Chapter 1159: Tough (Not finished yet)

However, fortunately, the Great Zhou Dynasty did not show its aggressiveness. It just did not allow monks to enter the territory of the dynasty, and seemed to be focused on internal development.

However, this attitude did not let the immortal forces put down their guard, because all the human dynasties have strong external expansion factors. After all, this is the simplest and crudest way to grow stronger.

In fact, the Great Zhou Dynasty did have a debate on whether to expand the territory or keep in touch with the people, and the latter won with a slight advantage.

But as long as you study the conservatives a little, you can understand why the immortal forces are so worried.

The leaders of the civil and military parties, Wei Changming and Zhang Yi, both chose to keep in touch with the people, emphasizing that they should not rush to act, but should continue to accumulate internal strength, develop the territory, and wait until the country's strength is further improved before expanding externally.

After all, the Great Zhou Dynasty now has a shallow foundation and was completely promoted by Li Zhirui in a short period of time. This makes the first foreign war particularly important. If they lose, it will be a heavy blow to the people's hearts and national strength.

So both of them are extremely cautious and dare not start a war easily.

As the leaders of civil officials and military generals, both chose to support the conservatives, but they only led by a slight advantage. It can be imagined how strong the desire of others to expand is.

However, Wei Changming and Zhang Yi knew in their hearts that those officials were just pawns. The one who really wanted to expand was the young and vigorous king of the day!

‘National Master! You left too early. Without you, I can’t suppress the king’s ambition at all. ’ Wei Changming looked at the empty throne in the hall and sighed in his heart.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, Li Zhirui was a transcendent existence and the real master. Even though he had not appeared for many years, no one dared to ignore him. The dynasty had always been running under his will.

Perhaps it won’t be long before he should take the initiative to resign and retire.

“General Zhang, after some time, please go and be soft with the king. The Great Zhou can do without me, but it can’t do without you.”

Zhang Yi heard this old voice, his face changed slightly, as if he understood something in his heart, and a trace of sadness appeared on his face.

Wei Changming bowed to the empty throne and slowly left the hall.

For the next month, the talk of war never ceased in the court, and the momentum became more and more powerful. Even the people in the capital were talking about it, and under the spread of people with ulterior motives, it began to spread to other places.

"I am old and weak, and I can't see... I beg the king to agree to let me return home." This was the third time Wei Changming begged for his bones, and he cooperated with the young king to complete the drama of three begs and three denials.

"I am still young, I hope the teacher will stay and assist me."

Wei Changming leaned his head against the hall and said nothing.

Zhu Hong's face was a little ugly, and his voice was a little hard. He said: "Since the teacher insists on this, I can't force you to stay. Please take care of yourself, the Great Zhou still needs you."

"Thank you for your grace, the king!"

Wei Changming kowtowed, slowly stood up, and returned to the position he had stood for more than ten years. After today, he will not appear again.

With such a minister resigning and returning home, there was nothing to discuss in the next court meeting, and it ended hastily.

At noon that day, all the civil and military officials of the court came to the Zhou River to send this founding minister home.

"General Zhang, you will have to work hard in the future!" Wei Changming did not speak to his disciples and students, but only said so to Zhang Yi.

Then he left the most magnificent city of the Great Zhou with his family and a few properties.

Only ten days after he left, the court once again discussed the expedition to open up.

This time, Zhu Hong got what he wanted, and more than 80% of the civil and military officials chose to agree!

...

At this time, Li Zhirui had already returned to Wanxian Mountain.

After not seeing each other for many years, Jiang Fengwu, Daqing and others were very curious about his experience and wanted to know what he had done.

But Li Zhirui kept silent about everything. Some things were equivalent to leaking secrets if they were spoken out. He just asked them to wait for the news and they would understand it at that time.

And asked them not to discuss this matter, just know it in their hearts.

"How has the family been doing over the years?"

"With the Dongyuan Sect's attention shifting south, the pressure on the family has not been so great, so we have also recovered a lot of territory."

Patriarch Li Xinde immediately spoke up and said, "At the same time, we are preparing to recover the Wanling Sea within a few years."

"It's just that as the territory has decreased, the benefits are not as rich as before, so the family has developed a little slower."

