools. Like that, they could repeat the process to the county schools, and even the private schools.

Simply put, they were working from top down.

Hence, this was destined to be a long process. Ouyang Shuo predicted that it would at least take two years to complete this cycle.

Secondly, the increase in the number of subjects meant that the education costs would rise rapidly.

The education expenses belonged to the public finance expenditure. Within the territory, be it the private schools, the colleges or Xinan University, they were all free. The territory bore all the education costs.

As the number of subjects increased, the number of students would as well.

As a result, education costs would double or even triple. Including the money needed to expand the schools, they also had to account for the salaries of teachers, the maintenance of the schools, and the costs of ink and brushes.

Hence, if the finances of the territory were not on the right path, Ouyang Shuo would not have dared to make this change.

Thirdly, how to ensure fairness.

Education fairness posed a big problem since the olden times. Fairness in recruiting students, fairness in examinations, and fairness in recommendations. Each and every aspect was a tough problem.

These three tough questions were all exceedingly hard to solve, but if they solved them, it would not just affect the education system. Rather, it would change the entire official ecosystem.

Why?

The olden field was split up into officials and minor officials, these two different levels. The two would not even communicate with one another. No matter how the official was insulted, he would not be called a minor official. No matter how much the minor official got promoted, he could not become an official.

Officials were the masters and the higher class, while the minor officials were the servants, born to serve the officials.

Officials changed jobs every three years, while minor officials might stick to a position for their whole life. Officials came from elsewhere, while minor officials were local. The minor officials laid their roots there, and the son would take over for the father.

This difference in status had its benefits in that officials could not form up a power network in an area. Minor officials were familiar with the area, so they knew how to make changes and decisions.

However, in terms of executing matters, problems would arise like minor officials holding up the system and causing the whole administrative system to be stuck.

The relationship between officials and minor officials were also exceedingly complicated. Even if one rambled on for three days and three nights, they could not finish describing it.

Ouyang Shuo's basic public education was trying to blur the gap between the two, so it was bound to touch some nerves.

The new subjects, including calculus, laws and the like, were for developing minor officials.

During olden times, minor officials and officials had two different selection channels. Now, Ouyang Shuo was going to place them into the same education structure, truly groundbreaking.

What changes this move would cause, in truth, Ouyang Shuo could not clearly tell himself.

Luckily, this was in a game. If it was the real world olden times, and he dared to suggest this, he would be kicked off his position in minutes.

In the game, the basic education system and even professionalizing the administrative system were extremely beneficial, similar to the public servant system in the real world.

With that, Ouyang Shuo did not need to worry about minor officials in an area holding up the entire system. As for future minor officials, they would not need locals to take up the role, and it would not be hereditary.

At that time, the various changes that he pushed out would not easily mutate at the various execution stages. Although resistance would exist, the problems they face would be much less than the revolutions in history.

As such, Ouyang Shuo decided that he should resolutely push for this change. If it was simply to make the people smarter, he did not need to act so extravagant and large scale in doing it.

Pushing out a basic education system would set the foundations for his future changes.

The three biggest problems of education needed a strong force to solve it. The current Culture and Education Division was barely holding on. The key of the problem was that Ouyang Shuo's ambitions were far greater than this.

Apart from education, technology, culture, and hygiene all needed to be revolutionized.

With the Mohists moving in and real life experts gathering, Shanhai City's high end technology field had reached an unparalleled level. Even so, Ouyang Shuo was not satisfied.

His goal was to push for a prefecture grade technology standard.

In the cultural field, there temporarily was not any need for a revolution.

The title of Land of Philosophers had let Shanhai City become a monster in the culture field. It only needed proper directions and control right now.

The hygiene field was the second field that Ouyang Shuo planned to attack. Building a perfect public health system was his target.

In the olden times, be it doctors or physicians, they all operated in private. The only hired ones were the royal doctors.

Hence, in the olden times, the problem of hard to be treated, and treatments being too expensive was much worse than modern society.

The Lord could not see it, but many commoners had to sell their children because they had no money to cure their illnesses. Otherwise, they would fall into bankruptcy.

Basically, a worst enough disease could push a family to the brink of collapse.

Ouyang Shuo wanted to build a medical system to solve this problem. He was ready to make the Medical Department, currently a public organization, into a half official organization.

In contrast to the problems faced when trying to push out the basic education system, a lack of teachers, the territory did not lack physicians. The development of the Medical Department was quite ferocious, and their physicians numbered in the hundreds. Each location had the presence of doctors and physicians.

As long as they hired all these wandering physicians and had them work at the local Medical Department, they could solve the problem.

The difficulty of the medical revolution lied in funds instead.

To fulfil his public medical system, the Medical Department's running fees, and slides for the doctors; the territory needed to pay for all these matters.

Even in terms of medicine and herbs, if they must sell at a discount, and they would not receive profits out of it.

In such a scenario, the public healthcare would place a huge burden on the finances. As a result, they could not make medicine like education and have it to be free.

If not, even though the territory finances were in the green, it would fail to hold on.

One could foresee that education and healthcare would be the two biggest spenders of the territory's budget.

Consultation costs, how to ensure medicine supply, how to protect the rights of the doctor, how to get into contact with medicine suppliers, they needed to solve all of these problems.

Without a department handling the matter, he could not make this plan come into fruition.

Taking into account all considerations, Ouyang Shuo was ready to make a structural change to the Culture and Education Division. He could draw the blueprint at the highest level.

Education, Science, Culture, and Health Department. They would take charge of technology, education, culture, and public health matters. After the change in name, they would still be under the Administration Department.

This department would contain four divisions: technology division, education division, culture division, and health division.

If he made Yu Shuda, the original Culture and Education Secretary, the director, some people would feel unhappy. After all, the newly formed department would face a tough revolution, and it affected all parts of the territory.

Be it in terms of his skills or experience, he was not enough for the task. Hence, Ouyang Shuo planned to make him the education secretary to continue in the education field.

The first director had to be a strong hand to take care of this ship.

Based on logic, the current Administration Director Fan Zhongyan was a great choice.

According to his original plan, Ouyang Shuo wanted to let Xiao He replace Fan Zhongyan as the administration director. Unfortunately, Fan Zhongyan was leading the evaluation of the officials and could not be moved around.

Furthermore, when Ouyang Shuo was not around for long periods of time, he needed someone like Xiao He to replace him.

Hence, now was not a suitable time for such a plan.

Thinking about it, Ouyang Shuo could only make Xiao He the Education, Science, Culture, and Health Director for now. This was also a good base for Xiao He to continue building up for the future.

After all, this revolution had far reaching effects on the territory that could not be measured. If he completed this matter, his achievements in the territory would be comparable to anyone.

Coincidentally, he was currently handling the daily duties of the Governor-General House. His position as director was of great help in pushing out these changes in both the education and medical fields.

This also exposed the tough situation in Shanhai City. Ouyang Shuo was currently treating Xiao He like a universal treasure, plugging him anywhere that needed help.

Apart from him, there was no one else who could handle this.

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Chapter 479- For the People

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9th month, 15th day, Wulong City.

The formerly unassuming county had become the temporary main camp of Shanhai City. The teleportation formation in the territory shone endlessly, as people traveled between the two cities.

During the military and administrative meeting, Ouyang Shuo had set the military reorganization and the Zhaoqing Prefecture structure. Both the military and the Governor-General House felt like a fire burned at their butts, as they started to get busy.

A large number of civil servants started to move over from Shanhai City to help matters.

To Shanhai City, the post-war matters were similar to the war that had just ended, only with a lack of bloodshed.

In order to smoothly integrate Zhaoqing Prefecture into the Shanhai City rule, they depended on these civil servants.

They would spread the system and ideals of Shanhai City into each and every corner of Zhaoqing Prefecture.

As the Lord, Ouyang Shuo had a sleepless night, as he planned for the future. He finally managed to fall asleep at the dead of night.

Luckily, he had a strong body that brimmed with energy. After cultivating the Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique, he could instantly enter a deep slumber, where one hour was the same as two hours of regular sleep.

If he wanted the men under him to do their best, he could not slack as their Lord.

When the rooster outside his window started to crow, Ouyang Shuo had already woken up. After a simple wash up, he arrived at the empty floor in the courtyard and began to cultivate.

He did two rounds of Bajiquan to loosen up his muscles. Then, he did half an hour of spear practice. Toward the similarities between Bajiquan and the Yang Family Spear Technique, Ouyang Shuo had already caught some inspiration.

He believed that as long as he continued to diligently train, combining the two was just a matter of time.

After training his spear, Ouyang Shuo started to train his sword technique. The killing blade he trained in was like usual, without a hint of a killing aura. Rather than saying he was training his sword, it looked more like a sword dance.

But upon careful inspection, you would be astonished.

An invisible energy would slice the fallen leaves in the air in half, even before they got close to the Chixiao Sword. Although there was no wind in the courtyard, one could feel small explosion like knife cuts.

Whenever Ouyang Shuo trained his sword, the guards would run far away and stand at a distance. These guards, who had been through hell and back, were extremely sensitive to blood and killing aura.

The current silence was far better a raucous environment.

By the time Ouyang Shuo completed his training, two hours had unknowingly passed. He returned to his room and changed into a set of clean clothes before preparing for breakfast.

When he walked into the dinning hall, Ouyang Shuo instructed the guard, Chen Da Meng, "Da Meng, go call Mr. Xiao and ask for him to look for me in the reading room."

"Yes, my Lord!"

Chen Da Meng was a brute that was built unusually burly. He was 195 centimeters in height with bulging muscles. His body was comparable to that of a human-sized fierce beast.

Do not just look at his large size, which might make him look stupid. One could not underestimate his Bajiquan.

Before he came to Shanhai City, he was a hunter, and his life depended on his hunts. Apart from a sickly little brother, he had no other family members.

To treat his brother's illness, he had entered deep into the forests to fight tigers, leopards, and wolves. In his homeland, he was a relative famous as a fellow who could fight anything.

When he came to Shanhai City, he entered the Bajiquan dojo and became a disciple under Lin Yue. Who knew that this guy, who looked burly and stupid, would actually possess a super strong comprehension, and his understanding of fist techniques shocked even Lin Yue.

Lin Yue paid attention to him for three months and decided to accept him as a direct disciple, teaching him the essence of Bajiquan.

With that, his martial art skills skyrocketed.

In contrast to Lin Yue's eldest disciple, Wang Feng, who was adept at spears, Chen Da Meng loved fist techniques. A pair of fists, who knew how many heroes and soldiers had died under it. With one fist, he could even down a cow.

Apart from fist techniques, the only weapon he knew how to use was a dagger. Hence, he could only fight on the ground and not on a horse.

After he learned everything, Chen Da Meng followed his elder disciples and chose to join the military.

After a period of training, he successfully became a member of the Divine Martial Guards. Not long ago, Ouyang Shuo chose him to be the captain of the Royal Guards.

Ouyang Shuo's first bodyguard, Wang Feng, currently led three thousand soldiers. As such, it was not suitable for him to just stick next to Ouyang Shuo.

Hence, Ouyang Shuo chose another two hundred people from the Divine Martial Guards to take the role of his Royal Guards that would guard him twenty-four-seven.

Chen Da Meng was the captain and also his closest bodyguard.

In olden times, any bodyguard of the Lord had exceptional martial arts, such as Dian Wei and Xu Zhu under Cao Cao.

Chen Da Meng naturally could not compare to them.

However, for now, it was enough.

Ouyang Shuo was still unwilling to use a famous general as his bodyguard. After all, he was a player, so even if he was assassinated, he could revive. Hence, he did not need a large number of guards to protect his safety.

When Ouyang Shuo was eating, Xiao He followed behind Chen Da Meng and hurried over. Seeing that the Lord was still eating, Xiao He decided to wait outside.

"Mr. Xiao is here? Please enter."

"Lord!"

When Xiao He heard these words, he walked into the dinning hall and bowed.

A Lord meeting an official in a dinning hall. If such news spread out, the scholars would scold him to death.

Ouyang Shuo did not care and just did what he wanted. He laughed, as he said, "Mr. Xiao rushed over, so you must not have eaten yet? Da Meng, prepare a bowl and chopsticks for Mr. Xiao."

"Yes, my Lord!"

Chen Da Meng, who stood outside, acknowledged the order and went to prepare.

When he went out to war, Chen Da Meng was both his bodyguard and his butler. To make this large man carry tea and food, probably only Ouyang Shuo could think of that.

Chen Da Meng himself did not overthink the matter. Before he lived in Shanhai City, he took care of his brother all by himself, so he was familiar with such tasks.

Washing clothes and cooking rice, he knew how to do it all.

The ones that felt awkward were only the officials like Xiao He.

Seeing this tall and fierce warrior hand over a pair of chopsticks, it truly felt weird. The small bowl and chopsticks looked like toys in his massive hand.

Xiao He was anxious that if this fellow used a little strength, the items would break.

In olden times, to eat together with a king was a considerable honour. Although Xiao He was born in the wilderness, he had probably eaten together with Liu Bang before.

However, facing the Lord opposite him, he felt a little anxious.

Although the Lord was young, he was resolute and emitted a certain aura.

Ouyang Shuo had invited Xiao He, but he did not start talking about work at the table. The olden theory of keeping quiet while eating and sleeping had its rights.

After eating, the two of them came to the reading room.

At this point, Chen Da Meng had prepared tea for them. He was of the same level as the maidservants in the Nanjiang Governor-General House. Some newcomers were not even at his standard.

"Look at this!"

Ouyang Shuo sat at his desk and picked up a document. On the document, the words 'Top Secret' were written in red ink. Evidently, this document was only allowed to spread to a small circle.

When Xiao He heard the prompt, he got up and walked in front to receive the document respectfully before returning to his seat.

Ouyang Shuo had prepared this document yesterday. It discussed the new department and the revolution regarding education and medical areas.

When Xiao He read the document, waves rose up in his heart.

As it was a top secret document, Ouyang Shuo had specifically detailed the areas and future implications.

Ouyang Shuo wrote about these matters to show him the importance and meaning of this revolution. He did not wish for Xiao He to possess misunderstandings that could result in the revolution being a failure.

As such, after he read the document, Xiao He felt terrified. This revolution was something he had never heard about, entirely different from the dynasties and actions of other kings.

At the same time, Xiao He was an intelligent official.

He realized the use of this revolution to the territory. Especially to the people, this was a chance to change their destinies entirely.

"Lord is a genius, loving the people like his children. Such a Lord is the blessing of the people."

Xiao He got up once more and respectfully bowed.

Ouyang Shuo nodded and looked at Xiao He. Then, he solemnly said, "I'll let you take the lead and be in charge of building the Science, Education, Culture, and Health Department. Do you have confidence?"

"To work for the Lord, even in death, I will not reject it!"

Xiao He solemnly knelt down and swore. At the current moment, an uncontrollable aspiration and pride rose up from within him.

As a famous minister of a generation, his heart had a substantial political and governmental burden. To be able to help the ruler of the world was the aspiration of every scholar.

To work for the world, to use your life for the people, to continue learning and to spread world peace.

This revolution helped to improve the lives of the people, which gave Xiao He the feeling that he was standing at the start of a new generation.

Probably, in this simple reading room, during this dull morning, Xiao He had completed his most significant transformation in his life.

The moment he was reborn and escaped from the fences of this era, Xiao He could proceed upward and assist Ouyang Shuo in the future real world.

Ouyang Shuo was the only witness to all this.

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Chapter 480-Zhenhai City

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After sending Xiao He away, Ouyang Shuo met another person, Hefu.

After learning that Jade Buddha County had fallen, South Alliance not only removed him from his role as alliance leader, they even kicked him out. The current Hefu was truly a lonely person.

The only thing of value would be the control over Jade Buddha County.

After learning that Tianshuang County had fallen, Ouyang Shuo was eager to find another city in the center of Lingnan Province.

In the end, Ouyang Shuo had set his sights on Jade Buddha County. Apart from the fact that he needed it during the war, its harbor was another attractive factor.

Coincidentally, Jiaozhou Harbor was located between Beihai Harbor and Quanzhou Harbor, so it could act as a transit point for goods.

Be it merchant ships or warships, they could only carry a limited amount of freshwater and food. If they brought too much, it would affect the number of other goods they could carry.

Hence, during a routine naval journey, people would choose to stop at a few harbors along the way.

The position of Jiaozhou Harbor was special.

With Jiaozhou Harbor, Ouyang Shuo's plan to transport goods through the sea from Quanzhou could become a reality.

This was also the reason why Ouyang Shuo had ordered Zhao Kuo to not destroy the stone steele.

The bright sunlight shone into the courtyard, as the blooming flowers bloomed emitted a vibrant vilatality.

Hefu, who the guards escorted, was looking really down. His face now had a beard, and he looked defeated. He did not have the aura of a Lord or the prestige from before.

Maybe because he was not used to the light, but Hefu used his hand to shade his forehead, as he squinted his eyes.

Ouyang Shuo stood in the corridor. He looked at Hefu, who walked step by step towards him. If you lost, you became a prisoner. Today's outcome could serve as a lesson for others.

"Lord Hefu, I've long been looking for you!" Ouyang Shuo greeted.

When Hefu heard these words, he raised his head and looked at Ouyang Shuo, as his mouth turned into a self-deprecating smile. With a hoarse voice, he said, "I am a fallen man. Lord Wuyi is joking!"

The man in front of him was the Lord that destroyed his dreams and ambitions.

Weirdly enough, the current Hefu did not feel any anger or regret. It was like all his moments had disappeared the moment he lost.

The man in front of him was of similar age, but he stood at the pinnacle of the game. There was also a moment that he himself was one step away from approaching such a position.

That small distance had resulted in the current difference between night and day.

This displayed the luck and misfortune of life.

Thinking about this point, Hefu felt more and more desperate. He only wanted to use the last of his chips to exchange for some money. Then, he would find an imperial city to seclude himself.

The two opponents stood facing one another, not saying anything.

"Please!"

In the end, Ouyang Shuo broke the silence and led Hefu into the reading room. Toward this person and such an opponent, Ouyang Shuo still held a great deal of respect for him.

Hefu did not mind, nodding his head and walking in. He sat on his own and said tiredly, "Lord Wuyi, what terms do you have. Please state them!"

His voice contained a mix of his sense of failure and his exhaustion.

When Ouyang Shuo heard this, he knew that the words he had prepared would not come into play. He smiled slightly, "Lord Hefu is frank. Since that's the case, I will not beat around the bush. I have twenty thousand gold here; hand over Jade Buddha County over to me."

"Fifty thousand!"

This time, Hefu's voice was resolute.

Ouyang Shuo frowned; this was a bit of a ripoff. However, he had to admit that the actual value of the county was not twenty thousand.

But the problem was that the current Jade Buddha County was already in his hands. Ouyang Shuo was only buying the teleportation formation.

"Thirty thousand gold, no more bargaining. Lord Hefu, you should know that you do not have much bargaining room." In the end, Ouyang Shuo decided to give in slightly and add in an extra ten thousand gold.

Thirty thousand gold was enough to let Hefu live as he wished. If he did a little business, he could easily become rich.

Silence, a long, long silence.

Hefu closed his mouth. He did not even speak a word, as he had a final internal struggle.

Even so, Ouyang Shuo's attitude remained unchanging. At this time, sympathy had left his body, and there was only coldness and rationality left.

A difference of twenty thousand gold was enough to let Shanhai City do many things.

In the financial profits of the 8th month, apart from the funds needed for the education and medical revolutions, Ouyang Shuo needed ten thousand gold to fund the Shanhai Guards.

Hence, the amount of money on hand was not enough for him to spend thoughtlessly.

He had already spent a considerable sum of money when he formed the Black Snake Guards. Now, to create the Shanhai Guards, which stood at a level higher, the amount of funds would naturally reach an even more terrifying number.

After all, to develop and maintain a bunch of spies was not an easy matter.

The Battle of Zhaoqing and the changes in Wulong County were enough to prove the value of intel. Ouyang Shuo's investment into the Black Snake Guards had not gone to waste; his investment had bore fruit.

Just as Ouyang Shuo started to feel a little impatient, Hefu finally let go.

"I agree!"

Hefu raised his head and looked at Ouyang Shuo, "Who should I let it go to?"

"Song Wen!"

"Song Wen?"

Hefu felt a little surprised. It was a person who had lost to him.

"That's right!"

Amongst Lord gamemode players, there were not many people he trusted. Apart from Song Wen, there were none left. As a result, Ouyang Shuo had much such plans when Tianshuang County fell.

Moreover, this was a sort of the compensation from Ouyang Shuo to Song Wen.

"Okay!"

Although Hefu felt that it was strange, he did not care much. He immediately opened the territory interface and chose to hand over control.

"System Notification: Player Hefu, will you hand over control of your territory?"

"Yes!"

"System Notification: Please set player to take control. Friendly Reminder: the set person's occupation must be a Lord."

"Song Wen!"

"System Notification: Searching for Song Wen…."

"System Notification: Player meets the requirements. Will you hand over control?"

"Yes!"

"System Notification: Control has been handed over. Automatically removing the position of the Jade Buddha County Lord."

At this point, Jade Buddha County had a new Lord.

Hefu took the thirty thousand gold and left through the Wulong City teleportation formation. After that, Ouyang Shuo did not hear any news related to him.

Initially, the Black Snake Guards wanted to follow him and assassinate him once as revenge.

However, Ouyang Shuo did not agree for a simple reason. In Tianshuang County, Hefu had displayed some goodwill actions toward the Four Seas Bank that Ouyang Shuo wished to repay.

After Hefu handed over control of the territory, Song Wen went to find Ouyang Shuo.

Before this, Song Wen did not know that Ouyang Shuo had any plans. Then, he suddenly receives this notification, which made him feel astonished and very touched.

He did not expect that after losing Tianshuang County, he would be given the even better Jade Buddha County.

Although both were territories, Song Wen knew that they were fundamentally different.

Tianshuang County was the private territory of the Song Family, so they could decide everything.

Jade Buddha County was different, as it belonged to Shanhai Territory, to Ouyang Shuo. To put it bluntly, Song Wen was just a high-level employee.

He was not a Lord of a territory but a city. His identity was similar to Mulan Yue's. Moreover, he did not hand over a territory, so he had a lower position than her.

When the two of them met, the atmosphere was also exceedingly awkward.

The last time they met was at the Shanhai Alliance gathering. Even during the Battle of Julu, the two rarely talked.

During the meeting, as Song Wen was the son of the Song Family, he had the power to talk to Ouyang Shuo equally as friends.

But now, as times had changed, the situation had also changed. Their identities and roles had changed completely.

Now, when Song Wen met Ouyang Shuo, he felt the need to lower himself. Song Wen himself knew that he needed to reevaluate this person in front of him. He would have to change the way he acted.

The current Ouyang Shuo was his master.

Since Song Wen came to him, Ouyang Shuo decided to describe his plans for Jade Buddha County.

Jade Buddha County was renamed as Zhenhai City.

Ouyang Shuo changed the name because Jade Buddha County had the mark of Hefu's name.

Song Wen would become the mayor of Zhen An City.

Apart from that, he did not receive land or rank like Mulan Yue. Members of the Song Family could not move over and had to stay in Shanhai City.

This was a warning from Ouyang Shuo.

The day that Song Wen's accomplishments satisfied Ouyang Shuo, he would grant the former rank and land.

Apart from that, as the mayor, he was only in charge of administrative matters. As for military affairs, Ouyang Shuo had other plans.

Apart from forming a Garrison Division, Ouyang Shuo was ready to create another naval division. Temporarily, they would just call it the Jiaozhou Squadron Dirt Division.

As for the captain, Ouyang Shuo chose Yanhuo Yaonie.

Although in the attack of Jade Buddha County, the two squadrons did not have the chance to show off, Yanhuo Yaonie had already met the mark to receive a promotion.

This time, Yanhuo Yaonie had obtained a stage to show off his talents. Whether he was able to lead the Jiaozhou Squadron 1st division and guard Zhenhai City was Ouyang Shuo's test for him.

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Chapter 481- Shanhai City Region Planning

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After dealing with Zhenhai City matters, Ouyang Shuo finally had some free time.

Organizing the military and calming down Zhaoqing Prefecture; these two jobs would take place at the same time. Even so, without a month, they could not reap any rewards.

Making use of this rare rest time, Ouyang Shuo was ready to set off and tour Zhaoqing Prefecture.

Although Zhaoqing Prefecture had calmed down, the hearts of the people had not. The government had posted announcements to try to soothe them, but they all remained frightened.

The death of their Lord, the loss of their army, and the surrender. Even after a month, they still remembered these events fervently.

Fear and uncertainty shrouded the entire Zhaoqing Prefecture.

Over the skies of Zhaoqing Prefecture, the gloomy clouds signaled death and despair.

Based on the reports of the Black Snake Guards, hundreds of people had move out of some of the cities.

In the wilderness, people formed their most significant strategic resource.

Ouyang Shuo's heart pained from the loss of people in Zhaoqing Prefecture. He ordered the Internal Affairs Department to strengthen their control, and he was also ready to personally go down.

At such a moment, as the Lord, Ouyang Shuo naturally needed to calm his people.

The 1st regiment of the Guards Division accompanied him. Although they had pacified Zhaoqing Prefecture, Ouyang Shuo still did not dare to set off alone.

With the Guards Division's presence, he would face no danger.

Of course, the night before he set out, Ouyang Shuo booked the most prominent restaurant in Wulong City. He held a feast to thank the scholars, the officials, the merchants, and the old people of the city for their support of the Shanhai City Army.

Ouyang Shuo had promised this thanking feast when he had just moved in. Hence, before he left on his tour, he had to fulfill it.

Making use of this chance, he also sent Song Wen and the others off.

Tomorrow, Song Wen would move to Zhenhai County, while his family would move to Shanhai City, where Song Jia would receive them.

Ouyang Shuo had already instructed Shanhai City Mayor Zang Wenzhong to grant a piece of land to the Song Family in the west region.

Not long ago, when they perfected the basic structure and roads in Shanhai City, the Construction Division had helped to reorganize and plan the districts in the city.

Before this, Shanhai City was separated into Imperial City, Inner City, Qiushui City, Friendship City, and outer city. The sizes between the regions completely did not match.

Especially the outer city, which took up two-thirds of the land area. It stretched out to every corner of the territory, and one totally could not call it an outer city.

As Shanhai City prospered day by day, many people would swarm in endlessly, including merchants, scholars, and tourists that came over to play. The position of Shanhai City in China was growing more and more critical. As a result, they needed to logically plan out the regions and districts now. If not, they would become a laughing stock.

In the end, Shanhai City made use of the classic three by three grid to split up the city, dividing the city into nine regions.

The nine regions would have its central area located at the intersection between Friendship River and Qiushui River. East, west, north, and south; these four huge city regions, as well as northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast.

After the reorganization, the original Friendship City was at the current north region, the inner city at the current southwest region, and Qiushui City at the southeast region.

Apart from that, the imperial city and the inner city would combine into the imperial city. After the merge, the commoner region and business region would move from the inner city to the west region.

As the territory increased in size, the starting imperial city would become too small, not fitting of the position of the Nanjiang Governor-General House. As such, they needed to expand the imperial city.

Apart from planning the city regions, they had to make clear the functions and uses of each region.

The water roads met at the middle region. The traffic built up here was called the pier region. The east and west regions were called the business regions and connected to the pier through the water roads.

The south region was defined as the technology research region; the military workshops and the technology research bases were set here.

The original Friendship City Region was the current north region, while Qiushui City region was the southeast region; these two areas would be the residential regions.

Lastly, the military regions located at the northwest and northeast regions. They would house one of the two divisions of the city protection division in each of these two regions to protect Shanhai City.

As a result, Ouyang Shuo planned to let the Song Family live in the west region.

Song Wen received an appointment, and the Divine Martial Guards in Zhenhai City temporarily could not return. They had to wait for the Zhenhai City Garrison Division to become organized and fully equipped.

Hence, the Divine Martial Guards needed to spend a period of time there.

On the other hand, Ouyang Shuo instructed the Beihai Bay Squadron to return.

Beihai City was the door to defending Lianzhou, so they could not lose it. The Beihai Bay Squadron could not leave for extended periods of time. If not, and pirates attacked in their absence, the results would be catastrophic.

As for the 1st division of the Yashan Squadron, they would temporarily camp in Jiaozhou Harbor.

Cai Mao guided Yanhuo Yaonie to undergo the preparatory work to build the Jiaozhou Squadron; this included choosing soldiers, modifying the harbor, and other similar tasks.

The shipyard had already received the news, and they would arrange to send a batch of warships over.

Before they completed the 1st division of Jiaozhou Squadron, Cai Mao's Yashan Squadron would not leave. Zhenhai City still needed to depend on them for now.

Apart from the Song Family, Xiao He would also to return to Shanhai City.

He did not dare to handle the matters Ouyang Shuo had left to him too slowly. He shifted the duties of the Zhaoqing Prefecture to the four directors, as he needed to return to start planning and organizing his new department.

After he drafted his proposal, he needed Ouyang Shuo to approve it.

The next morning, Ouyang Shuo did not nag anyone. He just led his troops and set off. His touring plan and route remained highly confidential. Apart from the Shanhai Guards and the Black Snake Guards, no one else knew.

