Chapter 100: Chapter 100: Banner of Sky Burning Fire【Fourth Update】_1
Chu Yuan was somewhat taken aback. He hadn't expected Zhu Fengfeng, who wasn't outstanding among the heads of the Imperial Guards and was very unassuming, unlike others who sought power, to break through and reach the Divine Abilities realm.
"Could it be because of the Phoenix Perching Wood?"
Chu Yuan speculated.
Looking up at the sky, he saw an ethereal ancient phoenix figure where Zhu Fengfeng had broken through.
This reminded him that Zhu Fengfeng had been brought back from the Wan Beast Mountain Range by the previous Emperor, and there were whispers that she carried the bloodline of the ancient phoenix race. Seems like this saying wasn't an empty one.
His General seemed to be something out of the ordinary.
However, the swift breakthrough of Zhu Fengfeng can also, in part, be attributed to the nation's good fortune.
The stronger the nation, the thicker the Luck, the populace will live and work in peace and contentment, and there will be more elites. This is a syphon effect, the stronger the place, the more the strong individuals it attracts.
Insignificant places naturally will not attract formidable martial artists.
Although there's an old saying—"Better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix"—the resources that a powerful Imperial Dynasty holds cannot compare with those little Empires. For instance, there won't be any Divine Abilities realm experts willing to serve a one-star Empire.
Even if it means being a commander in a four or five-star Empire.
"This is great, the stronger the nation's fortune, the stronger my strength will become, and Dawu will become even stronger,"
Chu Yuan said.
"Your Majesty, Marquis Loyalty and Valor has sent urgent military intelligence!"
At this moment, Eunuch Wei rushed over with a report.
"Urgent military intelligence? I left two hundred thousand God Martial Army troops to Marquis Loyalty and Valor. What has happened that he couldn't handle himself?"
Chu Yuan furrowed his brows and opened the report.
"Your Imperial Majesty, the largest vein in Qianzhou Province under Daqian domain has been besieged by two-star clans, Wanxuan and Cangnan. Although I led the God Martial Army to assist, they had already dispatched their elders to circle the veins. Although they can't deal with us, we also can't deal with them, we can only wait and see. I beg for your Imperial decision."
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After Chu Yuan finished reading the report, he roughly understood the situation.
In the original Daqian domain, there was a large deposit with reserves of mana crystals which equaled all the other deposits in Dawu combined.
After the kingdom fell, Dawu took over, and Chu Yuan stationed the God Butcher Army there.
However, although the deposit belonged to Daqian, the mana crystals extracted weren't wholly theirs.
Forty percent were to be given to Wanxuan and Cangnan clans, forty percent were to be handed over to the Black Ming Empire, and they only retained twenty percent.
Even though they worked hard and only got twenty percent of the mana crystals, these twenty percent netted them tens of millions of mana crystals per year.
Wanxuan and Cangnan clans didn't care about the change in Daqian's rule, but once Dawu took over the veins, the previous offerings naturally stopped, so they sent powerhouses to suppress them.
Both clans sent several elders of the Divine Abilities realm and thousands of Divine Abilities experts.
But out of the two hundred thousand God Butcher Army, there were over a hundred thousand Divine Ability experts, possessing the combat chessboard's joint strength, so even the two-star clans dared not launch an attack rashly, resulting in a stalemate.
"Cangnan and Wanxuan clans, you've got quite the nerve." Chu Yuan slowly closed the report.
[Choice One: Reinforce the vein, do not give up an inch, do not give out a crystal. Gain 300 Destiny Points, get one Flame Essence Pearl.]
[Choice Two: Agree to the two clans' conditions, accumulate strength, and make a comeback. Gain 300 Destiny Points, get one lucky draw.]
[Choice Three: Dawu's awe-inspiring prestige will not tolerate others' disrespect, personally visit Wanxuan and Cangnan clans. Gain 300 Destiny Points, get one Fen Tian Fiery Flag.]
"I completed the first main line task; the reward for Destiny Points has unexpectedly raised to three hundred."
