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The other forces had no say, and Xiwei Aoxie did not ask for their opinions. His Xiwei Divine Cult was not afraid of any force that did not have the inheritance of gods.

The other forces were confused. What was going on? Was there anything special about the name of the Xiwei God Cult? They were just at loggerheads and were about to fight, so why did the Spirit Hall, the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan, and the Huangfu Family suddenly reconcile with them? Although the 98 level was powerful, the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan and the Spirit Hall should not be afraid of them!

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Clan and the two empires guessed the real reason. Some of them knew about becoming a god at level 99, but they didn't know much else. They only knew that there were more realms above level , and they were very powerful, and that was all.

Xue Ye was thoughtful, thinking to himself, "No wonder the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan has grown so fast in strength over the years. It turns out they are related to God. When I first heard the name of the Rare Pseudo-God Cult, I was a little skeptical, but I didn't think too much about it. I didn't expect that they were actually related to God. But what exactly is God?"

Soon, the Xiwei Divine Cult finalized compensation with various major forces. Not only did the Xiwei Divine Cult have to announce its mistakes to the entire continent, it also paid a large amount of gold soul coins, food, and minerals as compensation.

Among them, the Jidao Yin-Yang Leopard Clan gained the greatest benefit, and several soul bones over 20,000 years old that they had previously extorted from the Xiwei God Cult were also received.

The Xiwei God Cult suffered heavy losses and ended up losing more than it gained. They will have a hard life in the future.

All the major forces left with satisfaction, except Xi Wei Aoxie, who had a gloomy face, "Who was in charge of supervising the construction of the ruins? Take him down and chop him off!"

"Yes!" The subordinates went down to carry out the order tremblingly. The leader was really too moody. Those fake ruins were clearly supervised by him, and he nodded and agreed after they were completed. Now he wanted others to take the blame.

Xi Wei Aoxie was thinking about a way out of the situation, "I've suffered so much since I entered the world. Apart from the plan to make Tang San useless, none of the other plans have worked! It's not that I'm not strong enough, but that the enemy is too strong."

"It seems that the power of my Xiwei family alone cannot unify Douluo Continent. Lord Black Demon once told me that there is a Sea God Island next to Douluo Continent, which belongs to our evil soul master camp. As long as I go with the token given by the Black Demon, someone will cooperate with me. It seems that I have to go to Sea God Island!"

The Eastern God Religion was changed to [Rare Pseudo God Religion], not Wei Xi. I don't have the authority to change the chapter name of the previous work. The rest is the same and does not affect the reading.

Chapter 168: A Snowy Night of Progress

After uncovering the conspiracy of the Xi pseudo-god cult, Zhuang Xingyu and his companions are about to leave the Barak Kingdom and return to the Jidao Yin-Yang Leopard Clan.

But the impact of the Xiwei Divine Religion's fraud has not ended. The Xiwei Divine Religion's plan to spend hundreds of millions of gold soul coins every year to invade and peacefully transform other forces has completely gone down the drain; those Xiwei Divine Religion members who infiltrated other forces to promote themselves and discredit others have also been seen through by the people, such as Lin Yi, who was specifically used to discredit the two empires, Ze Du, who was specifically used to discredit the Spirit Hall, and Yao Zai Nianqing, who was specifically used to discredit the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan... In the past two years, they brainwashed and deceived many young people in Douluo Continent, and even many people in Beiyuan were deceived.

However, lies will be exposed one day. Now, Zedu, Linyi, Yaozai Nianqing and others can no longer spread propaganda. They are like rats crossing the street, and everyone shouts and beats them. They are notorious. More and more people find that Xiwei Shenjiao is nothing. Xiwei Shenjiao was pressed to the ground by the extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan and rubbed wantonly without daring to fight back. They also had to compensate the extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan for many pieces of ten thousand year soul bones. They also fabricated false history to deceive the entire Douluo Continent and discredit the history of other forces. They are not strong enough and have no credibility at all.