Ouyang Shuo toured the entire Zhaoqing Prefecture with the speed of a city a day. When he reached the cities, he would meet all the people, both to announce that he was in power and also to calm them down.

Apart from that, he wanted to test the local officials.

After a long time of training, Ouyang Shuo's judgment had improved. When he saw a person, especially an official, he could evaluate them thoroughly with just a few simple words.

Ouyang Shuo would even meet some of the officials that the locals had received well alone.

Every day, Ouyang Shuo would write down all that he had seen and felt into a letter and send it to Fan Zhongyan. Undoubtedly, any official that Ouyang Shuo praised would be placed into high positions.

Even so, Ouyang Shuo did not make the final decision. Instead, he left it to the Administration Department. For the people that he mentioned, the Administration Department would pay more attention to during their evaluation.

To ensure the prestige of the Administration Department in the area of evaluating officials, Ouyang Shuo was setting an example.

The titles of Lianzhou Lord and Nanjiang Governor-General were a considerable deterrence to the ordinary people.

Every place that he visited, all the people would come out to welcome him. Gentry would gather up, and all the merchants would swarm out like mice that had smelled cheese.

Ouyang Shuo treated all of them equally. He showed his might and position at times, while he also made conversations with them and described the ideals of the territory.

In their conversations, Ouyang Shuo also vaguely announced the revolution in the education and medical regions.

With that, the people would have a general idea, and they would not resist as much when the changes occurred.

At the same time, Ouyang Shuo wanted to use the chance to show the people his true feelings. He wanted to let them clearly see that their future lives would be much better.

The people all cared about benefits, so whoever treated them well, they would support that person.

Hearing about how in the future, their children could go to school for free, and how when they were sick, the government would settle it, cheers broke out.

Hence, Ouyang Shuo's personal visit was more useful than any people calming notifications or announcements.

Apart from ensuring that they did not worry and evaluating the local officials, Ouyang Shyo gave himself another mission - to assess the local produce and finances.

Workers of the Financial Department were not as sharp at identifying new industries and unknown resources.

For example, when he went passed the Yingshan Mountain Range, he found a magical stone the locals knew as the Ying Stone.

After thousands of years, the Ying Stone had slowly formed. Exquisitely carved, textured patchwork, having a specialty of being thin, creased, and transparent.

However, no one paid attention to such a particular stone.

The same day, Ouyang Shuo sent a letter to Cui Yingyu to ask her to let the Industry Division collect these stones on a large-scale. Be it acting as a decoration or putting it in forests, the Ying Stone was suitable.

One time, Ouyang Shuo went passed a city and heard people saying that someone had dug out an unusual item, but he did not know what it was.

When Ouyang Shuo heard this news, he immediately ordered someone to take the item.

When he saw it, he realized that it was a type of ginger.

Although ginger had some uses in olden China, people did not commonly use it in food. So it was not surprising that the people did not recognize this kind of wild ginger.

Undoubtedly, Ouyang Shuo had found another local product for the territory.

For the development of the territory, Ouyang Shuo had been doing all he could.

This tour was also a chance for Ouyang Shuo to expand his horizons.

As they said, reading a thousand books was not as effective as walking a thousand miles.

In his journey, he crossed rivers and mountains and passed the wilderness.

In the wilderness, although there were not many people, there was another feeling.

Wild and rough, these words were the best description of the wilderness.

At this point, Ouyang Shuo recalled his past life and his many adventures in the wilderness.

Thinking up to this point, those memories were exceedingly precious.

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Chapter 482- Financial District

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9th month, 20th day, Shanhai City.

As Ouyang Shuo toured Zhaoqing Prefecture, the Song Family settled down in Shanhai City. To compensate them for the loss of Tianshuang County, Ouyang Shuo gave them a large span of land space, enough to purchase a huge mansion, shops, and a workshop, which they could build into an independent, small-sized neighborhood.

Of course, the Song Family would have to shoulder the construction fees themselves.

Along with the various Chambers of Commerce located in Shanhai City, and the rise of private ownership, there were many public teams in the current Shanhai City apart from the construction teams of the Construction Division.

These public teams just needed to register with the Construction Division. After obtaining the legal paperwork and qualifications, they could take up construction projects within Shanhai City.

Even in government construction projects, if the Construction Division lacked manpower, they could subcontract the project to these public teams.

The reason behind this change was to further stimulate the private economic activity of the territory.

The planning of Shanhai City was simply too large-scale, so if they solely relied on the government team, who knew how long it would take. As such, the Construction Division came up with such a plan.

Ouyang Shuo really did not expect that under his leadership, such a modern day construction organization would actually appear in his territory. This showed that the business atmosphere of Shanhai City was truly thick and prosperous.

Not to mention the construction teams, even the architectural college of the Xinan University started to accept projects. Some graduated students had already prepared to set up teams to accept private projects.

The real world full industry chain of the construction industry was slowly starting to form in Shanhai City.

In the future, the government could entirely step out, apart from public services.

The role of the Construction Division would change from leading the constructions of the territory to setting the standards for constructions, monitoring the projects, and making overall plans for the regions.

The government could just rely on the money from selling and renting land to get rich.

With that, funds for activities such as building the city walls, repairing the roads, water facilities, and public gardens would become available, and it would not burden the territory.

This was also the magic of the market.

Of course, they would still ensure the basic living conditions of the people; this was a line that Ouyang Shuo would not cross.

The land that the government sold could only be for stores, workshops, private mansions, and the like.

As a result, the proceeds from selling land would basically flow to public constructions, and it would not form one of the primary financial income sources of the territory.

The rise of the construction industry would be a result of the private economy of Shanhai City.

Ouyang Shuo's hard work was finally paying off.

The rise of a private economy did not just bring up Shanhai City; it influenced the entire territory. The news was passed to him that in the other parts of the territory, other public teams were appearing.

Shanhai City was going to become the financial center of the territory.

Any new wave of ideas of matters started and prospered mainly from Shanhai City.

The people of Shanhai City, especially the 'elder generation,' were all people Ouyang Shuo's thinking had influenced.

In the public construction teams of Shanhai City, more than half emerged from the first construction team of Shanhai City, back when it was still at the village stage.

These people were also the strength that helped to support and uphold Ouyang Shuo's rule.

Nanjiang Governor-General House, Shuangyun Palace.

Shuangyun Palace, the sleeping quarters of Song Jia, located at the east side of Ouyang Shuo's Wuji Palace.

In the main hall, Song Jia was having a conversation with her father, Song Tianxiong.

For the Song Family to move over to Shanhai City, the happiest person was Song Jia. This way, she could accompany Ouyang Shuo, and she did not need separate from her family.

This was killing two birds with one stone.

Of course, the other members of the Song Family would not think of this matter in the same way.

Being under someone's control definitely did not feel that way.

Especially those who knew his real-life identity, they truly did not feel good. How would they have thought that a poor boy in reality would become one of the greatest powers in China?

On the other hand, they, who controlled everything and had so much power in real life, were now under this poor kid. Their roles were now reversed entirely.

This kind of role reversal was one that most would not feel good about.

Song Tianxiong did not feel that way, and even if he did, he would suppress it in his heart. A merchant giant like him had faced many problems in his life.

Compared to those challenges, what was this small situation?

After settling down his family, building the Song Chamber of Commerce became the most important matter to him. Before Ouyang Shuo left Shanhai City, he had set three terms for the Chamber of Commerce.

Now, the three terms were all completed.

First, the sixty-eight thousand gold low-interest loan that Song Wen had told Song Tianxiong about at Wulong City. The day that Song Tianxiong came to Shanhai City, he had already completed all the paperwork at the Four Seas Bank.

Including the gold from the Tianshuang County vault, Song Tianxiong had about one hundred thousand gold on him.

Of course, if one wanted to build a large-sized Chamber of Commerce, one hundred thousand gold did not seem much. Just the Song Family home they planned already cost ten thousand gold.

Second, the context of the pearl sole dealership contract. The Industry Division had already drawn it up and passed it to Song Jia. As long as Song Tianxiong signed it, it would come into immediate effect.

This contract would also be one of the money making points of the Song Chamber of Commerce in the early stages.

Ouyang Shuo had asked the Industry Division to calculate the possible earnings. From this contract alone, the Song Chamber of Commerce could earn two thousand gold every month.

Third, the ten merchant ships that the shipyard had already completed. These ships were now parked in the docks near the Shanhai City central region.

Based on the current market price, these ten merchant ships would cost up to forty thousand gold.

After understanding the situation, Song Tianxiong truly could not imagine what other things he could ask from Ouyang Shuo. Ouyang Shuo had really helped Song Tianxiong out in every way he could.

Even so, it would remain difficult for the Song Chamber of Commerce in Shanhai City.

As one of the merchant sharks in the real world, how could he feel content to let the Song Chamber of Commerce be useless and obscure in the game? After all, the development of the Chamber of Commerce would affect his future.

Amongst the members of the Song Family, Song Jia, needless to say, would have a high permission level. Even without Ouyang Shuo, her achievements in martial arts and her identity as the Dongli Sword Sect sect leader was enough.

Song Wen and Song Wu, these two brothers, had entered the Shanhai City system and had taken up the role of official and general. If they worked hard, their futures were bright too.

Apart from them, the other members of the family had uncertain futures. With no territory and now being under someone else, they would not have a chance to shine.

Just to maintain their luxurious lives and the expenses of a hundred family members would cost another vast sum. If they relied on the profits from the pearl business, they would not have enough.

Their only hope would be through the Song Chamber of Commerce.

Hence, Song Tianxiong needed to think of a way to let it prosper. Since he took over the control of the family, he naturally had the responsibility to take care of them.

After Tianshuang County fell, his father had been exceedingly dejected. As a son, he truly could not bear to see his father like that, as it meant that he was not filial.

Although to fight for power, the two of them had strained their relationship, they were still blood-related, and the other man was his father.

Song Tianxiong did not come to Shuangyun Palace complain but to visit his daughter. Her situation was his only consolation now.

"Dad, I heard Wuyi say that the fall of Tianshuang County had something to do with the Yuan Family?" This father and daughter duo talked about some family matters before she carefully spoke about this sensitive topic.

"That's right!"

In front of his daughter, Song Tianxiong did not hide anything.

Of the three family representatives who came over, the Zhou Family was actually close to the Song Family. They did not know anything about the intentions of the Yuan Family. They were purely there to calm things down and were used.

The territory of the Zhou Family was located in Zhaoqing Prefecture.

After the end of the war, as the Zhou Family's position wavered, Ouyang Shuo did not spare them and annihilated their group.

Song, Zhou, their two families had more than ten years of relationships. Now, they had walked to the end of their paths.

The Zhao Family was close to the Yuan Family, and they were also one of the members of South Alliance. Although the Zhao Family was not completely clear about the plans of the Yuan Family, they still knew something about it. They went to Tianshuang County to help act as cover.

Hence, the Zhao Family could be considered the partners of the Yuan Family.

The representatives of the two families, including Grandfather Yuan, were currently locked up in the Song Family Mansion in Shanhai City.

The moment the war ended, the Zhao and Yuan Family had sent over a string of letters that stated they were willing to use money to exchange for their family members.

Especially Yuan Ping, who was really anxious, as the person locked up was his grandfather.

Just this morning, he had sent his fourth letter and raised the money to twenty thousand. It was evident that in the Yuan Family, he was under a lot of pressure.

After all, he followed Yuan Ping's plan into the tiger's mouth.

After Song Jia heard about everything, evident disgust appeared on her face, "Dad, you should just raise the price to thirty thousand and let him go. Do not keep them here and dirty our land."

Even if Song Jia wanted revenge, she did not want to have many dealings with them. Ouyang would destroy the Yuan and Zhao Families soon, so such actions lacked purpose. At that time, they would lose everything.

The current small actions were pointless.

"Okay!"

Song Tianxiong also felt there was no reason to drag this matter on.

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Chapter 483- News About Fan Li

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Shuangyun Palace.

"Father, what items will the family Chamber of Commerce sell?" After talking about the Yuan Family, Song Jia took the initiative to change the topic once again.

"I still have no idea."

Talking about this point, Song Tianxiong had a massive headache, and his eyebrows locked tight.

The game had a lot more item types that they could sell compared to reality. But any special items needed the related technical manuals, which already formed up a sort of technical barrier. For example, stationery. The large Chambers of Commerce controlled the raw material market for items like jade and gems.

It was not easy to slash their way out of this competitive environment.

On the other hand, work occupation guilds like Thread directly avoided the competition between NPC Chambers of Commerce and targeted adventure gamemode players, earning beyond their wildest dreams.

Song Jia's brows trembled, as she said with uncertainty, "I keep hearing Wuyi say that us players landing in the game world is the same as collectively teleporting to olden society. Can you discover some new item channels from this perspective?"

When Song Tianxiong heard these words, he felt amused. Since a young age, his precious daughter had been a strong woman with her own views. Ever since she started to follow Ouyang Shuo, who knew how he had influenced her. Now, her words would echo his.

Although he felt amused, his daughter's idea had lit up a light bulb in his head. However, he was a traditional merchant, so he did not understand much about the passing through time thing.

"What new methods?"

Seeing that she had captured her father's interest, Song Jia eagerly started rambling on, "Since we went back in time, we must invent something that the olden times did not have, like glass, perfume, soap, and the like."

"Perfume? Soap?"

A baffled expression appeared on Song Tianshuang's face. According to what he remembered, these things did not fit into the background of the game.

"Will that work?"

"Yes, it can." Song Jia gave him a confident expression, "There's a book called 'Elite Product' that got really popular. The main character got rich by selling perfume and soap."Song Tianxiong was not convinced. After thinking for a while, he hesitated and said, "Do you know how difficult it is to make such products in olden times?"

"Father, you're really out with the times. Do not forget that we can log onto the forums at any time and check for information. Furthermore, these daily products are not restricted by the technology tree, so Gaia will not prevent us from researching them."

"Technology tree?"Song Jia facepalmed, as she realized that her father had such a low understanding of the game. Of course, all these ideals and ways of thinking spread from Ouyang Shuo to her.

Helplessly, Song Jia could only explain about the settings of the technology tree to her father.

The moment her father heard this information, his eyes brightened. He was a merchant after all. Although he did not know much about technology, he had an extremely sharp eye for the potential market reaction.

Just as Song Jia had said, if they really managed to invent perfume and soap, they could create a massive moneymaker.

"Great, let's take a gamble!"

Song Tianxiong smacked his palm onto the desk. As a merchant, he brimmed with an adventurous spirit. He finally had a direction for the future of the Chamber of Commerce, making him feel a lot more hope.

When Song Jia saw such a response, she gave out a slight smile.

Just as Song Jia was talking to her father, Shanhai City had once again welcomed another special guest.

The new arrival was a vibrant and exquisite woman. She had bright eyes and white teeth; she wore a white dress and rode a white horse. Behind her was another girl dressed up like a maidservant; they both looked pretty cute.

"Miss, is this the Shanhai City that mister is working at? It's so boisterous; comparable to Xianyang City." The maidservant was really energetic, as she looked at the crowds of people and exclaimed in awe.

The white dressed woman did not reply, as she used her eyes to judge the shops on both sides of the streets. She was a merchant that had a unique smell for various goods. In such a short amount of time, the business atmosphere in Shanhai City had astonished her too.

Master and servant, especially the white dressed woman, even in Shanhai City, they were bright existences. As they asked questions on the streets, they caught the eye of anyone that passed by.

The moment they entered the city, the Shanhai Guard spy had already started paying attention to them.

When Shen Buhai had established the Shanhai Guards, Ouyang Shuo's first order was for him to have a death grip on Shanhai City. Based on what he said, nothing that happened could escape the eyes and ears of the Shanhai Guards.

Out of the funds that Ouyang Shuo had prepared for them, more than thirty percent was used on building up an intel network in Shanhai City. The eyes and ears that Zisu had set up through the Lord's Manor was also merged into this network.

Hence, in a short period of time, the Shanhai Guards managed to set up a network to monitor the entire city.

The unassuming sellers at the city gate, the owner of the inn, the coolies at the pier, and other such individuals; they acted as eyes everywhere.

No matter what stranger entered Shanhai City, the Shanhai Guards would immediately monitor them.

The master and servant duo were so eye-catching. Naturally, more emphasis was placed on them.

The petite maidservant suddenly approached the white dressed woman and whispered, Miss, someone is spying on us." Who knew that such a pure looking girl would actually be so sharp.

The white dressed woman did not react and smiled, "It's okay."

The two of them walked and shopped. From the side door of the north gate to the north city region, the middle region, and the west region. Their last goal was the imperial city located in the southwest corner.

This whole trip took the entire morning.

At noon, when the two of them arrived at the main gate of the imperial city, they guards stopped them.

The current main gate was a prohibited zone for the common people. Hence, the Guards Division had specially built a city guard regiment to guard the imperial city.

"The imperial city is a sacred ground; strangers cannot enter!"

"What are you getting so fierce for!"

When the petite maidservant saw the guard, she felt no fear. It was evident that she had a special identity and was a person that had experienced a lot.

When the white dressed woman heard these words, she stopped the maidservant and said warmly, "Please inform Wei Yang that Bai Xue is here to visit."

Seeing that she was not ordinary, the guard did not dare to take her lightly and asked, "Is that the Internal Affairs Director Mr. Wei Yang?"

"That's right."

"How are you related to him? I apologize for this, but this is my duty."

Being a guard was also a tough job. Being too harsh would make enemies of those with noble identities but being too nice would make them easily played and taken advantage of.

"Listen well; she's his wife."

The maidservant could not help but step out and answer.

When the guard heard such a claim, he quickly said, "Please wait up!" He turned around and left hurriedly.

In less than twenty minutes, Wei Yang followed behind the guard and ran over in a haste.

That's right, he ran.

This internal affairs director looked really strict and fierce usually. At the same time, he emphasized the law, so something like running on the streets was unheard of.

This moment held a significant meaning.

Wei Yang had entered an emotional state, and he was unable to pull himself out of it.

When he saw her, it was like the entire world suddenly stood still. In his eyes, there was nothing else but her.

At this moment, Wei Yang felt like he owned the world.

"Bai Xue!"

A simple greeting held such a profound feeling.

Wei Yang instantly choked up, as his eyes turned red, and he dashed across.

Such a scene even stunned the guard.

"Bai Xue!"

"Husband!"

The white dressed woman laughed brightly.

Her smile was like a lotus blooming, as if the world rotated around her.

This smile filled Wei Yang's heart with warmth and happiness.

"Bai Xue!"

Wei Yang could not help it anymore, so he walked up and hugged her.

These two lovers had once again reunited after thousands of years.

Seeing such a scene touched everyone.

Even the maidservant was on the verge of tears.

"Mister!"

She walked up and bowed to Wei Yang.

"Mei Gu!"

Wei Yang let go of Bai Xue and smiled warmly. From this moment on, Wei Yang became a person with flesh and blood. He was not the cold internal affairs director.

"Bai Xue, Mei Gu let's go."

Wei Yang collected himself, as he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and led the way.

Who was Bai Xue?

Bai Xue, Warring States Period Wei Country merchant. Not only did she have a beautiful appearance, she also had rare knowledge and intelligence too.

Although she was the owner of the Bai Trading Company, she did not fight for gold and power. Instead, she supported Wei Yang all the way, affecting his life.

The Bai Trading Company that she ran not only sold items, but it also built up a unique intel network that spread across the land. With her addition to the wilderness, the Bai Trading Company also appeared in Xianyang City.

Apart from coming over to reunite with Wei Yang, Bai Xue also brought clues about Fan Li. This could be considered a special gift that she had prepared for the city.

When Ouyang Shuo received the news during his tour, he immediately ordered the Black Snake Guards to go all out to find Fan Li.

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Chapter 484- Time of City-States Has Arrived

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The relationship between Bai Xue and Fan Li stemmed from her father, Bai Gui.

Bai Gui was a disciple of Gui Guzi, who was called the Business Ancestor. Meanwhile, Fan Li was called the Business Saint.

Although they were not born in the same generation, they were all representative figures of the business school of thought. After they appeared in the wilderness, they would naturally contact one another.

During the philosophers' debate, members of the business school of thought did not participate. This was because people of the olden days looked down on business. Even if they participated, they would be humiliated and laughed at.

Of course, Bai Gui and Fan Li were different.

The two of them were not only merchants but also politicians and military personnel. Especially Fan Li, who helped the Yue King destroy the Wu Country. Afterward, he changed his occupation to merchant.

Bai Xue also received the news in her father's letter that Fan Li was together with Xi Shi. This god-like couple currently secluded themselves in a famous scenic location in Jiangnan.

As such, Ouyang Shuo ordered the Black Snake Guards to go all out in their search for him.

Shanhai City, Wei Manor.

Wei Yang was still bathing in the joy and happiness of reuniting with his love. Even the creases on his forehead had disappeared.

Rumors were spreading that no matter how cold and ruthless he was, if he was not a humble gentleman in real life, he would have failed to successfully chase Bai Xue.

"Bai Xue, since you came here, why not just live here? Although Shanhai City cannot compare to Xianyang at the moment, in the future, it might even surpass it. The Bai Trading Company will also have a limitless future in the city."

Although Wei Yang had historically helped to build up Xianyang, at the current moment, he had nothing to do with the Qin Country in his heart; he only cared about Shanhai City.

Being granted the powers of the Internal Affairs Department to form the law system, and expand the bailiff teams; all of these were significant events. Since the Lord trusted him so much, he definitely had to give it his all.

Not only Wei Yang, Han Feizi and the other Legalism greats were similarly motivated.

Bai Xue's eyes revealed that she was touched.

"Since I came here, naturally, I should stay with you." She laughed, "Only, if the Bai Trading Company wants to gain a foothold here, you need to help me out."

Wei Yang laughed with happiness, and he immediately thumped his chest and said, No problem."

In truth, Shanhai City did not have many restrictions toward Chambers of Commerce moving in. It was an open business environment. For the Bai Trading Company, it would be like a fish entering water.

Since Bai Xue could take control of the Bai Trading Company, she evidently had her abilities.

Probably, from today onward, the imperial Chambers of Commerce in the territory would increase to three. The Cui, Song, and Bai companies would form three chariots that would lead the territory.

What kind of long-term effect would Bai Xue's arrival have on Shanhai City? No one was sure. However, outside of Shanhai City, a huge change was brewing.

9th month, 25th day, half a month after South Alliance surrendered, a big move finally occurred.

Facing the colossal threat of Shanhai City, South Alliance experienced a considerable internal change. This change did not only affect the situation in Lingnan Province but the China region as a whole.

This day, South Alliance officially announced that they would rename themselves as the Lingnan City-State. At this point, they announced that they would use a city-state system to take root in the China region officially.

Compared to the current alliance system, the city-state system differed greatly.

Firstly, the specific meeting and discussion organizations.

After the members discussed with one another, they all agreed to have a Lords Committee. This committee would handle and solve all critical decisions.

The first head of this committee would be Yuan Ping. The head would change every half a year, and they would be in charge of chairing the meetings. Moreover, they acted as a symbol of the city-state to the outside world.

The Lords in the city-state were all members of this committee, and they had the rights to speak and vote. Each topic needed over sixty percent to agree and vote on before it could be passed.

As a result, compared to an alliance, members of the city-state were working with one another administratively. As for the territory itself, the committee would not interfere. However, for the external decisions, the power would lay in the hands of the Lords Committee.

Which meant that from today onward, to the outside world, the entire Lingnan Province three prefectures, sixty territories, were a single entity and one city-state.

Secondly, they would merge their economy.

Compared to the limited and scattered cooperation of an alliance, as a city-state, they took their collaboration a step further. Firstly, the Lords would all come out with money to build the Lingnan Bank.

The future Lingnan Bank would act as the engine that drove their economy forward. Each member of the city-state could borrow from the bank to develop their territory.

Of course, all of this came at a price.

The city-state declared that to protect the amount of gold inside, the banks in each territory must all merge into the Lingnan Bank and become its branch. With that, out of the sixty-odd territories, all the money of the people would now flow into the Lingnan Bank.

The sudden rise of the Lingnan Bank had made it the second largest player bank under the Four Seas Bank.

Apart from the bank, between members, they would also open up more frequent and free trade. All trade would be free and no tax.

Additionally, the merchants and artisans in the territory could move around as they wished.

With that, they could greatly stimulate the economy of the city-state.

Ouyang Shuo had a better understanding of this matter. This was because at the end of the year, during the third system update, there would be a considerable change to the way territories traded with one another.

The Lingnan City-State had unknowingly progressed.

Thirdly, the integration of their military.

Apart from the city protection teams of their territories, they would also build an alliance army. Its scale would be set at one hundred thousand men for a start. In the future, they might expand their army once again.

All the members would bear the expenses of the alliance army. This alliance army would be equipped with the best equipment and undergo the strictest of training.

Based on Yuan Ping's statement, the alliance army was a trump card army, the elite of the elite.

Similarly, the alliance army would also have a commander.

As for their choice for this position, they kept it a secret and did not announce it to the public.

Although they did not announce the alliance army commander, Yuan Ping had made their base a high profile topic. The one hundred thousand troops would be based at the border between Zhaoqing Prefecture and Jiaozhou Prefecture to ensure the safety of the city-state.

Who they were defending against and warning, it was pretty obvious.

Just these three points alone could show that the Lingnan City-State would be working close with one another in terms of administrative matters, the economy, and the military. This cooperation was on a whole different level compared to an alliance.

Apart from the three points, between members, there were other cooperations, making up to a hundred points. Only because they had just created the city-state, so they had not entirely settled the details.

In addition to the above benefits, building a city-state also had another advantage—it prevented the chance of betrayal. During the Battle of Zhaoqing, a traitor had influenced the outcome of the battle profoundly.

Learning from this lesson, when building the city-state, they created a set of strict policies. For example, the members were not allowed to form alliances, and the Lords Committee would monitor their teleportation formation permissions.

If a territory did not agree, they would be viewed as an enemy.

With that one point, Yuan Ping had stabilized the Lingnan City-State.

The future Lingnan City-State would be an entity with a common goal that fate joined. No matter who it was, they could not crush them from within.

Everything was adding up, and it was undeniable that the Lingnan City-State would become a power that the China region could not overlook.

Shanhai City's road toward the east was going to be difficult.

Luckily, Ouyang Shuo had stuck a nail in Jiaozhou Prefecture. As the city-state built up, the strategic location of Zhenhai City would grow more and more important.

Ouyang Shuo was already considering whether or not he needed to send reinforcements there.

The establishment of the Lingnan City-State had a significant impact on the various powers in the region.

Anyone with a brain could understand the purpose of them building up the city-state. Although the other local alliances had not faced a threat like Shanhai City, who was to say that in the future, such a threat would not appear? At the very least, Di Chen and his gang were going to pose a huge problem.

Looking at the bigger picture, the future regional alliances would work together even closer. Building a city-state was without a doubt a good decision.

Only then could they face up against such enormous powers. For example, the Xiangnan Province Caiyun Alliance already had such intentions.

After Shanhai Alliance took down Zhaoqing Prefecture, if they headed east, they could attack Lingnan. If they headed north, they would attack Xiangnan Province.

Hence, Xiangyun Alliance definitely had the motivation to build a city-state.

As for when and whether they could, that would depend on the ability of Caiyun Zinan, and how much influence he had in the alliance.

After all, the city-state system had its pros but also its cons.

If one joined, they could not do whatever they wanted. The city-state would control their words and actions.

Apart from the regional alliances, Shanhai Alliance, Yanhuang Alliance, and the like were affected.

Amongst the alliances, although they could work together like a city-state, having closer cooperation was sorely needed. If not, they would lag behind the times.

The era of city-states was about to arrive!

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Chapter 485- World in Smoke

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The Lingnan City-State was not the only factor slowly changing the situation in China.

As they entered the winter season of the Gaia second year, the flames of war rose up.

After the Battle of Julu ended, all the territories entered a power transition. The winners of the battle were enjoying their spoils, as the employed the benefits they had gained. As for those who had lost, they were just hoping that they could survive.

While the fires of war blazed, blood dripped on the battlefield.

The blood-red clouds covered the China skies, not scattering for a long time.

During this period of time, Caiyun City, Fallen Leaf City, and Black Lion City, as well as Swordsman City all became grade 1 prefectures.

The China region now had twelve prefectures.

The next stage, Wufu's Stone County and Sha Pojun's Asura County would also upgrade. The China region was one step away from the fifteen prefecture requirement to trigger the fifth war.

The strong Lords in their region were naturally trying to grind their blades to grab that last spot. After all, when the war began, those that had upgraded to prefecture would reap immense benefits.

No one wanted to lag behind.

The entire wilderness had an impatient atmosphere.

Especially the north of China, as they did not have much time left. In just about two months, an icy air would sweep up the entire region.

At that time, let us not talk about fighting wars, even letting soldiers perform their normal training would pose difficulties. Snow and ice would cover everywhere, bringing freezing temperatures. The entire north region would fall quiet as it went through the winter.

Hence, the Lords had to reach their targets before that happened.

In truth, those feeling impatient and acting up in the wilderness were not only the Lords.

