After having their lunch, Zhou Yuanjun held the hand of Heavenly Circuit Immortal and left. When they went downstairs, they happened to bump into someone.
Zhou Yuanjun looked at this person and frowned slightly. He said expressionlessly,"Zhang Daoling, what do you want?"
"So it's Sect Leader Zhou. Don't misunderstand, it's purely a coincidence.”
Zhang Daoling didn't expect to run into Sect Master Wu Shi. He came here because he heard that the Holy Maiden of Heavenly Devil Cult was here. She was the third most beautiful woman on the Beauty Chart. Wasn't she more beautiful than Zhou Yuanjun?
Zhou Yuanjun saw that he didn't seem to be faking it. He nodded and was about to leave when Zhang Daoling's voice sounded in his ear again.
"Sect Leader Zhou, the Third Prince is not a good choice.”Zhang Daoling said meaningfully and went upstairs.
Zhou Yuanjun also pulled Celestial Immortal Zhou away from the waning spring and returned to the Phoenix Dwelling. On the way, he thought about Zhang Daoling's words.
Looks like all the factions thought that I had placed all my bets on the Third Prince…Zhou Yuanjun's lips twitched. He didn't even know who the Third Prince was.
But others probably wouldn't think so.
He hadn't left the mountain for more than ten years after he joined the No Beginning Sect. However, he had to leave the mountain at this critical moment and head to the capital of Chu. His intentions had long been guessed by everyone.
Although he did not make a big fuss along the way, he did not deliberately hide it. It was not strange that his tracks were known. Otherwise, he would not have been blocked several times in a row.
Moreover, the Third Prince's sister, the Eldest Princess of Chu State, had also entered the No Beginning Sect. They had been in the same lineage for ten years, so it was not surprising that Chu Yulan had invited her down the mountain.
Chu Yulan's actions, which she thought to be a secret, had long been exposed under the eyes of all parties. Those few spies who were good at gathering information were spread all over the country. They could not hide anything. As long as they were willing to pay, they could buy it.
That Third Prince was the scapegoat…Zhou Yuanjun suddenly remembered that everyone thought that Chu Yulan had invited him down the mountain to help the Third Prince seize the throne. Perhaps the Third Prince himself thought the same and was secretly happy. Little did he know that Chu Yulan had invited him down the mountain to help her become the empress.
Perhaps everyone had once made such a guess, but the possibility was too small. It had been thousands of years since the Central Continent had produced an Empress. Chu Yulan herself had not revealed her ambition in this aspect, so everyone naturally ignored it.
This was good too. The Third Prince would be the scapegoat. When Chu Yulan appeared, everyone would be 'pleasantly surprised'.
The current situation in Chu was basically clear. Chu had lost at Hot Spring Gate and suffered heavy losses. Its national strength was extremely weak and could only barely maintain the operations of various regions.
At this time, the Nan Liang Empire pressed on step by step, wanting to take back these three provinces. They came with great momentum, directly exposing the hidden dangers within the Chu Country.
One hundred and eighty years ago, the Zhongqin Empire and the Nanliang Empire fought for some reason. As a result, the Daliang Empire was defeated, and many elite troops and experts died.
It was also at that time that the various parties who had been plotting for a long time found the Chu Clan of Pingxi, one of the ten great clans in the world, and persuaded the Chu Clan to cede the three prefectures of the Daliang Dynasty and establish the Chu Kingdom to achieve their respective goals.
The benefits that the Chu Clan would receive was to become the ruler of a country. The temptation was not small. The Pingxi Chu Clan naturally agreed, and thus, the Chu Country of today.。
Since the Chu Clan of Pingxi was chosen by all parties, their strength was naturally not weak. They were ranked among the top ten aristocratic families in the world. The clan had had land immortals for generations. The clan master of that generation was also a land immortal, and later became the first king of Chu.
However, the first generation was severely injured by a cultivator of the Daliang Empire during the founding of the country. He dragged his heavily injured body to ascend the throne and endured for thirty years. He only died when a land god appeared in the Chu Clan.
That land god became the second King of Chu. When the second King of Chu was in power, the weather was good and there were no external threats. The Chu Country developed rapidly.
When the second generation reigned for a hundred years, the Nanman invaded. Two million barbarians held the pass, and the second generation led a million troops to personally attack and finally beat back the Nanman.
However, Chu suffered great losses in this battle. The second generation of the Chu army died in battle, and 60 - 70% of the million strong army died. This was even with the support of the various Transcendent experts. Otherwise, Chu wouldn't have been able to defend against them.
This battle caused the development of the Chu Country to suffer a heavy setback. In addition, at this time, the royal family of the Chu Country had yet to cultivate into a land god. Several princes competed for the position of the King of Chu. In the end, the current King of Chu won and became the third King of Chu.
However, Chu Country's foundation was still shallow. The Pingxi Chu Clan could not support such a large country. The resources of the clan had long been exhausted. The situation of Chu Country had taken a sharp turn and showed signs of decline.
The current King of Chu was a great grandmaster at the peak of the Celestial Realm. His success and failure were the same. His cultivation at the peak of the Celestial Realm helped him become the third King of Chu, but it also trapped him. He racked his brains to govern Chu for ten years, and Chu only improved slightly. However, at this time, the third generation realized that it was impossible for him to break through to the Land Immortal Realm.
Helplessly, he found the current head of the Human Sect, Yu Chenglong, and laid his cards on the table.
Yu Chenglong was dumbfounded. If the royal family of the Chu State did not have a land immortal to guard it, it would be impossible to suppress it. In the end, he suggested that the third generation turn to cultivation and use the resources of the Chu State to refine pills to help him break through. As long as he became a True Lord, the Chu State would have no worries from now on.
The third-generation cultivator's aptitude could only be said to be relatively good. It was far inferior to his aptitude for martial arts. What should he do?
Refining pills!
In the past few decades, the King of Chu had devoted himself to cultivation and wantonly plundered the people's wealth, causing the people to be in dire straits. The martial arts world and the temples were filled with complaints, and the country's fortune declined even more.
At this time, the Chu Country was in trouble internally and externally. The Nanman threatened to invade and the Nanliang threatened to invade. The people in the country were in dire straits and the people in the Jianghu wanted to rise up.
By the time the Hot Spring Gate was defeated, the internal conflicts in Chu State had already accumulated to the peak. It was just a fuse away from exploding.
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