However, Xiwei Aoxie's words sounded the alarm for forces without divine inheritance, such as the Tiandou Empire, the Xingluo Empire, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Clan.

In the Tiandou Empire's team, Xue Ye was teaching the prince his own way of emperor. As he was teaching, he sighed, "Qinghe, judging from the current situation, the four forces of the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan, the Spirit Hall, the Huangfu Family, and the Rare Pseudo-God Cult all have the inheritance of gods, and their backgrounds and strengths are unfathomable. Our Tiandou Imperial Family is already one level lower than them. Our Tiandou Empire is in danger!"

"My confidence increased after our royal family produced three Titled Douluo. I thought that with three titles and a million-strong army, even if we cannot reach the level of the Spirit Hall that dominated the entire Douluo Continent 3 years ago, we can still rank third after the Spirit Hall and the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan."

"At first, I was planning to drag down the five forces in the empire, namely the Huangfu Family, the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Clan, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Clan, and the Rare Pseudo-God Cult, to let them check and balance each other, let them deal with the external challenges brought by the Spirit Hall and the Xingluo Empire, let them fight each other and perish together in the end, but the reality did not go in my way at all."

"Now it seems that we are lucky to be able to hold on to the foundation we have built over the past two years. What are these sects doing in our Tiandou Empire? The four lower sects are also joining in the fun. They should go to the Xingluo Empire! Now these sects are like a pair of scissors, tearing the Tiandou Empire apart. It's all the fault of the previous emperor!"

Xue Qinghe cupped his hands and analyzed, "Father, everything has its pros and cons. Perhaps it is precisely because of the existence of multiple large sects that our royal family was able to maintain the unity of the Tiandou Empire during its decline. Our Tiandou royal family may not have no chance to go further! Originally, only the Spirit Hall had the inheritance of the gods. Therefore, in the past so many years, the Spirit Hall was able to occupy a dominant position, and even the Spirit Hall's Pope was the Pope of the soul master world."

"But what about now? The Spirit Hall is obviously not as powerful as before. In the past three years, our Tiandou Empire has eliminated the Spirit Hall branches, eliminated local rebels, reformed the army, and so on, and its strength has greatly increased! And these changes are all caused by the sudden rise of the extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan. In order to grab benefits, a war will inevitably break out between the emerging forces and the old overlords!"

"What's more, now that four forces with the inheritance of gods have emerged all of a sudden, the competition will be more intense, and our Tiandou royal family will also be actively trying to win over us. This is our opportunity! As long as we can stand in the right position, we can develop rapidly in the great changes in the future!"

"The strategic decision of our Tiandou Empire to make friends with the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan and attack the Spirit Hall was undoubtedly correct! Among the four divine inheritances, the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan and the Huangfu Family are a faction through marriage; the Spirit Hall is a separate faction; and the Xiwei Divine Cult is now infamous and is left alone."

"In the future, the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan will definitely take over the dominant position. We once helped the banker in times of crisis, and we have maintained close cooperation since then. After they take over the dominant position, our Tiandou Empire will not be in a bad situation."

Xue Qinghe stood on the standpoint of the Tiandou Imperial Family, and made a very logical analysis, but he sneered in his heart: Xue Ye, you are too tired, worrying about so many things every day, hurry up and die of the poison and have a good rest! From now on, the Tiandou Empire will be ruled by me, Qian Renxue, and the extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan and the rare pseudo-divine religion will all submit to my angel lineage!

Xue Ye was silent for a long time before he spoke, "Qinghe, you are right. I understand all these principles. I just can't accept it! It is obvious that more than ten years ago, the strength of the Jidao Yinyang Leopard Clan was not as good as our royal family. Now our Tiandou Royal Family has to be their younger brother. What a gap!"