Apart from Huangjin, which was already exterminated, the remaining three uprising armies were planning something.

10th month, 1st day, after Chensheng led his troops to attack the territories in Zhongyuan Prefecture. Afterward, he announced the establishment of his country, officially setting up the Zhangchu Regime in Chen County.

The moment he established it, it became a considerable force in the region. Even Shanhai City, which covered four prefectures, did not match it in terms of size of territory.

The day he established the regime, the Lords in the region hollered in unison, "The wolves are here!"

After Chensheng established his country, he did not foolishly attack Luoyang. He did not even have the intentions of attacking other provinces. His main goal was to calm the people and rest and solidify his rule.

Chensheng, who was living a second life, was not the farmer that others used as a spear. The first peasant uprising leader in China's history was now walking onto the path to kingship.

The land size of the Zhangchu Regime was simply too great, so they faced enemies on all sides. On the north, there was Fallen Phoenix City, west there was Fallen Leaf City, and on the south, there was Pill Sun City.

East, there was the West Chu Regime of Xiang Yu.

The day that he established the Zhangchu Regime was the day when the wolves started to split the cake.

Almost simultaneously, Fallen Phoenix City, Fallen Leaf City, and Pill Sun City started to gather the territories around them, forming three huge armies and gathering at the border.

A huge war was about to begin in the middle region of China.

Amusingly, the Shanhai Alliance and the Yanhuang Alliance had actually become allies for this one time.

Chensheng obviously did not want to surrender. In order to break the situation, he acted in a decisive manner. The same day, he announced that they had officially formed an alliance with the West Chu Regime on the east.

Xiang Yu led the West Chu Regime. After entering the wilderness, they had turned their blades to Ludong Province, north of Peng City. As for the Zhongyuan Province right next to it, they did not move for it.

Probably, at that time, the two powers had already come to a tacit understanding.

After all, Xiang Yu was under Chensheng during the early days, so they had a level of relationship. When they were tossed into such a dangerous position, the two regimes decided to trust one another.

The alliance of the two regimes had made the region more and more complicated.

With that, not only did Chensheng get rid of the threat to the east, he could even obtain help from Xiang Yu.

This alliance had immediately solved the problem of Chensheng lacking able generals. Be it Xiang Yu himself, his grandfather, father, or Xiang Zhuang, they were all generals that one yearned for.

As expected, the day that they allied, Xiang Yan traveled to Chen County to help Chensheng in his military and his establishment of defense lines.

Chensheng even boldly named Xiang Yan as the Zhangchu Great General. With that, it showed that the relationship between the two Chu Regimes were exceedingly close.

Zhangchu was facing off against three player alliance armies.

On the north, the Shanhai Alliance-Phoenix Alliance that Feng Qiuhuang built up had gathered 150 thousand troops. On the west, Piao Linghuan had gathered up one hundred thousand soldiers. On the south, Chun Shenjun had formed a 180 thousand strong army.

Of course, Zhangchu was not a soft egg. After taking over an entire province, their overall soldier strength hit close to six hundred thousand.

Adding up the number of soldiers on both sides, it was close to a million troops.

Undeniably, this war was going to be the largest scale war so far on the main map. It would also cover the largest land area since the start of the game.

The Zhongyuan Region covered a total of five provinces, and they were all embroiled in this battle.

There were even rumors that Di Chen, located in Jingdou, had the intentions of forming another alliance army to come down south to attack.

The Zhongyuan Province was going to face a situation where the powers all wanted a piece of it.

Of course, there was also a chance that all of these powers would face defeat. After all, they were not allies. Not to mention Feng Qiuhuang and Chun Shenjun, who were not even in the same camp.

Even within the Yanhuang Alliance, many did not see eye to eye.

Chun Shenjun and Di Chen, Chun Shenjun and Piao Linghuan; they were enemies.

The three sides were all just fighting for themselves.

It seemed like endless flames of war would envelop the entire Zhongyuan region. Moreover, you might think that all of this had nothing to do with Ouyang Shuo and Shanhai City.

You could not be more wrong.

The entire China region was like a chessboard. Any small movement would radiate out and affect every area.

Furthermore, the Zhongyuan Region was a place where dynasties were started. If there was chaos there, there would be chaos in the entire China region.

The four uprising armies that Gaia had planned were hardly useless.

Furthermore, a pillar of the Shanhai Alliance, Feng Qiuhuang, was entangled in this matter. Ouyang Shuo was not worried about how she did in the main battlefield, but what if Yanhuang Alliance was plotting something?

Hence, Ouyang Shuo instructed the Black Snake Guards to monitor the region closely. At the same time, they would share the intel they obtained with Feng Qiuhuang.

Members of the Shanhai Alliance also gave priority to Fallen Phoenix City. With Ouyang Shuo as an example, even though Shanhai City was expanding their army and needed equipment, he still sold ten thousand god arm crossbows to her.

Ouyang Shuo even promised that if things went south, he would send reinforcements.

One could foresee that the Yanhuang Alliance would naturally do something similar. At the very least, Xiang Ba would care for Piao Linghuan and support him.

With that, it was the same as saying that this huge war had brought in the two most significant alliances. Just with that, it affected the entire China region.

Maybe they thought the world was not chaotic enough. Huangchao, who had kept a low profile for a time, once again appeared. In these few months, they had regained a footing in the south of Wannan Province.

Huangchao followed after Chensheng. He also announced that he had established a country, forming the Daqi Regime in Anqing.

At this point, the three remaining uprising armies had all established their countries and named their kings.

After they established their regime, their ambitions grew once more, and they immediately announced that they were going north to reclaim their lost land.

The Daqi Regime acting meant that the neighboring provinces were wrapped up in this battle. Jiangchuan Province in the south, Jiangnan Province in the southeast, Jianye Region in the northeast, and even the West Chu Regime in the north made moves.

All of a sudden, the southeast region of China started to grow chaotic.

To prevent Daqi from growing, the three provinces started to move their soldiers.

On the south, Gong Chengshi started to form up the Jiangchuan Province alliance army. On the east, Xiong Ba and Zhan Lang were preparing a colossal alliance army.

For this battle, Zhan Lang was hell-bent on destroying Daqi. If not, this kind of peasant uprising would continue to rekindle if they escaped.

From this, one could see that Di Chen leading the alliance army to take out Huangjin was a smart decision. Amongst all the chaos, only Jingdou remained peaceful.

Apart from the Huangchao Uprising Army, the Taiping Country was also making moves.

After swallowing Guilin and Zhen An Prefecture, Hong Xiuquan was going to expand once more. The Chuanbei Province and Yunnan Province were both in the area of attack.

All of a sudden, with the three uprising armies as the core, the entire China region entered a time of chaos.

The peasant uprisings that had built up for ten months finally reached its peak.

The year of the uprising had finally exploded two months before the end of the 2nd year.

These last two months would decide the future fate of the China region.

If they could destroy the three uprising armies, the strength of the Lords would take a step up. On the contrary, if they failed, the future would be a huge mess.

All of this was a test Gaia gave to the Lords.

Who could stand out from this test? Gaia would pay extra attention to those who managed to do so.

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Chapter 486- World Situation

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As the flames of war brewed in China, the rest of the world was not peaceful either. Along with the 3rd year of Gaia coming along, the situation in the entire world slowly evolved.

Some small countries had limited land space, limited players, and limited population. After two years, the top powers in the country had showed themselves, as they started to consolidate the strength of the country and unite it.

The situation in the different regions grew clearer and clearer.

The most obvious one was Europe. Norway, Iceland, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands and other countries had already been unified. Germany, England, France, Switzerland, and the like were all approaching such a situation.

In his past life, the entire Europe Continent had even formed an alliance. The European Alliance was a mega region that the world could not underestimate.

The only group that could go up against these Lords were the aboriginals.

Similar to the peasant uprisings, Gaia had thrown in similar aboriginal powers based on their history to go up against the Lords.

All in all, Gaia would not allow the Lords to relax.

The wilderness was always a place fraught with dangers and opportunities.

Compared to them, China had a longer history. In terms of battles and aboriginals, there were many choices. Other countries were different, as their olden times were relatively non-existent.

One could even say that some modern-day countries lacked a history.

Toward these groups, Gaia also had its way.

Even if history did not record such matters, Gaia took ideas from books, films, and movies to create battle scenarios for the Lords.

If even film products were too little, Gaia could only use its robust calculation and speculation abilities to create a cold weapons era scenario.

All in all, toward each country, Gaia would try its best to remain fair.

That was right, try its best.

Still, with China as an example. China had a long history with many great talents and a more detailed recording. The numerous battles and generals were all recorded. Hence, Gaia had plentiful amount of information to work with. Therefore, regarding building such characters, Gaia could grant them higher tier AI.

On the contrary, for those characters that Gaia made up, their AI values would naturally be lower. This was a difference between cultures of countries, so no one could really complain about this aspect.

In comparison, Europe was more special.

A few massive empires that spanned across the entire continent had appeared in European history. Amongst which, the biggest one that covered the most land space was the Rome Empire.

Hence, the Lords of Europe even had a chance to compete and fight with one another.

The moment the battles reached such an era, the countries that were originally involved could all join the same battle.

As a result of such interactions, the various countries would form alliances.

Of course within the European Continent, there were many ambitious players. For example, France, who had given birth to Napolean's country, and Italy, where the Rome Empire was born.

All in all, the countries in Europe were allies but also competitors. Their relationship was highly complicated and difficult to describe in words.

Apart from that, there were two other reasons behind Europe's strength.

Firstly, Europe had given birth to many strong seafaring countries, and even some overlords of the oceans.

Portugal, Spain, Holland, France, and England; these countries were all strong on the sea. Hence, Gaia took such matters into account when it set their technology tree.

As a result, these countries, be it sailors, shipbuilding techniques, or sea navigation techniques, they were stronger than other countries.

The navies of these countries were all progressing rapidly. Their voyagers could even start long distance adventures to open up ocean routes.

They were the greatest opponents of the Shanhai City Navy and even their enemy.

If based on wooden ships, the Ming Dynasty warships stood on the same level. However, the moment these countries developed iron-armored warships, even the strongest turreted ships could not compete.

As such, from the start, Ouyang Shuo had built up the No.7 Research Institute to research relevant technology. Although they could not compete with England and Holland, at least they would not fall too far behind.

Secondly, Europe was where the industrial revolution started.

The revolution of technology was the deadliest.

Avic Fort's steam engine research had entered its final stages. At half a year later at the most, the first steam engine would appear in the world.

The roots of the industrial revolution were slowly growing.

The moment it exploded out in England and spread out to the entire Europe, it would bring about a terrifying strength.

In his last life, China did not have the ability to fight against these countries.

Europe was a continent that they could not look down upon.

Apart from Europe, Africa, and Asia were all quickly reaching unification.

On the Africa Continent, the prominent chiefs held absolute power. Hence, they did not even need to compete and could unify their country easily.

Below them were the intermediate and small chiefs.

In Africa, chiefs were people that were feared and worshipped. They were the rulers of the tribes and had control over various factors.

In the game, people of the country were willing to unite beside the chief and aim at a common goal.

Because of the cultural elements in Africa, the continent of Africa united first. Of course, this so-called unification was just between tribes and countries.

After they were unified internally, the various countries, under the leadership of the prominent chiefs, exploded out with a pent up thirst for war because of the long period of peace.

The entire Africa Continent broke out into countries and started to war.

The frequency of wars and their cruelty toward their enemies was something comparable to the China region; it even exceeded China in some aspects.

To them, such a war that could change their lives was not a war. Rather, it was a game. As such, all of them enjoyed the craziness.

In the entire world, probably only the African players could genuinely enjoy the game. They looked like they wanted to throw out all the cries for war and thirst for blood they had stored up over the years.

Hence, they were the craziest, and they would not submit. They needed to let one country destroy the other before the war would stop. The players of the destroyed country would revive and rejoin the battle afterward.

In his last life, even after five years, the entire Africa remained a massive mess.

Even the countries of other continents did not have much interest in the impoverished African region. As a result, these prominent chiefs were able to continue their crazy wars and battles.

In the future wars, probably only Egypt and South Africa, and a small number of countries would play a role. The others were just immersed in their own little games.

Africa, an interesting continent.

The situation in Asia, apart from China, was similar to that of Europe. Of course, thanks to the influence of eastern culture, the process of unification was a little harder.

In Vietnam, Zhenhai City Lord Ruan Tianque had basically occupied the entire northern region of Vietnam. Another power already occupied the south. These two were destined to fight to the death to decide the ruler of Vietnam.

In Japan, Lord players and adventure gamemode players were each under different rules.

For Lord players, Honda Keisuke's Sanli City became the ruler of Japan. In terms of guilds, the Black Dragon Guild had completed the unification of guilds, taking control over the only imperial city, Tokyo.

The entire Japan was quickly merging and even Sanli City and Black Dragon Guild had started to work together.

The eyes of the Japanese people had started to turn from their own land to overseas. Their invasive character meant that they were not happy to just stay in one area. The vast shoreline of the China region had become the target of the Japanese.

In his last life, the Japanese had assaulted and disturbed the territories in the China region.

As a result, the players of the China region set out on a long journey over to destroy Japan.

The situation in Korea was actually similar to the case in Vietnam.

Due to historical problems, the country formed a north versus south standoff. Park Wins' Ulsan City currently ruled over South Korea.

The only imperial city in Korea, Han City, was also in a messy state.

Ambition also filled the Korean players. In his last life, the Koreans had also attacked the north region of China, amongst which was Jingdou Region.

Di Chen, in Ouyang Shuo's last life, cared too much about the benefits in Zhongyuan, so he did not care much about the attacks. As such, the China players scolded him.

In this life, Wufu's Stone City would act as the frontline against the Koreans.

Apart from Japan and Korea, island countries such as Philippines and Malaysia also posed hidden problems. They were like a pack of hungry wolves surrounding China and staring intently.

Asia was the most complicated region in the world.

Apart from that, there would be America.

Of the Americas, the one that posed the most substantial threat would still be North America.

In North America, amongst America, Canada, and Mexico, America still reigned as the strongest.

Toward America, Gaia had some biases during the settings of the technology tree. If not, Jack Dawson would not already own a musketmen team before he upgraded to the county level.

The thermal weapons technology tree of America stood out as the most advanced in the world. Guns and cannons would all be born in America. Meanwhile China, who still used cold weapons, would face a difficult state.

This was the so-called fairness that was previously mentioned.

While China had a vast number of historical generals and civil servants, they had to bear with these countries with shorter histories owning thermal weapons.

Of course, Gaia would set restrictions on such thermal weapons.

If not, the so-called fairness would become totally unfair.

Ouyang Shuo even predicted that in the future game, Gaia would completely remove the technology tree restrictions on players. However, as for the exact time, he could not be sure.

In his last life, at least five years into the game, such a change did not happen. Of course, at that time, the world did not have the ability to cross the oceans and battle. A large-scale world war had not erupted yet.

Everything was still unknown.

All in all, the future leaders had started to bear their fangs.

The world was changing. However, China region was still trying to fight for internal control. Even Ouyang Shuo, who knew how the game went, could not get ahead.

Being in such a situation, there was nothing much he could do.

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Chapter 487- Setting up a War Zone

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No matter how the world changed, Ouyang Shuo still had to take matters step by step.

However, on the 10th month, 5th day, an emergency letter from the Military Intelligence Division broke his touring plans. It made him end his tour of Zhaoqing early and hurriedly rush back to Wulong City.

Just as Chensheng and Huangchao were jumping around, Hong Xiuquan, who had been holding it in, finally made a move. The moment this king made his move, Shanhai City would face a perilous situation.

10th month, 2nd day, the second day that Chensheng had established his country. Hong Xiuquan came to a tacit understanding with Chiyou. The representatives of both sides signed a peace agreement at the Wuzhou border. As a result, their people would not bother or harm one another.

One would head west, and the other would head east.

The moment they signed this treaty, the Taiping Country troops camped at the border of Wuzhou Prefecture left. They even torn down the entire east camp out of the ground and broke it down.

At the same time, the army that Chiyou City placed on the west border also left.

No outsider knew how the two sides had actually communicated. They could surprisingly reach a conclusion that let them trust each other to such an extent. It was the same as saying that both sides would not defend against one another.

The entire conversation remained highly secretive, and only the higher ups of both camps joined in. If not, the Military Intelligence Division and Black Snake Guards would have caught hold of some information.

The retreat of the troops of both sides was just the first step.

The east troops from Taiping Country gathered up with the South troops. Then, they directly charged for Mulan Stronghold. A total of 150 thousand men headed right for Mulan Stronghold with a suppressive aura.

It seems like Taiping Country was hellbent on taking the stronghold down.

Who knows what was so important about the Lianzhou Prefecture that made it worthwhile for Hong Xiuquan to gather up so many troops.

When the Military Affairs Department received the news, they immediately sent the city protection division up north. They would enter the stronghold to assist Er'lai's 3rd division of the Dragon Legion.

With that, the entire Shanhai City was an empty city with no soldiers defending it.

Du Ruhui immediately ordered the various city protection squads of the Houses and counties to enter level one alert and prepare for further orders. The only lucky matter was that the Beihai Bay Squadron 1st division had successfully returned to Beihai City.

The door to Lianzhou was temporarily safe.

The 1st division of the Tiger Legion in Qiongzhou also moved into Yashan City. If the situation changed, Fan Lihua would lead them to assist immediately.

Apart from attacking the Mulan Stronghold, Taiping Country also merged its north and west troops into a new west army of two hundred thousand, which they aimed at Kunming Prefecture of Yunnan Province.

Kunming Prefecture was the prefecture that held the largest land area in the province, about one-thirds of it. Moreover, it was the area under the control of Consonance City.

After a period of expansion, Consonance City had taken over more than half of the prefecture. However, the prefecture was just too huge. As such, for them to control the entire prefecture, it would still take more time.

However, before they could even get such a chance, this situation occurred.

It was not that Consonance City did not have any preparations for Taiping Country. The problem was that Taiping Country had three prefectures of land. Apart from going west, going north to Chuanbei or Pannan Provinces were both excellent ideas.

Who knew how Hong Xiuquan's brain worked, as he changed his strategy of attacking four sides. Instead, he focused his attack on Kunming Prefecture.

With that, the situation of Consonance City looked dire.

The location of Consonance City was coincidentally close to the intersection between Yunnan Province and Chuanbei Province. As a result, Consonance City was going to bear the brunt force of this attack.

When they received the news, the entire Consonance City went up to level 1 war alert.

Zhang Liao led fifty thousand troops and rushed toward the border to form the first defensive line. The entire Consonance City had a total soldier number of five divisions and around seventy thousand soldiers.

This time, Bai Hua was going all out.

She had no choice but to do so. After all, if Taiping Country broke through, she would lose her territory.

What made her feel helpless was that in the entire Kunming Prefecture, those territories Consonance City had not occupied just decided to stay on the fence. They did not join the alliance army.

In all likelihood, these Lords were looking forward to watching Consonance City's destruction. They would rather such a situation than let Consonance City slowly consume them. As for how they should face the Taiping Country in the future, that was for another time.

As a result, Consonance City temporarily had no reinforcements.

All of a sudden, Consonance City cried for help.

Consonance City was a crucial piece in Ouyang Shuo's puzzle, so he could not afford to lose it.

At the current moment, only Shanhai City could help out. The other allies of Shanhai Alliance were embroiled up in their own battles.

This massive war in the China Region had finally pushed Shanhai Alliance to the edge of the cliff.

As for how to send reinforcements, Ouyang Shuo still needed to plan the matter out.

Not because of other reasons but because this move was not solely against Taiping Country.

Ever since the western border forces retreated, Chiyou had his one hundred thousand mountain barbarian army gather in the east and aim toward Zhaoqing Prefecture.

After a year of loneliness, the space of one prefecture was finally not enough for Chiyou's appetite. This devil finally bared his fangs at the wilderness.

Shanhai City was once again dragged into this affair.

At the same time, Lingnan City-State, which had just established itself, started to grind their knives. Yuan Ping announced that they would build a one hundred thousand men alliance army in the shortest amount of time. Then, they would station the army at the border of Zhaoqing Prefecture. If the situation permitted, there was a chance that they might invade Zhaoqing Prefecture.

Apart from that, north of Zhaoqing, Xiangnan Province's Caiyun Alliance had agreed to build the second city-state in the China region.

The moment they established this city-state, Caiyun Zinan announced on the forum that to protect the safety of the city-state, they were considering placing troops at the southern border.

All of a sudden, enemies surrounded Shanhai City.

Under such a situation, Ouyang Shuo had to whip his horse and rush back to Wulong City.

Initially, Ouyang Shuo was hesitating after the military reorganization. Should they attack east or west? Who knew that the enemy would make the choice for him.

Now, Shanhai City was in danger from three sides.

To break this situation, they needed a good strategy.

10th month, 8th day, Wulong City, Meeting Hall.

Only four other people attended this military meeting. Du Ruhui, who had hurriedly teleported over from Shanhai City, Commander-in-Chief Baiqi, Great General Sun Bin, and Great General Han Xin.

They were the four magical stabilizers of Shanhai City.

Du Ruhui did a simple introduction of the surrounding situation. Then, he reported on the progress of the military organization, "From the 9th month, 14th day, the military has started a large-scale reorganization. Twenty-five days have passed, and it has nearly reached completion. We only lack a portion of the equipment, which has not been transported yet because of the long distance. The various generals can start to go and collect their forces."

The moment Du Ruhui spoke these words, a burst of energy erupted within the hall. To face the situation in front of them, reaching a large scale army was their greatest insurance.

One had to say, this expansion of the army came at a perfect time. Previously ,Ouyang Shuo was still worrying about this matter. However, if he had cut out one or two divisions, their situation today would be much worse.

Based on the plans of the Military Affairs Department, the four Garrison Divisions had already moved into their bases.

The Zhaoqing Prefecture Garrison Division was housed near Tianshaung City; they were the earliest to arrive. The Lianzhou Garrison Division and the 2nd division of the city protection division had gone down south, taking a ship north of Leizhou Prefecture to reach Beihai City.

In less than three days, both Garrison Divisions would be fully prepared.

With that, the crisis in the main camp was temporarily solved. Zhao Sihu's city protection division 1st division could also stay in Mulan Stronghold without any worry.

If not, without any troops in Shanhai City, even Ouyang Shuo would tremble. What if the adventure gamemode players caused a riot? In such a situation, he could only rely on the two thousand bailiffs.

Similarly taking a boat down south was the Zhenhai City Garrison Division.

The South of Zhaoqing Prefecture also had a shoreline. The Zhenhai Garrison Division was going to disembark from the hurriedly built harbor.

The entire journey took less than a week.

In less than five days, the Zhenhai City Garrison Division would be in place. Like that, they could release the three thousand Divine Martial Guards and allow them to teleport to Wulong County.

Apart from the Divine Martial Guards and the Guards Regiment, they could also move the three fully formed divisions.

Since Shanhai City faced attacks from three sides, Ouyang Shuo was planning to split up the three divisions with each in charge of one region.

At this point, Ouyang Shuo had a new concept of zonal fighting.

"Everyone," Ouyang Shuo looked at the three god generals under his command, "To settle the current situation and to also form up a defence zone for the future army, we need to establish a system. I've decided to establish the first official war zone in Shanhai City. This war zone will be the highest commanding organization, and it will direct the strategy and direction of the battle. The war zone will have one command center and one commander."

The moment his words sounded out, Baiqi and the others felt stunned.

Without a doubt, compared to generals, the war zone commander held a higher level of power. Moreover, he would take up some of the responsibilities of the Military Affairs Department.

Ouyang Shuo decided to set up war zones because he had considered the expansion of the territory and the military, as well as the complicated external environment. The Military Affairs Department was unable to be ready for everything.

Hence, to ensure that the frontline remained flexible and on the initiative, they could not allow the long distance to cause commanding problems.

Forming up war zones was the best choice.

Apart from big decisions, the war zone command center would be similar to half a Military Affairs Department.

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Chapter 488- Han Xin Versus Chiyou

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Wulong City, Meeting Hall.

The sunlight shone into the hall and left streaks of shadows. In the hall, a military meeting that concerned the fate and future of Shanhai City was taking place.

Ouyang Shuo was implementing his war zone plan. He raised his head and said, "Sun Bin!"

"Present!"

Sun Bin, who sat in his wheelchair, cupped his fists. He looked fully energised, and his face even turned red due to the excitement and gratefulness he felt. Sun Bin did not expect that the first general the Lord would pick would be him.

In comparison, Baiqi was the longest serving general, and he had the most experience in the military.

The sunlight shone on his face, illuminating his ashen white that was currently flushed red.

Ouyang Shuo focused his eyes on this handicapped general and said solemnly, "I've decided to establish the Lingnan War Zone with you as the commander. The Lingnan War Zone, as the name suggests, will cover the entire Lingnan Province, including Qiongzhou Prefecture."

"Lingnan War Zone will employ the Tiger Legion, Qiongzhou Garrison Division, Leizhou Garrison Division, Zhaoqing Prefecture Garrison Division, and Zhenhai City Garrison Division, with an overall force of 120 thousand. At the same time, the 1st division of the Jiaozhou Squadron will also be under you. As for the Yashan Squadron, it will remain under the Military Affairs Department."

Placing the various Garrison Divisions under the war zone commander changed the power structure of the military. As the number of Garrison Divisions increased, the Military Affairs Department would start to fail in keeping each and every one of them in check.

Why not just place them under the jurisdiction of the war zone commanding force?

Apart from the Garrison Division, the navies in the area were also in the war zone. As a result, within the war zone, every type of troops existed. Hence, it would be a huge ask of the ability of the war zone commander.

Within the territory, currently only Baiqi, Sun Bin, and Han Xin had this ability.

Ouyang Shuo obviously had his reasons for choosing Sun Bin.

Firstly, Sun Bin started out in Qiongzhou, and the Tiger Legion was housed in Lingnan Province.

Hence, concerning geography, he was a suitable choice.

Secondly, the needs of the battle.

Baiqi was left out because he used soldiers to efficiently siege and claim territory.

The main battlefield, where they fought fire with fire, was where he truly belonged.

The most intense area of the battlefield would forever have the image of the Asura Baiqi.

Han Xin was a god at using troops, and he was also suitable choice for commander of a war zone. However, he had only joined Shanhai City recently, and he had not displayed enough of his skill to warrant the respect of the others.

Hence, Ouyang Shuo chose Sun Bin.

"Thank you, my Lord!"

Sun Bin cupped his fists once again, as his voice calmed down. He could feel the burden on his shoulders.

The Lingnan Warzone, apart from the defence of the base, the core would face the Lingnan City-State. Including the Xiangnan City-State in the north, they were all part of the defence region of the Lingnan War Zone.

Apart from that, Zhenhai City was located all alone with no help, and it must be ready at all times.

With these roles, the 120 thousand troops seemed lacking.

"The command center of the war zone will be set in Tianshuang City. The structure will follow that of the Military Affairs Department, with a Military Intelligence Division, a Combat Logistics Division, a War Division, and a Military Law Division. Members of the divisions will be taken from the Military Affairs Department to form up the required structure. At the end of the year, when the students graduate, we will fill up the lacking areas."

Based on Ouyang Shuo's plan, apart from a commander, the war zone would also need an advisor. Unfortunately, the territory only had Zhao Kuo, and there were no other suitable advisors.

Moreover, Zhao Kuo needed to take charge of the War Division and could not be moved.

With that, they could only leave the position of Lingnan War Zone military advisor temporarily empty.

The establishment of the commanding group was a core element. With a stable command center, it would end the usual movement of forces during wartime.

In the future, the command center would take complete control of the entire Lingnan battlefield. Be it moving troops or logistical supplies, war planning, and other related matters, the commanding group would settle it.

Of course, the Military Affairs Department would still hold authority over the war zone commanding group. Ouyang Shuo was trying to establish a highly efficient system. He did not want the generals have their own power to use troops.

Especially the Military Law Division, whose officials were sent out by the Military Affairs Department. They had their own independent rights.

"The defense of the east depends on you!"

"I will not let you down!"

This sentence was the highest promise that the civil servants and the generals of Shanhai City could make.

Ouyang Shuo nodded and turned to Baiqi and Han Xin, who had not made a sound, "Pure defence is not our style. After stabilizing the east defence line, we can show our powers to take down both Chiyou City and Taiping Country."

In his words, his arrogance showed.

The expressions of Baiqi and Han Xin remained the same. They had been through all kinds of matters and seen all sorts of situations.

Be it Hong Xiuquan or Chiyou, they were not at their level. In the end, they needed to use their strength to speak, and it was not that easy to destroy Shanhai City.

Ouyang Shuo gave Baiqi and Han Xin clear duties.

"General Baiqi!"

"Present!"

"General lead the Dragon Legion 2nd and 4th division and the new 5th division back to Lianzhou Prefecture and into the Mulan Stronghold. The north against Taiping Country will depend on you."

At the start, Baiqi was the commander of the north camp of the territory. Now, he was returning to his old job. Baiqi was exceedingly familiar with the Mulan Stronghold.

"Do not worry, Lord!"

