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Only the Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, and the two empires remained.
What comes next is the highlight: redefining the sphere of influence of Douluo Continent, and the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan will become the rule makers for dividing the pie.
In a hall, the six major forces gathered together.
Murong Yunxue: "Everyone, without further ado, I will make it clear. First, all places in Beiyuan are the core control areas of our tribe. No outside forces are allowed to enter."
"Also, with the outer border of Beiyuan as the center, the area expanded 120 kilometers in all directions will be under the direct jurisdiction of our tribe. You must withdraw all your forces within three days, otherwise our tribe will take the initiative to eliminate all the forces that refuse to submit."
"Without our permission, no outside forces are allowed to enter this area without permission. Otherwise, it will be regarded as an invasion. Our tribe will directly wipe them out and declare war on them."
"With the outer border of Beiyuan as the center, the area between 120 and 160 kilometers around is a buffer zone. Soul masters above the Soul Emperor level cannot be deployed there. Those who violate this will be killed without mercy."
Murong Yunxue said forcefully: "Emperor Xueye, Emperor Xingluo, Sect Master Ning, Sect Master Yu, do you agree or disagree?"
Xue Ye agreed and said, "No problem. Within these areas, all the land of my Tiandou Empire will be divided into the fiefdom of King Qi. I will also ask the forces of the principalities and provinces above to withdraw. However, if they do not obey my orders and refuse to withdraw, the Yin Yang Leopard Clan of Nijidao will do whatever they want. It has nothing to do with me."
"Okay, thank you Emperor Xue Ye for your understanding." The Jidao Yin Yang Leopard Clan also knew the current situation of the Tiandou Empire. Xue Ye had no control over those places. Having this title was enough.
Emperor Xingluo said: "Some of these areas are within my Xingluo territory. I can agree that your Jidao Yinyang Leopard Clan can actually control them, but I have a condition: these areas must still belong to my Xingluo Empire in name."
Emperor Xingluo also chose to surrender. The Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Tribe was too strong. Besides, there were no important military fortresses in those places, and the tax revenue was not much, so he gave up. The existence of a buffer zone was good for everyone. The battle line was reduced, and he could concentrate his forces to the places that needed it more.
To resist foreign aggression, one must first stabilize the internal situation. The Star Luo Emperor also plans to gradually eliminate the various branches of the Spirit Hall within the Star Luo Empire, and will need external assistance from the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan in the future.
Once successful, he will be able to completely control the Star Luo Empire, and there will be no need to deploy heavy troops to guard the various branches of the Spirit Hall.
He can integrate resources, shift the focus from inward to outward, and expand the territory. He wants to be the greatest emperor in the history of the Xingluo Empire.
Chapter 76 Redivision of Spheres of Influence
Yu Yuanzhen responded: "I will order that no one from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Clan is allowed to go to that area."
Ning Fengzhi also stated that he would withdraw from the Qibao Chamber of Commerce in the area.
Seeing this, Murong Yunxue said with satisfaction: "Okay, then it's settled. Let's sign the agreement!"
The agreement is just a formality, but it is a necessary formality. There is no way around it. People in Douluo Continent all like to do these paper projects.
As long as the Jidao Yin-Yang Leopard Clan can remain strong, this agreement will remain effective; otherwise, no matter how many agreements are signed, it will be useless.
"But don't worry, everyone. If you want to visit our tribe, you can go to our etiquette department at any time to submit your visiting card. As long as you abide by our laws, we welcome you to cooperate at any time."
Banning big forces from entering does not mean closing the country to the outside world, but rather not allowing these big forces to encroach on the interests of the Jidao Yin-Yang Leopard Clan.
The Jidao Yin-Yang Leopard Clan has always been welcoming to those merchants, independent cultivators, and ordinary people, and strongly supports them to come to Beiyuan for development. This will increase Beiyuan's population, boost Beiyuan's economy and taxes, and truly enhance Beiyuan's strength.
Ju Douluo and the other five people waited for a long time, but Murong Yunxue did not ask for their opinions. His Spirit Hall was ignored again! So he took the initiative to ask: "There are also some branches of my Spirit Hall in these areas. Shouldn't you, the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan, ask for the opinions of my Spirit Hall?"
"I, the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan, am issuing a notice, not discussing with you! Besides, can the five of you, Ju Douluo, make decisions on behalf of the Spirit Hall on these matters?"