Then Xue Ye's mind turned, "How do you think our royal family can become the inheritors of the gods like the Spirit Hall? Judging from the performance of the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan, they definitely did not have a god inheritance in the beginning, otherwise they would not have drastically reduced their sphere of influence. They must have become the inheritors of the gods in recent years. This shows that the inheritors of the gods are definitely not static, and can be born later! If our Tiandou royal family can also be chosen by the gods, then we can completely take off. But how can we become the inheritors of the gods?"

"Father, your Highness, even your son doesn't know this secret." Xue Qinghe looked embarrassed on the surface, but in his heart he was mocking Xue Ye for being ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth. He didn't even look at the martial spirit level of your Xue family and the talents of your descendants. Unless the gods are blind, no god would look down on you. Moreover, the Xue family had no god ancestor in their family, and without bloodline, it is impossible for them to become the heirs of the gods.

"Forget it, Qinghe, you go and do your work." Xue Ye waved his hand and asked the prince to leave. Then he issued a secret order, asking his shadow guards to find out how to obtain information about the gods' inheritance. Xue Ye wanted to make progress so much!

At this moment, the convoy of the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan was about to drive out of the Barak Kingdom. Zhuang Xingyu recalled everything he had seen along the way and sighed.

Under the rule of the Pseudo-God, the Kingdom of Barak completely relaxed land control, and everything could be freely bought and sold. Nobles of all sizes raised taxes one after another, and various levies and taxes emerged one after another. Some even sent people to burn the crops that were about to mature. The people could not pay taxes or eat, so they could only borrow money from the nobles at high prices. What was debt repayment? What if someone deliberately made you unable to pay it back? You could only sell your land, become refugees, and survive.

Chapter 169: A "Great Scholar" Argues for Me

The Xiweishen Cult also arrested a large number of people every now and then to be used as nourishment for the evil soul masters' cultivation.

The entire Barak Kingdom, except for the city of Soto, the headquarters of the False God Cult, maintained superficial prosperity. Famine was happening in almost all other places. Only 5.2% ​​of the people could barely make a living, and the rest all went out to beg. Refugees and beggars were everywhere, robbers and criminals were rampant, and cannibalism became a common phenomenon. The people lived in dire straits.

You should know that the Barak Kingdom was once one of the most important grain producing areas in Douluo Continent, and there were a large number of passes guarding it. It was the best among the four kingdoms of the Tiandou Empire, but now it has become like this.

The nobles in the Kingdom of Barak still hold banquets every day, and it is unknown how many civilians can be fed by the food wasted every day.

Even so, the nobles in the Kingdom of Barak were still shouting slogans, raising taxes, and calling on the poor to save food. It was ridiculous. The poor still had food! It was clearly the sin of the nobles. They enjoyed all the benefits, but the common people had to bear the cost. The food produced by the poor was enough for everyone to have enough food and drink, but the poor had no food at all.

Now, the criminals in Douluo Da are unwilling to flee to the City of Slaughter to avoid being wanted. Not only can they not get out once they go there, but it is also full of dangers. It is better to go to the Kingdom of Barak. After all, what can be done in the City of Slaughter, can also be done in Barak; what cannot be done in the City of Slaughter, can also be done in the Kingdom of Barak, and the cost is lower!

The Xiwei Divine Religion warmly welcomed this. Those criminals were all good candidates for becoming evil soul masters. Each of them was ruthless, sinful, and murderous, which was consistent with the three views of the Xiwei Divine Religion!

There is no need for brainwashing at all. You can plant the demon seed on the spot by entering the Holy Spring. In a few days, the demonic energy and the demon seed will be perfectly integrated, and you will become a true evil soul master.

As for the fact that all the people of Barak died, Xiwei Aoxie didn't feel sorry at all. The lives that died in torture could bring greater resentment and would be of greater help to the evil soul masters' practice. They even wished it were so.

The rich have wine and meat, while the poor freeze to death on the streets. This line of poetry by Du Fu is still too subtle.

Zhuang Xingyu murmured to himself, "Today, there are still too many people suffering in Douluo Continent, and they all need me, Zhuang Xingyu, to change all this! I have a heavy responsibility on my shoulders, and I must not slack off. You just wait a few more years, and when I have completed my divine test and am no longer afraid of the Black Devil, as long as you are innocent people, I will definitely free you completely! Let you live a good life."

