In this way, Li Guanyi wouldn’t be worried sick over gold and silver each night.
"But, how much is missing, after all? Without trying, I’ll always be unwilling to accept it," Li Guanyi muttered to himself, placing his palm on two of the Nine Cauldrons, his eyes naturally carrying a hint of Divine Charm Qi.
At this mont, the world he saw was as if it were seen through the eyes of the Yin Yang Family.
The dynamics of Qi Fortune surged continuously, intertwined together, and Li Guanyi saw the turmoil of the Central Plains, the entanglents in the Western Regions, and a column of Qi Fortune rising from the direction of Jiangnan like a pillar of light soaring into the sky.
That was another of the Nine Cauldrons.
Just as Li Guanyi noticed the Nine Cauldrons over there, the Nine Cauldrons in the Western Regions suddenly vibrated and howled, and the Human Dao Qi Fortune rising into the sky seed to have widened considerably, surging fiercely, while the Qi Fortune light column in Jiangnan faintly changed as well.
Between the two Nine Cauldrons, there seed to be a mysterious resonance, as if their Qi Fortunes were trying to connect.
But ultimately, they couldn’t succeed.
The two places were too far apart, and the Southwestern region in between, along with the territories involved in the waterways, were still divided by the ferociously surging Military Evil Qi, so Li Guanyi tried for a long ti, but couldn’t manage it.
"As expected, it’s not possible... there’s still sothing missing."
Li Guanyi couldn’t help but feel regretful.
After all, the Qi Fortune of the Nine Cauldrons was also related to the mountains and rivers, and there was still such a large area in between that couldn’t be crossed.
However, at this ti, Li Guanyi suddenly, through the Nine Cauldrons, sensed so parts of the area between these two Cauldrons, which was occupied by a Qi Fortune that was not of Chen Country or the Central Plains Qi Fortune of Ying Country.
Li Guanyi was suddenly faintly touched.
With the help of Qi Fortune Qi, he saw through blurry visions a series of scenes.
It was a style of architecture different from the pavilions and towers of Jiangnan, the stable courtyards of the Central Plains, and the flat-roofed buildings of loess and brick-stone materials in the Western Regions, using bamboo extensively, arranged sporadically, reclaiming farmland along the mountains like ladders.
It was the Southwestern region—
At this mont, in the Southwest Prince Mansion, stood a man wearing official attire of Chen Country in the middle, looking a bit uneasy, while at the top, a man dressed in luxurious clothing held a letter.
Around them were leaders from different forts, both young and old, male and female. He looked around, ignoring the envoy, and simply said:
"This is a letter from Chen Dingye to us."
"He wants us to send troops to the Central Plains to help him resist Ying Country."
The Chen State Envoy said: "Your Highness, you should refer to him as Your Majesty!"
These leaders of the Southwestern barbarians suddenly sneered.
The man nonchalantly said: "Your Majesty? Fine, then Your Majesty it is. It seems all our brothers have similar intentions, right?"
The Chen State Envoy’s face tensed, hardened his heart, and loudly questioned: "Since Your Highness has already submitted to our Great Chen, you are a subject of Great Chen. Now the king has ordered you to personally lead the troops to rescue him; why aren’t you going?!"
The man referred to as the Southwest Prince spat, throwing the letter directly onto the envoy’s face, sneering coldly: "Oh, how nice, using Chen Dingye to pressure ? Do you think I grew up being easily frightened?"
"Bring out the alliance docunt, have a look!"
The Southwest Prince took out the alliance docunt, pointed at the text on it, and said: "Take a good look, it says here, the one who made an alliance with us is Li Wanli, not Chen Dingye!"
"We recognize nothing else, only this fact."
"We initially agreed on this with Brother Li Wanli, and now that Li Wanli is gone, are you still going to pressure with this letter?!"
"Chen Dingye? Back in the Taiping Army, he wasn’t even among the top three."
"A proper-looking snake harboring evil in its heart, blabbering nonsense."
"And you want to scare too?"
"Originally, you planned to bind to Chen Country, but Li Wanli helped out."
"I gave our national treasure, twenty-four Bright Pearls, to Li Wanli, so that the boy could propose to the girl he spoke of. The boy released , and he released our kin, making everyone feel grateful for his kindness and submit to your Chen Country."
"We are grateful for his martial skills and his thods, willing to follow him. We don’t like fighting or kneeling back and forth; we only hope he can realize his dream of peace under heaven, then we can farm leisurely and pick tea."
"But it wasn’t long before we cald down, and then we looked up, and Li Wanli was gone?"
The Southwest Prince sneered: "Li Wanli is gone, and you say he was hard by Ying Country? I’m not that easily fooled."
"Does it save face for the Chen royal family?"
"Li Wanli was killed, if I go, wouldn’t it be long before I’d also [perish in a palace banquet, allegedly due to a fire]? Or perhaps like Yue Pengwu, twelve urgent letters flew over, urging to death?"
"The contributions of these two to your Chen Country were far greater than mine, their martial skills were superior too, and they ended up dead, would I, a Southwest native in your mouth, not be a perfect candidate for Ling Chi to boil in a pot?"
"Soone, take him away and feed him to the Iron-eating Beast!"
The Southwest Prince’s anger grew more intense.
Pacifying the Southwest was one of the greatest achievents of the Taiping Duke, and it was through a thod of benevolent governance. His prestige was extrely high in the Southwest, and if not for the so-called Taiping, the Southwestern region would have rebelled after the death of the Taiping Duke.
But at that ti, Chen Country was powerful and nurous, with famous generals like Yue Pengwu still present.
Yue Pengwu personally ca to pacify the region by order.
Yet he didn’t lead his exceptionally elite Beiwei Army.
Instead, he entered alone, discussing the old affairs of the Taiping Duke, causing the lords of the Southwest to burst into loud sobs, thus reestablishing order. Tantai Xianming proposed to Chen Dingye that the enemy chieftains’ leaders be executed, but Chen Dingye, mindful of past bonds, didn’t agree.
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