Under the impetus of the Imperial City Division, the news of Chu's hegemony quickly spread in Kyushu.

However, although this move made everyone in the world know the strength of the Chu State, the talented people that Lu Yuan was looking forward to in the future did not appear.

Think about it too.

Although the state of Chu has initially established its hegemony, it has only just stepped into this threshold.

In the world of Kyushu, there are still many forces stronger than Chu.

Even Ning Guo, without counting the innate grandmasters, is still stronger than Chu State in terms of strength on the surface.

In the choice of the people of the world, Chu may have just entered the top ten, or ranked outside the top ten.

Unless it is a desperate or unavoidable innate sect master, there is a very small probability that someone will take refuge in the Chu State.

Fortunately, Lu Yuan didn't have much hope for this.

His real purpose was not to let those innate grandmasters take the initiative to vote.

The reason why he wanted to determine the title of hegemony was that he would conquer the lands of other countries in the future, and if there were innate grandmasters on those occupied territories, the Chu State could have the strength to recruit them.

Just like Qianyue and Zhou took the initiative to invite domestic Jianghu grandmasters to join, so that Chu State can do the same when there are suitable candidates in the future.

For example, Lu Yuan's hometown when he first crossed over, the Liuyang faction in Yuzhang County.

Up to now, the Liuyang faction in Ningguo still maintains its independence, and even after the Jianghu sects such as Baifeng Temple and Jiuchuan Sword Sect have turned into factions, the Liuyang faction has become the only congenital faction in Yangzhou, which can be said to dominate the martial arts.

Yin Huixuan, the head of the Six Yang Sect, but in Yangzhou, in addition to Lu Yuan and Emperor Shen Qiu of Ningguo, he was the third grandmaster of the Innate Second Realm.

In the case that the two of them and Lu Yuan's doppelganger Huang Xuan did not make a move, Yin Huixuan was the first person in Yangzhou who deservedly did it.

For such a powerful master, Lu Yuan was naturally very greedy and wanted to take him under his door.

He believed that the sinking hill of Ningguo also had the same idea.

It's just that Ning Guo's innate masters, although they have been cultivated in the past few years, have added two more, reaching as many as six.

But even if there are six innate masters, if they really face Yin Huixuan, Shen Qiu is still not sure to take down the other party and leave this person behind.

Therefore, even if he was extremely dissatisfied in his heart, Ning Guo could only do it to maintain an independent status of the Six Yang Sect, and he still floated outside the rivers and lakes.

But Ning Guo didn't have that ability, but Chu State did.

Whether it is the doppelganger Huang Xuan or Lu Yuan himself, he is sure to defeat Yin Huixuan.

Among them, if Lu Yuan personally took action, he would even kill this person on the spot, he would be extremely sure.

And the doppelganger and the body shot together, then Yin Huixuan would definitely die.

With this strength, as long as he can defeat Yuzhang County, then Lu Yuan will be absolutely sure that he will make the Liuyang faction surrender and let Yin Huixuan serve his life.

In fact, in fact, with Lu Yuan's current strength, in the entire Kyushu, except for those immortal sects, no matter who it is in the world, he is sure to kill him.

Just like Ning Guo.

As long as Lu Yuan wants to, he can sneak into Jinling City now, and then sneak attack Shenqiu and directly assassinate this Ningguo Tianzi.

But being able to kill the other party does not mean that Lu Yuan can smoothly swallow the entire Ning Kingdom.

It is impossible to rule the world by one person.

Lu Yuan needs a master to help him suppress the territory, an official to help him manage the territory, and an army to help him maintain order.

Among them, officials and the army are easy to solve, but the masters at the top level, the innate grandmasters, are not so easy to cultivate.

There are now six innate grandmasters in the Chu State, among which Ji Hui is already dying, maybe he will die tomorrow.

Therefore, what the Chu State can really use is actually only five innate grandmasters.

However, the territory that the Chu State wants to defend has five counties.

On average, it is just one county and one congenital, barely meeting the needs.

Big forces like the Zhou State and the Liang State each have more than ten innate grandmasters, and the number of top-level masters is extremely sufficient, so they can easily suppress the territory of several counties, or even more than a dozen counties.

The State of Chu did not have this background, and forcibly swallowed the elephant, even if it ate the Ning State in one bite, there were not so many people to protect the territory.

And the Linhai family, which could not stabilize the territory, lost its foundation at that time, and made chaos everywhere. Four or five Innate Grandmasters became assassins, which was enough to turn the entire Chu State upside down, and there was no peace at all.