Li Zhirui had been prepared for this, so he didn't react. Under the suppression of the Dongyuan Sect, it was good for the family to not retreat.

"If everything goes well, the Dongyuan Sect should not take care of us for a long time, so we can develop boldly, but we have to wait for the news to come before we can start, just be prepared first."

"Got it!"

Xiaoqing, Li Xinde and others were the most excited. They had long wanted to recover the lost territory. The former was because he couldn't bear this breath, and the latter, as the patriarch, of course hoped that the family would become stronger and stronger.

It's just that Li Zhirui has not come back, and they are worried that their actions will destroy his plan, so they have not taken action for a long time. Now that he has spoken in person, the so-called concerns naturally do not exist.

Time flies. Three months after Li Zhirui returned to the family, everyone received an important intelligence, which roughly stated that the Great Zhou Dynasty that suddenly appeared a few days ago had launched a war.

‘Didn’t you listen to my advice?’ Li Zhirui thought to himself, feeling a little regretful.

If you follow his final reminder, it will take ten years for the Zhou Dynasty to consolidate its political power and rule, and then launch a war. Even if you lose, it won't matter much. But if you lose now, it will really cause national disaster. This turmoil is not conducive to the rule of the Zhou Dynasty!

However, these had nothing to do with Li Zhirui, who was already far away from the Great Zhou Dynasty. He immediately cleared those thoughts and considered what the family should do in order to obtain the maximum benefit from it.

"Before the group of people in Wanling Sea realized something was wrong and evacuated early, the family attacked in advance, leaving them no time to react and allowing them to easily recover."

"Ruizu, the family has prepared a large number of war spiritual objects and can take action at any time!" Li Xinde replied sonorously.

"In that case, we will attack tomorrow and regain the Sea of ​​All Spirits as quickly as possible. If we encounter a monk who deliberately sabotages us during this period, no matter who he is, we will kill him with all our strength!"

This is a situation that is absolutely not allowed to occur. The most cruel methods must be used to punish and warn other monks so that they do not dare to follow suit.

After all, the Li family still has a large area of ​​territory that needs to be recovered. If someone deliberately destroys the spiritual veins, it will be a huge loss to the Li family.

"Yes!" Li Xinde began to summon the clan members.

Li Zhirui also went back to prepare, just in case, he planned to take part in this battle personally.

A night of silence.

When the sky dimmed, huge cloud ships appeared above Wanxian Mountain, and the tribesmen had already boarded the ships and were waiting.

"Set off!"

When the last person arrived, Li Zhirui gave an order, and all the cloud ships were like an arrow from the string, piercing the clouds and heading straight for the Wanling Sea.

Rumble——

Within half an hour, the first explosion sounded over the sea.

An island occupied by the Sanxian Sect was unprepared and the defensive aura was almost shattered, awakening the monks on the island.

"Who! Who is so bold as to dare to attack the Qingshi Sect!"

When the Sanxian saw the Yun Chuan with the Li family's flag hanging and the Li family emblem engraved on it, he trembled all over. He knew that the Li family's revenge was coming!

After so many years, the Li family, which has been unable to shrink, once again showed off its fangs and claws.

"Fellow Taoists, please be merciful. We, the Qingshi Sect, are willing to give up this place. We only hope that we can take our disciples away safely."

The coercion of the qi in the cloud boat made him dare not feel the slightest anger in his heart, for he was afraid that the Li family would directly take action in the next moment.

"Can!"

Li Zhirui's voice echoed over the sea, "You cannot take away any immature spiritual objects, and you cannot destroy the spiritual veins. If there is any violation, even if we are thousands of miles apart, my Li family will never let it go!"

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Li."

Yun Chuan stopped staying and left directly.

"Fortunately, there has been no conflict between the sect and the Li family in these years, otherwise I might not be able to escape safely this time." The Sanxian looked at the huge fleet and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

When the Li family withdrew from the Wanling Sea Territory, there was no fighting between them. During the subsequent time when the two sides' territories were bordering, they were very restrained. There was really no fighting between the two families, not even a small conflict.

If the Bluestone Sect hadn't occupied part of the All Souls Sea, the two families might have become friendly forces.

"But some people are going to be unlucky!" Thinking of certain factions, he couldn't help but laugh with schadenfreude.

