Chapter 893 - Cocoon and self-restraint
After looking at it for a long time, Jingchen smiled slightly, looked at the heads of the various families sitting on both sides again, and said slowly, "First of all, thank you for your enthusiastic registration, just now I took a rough look, the families registered in each city have reached two, or even above, the cities where the two families have signed up, there is no need to carry out the next round of screening, and in cities where multiple families have registered, I will arrange someone to screen your qualifications until there are two families left." ”
"What?!" The heads of those powerful families were stunned, and some even exclaimed, they really didn't expect that the people in charge of these cities would be settled so quickly, and what made them even more unacceptable was that they didn't even have the strength to compete, so they were completely eliminated?
According to what these family heads thought at the beginning, no matter what, as long as the new lord wants to implement the policy of autonomy, cooperating with their families is an inevitable result, after all, their families are in various cities, and it can be said that they have infiltrated all walks of life, these people really dare not imagine that Jingchen has any reason not to cooperate with them.
It's a pity that the reality is so cruel, Jing Chen, the third prince of the Holy Spirit Empire and the new lord of the Gamma Province, obviously has no intention of changing his decision, and for those family dissatisfactions and disbelief, Jing Chen even ignored them at all.
Smiling and glancing at the family heads below who were happy, worried, frightened, or nervous, Jingchen slowly stood up and said indifferently, "I didn't expect this matter to go so smoothly today, here, I thank you again for all the family representatives who came to celebrate my inauguration, Jingchen I only thank you for your support on behalf of myself, and at the same time, I also want to congratulate those families who already have the right to govern, in the next year, I hope you can run your city well and strive to exceed the set goals." ”
When the words fell, Jingchen obviously didn't want to stay longer, turned around and was about to leave, at this moment, those family heads who didn't get any benefits were anxious, but before they could speak, someone spoke more anxiously than them, only to hear a family head who already had the right to govern said with some hesitation, "Your Highness, wait, wait a minute!"
Jingchen turned his head to look at the man, and saw that the other party was the head of a family that he was "planning", smiled slightly, and asked gently, "What's wrong, is there anything unclear?"
The head of the family hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke, "Your Highness, you also know that our family, which originally grew up in business, does not have much experience in managing cities, and if we want to manage a city, it seems that our strength is also a little insufficient. As soon as this sentence came out, it immediately resonated with many family owners who also obtained the administrative power of the city.
Although these families have obtained the administrative power of the city, but if they want to implement the tax, they cannot ensure the full implementation of the tax policy without the corresponding strength, although they can also make that money in their own clan, but it is not a long-term solution to do this, since Jingchen wants to implement this administrative system, then this problem must also be handed over to this highness to solve.
At this moment, the heads of those big families who have not obtained administrative power are going to hate the head of the family who came out to speak, what this person means, it is clear that they are big families, except for them, who can threaten these families to levy taxes in the local area, of course, the heads of these big families just now do plan not to pay taxes, so that these families who have the right to govern will finally be completely confiscated.
Smiling slightly, Jingchen's heart was about to bloom with a smile at this moment, originally he planned to arrange an enchanted puppet made by himself in each city, this kind of enchanted puppet is Jingchen's characteristics, which can not only facilitate Jingchen's grasp of the actual situation of each city, but also help Jingchen monitor some ill-intentioned families, but just now, Jingchen has not found any good reason to plant these enchanted puppets.
Jing Chen naturally understood in his heart that if these puppets were forcibly placed in these cities so bluntly, not to mention those families who did not have the right to govern, even if they had the power to govern, I am afraid that there would be some backlash, which would not be conducive to the implementation of his ideas. And the words of this family head undoubtedly helped Jingchen solve this problem, in the name of maintaining the implementation of the law, it is really better, so that these families who are not the strongest can manage their cities with peace of mind, and they can also use the purpose of monitoring these people, which is really a lot of one stone.
Although he was already so happy in his heart, Jing Chen still pretended to be worried, and said, "This is a difficult problem, let me think about it......" Jing Chen just stood there like that, putting on a contemplative look, and seeing Jing Chen's appearance, the hearts of those family patriarchs who were powerful but did not have the ruling power were all raised in their throats.
At this moment, they couldn't help but secretly pray in their hearts, don't let this young lord think of any way, otherwise their families will have a hard time, as the saying goes, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, although the strength of those families with ruling power is not comparable to them now, but after having the ruling power, the growth speed of that family will definitely not be comparable to them. If these families don't have any hole cards in their hands, it's okay to say, once Jingchen gives these people some kind of talisman or hole card, then these big families who originally wanted to negotiate conditions with Jingchen may never turn over in the future.
At this moment, the patriarchs of these big families can't help but feel a little bitter in their hearts, many of them are secretly sighing, they really shouldn't be so greedy, if they hadn't joined this Laoshizi watch agreement, how could they want to embarrass Jingchen in order to get the greatest benefits, now it seems that they were defeated by Jingchen.