At that time, the territory will be expanded, but there will not be enough defenders, and the defense line of the entire Chu State will also leak everywhere, and outsiders can find a flaw and gap casually, and then rush up and completely tear the Chu State apart.

It is precisely because of this that before he didn't have enough strength, even if there were actually many forces around Chu State that could eat it, Lu Yuan also resisted the temptation and didn't make a move.

In the southwest, he canonized three vassal states, allowing them to act as a barrier to monitor and deal with those Yi states, as well as the Su and Song states.

The previous state of the Soviet Union was corrupted, the society was turbulent, and the country was destroyed.

Lu Yuan didn't make a move, but just took the opportunity to collect some Soviet fugitives, and also used grain to make a transaction, earning a lot of money and reaping some benefits.

The Nanhai Kingdom didn't even have an innate grandmaster, and he had been jumping left and right between the Chu State and the Ning State to challenge his bottom line.

But Lu Yuan still didn't make a move.

Because he defeated the South China Sea Kingdom, he didn't have enough strength to defend it.

Rather than eat the South China Sea Country at that time, and then be hostile and flanked by the Su State and the Ning State, it is better to use it as a buffer, the three countries are afraid of each other, and who does not dare to make the first move.

In the past two years, the only thing Lu Yuan has done is the River Valley County that he has just beaten down.

This is also because the valley is far away on the plateau, surrounded by mountains and jungles, which is a natural barrier.

The only way to communicate with the outside world is Xichuan County.

And Xichuan County is guarded by Huang Xuan, as long as this doppelganger is here, as long as Xichuan County does not fall, then the outside world will definitely not be able to hit Hegu County, and this place is absolutely safe.

In this way, the five counties of Chu State, in fact, each county has at least one innate grandmaster to guard it, and it can mobilize more than 100,000 troops at any time, and the safety is absolutely safe.

Every time Lu Yuan expanded outward, he was very cautious and did not cross the scope of his ability.

Of course.

Be cautious, but it doesn't mean that he really gave up Ningguo, Su, Song and other countries.

Ning Guo, Lu Yuan still has to fight.

Su, Song and other countries, he was not ready to give up.

It's just that the timing of annexing these countries and completely joining Yangzhou needs to be slowed down a little.

Lu Yuan was ready to wait a few more years, and after eight or nine years, his two sons would reach adulthood and break through the innate nature.

After eight or nine years, his cultivation went one step further, reaching the condensation of two qi, and he had the absolute strength to truly dominate the entire world.

After waiting for eight or nine years, he refined a few more clones, so that the innate combat power of the Chu State completely broke through the mark of ten people.

At that time, after accumulating enough strength, Lu Yuan will have absolute certainty and sweep away the entire Yangzhou in one fell swoop.

At that time, it will be the reverse death of Shunchang.

Whether it is the Linhai family, or Su Xuange, Xie Ning, or those small countries in the southwest, anyone who does not surrender will usher in destruction.

This time is not far off.

Lu Yuan has been working hard in this world for more than 20 years, and he can't wait for another ten years, he has this patience.

Even unifying the entire Kyushu Ten Domains was only a matter of time for him.

As the only immortal in this end-of-law world, Lu Yuan's advantages are so many that he doesn't have to do more, he just needs to endure and kill those immortal cultivators and innate grandmasters, and he can be the only one in the world.

The reason why I bothered to participate in the battle for hegemony now is just to take advantage of the fact that the aura of heaven and earth has not been completely exhausted, and rely on my luck to increase my share.

What he is fighting for has always been aura, and the world is just incidental.

……

"But right now, the second Yellow Turban Lux can be refined."

In the silent and empty palace, Lu Yuan looked at the pile of spiritual materials neatly placed in front of him, which were all the relics of the alien species collected by the Chu State over the years.

He took a deep breath, a smile in his eyes.

After separating the Divine Mind refining clone last time, in the past four years, he has practiced the Taiping Dao Book diligently every day, and Lu Yuan has finally accumulated enough strength again to refine the second clone.

The state of Chu immediately ushered in another innate combat force.

On the side of Qianzhong County, after Ji Hui passed away, someone was finally able to take the shift.

"There is a clone equivalent to the Innate Second Realm, which is enough to deter those feudal kingdoms and other people who are careful.