Chu Yuan was somewhat surprised, then said coldly, "Seems like these two clans need a personal visit from me."
"Wanxuan, Cangnan, the two clans, the owner of these veins are no longer Da Qian anymore, but it is my Dawu!"
At once, Chu Yuan unfurled the Mystic Spirit Wings, as if he was teleporting out of the Royal Palace.
"Ding! The host selected option three, you obtained three hundred Destiny Points, Banner of Raging Inferno x1."
"Current count of Destiny Points, 1850 points."
Chu Yuan had previously exchanged for some basic healing potions to aid Lu Qianfu and others for their God-viewing breakthrough.
Flame Banner: A peerless Divine Artifact.
One of the five ancient emperors, crafted by the Flame Emperor, possessing the power of boiling the vast sea and burning down the heaven.
Artifact Skill: Heavenly Flame, driven by strong mana, it unleashes a fire mana that melts everything, and the power can be amplified by using Grand Fire Spell.
Note: If the five flags: Gold Destruction Banner, Green Wood Longevity Banner, Black Water Cataclysm Banner, Raging Inferno Banner, and Thick Earth Gathering Spirit Banner are assembled, it can play a power beyond peerless Divine Artifacts.
A fiery banner fluttering with the wind suddenly appeared in Chu Yuan's hand, with raging flames on it and there were two flamish characters that dictated Raging Inferno.
"Wanxuan is in the East, bordering Qianzhou, Chu Yuan has arrived!"
From the Imperial City of Wudu to Wanxuan Clan is about a hundred thousand miles, even for a god-viewing existence in this magical world, arriving there requires several days of non-stop traveling.
But Chu Yuan, using his eighth-degree divine abilities, propels the Mystic Spirit Wings every time he breathes, covering distances in dozens of miles. It took just a few hours for Wanxuan Clan to appear before him.
Just as the Imperial Dynasty is divided into nine-star strength, so is the clan.
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What chu yuan saw now is a gigantic world, with thousands and thousands of soaring mountains, with misty mana and white-like-fairy-aura fog, and there are many cities around the entrance of Wanxuan that houses a dense population.
The Clan focuses on individualism.
Imperial Dynasties focus on the welfare of everyone.
The Clan builds cities for resources. They need enough people to provide them with talents. For the common people, it's mostly oppressive, only serving the clan and not giving them any benefits.
Imperial Dynasties are different, they must serve the people, otherwise, they won't gather strong luck, and there will be a rebellion everywhere, so they think more about the common people.
It can be said that the responsibility the monarch of an Empire carries is far greater than that of a Clan Leader. For example, Chu Yuan's Dawu registered more than seven billion citizens and he needed to take responsibility for all these people.
Those who become Clan Leaders are naturally strong.
But those who can ascend the throne and let an empire flourish are those who have great responsibility, wisdom, and perseverance.
This Wanxuan Clan, being a two-star clan, must be guarded by a god-viewing existence.
Inside the gate, there are hundreds of thousands of disciples, meditating and competing with each other in different areas. The atmosphere inside is entirely different from the Imperial Dynasty.
The strength of these disciples is extremely formidable. There are only hundreds of thousands of them, but there are thousands of them with divine abilities.
The fewer the people, the more resources they can enjoy. It's like all resources of an Empire are given to these few hundred thousand people.
In a standalone fight, maybe the disciples of the Wanxuan Clan are stronger.
But Imperial Dynasties never focus on individual fights, but on mass warfare, with an overwhelming number of troops moving forward, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of troops moving together, same level stars clans can't resist this kind of power.
"Stop right there, who is there? You are not allowed to trespass into our Wanxuan Clan premises without permission!"
Just as Chu Yuan descended from the sky and set foot on the entrance of the Wanxuan Clan, few gatekeeper disciples stopped him.
"I am, the ruler of Dawu."
Chu Yuan, looking down upon them, radiated an overbearing Imperial awe.
"What? You are the Holy Emperor of Dawu, Chu Yuan!"