The world is like this, no matter how much you regret it, but you can't buy regret medicine after all, because in this world, there is no such thing, this is the rule of the world, the existence above all laws, is something that God must follow.
Just when the hearts of the heads of those big families were entangled by negative emotions such as struggle, remorse, and chagrin, Jingchen's face was once again filled with the kind of smile that made the hearts of the heads of those big families palpitate at this moment. I saw Jingchen raise his head and said, "I thought about it just now, this family head is very right, but all families have no experience in governance, and they will inevitably encounter many problems at the beginning, since I propose this way of governing, this problem will naturally be solved by me......" After a pause, Jingchen's gaze swept over the faces of all the family heads in the field.
continued, "In this way, I will send a group of puppets to various cities, the strength of these puppets is about the peak of the sixth level, which should be enough to help the families who are preparing to govern here and calm down the unstable factors in your city, of course, I need to explain that these puppets are not controlled by you, but these puppets will meet your reasonable requirements, how about you see my method?"
When Jingchen's voice fell, all the family spirits that had already obtained the ruling power, or had the qualifications to compete for the ruling power, were shocked, this was the best news that Jingchen brought to them after coming here, there was no one, although the news of obtaining the ruling power was not bad, but it was far from being comparable to this news.
Without the puppet sent by Jingchen to sit in charge, although their families have gained the ruling power, it is almost the same as nothing, after all, these families are not the largest families in each city, if they want to run a city well, the family that is stronger than them must be their stumbling block, and for this stumbling block, no one has any good way, otherwise it will not be the turn of those families to be powerful in their city.
At the beginning, the reason why under Jingchen's seemingly harsh conditions, the patriarch of the non-family would even rather pay for his own family and become the ruler of the city where he is located, is that he wants to compete with these big families who are on the head of his family, and Jingchen's plan at the moment, if it can be implemented, it will undoubtedly give these families a shot in the arm, and the biggest problem will be solved.
However, it is still the same sentence, a few families are happy and a few are sad, when the heads of these families who have gained the ruling power are happy, the heads of the most powerful families in various cities are almost slumping on their seats at this moment, at this moment, they only have awe and even fear in their minds about Jingchen, they really can't believe that this young lord, who seems to be less than twenty years old, has such a careful mind, and even this aspect of the problem has helped these families who are about to govern think about it.
At this moment, the heads of these big families couldn't help but think of a possibility that made their hearts tremble, did this lord have thought of this result before today, and planned everything. They really couldn't believe that all of this today was thought up by this young lord on the spot, if it was really him who came up with it on the spot, this young man's mind had simply reached a heinous level.
The heads of these big families do have some insight, and today's scene is all carried out according to Jingchen's plan, from the reaction of the heads of those big families, to the sub-level heads of the families in various cities to stand up, and finally to the installation of special puppets in various cities, Jingchen has all thought about it in advance.
It's just that how to place puppets in various cities, Jingchen didn't plan so perfectly at the beginning, and in his plan, the step of installing puppets should be postponed, mainly to prevent the backlash of the various ruling families.
First of all, although the execution ability of those big families in various cities is much better than that of these second-level families, they will inevitably have a sense of superiority, thinking that Jingchen will not be able to play without them, and it is easy to have a big tail.
On the other hand, these subordinate families, suppressed by those big families for a long time, will naturally have extremely strong expectations of the upper position, Jingchen is giving them at the moment, it is undoubtedly an opportunity, and then Jingchen only needs to use some means, these families will be firmly tied to Jingchen's chariot, although the initial execution ability will be a little unsatisfactory, but Jingchen believes that as long as he supports himself, it is only a matter of time before these families take the position.
After giving a reassurance to the heads of the families who had the right to govern, Jingchen stopped staying and slowly left the council hall, at this moment Jingchen had already done everything he wanted to do, as for the mood of those big family heads, it was not something that Jingchen had to consider.
However, Jing Chen didn't care about the strange gaze cast by Anna and the five elders, after explaining all this, Jing Chen's eyes closed slightly, and the five divine senses instantly surged out from Jing Chen's sea of consciousness, this method of divine consciousness exchange, Jing Chen also learned after achieving a sixth-level powerhouse, this method can not only convey some complex things to the recipient in a clearer way, but also allow the recipient to fully understand the meaning of the sender.
The time of this transmission is very fast, from the beginning to the end of only a few breaths, when the transmission is over, the five elders who received the information can't help but glance at each other, they really didn't expect that the strength of the young man in front of them is terrifying, its perception coverage is not only larger than theirs, but also can fully perceive the range of the poison array, although a little unbelievable, but a few people are still not ready to try the power of the poison array in person.
