Chapter 1111: Cheng Wang's worries and determination
Although the martial arts ability is monotonous, except for some special circumstances, the strength will basically not change due to changes in the environment. After all, it is stable.
To put it simply, it is like a snake oil and can be applied in basically any situation.
This is also the reason why most of the military is dominated by martial arts cultivators.
But warlocks are different.
Because of the strange and changeable magical powers, generally speaking, after reaching the second level, warlocks are stronger than martial arts cultivators of the same level.
In the duel between warlocks and martial arts cultivators, many times the martial arts cultivators, let alone meeting the warlocks, may have never even met them, and they will lose miserably.
But there must be gains as well as losses.
Not only in terms of lifespan, because warlocks visualize different gods, the abilities they can exert in different environments are also different.
Sometimes it can be strengthened, sometimes it can be weakened.
Just like Xizi.
The water attribute magical power she possesses may not be able to exert even half of its strength if it reaches a volcano or some arid place.
However, when the seven people caught up with King Yu, they were on a river.
In this place with abundant water attributes, Xizi's magical powers were more than doubled in disguise.
Therefore, with Di Xin being replenished with the power of the soul at any time, she easily isolated the magical power of the two Illuminating Warlocks from the outside, and even allowed an Innate Grand Master to interfere with the speed of the water flow.
, to affect the speed of the ship.
Of course, in the eyes of the pursuers, it was the Illuminating Warlock next to King Yu who stopped three strong men of the same realm with one person, allowing the martial artist who only had the acquired realm to control the ship with peace of mind.
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Therefore, after repelling one person, the crippled old man finally couldn't hold on under the siege of the remaining three people. The boat successfully crossed the river and reached a wider lake.
With a more abundant water attribute increase, the Illuminating Warlock successfully led King Yu and others to escape their pursuit.
Thinking about the reports of the returning people, King Cheng finally felt a little unwilling.
"Old Five, Old Five, you are very lucky to have successfully escaped from the pursuit of seven second-level experts."
In King Cheng's view, if the place had been changed, this assassination plan might have been successful.
It's just that things in the world are unpredictable. Now that it has happened, he can only admit it.
To be able to ascend to the position of the Realm Lord, he has suffered no less hardships and setbacks than any other Realm Lord. It was just a failed assassination, but it did not make him feel discouraged.
"I would like to see, if the old emperor really wants to pass the crown prince's position to you, how will you leave the capital from my hands?"
A sneer came from the corner of his mouth.
The reason why he didn't force the palace to seize the throne before was because although the old emperor was seriously ill now, his power was still there.
Many of the officials who supported him were still loyal to the emperor. Under such circumstances, if he forced the palace to seize the throne, even if he succeeded, the price he would pay would not be too small.
Even though he looked down on these mortal natives from the bottom of his heart, he could not really ignore the power these people possessed.
Moreover, based on his management in the capital over the years, even if there is a strong competitor in the borderlands, he is still the most advantageous candidate as the next successor to the throne.
In this case, why should he give up his advantages, take risks, and rebel?
This behavior is completely uneconomical.
But this was all established before the crown prince's position was established.
With the old emperor's prestige, if he publicly expressed his intention to make a certain prince the crown prince, even if the prince had no competitiveness at all before, he would gain a lot of support in a short period of time.
This includes even some officials who had previously supported him.
Some of the forces he has built over the years are just like grass on the wall, and King Cheng is well aware of this.
What if the old emperor supported only a prince whom he suppressed, such as Prince Jing who often abused his servants?
As one of the heirs to the throne, King Cheng could not take action personally to avoid suspicion, but the ministers and even some neutral officials who supported him would use Dali's future as an excuse to force the old emperor to change his mind.
The establishment of a prince is related to the foundation of Dali and cannot be decided by the emperor or a certain force.
But it would be different if it was King Yu.
Given King Yu's benevolent policies in northern Xinjiang over the years, as well as his achievements in opening up frontiers and breaking up territories that were written into the imperial genealogy, once he gained the support of the emperor, there would be almost no reason to object.
Going militarily?
Don't be kidding, looking at the development of Northern Xinjiang in recent years, it can be seen that King Yu's foreign wars in recent years have not squeezed the people in the territory once.
A country cannot be without its owner for a day.
When the old emperor didn't express it clearly before, everyone could still fight for it slowly. But once the old emperor has someone he likes, with his current physical condition, in order to prevent the court from being in chaos, he will definitely fight for it as quickly as possible.
Decide on the candidate quickly.
At this time, even if King Cheng has the power he has built up over the years, there is a high probability that he will lose to King Yu who has the support of the emperor.
His only advantage may be the tradition of establishing long-term heirs.
However, since the old emperor has not been able to control the prince for such a long time, it shows that he does not value this rule that much.
And with King Yu's achievements that could almost fill a book, the binding force brought by this rule is almost equivalent to none.
After all, in the eyes of the officials, once King Yu became the emperor of Dali, judging from his actions in the past few years, after stopping the riots in Dali, the next step was to attack the surrounding foreign races.
This means that although Emperor Xin only led the expedition with 30,000 soldiers, Anjunshan, Shen Qianhua and others who stayed in northern Xinjiang could all share part of the credit.
Once the territory of Dali expands, all officials, regardless of whether they participated in the conquest or not, will be able to write a colorful mark on their resumes and family trees.
Although this metaphor is inappropriate, it is still appropriate.
This is a great event to honor our ancestors.
Before that, for the sake of the stability of the court, once King Yu got the crown prince, he would inevitably liquidate the other princes who had competed for the throne.
The other princes were fine, but King Cheng knew his own affairs.
As the most powerful contender for the throne, the eldest prince who now recruits most of the officials in the imperial court must encounter the most severe liquidation.
If coupled with the identity of the world lord's clone, it would be impossible for King Yu to let him go.
Among them, even the old emperor lying deep in the palace would personally help.
King Cheng squinted his eyes and said to himself: "If it really develops to this point, don't blame me for being rude."