Ouyang Shuo nodded and followed, "General, remember that against the Taiping Country, temporarily defend against them. The key is to the ensure that our ally, Consonance City, remains safe. Hence, when you go back, you must strengthen the cooperation between the two armies. If needed, you can send Luo Shixin's division to assist. Please remember that Consonance City cannot fall."

Mulan Stronghold, an iron stronghold.

On the walls, just the three bow arcubalistas numbered a hundred. Ouyang Shuo believed that even with only four divisions, with Baiqi's presence, everything would remain safe.

Even if Taiping Country added more troops, one could not forget that within Lianzhou, there was still the Lianzhou Garrison Division and the 2nd division of the city protection division.

These two could assist Mulan Stronghold at any moment.

Ouyang Shuo did not know what exactly gave him such confidence, to want to attack the strongest stronghold in China. No matter what, he was bound to bleed.

The part that worried Ouyang Shuo the most was Consonance City.

As a result, Ouyang Shuo would arrange for Luo Shixin's division, such a trump card, to assist them if necessary.

However, even with his assistance, facing two hundred thousand troops, Consonance City was still in danger. Needless to say, the other Lords in Kunming Prefecture might backstab them.

Time was running out, and Ouyang Shuo temporarily could not think of any other plans.

After all, for Shanhai City to face so many enemies, they had a limited amount of soldiers. Sending a reinforcement of one division was already his limit.

Now, Ouyang Shuo could only hope that Bai Hua had a way to save herself. The Yunnan Overlord of the last life, it was time for her to show off her shine and radiance.

Baiqi nodded and did not say anything.

This Asura usually spoke little words, but the moment he acted, the world would bleed.

During the Battle of Zhaoqing, the entire city burning plan allowed him to completely change the situation. After the matter, Fan Zhongyan, and other officials secretly complained to Ouyang Shuo that Baiqi did wrong and had killed innocent lives.

Not only Fan Zhongyan, Meng Zi, and other members of Confucianism all scolded Baiqi. However, since Ouyang Shuo was not in the territory, they did not have someone to complain to.

Baiqi's image in front of the civil servants had fallen.

'Cold-blooded slaughterer' was the nickname that the civil servants had given him.

There were pros and cons.

In the military, his prestige had reached a sky high state.

The name of the Asura had spread far and wide.

Baiqi did not bother about the debate and words outside.

Ouyang Shuo knew that Baiqi had his own way of life and his personal mantra. Others could not shake him.

This way of life was not the way of killing that the outside world misunderstood as.

Killing was only what it appeared to be.

Baiqi's calculations were all for the war. To win, whatever method was usable. He was like an AI, like a machine, tossing aside all feelings on the battlefield.

What remained was only rationality.

As a result, outsiders would think that he was cold; he looked cold, and his heart was even colder.

Some people even joked that even Gaia had more emotions than Baiqi.

Ouyang Shuo did not agree with such words. At least toward other people, Baiqi was an emotional and nice person.

His coldness was solitude and loneliness, a loneliness that outsiders could not understand.

At the apex, you would definitely be lonely.

Lastly, Ouyang Shuo looked toward Han Xin. The small showing during the Battle of Zhaoqing had shown a glimpse of the way that Han Xin used troops. His grasping of opportunity was sublime.

This time, Ouyang Shuo was going to give him a considerable task.

"General Han Xin, lead the Leopard Legion, Guards Division, and the Divine Martial Guards, including the one hundred thousand mountain border Shi Wanshui Division and Shanzhu Division to defeat the Chiyou Army."

Ouyang Shuo needed to defend against the movements of Lingnan City-State and Taiping Country. But against Chiyou, he needed to launch an all-out offensive. His goal was to utterly destroy the Chiyou Army and take over Wuzhou Prefecture.

Only by destroying Chiyou could they take control of the situation.

Undeniably, this was going to be a fierce battle.

One must know that Chiyou had not revealed his trump card yet.

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Chapter 489- Grade 2 Prefecture

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Facing such a dangerous situation, Ouyang Shuo split the Shanhai City Army into three main groups.

Sun Bin was in charge of the Lingnan War Zone; he took charge of the east line. Baiqi would move to the Mulan Stronghold and command the north forces. Han Xin would lead a huge army to fight against Chiyou head on.

All the plans were underway. Next, they needed to move the troops and finish the last parts of the war preparations.

As for the combat logistics, it had already started a month ago. After all, be it Chiyou City or Lingnan City-State, Ouyang Shuo knew that a battle with them was only a matter of time.

Hence, they had planned and executed the movement of resources even before they had moved out.

After the meeting ended, the various generals went forth to perform their duties.

Sun Bin led his forces and moved into Tianshuang City, building the Lingnan War Zone command center. At the same time, he set up the east defence line. Even though Yuan Ping was causing a racket, Ouyang Shuo did not believe that he would dare to launch a frontal attack.

At most, he would try some sneak assaults when Shanhai City fought with Chiyou City.

Unfortunately, Ouyang Shuo would not give him such a chance.

The Lingnan War Zone that Sun Bin led was not only going to defend passively. If needed, they could launch probing attacks on Jiaozhou Prefecture.

Baiqi brought his personal guards unit and directly teleported to Mulan City. Then, he proceeded toward Mulan Stronghold. As for the Dragon Legion, they would travel to Lianzhou Prefecture through the sea.

Ouyang Shuo could not bear to spend such vast amounts on teleportation costs.

The troops of Taiping Country were waiting for grain, so the real war would not start so soon.

Han Xin led his troops toward the Zhaoqing Prefecture border to set up a frontline command center. Based on Ouyang Shuo's instructions, it was best to not let the war enter Zhaoqing Prefecture.

Each army had a god general leading them, so Ouyang Shuo was not worried. With the Military Affairs Department helping out, everything proceeded smoothly.

As for the war, such matters would not alarm Shanhai City since long ago.

Making use of this hard to obtain break time, Ouyang Shuo left Wulong City and teleported back to Shanhai City.

He returned to complete the upgrade quest.

Earlier in the 10th month, 1st day, Shanhai City had reached the five hundred thousand population upper limit.

However, because Ouyang Shuo was in Zhaoqing Prefecture at that time, the matter got delayed. Making use of this chance, he wanted to complete the territorial upgrade.

Ouyang Shuo's return to Shanhai City did not alarm anyone. He had a short conversation with Song Jia before he entered the main hall alone. Ouyang Shuo had already completed the upgrade procedure nine times, so he was very clear about it.

He muttered 'territory upgrade' to himself and a white light shone across. In the middle of the hall, a golden stone steele slowly rose up once again from the ground.

Ouyang Shuo pressed his right hand on the stele, and a system notification sounded out.

"System Notification: Checking Shanhai Prefecture upgrade requirements…."

"Requirement 1: population reached five hundred thousand upper limit. Requirement met!"

Five hundred thousand people were far from the population that Shanhai City could handle. Based on the planning, if they opened up the entire city, they could at least hold above five million people.

As a result, the current population was only one-tenth of the population that Shanhai City could hold.

However, Shanhai City's construction was far from completion.

"Requirement 2: All basic buildings completed. Requirement met!"

The constructions teams had built up the Wengcheng, the Painting Academy, and the Distribution Center. The Wengcheng was built and designed along with the city wall, and the painting academy was located in Xinan University.

The last to be built was the Distribution Center, currently located in the center city area near the pier.

"Requirement 3: Lord has reached at least rank 2 Marquis. Requirement met!"

In the entire China region, apart from Ouyang Shuo, who was a rank 1 Marquis, the two rank 2 marquises were Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang. Di Chen and the others were a step further behind them.

At this stage, Ouyang Shuo's rank advantage was something that no one could catch up to.

However, Duke was a massive stage, needing a total of one million merit points, five times that of a rank 1 Marquis. This meant that at this bottleneck, anyone could catch up from behind him.

If nothing unusual happened, Ouyang Shuo would be unable to complete the upgrade in a short amount of time.

"System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi, Shanhai City meets all the requirements, will you upgrade?"

"Upgrade!"

From the stone steele, a golden light shot up into the sky and exploded outward in a golden luster that spread toward the boundaries of the territory.

"System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi for successfully upgrading the territory to Grade 2 Prefecture. Lord's Manor automatically upgraded, please take a look!"

Ouyang Shuo did not care much about the upgrade to the Lord's Manor.

After all, the current Nanjiang Governor-General Manor had already exceeded the scale the system had planned.

"System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi, upgrading the territory to Grade 2 Prefecture. After upgrading, one teleportation formation can be added; please choose the location to construct it!"

Who knew that upgrading your prefecture would come with such benefits?

In his last life, Ouyang Shuo had little knowledge of prefectures, so he was not clear of such occurrences.

To a giant city like Shanhai City, the addition of a teleportation formation had a deep meaning.

The current teleportation formation was located within the imperial city.

Hence, for the people to use it, after considering safety problems, it was also highly inconvenient. When something happened, and the imperial city entered a lock down state, the teleportation formation would also enter the same state.

However, Shanhai City's influence on the China region was too great. Be it scholars, merchants, or talents, everyone came.

The Guards Division were having a tough time guarding the imperial city.

Now, he was presented with a great chance. With an additional teleportation formation, Ouyang Shuo could make some differences. Only officials, military personnel, and the people he invited could use the formation in the imperial city.

The additional teleportation formation would be for the common people.

With that, he could remove potential problems, and the Guards Division could be more at ease.

Ouyang Shuo thought about it and decided to place the second teleportation formation in the north city region.

Firstly, the northern region was the door to the city, and it was also the commoner district. As such, it was a highly convenient location. Secondly, the central region was located down from the northern region, which would make it easy to travel to other regions.

Lastly, the city protection divisions stayed at the sides of the north city region.

Hence, if there were really people that dared to do something funny, the nearby troops could rush over and lock up the entire region.

Without a doubt, after this new formation was set up, the Black Snake Guards and the Shanhai Guards would play close attention to it. They would arrange members to monitor it.

After choosing the location, another system notification sounded out in his head.

"System Notification: Teleportation formation location selected. Formation automatically created; please take a look.""System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi for successfully upgrading territory to Grade 2 Prefecture. After the upgrade, the Lord can make a slight change to the geography of the area. The system will decide the degree of change. Friendly Reminder: The adjustment of the geography is just changing what is originally present. Player cannot choose to change the type of the land. Player can choose changes such as expanding rivers and raising mountains."

Ouyang Shuo's eyes brightened up; this was getting more and more interesting.

This action by Gaia should be sort of a compensation to the players. After all, when they chose the village creation location, they would only consider two points. In terms of geography, there would definitely be regrets.

For example, Ouyang Shuo. His biggest regret was that Lianzhou Basin was locked off from the outside world, with only two canyon passages.

It used to be a pro, but now it was a con.

Ouyang Shuo could not change the Zhennan Pass or the Mulan Stronghold Canyon. The moment he took such action, the stronghold would be rent useless, and Taiping Country could just walk in.

Ouyang Shuo would not shoot himself in the foot. Hence, he directly chose to change the canyon river on the south. He hoped that after this change, large-sized ships could directly enter the Shanhai City Pier.

"Expanding Friendship River, Qiushui River, as well as the canyon river path where the two rivers intersect."

"System Notification: Confirming the change, widening the river and digging deeper is underway.""System Notification: Changes completed. One hundred meter expansion of both rivers, two hundred meter expansion of the canyon river path. The depth of the rivers has also been relatively changed."In such an instance, both rivers were expanded to twice their original size.

The commoners on both sides did not have any particular feelings. It was like time had just stopped and the river had suddenly widened. Seeing such a scene, the people knelt on the ground and prayed to the heavens.

In their view, it was naturally the river god exerting its power.

At this point, Qiushui River and Friendship River had river gods that the people worshipped.

The people built river god temples at the sides of the rivers and prayed to them regularly.

After the river widened and deepened, even large-sized turreted ships could enter. With that, large-scale merchant ships did not need to offload their products at Beihai Harbor.

Just like that, it made freight transport and sea trading much more convenient for Shanhai City.

Of course, the defense of the city would also face challenges. After all, if turreted ships could enter the city, pirate ships could too.

Beihai Bay Squadron seemed more and more important.

Naturally, Ouyang Shuo was willing to take such a risk. For Shanhai City to become a presence comparable to the imperial cities, it could not lock itself up.

The future capital city must look like one, and it should not have the attitude of a little kid.

At this point, the upgrade of the territory was completed.

A system notification sounded out by his ear.

"System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi for becoming the first Lord in the China region to upgrade to Grade 2 Prefecture, awarded 4400 merit points!"The upgrade of Shanhai City did not cause any uproar this time, as the entire China Region was ensnared in a frenzy. All the Lords had focused their minds on the battlefields.

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Chapter 490- Planning the Steel Industry

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10th month, 9th day, Shanhai City, Nanjiang Governor-General Manor.

Although the upgrade of Shanhai City was silent and did not start any uproar, to Shanhai City itself, it was an immense achievement.

Not because of other reasons, just the addition of a teleportation formation and the expansion of the river caused a massive impact on the future development of the city.

Who knew what surprises Gaia had prepared for the next upgrade.

Within the main hall, the territory stone steele had sunk into the ground once more. Ouyang Shuo took a look at the stats of the territory.

Territory: Nanjiang Governor-General House

Lord: Nanjiang Governor-General, Lianzhou Lord Qiyue Wuyi (1st Class Marquis )

Main Title: The World's First Prefecture (Increase town fame by 50%)

Sub Title: Home of Martial Arts, Land of Philosophers, Blessed Land of Artisans

Governed Area: Shanhai City (Grade 2 Prefecture)

Population: 500 thousand/1 million

Refugee Spawn Rate: 500 * (1 50%) = 750 / day

True Refugee Spawn Rate: 750700700= 2150/day

Territory area: four prefectures, approximately 800 thousand square kilometres

Territory Specialty: -

Political: 80/100 (Affecting the administrative efficiency and morale)

Economic: 85/100 (Affecting the trading prosperity and tax)

Cultural: 88/100 (Affecting the education development and quality of residents)

Technology: 50/100 (Affects technology levels and technology tree)

Military: 78/100 (Affecting the military strength and stability)

Affiliate Counties: Lianzhou Prefecture, Leizhou Prefecture, Qiongzhou Prefecture, Zhaoqing Prefecture, Zhenhai City

Financial Institutions: Four Sea Bank

Education Institutions: Xinan University (Principal Jiang Shang), Army Military Academy (Principal Sun Wu)

Philosophers: Military Advisors, Legalism, School of Agriculture, School of Diplomacy, Mohism

Territory Chamber of Commerce : Cui Chamber of Commerce, Song Chamber of Commerce, Bai Trading Company

Territory Specialties: Lianzhou Three Flowers Wine, Colored silk, White Tea

Special Building: Book Collection House

Hidden Building: Mazu Temple, Recruitment Hall, Yellow Emperor Temple

Basic Buildings List:

Guqin Academy: An official department in charge of Guqin. Apart from researching tunes, it trains up teachers and students. Construction Requirements: Guqin Academy building blueprints, 20 thousand units of wood, 20 thousand units of green brick, 10 thousand units of stone. Construction Time: 20 days (note: already completed)

Wholesale Market: A market for sellers to sell wholesale government products or services. Construction Requirements: Mature wholesale item and channel, 30 thousand units of wood, 50 thousand units of green brick, 30 thousand units of stone. Construction Time: 20 days.

The interface of the grade 2 prefecture has a huge change.

The most notable change would be the addition of the technology index.

This indicated that as the game progressed, the technological standards would become more and more important. Shanhai City's technology index was only 50, far off from its other four indices.

For his next step, Ouyang Shuo was prepared to invest largely in technology research.

In the 9th month, although Ouyang Shuo was not in Shanhai City, the Financial Department still handed over the financial report for him to read. Compared to the previous month, the income had improved once more and crossed two hundred thousand.

Of course, they had not deducted the costs incurred from Zhaoqing Prefecture, as well as the military expenditure from the military expansion.

After deducting these two huge sums, there was probably around a hundred thousand gold in profit.

As for how to use this sum of money, Ouyang Shuo had a rough sketch. Shortly after, he would look for Cui Yingyu to discuss.

Apart from the territory indices, other areas also had some slight changes.

Compared to a grade 1 prefecture, the upper population limit had doubled. As for the affiliate territories of Friendship County and Qiushui County, they had upgraded to prefecture, so the average spawning rate of Shanhai City had reached 2150 people.

With this normal speed, he needed another two to three hundred days to reach the upper limit once more. If he considered the commoners from the imperial cities that moved over, this time would be shortened.

Ouyang Shuo predicted that in the 5th to 6th month of the 3rd year, Shanhai City could upgrade once more.

Initially, Ouyang Shuo was not so pumped up by this upgrade. After all, the 4400 merit point reward was not that attractive to him.

Shanhai City also had no reason to be first and ascertain its position as best in the world. If there really was a need, that would be the future fight for the world's first capital city. And that would take place at least two years later.

Ouyang Shuo remembered that in his last life, even after five years had past, not a single Duke had appeared in the game. Who knows, maybe he could break that record.

Only after this upgrade did Ouyang Shuo realized that Gaia gave out such huge rewards. This immediately made him more eager and motivated for the next territory upgrade.

Apart from the upper population limit, the territory size changing, and other things like philosophers were all tweaked based on the happenings of the game.

Apart from the territory interface, there were the new basic buildings.

The basic buildings of a grade 2 prefecture were a pitiful two.

In regards to the Guqin Academy, needless to say, they had already captured the Master Musician Shi Wen when they took down Leizhou Prefecture. Less than half a month after the war, they had established the Guqin Academy in Xinan University.

The only tough part was the wholesale market.

The construction did not require a building blueprint, but he needed to satisfy a requirement. How to complete this criteria was something that Ouyang Shuo understood.

Firstly, since it was a wholesale market, there should naturally be suitable items.

Only widespread items needed to be sold like rice, salt, cloth, and leather.

Secondly, they needed to build a perfect channel.

The sale of normal item were done by merchants or Chambers of Commerce, who directly bought from the people or the farms.

If they built a wholesale market, that would mean the addition of another one or two ways of selling.

Merchants did not need to run down all the way to purchase, and they could just allow the local sellers to pick them up and sell on the wholesale market instead.

The middleman would earn a bit of profit, while the Chambers of Commerce would save manpower and time.

Both sides would end up happy.

The above two points ensured that after they built the wholesale market, a demand would exist. It would also not end up on the verge of closing just after it opened.

As for the second point, the territory had not perfected it yet.

Hence, there was still a period of time before they could build the wholesale market.

After checking the stats, Ouyang Shuo left the main hall and returned to his reading room. Since he still had some time, he decided to settle some matters before returning to Wulong City.

When Liu Mo walked into the Nanjiang Governor-General Manor, doubt filled his heart.

Toward his sworn brother Ouyang Shuo, Liu Mo only felt respect in his heart. He did not expect Ouyang Shuo, who looked so unassuming in real life, would actually be so amazing in the game.

Liu Mo had spent all his time on guns and cannon research, and he basically did not care about the events outside. However, the continuous system notifications would remind him that Shanhai City was still developing crazily.

As such, he did not want to fall behind.

In terms of gun research, as he cooperated with Magnus, they had already made some significant progress. Liu Mo was wondering whether he was called over because of that reason.

When Liu Mo stepped into the reading room, Ouyang Shuo was discussing some matters with Cui Yingyu.

As Ouyang Shuo spoke, Cui Yingyu listened on intently, as she earnestly jotted down notes.

"The Industry Division must plan the matters of shipbuilding well. The shipyards must build on this foundation and add another three more. Zhenhai City can build one large scale shipyard and Yanluo City can too. The last one can be built in Qiongzhou Prefecture. The shipbuilding industry will be one of the pillars of our territory. In the future, be it merchant ships or warships, the demand will only increase."

"Understood!"

"Although the military expansion used up a lot of funds, there's a way to make up for it. Contact Director Du and transport all the equipment eliminated from the army, as well as those collected from the battlefield. Then, send the items to Yashan City to sell. With that, we can save a bunch of sales tax. I predict that this batch of equipment can be sold for at least three hundred thousand gold. The current Yashan City is filled with adventure gamemode players, and they have a high demand for such equipment."

When Cui Yingyu heard his plan, her eyes lit up. It seemed like she was going to earn a huge sum this time.

"Of course, toward the military industry, we must increase our support. I'll let the various imperial city intel stations work together with the Financial Department to start a large-scale recruitment. Offer high pay and great welfare to attract blacksmiths and tailors to Shanhai City to work in the workshops. Apart from that, the various prefecture military workshops can do the same."

The military industry was the silent worker in this military expansion.

Without the work of numerous artisans, how could Shanhai City change out all their equipment? How could they take the eliminated equipment to sell and replenish military funds?

As a result, the treatment of the artisans of the military workshops were among the best.

During the restructuring of Shanhai City, they directly named the south region as the military region. Apart from meeting the expansion needs of the workshops, it was to obtain better treatment and benefits for the artisans.

The Shanhai City House that was in charge of the construction had built mansions for them. Any artisans that worked in the military workshops could enjoy free housing.

Just this benefit alone gained them the envy of everyone around them.

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Chapter 491- Crazy Coal

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"Brother Liu Mo!"

Ouyang Shuo raised his head and saw Liu Mo standing by the door.

"Please enter!"

Ouyang Shuo stood up and brought Liu Mo to a seat. Although this thermal weapons specialist looked unassuming, in the future, he would act as the core of the territory's weapons technology.

"This time, I called big brother over to discuss the steel factory construction." Ouyang Shuo did not need to put up any fake courtesy with Liu Mo, so he directly dived into the topic.

"Lord, you want to build one more steel factory?" Liu Mo looked calm, most technology researchers were like that. He replied, "The first one has mainly grasped the technology, and it has the ability to expand."

"No." Ouyang Shuo shook his head, as his left and right fingers intersected to form a cross, "Not one but ten."

"Ten?"

These words astonished Liu Mo, and he could not help but jump right up from his seat. Even the eyes of Cui Yingyu, who was at the side, widened in disbelief. She looked toward Ouyang Shuo, wondering if he had gone mad.

"For the current steel usage of the territory, adding one more is enough. Ten seems to be a bit exaggerated." Liu Mo looked at Ouyang Shuo, reminding him that he should not expand blindly.

Ouyang Shuo laughed slightly, as he pressed his hands down to ask Liu Mo to calm down. He smiled and said, "Let me finish first. Building ten steel factories at once is definitely not something I decided in the heat of the moment. It's something that has been planned for a long time."

Naturally, Ouyang Shuo had an idea in his heart about the territory's need of iron. The reason he wanted to build ten more steel factories pertained to the next system update.

During the third system update, Gaia would completely remove the Super Trading Platform.

This also meant that players could not transport any items in the game through the system. All items must be transported through relays or the sea.

And what items did the steel factory need the most?

Iron and coal!

Shanhai Territory lacked these two resources the most. Especially coal, which the territory did not even have. For this particular resource, they had to purchase it from Fallen Phoenix City.

The moment the system removed the Super Auction Platform, it would pretty much require a utopia to transport hundreds and thousands of coal from Fallen Phoenix City to Shanhai.

At the very least, they could not complete such transactions in a short amount of time.

As a result, Ouyang Shuo decided to make use of these last two months to boldly build steel factories. At the same time, he would use funds to crazily purchase coal and iron ores.

Ouyang Shuo's ambition was to make a one-time purchase of coal that would last the territory for the next few years.

This act was similar to his large-scale purchase before the first system update. Only now, it was much crazier.

The gold involved reached hundreds of thousands and even millions.

However, he could not explain such matters to Liu Mo and Cui Yingyu. Now, he could rely on the prestige and trust he had built up over the times.

Especially in the eyes of Cui Yingyu, Ouyang Shuo was like the reincarnation of a god of foresight and knowledge.

Any territory decisions that he came up with and made were proven absolutely right and actions with great foresight.

For example, before the grain crisis, his large-scale purchase of grain. Like the leather in the adventure gamemode player's hands, buying all of it when it was not in demand.

Another example would be when everyone was looking at the wilderness. At that time, Ouyang Shuo had turned his attention to the sea to gain riches from there instead.

There were many different examples.

Hence, seeing Ouyang Shuo so resolute, Cui Yingyu kept her doubts to herself. She decided to give her vote of confidence and stand on his side.

When Liu Mo saw this exchange, he could only laugh awkwardly.

"Probably, to be able to become such an important leader in the world, one must have an unexplainable foresight. Although I do not understand it, as long as you are sure, No.7 Research Institute is willing to go along completely."

If they planned to build steel factories, it would naturally involve the No.7 Research Institute.

Without a doubt, if they wanted to build ten steel factories at once, all the researchers would have to stop their work for the next two months. They would need to go around to teach the artisans how to build the factories.

Steel factories were exceedingly professional buildings, and they included large amounts of steelmaking equipment and facilities. Without the building blueprints, they could only have the members of the research institute present to help out.

Telling them to stop their research for two months pretty much took the lives of these people. Without a doubt, the moment Liu Mo went back to announce this, Ouyang Shuo would be given the nickname 'cold blooded funder.'

A shred of embarrassment appeared on his face.

He did not possess any special foresight; he only relied on his last life.

Ouyang Shuo felt warm in his heart from Liu Mo's support. Although they had seldom come into contact, these two had already formed an untaintable brotherhood.

"Great, with both of your supports, let's do well." Ouyang Shuo collected his feelings and continued, "In regards to the ten steel factories, I am planning it like this. In Lianzhou Prefecture, along Friendship River and Qiushui River, build one at each location. Similar to the Shanhai City steel factory, we need to form a strong steel corporation."

No matter how the territory changed, Lianzhou Prefecture would always remain the heart of the territory and the prefecture that needed the most iron. Building three steel factories here, in the future, they would all come into use.

Building the steel factories by the river could solve the water source problem and make sea transportation easy. Especially after the territory upgraded, the rivers had expanded, allowing larger merchant ships to pass through.

Most recently, Old Sun and Zheng Dahai had started to research a freight ship specifically designed to transport iron ore and steel raw materials.

The moment they succeeded, they would solve the problem with iron ore transportation.

In terms of shipbuilding, Old Sun could not be more familiar with the subject. Under his instructions, the types of ships that the shipyard built exceeded that of the technical manual.

The types of ships in Shanhai City had further diversified, with tugboats in charge of consigning, fishing boats, and more.

Especially the modifications to the warships; there were many changes.

The new generation of turreted ships in Shanhai City had far exceeded the standards of the Ming Dynasty.

Some old modification ideas of Old Sun had utterly exploded out after he obtained the Ming Dynasty Shipbuilding Technical Manual.

One of the turreted ships, one of the warships had already been modified so much that they looked completely different.

After all, any idea must be tried out. The truth proved that some of his ideas were possible. There were other ideas that Gaia judged as too advanced, so it did not allow them."Apart from that, each one of the three shipyards will have a steel factory nearby. Beihai City will also have one. The remaining four would be in Zhaoqing Prefecture, Leizhou Prefecture, and Qiongzhou Prefecture."

Building a steel factory near the shipyard exemplified Ouyang Shuo's ambitions. In the future, if he wanted to research and produce armored warships, they would have a colossal demand for steel.

As a result, he wanted to build the steel factories near the sea.

Liu Mo was extremely sensitive to technical issues, so he could read Ouyang Shuo's intentions. Thinking up to this point, the sense of responsibility in his heart felt exceedingly heavy.

To produce the armored warships, the biggest bottleneck still laid with the No.7 Research Institute.

To build the armored warship, the movement system of the ship must jump past sails and toward the steam engine. Moreover, the steam engine had not even been born in the place where the industrial revolution happened—England.

Just relying on Magnus, this European, was far from enough.

The research speed of Shanhai City for steam engines was far behind that of England and even Europe in general.

The road in the future was an exceptionally long one.

Ouyang Shuo looked toward Cui Yingyu and instructed, "The Financial Department must tweak the budget for the next three months. We must take out funds to purchase iron ore and coal. Especially coal. Of the supply that we buy, we will separately store them in the ten steel factories."

When Cui Yingyu heard this command, her face revealed a bitter smile.

Ouyang Shuo's move had messed up the previous plans of the Financial Department.

"Big brother, can you give me an idea of how much we should purchase?"

Ouyang Shuo resolutely said, "However much there is on the market. We will buy it all."

Siii!

Cui Yingyu could not help but let out a cold breath.

"If need be, we can borrow money from the various Chambers of Commerce." Ouyang Shuo added, showing that his plan must and would be fully executed.

In his mind, loaning money was never an embarrassing matter. To be able to loan money and use the borrowed money to make more money, that in itself was an incredible feat.

"I understand!"

Cui Yingyu nodded; she was already prepared to grind out the next few months. They would need to reduce the other expenses of the territory.

"Next, we need to try and sell all the large-scale items like salt and silk. We must try to get rid of them before the year end."

After they took down Qiongzhou Prefecture and Leizhou Prefecture, the territory had already become one of the largest food salt producers in the China region. The colored silk also pushed up production by ten times.

These two items could only be sold in Quanzhou through sea routes.

The problem was that Quanzhou was also located around the sea, so its sea salt market was always self-sufficient. In the future, the salt from Shanhai City would face a problem of not being able to sell.

Salt to Shanhai City held a deep meaning.