Poison has always been a very mysterious and weird thing on this continent, no one knows how many strong people have died on poison, but one thing is for sure, this number is definitely a lot, legend, there are even eighth-level powerhouses who were killed with poison, of course, this is a legend after all, no one knows what the truth is.
Now that they have obtained the exact location of those people, these elders no longer hesitated, and their bodies shook, and they disappeared one after another, after all, the strength of these elders is all level eighth, and the elder of the Earth Giant Clan led by him has even reached the peak of level eighth, and he is only one step away from level ninth, even if he really rushes into the poison array, the poison in the formation may not be able to do anything to him, let alone these assassins with ordinary strength.
"Boom!"
Not long after the figures of these five elders disappeared, in Jingchen's perception, those ambushers and these five elders had already exchanged hands, and in the case of such a huge disparity in strength, the five elders did not have much effort to clean up those assassins, however, these assassins were obviously also well-trained, and when they found that there were masters attacking, they scattered and fled, and there was no trace of love at all, which also brought some difficulties to the strangulation of the five elders.
"Whoosh......"
Just as Jing Chen was engrossed in "looking" at the situation on the battlefield, an extremely slight sound came into Jing Chen's ears, normally speaking, Jing Chen would not have been able to hear this sound, but, based on his previous experience in dealing with these assassins, Jing Chen kept a hand, that is, an invisible layer of energy was laid in the place near him. This energy layer is not strong in terms of strength, it is just a casual arrangement made by Jing Chen using the residual energy of the five leaves he made just now, but it has a special use - early warning.
Yes, this thing can give Jingchen a warning, once someone approaches, Jingchen can detect it as soon as possible, obviously, Jingchen's arrangement really has an effect, and at the moment when the voice sounded, Nangong San, who was originally in a stealth state, also revealed his figure. Although the stealth technique mastered by the assassins of the Beast God Cult is somewhat special, in essence, it is also a kind of stealth technique, and in the process of stealth, there must be no interference, otherwise the stealth technique will be self-defeating.
"It's you!" Seeing the visitor, Jingchen's eyes were condensed, how could he forget that this man who almost killed himself in the giant beast, if he hadn't reacted quickly that time, I'm afraid his bones would be gone now.
"Hmph!" A piercing cold snort sounded, although Nangong San didn't know how he was discovered by Jing Chen, but it didn't matter, he was already less than twenty meters away from Jing Chen, Nangong San was convinced that at such a close distance, Jing Chen would definitely die.
Without a trace of hesitation, Nangong San's pair of dark and dry ghost claws instantly grabbed Jing Chen, and at this moment, Jing Chen clearly felt that a fierce murderous aura had firmly locked on him, and a chill arose from the bottom of his heart.
Of course, it is not Jing Chen's style to sit still, I saw Jing Chen's body tremble slightly, and in the next moment, Jing Chen's whole person was torn apart by Nangong San's pair of ghost claws, but Nangong San didn't have time to be happy, and his face changed suddenly, because he found that the Jing Chen he caught was like a piece of air.
In fact, just when Nangong San's pair of ghost claws tore apart Jingchen's body, Jingchen suddenly appeared thirty or forty meters away from Nangong San's feet, and the one who was torn apart by Nangong San was just an afterimage of Jingchen.
"I'll see how long you can hide!" Nangong San continued to chase and kill Jingchen as if he had entered a no-man's land, but Anna, who didn't react at the beginning, had already come to his senses at this moment, this fly, who was only a seventh-level peak strength, dared to spread wild in front of him, and Anna was simply furious.
I saw that Anna didn't even say hello, a pair of big hands like a fan instantly slapped Nangong San's back, for a simple person like the Earth Giant, Anna's sneak attack was undoubtedly an anomaly, because Jingchen clearly saw just now that the five elders had all opened their mouths to remind those assassins before killing, otherwise those assassins would not have had the opportunity to escape in front of such a strong person.
Although Nangong San's strength is good, and even against Amandron, whose strength has reached the eighth-level intermediate level, he has calmly retreated, but Anna is not Amandron, as a strong man of the Earth Giant Clan, even if he does not use magic, his ontological strength is extremely terrifying, and that terrifying strength alone is enough to break Nangong San's bones.
Feeling the wind behind him, he saw Nangong San's body twist strangely, and immediately dodged Anna's somewhat sinister blow, but unfortunately, Nangong San's route to attack Jingchen, who dodged this blow, was also blocked by a storm dwarf who came from dodging.
At this moment, the storm dwarf in front of Nangong San has a sideburns beard on his face, and the thick beard makes it difficult to see his appearance, this storm dwarf is wearing a very beautifully made armor, although this armor covers his whole body, but from the gap in the armor, you can still see the strength of this storm dwarf, at this moment, this storm dwarf is holding the pair of short-handled war hammers in his hands, and his eyes are looking at Nangong San coldly.