In this way, Huang Xuan should also be able to withdraw from it, and he no longer needs to worry about suppressing the southwestern countries, and can be sent to other places. ”

Lu Yuan picked up a xenomorph relic, and thought to himself while urging mana and refining spiritual materials proficiently.

Over the years, Ji Hui of Qianzhong County has been in a turtle breath and has never shown his face outside.

Although many people know that there is a congenital grandmaster of Baifeng Temple here in Qianzhong County, there is no shortage of top-level combat power.

But many people also know that Ji Hui's innate combat power is in a state of serious injury, and he usually can't make a move at all, and he can only take it when he is desperate.

Therefore, the deterrent power of his innate grandmaster is not as strong as that of a normal grandmaster.

If it weren't for the fact that there were three vassal states of Chu in the southwest region, they could support each other with Qianzhong County, and at the same time, Dongting County also bordered Qianzhong, so they could send reinforcements at any time.

Today's Qianzhong County is by no means as calm as it is now.

But even so, in order to ensure the balance in the southwest region, Lu Yuan had to let Huang Xuan inspect the south of Xichuan County from time to time, so that this master of the innate second realm could deter many forces in the southwest region, so that they did not dare to think carefully.

It is precisely because of Huang Xuan's presence that the southwest region can maintain the general balance today.

The three vassal states have always been honest and dare not make any small moves.

However, in this way, Huang Xuan was also dragged in the southwest, and he couldn't leave Xichuan County at all, and his hands and feet were completely tied.

Even because of the distraction in the southwest, even the affairs of the two counties of Xichuan and Hegu, this doppelganger can't take care of it.

This is undoubtedly contrary to Lu Yuan's original arrangement.

In his original vision, Huang Xuan, a master of the Innate Second Realm, was responsible for the defense line and area of Xichuan, the River Valley, and the three counties of Hanzhong that he would conquer in the future.

Huang Xuan will unify the three northwestern counties of Chu and become the general of the defending side in preparation for the future attack on Zhou.

At present, he is being dragged on the affairs of the southwest, which seriously disrupts Lu Yuan's plan.

Therefore, in order to liberate him, it is necessary to find a second person, a person who is strong enough to deter many forces in the southwest region and at the same time safeguard the interests of the Chu State here.

Looking around the Chu State, those who can have this ability are Lu Yuan and Huang Xuan.

But Lu Yuan, as the lord of the Chu State, has to take into account the overall situation and guard the national capital, so it is naturally impossible to guard the southwest.

So the best way is naturally to train another doppelganger and arrange him to Qianzhong County, where he is responsible for the one county and three kingdoms belonging to the Chu State, and helps Lu Yuan to pass through the entire southwest.

"To refine this doppelganger, it will be enough for about half a month."

Putting down the spiritual materials that had been refined in his hand, Lu Yuan glanced at the materials that had already been refined and estimated the specific time.

It took half a month, which is barely a big project.

Picking up a new spiritual material, he sighed, sighed with emotion, and continued to refine it.

……

Time passes slowly.

Just as Lu Yuan was busy retreating, refining the Yellow Turban Lux clone, the outside world was also changing.

Xiangyang County, Xicheng Province.

At the junction of Chu and Zhou, the Han River passed through Hanzhong County, all the way east, and flowed into the land of Xiangyang County.

At this time, the Han River was turbulent, and a fleet of ships came from upstream, and soon left the boundary of Hanzhong County and entered Xicheng Mansion.

"Who?"

On the border where Xicheng Prefecture and Hanzhong County intersect, there is a Shuijin Checkpoint, guarding this important place of the waterway, and guarding the people from Hanzhong County.

At the same time, it is also responsible for collecting customs duties from people who come to Chu from the Zhou State, but this checkpoint can provide tens of thousands of taels of silver to the Chu State every year, which can be called a wealth of important places.

Therefore, there are not only a thousand checkpoint guards sent by the county government here, but also a detachment of ships stationed here by the sailor division to be responsible for the safety of the water.

At this time, the fleet of sailors patrolling the river quickly discovered the Hanzhong fleet coming from the river and immediately went up to stop it.

In the face of the blockade of the sailors, the fleet did not break through and stopped very cooperatively.

When the sailors approached the side and came to the flagship of the leader of the fleet, a group of people were already waiting, and the leader was an official in a red robe, who immediately came over with a smile and said: "This official is an envoy of the Zhou State, and this time I have come to envoy the Chu State, this is my national letter......

During the contact, the news of Zhou Guolai's envoy quickly transmitted back to Baling with a fast boat.

Half a month later.