At the start of the territory's development, they had relied on the profits from the Beimu Saltpans to maintain their growth.

Toward this problem, Ouyang Shuo temporarily could not think of any good solutions. He could only take it step by step. If they really could not sell it off, it would be a huge burden to the territory finances.

Cui Yingyu was not prepared to probe, so she just nodded to show that she understood.

At this point, Ouyang Shuo had spoken all that he had wanted to say.

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Chapter 492- Business School of Thought

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10th month, 10th day, Shanhai City.

Upon his first glance of Bai Xue, Ouyang Shuo felt stunned. She was alluring and a total beauty.

"Miss Bai Xue, welcome to Shanhai City."

Ouyang Shuo stood at the door of the main hall and personally welcomed the owner of the Bai Trading Company.

Such treatment made her feel welcomed and astonished.

After telling Cui Yingyu about the purchasing matters, Ouyang Shuo's next goal was to persuade the Cui Chamber of Commerce and the Bai Trading Company to move into Shanhai City.

The moment the system updated and removed the Super Trading Platform, the various Chambers of Commerce in the imperial cities, apart from Quanzhou, would have no easy method to contact Shanhai City.

Especially Xianyang. The Yanhuang Alliance territories separated them from Shanhai, and the trade routes were difficult to open up.

Ouyang Shuo would naturally plan ahead in regards to this matter.

The Cui Chamber of Commerce already had the intention of moving over. The relationship between the Cui Family and Shanhai City was growing tighter and tighter. Amongst the Cui Family children, apart from Cui Shousi, two others had become County Magistrates in Shanhai.

The Cui Family had an undeniable influence in both the political and business worlds of the territory.

Considering the pros and cons, Shanhai City was much more attractive to them than Dali.

The future of the Cui Family in Shanhai Territory was filled with imagination. Hence, after Ouyang Shuo released some news, the head of the family immediately decided to start moving over.

The Cui Chamber of Commerce had been running in Shanhai City for the longest time, so they had taken a huge plot of land in the west city region. Hence, the Cui Family moving over was not something rushed and haphazard.

Probably, the head of the family had planned for this for some time.

Of course, the migration of an entire family was not a simple matter. They had to sell and keep some of the shops in Dali, and they would need to continue to station people there to maintain the shops they kept.

They needed to settle the thousands of workers and managers that the family hired. Those that were willing to move over would naturally retain their jobs.

As for those that were not willing, they would not force them and everyone would separate happily.

As for their relationships with the people in Dali, those that should be continued would still need to be continued. The Cui Family head possessed good foresight, and he knew that the future of the Lianzhou Lord was limitless.

Probably, in just a few years, the entire Dali would fall under the rule of Shanhai Territory.

The difficult to settle matter was the Bai Trading Company.

Although Bai Xue was the young miss of the trading company, there was still her father, Bai Gui. This Business Ancestor was the real master of the ship behind the scenes, and he held the fate of the Bai Trading Company in hands.

Bai Gui was someone that Ouyang Shuo temporarily could not meet. As such, his only way was to persuade Bai Xue, who stood in front of him. In a business to business conversation, Ouyang Shuo did not want to use his relationship with Wei Yang to force Bai Xue.

As one would say, there were some things that a real man did and some that he could not do.

Apart from that, the Bai Trading Company and the Cui Chamber of Commerce were fundamentally different. The Cui Chamber of Commerce was the power of the aboriginals of the main map, and their relations in Dali were deeply rooted.

Of course, the influence of the Cui Chamber of Commerce was only limited to Dali.

The Bai Trading Company was different. They had suddenly appeared after the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period and entered the game.

Hence, in regards to the foundation and ability of the Bai Trading Company, Ouyang Shuo knew exceedingly little. On the surface, they just look like an unassuming Chamber of Commerce located in Xianyang.

As for the truth, it was hard for outsiders to know.

After all, the Bai Trading Company in history was a massive monster that dealt with trade and information.

Ouyang Shuo estimated that Bai Gui had purposely asked his daughter to reveal the news about Fan Li to get into Ouyang Shuo's good books.

Amongst all these affairs, what plans did Bai Gui have? Were the philosophers of the business school of thought ready to surface and fight for riches?

Between Bai Gui and Fan Li, what kind of understanding and plans did they have?

All of this posed a huge mystery.

Although the philosophers' debate had ended, the debates and fights between school of thoughts had just begun.

Ever since the Qin Dynasty, there were signs of the philosophers vibrant on the stage of history. The only difference was that they did it outright in the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period and in the dark after that.

The disputes between the philosophers would continue on for the rest of the game.

Because of the game, school of thoughts and factions that were not prevalent in history could potentially gain traction in the wilderness.

The business school of thought was such an example.

In the wilderness, it was not only Ouyang Shuo that focused on the development of business and commerce.

News had spread that Pill Sun City's business atmosphere could almost compare to Shanhai City's. After all, Chun Shenjun's family was a business aristocratic family.

Business was what he was best at handling.

Apart from Chun Shenjun, the other Lords were not fools, and they were not limited to olden thinking. They would not do anything stupid like focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce.

Hence, the business school of thought was growing popular.

Furthermore, during the dynasties, the business school of thought could be called fairly famous. If the like of Shen Wan San, Qiao Zhiyong, or Hu Xueyan were placed in modern society, they would be mammoth existences.

Which was why Bai Gui and Fan Li would not keep silent; they would rise up.

The mysterious circle of historical people was something that neither the Black Snake Guards or the Shanhai Guards could infiltrate. Gaia had obviously planned against such attempts.

However, no one knew Gaia's end goal.

Ouyang Shuo asked to meet Bai Xue for two reasons. First, to discuss the prospects of the Bai Trading Company moving over. Second, to test out their strength and to see what exactly Bai Gui was planning.

As the two of them entered the main hall and took their seats, they judged each other, their eyes filled with probing.

Ouyang Shuo was curious about Bai Gui and Fan Li.

Bai Xue was curious about Ouyang Shuo.

After all, how could Bai Xue not be curious about Ouyang Shuo? She was exceedingly clear about her husband's character. If he had not met a leader that could change the world, he would not easily take up a job.

In history, Wei Yang had traveled across many countries and rejected numerous invitations. In the end, he had surprisingly settled in Qin Country, which was weak and on the verge of defeat.

One of the reason was because of Qin Xiaogong.

What kind of person was the man in front of him, to possess enough much charm to make Wei Yang follow him with loyalty?

On the surface, he looked simple. The many successive wars and battles had made this tender youth resolute and resilient.

His face was life a knife, hard and cold.

Although he tried to control it, Ouyang Shuo's body emitted a killing aura and an aura reminiscent of a king.

These two different auras actually perfectly merged together in his body.

The way of killing and the way of mercy were interchangeable to a Lord; they were not mutually exclusive.

Hence, even though Ouyang Shuo looked warm and gentle, no one dared to try anything funny.

Bai Xue did not dare to underestimate the person in front of her.

However, she could not understand the reason behind his invitation.

Based on logic, as a guest that was visiting Shanhai City, she should visit Ouyang Shuo, the Lord. Only that when she had visited, Ouyang Shuo was away in Zhaoqing.

His return was something that only a few people knew about. Just last night, the governor-general manor guard went to Wei Yang's residence to say that the Lord wanted to meet Bai Xue in the morning.

"I was wondering what the Bai Trading Company thinks of the Shanhai City market?" After some courteous greetings, Ouyang Shuo headed for the main topic. Even if Ouyang Shuo wanted to probe someone, he did not need to beat around the bush.

"Shanhai City's businesses are prosperous. The government supports the Chambers of Commerce. In terms of openness, even Xianyang cannot compare."

When Bai Xue heard his question, she regurgitated the words she had prepared.

When she saw Wei Yang, she had joked that she wanted Wei Yang to help her establish the Bai Trading Company in Shanhai City. In truth, she would not truly make use of him.

She was too clear about the kind of person her husband was.

To Wei Yang, everything had to go by the book, and he definitely would not abuse his power for her.

Hence, when she came to meet Ouyang Shuo, she wanted to find a way to break in. As long as the Lord opened his mouth, the Bai Trading Company could truly gain a footing in Shanhai City.

If not, they would not even be able to set up a shop, much less obtain enough land to build a workshop district.

The current Shanhai City was far different from the time when they had just started construction.

When Wei Ran was running it, to increase the construction speed and attract Chambers of Commerce, he had opened up the doors, selling them land and catering policies to their needs.

This action had fixed the basis of the early development of Shanhai City.

Now, it was different, as Shanhai City had passed that open period of their development. After Zang Wenzhong's appointment, he had started to control the sale of land.

With the three by three city planning pushed out, it was even harder for Chambers of Commerce to purchase land. The entire Shanhai City only had the east and west business regions that allowed Chambers of Commerce to build workshops.

As for the central region, the competition was even more intense.

The various Chambers of Commerce used many different tactics and acts just to obtain a portion of the pier.

One could imagine how difficult it was for a newbie like the Bai Trading Company to gain a foothold.

After all, many Chambers of Commerce, like Hequanji, had supported Shanhai's development from the start. They had helped out when Shanhai City was in a tough situation.

The construction of Leizhou Prefecture was something that many of the Chambers of Commerce had played a part in.

Hence, the Business Division would definitely grant them some benefits.

What about the Bai Trading Company? At the very least, Shanhai City could not see its value.

Bai Xue guessed that if she had not brought news of Fan Li, she could not even gain the Business Division's help without Wei Yang's assistance.

As a result, Bai Xue really cared about this meeting.

Wei Yang's love for he was undeniable. At the same time, Bai Xue was also an independent woman, and she yearned to craft a business of her own.

Entering Shanhai City was probably a test her father provided.

Bai Xue did not want to fail.

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Chapter 493- Palace Guards

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"Since that's the case, will your trading company consider moving your main headquarters over?"

Ouyang Shuo smoothly continued her words and directly reached his first goal.

"Moving headquarters?"

Ouyang Shuo's request left Bai Xue stonished.

"That's right!" Ouyang Shuo nodded, "If Bai Trading Company is willing to move your headquarters over, you will receive the same treatment as the Cui Chamber of Commerce. How about that?"

Ouyang Shuo immediately saw through what Bai Xue needed the most at this moment. Hence, he directly emphasized that he would grant them preferential treatment to attract them.

If Bai Xue did not agree, Ouyang Shuo could only give up and not harp on any further.

A war loomed before him, and Chiyou was grinding his blades.

Ouyang Shuo could not stay in Shanhai City for long. Moreover, before he left, he needed to settle all matters relating to the next system update.

If not, he would be wasting his revival advantage.

Truthfully, the terms that Ouyang Shuo had set out tempted Bai Xue. If the Bai Trading Company could receive the same treatment as the Cui Chamber of Commerce, their rise in Shanhai City would not face any obstacles.

Unfortunately, moving the headquarters was not something she could decide.

"I feel the Lord's sincerity in my heart. However, this current matter is huge, so I need to ask my father before I can reply to you. Is that okay?"

Ouyang Shuo nodded; he had expected such a reply.

As expected, all decisions laid in the hands of Bai Gui.

"Naturally. However, my offer will only hold till the end of the year. After the New Year, even if Bai Trading Company is willing, it will be really difficult. Please help me tell your father this point."

"Great!"

Bai Xue had some doubts, but she still agreed without hesitation. She had a feeling that her father had asked her to come over because he was in truth tempted about moving the headquarters to Shanhai City.

Hence, this decision would not take long to make.

Nanjiang Governor-General Manor, Southwest Corner, an unassuming side palace. The place did not have a name. Hidden in the greens and waters; it was quiet and without people.

Even the people who walked in and out did not make a sound. In their faces, one could not see any emotion. The special aspect of this place was that the dark atmosphere that covered the area.

In the future, the officials of the territory would learn to fear this place.

That was right, this was the headquarters of the Shanhai Guards.

After a period of construction time, in addition to the support of Shanhai City, the structure of the Shanhai Guards was basically complete. Now, they were up and running.

They monitored all of the tens of thousands of officials in the four prefectures.

Before the end of the year, the Administration Department acted openly, while the Shanhai Guards moved in the dark. Both of them would cooperate with one another and complete a large-scale and total investigation. Ouyang Shuo named this operation as the 'Sharp Sword Operation.'

Once the sharp sword leaves its sheath, blood would flow.

After a quiet noon and sending Bai Xue off, Ouyang Shuo sneakily arrived at this side palace. Behind him followed a cool-looking young man—Cui Tianqi.

Cui Tianqi and the others had complete the special forces base training topics. He had graduated from the base as first in the exams.

When Ouyang Shuo received the news, he immediately summoned Cui Tianqi to the manor to receive a new duty.

After undergoing the training at the special forces base, Cui tianqi had grown icier and quieter. He emitted the feeling that any stranger should not approach him.

The teen swordsman of old had completely transformed into a killer.

That was right, a killer.

Cold, merciless.

Cui Tianqi's personality was actually the best choice for a killer. Last time, when Ouyang Shuo ordered him to assassinate Su Qin, he performed the act cleanly like water. He did not disappoint Ouyang Shuo.

This time, Ouyang Shuo wanted to personally bring Cui Tianqi to obtain his job in the Shanhai Guards.

When Shen Buhai saw Cui Tianqi, he did not feel shocked.

When they began creating the Shanhai Guards, Ouyang Shuo had already revealed to Shen Buhai that he intended to make a special unit in charge of assassination missions.

This unit would be called the Shadow Guards.

The Shadow Guards acted as the shadow of the Shanhai Guards.

Hence, apart from the Shanhai Guards Commander Shen Buhai, who had info on them, no one else except for Ouyang Shuo knew of their existence.

The one in charge of the Shadow Guards would have the position of garrison officer, and their rank would only be lower than that of the commander. Without a doubt, Cui Tianqi was the person Ouyang Shuo chose.

Members of the Shadow Guards were mostly martial artist, equipped with god arm crossbows. They were in charge of assassinating spies of other territories, and they would even perform cross-territory killing.

Based on Shen Buhai's reaction, within Shanhai City alone, there were already many rats.

Naturally, they needed to storm and take out all these spies.

Apart from taking out such people, the Shadow Guards were also in charge of killing the traitors of the territory. Shanhai City had expanded through war, so there would no doubt be residue and evil left from the old regimes.

The Shadow Guards would show no mercy such people.

If they often sent the military to try and calm the situation, it was easy to terrify the people. Sending the Shadow Guards was different, as they could settle the issue without anyone knowing.

Hence, the Shadow Guards were a blade that Ouyang Shuo hid in the dark.

The moment he used it, blood would flow.

Of course, the Shadow Guards, and even the Shanhai Guards, were a different concept to the Ming Dynasty Silk Clothed Guards. The Shanhai Guards only had the power to investigate, and they only possessed a limited authority to capture and interrogate.

The real capture and interrogation rights remained under the Internal Affairs Department.

Ouyang Shuo wanted to monitor the people, not create an uncontrollable monster. In his planning of the system, controls and restraints were evident everywhere.

After handing Cui Tianqi to Shen Buhai, Ouyang Shuo got up and left.

The current Cui Tianqi did not need him to nag and could act independently.

Next, Ouyang Shuo visited Song Tianxiong. Then, he rushed Bing'er to make her do homework. After meeting with Song Jia, he left Shanhai City.

His entire journey was hurried.

The pressure that Chiyou gave Ouyang Shuo was simply too great.

10th month, 12th day, Ouyang Shuo teleported to Wulong City.

The same day, Wang Feng led the Divine Martial Guards and teleported over from Zhenhai City to meet with Ouyang Shuo. Before he left, the Zhenhai City Garrison Division was already in place.

After which, Ouyang Shuo did not stay in Wulong City. Instead, he led his troops toward the frontline. Before he left, Ouyang Shuo completely destroyed the teleportation formation in Wulong City.

This teleportation formation had completed its duty, so he should not leave it here anymore.

Ouyang Shuo did not want any accidents to happen.

10th month, 14th day, Ouyang Shuo led the Divine Martial Guards. They rushed to the command center that Han Xin had set up at the border.

The place he chose was a small county twenty kilometers away from the border.

Before this, Han Xin had led the Leopard Legion, including the Guards Division, in completing their preparations. Large amounts of grain had poured over.

Near the border, the army's tents had closely packed with one another.

Flags stabbed into the ground and spears stood upright.

Apart from that, the 1st division of the Dragon Legion and the 3rd division of the Tiger Legion were already ready on the hundred thousand mountains.

When the command center gave the order, the two divisions would directly strike Wuzhou Prefecture.

Similarly, Chiyou's one hundred thousand mountain barbarian army was slowly approaching Zhaoqing Prefecture.

The scouts on both sides had already met in the wilderness and fought. Everyday around sunset, the scouting group would return with a few dead bodies.

The scouts from Shanhai City had all undergone training in the special forces base.

Even so, they still took casualties.

With that, one could see that the Chiyou Army was not a pushover.

The flames of war had been lit.

The real war was about to ignite.

In this battle, Shanhai City had sent a total of eight divisions and the Divine Martial Guards, for a total of 110 thousand troops. This was the first time Shanhai City had more troops than the opponent.

Even in the main battlefield, Shanhai City had planned 86 thousand troops, just fifteen thousand less than the one hundred thousand of Chiyou.

Despite their numerical advantage, this battle would be unprecedentedly tough for Shanhai City. One could foresee that the Battle of Wuzhou would be harder than the Battle of Zhaoqing.

Not because of other reasons, but because their opponent was the devil Chiyou and his mountain barbarian army.

Although the Military Intelligence Division could not infiltrate them, from long term monitoring, they could tell that these one hundred thousand troops were all well-equipped elites.

Especially with the news that the scouts had brought back, they confirmed it.

Chiyou had spent more than a year and a half in Wuzhou, and the entire prefecture was ran like an iron bucket, deep in strength.

Mountain barbarians were not really barbarians.

There were reason why Taiping Country was unwilling to fight Chiyou City.

The strength of the mountain barbarian army was something Ouyang Shuo was clearer about than anyone. The Er'Lai led mountain barbarians regiment was the nightmare of every enemy in battle.

And this time, Shanhai City needed to face one hundred thousand of them.

Just the thought alone was terrifying.

On the contrary, the Leopard Legion under Han Xin, apart from the 1st division, the remaining four were recently built.

What was going to happen, one really could not tell.

This was why Ouyang Shuo needed to lead the Divine Martial Guards and the Guards Division to personally take charge. At the crucial moment, they would have to send out his trump card unit.

Different from previous battles, the Battle of Wuzhou would take place in the wilderness.

Shanhai City was the one defending, but Ouyang Shuo could not allow them to cross the border. Chiyou City was the one attacking, but with Chiyou's character, he would not forget his defence.

With that, both sides would fight a large-scale war in the wilderness.

The dark clouds of battle covered the entire sky, making one feel short of breath.

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Chapter 494-Fighting Dragons

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The word chaos summarized the wilds of the 10th month. Be it Lords or aboriginals, they were preparing for the huge war before winter.

The earlier they fought, the earlier it ended. The winner would be crowned king, while the loser would become a dog.

Within the wilderness, a serious killing aura spread out.

As they put it, if the heavens wanted blood, the skies and planets would shift. If the earth wanted blood, snakes and dragons would appear, and when humans wanted blood, the world would turn on its head.

The invisible killing intent permeated from the various groups of people, like a red colored sword energy charging for the skies.

Numerous killing intents met in the sky and collided, and even the clouds changed colors. The crimson clouds hung overhead in the sky, an ominous sign.

In a random patch of land in the wilderness, the representative of the Ying and Yang school of thought, Zhou Yan, wordlessly focused on the red clouds above him. Such a phenomenon was something that was rare even during the Warring States Period where war was common.

As one of the leading figures of the Ying and Yang school of thought, Zhou Yan could see more than normal people. He focused, and it was like he could see past more than one hundred thousand miles. In the sky, the north, east, and south each had a dragon. Amongst which, the dragon positioned at the south had the most killing intent, and it was the most eye catching.

Around each colossal dragon, there were numerous small dragons.

This was the so-called dragon fighting pattern.

The clouds that formed the dragons were the appearance of luck and prosperity. It was the luck and prosperity of the Lord and also the territory, rising up and taking shape.

Apart from the dragons, there were other beasts in the skies. There were phoenixes, bear, tigers, and the like.

The shape that the luck and prosperity formed represented the will of the Lord.

At the end of the Gaia second year, even Ouyang Shuo could let his own luck take shape. It appeared beforehand because of this rarely seen killing intent.

The moment it disappeared, everything would disappear with it.

Hence, at the current moment, it was the best time for the people of the Ying Yang school of thought to take a look at the luck and fortune of their Lords. When other people looked into the sky, they would see nothing but crimson clouds.

"A time of war; a time of chaos!"

Zhou Yan muttered and disappeared into the wilderness. He did not choose Shanhai City was probably because he did not want to be embroiled in this war.

The killing intent of men. Started by men; it could also influence men.

In the wilderness, any soldier that the red clouds affected would have their eyes reveal a tinge of bloodthirst. Each one of them would feel their blood boil with a desire to fight.

The killing intent that formed charged into the clouds once more.

These two points pushed one another and caused the crimson clouds in the sky to grow more and more vibrant. The vibrant red made one unknowingly want to pray toward it, as it was the color of the emperor's power.

Within the wilderness, the Lords numbering in the thousands were not willing to keep lying in wait.

Even the plants could not stay the killing aura, so they withered early, leaves dropping onto the ground. From north to south, the entire wilderness seemed to have entered winter early, with no signs of life.

The scarlet sky and the withered ground formed a rarely seen scene.

The winter this year had come early, and it felt especially cold.

After this, who could survive and who would be buried in the wilderness, everything was unknown. Even Gaia, who was planning everything, could only act as a quiet bystander.

The land was a chess board, and the people were the chess pieces.

The game has already been set with the people as the pieces, so no one could change the situation of this game alone.

The entire China region did not have an inch of peaceful land. Anyone who tried for peace would be eliminated. Only those who threw themselves into this bloody wave would have a chance to survive.

This was the result of the killing intent, which had gathered up between the heavens and the earth. It needed to be let out.

The first to explode was the Zhongyuan Region.

Chensheng and Zhangchu's West Chu Alliance faced off against the five territory alliances of the neighboring five provinces. After half a month of preparation, this huge war had finally started.

Numerous leaders had gathered there.

The first to attack was the one hundred thousand men alliance army led by Piao Linghuan. The one hundred thousand troops had suddenly entered through the west border.

Zhangchu's capital city, Chen County, was located on the east side of Zhongyuan Province.

On the west, their defence was the weakest.

Hence, Piao Linghuan's army did not face too much resistance, as they waltzed in.

This victory naturally ignited the spirits of the others.

Once one person acted, everyone acted.

Just like they had triggered some button of a machine, the cogs of the war machine started to spin.

Closely after Piao Linghuan, Chun Shenjun led 180 thousand troops and attacked from the south. The moment he entered, they charged straight for the core area of Zhangchu.

The two armies were like a pair of scissors, stabbing right into the heart of the Zhangchu Regime.

Only the 150 thousand troops led by Feng Qiuhuang did not act and remained at the border.

The Luoyang Imperial City was the close neighbor of Fallen Phoenix City in Taiyuan Province. Hence, on the north, as the Zhangchu Regime knew of the presence of Luoyang, they did not pose much of a threat to Taiyang Province.

At the same time, even if Feng Qiuhuang and the others took over the north of Zhongyuan Province, considering the presence of Luoyang, they could not peacefully run their new area.

One must not forget that the next battle map would be set in the Han Dynasty. If nothing went wrong, Chang An was left from the Tang Dynasty, so Luo Yang definitely belonged to the Han Dynasty.

Hence, Ouyang Shuo sent Feng Qiuhuang two sentences.

If the enemy does not move, I do not move.

If it attacks, I'll give it a swift blow.

Ouyang Shuo believed that with her intelligence, she would understand what he meant.

Chensheng was not a person without skill. If not, he could not have taken down the entire Zhongyuan Province in just half a year.

Under him, apart from Xiang Yan who came to assist, there were many famous generals like Wu Guang, Wu Chen, Zhang'er, and Chen Yu.

Wu Chen, Zhang'er and Chen Yu would be the three who directed the Battle of Julu.

Apart from that, the six hundred thousand troops of the Zhangchu Regime were not to be underestimated.

After receiving the news, Chensheng started to move his troops and generals.

He ordered Great General Xiang Yan to lead two hundred thousand troops down south to strike Chun Shenjun. Wu Guang would personally lead 150 thousand troops to face Piao Linghuan in the west.

Zhang'er would lead two hundred thousand troops up to the north border to defend against Feng Qiuhuang. At any moment, they could head down south to attack Di Chen.

The capital city, Chen County, only had fifty thousand troops left, headed by Chen Yu.

For this battle, Chensheng could only go all out.

If he won, he could gain some much needed time for the Zhangchu regime. The span of the entire winter would allow Chensheng to digest the province, as well as the new land he had occupied.

When the New Year arrived, the Zhangchu regime would not fear any challenge.

Of course, if they failed, they would lose everything.

How would Chensheng, who was given a second life, allow himself to fail once more?

The explosive war in the Zhongyuan region ignited the war in the rest of the land. Closely after, the southeast region also started to fight.

Huangchao was ambitious, while Zhan Lang and the others were resolute.

Out of the two sides, only one would survive the second year of Gaia.

Zhan Lang had once again gathered one hundred thousand troops and entered the north of Wannan Province, preparing to head from north to south. Of course, he was careful to avoid the West Chu territory.

Zhan Lang and the others would not dare to disturb this overlord.

In truth, when Peng City appeared in the wilderness, the most worried individual was Zhan Lang. His Blood Red City was just a few hundred kilometers away.

With such a neighbor, not one could ever rest at ease.

Between West Chu and Blood Red City, a war would definitely occur; it was just a matter of time.

But not now, as Zhan Lang was clear about one matter. The matter at hand was to wipe out the Huangchao Army. If not, if they allied with Xiang Yu, the consequences would be dire.

Similarly, Xiang Yu did not have the intentions to attack Blood Red City at the moment.

Their first strategic target was up north; they wanted to occupy Ludong Province.

The Lords in Ludong Province had seen through his intentions, so they all huddle together in fear. At the moment, they had formed a two hundred thousand army.

Between the two of them, a war was also going to break out. The question was when and whether or not it would affect the war in the Zhongyuan Province.

In the southeast region, apart from Zhan Lang, Xiong Ba was also a rash person. Just as Zhan Lang sent out his troops, Xiong Ba led 150 thousand troops from south to north to sweep the area.

The two armies would pincer the Huangchao Army.

At the current moment, Gong Chengshi led eighty thousand troops and formed up on the south of Wannan Province. His situation was extremely awkward, as if the current battle had nothing to do with him.

One had to say that in such a situation, the power of a strong family revealed itself.

Be it connections or communication channels, Gong Chengshi could not compare to them. If not, Bai Hua would not have faced such a situation in Yunnan, where she had no allies to help her out.

Of course, there was another reason why the Lords of Yunnan Prefecture were unwilling to send troops to attack Taiping Country. The reason was Shanhai City.

Everyone knew that Shanhai City was aggressive.

Not taking about Chuannan Province, even the neighboring Lingnan Province, Shanhai City had taken half of it. Hence, how could Shanhai City allow anyone to taint Chuannan Province?

In their eyes, attacking Taiping Country was just helping Shanhai City. They were like food waiting to be eaten by a tiger. They lacked the strength to take the three prefectures of land under the Taiping Country.

Since that was the case, why not remain a bystander?

Why not just sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight? Just let Shanhai City and Consonance City fight to the death with Taiping Country.

The truth was exactly like that.

Consonance City was being pushed to the edge.

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Chapter 495- Chiyou Blood Guards

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Toward the current situation that Consonance City faced, Ouyang Shuo wanted to help, but he lacked the resources to do so.

The current Ouyang Shuo had no time or effort to bother about things outside of the direct battlefield, as one hundred thousand Chiyou soldiers had appeared ten kilometers away from the Shanhai City command center.

Ten kilometers. Even infantry would take at most two hours to easily cross such a distance. As for light armored cavalry, they could enter the enemy territory in just half an hour.

It was the same as saying that at such a distance, both sides could initiate the war at any moment.

The real war between the two sides had officially started.

Han Xin started to plan the army formations.

He named Zhang Han as the left general; he would lead the 1st and 4th divisions of the Leopard Legion. Di Qing would take the role of right general; he would lead the 3rd and 5th divisions of the Leopard Legion to act as the right wing.

Han Xin would take charge of the middle and lead the 2nd division. The Guards Division would also temporarily be under his charge, and they would act as the middle forces of the army.

Ouyang Shuo would lead the three thousand Divine Martial Guards as the backup for the army.

Eighty thousand troops spread out at the border, spanning several kilometres.

Two days earlier, Shi Wanshui and Shan Zhu had received orders from Han Xin. They were to immediately set off, avoiding the patrols and scouts of Wuzhou Prefecture to sneak attack Chiyou from behind.

Han Xin was not ready to attack Chiyou City.

It was only Chiyou City when Chiyou was there.

Without him, it was just an empty city.