"Well, well, this is a question. Well, the five of us..." Ju Douluo and the other four were speechless and didn't know how to respond.
Ju Douluo secretly sent a message to his best friend Ghost Douluo: "Old Ghost, if we object, the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Tribe will definitely not listen, and they might even beat up the five of us. But if we agree, it would mean signing an unequal treaty and actively damaging the interests of Spirit Hall. We will definitely have to take the blame when we return. We can't bear this responsibility!"
Ghost Douluo also responded with a voice transmission: "Let's all shut up from now on. No matter whether you agree or not, Bibi Dong didn't give me the authority to sign the agreement on behalf of Spirit Hall. Let Bibi Dong worry about this!"
"Besides, with Bibi Dong's scandal exposed, it is still unknown whether she can keep the throne of Pope. Given her current situation, she definitely needs our support. Not only will she not punish us, but she will continue to win us over and give us benefits, which is a good thing for us!"
Ju Douluo suddenly realized: "Old ghost, what you said makes sense. It finally enlightened me. We have to ask Bibi Dong for benefits when we go back! Otherwise, we won't support her and see if she can sit firmly on the throne of Pope."
"I have been following Bibi Dong for these years. To put it nicely, I have power. To put it bluntly, I have just been asked to handle miscellaneous tasks. I have not gained anything that can help me improve my soul power. If I had known, I would not have joined Bibi Dong. None of the promises she made have come true."
Ghost Douluo affirmed: "That's right, the only benefit we got was that our martial spirits were printed on the Pope's Order, but we can only look at it, not eat it! What's more, now other forces do not recognize the Pope's Order. The Pope's Order printed with our martial spirits has no face at all."
Ju Douluo also completely understood his situation in the Spirit Hall: "Thanks to the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan, we in the Spirit Hall can get greater benefits. Then we have to thank the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan!"
After Jue Gui Douluo figured this out, he started to lie down completely, looking at the Jidao Yin Yang Leopard Clan as if they were benefactors.
Zhuang Xingyu was a little scared, and he was alert in his heart: "This Jue Gui Douluo's eyes are so greasy, and the outside world is saying that they are gay, can't it be true!"
Murong Yunxue continued, "Everyone, robbers are rampant on the continent today, and there are certain forces that have opened branch halls all over the continent to obstruct the two empires from governing their respective territories, causing so many ordinary people without soul power to still live in dire straits."
"Every time I see this, my heart aches! We are all human beings, and we are all one race. We, the soul masters, should do our best to help ordinary people!"
"Therefore, for the peaceful development of the entire continent and for the prosperity of the human race, the second thing I want to say is: our race will establish a [Mission Pavilion]..."
Then he explained the setting of the Mission Pavilion in detail. (The content of the Mission Pavilion is explained in the second half of Chapter 55)
"Forces like the Haotian Sect, which has a 'female gang', are not allowed to participate. The Spirit Hall is ruled by Bibi Dong, who has no sense of loyalty, filial piety, integrity and shame. It is hard to believe that they can make any contribution to ordinary people. Therefore, the Spirit Hall is not allowed to participate. Unless the Spirit Hall executes Bibi Dong, the Spirit Hall will be allowed to participate."
"Don't worry, the Mission Pavilion branches set up by our clan throughout the continent are limited to receiving and issuing missions, and providing supplies and accommodation for those who accept missions. They will not station a large number of spirit masters like the Spirit Hall. You can also send people to supervise to ensure the fairness and justice of the Mission Pavilion."
Xue Ye and the others looked at each other in bewilderment. They didn't understand what the Jidao Yin Yang Leopard Clan was doing. Why did they spend so much manpower, material resources and financial resources to set up mission pavilions across the continent to speak for those lowly, ordinary people without soul power?
They did not understand what benefits this would bring to the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan. Their constituent units and service objects had always been the nobles and spirit masters.
In their eyes, ordinary people without soul power are just a group of dispensable playthings, like leeks, who are harvested again and again. No matter how they are treated like this for tens of millions of years, they cannot resist.
You know, even if the Spirit Hall sets up branches all over the continent, its plan is to control the continent. Although the Spirit Hall allows civilians to awaken their spirits, they only do so to win over spirit masters, and still treat ordinary people without spirit power as non-human beings.
Xue Ye and others will never understand how powerful the power of the people is! Even in the fantasy world, most of the people with great luck who overthrew the original forces were born at the bottom of the world. This is the principle of the cycle of heaven!