Under the high pressure of the Xiwei God Cult, the contradictions within the Barak Kingdom became more and more serious. Every day, people stood up to resist because they could not survive. Although they were quickly suppressed by the Xiwei God Cult, the scale of the rebellion was getting bigger and bigger.

In a small town in the south of the Kingdom of Barak, two groups of people were arguing fiercely.

Party A is composed of people who came to Barak Kingdom from other forces. Some were brainwashed and tricked into Barak Kingdom; some were escaped criminals, such as Tan Wu; and some were simply stupid. These people shouted: "Under the rule of Xiwei God, the air in the entire Barak Kingdom is sweet, there is no dust or garbage on the ground, and the people of Xiwei God are of very high quality! They selflessly help us and give us a brand new life. I love Barak Kingdom, I love Xiwei God, this is heaven!"

Most of the B party are ordinary poor people in the Barak Kingdom, and a small number are enlightened nobles who sincerely hope that the Barak Kingdom will become stronger. "Stop it! You are a bunch of fools. You are cheated but still counting money for others. Don't you know that the Xiwei God Cult is a group of monkeys who love eating bananas? The only fate waiting for you is death! Only the extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan can save the Barak Kingdom!"

Party A was exposed and became angry and said, "Bah! You are talking nonsense. The Xiwei God Cult is not a monkey eating bananas. They are the most civilized and free!"

"And the Jidao Yin Yang Leopard Clan is a group of warmongers. All the people there are demons. They only know how to fight and kill all day long. They are barbaric and rude!"

"You guys are so stupid to go and lick the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan. No matter how powerful they are, what does it have to do with you? Do you think they will pay attention to you if you go and lick their boots? Don't forget that you are the people of the Barak Kingdom, you guys who betrayed the Barak Kingdom!"

"I think you are just a bunch of rotten eggs. The Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan really likes to eat eggs. Sooner or later, you will be made into egg drop soup!"

There were many people on the B side who had been helped by the Mission Pavilion. They could not bear to hear any words that slandered the Jidao Yin Yang Leopard Clan, so they picked up their weapons and started to attack.

"I am just a rough man, I don't understand the great principles you talk about. I only know that when I was treated unfairly, oppressed by the nobles, and bullied by the fake believers, it was the Mission Pavilion of the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan that helped me prove my innocence and helped me survive. At that time, I cried to the sky and the earth but no one answered, I was planning to end my life, but the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan saved me from the water and fire!"

The rest of the people on Party B also began to argue, "I remember that all the people on Party A came from other forces, right? Are you scolding yourselves?"

"You are still deceiving yourself. Have you been to Beiyuan? Have you ever heard of the extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan? You don't know anything, but you are just talking nonsense here. Don't you even look at the life you are living now? You are still pretending to be rich. Have you ever investigated Barak's village?

Do you know that in the entire Barak Kingdom, more than 80% of the people live in villages, and I am a villager!

Before the Xiwei God Cult came, although life in my village was not rich, we could still have enough food. But when the Xiwei God Cult came, everything changed. First, everyone was poisoned inexplicably, and when more than 2 people died, the Xiwei God Cult suddenly sent people to treat everyone easily. I have reason to suspect that this is a play directed and performed by the Xiwei God Cult!

At that time, I didn't think too much about it. I naively thanked the Xiwei God Cult, but later I found something wrong. Since the Xiwei God Cult came, people have disappeared every few days in our area. We have been poisoned three times in three years. The population has decreased by 3%. The vacant land and property have all been occupied by the Xiwei God Cult. As for us who are still alive, we have less and less land, but we have to pay more and more food. We can't survive at all."