Hence, sneak attacking his camp was a completely useless action. If they started fighting, no matter whether the city fell or not, Chiyou would lead his army forward.

As a result, as long as they could crush the one hundred thousand army, the Battle of Wuzhou Prefecture would come to an end.

These were just simple calculations.

Han Xin had seen through this point, so he was ready to focus all his men on attacking the Chiyou Army.

As for the current Chiyou, what was he doing?

At the highest point of the area.

The mountain was less one hundred meters in height, and Chiyou's tent stood at the peak. People would call this point the Devil's Slope, signifying the place where devil Chiyou had set up his tent.

Although the mountain was high, the trees still flourished.

The more surprising aspect was the huge cluster of osmanthus trees at this peak.

The 10th month was originally the time when the osmanthus flower bloomed. Unfortunately, the solemness and killing aura of the wilderness had destroyed this beautiful scenery. All the osmanthus trees on the mountain had withered in a night.

The osmanthus flowers that bloomed fell off their branches and onto the ground. After the mountain barbarians continuously trampled them, they were left in a terrible state.

They had become a part of the ground; the only sign of their existence was a faint smell.

As the autumn breeze blew across, the air still had some of the fragrance of the osmanthus flowers, which did not fit the seriousness of the wilderness.

Chiyou probably chose this place for this reason.

To the outside world, the mountain barbarians were uncultured. Their leader, Chiyou, was naturally vulgar, stupid, evil, and ugly.

He was a devil!

The people would fear him, but they would not worship him.

All this was merely biasness and a misunderstanding.

At the very least, Ouyang Shuo did not think of them in that way.

As one of the few Lords that had come into contact with the mountain barbarians, Ouyang Shuo did not think that they were a stupid and uncultured race.

Amongst them, there were many amazing and exceptional people.

Be it the shaman of the Xuanniao Tribe, Rui Zhi, Shi Hu, or Shi Bao, they had all left a deep impression on Ouyang Shuo.

Needless to say, the leader of the Leidian tribe, Lei Fan, had used his ability to obtain the position of Broken Blade House Prefect.

Administratively or military-wise, mountain barbarians could take up either positions.

In contrast to the trickery and cunningness of the mid plains, the mountain barbarians were more reliable and loyal.

Hence, as their spiritual leader, how could Chiyou be a stupid person? Long ago, during the olden days, Chiyou's tribe had technology far ahead of its time.

This proves that he was actually an intelligent person.

If not, he could not have taken control of such a large area and become a huge force in the wilderness. Meanwhile, Yellow Emperor and Fire Emperor, who were from the same era as him, had disappeared.

Of course, smart did not meant that he was merciful.

The violence of Chiyou was an undeniable fact.

Every one of the mountain barbarians guarding the mountain emitted a killing aura. These Guards were his elite, the Chiyou Blood Guards.

Compared to the Han Race warriors, they had a similar height. Weirdly enough, they were actually much taller than normal mountain barbarian warriors, exceeding two meters.

Their strong muscles protruded, filled with explosiveness.

The even weirder part was their blood red eye. Even in the night, their eyes emitted a scarlet glow.

This was also how the name Chiyou Blood Guards came about.

Each blood guard was a standard human killing machine.

They had no feelings and could not feel pain.

They only knew how to kill.

The development of the blood guards was top secret. Even in Chiyou City, very few people knew about their existence.

In the city, he built a secluded courtyard to train the Blood Guards. The walls were extremely high and separated them from the outside world. Commoners of the city could hear the cries of pain from inside.

Pain was buried into their bones; their shouts were like beasts, desperate and sad.

No one knew what kind of pain the soldiers sent in had to experience.

Every day, body after body would be carried out and buried. Even the bodies taken out were covered, so no one could see their real faces.

As time went on, some secrets were no longer secrets.

Finally, someone saw the faces of the corpses. It was said that the mountain barbarian was so shocked that he had a stroke and nearly died.

A devil from hell!

The body carried out had a blurred face, while the blood vessels all around the body had exploded, and the corpse bled from all holes.

He was just a bloody mess.

No one knew what kind of method Chiyou used to train these Blood Guards.

Apart from that, there were even people who saw that large amounts of Han Race people would be sent into the courtyard. These innocent people, no one ever saw them walk out.

Even when the war started, the courtyard remained shut, and no one saw them walk out.

The long training had made even Chiyou himself violent. His eyes were like that of the Blood Guards, completely blood red.

A year and a half, tens of thousands of mountain barbarians were sent in. In the end, he had only trained up one thousand Blood Guards.

The remaining nine thousand all became cold, lifeless bodies, and they were placed to rest in the cemetery.

Such a massive death rate would have caused problems within the various tribes if he did not possess such a high reputation and prestige; he was pretty much their god.

One must know that the mountain barbarians sent to train were all chosen from thousands or tens of thousands of people. They were the elite of the elite. Such a high fatality rate was totally unheard of.

The soldiers that survived the training from hell did not seem like they belonged on this earth.

The moment they transformed, they lost their own consciousness. They were unclear about their past; they did not recognize their loved ones, and they did not even having feelings.

Only obedience and a killing instinct remained.

They would obey their master, Chiyou, to kill everything in front of them.

These one thousand Blood Guards were Chiyou's strongest trump card.

Apart from that, there would be the changes he made to the warriors of the various tribe. Chiyou City was formed from numerous groups of mountain barbarian tribes. At the start, it was a tribal alliance.

Chiyou was the alliance leader.

The Chiyou Army in history was formed in exactly the same way. Rumors had it that Chiyou had eighty-one brothers. In truth, it was eighty-one different tribes.

In the Battle of Zhuolu, Chiyou had lost badly.

Hence, after he appeared in the wilderness, he had already learned his lesson. He was an extremely smart person, so he understood the ways the Lords used their troops.

Chiyou ordered for the soldiers of all the tribes to gather together for reorganization.

In the end, Chiyou formed ten groups of ten thousand soldiers. Each ten thousand soldiers group would be split into one thousand soldier groups. They would continue to split until they reached ten men squadrons.

Chiyou's organization of his troops was similar to the method the grassland army employed. Such an organization method was good because it was simple and did not require much ability from the commander.

Just with this point, one could see Chiyou's intelligence, as he learned and employed his new knowledge.

After forming the military, the one hundred thousand soldiers could finally form their strength. They were not under the control of their various tribal leaders and that gave Chiyou absolute control of the military.

Apart from that, Chiyou also appointed his ten brothers as the leaders of the thousand men groups.

With that, Chiyou had a firm grasp of his army. His few brothers had gone through death with him, and they were absolutely loyal.

The various tribes had lost their right to talk in the military.

Apart from the organization of the army, Chiyou also paid a lot of attention to weapons research.

In history, the copper weapons that he used were much better than the stone ones the Yanhuang Army employed. Although they did not win the war, their weapons held an evident advantage.

Hence, in the wilderness, he naturally paid close attention to weapons research. He used the Han Race artisans in the wilderness with the secret methods of the Jiuli Tribe to create unique weapons and armor.

Although these equipment could not compare to pinnacle weapons of history like Mingguang Armor and Tang Blade, they were definitely better than the ones that the system gave.

Hence, even in terms of equipment, the Shanhai City Army did not possess much of an advantage.

Chiyou's confidence stemmed from the above three points.

Chiyou had the confidence to crush the opponent in front of him and enter Lingnan Province.

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Chapter 496- Barbarian War Song

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The sunlight in the morning shone through the thick red clouds and down onto the ground.

Devilish.

On the wilderness floor, the withered wild grasses had dew form upon them. Under the red sunlight, they reflected small scarlet dots.

Cold, beautiful.

Such a scene was like the old barbarian period.

Peng!

Peng!

Peng!

Along with the drums of the mountain barbarians, the one hundred thousand mountain barbarian army moved out!

Amongst the military formation, there were leather drums with numerous sides dragged by olden carts. Each side was as large as a mill disc and exquisitely crafted. To play these drums required a certain amount of strength.

The ten ten thousand men groups had all spread out, spanning a huge distance. The soldiers followed the drum beats and moved in unison. Their steps shook the ground, causing the mountains to tremble and the rivers to stop flowing.

The mountain barbarian army was a full infantry army, and about seventy percent of them wielded axes as their weapon. After all, knives and axes were Chiyou's most proficient weapons.

Under Chiyou's influence, the weapons that the mountain barbarians used the most were also these two.

Knives were the large knives, while the axes were the giant axes.

Be it the war knife or the war axe, they were both heavy and tough, filled with the style of the barbarians.

Apart from the knife-axe soldiers, there was a small number of archers and spear throwers amongst them. All of them wore iron armor.

Leather armor to the mountain barbarian soldiers was nothing.

Even the twenty kilogram iron armor on their bodies was like nothing.

The iron armor design was exceedingly savage, patterned with the barbarian giant beast. The black iron armor emitted a cold shine under the red glow.

As iron ore was rare, and they did not have enough artisans and craftsmen, their armor did not cover everything. It just protected the joints, head, and chest; these important areas. Their other areas were exposed, and their bulging muscles showed pure strength and beauty.

This was an army that came from the barbarian times. Their bodies reflected the savage and ruthless ways of the barbarians.

Simple, direct.

Along with the war drums, the warriors clanked their weapons, as they sung their war song.

Our king orders us to fight, we slam the war drums.

Repair my armor, we fight anyone.

Kill everyone, spill their fresh blood.

I fight not for myself, I won't regret death.

Our king, our king, we fight for him!

The lyrics were simple, and it was just a repeat of those few lines. The meaning was straightforward; Devil Chiyou had gathered all the soldiers to bring them to war and spill fresh blood.

The old war song reverberated through the wilderness. Even Ouyang Shuo, who was ten kilometers out, could feel the barbaric aura radiating out.

Amongst the huge army formation, Devil Chiyou's chariot was the most eye-catching.

The entire chariot was ten meters high; it seemed like a moving building, standing tall. It was pulled forwards by twenty desolate beasts and traveled forward slowly in the army.

One thousand Chiyou Blood Guards surrounded the chariot like loyal bodyguards.

Chiyou held a giant axe in his hand, and he wore a similarly savage-looking armor, with a red cape. He stood at the highest point of the chariot. Like the devil coming out of hell, he looked upon the vast wilderness.

At this moment, he was like the king of the land, looming over everyone.

The army proceeded forward, as their aura seemed to strengthen by the minute.

Be it the sounds of the drums or the war song, each aspect seemed to have a magical strength. It made the blood in the mountain barbarians boil, as their morale grew sky high.

When the two armies engaged, their morale would have reached its highest point.

The killing aura would crash down and crush the enemy into dust.

The secrets of the barbarians were not as simple as it seemed. At the very least, amongst all the Lords, no one knew that seemingly normal music could hold such mystery.

Morning, 10 AM, the one hundred thousand mountain barbarian army gradually appeared on the border.

The flood of black slowly appeared. At first, it looked like a black line. Shortly after, the black line started to spread and extend till only black remained.

Pure black, a suppressive black.

The movement of the black flood had completely crossed the border and spread across the wilderness, becoming many kilometers wide and thousands of meters long.

They raised their flags confidently; they held their knives and axes upright.

Facing them, the Shanhai City Army had already waited for a long time in a strict formation. In front of the middle troops, Lin Yi led the Guards Division and stood at the front.

The golden shine of the Mingguang Armor was the symbol of Shanhai City.

In this battle, Ouyang Shuo did not hold back his use of the Guards Division. They were a sharp blade of the middle army, used right at the start to stab the enemy.

Ouyang Shuo similar stood high on a commanding platform and looked forward. With his eyesight, he could clearly see the faces of the mountain barbarians; all of their eyes were red.

He raised his head and stared straight at Chiyou.

Compared to the Battle of Zhuolu period, the current Chiyou seemed much stronger, filled with vigor and vitality. Thanks to this influence, the devil blood in his body started to be riled up.

Ouyang Shuo felt astonished, and he immediately circulated the Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique to suppress the bloodline. After all, his devil bloodline originated from Chiyou himself.

Both of them had the same bloodline.

However, in comparison, Ouyang Shuo's bloodline was more than a level weaker.

One was the original, while the other was a imitation.

Like he had felt the gaze of Ouyang Shuo, Chiyou turned his head toward the latter.

His eyes were calm and ruthless.

Just one look and Chiyou turned away once again.

Ouyang Shuo felt his heart shake, like something invisible had stabbed into his eyes, making them burn.

Chiyou had become so strong?

Ouyang Shuo's eyes focused. Compared to the Battle of Julu, his strength had risen more than two to three times, rising like a rocket, as he grew stronger day by day.

With his current strength, he even had a chance against an emperor rank general.

Even so, Ouyang Shuo could not see through him. This could only mean that the distance between the two was more than a rank.

Was Devil Chiyou really that strong?

Ouyang Shuo sucked in a cold breath. Chiyou's personal strength formed an uncertain factor in this battle. Apart from that, the warriors around the chariot attracted Ouyang Shuo's attention.

They were the Chiyou Blood Guards.

Although Ouyang Shuo did not know what they were called, he could feel the blood, killing intent, and killing aura emanating from their bodies.

Ever since he had cultivated the killing sword, Ouyang Shuo had grown more and more sensitive to killing intent. These weird soldiers could not escape his notice.

Yet another surprise.

Ouyang Shuo could feel that the vitality and vigor of these warriors even surpassed the Divine Martial Guards.

What were the Divine Martial Guards?

They had defeated the Jiangdong Warriors, and they were awarded a title from Gaia.

Even so, they were not good enough.

Devil Chiyou, what kind of monsters did he actually bring up?

Ouyang Shuo could even feel that the vigor in their bodies were calling out to Chiyou's. Like Chiyou's body was the fountain of all their vitality and vigor.

Chiyou and the warriors that he had trained were like one entity.

This kind of feeling was exceedingly strange. Based on what Ouyang Shuo knew, in his last life, no one possessed such personal strength. Didn't this game emphasise teamwork?

What level did Gaia actually push Chiyou's strength to? Or putting it another way, what kinds of secrets does the game hide that Ouyang Shuo did not manage to come into contact with in his last life?

At that moment, Ouyang Shuo felt less confident of his knowledge from his last life.

As they say, the higher you stand, the further you see. In his last life, he was simply too weak; he could not even see the real face of the world.

Only at this moment was the truth of the world slowly revealing itself to him.

One must always be wary and respectful.

Ouyang Shuo suddenly remembered the words that an old man had told him in his last life.

Respectful?

Ouyang Shuo looked on at the mountain barbarian army and fell silent.

Beside him was the commander of this battle, Han Xin.

Han Xin was a pure command-style general, and his personal martial arts could only be considered average. Hence, he did not feel anything weird like Ouyang Shuo could.

What he saw was different from what Ouyang Shuo saw. What he saw was their formation, their equipment and their morale.

In his eyes, the enemy formation was stupid and horrendous. Even a commander who had just graduated from the Army Military Academy could do better.

The mountain barbarian army had very few soldier types, and they were also chaotically grouped up. Forming into a formation, it was ten thousand men by ten thousand. Their groupings lacked strategy and tactics.

When the real war started, those generals would just lead the charge, and they could not control their troops.

A swarm of bees, that was the only description for the mountain barbarians.

On the contrary, the Shanhai City Army already had a professional commander and generals. Along with the flag system and the messenger officer system, it made commanding the troops exceedingly simple.

Han Xin had caught onto the decisive element of this war.

At the same time, the equipment and morale of the enemy made Han Xin solemn.

In history, the barbarians used their strength. They destroyed and even made the agricultural societies surrender. They relied on pure violence and an unprecedented morale.

The current mountain barbarian army was equipped with both.

Han Xin knew that the Leopard Legion under his charge was just formed from prisoners, and it was at its lowest point. These warriors had not fully formed their recognition of Shanhai City.

In terms of morale, the Shanhai City Army was more than a level weaker.

This was going to be an arduous battle.

Han Xin recalled the prediction of his Lord, and his face grew extremely serious and solemn.

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Chapter 497- Han Xin Uses the Troops

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Wuuu!

Almost simultaneously, both sides blew their war horns, signaling the start of the attack.

The long, powerful sounds of the horns were like a signal gun, instantly waking up the silent battlefield. The armies in their formations waved their weapons, and under the leadership of their generals, they charged forward.

Even the crimson clouds in the sky instantly thickened considerably, imbued with killing aura. If there was a person from the Yin Yang school of thought present, they would definitely notice a massive dragon within the cloud layer; the dragon spanned numerous kilometers, and it roared out.

Opposite of the massive dragon stood a black-colored devil.

The spiritual entities faced off against one another.

The crimson cloud layer formed their battlefield, while luck and prosperity was their food. In this battle of luck and prosperity, the loser would be completely consumed.

On the battlefield, the first to strike was the Guards Division. In the middle of the battlefield, Lin Yi's Guards Division moved like a wild horse given free reign, as they swiftly charged forward.

"Up!"

Lin Yi hollered.

With a Shua! sound, the well-trained cavalry trained raised their enormous horse lances in unison. In an instant, they had formed up a horse lance meat grinder. The tips of the lances glinted with a cold shine.

Even the strongest and most courageous mountain barbarian warrior could not defend against the charge of the mixed armored cavalry if they did not have heavy armor and giant shields.

Originally, the Guards Division were considered a heavy armored cavalry force. However, the Qingfu Horses were simply too overpowered. Moreover, the Guards Division used the elite Qingfu Horses.

The elite Qingfu Horse could still charge forward quickly even with a body of armor.

Hence, the current Guards Division could only be termed as a mix armored Cavalry Division, as they had both the flexibility and speed of a light armored cavalry, combined with the defence of heavy armored cavalry. They were simply a nightmare for enemies.

Lin Yi had received the order to lead the Guards Division to mess up the enemy lines. They were tasked with destroying the enemy's commanding system. They needed to make the front and back unable to assist one another, and the right and left unable to work with one another.

The mountain barbarians did not know anything about formations, so Han Xin decided there was no point in him having formations either. His goal was to destroy their commanding system in one stroke and force them to fight for themselves.

Only then could the Leopard Division behind them claim victory amongst the chaos.

Using attack as a form of defence and taking the initiative; this was Han Xin's strategy.

If one looked down from the top, they could clearly see that the Guards Division was like a golden stream charging around amidst the mountain barbarians. In the middle of tens of thousands of men, they killed their way out.

There was no group of soldiers that could stop their advance.

No one could.

Even if Chiyou sent up his Blood Guards, they would also fail to stop the Guards Division. When a cavalry charged at high speed, it could turn any enemy in front of them to meat and grind them into dust.

Furthermore, the great training of the Guards Division was another key to victory.

The Guards Division was closely linked with one another link as a single entity, and they could replace the people in front of them when they turned. With that, they would switch members, as they progressed. Such a method ensured that they would not run out of energy.

Such a tactic could only be performed after long and arduous training.

When the cavalry charged, the lead horse was the most important, and they were also the most tired one. Facing mountain barbarian soldiers that numbered in the tens of thousands, they needed courage to fearlessly usher the way.

Every time, the one at the front would either be a colonel or Lin Yi.

The Guards Division had never lacked such good men. After all, they were the trump card of Shanhai City, the sharp sword of the territory, and their general was the one granted the title of Huwei.

From above, one could see the Guards Division charging straight. When they entered the midst of the mountain barbarian, they suddenly turned left and shifted. As a result, the mountain barbarian soldiers that had started to run over were tossed aside. They kept on changing their directions, throwing the enemy into a frenzy that did not know how to react.

Ten thousand cavalry swept up the dust in the midst of one hundred thousand soldiers. The only point they avoided was Chiyou's chariot. Lin Yi wanted to kill Chiyou, but he was afraid of being scolded for disobeying orders.

After all, Chiyou was the soul of the enemy. If they attacked him, the enemy would go crazy. When Lin Yi thought about how the mountain barbarians might stop attacking and just surround the Guards Division, he felt a chill run down his spine.

Even so, this attack could be called a brilliant victory.

Just like this, the Guards Division went around Chiyou's chariot and sent the mountain barbarian army into turmoil. This move had completely frozen the forward momentum of the mountain barbarians.

Under the leadership of Zhang Han and Di Qing, the two troops on the left and right wings first used the archers to eat away at the enemy vanguard forces. Along with the cavalry disturbing the enemy, the infantry finally appeared.

The use of the various troops flowed smoothly like water. This was true war, the art of tactics. In comparison, Chiyou's army was just a bunch of boorish mountain barbarians.

For the start of the war, the Shanhai City Army had unexpectedly gained the advantage and initiative of the battle. Through this, one could see Han Xin's sublime control of troops.

Such a head-to-head battle in the wilderness was a great test of the commander's ability.

In such a huge battle, there were no special tactics, only a grasp of the battle situation. Moreover, the battle situation was not just mysterious, but it often changed quickly. If you stopped paying attention slightly, you would lose your opportunity to strike.

As the commander of the entire army, Han Xin did not only need to ensure victory. He also need to ensure that they did not take too many casualties. If not, after one war, the army would be utterly broken.

If that happened, even with the foundation and base of Shanhai City, they would fail to sustain a couple of battles.

The reason Shanhai City could grow stronger and stronger depended on grasping the biggest victory through the smallest of losses. In the last few wars, Baiqi had achieved this objective.

This was the first time Han Xin had commanded the troops independently, and he did not want to lose to Baiqi.

Although he had obtained the upper hand, there was not a shred of happiness on his face. He was exceedingly clear that the engagement of the infantry of the two sides would be the key to this whole battle.

Their early advantage was not enough to decide the outcome.

The mountain barbarian army was simply too strong. Even after the Shanhai City Army took first blood and destroyed their command system, all the red-eyed mountain barbarian warriors still growled, as they followed the beats of the drums forward.

They did not need any commands, and they only had a single thought in their hearts—charge!

Charge forward; brace the arrow rain!

Charge forward; do not fear any knife or spear!

Charge forward; as their king watched on, kill the enemy!

Blood was honor.

Every single mountain barbarian held an infallible faith. No strike could make them back off. The word retreat did not exist in their dictionary.

Hence, the moment the infantry forces of both sides engaged, Shanhai City was pushed on the back foot.

The early defeat did not affect their morale. Instead, it awakened their killer instinct, causing their violence urges to all pour out.

They finally faced the damn infantry of the enemy, so the mountain barbarian soldiers slashed down with their knives and axes without hesitation. At this moment, only flesh and blood could exchange for glory and honor.

Suddenly, tens of thousands of knives and axes struck down, smashing down on the defence line of the Leopard Legion like a huge wave, forcing all of them to take a step back.

Such power was simply alluring.

Even Han Xin's eyes focused. The strength of the enemy had exceeded his expectations. For the current moment, Han Xin did not do anything, as he left the decision to the generals on the frontline.

"Steady!"

"Do not be afraid!"

"Steady!"

Although the leaders on the frontlines were shocked, they were not afraid. These leaders were selected from other divisions and gathered at the newly formed legion, so they were all extremely experienced.

"Form up!"

"Move you, brat!"

The Leopard Legion prepared themselves for the mountain barbarian army. Facing such a strong enemy, fighting head on was not a good idea, so they had to use some strategy.

They would use formations.

If their enemy was a rock, what would be their nemesis? Either wield a harder rock, or become water and use gentleness to fight against toughness.

The formation that the Leopard Legion practiced followed such a principle. Under the leadership of the commanders, the mountain barbarian warriors were led one by one into the formation and surrounded.

Just like that, they sliced the entire barbarian army into small pieces. Following which, the Leopard Legion soldiers would force a situation where they outnumbered their direct enemy and ganged up on them.

Just like that, the entire defence line actually miraculously stabilized.

Along with the cavalry troops running disturbances, the entire tempo of the battle aligned with Shanhai City's desired state.

Han Xin's serious expression relaxed a little.

The formation that he had specially picked out proved effective.

In an infantry battle, the mountain barbarians did not just have the strength advantage, as they also held the numerical advantage.

If they went head-to-head, they would be suppressed. Like quicksand, they would not be able to slip out.

The strength of a formation was evident.

However, at this very moment, a titanic change occured.

Chiyou, who stood on the high platform, suddenly roared out toward the opposite end.

Kong!!!

His roar caused the surrounding wilderness to tremble.

On the battlefield, it seemed like all the mountain barbarians had received a chicken blood injection, as their eyes reddened further and their strength quickly rose.

Ouyang Shuo was familiar with such a scene.

"Berserk!"

That damn Chiyou. With just his own strength, he actually caused his entire army to enter the berserk state.

That was simply too terrifying.

When did berserk become such a common matter?

After all, what kind of concept was that? Imagine one hundred thousand mountain barbarians entering the berserk state simultaneously!

Ouyang Shuo had finally lost his calm and composed expression.

Shanhai City might lose this battle!

Chiyou ah, Chiyou, what kind of monster are you, to actually be so godly?

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Chapter 498- Battle to the Death

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Suddenly, a ferocious wind started to blow across the ground.

After the one hundred thousand mountain barbarians collectively entered the berserk state, they completely flipped the situation of the Battle of Wuzhou. Shanhai City had never been forced by an enemy into such a difficult situation.

Facing one hundred thousand berserk soldiers, the weakness of the Leopard Legion was exposed and obvious, as they were quickly forced back. No matter how strong a formation, it would appear useless before absolute strength.

The mountain barbarians were like a bunch of violent slaughterers, as they waved their giant axes and shattered the formation with brute strength. They swiftly launched a counter attack, killing the Leopard Legion soldiers.

Sometimes, being barbaric was the way out.

All of a sudden, the Leopard Legion suffered heavy casualties, and the defence line wavered on the brink of collapse.

"We cannot go on like this!"

Ouyang Shuo raised his head and looked at Chiyou, as fear filled his heart. Chiyou's holler had totally frightened Ouyang Shuo.

The largest scale of the berserk state among the Shanhai City mountain barbarians only involved Er'Lai's 3rd division during the Battle of Gushan County. The event had occurred unexpectedly, caused by both the battle situation and Er'Lai.

On the other hand, Chiyou could apparently control the berserk state of the mountain barbarians.

To them, this ability held a profound meaning. After all, the combat strength of the mountain barbarians would double from their original base under this state.

Ouyang Shuo truly wanted to know what secret technique Chiyou employed to elicit such a reaction. With his sharp senses, he could feel the vigor and vitality of Chiyou instantly decrease by half.

Evidently, Chiyou's shout had a price.

"Phew."

Ouyang Shuo let out a sigh of relief.

If nothing happened to Chiyou after he made such a move, Ouyang Shuo would genuinely suspect Gaia of bias. Since the situation was so, having them all go berserk once was already Chiyou's limit.

Unless he wanted to risk his vitality drying up and used it again.

Ouyang Shuo believed that if the situation turned grim, Chiyou would personally fight.

This devil had not truly displayed his powers.

Even so, with that shout alone, he sent the Shanhai City Army into a terrible situation.

Devil Chiyou, truly befitting of his name.

"Wang Feng!"

Ouyang Shuo suddenly turned his head and looked at the young general beside the guard.

"Present!"

"Gather the forces and head out together with me!"

"Yes my, Lord!"

Wang Feng did not say anything; he just quickly walked down the commanding platform.

"Lord?"

When Han Xin heard the news, astonishment filled his eyes. The battle had just started, and he actually needed the Lord to personally enter the battlefield. Such an event truly made him feel ashamed.

"General does not need to be like that. No one expected Chiyou to be so strong."

"But Lord, your body is worth its weight in gold. What if…." Han Xin tried his best to persuade Ouyang Shuo, "Let me think of a way; the army is far from collapsing."

"Say no more." Ouyang Shuo waved his hand, his attitude resolute, "As for commanding the troops, I'll leave it to general."

As he spoke these words, Ouyang Shuo turned around and walked down the commanding platform.

When Han Xin saw his Lord's actions, he helplessly sighed. Only after the Lord disappeared by the staircase did he turn around and refocus on the battlefield.

At this moment, Han Xin felt crystal clear about his role in this battle. He needed to prove to the Lord down there that the troops he had brought were not weak shrimps.

If not, Han Xin would really have no face to remain in the Shanhai City military.

Ouyang Shuo did not choose to lead the troops out of arrogance. He made this decision because he had considered the outcome. It was exceedingly clear to him that at the current moment, the troops needed a morale booster.

At the current moment, what would be more effective than himself? He could only put himself at risk.

Originally, Ouyang Shuo was prepared to wait till the end for a final battle with Chiyou, but the current situation had forced him to act.

He definitely did not think that with his strength, he could alter the entire situation. He only needed to help the Leopard Legion settle down and prevent them from collapsing.

As long as they could the battle drag on till Shi Wanshui and Shan Zhu arrived, they could win. Ouyang Shuo did not wish for the battle to end before they arrived.

If not, they would not only lose this battle, as a lost here would cause a chain reaction.

The moment Chiyou's army won, they would enter Zhaoqing Prefecture. In such a scenario, Sun Bin's troops on the east would face a pincer attack.

It would not end at the lost of Zhaoqing, as such an event would throw the entire Shanhai Territory into chaos. Needless to say, the fall of Shanhai City would mean that the other allies of Shanhai Alliance would face a difficult situation.

Shanhai City stood as the flag bearer of the alliance.

In such a chaotic world, there was no news worse for them than Shanhai City falling. Di Chen and the others would probably wake up laughing from their slumber.

