(In the previous chapter, it was written that Nangong Rou was about to break through to the seventh level of the Great Sage Realm, which should actually be the sixth level of the Great Sage Realm.) ）

Li Mu was hiding in the City Lord's Mansion to cultivate, but he didn't know what a strong 'earthquake' had erupted in the Fallen River Province during this time!

First of all, the Suzaku battalion reinforced Jingzhou City, and in the evening, the Suzaku battalion was dispatched and attacked the enemy's grain and grass camp. Immediately afterward, when the enemy camp was in chaos, these guys from the Suzaku Camp not only did not retreat, but rushed into the enemy's camp anyway!

There were only more than 1,000 people, and they actually defeated the enemy's 50,000 army, and they ran away!

Just before dawn, the enemy army actually retreated!

This sudden good news made the people of the entire Fallen River Province stunned!

Five days after Boyan retired from the army, his son Chu Lu personally came to the capital of the Fallen River Province and signed a non-aggression treaty of equality with Jiang Cheng, the supreme administrator of the Fallen River Province!

Originally, this was already very shocking, you must know that Boyan's peeping into the Tianyu Empire has not been a year or two, and many people are predicting: once the Tianyu Empire is out of the control of the Kunlun Mountain Sword Sect and falls into the hands of the Demon Sect, it will be the moment when Boyan will launch an attack on the Tianyu Empire!

What? Boyan is afraid of the Demon Cult, and he doesn't dare?

That's right!

It's true that Boyondsoft is afraid of the Demon Cult, but ...... One thing is crucial: does the Demon Cult care about a Jade Empire?

Not care!

All the Demon Sect cares about is occupying this place, asking the Heavenly Jade Empire to pay tribute to the Demon Sect, that's all!

Boyan is completely capable of breaking through the imperial city of the Jade Empire and incorporating it into his territory. Meantime. How much spiritual fluid does the Heavenly Jade Empire pay to the Demon Sect every year. He Boyan can also pay as much as he can pay tribute! He could have paid a little more!

But now, no one expected that the two forces would actually sign this non-aggression treaty of equality!

At last......

There is one clause in the treaty that is most eye-catching: from the day the treaty is signed, the two forces will prosper and help each other, and once someone attacks one of the forces, the other side will unconditionally send troops to help!

Such a treaty is somewhat intriguing.

Think about it, Boyan's power is like the sky, and the two empires next to him: the Smoke and Thunder Empire and the Tianyu Empire, the Tianyu Empire does not dare to invade Boyan's forces at all. It has always been Beyondsoft who has been eyeing the Jade Empire. Then, there is only one Smoke Thunder Empire left. For so many years, if the Smoke and Thunder Empire wanted to attack Boyan's forces, they would not have worked hard to send people to the harem of the Tianyu Empire!

Before attacking the Heavenly Jade Empire, the Smoke and Thunder Empire was not absolutely sure that it would be able to defeat Boyan's forces!

The day after the treaty was signed, the news floated away as if it had grown wings!

In this regard, the two empires have maintained a very tacit silence.

The news had just reached the ears of the little emperor......

In the courtyard prepared by Li Mu for the little emperor. The little emperor looked at his guard leader with an expression of disbelief on his face, "Commander Huo, do you mean that the Smoke and Thunder Empire has withdrawn its troops......?" How is this possible!?"

"That's just the way it is. Huo Dianguo's face was very unsightly, the main reason was that he felt that he had lost to the young banner master of the Demon Sect.

How high is that guy's cultivation?

At most, it's only the sixth level of the Great Saint Realm!!

What about yourself?

He is the eighth powerhouse of the Great Sage Realm!!

The most important thing is: his subordinates have an invincible Kang Jian battalion!!

What does that guy have?

A Suzaku battalion?

Well. That's right. Huo Dianguo admitted that the combat effectiveness of the Suzaku Battalion was very high, and. It is an extremely rare corps composed of physical arts...... However, their cultivation is still very low, right? If they want to reach the level of combat effectiveness, it will take at least a few years!

Is this such a guy actually solving the problem that he has been suffering for so long?

What did he do?

Nobody knows!

Everyone just knew that the young banner master of the Demon Cult had gone out for a walk...... Hmm, it seems like two days, right?

When he came back two days later, he locked himself in his room and retreated, but Huo Dianguo didn't have to think about the changes that had happened outside these days, he must have solved it in those two days!

The little emperor blinked his eyes: "Commander Huo, do I continue to stay here, or return to the imperial capital?"