A peddler also said, "Brother, what you said makes sense. I was lucky enough to go to Beiyuan once. The people there live a rich life and have bright eyes. Every child can go to school for three years for free when they are 3 to 6 years old. Beiyuan has good public security. No soul master dares to kill ordinary people at will. I carried goods worth one thousand gold soul coins there and never encountered a robber. After I pulled the goods back to Barak, I was robbed at home. This is my home, how ironic."

Although the people of Party B knew that what Party A said was right, they still stubbornly continued to refute. In fact, they also wanted to leave the Barak Kingdom. They thought that the Xiwei God Cult was very good before, but after coming here, they found that the Xiwei God Cult did not regard them as human beings at all, and the only purpose was to squeeze out their wealth. These people now regretted it and wanted to return to the original forces that they had tried their best to discredit.

But no force will want such traitors, and all that awaits them is becoming food for evil soul masters.

Chapter 170 The family's huge shortcomings

On the way back, Zhuang Xingyu and his companions did not return directly to Jidao Yinyang Leopard City, but instead visited many places along the way, such as: Jidao Yinyang Leopard Tribe Mission Pavilion, Jidao Chamber of Commerce, the actual situation of surrounding villages, scenic spots and historical sites, etc. After a week of wandering around, they finally passed Tiandou City.

Zhuang Xingyu has been in Douluo Continent for such a long time since he solved the mystery of the womb. He has been busy with seclusion and cultivation all day long. Except for the time when he went out for training at the age of 10, he has never gone deep into the grassroots of Douluo Continent to conduct a serious investigation and has been separated from the people.

Although Zhuang Xingyu had often learned about the details on paper and audio through family bulletins and intelligence personnel before, it was ultimately not as touching, thought-provoking, understanding, and realization as the on-site investigation.

Through the in-depth contact with the front line in the past few days, Zhuang Xingyu has gained a lot and learned a lot, and he also realized that there are still many shortcomings in the current development of the family.

Zhuang Xingyu urgently called the core elders who accompanied him on the trip and said, "Everyone, my Jidao Yin Yang Leopard Clan is now far ahead of the entire Douluo Continent in many aspects, including military, economy, system, and culture. The only thing we are not doing well in is journalism, which makes us unworthy of the status of the world's number one clan!

Think about what we have seen before. There are still so many people on Douluo Continent who don’t understand our Jidao Yin-Yang Leopard Clan. There are even so many people who deliberately discredit our Jidao Yin-Yang Leopard Clan, mislead the people, and ruin the reputation of our clan.

And this is happening in the Tiandou Empire adjacent to our clan. It is conceivable that this kind of phenomenon will be even more serious in the areas controlled by the Xingluo Empire and the Spirit Hall, which will pose a huge obstacle to our clan's cause of benefiting the entire Douluo Continent!

From now on, our tribe must strengthen its propaganda work and cannot allow the enemy to wantonly slander our image. We must let the people of the entire continent know the true Yin-Yang Leopard Tribe and the real lives of the people of Beiyuan!

Five core elders, you will be in charge of this work! With the various sub-cabinets of the Mission Pavilion as the center, introduce the real life of the people of Beiyuan to the people in the surrounding villages and cities, and promote the correct three views that conform to our tribe; start from the areas around Beiyuan, and gradually advance to the south. Within a year, I want to see results.

When necessary, we can mobilize military force to eliminate those who have been brainwashed by the Xifei God Cult and other forces and are professionally discrediting our people! "

"Yes, Young Clan Leader!" The five core elders accepted the order. However, their frowns showed that they had different opinions, and the other core elders were also hesitant to speak.

Seeing this, Zhuang Xingyu asked warmly, "Five core elders, from your expression, do you have anything to say? If you have any opinions or new ideas, feel free to raise them! The same goes for everyone, if you have any different opinions, you should boldly raise them!

If I make any mistakes, you must point them out in time. Don’t be afraid! Everyone makes mistakes, and I am no exception. If you don’t dare to question me, then this is my biggest failure.”

The five core elders quickly stood up and stated their views, "Young Clan Leader is wise. Our Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan should indeed strengthen its publicity work. The clan has neglected these things before. Your decision is very correct, and I agree with it very much!"