Not talking about matters too far away, at the very least, Bai Hua's situation would worsen. If this dragged on, it would destroy Ouyang Shuo's entire dream.

As such, Ouyang Shuo could not allow this event to happen.

Hence, he had to place himself at risk.

This terrible situation was a result of two factors. Firstly, the environment of the China Region. Secondly, Shanhai City had expanded too quickly.

As a result, Shanhai City faced enemies on all sides.

If he was not careful, he would lose the entire plot.

Of course, if they won, everything would be great for Shanhai City.

This was the most crucial battle since he created the village.

This battle was one that Shanhai City definitely could not afford to lose.

As they were moving stealthily, Shi Wanshui's and Shan Zhu's divisions could not move too quickly. If not, Chiyou's scouts would discover them.

Last night, the intelligence officer had received news sent through the Feng Bird. At 2 PM at the latest, their troops would be able to arrive.

Ouyang Shuo raised his head and glanced at the blazing sun.

It should be around an hour away from noon. This time meant that the Leopard Legion needed to hold on for three more hours.

Ouyang Shuo's mission was to drag this battle on for three hours.

A difficult task!

The berserk state of the mountain barbarians could not actually last for long, so the most crucial matter was to block their strongest assault and not let the army collapse.

If he had the Dragon Legion for this battle, Ouyang Shuo would not feel so worried.

The Dragon Legion was the oldest in the territory. Apart from their new 5th division, the other four divisions had experienced hundreds of battles. Even if they faced the berserk mountain barbarians, they would not feel afraid.

Unfortunately, the ones facing the mountain barbarians were the newly formed Leopard Legion.

One could only hope for them to grow up quickly through this trial of fire.

On an empty space in front of the commanding platform, the three thousand Divine Martial Guards had gathered up.

After Ouyang Shuo came down, he did not say anything. He simply jumped onto Qingdian and grabbed his Tianmo Spear.

"Let's go!"

He pointed his spear forward and led the way out of the camp.

"Kill!"

The three thousand Divine Martial Guards followed closely behind him. Under the cover of the crimson clouds, their red capes appeared even brighter.

Along with the appearance of the Divine Martial Guards, the golden Lord Flag immediately appeared on the battlefield.

"Lord!""It's the Lord!""The Lord is here!"Seeing the golden flag from afar, the entire Leopard Legion felt pumped.

Ouyang Shuo's face remained serious, as he directly led his men into the core area of the battlefield. His spear stabbed out and immediately killed a berserk mountain barbarian. Under his spear, the berserk mountain barbarian was only a small warrior.

As he flourished his spear, mountain barbarians fell. None of them could even withstand one of his spear strikes.

Probably due to the crimson clouds, but Ouyang Shuo could feel the Tianmo Spear in his hand grow more lively and bloodthirsty.

On the spear body, blood flowed. It looked like a syringe that craved fresh blood.

Ouyang Shuo smiled slightly, as he rode Qingdian, no enemy could match him.

Meanwhile, the Divine Martial Guards were like a tornado that tore up the battlefield.

"Great! Seeing their lord so majestic, the neighboring Leopard Legion soldiers felt a huge rise in morale.

Killing the enemy was not his goal.

His mission was just to calm them. Hence, he would display his skills and kill the enemy in the most stunning and amazing manner possible.

The mountain barbarians were like paper tigers in front of him.

Ouyang Shuo wanted to let the soldiers realize that the mountain barbarians were not anything to fear. He aimed to remove the fear from their hearts.

As long as one was not afraid, they could make miracles appear on the battlefield.

Ouyang Shuo led his troops around. Everywhere he went, he would mercilessly slaughter and show off the pinnacle of the Yang Family Spear Technique.

Everywhere he went, the Shanhai soldiers would calm down.

Ouyang Shuo's acts were highly effective, as their fear dissipated. They started to rally themselves and use the formation they had prepared.

Only this time, surrounding the enemy was the main goal, killing them was secondary.

They allowed the mountain barbarians to charge about in the formation. They just surrounded them and did not go for the kill. These berserk soldiers felt like they were using all the strength in their bodies to punch a sponge.

Depressed, annoyed.

When their berserk state ran out, the battle would rise again.

Half an hour, in just half an hour, Ouyang Shuo had managed to calm down the troops.

On the commanding platform, Han Xin was both delighted and regretful.

The Lord had completed his mission, so it would be his turn next.

Han Xin stood high on the platform, taking in everything on the battlefield. His brain was like a calculator, working at high speeds.

A moment later, he started to wave the flag and move the troops and generals.

Under his command, the cavalry forces of the various divisions were released. Each soldier type on the left and right wing helped one another out to form one massive formation.

Numerous small formations connected with one another to form a giant formation.

The one hundred thousand mountain barbarians felt like they had suddenly entered a maze, and they could not tell the direction.

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Chapter 499- Wei Zhang Dies in Battle

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The blazing sun hung high up in the middle of the sky, shining through the red clouds.

In the vast and empty wilderness, both armies killed one another.

Thanks to the hard work of Ouyang Shuo and Han Xin, they had the situation under control. They pulled the Leopard Legion back from the brink of collapse.

Another tough battle would follow.

To both sides, this was a battle that tested mental and physical ability.

At noon, the sun had reached its highest point.

The massacre in the wilderness did not seem to have any intentions of stopping, and no one dared to rest.

Killing shouts and cries filled the ears.

The warriors seemed to be unable to feel hunger, and only killing existed in their eyes. Their killing intent gathered up in the clouds, as the crimson clouds seemed to grow heavier and heavier.

The berserk state of the mountain barbarians had ended, so their battle strength had greatly faltered. The aftereffects of the berserk state also gradually started to show. The mountain barbarian army began to suffer large amounts of casualties.

As they would say, take your life when you were sick.

Han Xin possessed a top-class ability to grasp the opportunity during a battle. He decisively adjusted the formation and ordered the army to mercilessly slaughter the mountain barbarians.

The entire Leopard Legion was like a giant meat grinder, as they sent the mountain barbarian army down to hell.

The mountain barbarian soldiers fell one by one.

On the high platform, this was the first time Chiyou had failed to remain expressionless. Although he had started to learn from the Han people after he entered the wilderness, he still did not understand much about military formations.

Chiyou did not expect that the unassuming formation would actually cause his men to fall to the losing side. However, as he looked at the golden flag, a gold smile appeared at Chiyou's mouth.

The next moment, Chiyou disappeared.

Wuuu!!!

An even more majestic and louder horn sounded out across the battlefield.

"Not good!"

Han Xin was shocked. He looked over at the high platform, but there were no signs of Chiyou. The guards around the chariot had all disappeared.

Along with the sonorous horn, Chiyou led his one thousand Blood Guards. Like a red arrow, they suddenly entered the battlefield. Abruptly, all of the mountain barbarians felt their blood boil.

Their king had appeared.

Similar to the mountain barbarians, Chiyou did not possess a mount. He wielded a giant axe in his hand, as he ran like the wind. In a short while, he appeared in the middle of the battlefield and charged right at the Divine Martial Guards.

"Protect the Lord!"

In the midst of the army, 2nd division Major General Wei Zhang saw through the intentions of Chiyou. As such, he immediately moved his army to try and set up layers to block Chiyou.

"Ants!"

Chiyou roared; his voice thundered through the wilderness, and the giant axe in his hand swept forward.

Hua laa!

Like he was cutting tofu, he instantly bisected ten soldiers into two with his giant axe. Their bodies flew into the air, an expression of disbelief still on their faces.

"Ah!"

Such a scene was simply too shocking. As a result, the entire battlefield fell silent.

"Hurray!"

Following which, the soldiers of the mountain barbarian army cheered out.

"Hurray! Hurray!"

"Our king is invincible!"

Chiyou laughed coldly, still not satisfied. His giant axe struck down, and the shadow of his weapon would cover any enemy that stood in his way.

The Devil Chiyou had started his slaughter.

"Ah, save me!"

Cries filled the ear.

All of a sudden, broken limbs littered the area and flesh blood splattered. Even the faces of the soldiers that had experienced hundreds of wars paled upon seeing such a violent and gory scene.

The Blood Guards that followed behind Chiyou were similarly brutal. The one thousand Blood Guards could face an entire division without losing out. Such a scenario was completely unheard of.

The red tornado swept around the middle of the battlefield, and no one could stop it.

Chiyou's Blood Guards had finally showed themselves to the world. Each one of them was a cold killing machine. They had great individual skill, but they also knew how to coordinate with one another.

Such soldiers were truy unheard of.

"Protect the Lord!"

When Wei Zhang saw Chiyou killing everyone in his path, he charged over and engaged Chiyou.

"Ant!"

The Devil Chiyou was as arrogant and crazy as in the past.

The giant axe hacked down; Wei Zhang managed to block this seemingly normal and unassuming move. However, both Wei Zhang and his horse shook. The elite Qingfu Horse was unable to take the move and knelt down onto the ground.

Such ability was unheard of. Even the overlord Xiang Yu did not possess such ability.

However, Wei Zhang would not back down, and he smacked his horse and accepted the challenge.

"Interesting!"

Chiyou laughed coldly. It was like he was preparing to have some fun with Wei Zhang.

Although Wei Zhang rode a Qingfu Horse, the two of them stood at roughly the same height. With that, one could see how much taller Chiyou was compared to a normal person.

As such, it was not surprising that he did not possess a mount.

In the wilderness, even desolate beasts could not take his weight.

Chiyou himself was a human beast.

Wei Zhang temporarily handled Chiyou, while the warriors of the 2nd division valiantly charged forward and fought the one thousand Blood Guards.

Further away, Han Xin ordered the troops to surround and kill Chiyou.

Han Xin was taking a risk. However, as long as they could kill Chiyou, this battle was theirs.

When the mountain barbarians saw their movements, they were not happy and roared, blocking the path of the Leopard Legion. All of a sudden, the battle grew more and more intense.

Each person was competing against their enemy; none of them wanted to lose out.

This entire battle had its ups and downs, changing constantly.

Similar to Ouyang Shuo, Chiyou had utilized his personal strength to drag the mountain barbarian army out of the dirt.

The entire situation was seemingly going to continue on like this.

Ouyang Shuo, who was not that far away, could see many things. He noticed that as Chiyou killed, his vitality and vigor miraculously increased.

Perhaps Chiyou's weapon had a property like the Tianmo Spear in his hand, where it could absorb the blood of the enemy?

Thinking about such a possibility, Ouyang Shuo felt terrified.

How many more surprises did Chiyou want to give him!

"We cannot let Chiyou continue killing!"

Ouyang Shuo was resolute. The moment Chiyou absorbed enough energy and sent them into the berserk state once again, this battle would truly be over.

"Chiyou, since you dare appear, prepare to die!"

In Ouyang Shuo's eyes, there was not even a tinge of fear. He was such a character, a person that grew stronger in the face of greater opponents.

"Divine Martial Guards, follow me to kill Chiyou!"

Ouyang Shuo smacked his horse and dashed into the center of the battlefield.

"Lord, no!"

This time, Wang Feng opposed the Lord's actions, something that he rarely did.

Everyone knew that the current Chiyou was really invincible.

If the Lord headed over now, there was a high chance that he would die. As the commander of the Divine Martial Guards, Wang Feng did not want the Lord to take such a risk. That was because he did not have the confidence to protect the safety of the Lord before Chiyou.

"Impudence!" Ouyang Shuo stared coldly at Wang Feng, as his words actually seethed with rage. This Wang Feng, does he not know how much of an emergency this was? He actually still behaved like an old lady!

"Lord, do not be angry; it's my fault! Let me deal with Chiyou!"

Wang Feng's attitude remained incredibly resolute. He used his eyes to signal for Chen Dameng to block the Lord, while he led the Divine Martial Guards into battle.

"You!"

Ouyang Shuo was furious; he had not expected Wang Feng to act in such a manner.

"Move aside!"

Watching as Wang Feng led his troops forward, Ouyang Shuo scolded.

Who would have thought that Chen Dameng was also an idiot? He knew that he could not stop the Lord with his strength, so this brutish man went all out.

Chen Dameng suddenly placed his knife against his own throat and declared, "If the Lord goes, I'll kill myself!"

"You!"

Ouyang Shuo flipped out.

Chen Dameng's expression truly made Ouyang Shuo want to smack him. Why did he not notice before that this guy was so annoying?

"Revolting, you're all revolting!"

Their actions infuriated Ouyang Shuo, but there was really nothing that he could do. He knew that Chen Dameng would definitely act upon his words.

"Watch how I teach all of you a lesson later!"

Ouyang Shuo stared into Chen Dameng's eyes before turning his head to look at the battlefield.

After the Divine Martial Guards rushed over, the 2nd division could finally heave a sigh of relief. In such a short while, thousands of people from the 2nd division had died.

The two guard groups were going to battle for supremacy.

In a one-on-one situation, the Chiyou Blood Guards were fifty percent stronger than the Divine Martial Guards.

What a bunch of monsters.

Luckily, they only numbered a thousand.

If not, the Divine Martial Guards would definitely lose.

Seeing the enemy elite force rush over, Chiyou did not have any more heart to play around. His giant axe suddenly grew fiercer and fiercer, and each blow from his axe was stronger than the last.

Wei Zhang was one of the strongest generals in Shanhai City. In fact, his strength was even above Lin Yi and Wang Feng.

Even so, he was helpless before Chiyou's strikes. He was like a lone boat, while the enemy was the vast ocean.

Wave after wave struck him. If he was even a little distracted, he would really die.

"General!"

The soldiers of the 2nd division started to head over to assist when they saw Wei Zhang fall into such a bad state.

Unfortunately, they were too late.

Or putting it another way, things happened too quickly.

Chiyou hollered once more. His body suddenly expanded a size, and the giant axe in his hands was like the scythe of a death god, cutting down Wei Zhang.

This time, he had caught Wei Zhang completely off guard, and it was too late to block.

Wei Zhang could only watch on as the giant axe struck down from his shoulder, splitting his body in half.

Blood splattered.

Shanhai City general Wei Zhang dies in battle!

"General!"

The soldiers of the 2nd division cried out; their eyes red, as they charged toward Chiyou.

"Chiyou give me your life!"

"A bunch of ants!"

Chiyou laughed icily, as he wiped away the fresh blood on his face, making him look even more savage.

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Chapter 500- Mystery of the Devil Bloodline

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Wei Zhang's death had brought Ouyang Shuo out of his fury. This was the first time that Shanhai City had a general of such a level die in battle. However, the current battlefield was merciless, and it did not allow him to feel sad nor did it allow for the soldiers to cry.

"Chen Dameng!"

Ouyang Shuo's current voice sounded exceedingly calm.

When Chen Dameng heard his tone, he felt a shiver run down his spine, like a cold wind had blown across.

"Present!"

"Send a letter to Han Xin and ask him to command the troops to surround the mountain barbarians. Chiyou and his Blood Guards will be up to us, so choose another ten fierce generals for us to fight him with."

"Yes, my Lord!"

This time, Chen Dameng did not dare to oppose the order. He had a feeling that if he dared to go against this order, he would die at the very next moment.

This strong man might seem brutish, but he was exceptionally smart and quick.

Ouyang Shuo was angry, but he had not lost his rationality. He could clearly see that although Chiyou seemed careless for entering the battlefield, he had actually disrupted the tempo.

In the original battlefield, the Shanhai City Army held the advantage. After all, the mountain barbarians that suffered from the side effects of the end of the berserk state were worse than normal soldiers.

Based on that tempo, even if Shi Wanshui could not rush over, they could still crush the mountain barbarian army; it was just a matter of time.

However, Chiyou had also seen that point. As such, he appeared battlefield. Furthermore, his appearance had stunned everyone. Han Xin had moved the troops to attack Chiyou, giving the mountain barbarians a chance. It was not a smart decision.

It was the same as saying that Shanhai City Army had panicked upon seeing Chiyou's strength.

This was not a good sign.

Now, Ouyang Shuo needed to remedy this mistake.

The moment they controlled the mountain barbarian army, no matter Chiyou's individual strength, he would not be able to win.

One's personal strength would always remain limited in a huge battlefield. Even Devil Chiyou was not truly invincible. Ouyang Shuo did not believe that if ten thousand arrows were shot at him, he could block them all.

After a short while, Chen Dameng returned. Behind him were ten strong generals.

If they could not take him in a one-versus-one situation, they would just have to gang up on him.

Ouyang Shuo was not a righteous person. On their battlefield, righteousness held no meaning.

Victory was righteousness. Defeat was dog sh*t.

"Kill!"

Ouyang Shuo wielded the Tianmo Spear and led them.

"Kill!"

The two hundred Royal Guards and the ten fierce generals followed behind him in an orderly manner, as the army automatically gave way for them.

"Chiyou, we meet again!"

Ouyang Shuo slapped his horse and moved in front of Chiyou, as the Royal Guards automatically surrounded him. The Chiyou Blood Guards wanted to assist, but Wang Feng's forces blocked them off.

"Hen!"

In Chiyou's eyes, a killing intent gleamed.

How could Chiyou forget his nemesis Ouyang Shuo? It was this person who had helped the Yellow Emperor defeat him. Chiyou had not forgotten about this deep hatred for even a moment.

"You actually have some balls. I thought you would continue being a cowardly turtle." Chiyou mocked Ouyang Shuo. However, when his words were combined with the fresh blood on his face, he looked somewhat comical.

"I could defeat you before, so I can defeat you once more. Only after this time, you won't see the light of day again." Ouyang Shuo did not bother about Chiyou's provocation.

The current Ouyang Shuo was not some rash child.

He only cared about obtaining victory in this war.

"Stop the useless talk, eat my axe!"

Ouyang Shuo was not enraged. On the other hand, Chiyou found himself infuriated.

The giant axe bore down and a chilly breeze struck his face. However, Ouyang Shuo remained unfazed.

He raised his Tianmo Spear and blocked the battle axe.

Dang! Yet another heavy blow.

However, Ouyang Shuo was not Wei Zhang. After training in the Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique, his strength had reached incomparable heights. Moreover, the Qingfu Horse he sat on was the king of Qingfu Horses.

This strike did not achieve anything.

Chiyou's eyes widened, as Ouyang Shuo's strength had exceeded his expectations. During the Battle of Zhuolu, Ouyang Shuo did not act, and the one who fought with Chiyou was Shi Wanshui.

The current Chiyou was more than two times stronger than during that battle. If he fought against Shi Wanshui again, he was sure that he would win within a hundred moves.

"Hen!"

Chiyou could not accept it, so he launched a relentless assault.

Ouyang Shuo also wanted to measure the standard that his current strength had reached. He asked Chen Dameng and the others to stand aside and allow him to have a one-versus-one fight against Chiyou.

The two of them fought, one standing, one on a horse.

Chiyou's axe was heavy and strong, and each strike seemed to carry earth splitting might. Ouyang Shuo's Tianmo Spear was devilish, together with the Yang Family Spear Technique, he could not be underestimated.

The two of them fought for over ten rounds.

Ouyang Shuo needed to pay one hundred percent attention to every strike from Chiyou. On the contrary, Chiyou could easily block every attack from Ouyang Shuo.

Comparing the two, the stronger one was easily determined.

The current Ouyang Shuo was not the opponent of a devil like Chiyou.

After over ten rounds, Ouyang Shuo started to pant and beads of sweat formed on his forehead.

Even Qingdian could not hold on, as it breathed out white air through its nose. After all, around half of the force from Chiyou's attacks transferred from Ouyang Shuo to Qingdian.

If this was a normal horse, it would have been flattened already.

Ouyang Shuo did not want to tangle with Chiyou any longer, so he used his spear to push aside the axe before backing off to a side. When Chen Dameng and the others saw his actions, they surrounded Chiyou to received his attacks.

"Despicable!" Chiyou raged.

Under the orders of Chen Dameng, the Royal Guards formed a huge circle.

During this fight, when they faced Chiyou, the Divine Martial Guards would receive one stroke before immediately backing off.

The cold ones would even sneak attack Chiyou from behind.

Such despicable tactics enraged Chiyou. However, the Divine Martial Guards were not normal soldiers. No matter how strong Chiyou was, he could not kill a bunch of them with just one blow from his axe.

Although the Royal Guards were strong, they did not dare to act careless when facing Chiyou. If they were not careful and Chiyou grabbed his chance, they would definitely be killed.

The Devil Chiyou was titled as a war god presence by many.

Hence, even though the Royal Guards were as careful as they could be, and acted as shameless as possible, some of them would still fall despite having the help of ten fierce generals.

This time, the Royal Guards had suffered heavy casualties.

When Ouyang Shuo saw this scene, his facial muscles twitched. These members were all his babies. Seeing Chiyou easily take away the troops he had spent so much to train, Ouyang Shuo even had the thought of skinning him alive.

Luckily, they had the situation temporarily under control.

Since they could deal with Chiyou, the mountain barbarian army would fall to a disadvantage.

After receiving Ouyang Shuo's instructions, Han Xin shifted the Guards Division over to massacre the mountain barbarian army.

In the scuffle with the Royal Guards, Chiyou was unable to absorb enough vitality. Ouyang Shuo stood at the side and could feel the situation with Chiyou's body. If something weird happened, he would take special measures.

"Ah!!"

Chiyou was growing more and more annoyed, and he finally could not take it anymore. He let loose a long and loud roar. All of a sudden, the vitality and vigor of his body disappeared.

Chiyou had actually mutated once more.

His body was originally terrifying. However, this change had made him a huge step taller.

Chiyou was now three meters tall, and even the armor on his body had ripped open, dangling from his body. His muscles bulged like little mountains.

Ouyang Shuo guessed that the current defence of Chiyou's body could probably almost compare to armor.

What a monster!

"Devil Possession!"

Ouyang Shuo immediately knew why this had happened to Chiyou.

During the Battle of Zhuolu, Chiyou had also undergone a similar mutation. However, his height was not so shocking at that time. Had the devil bloodline in his body grown purer and purer?

Chiyou's mutation had caused the devil bloodline in Ouyang Shuo's body to feel like it was being pulled out by some mysterious energy. Suddenly, his bloodline grew restless.

This was far more painful than the previous few times. Ouyang Shuo could feel the primordial energy in his body failing to suppress the devil bloodline.

"Damn it!"

Ouyang Shuo's face instantly turned ashen white, as a piercing pain spread out from his abdomen. Each and every blood vessel in his body looked like it was on the verge of exploding, while his blood tossed and turned; his chi chaotic.

"Lord!"

Chen Dameng noticed Ouyang Shuo's situation and was about to rush over.

"Do not panic." Ouyang Shuo withstood the pain, as his voice instantly grew hoarse.

When Chen Dameng heard these words, he stopped in his steps.

"Hei, does not feel good, right?"

Chiyou noticed the weird situation with Ouyang Shuo, and he grinned coldly.

"You know the reason?"

Ouyang Shuo sent Chiyou a deathly stare, as his eyes filled with doubt. He was not sure why their bloodlines would form such a reaction. It was evident that the devil bloodline in his body was at a disadvantage in front of Chiyou; it was completely suppressed.

"Hen, wait for it; the more painful stuff is still to come!" Chiyou did not answer Ouyang Shuo's question and teased, "Absorbing my devil bloodline, how could you not pay a price?"

When Ouyang Shuo heard these words, he remained silent.

"Big devil, die!"

The Royal Guards truly could not stand seeing their Lord in such a state. They did not want to play any more shameless tactics, and they all charged forward together. They wanted to kill Chiyou on the spot.

"Hen, a bunch of ants."

After mutating, Chiyou's arrogance had increased.

"He!"

Chiyou hollered, as the axe in his hand transformed into a white light that seemed almost invisible.

As the axe swept across, before the Royal Guards could even react, the axe broke the legs of their war horses, and they knelt on the ground.

All of a sudden, both men and horse flipped.

Devil Chiyou was about to start a massacre once again.

Seeing the Royal Guards fall one by one, Ouyang Shuo stood at a side with a pained expression. The feeling of not having the strength and ability to help was something that he rarely felt.

The pain in his body seemed to grow stronger with each burst of pain.

Ouyang Shuo could feel the blood in his body acting like hot oil, totally bubbling and burning, charging straight for the walls of his blood vessels.

It seemed like Chiyou would break out of their envelopment.

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Chapter 501- Ganging up on Chiyou

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Just as Chiyou was about to escape the encirclement, a thunderous bellow rang from the battlefield outside.

"Your arrogance ends here, Chiyou. Shi Wanshui is here!"

When Chiyou heard these words, his eyes froze. He would still remember this voice even if he was squashed into pieces. This was the person that killed him during the Battle of Zhuolu.

As they said, your eyes will redden with anger when you meet your enemy.

Chiyou raised his head and turned his sights away from the battlefield. He saw a huge army suddenly appear behind the mountain barbarian forces and waltzed forward. The moment they entered the battlefield, they charged toward the mountain barbarians without hesitation.

This sight left Chiyou astonished.

Apart from that, two generals charged toward Chiyou.

These two generals were Shi Wanshui and the young general Shan Zhu.

The two of them had arrived at the perfect moment.

Ouyang Shuo raised his head and looked to the sky, as he let out a thankful and happy expression. It was around 1:30 PM in the afternoon. Shi Wanshui had arrived thirty minutes early.

Shanhai City would definitely win this battle.

When Chiyou saw Shi Wanshui, he stopped killing the Royal Guards and just waited in the middle of the battlefield.

He wanted to right his wrongs through this battle.

After a short while, Shi Wanshui and Shan Zhu both arrived.

When the Royal Guards saw them arrive, they intelligently backed down and surrounded Ouyang Shuo to protect him.

The devil bloodline in his body was boiling more and more intensely. He could feel that a mysteries power was being birthed inside him.

However, it was like it was locked up, unable to break out.

Truly a horrendous feeling.

Seeing that his safety was not threatened anymore, Ouyang Shuo dismounted. Then, he crossed his legs and focused on rotating the Yellow Emperor Cultivation Technique. At the current moment, only the golden primordial energy could control the devil bloodline.

On the other side, Shi Wanshui had engaged Chiyou, while Shan Zhu fought alongside him.

As the best warrior among the Li Race, Shan Zhu was also born with god given strength. When he was in Lianzhou, Er'Lai was also asked to teach him the cultivation of the Desolate Tiger Art.

This precious technique was like fish to water for Shan Zhu, and his strength surged daily. In terms of the force stat, the current Shan Zhu would rank in the top five of Shanhai.

The two generals pincered Chiyou.

Even so, this battle remained incredibly tough.

During the Battle of Zhuolu, Shi Wanshui had Li Mu and Chang Xian to help him. At the current moment, Shi Wanshui only had the help of Shan Zhu.

Most importantly, the current Chiyou was much stronger than during the Battle of Zhuolu.

The two sides fought for over fifty rounds; their exchanges filled with dangerous and close moments.

Luckily, the Shanhai City Army did not lack great generals. The arrival of Shi Wanshui and Shan Zhu's divisions was the nail in the coffin for the mountain barbarian army. Under the command of Han Xin, they cut them down and surrounded them piece by piece.

Defeat was just a matter of time.

Even the Chiyou Blood Guards were surrounded and suffered heavy casualties. They no longer looked as valiant as before.

Especially after Chiyou activated the devil possession and used up his own vitality. It was like the Chiyou Blood Guards had lost their soul, and their strengths plummeted.

The Divine Martial Guards definitely would not miss this great chance, and they inflicted hefty damage.

Seeing that the battle was pretty much settled, Wang Feng, Lin Yi, Sun Chuan Lin, and the like joined in to attack Chiyou.

This time, Chiyou faced heavy pressure.

Even though he was strong, it was not enough to face so many of them.

Amidst the chaos, God Archer Sun Chuan Lin made the biggest contribution.

Facing such an expert, firing thousands of arrows at once was the best choice.

Unfortunately, Shi Wanshui and the others were tangled with him, so it would not work out. Furthermore, Chiyou was not a fool, so he would not easily become a living target.

However, Sun Chuan Lin was different, as his archery had already reached the peak of perfection. In the chaos, he continuously shot, trying to hit Chiyou. Furthermore, his every arrow targeted the same area.

Such archery was truly unbeatable in the world.

After the devil possession, Chiyou's defence had reached an inconceivable level. Normal arrows would only leave a white mark upon hitting his body.

Sun Chuan Lin was different, as his arrows were accurate and vicious. Each one of them could rip of a layer of Chiyou's skin. After numerous strikes, even if Chiyou was a genuine devil, he would have to die on the spot.

What made matters worse was that Chiyou could not even hit Sun Chuan Lin.

Shi Wanshui and the others were intelligent people. Since they saw that Sun Chuan Lin's strategy was working, they collaborated to surround Chiyou and create chances for Sun Chuan Lin.

"Ah!"

The Devil Chiyou roared in disgust. In this battle, he really could not do anything! Although the mountain barbarians in the distance could hear his shouts, there was nothing they could do; they were in danger themselves.

Chiyou could not care less. If he had to die, he would drag one of them down with him.

Naturally, he chose Shi Wanshui.

Chiyou naturally hated Shi Wanshui to the core.

Chiyou was growing crazier and crazier. He did not care about the attacks of the others, hellbent on killing Shi Wanshui. This time, Shi Wanshui was in a tough spot.