Those families have always been arrogant and domineering. Relying on their stronger strength, they thought they were the masters of other forces, bossed them around, and even asked them to pay tribute.

He could see their unlucky scene later, which immediately dispelled the depression in his heart.

On the other side, the Li family's fleet continued to move forward.

Wherever they passed, no force was willing to resist, and almost immediately chose to give up as soon as they came into contact.

Because this is just the Beppu of their power, and its defense strength is insufficient, it is no match for the Li family who launched a large army this time.

If he hedges hard, his side will definitely fail, and it will also affect another offshore territory.

The Li family didn't make things difficult for them, letting them leave empty-handed and just keep the spiritual objects.

But this process is not smooth sailing. For example, this time, when the Li family met the quite powerful Xu family, they did not choose to admit defeat.

"Extremely stupid!"

Some monks who were following the Li family's fleet in the distance couldn't help but curse when they saw this scene.

The Xu family only has three or four loose immortals in this sea area, and it doesn't matter how many people the Li family sent out this time. They don't honestly admit defeat and surrender, but they still want to hold on.

"act recklessly!"

In this operation, the Li family had not yet established their authority, and the Xu family just happened to jump out. No wonder Li Zhirui used him as the chicken to scare the monkeys.

boom!

As soon as Li Zhirui took action, the defensive aura protecting the island shook violently and became much dimmer.

The second blow directly shattered the defensive aura!

"How is this possible!?"

Although it is not a large island-protecting formation, it is still a scattered fairy formation, but it turns out that it can't withstand Li Zhirui's two moves? !

Not to mention the monks from the Xu family who were facing Li Zhirui, even those who were following him couldn't help but stop breathing when they saw this scene.

They had heard a long time ago that Li Zhirui was very powerful and that ordinary loose immortals were no match for him, but they never had the chance to see it with their own eyes.

Now that they finally have it, their strength is indeed terrifying. These people are no match for them. If they had fought before, they would have turned into corpses by now.

"die!"

This one word made the immortal who was facing Li Zhirui's attack tremble. He seemed to see himself dying under this attack.

He hurriedly tried his best to resist and surrendered, saying: "We were wrong before. Please forgive us, fellow Taoists of the Li family. We will withdraw immediately."

"If you can block three of my moves, I will grant your request."

How could the immortal refuse? He could only grit his teeth and agree. Although the power of the attack just now was strong, it was not impossible to resist. He should be able to withstand three more moves.

Li Zhirui stretched out his hand and a bright green light broke through the air.

Xu Yi did not dare to underestimate it at all. He offered several magic weapons to resist.

With a click, the three magic weapons were instantly pierced like thin paper, but their power was completely offset. Finally, they were intercepted at the fourth magic weapon.

Xu Yi looked at the magic weapons that had lost their spiritual light and shattered into pieces, and his heart ached beyond words.

But the current situation does not allow him to be distracted any more. He forced himself to gather his thoughts and resist the next attack.

Facing the powerful Li Zhirui, Xu Yi used all his means and finally blocked the second attack.

The price was that most of his mana was consumed.

Li Zhirui raised his eyebrows. The two attacks just now were enough to show his strength. After thinking about it, he did not continue to increase the power.

However, it still looked terrifying, which made the faces of the cultivators watching from a distance change greatly.

"I'm afraid Xu Yi can't resist this attack."

"I didn't expect that Li Daoyou's strength is so terrifying. He can defeat the cultivator of the same level in three moves!"

"What a pity."

"Humph! When the Xu family relies on their own strength to bully us at will, will they feel sorry?"

But the result surprised everyone. Xu Yi, who was originally thought to be unstoppable no matter what, actually survived!

However, the price he paid was also very high. He used the secret method of blood essence, and his whole face was terribly pale, as if he would die directly in the next moment.

"Ahem..."

Xu Yi forced himself to support his shaky body and said, "Thank you for showing mercy, fellow Daoist."

If it weren't for the three-move gentleman's agreement, if Li Zhirui hadn't intended to kill him, he wouldn't even be able to stand up now and would have turned into a corpse!

"Leave as soon as possible."

After saying that, Li Zhirui led the family fleet to continue traveling east.

But before they took action, some monks who had watched the battle had already informed some forces in the east in advance and asked them to admit defeat honestly.