The world's laws will never allow a single force to dominate the continent alone (normal, unconscious laws), it will continue to cycle, from bottom to top, and then from top to bottom. However, the life span of the world is too long, each cycle is hundreds or tens of thousands of years, which makes people mistakenly believe that there are really forces that can thrive forever.
You know, even a Titled Douluo would have to retreat away from a legion composed of tens of thousands of ordinary people.
These ordinary people without soul power are the real foundation of the various forces in Douluo Continent! With their support, why should the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan worry about not being able to unify Douluo Continent?
The various forces in Douluo Continent today, including the Spirit Hall, place their focus entirely on spirit masters, disregarding the lives of ordinary people. This is completely putting the cart before the horse.
Ordinary people came first, and then there were soul masters. Looking at the history of Douluo Continent, all soul master forces originated from these ordinary people without soul power. After dozens of generations of hard work, they became the so-called nobles, and in turn oppressed ordinary people without soul power, and finally disappeared among ordinary people.
Upon hearing this, Xue Ye and others readily agreed, and stated that they would promote the Mission Pavilion to the Jidao Yin Yang Leopard Clan, set aside a piece of land in each town to build a branch of the Mission Pavilion, and actively cooperate with the Jidao Yin Yang Leopard Clan to handle tasks.
They were even very happy, feeling that it was a good thing to let the Jidao Yin-Yang Leopard Clan help them deal with the chores of ordinary people. Not only would it save trouble, but it would also increase tax revenue if those ordinary people were stabilized.
Just like when Kyushu was in the Qing Dynasty, they were invaded by demons and had their consular and judicial powers taken away by demons, but they were still complacent, not knowing that they were slowly falling into the abyss.
"Okay! Since everyone agrees, my Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan will officially launch the Mission Pavilion in three days, and strive to cover all major cities and towns on the continent within half a year."
At the same time, everyone avoided the Spirit Hall at the same time. After the Spirit Hall left, the two empires, Qibao, and Blue Lightning took this opportunity to redivide their spheres of influence and carried out more cooperation.
Obviously, everyone has the intention to join forces to resist the Spirit Hall, but the time is not yet ripe, the contradictions have not been fully intensified, and the various forces have not been made clear.
However, if the Spirit Hall establishes the Spirit Empire in the future, the other forces will definitely form a united front at the first opportunity. It will definitely not be like the original time and space, where they kept scheming against each other in the early stages and only established a united front after losing most of the country.
Chapter 77 Ning Fengzhi wants to give his niece to Zhuang Xingyu
Day two.
"King Qi, I have admired you since I was a child. These days, I am even more impressed by your personal charm. Can I stay by your side for a while, learn from you, and listen to your teachings all the time?" Xue Beng brought a generous gift and respectfully saluted Zhuang Jingxing.
"Take the gift back quickly and stand up quickly. Don't bow to me yet. Fourth Prince, you are too kind. I don't have anything to teach you. There are many excellent people in your royal family. You can learn more by following them." Zhuang Jingxing said to Xue Beng.
Zhuang Jingxing could naturally see the purpose of the avalanche.
He did not want to interfere in the fight for the throne of Tiandou. For the Jidao Yin-Yang Leopard Clan, at this stage, as long as someone from the Xue family became the Tiandou emperor, it did not matter who it was.
No matter who from the Xue family becomes the emperor, it will not affect the status of the Jidao Yin Yang Leopard Clan. The Jidao Yin Yang Leopard Clan has no further advancement in the Tiandou Empire unless Xue Ye gives up the throne to the Jidao Yin Yang Leopard Clan.
"King Qi, I really admire you very much, and I also admire the achievements of the nobles. Even if I only learn a little bit from you, it can make me undergo a complete transformation! I will definitely study hard with you." Avalanche continued to request.
Zhuang Jingxing continued to decline politely.
"Okay, Beng'er, step back. King Qi, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. Xue Beng has admired you since he was a child. I hope you can forgive his rudeness." Xue Ye persuaded Xue Beng to retreat.
In fact, Xue Ye was very supportive of Xue Beng's success in becoming his disciple, so that the relationship between the two families could become closer. However, seeing Zhuang Jingxing's resolute attitude, he knew that it was impossible and he would not succeed, so he decided to stop Xue Beng to avoid annoying him.
