Chapter 579: Drawing the Sword

Qin Zheng was sitting in the carriage and driving on the rugged mountain road. In the past few years, his strength has finally recovered to the 6th level of the Golden Core Realm. His complexion is much better than before. His originally silver-white hair has now turned gray and black. Without the trouble of karma, his body has become extremely relaxed.

But his heart is not relaxed at all. Although all ties with Huaxia have been cut off in the past few years, Huaxia has not launched an attack on them, but Qin is becoming weaker and weaker.

There are three main reasons for this. The first is that his strength has declined. Everyone in Qin has lost the will to win. Many noble families dare not rebel because of Qin Zheng's pressure, but they are secretly disobeying, causing Qin's tax revenue to drop again and again.

Qin is short of food, and noble families take the opportunity to annex land and population. Now many Qin people have become servants of noble families, and Qin has no right to order servants of noble families.

Therefore, Qin Zheng has visited various counties in the country many times in the past few years to consolidate the rule of the Qin family.

Second, the secret voices of Qin State could not be eradicated. The people of Qin State knew everything about what Huaxia State did every year, how rich the people were, and how many miles of tracks had been laid.

Qin Zheng spent a lot of effort to deal with the undercovers buried by Huaxia State in the country, but the effect was minimal. Except for the ministers who had always followed Qin State, Qin Zheng now dared not trust anyone.

The people also liked to hear some stories about Huaxia State, as if that was the paradise in their hearts. Qin State had severely prevented the spread of news about Huaxia State in Qin State. In the past few years, it was unknown how many people had been killed, but it was useless.

The last point was that the spiritual medicines and strange stones of Qin State in the past few years were missing. The high-level warriors in the country kept dying, and the young people could not keep up with the speed of cultivation, which caused the number of aristocratic families to drop sharply. Although there were still more than 40 people in the foundation-building realm in Qin State, the number of innate realms did not exceed 600, and more than half of them were not really controlled by Qin State.

In this regard, the number of Xiantian Realm in Huaxia is close to 30,000, and all the captains and above of the seven elite legions are Xiantian Realm. All the pavilion chiefs and fort masters are also Xiantian Realm. The real strength of the two countries is 50 times different.

The population of Qin State has also dropped from 8 million at its peak to less than 4 million. A large part of them were killed by wild beasts, and some were frozen to death or starved to death. They went out of Xiaoguan in the north of Qin State and followed the Huaxia caravan into Huaxia State.

Qin Zheng was thinking expressionlessly. He heard that the son Qin Jiao rode to his carriage.

"Jiao'er, is there anything?" Qin Zheng said.

Qin Jiao just successfully built his foundation this year. Building his foundation at this age can also show his qualifications. It is entirely possible that he will be promoted to Jindan in the future. Now Qin Zheng has been spending more energy on Qin Jiao, hoping that Qin State will have another Jindan Realm in the future.

"Father, the 300,000-strong Chinese army entered Chu, and did not harm the cities and people of Chu. Their target was the monsters and wild beasts in the Nanyue Mountains. Huaxia has begun to eliminate the wild beasts in the entire Dongtu Shenzhou!" Qin Jiao said.

"What is the attitude of the King of Chu and the major families?" Qin Zheng said indifferently.

"The King of Chu has not expressed his position. Huaxia can change the terrain when it reaches the Chu fortress, and they don't need to enter the city. After the 300,000-strong army passed, they restored the terrain. Many families in Chu went out to welcome and entertain the Chinese army, but the Chinese army ignored them." Qin Jiao said.

"Huaxia has already drawn its sword! Although it has not yet unified the world, it has already done what the common lord of the world should do.

The King of Chu has no courage to stop Huaxia, nor does he have the strength to stop Huaxia. The less they harass the Chu families, the more the people of the world will be on Huaxia." Qin Zheng said.

"Father, what should we do? Do we need to send someone to continue communicating with the King of Chu?" Qin Jiao thought for a while and asked.

"No, the King of Chu knows everything. There is little he can do. Now only by assisting Huaxia to clear the Nanyue Mountains can the Chu family temporarily sit on the throne. Otherwise, before the wild beasts in the Nanyue Mountains are completely cleared, all the Chu families will surrender to Huaxia!" Qin Zheng replied.

Qin Jiao did not speak again. Qin Zheng sat in the carriage and moved forward slowly. There were only regular sounds of wheels and horseshoes on the road. After a while, Qin Zheng started talking again.

"You go to Huaxia and communicate with several major academy masters of Huaxia about our Qin's attitude. We are not hostile to Huaxia, and the Qin army will not leave the country. In this way, Qin can hold on for some time. We should not give up until the last moment." Qin Zheng said to Qin Jiao.

"Father, why don't you meet Hua Kai directly? The four masters of Huaxia will not communicate so easily.

Although our Qin is not as strong as Huaxia, it is not so easy for Huaxia to conquer us. Wu'an Jun succeeded in condensing the golden elixir this time, don't we also have three golden elixir realms?" Qin Jiao said, looking at Qin Zheng who was already dissatisfied with him. He knew that he had said something he shouldn't have said.