However, I think we can slow down the work of controlling public opinion and strengthening publicity. We have limited energy, and the family should focus on expanding the mission pavilion, selling soul guides, and operating the chamber of commerce. These things can earn profits and quickly improve the family's strength.

Don't you often say: Soul power is the foundation of everything, dignity is only above the soul ring, and truth is only within the soul attack! As long as we have the strength to crush all other forces, why bother about their opinions, just push forward. When the time comes to unify the Douluo Continent, it won't be too late to centralize governance!"

The three core elders had similar views and began to speak out their opinions at length, "Young Clan Leader, I also think that it is not suitable to carry out large-scale propaganda work at this stage. Nowadays, we cannot directly control many places. If it is just pure propaganda, it is easy. We can just send people to talk to the people, and other forces will not dare to stop us. Even if we carry out this work across the continent, it will only cost about 10 million gold soul coins, and we can make it back by selling more soul guides.

But the question is: after we promote it, how can we make the people agree? After all, most people can't even recognize words, can't write their own names, and many people have never left their town in their lives. If you tell them, they won't understand! They have limited knowledge and don't understand the structure of Douluo Continent at all.

The most difficult thing is that many people have not yet solved the problem of food and clothing. What they care about most is food, and they don’t care about anything else. It is difficult to achieve results through propaganda.

Unless we now send a large amount of manpower, material resources, and financial resources to teach the people to read and write, and to help them solve the problem of food! But this will require at least 10 years of continuous and uninterrupted investment to see the effect, and the cost is too high.

Teaching them to read is easy, all we have to do is build more schools; but solving their food problem is difficult, as our family does not have enough grain to support the people of the entire continent.

What’s more crucial is that these people should have been able to eat enough. The grain they grew was enough to feed their entire family, but their grain was taken away by the local nobles.

For the people of Beiyuan, the agricultural tax system is 30% tax to 1, the commercial tax system is 20% tax to 1, and nothing else needs to be paid. In other forces, the tax in many areas has been raised to 35% tax to 20, in addition to various head taxes, silver taxes, corvée labor...

If we want to ensure that the people have enough food to eat, we have to help them get back the food that belongs to them from the local nobles. However, this will undoubtedly offend the aristocratic class of the entire Douluo Continent. The resistance is too great. If we really take action, we will be enemies all over the world!

After all, the other forces are not like us, who can make money by selling soul guides. Their main source of wealth is from exploiting the local people. Cutting off their source of wealth is like killing them!"

Seeing that the young patriarch allowed everyone to speak freely, the four core elders no longer suppressed their own opinions. "Young patriarch, I feel that the people in the entire Douluo Continent, except for our Beiyuan, are too ignorant. They have no brains and believe everything they hear. They don't have the ability to think independently. No matter who it is, as long as they are a person, they will believe anything they say. There is no possibility of education at all!

Just like those people who believed a few rumors and ran from their hometown to the Kingdom of Barak, they are all idiots who can't tell who is a friend and who is an enemy. They have been severely brainwashed by the false cult and can't even tell who is good to them, so why should they care about them.

Chapter 171 Problems of the Core Elders

The four core elders, who were all carefree, continued to state their opinions:

"There are also those who brag that Xiwei Shenjiao is heaven all day long. They are either wanted criminals who have made serious mistakes in their own forces and are about to be liquidated. In order to survive, they lick Xiwei Shenjiao so that they can run to Xiwei Shenjiao for refuge. What do we want these criminals for?

Or a fool.

Some people have never even left their counties, and they are idle and wait for death every day. It is clear that the Xiwei God Religion has not brought them any benefits, and even the suffering they have experienced is caused by the Xiwei God Religion. However, they are easily brainwashed by a few words, and regard the Xiwei God Religion as closer than their own father, and wantonly smear the hometown that gave birth to them and raised them. Anyone who says that the Xiwei God Religion is not good is like **ing his wife.