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On the other side, all the major forces also left one after another.
Ning Fengzhi asked his men to take the convoy away first. He and Jian Douluo took some people to stay in the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Tribe, saying that the scenery of the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Tribe was pleasant and they wanted to stay and enjoy it for a few days.
But he had been staying in a separate courtyard in the Qunxian Pavilion, and asked Jian Douluo to conceal the atmosphere of the courtyard. Except for the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan, no one was allowed to detect that Ning Fengzhi was still in the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan.
Ning Fengzhi didn't come out until all the other forces had left.
Zhuang Jingxing led Ning Fengzhi and Jian Douluo to continue visiting the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan, while Ning Fengzhi followed the traces he had previously inquired about and deliberately moved towards Zhuang Xingyu in an attempt to create an encounter.
"Brother Zhuang, the scenery here is so beautiful that I can't help but linger. I want to stay here forever."
"Brother Ning, thank you for your praise. Our clan welcomes you to visit us anytime."
Sure enough, as I was walking, I met Zhuang Xingyu on the road to the academy.
"Heroes have always emerged from youth, and this saying is indeed true. Brother Zhuang, I really envy you for having such a good son! If I could have such an outstanding son, I would wake up with a smile in my dreams. Xingyu, can I call you that?"
"Master Ning, thank you for the compliment. You are my elder, so you can naturally address me as such." Zhuang Xingyu had no idea what evil this old fox was up to, so he just spoke some polite words.
At the same time, he looked at Jian Douluo. Zhuang Xingyu was more interested in Jian Douluo. Chen Xin's swordsmanship was ranked in the top two in the Douluo Continent. His sword intent was restrained, but in terms of sword intent, he could actually reach the half-step upper purity realm. Zhuang Jingxing really wanted to fight with his Seven Killing Swordsmanship.
"Then why call me Sect Master Ning? It's too formal. Just call me Uncle Ning. I heard that you like musical instruments very much. This is a gift that Uncle Ning picked out especially for you from the sect's treasury. I hope you like it."
Ning Fengzhi said as he took out a jade box with an ancient zither inside. "This zither is a soul guide. Playing it can relieve stress and allow people to focus more on soul training. Long-term listening can also enhance some mental strength. However, it requires a certain amount of talent to achieve the maximum effect."
"Thank you, Uncle Ning. It's so valuable. I can't accept it!" Zhuang Xingyu did not take it, but just bowed to express his gratitude.
Ning Fengzhi stuffed the guqin into Zhuang Xingyu's hands and advised, "Well, as the saying goes, treasures go with heroes. This soul guide is like a pearl covered in dust if it stays with me. You are so talented in guqin music, so I will give it to you to maximize its value. When the time comes, you can play a song for Uncle Ning, which will be the greatest reward for Uncle Ning."
Zhuang Jingxing also said: "Xingyu, it is a gift from an elder, and you cannot refuse it, so just accept it."
Ning Fengzhi asked, "Xingyu, are you married?"
"None yet."
Ning Fengzhi finally revealed his true colors: "I have a niece, Nangong Xinlan, the daughter of my late wife's sister. She is beautiful, gentle and charming, with a martial soul of Purple Bamboo Flute, and an innate soul power of level 8. She is 14 years old this year and level 34. She is the girl who stood behind me during the celebration before. She is quite proficient in music theory. I think you two are a perfect match. Now she is practicing in Qunxian Pavilion. How about you two exchange some music theory?"
One of the best ways to deepen the relationship is through marriage. In order to prevent the martial soul from being passed on, Ning Fengzhi naturally would not let someone with the martial soul of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect marry out. But Zhuang Xingyu's status is too high, and Ning Fengzhi has searched all the sects and only his niece is suitable.
"Ah, I'm very sorry, Sect Master Ning. I'm in the process of rapidly recovering my soul power right now. I want to concentrate on cultivation and don't plan to think about love in the next few years."
Zhuang Jingxing naturally declined.
Ning Fengzhi is too cunning, unwilling to be outdone, and always betting on both sides of everything. He is unreliable.
In the future, when the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan unifies the continent, if he is unwilling to submit and joins other forces, he will naturally destroy the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect! Just leave a few people who completely submit and pass on the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect's martial spirit.
If we get involved now, it will be difficult to take action later.
"Uncle Ning was inconsiderate. A good man should focus on cultivating his soul power."
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