Chapter 3329

With the Blood Slaughter Ruler's order, the war in the Peace region immediately restarted.

This time, as there were no experts from the Grand Heaven Domain and the Jade Centre Domain to stop them. The Blood Slaughter Ruler presided over the matter personally, so the experts of the Scarlet Blood Domain rapidly occupied four imperial cities in an unstoppable manner.

The range of influence that fell under these four imperial cities spanned even more than a third of the Peace region.

However, the actions of the Scarlet Blood Domain were only limited to the four imperial cities. They did not lay their hands on the territory that fell under the five other imperial cities.

During this time, the Blood Slaughter Ruler did not return to the Scarlet Blood Domain. He personally watched over the Peace region, remaining highly vigilant the entire time.

In the courtyard of the Xia Merchant Union, Jian Chen sat back in a chair with his eyes shut. He casually rubbed his temples with one hand, thinking about something.

"Master, you've already become the ruler of the Peace region. Have you considered reforming the current situation of the Peace region?" Xia Jianming asked politely beside Jian Chen.

"Reforming the Peace region? Forget about it. I'm not interested. Let's just maintain the nine imperial cities." Jian Chen sighed. He only wanted to heal in the Wood Spirits World so that he returned to his peak condition as soon as possible. He was completely disinterested in these territories and organisations.

"Jade Heaven and Heaven Fighting have made me the lord of the Peace region, but to me, becoming the lord of the Peace region is just for the sake of convenience. It is only so that I can gather Lifesoul Flowers with greater ease," Jian Chen said without much regard.

"Master, there are almost no Lifesoul Flowers left in the Peace region now. Even around half of the Lifesoul Flowers in the Grand Heaven Domain and Jade Centre Domain have ended up in your possession. Only the Scarlet Blood Domain's supply of Lifesoul Flowers remains relatively abundant. However, in my opinion, according to master's tremendous demand for Lifesoul Flowers, even if you gather all the Lifesoul Flowers from the Scarlet Blood Domain, it still won't be enough."

"As a result, I've come up with an idea, which is for master to truly take control over the Peace region. Then we can gather the resources of the Peace region to set up spiritual fields so that you can plant Lifesoul Flowers en masse!"

"Only by farming Lifesoul Flowers en masse can we produce a steady supply for master's demands," said Xia Jianming.

"Gather all the resources of the Peace region to plant Lifesoul Flowers?" Jian Chen opened his eyes and considered it seriously for a while before smiling. "That's not a bad idea, but I plan on paying a personal visit to the Jade Centre Domain, Grand Heaven Domain, and Scarlet Blood Domain soon. I want to see if I can gather all of the Lifesoul Flowers from the three domains. If it's still not enough, I'll have to use the Peace region to farm Lifesoul Flowers."

Xia Jianming suddenly became extremely excited. He smiled from ear to ear. "Master, growing Lifesoul Flowers normally takes an extremely long amount of time, at least in the magnitude of tens of thousand years or even hundreds of thousand years. However, with so many resources, it'll be possible to accelerate their growth through special methods. That way, you can drastically shorten their growing time."

"However, my Xia Merchant Union is nowhere near enough to provide all these resources. The only way to sustain something like that is to control the entire Peace region and enforce great taxes on all professions and trades in the Peace region."

Jian Chen nodded in agreement to what Xia Jianming had said. Xia Jianming's Xia Merchant Union had unified the Peace region in a sense, but not all of the profits went to the Xia Merchant Union. They still had to pay a startling tax of ten percent to each imperial city.

Moreover, the contributions from the Xia Merchant Union only amounted to a very small component of each imperial city's revenue. Their true source of revenue were all kinds of taxes across all trades and professions.

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As a matter of fact, they would even derive income from cultivators entering the city and the amount of time they spent in the city by demanding them to pay a certain amount.

The contributions of a single cultivator did not seem like much, but the Peace region had a population in the billions, so the total would be extremely shocking.

"Looks like I really do have to place the nine imperial cities under my control. As long as I control the nine imperial cities, that'll be equivalent to controlling the entire Peace region." Jian Chen's eyes shone coldly. His mentality seemed to have shifted slightly, such that it seemed like he had returned to the past when he fought and killed freely in the Saints' World.

"Send Jian Feng to see me!" Jian Chen's presence changed slightly. Earlier, he had shed all of his flair to be a regular person, but at this moment, he seemed like a precious sword that had been drawn from its sheath again. He was back in action.

Several seconds later, the Sword Emperor arrived before Jian Chen politely with all of his presence erased.

"I want to place the entire Peace region under my control!" Jian Chen's gaze was no longer indifferent. Instead, he stared at the Sword Emperor brightly like a sword, giving off a sense of sharpness.

He did not ask for the Sword Emperor's opinion. Instead, he expressed his will in an extremely direct manner.

Under Jian Chen's gaze, the Sword Emperor immediately shivered inside. The Jian Chen in the past seemed to be shrouded in mist, such that it was impossible to see him properly. He seemed like a regular person.

But at this moment, the Sword Emperor felt like he was facing an indomitable sword, not only giving him great pressure, but also making his body prick with pain. It felt like countless strands of sword Qi had descended on him.

The Sword Emperor could clearly tell this was Jian Chen forcing him to make a decision, whether to yield or to object.

If he yielded, then he would be a subject of Jian Chen's from now onwards.

If he objected…

"I am willing to serve the ruler like a horse!" The Sword Emperor immediately bowed deeply towards Jian Chen.

Earlier, when the Ceremonial Bell Heavenly King visited the imperial cities, he had already prepared himself to yield to the Scarlet Blood Domain. Now that he was yielding to a new ruler, it was not so unacceptable to the Sword Emperor.

"I am also willing to serve the ruler like a horse!" Shortly afterwards, ancestor Li was called over by the Sword Emperor as well, declaring his loyalty on the spot.

They were the two strongest Primordial realm experts in Sword Emperor city, and they had already yielded to Jian Chen.

"Jian Feng, contact all the Primordial realm experts in the Peace region immediately and have them gather here in three days' time. If they're absent, punish them all!" Jian Chen ordered the Sword Emperor.

"Yes!" The Sword Emperor accepted the order politely before recalling something. He became troubled. "Sir, I've just received news that four of the imperial cities have already fallen into the hands of the Scarlet Blood Domain. It'll be difficult to contact these four imperial cities."

"The Scarlet Blood Domain?" Jian Chen murmured. Cold light flashed through his eyes immediately. In the next moment, he disappeared from the courtyard, having left Sword Emperor city already.

"Master is probably going off to find the Blood Slaughter Ruler!" Xia Jianming said sternly as he watched Jian Chen vanish. He was slightly worried. The Blood Slaughter Ruler had become the greatest expert in the Wood Spirits World. He was already powerful enough to overwhelm both the Heaven Fighting Ruler and the Jade Heaven Ruler.

"C'mon, let's go and take a look!" The Sword Emperor's eyes shone with a strange light. He exchanged glances with ancestor Li and the two of them rushed into the sky at the same time, moving towards the region under the Scarlet Blood Domain's control as quickly as they could.