If a Cave Void Period Qi Refiner and a group of Earth Shaking Stage Qi Refiners can be used by him, he will not be able to personally lead the army as a monarch at that time, and he will be able to continuously earn his money by staying at home.

But in order to achieve this, there is a prerequisite for him to deduce the fragments of the Seed Heart Tribulation obtained completely, and use the complete Seed Heart Tribulation Secret Technique to control these people.

The reason why he didn't challenge the Rock Sect before was because he hadn't even started the Soul Tribulation Remnant.

Now the Heart Tribulation has been introduced, but the time is still not yet, and the Heart Tribulation has not been fully derived.

It took the source power to fully derive the Seed Heart Tribulation, but now his source power was only a few dozen after he raised the Divine Xuanyuan Technique Derivation to the eighteenth level.

"It seems that before I take control of those people in the Rock Sect, I still need to personally lead the army to conquer other countries to obtain source power. ”

Li Qiu's eyes moved slightly.

In the past year, Zhou has frequently crusaded against other countries on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and has become quite famous in the world, as for whether it is a bad name or a good name, there are different opinions on different positions.

However, the Son of Heaven sent someone to send a reward a few months ago, obviously to reward Zhou for this behavior.

The Son of Heaven is not stupid, and he also knows what Zhou State frequently crusaded against other countries for, but he still rewarded and encouraged.

Li Qiu estimated that the Son of Heaven should be broken and broken by now, knowing that the world was no longer in his hands, and the possibility of returning to his hands was almost none, so he hoped that the world would be as chaotic as possible.

The princes who should have bowed down to him but now divided his world, the more fierce they fought each other, the happier the Son of Heaven became, and even if he could not get any practical benefits from it, he could still try to dissipate the resentment in his heart.

The Zhou State frequently conquered several vassal states last year, and almost all the weak vassal states that were close to the Zhou State were conquered.

On the surface, those vassal states are still the same, but they have changed their monarchs, and the Zhou state seems to have gained nothing from a year's expedition, but the territory of the Zhou state has actually doubled, and those vassal states have been brought under his rule.

Although the strength of the Zhou Kingdom has not increased much, in the territory of the Zhou Kingdom can almost be called the top few big countries in the world, speaking of which, it is all thanks to Nangong Wan!

In the past year, the territory of the Zhou State under his rule has increased, and a large amount of source power has been brought in, which has made his strength grow by leaps and bounds, which is a benefit, but also a disadvantage.

The radical and frantic conquest of other countries to expand the territory of the Zhou State has attracted the close attention of many powerful countries in the world.

It's not a good thing to be too showy.

I don't know when one of the most powerful vassal states in the world, or several relatively powerful vassal states, will join forces to attack Zhou and divide the territory of Zhou on the grounds that Zhou's frequent conquests of other countries have caused turmoil in the world or any other reason.

Although it may sound alarmist and unfounded.

Just like the Zhou state under his rule once did to those vassal states that were crusaded, there was no grudge against each other or even much intersection, but the war just happened.

In this age of the jungle, weakness is sin!

Surrounded by wolves, Li Qiu couldn't help but feel a sense of crisis and was eager to improve his strength.

Although he has no attachment to the royal power and no sense of belonging to the Zhou State, he can abandon the Zhou State at any time.

But after losing the state of Zhou and the identity of Zhou Hou, he will also lose the umbrella of the crazy slaughter of princes.

Although he is now frantically conquering other countries and slaughtering princes, he still brings a lot of drawbacks and attracts the attention of all the princes and princes in the world.

But if he didn't have the umbrella of Zhou Guo and Zhou Hou, he would have killed so many princes, but I was afraid that he would have caused the princes of the world to attack him a long time ago.

When Jiang Tianzi divided the princes, he set up a ritual system, and the princes' status was extremely noble, only under the Son of Heaven, only the Son of Heaven and other princes who got the order of the Son of Heaven had the qualifications to punish and kill the princes, if others dared to slaughter the princes, the princes of the world could raise troops to attack them!

This caused a common and special sense of honor and identity among the princes!

Even after the collapse of the etiquette system, this common and special sense of honor and identity has been greatly weakened.

But it may be fine for him to kill one or two princes, but if he kills seven or eight or even more than ten, he will definitely arouse a common and special sense of honor and identity among the princes, so that he will be hostile to the princes as a class, and they are eager to kill them quickly and maintain the majesty of the princes.

If he hadn't had Zhou Hou's identity, counting the number of princes he had slaughtered, he would have been reduced to the enemy of the whole world by now.

Before you have the strength to be invincible in the world or even push the world, you definitely don't want to live if you dare to make the enemy of the world.

Therefore, he can't lose the identity of Zhou Hou, so he must step up to improve his strength, and by the way, improve the strength of Zhou Guo.