Seeing the equipment on this storm dwarf and the weapon in his hand, Jing Chen's pupils couldn't help but shrink suddenly, as an enchanter with good strength, he was sure that whether it was this armor or the pair of short-handled war hammers, he must have never experienced the enchantment of an enchanter, but Jing Chen was surprised to find that both this set of armor and the pair of war hammers had a sense of heaviness that even ordinary magic equipment and weapons could not reach, as well as that terrifying aura of destruction.
"Get out!" Nangong San was not at all taken by the momentum of the storm dwarf in front of him, as a qualified killer, no matter what time it was, he could stay calm, even if it was a time of death, Nangong San could still rely on his calm mind to find a glimmer of life, but unfortunately, the current Nangong San was no longer calm, seeing Jingchen, the enemy who destroyed everything in the Nangong family was in front of him, Nangong San couldn't calm down at all.
Originally, in Nangong San's plan, he believed that he could kill Jingchen with one blow, and then immediately run away, but what he didn't expect was that Jingchen was too slippery, and the reaction of the masters of the two clans beside Jingchen was also too fast, which made him have no chance of a second blow at all, but the distance from Jingchen was so close that Nangong San gave up like this, and he was unwilling, so this scene appeared.
glanced at Nangong San in front of him with disdain, the storm dwarf holding a pair of huge war hammers, "What are you, just a bullshit assassin who has just reached the peak of the seventh level, and you dare to talk to Lao Tzu like this, come on, let Lao Tzu smash your skull, and see if it is full of shit." As he spoke, he waved the double hammer in his hand and pounced towards Nangong San.
The ridicule of this storm dwarf made Nangong San sober up a lot, but unfortunately, before he could react, the dwarf's twin hammers not only arrived, but also Anna, who followed closely behind, under the siege of such two eighth-level powerhouses, Nangong San, who was hot-headed, also calmed down instantly.
It's a pity, even if he calms down, it's too late for Nangong San to want to retreat, first of all, assassins are afraid of being close to melee professions, after all, assassins are not a profession known for their strength, if the range of activity is restricted, then the assassin's performance will be greatly reduced. In fact, there is no way to do it, generally the profession with strong melee ability, its defense is relatively good, and it is not the kind of attack that the assassin can break at all, such as the guardian knight, you can directly ignore the assassin's attack and strangle it.
"Bang!"
With a loud bang, Nangong San's body had been blown away by the storm dwarf's hammer, but Nangong San did it on purpose, with the power of the storm dwarf's hammer, Nangong San's flexible body was already out of the grip of the two. At this moment, Nangong San, who was separated from the two of them, did not hesitate at all, and twisted his body again, obviously trying to escape with this force, but unfortunately, he miscalculated again.
"Boom!"
There was a thunderclap, only to see a bowl of thick thunder slashing towards Nangong San, at this moment, was hit by the storm dwarf with a hammer, and Nangong San, who had not completely unloaded the power of the hammer, it was too late to dodge, and he could only watch the sudden thunder smash into himself.
A scorched smell came from Nangong San's body, and it didn't take long for it to fill the entire space, and his eyes looked indifferently at the pile of scorched black things not far away, I am afraid that even the middle-aged man who had just left would not have thought that this was the corpse of Nangong San, the leader among the killers of the Beast God Cult.
Slowly approaching the charred black thing, the storm dwarf with the twin hammers in his hand said coldly, "With this ability, you dare to come and kill our two clans? As he spoke, he looked up at Anna and said, "Anna, after our two clans settle down, you will accompany me to fight, I haven't fought for a long time, and my hands are itchy." ”
Obviously, this battle that killed Nangong San, a powerful assassin in the world, was just an "unenjoyable" battle for this storm dwarf, and I don't know what kind of expression Nangong San would have if he was still alive.
Jing Chen, who had dealt with the people of the Beast God Sect a lot, slowly came to Nangong San's corpse, stared at the pile of black ash for a long time, kicked the black ash with his foot, and after a while, he raised his head, looked at Anna and the storm dwarf with a solemn expression, and said, "I'm afraid this Nangong San is not dead, in this pile of black ash, I can't feel a trace of Nangong San's soul breath, I think he escaped." ”
"How is that possible?" The storm dwarf who had already paced beside Anna jumped up more than a person in an instant, hurriedly came to the pile of black ash, carefully observed it for a long time, and suddenly roared angrily, "Bastard! dare to play you old man, get out of here quickly!"
Seeing this scene, Anna couldn't help but be stunned, and slowly came to the pile of black ash, and also carefully perceived it, and then a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, for a person of their strength, they can indeed feel the soul breath, obviously, there is no soul breath of that person in this mass of things, thinking that it is indeed as Jingchen said, that assassin actually escaped under the siege of him and the storm dwarf!