However, he needed to hold on.

Shi Wanshui was also a general that had been through numerous wars. A situation he had never seen before simply did not exist.

Facing the flurry of attacks, Shi Wanshui was totally on the back foot. He could only hope that none of the strikes hit.

All of a sudden, Chiyou was helpless.

At the same time, the young generals like Lin Yi took their chances to stab at Chiyou's body. He started to bleed till blood covered his entire body.

The war god Chiyou was slowly walking to the end of the road.

This battle was so similar to the Battle of Zhuolu, the battle at Xiongli Valley.

"No!"

Chiyou definitely would not let himself fall in the same manner twice. His eyes were stained red, and the blood in his body started to magically boil.

"Not good!"

When Shi Wanshui saw this scene, his heart trembled. Chiyou was going to give it his all.

Devil Chiyou was such a tough opponent!

Chiyou leaped, jumping over four meters and appearing before Shi Wanshui. Before he even landed, he used all his strength to chop down with the giant axe in his hand.

This time, Shi Wanshui had no time to dodge, so he could only grab his spear and block.

Peng!

Shi Wanshui could feel a terrifying strength spread through his spear. The vibrations broke his hands, and the strike also caused his organs to shift.

"Pu!"

Shi Wanshui spat out a large mouthful of blood, immediately suffering heavy injuries. The war horse under him had also received a heavy impact. It knelt on the ground, looking like it was on the verge of death.

Chiyou's strike was really shocking.

"Hei!"

Seeing that his strike had worked, Chiyou let out an evil smile. He still was not satisfied, so he raised his axe and chopped down again.

If this axe hit, Shi Wanshui would definitely die on the spot.

Shi Wanshui was also a tough man, so he beared the pain and suddenly rolled to the side, dodging Chiyou's attack.

Chiyou was not discouraged, and his giant axe chopped down again and again.

Shi Wanshui was in terrible shape, as he continuously rolled around on the ground. His shifted organs caused him to bleed internally after he made such movements.

If he did not have such a good physical body, he would definitely become paralyzed.

Even so, Shi Wanshui did not dare to be careless. He focused all his energy, as he tossed aside the pain and tried his best to avoid the hits.

There were a few times where the giant axe grazed his body.

If he was a normal person, he would definitely be frightened to death.

Shi Wanshui could only pin his hopes on his allies.

No one had expected Chiyou's leap. Seeing Shi Wanshui in danger, the rest of them hurried over, as they stabbed their spears at Chiyou.

It was like he suddenly had eyes on his back, as he swept his axe and smacked the spears away.

Yet another chaotic battle.

Luckily, they had finally dragged Shi Wanshui back from the brink of death.

Shi Wanshui dodged Chiyou's final strike and immediately fainted, his mouth still bleeding. The Royal Guards rushed over and carried him to the command center for treatment.

Even after heavily injuring Shi Wanshui, Chiyou was not feeling any better, as he got shot twice by Sun Chuan Lin in the process. The last arrow had even penetrated his body, and fresh blood flowed out like a faucet.

Lin Yi and the others were now riled up, and they used all they had learned against Chiyou.

This seismic battle was simply too shocking. Soldiers of both sides had unknowingly stopped and started to pay attention to this battle.

Devil Chiyou was fighting one against five, but he was not at a disadvantage.

Killing Wei Zhang and heavily injuring Shi Wanshui, such feats were unheard of. Even the crimson clouds were influenced, as they started to toss and turn.

As the battle went on, the wounds on his body could not be stopped. Fresh blood covered Chiyou completely.

As the fight continued, they could also feel Chiyou's strength waning.

This devil finally could not hold on.

However, they did not dare to be careless. When fighting a locked up monster, their last strikes were often the strongest.

Hence, they intelligently changed their strategy and tried to drag on the fight. All of them were good riders. Using their horses and the advantage of their long spears, they did not let him approach.

Chiyou did not have the strength to leap up like before.

The devil of a generation was about to fall.

Chiyou's eyes were completely red, and he had started to lose consciousness.

At this moment, Shan Zhu bravely stepped out and attracted all of Chiyou's attention.

Making use of the chance, the rest of them stabbed into Chiyou's back.

This was their strongest attack. It held all their beliefs, and the tips of their spears shone brightly with killing intent.

The two spears were like life taking talismans, as they bore through his chest.

Pu!

The devil could not withstand the massive hit, and he coughed out blood.

Even so, he could still retaliate. His axe swept backward, cutting the poles of both spears.

His immense power swept both Lin Yi and Wang Feng from their horses.

This was Chiyou's last strike. After this move, he did not have any more strength. His huge body could not stand upright any longer, so he collapsed onto the ground.

The war god Chiyou had finally fallen.

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Chapter 502- Devil Blood Apparition

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The moment Chiyou died, the entire battlefield fell silent.

The devil of a generation had perished just like that.

The remaining mountain barbarian warriors had lost their souls. They just stood still on the spot, not knowing what to do.

Along with Chiyou collapsing on the ground, something strange happened.

Chiyou's huge corpse turned blood red. A red gas spat out from his body, and it transformed into a red fog.

As time went on, this blood red fog grew thicker and thicker. On the contrary, Chiyou's body withered at a noticeable pace.

In the end, no more blood came out.

At this very moment, the blood red fog started to move. It was like something amazing would soon come into existence. Even in the skies, a large thundercloud rumbled.

Finally, on top of Chiyou's body, a blood red devil appeared.

The devil was only an apparition. It had the head of a cow and the mouth of a bird, three heads and six arms, with a black wing behind its back. Each one of its hand held a different weapon.

"Great devil!"

When the mountain barbarians saw the apparition, they immediately knelt down and prayed emotionally.

Originally, the image of the devil was just something that the mountain barbarians prayed to. Since the start, they did not expect it to actually appear. However, thinking about it, it was not that weird. After all, Chiyou was seen as the ancestor of the mountain barbarian race and the son of the devil.

When the Shanhai City Army saw this scene, their mouths gaped open. Shan Zhu and the other generals tightly clenched their weapons and guarded seriously. They were really worried that Chiyou would revive once more.

In truth, they did not need to act in such a manner.

The moment the blood apparition of the devil appeared, Chiyou's body only had skin and bones remaining.

Along with the blood in Chiyou's body being sucked dry, the Chiyou Blood Guards that managed to survive all died one by one. Each one of them bled through all their orifices, creating a truly gruesome sight.

Such a scene really made one's hair stand on their ends. Even the mountain barbarians, who worshipped the devil, were filled with confusion.

The remaining Chiyou Blood Guards were all their closest brothers.

When everyone was stunned, the blood apparition started to move once more.

The apparition suddenly waved its hands in mid air, and all the Blood Guards spat out their blood.

The blood seemed sentient, and it automatically gathered near the blood apparition, merging with it. In less than ten minutes, all the Blood Guards became dry corpses.

The blood apparition grew more and more tangible.

Instantly, an evil, bloodthirsty, and violent air lingered around the battlefield, making it hard to breathe.

Such an unexpected scene.

At this very moment, Ouyang Shuo suddenly spat out a large amount of blood. The black blood splattered onto the ground and let out zizi! sounds.

The devil bloodline in his body had started to boil, and even the golden primordial energy could not suppress it. He could feel that his entire being was being burned.

Something was attracting the blood, making it excited.

"Lord!"

Chen Dameng was astonished, and he did not know what he could do.

All the others also came over, their faces filled with panic and anxiousness.

Ouyang Shuo slowly opened his eyes and wiped the blood from his face. He struggled to wave his hand to tell them not to worry. His face was not ashen white anymore, as it started to turn redder and redder; his face was so red that it was terrifying.

Just at that moment, something weird happened.

The devil blood apparition seemed to have noticed Ouyang Shuo. The huge apparition slowly turned around and flew toward Ouyang Shuo.

In the bubbling red fog, there were a pair of evil eyes that stared straight at him.

Cold, merciless.

Ouyang Shuo felt a shiver run down his spine. Did the devil blood apparition trigger his bloodline?

The first time he saw it, Ouyang Shuo was reminded of Liu Bang's red dragon spirit. Both of them were spirits, and they had a certain amount of intelligence.

The key was that both of them needed to rely on a Lord to survive.

Did the blood devil apparition choose him? He was the only one on the entire battlefield that had the devil bloodline, so he was the best choice?

Thinking about this point, Ouyang Shuo felt terrified. Seeing what happened to Chiyou, he was not willing to let such a spirit possess him. Just the thought alone sent shivers down his spine.

Ouyang Shuo did not want it but that did not necessarily mean that it would not happen.

The devil blood apparition let loose a high pitched screech, similar to the red dragon spirit, as it charged straight for Ouyang Shuo.

Ouyang Shuo freaked out, but his current body was badly injured, so he could not run.

"Block it!"

He could only place his hopes on Chen Dameng and the others.

When they saw the scene, they immediately surrounded Ouyang Shuo and guarded him.

These soldiers were all moulded and trained in the fires of war. Although the devil blood apparition was wicked and horrific, it was not enough to shock them senseless.

Unfortunately, it was useless. It was an apparition, so it directly passed through their bodies and headed straight for Ouyang Shuo.

All of a sudden, Ouyang Shuo was stunned, and he could only watch as it charged over.

When he watched the apparition enter his body, Ouyang Shuo could clearly see the excitement in its eyes and its evilness.

The scent of blood filled his nose, and it was enough to make one vomit.

However, at this very moment, the Tianmo Spear beside Ouyang Shuo emanated a black glow that wrapped up the devil blood apparition.

The devil blood apparition had not expected such a situation.

The black glow seemed unassuming, but it was unusually tough, dragging the devil blood apparition bit by bit into the spear.

The devil blood apparition naturally was not willing, so it used its weapons to struggle.

Nonetheless, all its actions were futile.

The black glow was like the ultimate counter to the blood apparition. Although it looked simple, it actually held incredible power. In less than a minute, it dragged the blood apparition into the Tianmo Spear. Then, it disappeared.

When Ouyang Shuo saw that, he heaved a huge sigh of relief.

If his conjecture was correct, the black glow was the weapon spirit of the Tianmo Spear.

Since the day of its birth, the Tianmo Spear already had a weapon spirit after being stained with Ouyang Shuo's blood essence. During these numerous battles, the weapon spirit had continued to absorb blood essence and slowly grow.

It finally gained a level of sentience when it became a god weapon.

The blood devil apparition was just a bundle of blood with a little sentience. It was nothing but a huge gift to the Tianmo Spear.

Thinking about this point, Ouyang Shuo was really fortunate, having something to save him at the crucial moments. Before, it was the golden qilin seal. Now, it was the Tianmo Spear.

After suppressing the devil blood apparition, the weapon spirit of the Tianmo Spear sent Ouyang Shuo a message.

The blood devil apparition was too strong, and it was too much for the weapon spirit to absorb all at once. The weapon spirit must enter a period of hibernation to completely consume this blood.

When Ouyang Shuo heard this news, he stored the Tianmo Spear in his storage bag.

Before the weapon spirit awakened, he would use the Chixiao Sword. Who knows what kind of surprises it would bring to Ouyang Shuo when it woke up.

Along with the disappearance of the devil blood apparition, the blood in his body calmed down.

After such an incident, Ouyang Shuo felt fearful. It seems like the devil bloodline in his body was a massive cancer.

The only one who knew the reason had died, so Ouyang Shuo had no one he could ask.

Ouyang Shuo could only take it step by step. Who knows what interesting items Chiyou had dropped this time.

Along with his death, the Battle of Wuzhou officially ended.

In the blood red clouds above, the battle between the dragon and the devil had also ended. The giant dragon looked like it had obtained a mysterious energy, as it grew rapidly.

On the contrary, the devil withered.

The dragon swept the devil up with its tail, wrapping up the devil and pulling it over. Then, it swallowed the devil in one gulp. Instantly, the giant dragon expanded quickly and covered numerous kilometers.

The might of the dragon spread out. In the entire south region, all the spirits could feel the might and power of the giant dragon, making them all tremble.

In the south, no one could compete with this giant dragon.

After the battle came to an end, the matter of settling the remaining mountain barbarians became a huge problem. They were different from the soldiers who surrendered, as they were resolute.

The key laid in the fact that they had their own beliefs. A bunch of warriors with their own beliefs would not easily submit, even if they lost. To organize them and conscript them would be difficult.

Before obtaining their loyalty, Ouyang Shuo would not dare to use them.

He could not kill them all, right?

One must know that the territory had mountain barbarians too. If he really wanted to kill these mountain barbarians, it would probably cause the entire race to hate him.

Unifying Wuzhou Prefecture would pose a massive problem.

Ouyang Shuo currently faced a dilemma. Going ahead and backing off were both difficult, giving him a great headache. However, at that very moment, something that he did not expect to happen, happened.

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Chapter 503- New King Coronation

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To the mountain barbarians, it was a dark day.

Everything that transpired on the battlefield had made their feelings fall from sky high to rock bottom. In this life, they had never experienced such a shocking battle.

Firstly, their king, their invincible war god, had died in battle. Next, the devil god that they worshiped actually chose a Han person, their enemy, as its host.

The mountain barbarian warriors were shocked to the point where their jaws were about to drop to the ground.

However, what occurred next shocked them even further. The devil god that they held in the highest of regards was actually suppressed by the enemy's weapon. Such a scene was simply too stimulating.

The esteemed image they had held of the devil god was on the verge of collapse.

In just a short day, the mountain barbarian warriors had lost their king and the god that they worshipped. Such a loss, the helplessness and fear that they felt was not something outsiders could understand.

Even in the Shanhai City camp, Shi Hu, who came over with Shi Wanshui to help, had a complicated expression. He was one of the first mountain barbarians to follow Ouyang Shuo.

Without mentioning Chiyou, even the devil god was something that Shi Hu had worshipped since a young age.

But today, in front of his eyes, the Lord's weapon had actually suppressed it. He felt shocked and sad, but he could also sense that the shaman's prediction was right.

The Lord was a person that could control the world.

Amongst the mountain barbarian soldiers in Shanhai City, there were three young generals that were the most outstanding. They were Shi Hu and Shi Bao from the Xuanniao Tribe and Lei Jingtian from the Leidian Tribe.

Out of the three, Shi Hu was the best, followed by Lei Jingtian.

Ouyang Shuo had expended effort to develop Shi Hu. He had purposely taken Shi Hu out of the heavy armored regiment and placed him beside Shi Wanshui. Ouyang Shuo wanted to let him learn the art of war from Shi Wanshui.

Today, he was a great general. Be it his skills or his leadership, both aspects were incomparable to the past.

In such a short time, he had changed tremendously.

Based on logic, be it experience or ability, he could take the position of major general. However, even Sun Chuan Lin was promoted, while he remained a colonel.

Naturally, all of this occurred as a result of Ouyang Shuo's planning.

Ouyang Shuo took Shi Hu out of the mountain barbarian force because he hoped that one day, Shi Hu would return to take control of it.

Taking Shi Hu out was a training for him, helping to increase his knowledge.

Shi Hu realized the Lord's intentions in the end. Of course, one of the reasons was the shaman's advice. If not, Shi Hu would still feel annoyed about the matter.

Shi Hu was not a person greedy for fame and fortune, but he was still afraid of losing the trust of the Lord. He still remembered the words that Ouyang Shuo had spoken when he went to the Xuanniao Tribe.

The shaman had realized Shi Hu's problem and helped him analyze the situation. The extent of the Lord's care for him had touched Shi Hu, and he also felt guilty for his thoughts swaying.

At this moment, Shi Hu was only a short distance from the Lord.

Seeing the Lord's brows locked tight, Shi Hu knew the thoughts on the Lord's mind.

After all, he was also a mountain barbarian, so he understood the way the mountain barbarian army thought.

At this moment, Shi Hu felt that he should step out and help his Lord. If not, he would have truly wasted all the effort the Lord had invested in him.

Thinking up to this point, Shi Hu stepped out and looked toward the surrounding mountain barbarian soldiers.

"Brothers, I am Shi Hu, also a mountain barbarian. I come from the Xuanniao Tribe." As he spoke these words, Shi Hu removed his armor, rolling up his sleeve to show the Xuanniao pattern on his arm.

The patterned was a unique mark of a mountain barbarian, tattooed by the tribe. As such, it could not be faked.

All of a sudden, the mountain barbarians believed Shi Hu's words.

However, they did not understand his intentions. Some of the soldiers even looked at Shi Hu with animosity like he was a traitor.

Shi Hu did not care about their hostility and changed his tone, "I am sure all of you remember the legend regarding the devil god?"

"If you have something to say, just say it. Stop beating around the bush!"

"That's right; just say it!"

The mountain barbarians were unhappy, so they were just venting their frustration. Of course, there were some intelligent ones. After hearing Shi Hu's words, shock appeared in their eyes.

"Okay!" Shi Hu shouted, "l'l speak directly. The legend states that anyone that's recognized by the devil god will become the master of our race. I believe that all of you have seen the events of today. My Lord has been recognised by the devil god. Naturally, he should be coronated as king."

Obviously, Shi Hu chose not to mention how the devil god was suppressed. He also believed that the mountain barbarians would also rather not mention that part, as it would cause their faith to waver.

As expected, the moment his words landed, the entire battlefield fell silent. The boldness of his statement stunned the mountain barbarians. Even Ouyang Shuo and the others looked on with their mouths agape.

Seeing Shi Hu act, Ouyang Shuo chose to remain silent.

He had the feeling that his dilemma could truly be solved.

"He's from the Han Race, how can he be our king?"

"That's preposterous!"

"That's a total joke!"

After they regained their composure, some of the mountain barbarians retorted.

"Why not? My Lord has the devil bloodline in him. His bloodline is even purer than ours, so why can't he be crowned king?"

Ouyang Shuo's bloodline secret was not some sort of huge secret in the territory.

"Ah?"

This time, the mountain barbarians broke into an uproar.

"No wonder the devil god would choose him."

The moment Shi Hu revealed Ouyang Shuo's bloodline secret, the whole mystery was answered. All of a sudden, they looked at Ouyang Shuo differently, and their gaze had a sort of closeness and respect.

In the olden times, bloodline was more convincing than race.

Being related by blood was the most important aspect.

To possess the bloodline of the devil god was pretty much a gift from the heavens.

Of course, if they knew that Ouyang Shuo's bloodline was obtained through killing Chiyou, who knows what they would think.

Seeing that the time was right, Shi Hu decided to push the matter further. He turned toward Ouyang Shuo, kneeled down, and shouted, "Greetings, my king!"

The mountain barbarians called the common leader of all the tribes 'king'. The old king was Chiyou.

Instantly, a mountain-like might and an aura of an emperor as deep as the sea emanated from Ouyang Shuo's body.

All of a sudden, even the Shanhai City warriors could not help but kneel down.

Tens of thousands of warriors knelt down in unison; the whole scene incredibly majestic.

On the vast battlefield, Ouyang Shuo was like a god, quietly standing in the middle. Around him were scattered weapons, corpses, and kneeling soldiers; all these aspects added a sort of might and arrogance to him.

The moment the king appears, the world would bleed.

The mountain barbarian soldiers stood still; they did not know what to do. In their eyes, that unassuming man had suddenly become enormous and amazing.

All of a sudden, it was like they saw their old king back to life.

Although Ouyang Shuo's size was a lot different to Chiyou's, the aura of the emperor was similar.

"Greetings, my king!"

Shi Hu sincerely greeted once more.

When the mountain barbarians saw that, they finally reacted, as tears filled their eyes.

Finally, they had a new king.

These tears were filled with sadness and also joy.

"Greetings, my king!"

All of a sudden, the mountain barbarian soldiers started to kneel. Like a tsunami, wave after wave bowed to worship their king. The unwilling soldiers had no choice upon seeing such a scene.

Now, Ouyang Shuo was crowned as their king and became the leader of all the mountain barbarian tribes.

The mountain barbarian tribes had regained their faith once again.

At this very moment, a system notification sounded out in his ear.

"System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi, possessing the devil god bloodline, obtaining the recognition of the mountain barbarian race, becoming their king. Given the title of Barbarian King, awarded 10 thousand merit points and 40 thousand reputation points. Reputation and prestige amongst the mountain barbarian tribes has reached the highest level."

Ouyang Shuo raised his head and looked at all that knelt, "Please rise!"

"Thank you, my Lord!"

"Thank you, my king!"

The two armies had suddenly become one family.

With Ouyang Shuo being crowned as king, his worries were naturally solved. After some slight organization, the seventy thousand barbarian warriors could directly head into battle.

However, now was not the right time to organize the military yet.

Han Xin rushed over at this moment.

Ouyang Shuo passed all the duties of cleaning up the battlefield, dealing with the prisoners, and the like to Han Xin. As for what to do with the mountain barbarians, Shi Hu would take charge of that aspect.

It was time for him to walk to the front of the stage.

As for how to organize them, Ouyang Shuo had an idea.

Now, he needed to first check Chiyou's corpse. First, he had to check whether he dropped anything. Next, they must arrange his funeral.

Such a legendary figure must receive a proper burial.

When Chiyou died, he did not drop a general soul. Instead, he dropped three times, an old bottle, his giant axe, and a similarly old book.

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Chapter 504- Awakening Bloodline

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Ouyang Shuo first took up the small bottle. Once he opened it, he found a drop of blood essence.

Devil Blood Essence: After use, activates the full devil bloodline.

It seems like the Chiyou Blood Essence Ouyang Shuo obtained last time was just half of the devil bloodline. However, apparently the heavens would not forsake anyone. This time, he could solve the problem of his bloodline.

Ouyang Shuo covered the bottle and carefully stored it in his storage bag. Then, he picked up the giant axe.

Name: Heaven Splitting Axe (God Weapon)

Hardness: 90

Sharpness: 88

Toughness: 75

Specialty: Weapon Breaker (if opposing weapon hardness is lower than the Heaven Splitting Axe, chance for the axe to break it. Unique item, cannot be dropped.)

Killing Technique: Pangu Splits the Heavens (Releases a strong killing aura like that of splitting the heavens to cut the enemy in half, turning them into dust. Cool Down: one week.)

Limitation: only equippable by mountain barbarians.

Evaluation: In the legends, Chiyou split the heavens; this is a legendary axe forged using the ninth heaven cuprite.

As expected, Chiyou's Heaven Splitting Axe was a rare god weapon. Regretfully, only mountain barbarians could use it.

Lastly, the small book.

Name: Hell Slaughterer True Manual (Emperor Rank cultivation method)

Level: 1/12 levels

Specialty: For each level increase, bone structure 1, comprehension 1, all other stats 1

Restriction: limited to mountain barbarians

Evaluation: the cultivation method of Devil Chiyou, includes internal cultivation technique, battle strategies and the like; a combination-based cultivation technique.

Yet another item with a race restriction.

When Ouyang Shuo read the description, he could only shake his head regretfully.

With that, both the Heaven Splitting Axe and the Hell Slaughterer True Manual should be used together. It was enough to train a mountain barbarian warrior into a legendary general.

The first person that came to Ouyang Shuo's mind was Shi Hu.

Shi Hu had played a huge part in persuading the mountain mountains, so he should be rewarded.

After checking the stats of the three items, Ouyang Shuo immediately ordered people to craft a coffin to store Chiyou's corpse first. They would choose a place to bury him later.

Apart from that, they also dealt with Wei Zhang's corpse.

The Shanhai City Martial Temple had two king rank general souls. Hence, as long as they returned to Shanhai City, Ouyang Shuo could use one of them to revive Wei Zhang.

After dealing with all the matters, Ouyang Shuo returned to the command center.

Ouyang Shuo instructed Chen Dameng to inform all the generals about a meeting at 8 PM. However, before that time, no one was to disturb him.

Inside his room, Ouyang Shuo carefully took out the bottle with the blood essence and gingerly drank it.

The moment the devil blood essence entered his stomach, his calm bloodline started to boil once again, giving out cheering noises.

Pudong! Pudong!

Ouyang Shuo could feel his heartbeat suddenly speed up, beating five to six times a second. A normal person's heart only beat one to two times a second.

Along with the increased heartbeat rate, all of the blood in his body started to move and flow quickly. A short while later, the devil blood essence mixed in with the blood around it and did not separate.

Instantly, a huge and endless blood energy exploded out from within his body. Chen Dameng, who stood guard outside, felt shocked and backed off upon feeling the vigor and vitality that spread out.

A blood red color covered Ouyang Shuo's entire body.

The surging blood energy started to change and modify his body.

The bloodline lock that Ouyang Shuo felt prior to this started to break under the attacks of this energy. In an instant, he could feel a happiness spread out from the deepest parts of his bloodline.

It was like his entire existence had improved by a level.

He had broken through the fences and entered a new world.

A black layer of filth excreted from his pores, smelling extremely horrible.

Ouyang Shuo had once again undergone a transformation.

Under the power of the blood, the blood in Ouyang Shuo's body continued to flow quickly. All his blood seemed to almost turn into paste, exceedingly sticky, reaching the 'cultivating blood into paste' level.

At this stage, his vigor and vitality became extremely huge, and his body's regenerative abilities had improved. The strength of his body evidently improved and growed at a noticeable pace.

The strength of his body had risen to four oxen.

The more terrifying part was his skin, which became tough like copper. His bones had also hardened, while the blood producing function of his spine has increased.

Copper skin, iron bone, indestructible.

The secret behind Chiyou's transformation laid in such factors.

The power of blood was the fountain of Chiyou's strength.

After the washing of the blood energy, Ouyang Shuo's body had undergone a complete transformation. From this moment onward, Ouyang Shuo could compete with generals like Shi Wanshui.

The benefits did not end there. As a result of the blood energy explosion, the Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique had absorbed enough energy and upgraded to the ninth layer.

Just that alone helped him to save months of cultivation time.

Good things really came in pairs.

After the upgrade of the Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique, Ouyang Shuo's physical body had increase; he now had five oxen of strength. In a short time, his strength had doubled.

With just one punch, he could split apart rocks and mountains.

At this point, the blood in his body slowly calmed down.

Suddenly, a system notification sounded out by his ear.

"System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi, consuming devil blood essence and triggering the devil bloodline, completing the first awakening. Awarded 20 thousand reputation points."

Following which, another report rang out.

"System Report: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi for being the first person in China to awaken the bloodline, awarded one Peiyuan Pill and 40 thousand reputation points."With a shua! a white line shone and a small white bottle appeared in his hand. The bottle contained a red pill the size of a yellow bean.

Peiyuan Pill: Solidified Peiyuan, effective for badly injured people.

Ouyang Shuo kept the bottle in his storage bag. His brows were tightly locked, and his expression looked solemn.

This change was truly serious.

Firstly, why would a seemingly normal bloodline awakening trigger a system report? That in itself was unusual.

Gaia was not a good person, so it would not announce the matter if it was not a huge event. The moment it made an announcement, it meant that the bloodline awakening was special.

Secondly, the way the notification was written held a hidden meaning.

Based on Gaia's words, he had not changed his bloodline. Instead, he had triggered and brought out the bloodline hidden in his original blood.

At this moment, he thought back to the bloodline lock thing from before.

It meant that the devil blood essence only helped lead him to awaken the devil blood in his body.

When did Ouyang Shuo become the descendant of the devil?

Ouyang Shuo remembered clearly that there was nothing about race or bloodline when he created his character.

Moreover, this was only the first awakening. Which meant that when the time arrived, there might be a second or third awakening.

What kind of secrets were hidden in human blood? What level had Gaia's research on human blood reached? Were all these matters just part of game or were they related to real life?

All of these matters were a mystery.

Just like what Ouyang Shuo had felt before, the higher he stood, the more blurry things looked to him. Now, more mysteries bothered him.

Swordsman City.

The moment the system notification went out, the other players did not know what was going on. Only Feng Qingyang's face turned utterly green.

As a descendant of an old martial arts family, he had a far better understanding of the martial arts and bloodline settings of the game.

Since the start, Feng Qingyang had known of the secrets of the bloodline, and he had been working toward awakening it. He did not expect Qiyue Wuyi to be a step faster than him.

"That fellow, what kind of dog sh*t luck does he have!"

Toward conquering lands, Feng Qingyang had little interest; he only cared about the bloodline.

The moment Ouyang Shuo awoke his bloodline, his cabin in the immigration spaceship traveling through the vast black galaxy also started to change.

A red colored blood fog covered Ouyang Shuo. In the nutritional fluid tube, large amounts of high grade nutritional fluids pumped into his body.

In the end, the blood fog actually coagulated into a blood nest and in it, one could hear his heartbeat.

At the same time, in the command core of the fleet, Gaia's location, an order was given.

"Di!"

"Checked that spaceship zg105, cabin number zg10050078 has triggered section number 31 of the international federation, completing the first high grade bloodline awakening. Reaching requirements, commander please confirm!"

"Confirm!"

"Confirmation completed, based on section 31-004, giving number zg10050078 the highest grade nutritional fluid, raising cabin AI level, raising his permission level."

"Di!"

"Connecting highest grade nutritional fluid tube!""Cabin number zg10050078 AI has been upgraded, will monitor him 24/7 to ensure his safety!""Civilian number zg350825216810058271 permission level raised!"

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