When the strength of the Zhou State is strong, it will be able to fight on multiple fronts to defeat other vassal states, and the source power will increase at a faster rate, and he will be able to improve his strength at a faster speed, thus forming a virtuous circle.

What Li Qiu has to do now is to obtain the source power, extend the Seed Heart Tribulation to a complete extent, and make up for the key conditions for this virtuous cycle to begin.

Under his will, the goal of Zhou's next expedition was quickly finalized, and the whole court began to prepare for the army to go on an expedition.

It may be difficult to find princes in the world who are still loyal to the Son of Heaven, but the princes who have transgressed the etiquette system and are disrespectful to the Son of Heaven are a handful.

At least there are regulations in the etiquette system, and the princes have to pay tribute to the Son of Heaven every year, and now that the Jiang royal family has lost power, there are no more princes who still insist on paying tribute every year.

Outside the city of Zhongyang.

"Let's go!"

Li Qiu wore bronze armor and brocade robes, standing on top of the huge bronze chariot, a large flag symbolizing the identity of Zhou Hou was erected behind him, he pulled out the sword at his waist, shouted loudly in his mouth, and his voice roared for miles.

Under the bowing of a group of doctors in the DPRK and China, the mighty army of Zhou surrounded and protected the bronze chariot and set off.

......

In the territory of the Zhou Kingdom, on the tall and majestic rocky mountain.

A palace that is not inferior to the Zhou Palace.

An old man with crane hair, a gray beard, and a rather powerful eyebrows had a look of surprise in his eyes.

"I thought that after this Zhou Hou killed Nangong Wan and regained power, he would first attack our Panshi Sect, not to mention sending troops to attack our Panshi Sect, at least he would aggressively denounce us for violating the agreement, and sit idly by while he was threatened and manipulated by Nangong Wan. ”

But he didn't expect that his first big move to regain power was to conquer other countries and expand their territory. ”

When he was hiding behind the scenes, he also led Nangong Wan to expand the territory for him.

Could it be that this Zhou Hou's obsession with expanding the territory is so heavy?"

The Great Elder of the Rock Sect, Lian Tao, wondered.

In front of him, Lian Haoge, a middle-aged Rock Sect Sect Master sitting cross-legged on a cyan futon, wearing a brocade robe, and a dusty temperament, slowly opened his eyes, and an indescribable gloom flashed in his eyes, and his mouth muttered.

"Four hundred years ago, Gongzi Qi?"

"I didn't expect that a kid who failed to compete for the throne of the monarch and escaped from the Zhou State in embarrassment had such a terrifying cultivation talent. ”

"It's terrible to reach the Void Stage in just four hundred years!"

Even though he was known as the most qualified in the thousands of years of history of the Rock Sect, he was only promoted to the Cave Void Stage when he was in his eight hundreds.

After Lian Haoge sighed a few words in response to the question, he turned to a cold voice.

"Wait, this Gongziqi is definitely not that simple.

"Nangong Wan's death is enough to wake us up. ”

"There's no way he doesn't have the slightest idea about our Rock Sect. ”

Lian Haoge suddenly turned to ask.

"Even you said that he obviously had the strength to kill Nangong Wan easily, why didn't he do it immediately after becoming the monarch, but waited a full year before killing Nangong Wan?"

"Could it be that he really enjoys the pleasure of hiding behind the scenes and playing with Nangong Wan?"

"Is it really nice to be treated as a puppet monarch and cast a pitiful and sympathetic gaze?"

After Lian Haoge's deliberate guidance, Lian Tao seemed to suddenly think of something, raised his head suddenly, his expression shook, and his pupils shrank.

"What does the sect master mean ......?"

Lian Haoge closed his eyes and said slowly.

"I doubt it...... He's been eyeing our Rock Sect from the very beginning!"

"I deliberately became a puppet monarch for a year, enduring Nangong Wan's manipulation and the contempt of courtiers and people, in order to have a reason to attack our Rock Sect. ”

Although Lian Haoge's tone was slow, there was a hidden killing intent.

"Now the reputation of our Rock Sect under the mountain should be said to be infamous, right?"

A hint of hesitation flashed on Lian Tao's face, and he said.

"The ...... Truly. ”

Lian Haoge continued.

"Before he returned to Zhou to become the monarch, although our Panshi Sect did not kill Nangong Wan and avenge the people of the Zhou Hou and Zhou Hou clan who were slaughtered by Nangong Wan, but also forced Nangong Wan to go to great lengths to find the bloodline of the Zhou Hou clan who were exiled and return to China to inherit the throne of the monarch.

Although Zhou Hou was very capable in the previous generation, he governed the Zhou State in an orderly manner and the national strength was thriving, but he was extremely poor and extravagant, and he burned many people to death, so he had a very bad reputation among the people and was a tyrant in the eyes of the people.

