Already one-third of the high-ranking officials serving in the imperial capital secretly work for various clans, and nearly one-third of the city lords of dozens of cities have been bribed by their clans.
Although the leader of the Wen Kingdom understands in his heart, he does not dare to touch these people easily and affect the whole body. Once these people are touched, the clans will inevitably unite to fight against the Wen Kingdom. Considering the current overall strength of the Wen Kingdom
, it is not possible to start a war with several large sects at the same time.
In order to improve this situation, Wen Guo came up with a way, which was to select people from the casual cultivators or small clans in each city, and then Wen Guo began to train them. There is a capital competition every five years.
The top ten each time will receive training resources from Wen Guo. In return for Wen Guo, these people need to stand by Wen Guo when Wen Guo is in danger.
In fact, Wen Guo's approach also has drawbacks. First, some powerful clans will bribe some city lords and place their children in the competition list; second, Wen Guo's move is equivalent to a huge gamble. In Wen Guo's case,
When faced with a crisis, it is unknown how many people who have been favored by Wen Guo are willing to help Wen Guo. However, this is already the last solution that Wen Guo can think of. He can only do his best to listen to people and matters.
Destiny, a huge gamble on human nature.
The reason why Wen Guo focused on selecting people among casual cultivators and small families was that these people lacked cultivation resources. Even if they did not help Wen Guo in the end, they would not be a source of trouble.
Of course, some powerful clans clearly understood Wen Guo's intention, but they didn't take it seriously. After all, there are only a few people who can withstand the test of human nature. And they didn't do nothing, like that
This was their move to arrange for the children of their sect to participate in the competition to gain benefits from Wen Guo. Wen Guo was also aware of this, but everyone tacitly understood each other and wanted to maintain this stable situation first.
In fact, for some casual cultivators and genius monsters from small clans who have been sponsored by Wen Guo, some will eventually be won over by various clans. And those who are unwilling to accept it and are too monsters may suddenly disappear from this world one day.
Even the corpses could not be found. Wen Guo had no choice but to protect those genius monsters from being harmed.
Wen Guo is also gradually improving some of the rules of the imperial capital competition, trying to avoid allowing more children of large families to take advantage of this opportunity to reap the benefits of Wen Guo.
For example, starting from this year, the competition has added a rule: the competition stage is the stage of life and death. Once on the competition stage, victory and defeat are determined, as well as life and death. Unless the winning side is willing to let the losing side survive, it can only be the last.
The one who stands on the stage is the winner.
There seems to be nothing special about this rule, but it actually hides a mystery. For some children of large families, they really don’t really care about Wen Guo’s resources. The main purpose of participating in the competition is to get one more
The quota allows Mr. Wen to win over someone's heart.
Compared with some casual cultivators, the disciples of large clans are more afraid of death, because it is not worth risking their lives for resources that they don’t care much about. And the helmsmen of large clans will not let them.
If talented disciples who are too evil come to compete, the chances of casual cultivators and people from small tribes to win will be greatly increased. Wen Guo also saw this and added this rule.
Wen Guo also has his own academy, but this academy has basically been completely infiltrated, which is equivalent to raising enemies for Wen Guo himself. Wen Guo has actually given up hope in this academy, giving a symbolic amount of training resources every year and no longer spending a lot of money.
Pay a price to cultivate.
Over time, the number of talents in the Wen Kingdom gradually declined. Except for the royal family members of the Wen Kingdom and some loyal and good people, the rest of the people may be cronies of the major clans.
In order to encourage the city lords of major cities to discover useful talents, Wen Guo not only received rewards for the victorious contestants in each competition, but also received generous rewards for the city lords they represented, which were used as expenses for the city lord's mansion.
, or as the cost of the city lord's government building the place under its jurisdiction.
Lianfeng City has not had anyone break into the top ten of the competition for many times in a row. The city lord's palace needs to pay a certain amount of crystal stones to the treasury every year. The main sources of crystal stones include entrance fees to enter the city, rental fees for various shops in the city, etc.
If a city is too backward, then most of the people in it must be in poverty, so the income of the city lord's mansion will be relatively less, and there may be situations where the income is not enough to turn over.
Therefore, the city lords of each city are trying their best to make the cities under their jurisdiction more beautiful and powerful, so as to attract more people to spend money and increase the source of income for the city lord's mansion. And Dabi is undoubtedly the fastest way to earn income.
The Grand Competition also has requirements for those who participate in the martial arts competition. As long as they are under fifteen years old, including fifteen years old, they can participate in any level. Even if they reach the age of emperor or emperor at the age of fifteen, they can also participate in the martial arts competition. But this is almost
No, the only person who could reach the realm of king before the age of fifteen, known for thousands of years, was Yan Ruyu with an ethereal physique, and that was with a lot of cultivation resources.