Lu Yuan walked out of the retreat hall with a thick tiredness.

Behind him was a man in a green robe and a long robe, with an ethereal bearing, which made people know that it was extraordinary at a glance.

This is the second Yellow Turban Lux clone that he spent half a month of hard work and divided a large number of divine thoughts, and Lu Yuan named this clone Qingyunzi.

Well, this name is more Taoist and closer to the identity of the Taoist.

It is also more in line with the ability that Lu Yuan gave this clone.

Like Huang Xuan, Qingyunzi's strength is still equivalent to that of a martial artist in the Innate Second Realm.

However, it is slightly different from Huang Xuan, in addition to Qingyunzi's inherent body of steel and iron bones, and mana gathering qi into a blade, the third solidification spell is not infinitely powerful, but was changed by Lu Yuan into a rune sword technique.

If Huang Xuan's three abilities of steel and iron bones, gathering qi into a blade and infinite power are combined, what he finally shapes is an invincible melee mage.

Then Qingyunzi, who has steel and iron bones, gathering qi into blades and rune swordsmanship, Lu Yuan positioned him as a long-range mage with super defensive ability.

The steel and iron bones give Qingyunzi a strong vitality and protection, gathering qi into a blade makes him have a certain melee ability, and the Fu Sword Technique allows him to make a talisman sword and kill the enemy across the Baizhang Imperial Sword.

Huang Xuan is biased towards a martial artist who is a martial artist, while Qingyunzi is more similar to a pure sword cultivator, and the bias positioning of the two can be said to be completely different.

Huang Xuan's life-saving ability is a little stronger, but in terms of lethality, Qingyunzi is definitely far superior to Huang Xuan.

This is also a choice that Lu Yuan deliberately made in response to the situation in the southwest.

If it is said that Huang Xuan in the past, although his strength was strong, if he wanted to kill the grandmaster of the first innate realm, he might still have the possibility of missing.

So at this time, Qingyunzi, who is proficient in killing, can fight in close combat and can be long-ranged, and has mastered the art of rune swordsmanship, can deal with those ordinary innate first realm martial artists, that is an out-and-out terrifying killing god.

In any one-on-one scene, as long as he encounters Qingyunzi, Lu Yuan believes that none of those innate grandmasters in the southwest will be able to escape alive.

A sword cultivator who has an absolute suppression advantage and is especially good at killing is the town guard that Lu Yuan prepared for the southwest.

"As long as Qingyunzi is here, the southwest can be completely worry-free."

Lu Yuan endured his exhaustion, thinking beautifully in his heart.

There was another top-level combat power, and the defense of the Chu State was further strengthened, which made him quite happy.

The big stone in his heart fell to the ground, and the hard work during this period of time suddenly turned into endless fatigue and sleepiness, which made Lu Yuan want to take a big nap and cultivate his spirit.

But just when he was going to let people settle Qingyunzi in the palace and then go to rest by himself.

A personal eunuch outside the palace saw Lu Yuan come out, his face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly hurried over.

"The king, the Zhou State sent an envoy to ask to see the king."

The personal eunuch came to the front and saluted respectfully and said: "Now the right minister is leading people to entertain him, and he has sent a message back to the palace, saying that Zhou has a serious matter coming, and the right minister can't make a decision." If the king goes out of the customs, and asks the king to come and consult on the affairs of the state. ”

Listening to what the eunuch said, Lu Yuan frowned: "Zhou Guo? ”

He was a little confused, and he didn't know what the Zhou State had suddenly sent a messenger for.

However, Sun Siwen, as the right minister, said that he couldn't make a decision, the matter was important, and he wanted to let himself come forward in person, so he thought that this matter was really extraordinary, and he really wanted to see it.

After thinking about it and glancing at the personal eunuch, Lu Yuan said: "Let someone send a message to the right minister, and ask him to take the envoy of the Zhou State to wait in the Qianming Palace." ”

Speaking of this, he looked at the clothes that were already slightly dirty on his body, he had been refining spiritual materials hard every day in the past few days, and he didn't care about cleaning, and people were a little stinky.

It's just Lu Yuan, who is condensed in the realm of one qi, and he can't do ice muscle and jade bones, the dirt is not stained, and the filth is not hidden.

I still have to eat and take a bath.

And after being tired for days, he really had to slow down, so he said: "Also, prepare some hot water and clothes for me, and I want to bathe and change clothes." ”

"Yes."

The personal eunuch answered, then retreated in small steps and went to prepare.