The news that his mother was in the golden elixir realm was not announced during the most difficult time of Qin, and his father and mother had always been at odds, but at this time, all the disagreements were no longer so important compared to the demise of Qin.

"Jiao'er, you don't know the difference between the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Realm and the ordinary Golden Core. If my father's strength is not restored, our Qin State will not have the strength to go to war with Huaxia.

Now Hua Kai is in high spirits and is ready to be the master of the world. In order to break through the God Transformation Realm, he will definitely make various attempts, just like my father did before.

The overseas is extremely dangerous. It is possible to encounter big monsters or ancient beasts everywhere. It is normal to be trapped in the restriction for thousands of years. This time he wants to move the Nanyue Mountains, and he must not be able to avoid the two big monsters. We are not completely without a chance." Qin Zheng said.

Qin Jiao nodded. The purpose of Huaxia has never been hidden from the beginning. They just want to unify the human race and make the people's lives better and better. Becoming the common master of the world is Hua Kai's goal, so he can't keep taking advantage of it, because everyone knows the difficulty of the God Transformation Realm. Since the ancient times, more than 20,000 years have passed, and the human race has only produced one God Transformation Realm, and King Zhou obtained a great fortune from the ancient ruins to promote the God Transformation Realm.

"Father, do we need to break the border blockade?" Qin Jiao asked Qin Zheng while riding on his horse.

"Find a way to establish a royal merchant group and maintain trade with Huaxia. We can hold all the goods in our own hands, which is much better than letting those noble families send countless spiritual medicines and strange stones to Huaxia.

This will be very difficult. Huaxia must be unwilling to break off trade relations with other noble families in Qin, but we can talk slowly. Our attitude is to ensure that we will not take the initiative to attack Huaxia, but Qin's state affairs must be controlled by my Qin family." Qin Zheng said so, and Qin Jiao already understood what he meant.

That is, Qin has already admitted defeat in terms of combat power. We will not take the initiative to attack like you, but Huaxia cannot interfere in Qin's affairs. The Qin family is the only master of Qin.

In this way, the Huaxia merchant group must enter Qin, and Qin's cultural blockade will inevitably be broken. People from the two countries will begin to communicate, and this loophole will be opened.

The only hope for Qin is that Hua Kai will have an accident, or Qin Zheng can be promoted to the God Transformation Realm earlier than Hua Kai. No one is sure that Hua Kai will be able to successfully advance to the God Transformation Realm, so Qin still has a chance.

"Father, should we also open up the grain trade? If the exchange is opened, Hua Xia's low-priced grain will inevitably enter Qin, and many noble families will no longer grow grain. The grain lifeline of Qin will still be in the hands of Hua Xia." Qin Jiao asked.

"The main commodity transactions must be in the hands of Qin. I think as long as we show our willingness to interact, Hua Xia will agree to these. Hua Xia's heart is much bigger than you think. They have begun to set their sights on overseas." Qin Zheng said.

The two walked and talked. Qin Jiao knew that his father was slowly handing over state affairs to him, and he, like Hua Kai, concentrated on cultivation and broke through to the God Transformation Realm as soon as possible, so that all the embarrassing situations of Qin could end.

On the other hand, Tang Lei led the [Undead Army] across the Yangtze River to the outside of Echeng, which was one of the important cities of Chu. They saw countless victims outside Echeng looking at them from afar. Tang Lei couldn't bear it and found Hua Mo, one of the leaders of the southern expedition. Hua Mo had just included the terrain under his feet into the [Mountain and River Map]. Hearing Tang Lei talking about the people of Chu outside Echeng, he couldn't bear it. "Although these victims have nothing to do with us, we can't just ignore them. You have people set up porridge sheds outside Echeng and give porridge to the victims." Hua Mo said. Tang Lei was about to take people to give porridge after receiving the order, when Lian Po also found Hua Mo here. "Lord Hua Mo, the Chu family just sent a message saying that it is the business of every human race to eliminate wild beasts in the world. Chu is willing to send 400,000 troops to assist Huaxia in eliminating wild beasts in the Nanyue Mountains." Lian Po said to Hua Mo. "400,000? Chu can have so many troops? I'm afraid they are just fooling me!" Hua Mo said in disbelief after hearing it. "Looking at this, it is estimated that at most they will send some disaster victims here, and we have to provide them with food. This is throwing the burden to us.

After that, these disaster victims cannot be taken back to Huaxia by us, and in the end, all the benefits are taken by Chu!" Lian Po said.

"If they dare to give it, we must take it. It's just a matter of one million stones of grain every year! So many disaster victims are also very useful to us. With them, we can eliminate the wild beasts more thoroughly.

I will have people build a city near the Nanyue Mountains. We will eliminate the wild beasts and transform the terrain along the way. By the way, we can also build a few cities to stabilize the rear. When these cities are built, does Master Lian think it should belong to Huaxia or Chu?" Hua Mo said with a smile.

"This is really a good idea. A few days ago, I sent people to contact the major families of Nanyue. They are all very willing to cooperate with us to eliminate the wild beasts. Now the population of Chu is only more than three million. If 400,000 disaster victims are sent to Nanyue, the population of Nanyue will exceed one million. We can make a big move here." Lian Po nodded and said.