"Well...... Huo Dianguo smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, it stands to reason that we should wait for him to be out of the customs and thank him before going back." But the political situation in the imperial capital has not stabilized, and we must go back as soon as possible to uproot the power of the Empress Dowager Caizhuang!"

"Okay!" the little emperor said with great interest: "Spread my will, swing the car, and go back to the palace!"

......

The Heavenly Jade Empire, the Smoke Thunder Empire, and the Great Zhou Empire all fell silent for a short time. And the initiator of all this, Boyan, was sitting in his study drinking tea at this time. Standing in front of him was his son, Hatsulu.

"Father, the child doesn't understand what you mean by doing this. Although we have an alliance with Li Mu, it would be good to have a private alliance, so why bother to put it on the surface?"

"Hehe......" Beyondsoft was in a very good mood and patiently explained: "It's really not necessary to put it on the surface, but I have to make a gesture...... Well, this gesture is mainly for Li Mu to see. ”

"Why?"

"Because...... That cultivation technique!" Bo Yan straightened his sitting posture, took a deep breath and said: "This 'Da Luo Nei Jing' belongs to the father and son of the dusty heaven, and in this matter, Li Mu helped him evade the pursuit of the Kunlun Mountain Sword Sect, so what role do we play?"

Chu Lu suddenly said: "Father means that we have no credit?"

"You can't say that! Our credit is incomparable to anyone, that is our mature force! This point, Li Mu can't be compared with us at all, unless one day he is entrusted with a heavy task by the Demon Sect and really guards the side, otherwise...... Hmph, the father and son must rely on us!"

Boyan paused, but suddenly said, "Ten more days will be the day of spring hunting, right?"

"Yes. ”

"Hmm...... Send an invitation letter to Master Li Muqi, inviting him to participate in this spring hunting activity. Not. It's a hot summer forest. Hopefully I can hit two good beasts this year. ”

"Yes......"

......

The little emperor is gone. Li Mu has not yet been released.

Castle Lord's Mansion.

Li Mu turned over and studied this "Da Luo Neijing" several times, but he still did not study the essence of it.

"Li Mu?"

Li Mu turned his head, but it was Nangong Rou who retreated from his cultivation state.

"Hmm, your cultivation time this time is really not short, almost three months. ”

Nangong Rou Wan'er immediately smiled and said, "Why didn't you run outside in the middle of the day?"

"Uh......" Li Mu smiled bitterly. The women around him know him best, whether it is Wanniang or Nangong Rou, they have never restricted his freedom. Otherwise...... If you don't let him run outside during the day, he'll go crazy!

He showed the "Da Luo Neijing" in his hand to Nangong Rou: "Do you know this exercise?"

Nangong Rou immediately exclaimed, "Big !!" As soon as she said a word, she blocked her mouth with her own hand and suffocated the three words below!

As the granddaughter of Nanmen Jingshan, how could she not know the existence of Da Luo Neijing!

To know. Nanmen Jingshan's lifelong wish is to find the "Da Luo Nei Jing" that was lost in the Great Xia Empire!

"Where did you get this ?!?" Nangong Rou lowered her voice and roared, and now she couldn't describe her mood in words at this moment.

Li Mu grinned and recounted what happened to the father and son of Boyan and Chentiangan. Then he smiled bitterly: "It's a pity, I can't practice this exercise." I don't know what the situation is, it seems to be in conflict with my system......" He seemed to think of something. The bitter expression on his face became even thicker: "Maybe this exercise is really not suitable for me." ”

What he didn't say was: he had already cultivated a water-attribute Da Luo Neijing!

Perhaps, a person can really only cultivate one attribute of the Da Luo Neijing, right?

"Show me. Nangong Rou took the silk handkerchief and looked at it line by line......

An hour.

Two hours.

When it was dark, Nangong Rou was still studying this exercise, as if all her thoughts were attracted by this "Da Luo Neijing". Li Mu patted his flat lower abdomen, got up and went to the living room after washing up. At this time, Jiang Cheng, Xiao Lang, Dao Nu and Xiang Xiuwu were eating here.

"Ah Mu, are you out of the customs?"

"Senior brother, come and sit here. ”

Li Mu sat down by himself, and the people in the house had already brought a bowl of steaming rice, and he ate it without saying anything. The others watched him eat with strange faces, and when he was almost finished, the knife girl said, "Why are you so hungry?"

"I have a new cultivation exercise...... he choked on the rice he ate, and hurriedly poured two sips of tea to ease up, "I've been studying for so many days and found nothing, well, Rou'er is studying in the room." By the way, how is Fucheng doing?"

Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes, and the knife girl teased: "It's a loss that you are still the banner master of the Demon Sect, you don't care about your own territory, do you throw your hands in charge?"

"Okay, okay, I was wrong. Old Jiang, how is Fucheng doing?"

Jiang Cheng put down his job bowl and recounted the recent events in a serious manner, including the attitude of the Boyan forces and so on. Then he said, "The Heavenly Jade Empire is very rich, but there are still some flaws...... For example, the Celestial Jade Empire's economic source is mainly cultivation. The Tianyu Empire is vast and sparsely populated, and the farmland of every family is incomplete, although there is no need for food and clothing, it is a bit wasteful...... Well, if we could get some labor from somewhere else, the harvest would be better. ”

Li Mu pondered carefully for a moment, "Old Jiang, do you have any good proposals?"

"Go buy slaves!"

"Where to buy?" Li Mu and the others looked up at Jiang Cheng at the same time.

"The Great Zhou Empire fought all year round, and there were many prisoners of war who were captured. And all these prisoners of war went to the slave market, except for the needs of the empire to build. There are several caravans coming and going to Da Zhou in our Fucheng, and we can buy them from them. ”

"How's the price?"

"The price varies depending on the age. I consulted, and the price of an adult labor force is about thirty-five drops of spiritual liquid. ”

"10,000 people is 350,000 drops of spiritual liquid...... Li Mu smiled bitterly: "If our province is filled with labor, I'm afraid the price will be millions, right?"

"A labor force of 50,000 people is enough!"

"Fifty thousand people...... Li Mu blinked: "That's nearly two million drops of spiritual liquid!"

"Not so much. Jiang Cheng waved his fingers and calculated: "I have inspected the market, and there are so many slaves that no caravan dares to take such a job." When the time comes, we can get a caravan by ourselves and let the Suzaku camp escort us. Thirty-five drops of spiritual liquid are mainly due to the high cost of the caravan, the cost of eating horses and hiring guards, well, and slaves who die of disease, slaves who die of hunger......"

Li Mu waved his hand: "Okay, Lao Jiang, let's talk about the result directly." ”

Everyone knew in their hearts that what Jiang Cheng said was the truth, in addition to these, in case of robbers or war, the loss of the caravan would be too great!

What if all these fees are removed......

"The cost of a slave is only about seven or eight drops of ichor. ”

Sure enough, everyone was taken aback by the number reported by Jiang Cheng!

Is human life so worthless??

Xiao Lang smacked his tongue and said, "Old Jiang, if you let the Vermilion Bird Camp buy slaves, such as buying 50,000 slaves, how much will be left when you come back?"

"Caravans were very profitable, so no caravan was willing to feed the slaves, which led to a large number of slaves starving to death, or escaping. Even if you are sick, you are buried in the matter. Senior brother, if we feed the slaves, no one will want to run away. Besides, as long as it's not a plague, how many people can die of another disease?"

Based on the price of seven or eight drops of spiritual liquid for a slave, fifty thousand slaves are only four hundred thousand drops of spiritual liquid. If you count more, based on ten drops of spiritual liquid, it is only 500,000 drops of spiritual liquid. Counting the expenses of eating horses and feeding the Suzaku Camp, it would not take up to 700,000 drops of spiritual liquid to come back on one trip.

The price is too acceptable!

"Old Jiang. ”

"Senior brother. ”

"No, it's an old knife. Li Mu looked at the knife girl: "Old Dao, how about you take a trip to the Great Zhou Empire?"

"When are you leaving?"

"Start preparing tomorrow, get ready and go. ”

"Good!" replied the Knife Girl rather simply.

Jiang Cheng blinked, and Ai Ai said, "Senior brother, what about me?"

Li Mu smiled: "I have other tasks for you." Well, let Jingsheng go with Lao Dao. ”

It's really not okay not to send a clever person.

Could it be that the knife girl should bargain with the slave trader?

Forget it!

Li Mu was afraid that the knife girl would not agree with her and directly dismantle the firm!

Early the next morning, the sword girl brought the spiritual liquid. I went to the barracks early to gather all the guys from the Suzaku Battalion, and then ...... They didn't even use horses, they planned to use those two legs to run to the Great Zhou Empire on foot!

Seeing the guys from the Vermilion Bird Camp disappear outside the West City Gate, Jiang Cheng twitched the corners of his mouth: "Physical Flow, it's really not an ordinary pervert." (To be continued.) )