Our Panshi Sect did not avenge the previous generation of Zhou Hou and his heirs, and the people of Zhou actually did not have any complaints about this, thinking that we were also dissatisfied with the previous generation of Zhou Hou, and we felt the same hatred for the enemy.

In addition, we forced Nangong to go to great lengths to find the exiled Zhou Hou bloodline and return to China to inherit the throne, and during that time, our Panshi Sect had a very good reputation among the people of the Zhou Kingdom. ”

Lian Haoge's voice changed.

"But after this Zhou Hou returned to the Zhou State to inherit the throne of the monarch, because we sat idly by and watched Nangong Wan bully the monarch and steal the country, some people among the people of the Zhou State began to complain about our Panshi Sect.

Especially after Nangong Wan was secretly instigated by this Zhou Hou, after frequently waging wars against other countries, the people of Zhou were affected, ushering in a series of bad news such as rising food prices and increased taxes, and life became difficult, and they began to resentful of Nangong Wan, and we were also resented by the people of Zhou who sat idly by Nangong Wan's behavior of stealing the country.

After this Zhou Hou killed Nangong Wan and regained power, he promulgated a series of benevolent policies, and even the money spent on expeditions to other countries was borne by the state treasury, and even contributed money and grain to regulate the market price, without affecting the people at all.

The people were grateful for his benevolent government, and compared with the previous Nangong Wanliang, they all sighed why he didn't regain power earlier, so that they hated Nangong Wanhe who stole the country and we who sat idly by.

The reputation of our Rock Sect has taken a sharp turn, and it will soon reach its current reputation, and everyone shouts and beats it!"

"This Zhou Hou's scheming and the city government are simply unfathomable!"

Lian Haoge sighed, and finally came to a conclusion.

After listening to Lian Haoge's analysis, Lian Tao seemed to wake up from a nightmare, and a touch of horror appeared on his face.

"Then what should we do now, Sect Master?!

This son is so insidious and despicable......"

Lian Haoge waved his hand, revealing a sense of confidence and domineering in his tone.

"It's okay, the soldiers will cover the water and the earth!

Judging from his fight with Nangong Wan, his strength is not my opponent. ”

As long as I'm here, the Rock Sect will be fine!"

Lian Tao felt a little at ease in his heart, and the next moment a trace of hesitation appeared on his face.

"Sect Master, this son is so insidious, will he have some reservations when he fights with Nangong Wan, show weakness to the enemy, and deliberately let us relax our vigilance?"

Lian Haoge shook his head.

"No way, if he has the strength to surpass me, why should he hide it?

Directly pushed our Rock Sect is!

Could it be that we should be vigilant that his strength will not decline?"

After listening to Lian Haoge's explanation, Lian Tao finally put his mind at ease, shook his head and sighed.

"Sect Master, it's really too insidious and despicable here, which caused me to lose my calm for a while and ask this question. ”

If Li Qiu was here, hearing Lian Tao's words, he would definitely not understand where he was insidious and despicable.

Lian Haoge's analysis is completely indiscriminate brain making up without knowing the inside story.

Li Qiu promulgated a series of benevolent policies, but he felt that Nangong Wan had oppressed the people too much before, and he had canceled the harsh policies promulgated by Nangong Wan before.

As for the military expenses for going to other countries, they are completely borne by the treasury, and they contribute money and grain to regulate the market price, just because Li Qiu is not as greedy as Nangong Wan.

Nangong Wan conquered many vassal states, and he didn't know how much gold and silver treasures he robbed, but he still squeezed the people and wanted to take out the military expenses from the people.

There were so many gold and silver treasures in the treasury of the Zhou State that they were almost overwhelmed, so Li Qiu thought about taking out some of them as military expenses, and in addition trying to avoid the impact of the war on the people, who were also the people under his rule.

As a result, these unintentional actions, together with the previous forced actions to protect themselves, all became calculations against the Rock Sect in Lian Haoge's eyes.

Lian Haoge analyzed that Li Qiu had become a scheming person with a deep city government.

"This son is so insidious, I really don't know that the generation of Zhou Hou four hundred years ago defeated him in the battle for the throne of the monarch, and even let him escape from the Zhou country in embarrassment, I am afraid it must be a generation of heroes!"

Lian Tao sighed.

Although he was far more than four hundred years old, their Rock Sect had little concern about the things under the mountain, so he didn't know much about that generation of Zhou Hou.

"However, passive defense is better than taking the initiative to attack, this Zhou Hou's cultivation qualification is simply terrifying, let him live for a few more decades, I'm afraid his strength will surpass me sooner or later. ”

Lian Haoge frowned slightly, and suddenly said.

"He's pretending that nothing has happened now, I'm afraid that's the idea!"