Each city has a quota of five contestants for each competition. Chen Yi started to recruit them a year ago, but so far, there are only four people who are barely qualified. Liu Wei's appearance made Chen Yi see
At last hope.
After Liu Wei understood these things, he took a deep breath and felt like he had a headache.
If he agrees to compete in martial arts, he will definitely end up becoming enemies of some powerful clans and getting involved in the grudge disputes between Wen State and various clans. As for the life-and-death contest, he is not afraid at all. He has strong confidence in himself.
If he doesn't agree to the martial arts competition, then the city lord's palace will definitely not fully help him find the real culprit. He doesn't know how many years he will have to wait for revenge, and he doesn't want to wait any longer. The so-called gentleman's revenge is never too late, but Liu Wei likes to have revenge.
Report it on the same day.
We'll talk about the rest later. First find the real culprit and take revenge. We can't let the bad guys continue to be at large.
Done!
I will not offend anyone unless they offend me. If someone offends me, I will punish them.
So what if I am the enemy of the whole world, I, Liu Wei, should not be afraid of power, and I will kill anyone who comes to attack with one strike of my sword!
Buzz!
A sword cry suddenly resounded from Liu Wei's body, and then rushed out of his body, echoing throughout the entire hall.
boom!
Immediately afterwards, Liu Wei's whole body was filled with sword intent, and his whole body's aura also surged at this moment!
Chen Yi stared blankly at Liu Wei who suddenly made a breakthrough in front of him, and was extremely shocked.
"Listen to me, can the grudges between Wen Guo and the major clans be resolved? How come cultivation is just like playing." This was Chen Yi's psychological feeling at the moment. But after thinking about it, he became happy again.
The stronger this boy is, the better the ranking he can get.
A quarter of an hour later, the sword intent all over Liu Wei's body finally converged into the Dantian sword body in his body, and his aura stabilized.
"The heart of the sword is unyielding, the will of the sword is unyielding, the way of sword has reached the realm of swordsmanship, congratulations, little friend!" Chen Yi said with a smile. Although he does not practice other ways and only practices his own realm, he still knows a little about the way of sword.
After all, it is said that swordsmanship is the first of thousands of avenues.
"I have to thank the city lord. If I hadn't listened to what the city lord said, I wouldn't have understood it so quickly." Liu Wei said seriously.
"No, no, my little friend is so talented and intelligent that he can understand something just by relying on some of the stories I tell you!" Chen Yi said this from the bottom of his heart.
"I promised the city lord that I am willing to help the city lord participate in this imperial capital competition!" Liu Wei said loudly.
"Little friend, think carefully. If you go into the ring, your life will be in danger. Even the people behind you may not be able to save you!" Chen Yi said. He had to say ugly things first, in case this kid's life is
In the mourning arena, if the people behind it come to trouble you, you will die. Even if you are in the emperor's realm, you are still as weak as an ant in front of the emperor, and you can't even catch a slap.
"The city lord can rest assured. If I am killed in this kind of competition, the person behind me will never kill me again, because it is too humiliating for him and he will not avenge me.
Liu Wei said with a chuckle. He knew that Chen Yi was not concerned about his life or death, but was worried that if he died, Lao Wang would come to trouble him, the initiator.
"Then I would like to thank you in advance. If you can be among the top ten, you will not only get a reward from Wen Guo, but also a reward from my city lord's palace!" Chen Yi had a bright smile on his face.
said.
The top ten should be stable this time. After being angry for so many years, Chen Yi can finally feel proud and proud, and will no longer be ridiculed by the city lords of other cities.
"I don't want the reward from the City Lord's Mansion, as long as the City Lord does his best to help me track down the murderer." Liu Wei said. In fact, he doesn't care whether it is the reward from Wen Guo or the City Lord's Mansion. That little thing, even his
Not as good as a drop in the bucket.
"Come here!" Chen Yi shouted towards the outside of the hall.
A guard quickly ran in, knelt down on one knee and asked: "What are the orders from the city lord?"
"Call Chief Qian Zhongfan of the Inspectorate to come over!" Chen Yi said to the guard.
"Yes." The guard replied and quickly left.
"Don't worry, little friend, I'll arrange for someone to investigate right away!" Chen Yi said to Liu Wei.
"So, I really want to thank the city lord." Liu Wei said with a fist to Chen Yi.
At this time, a man in a blue robe entered the hall, with a Chinese character face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a dignified appearance. Judging from the aura on his body, he was in the realm of a king.
"I wonder what the city lord ordered when he summoned his subordinates?" the man asked Chen Yi, cupping his fists and saluting.
"From now on, you personally lead people to investigate the genocide of the Liu family in the south of the city. Ask this little friend some details." Chen Yi said to him.