pertwk Chapter 2175 The Key to Failure
Chapter 2175 The Key to Failure
Chapter 2175 The Key to Failure
Why rush for the future? As long as you are getting stronger every day!
"You are too optimistic. You are all too optimistic." Xin Yi slowly picked up a piece of pickled radish. "This is what we call disaster."
Seeing that he was worried today, He Lingchuan simply said, "Even Beijia can't do anything to us for the time being, where does the disaster come from? Brother Xin, just tell me clearly."
"Bejia couldn't do anything to Panlong City, and you know the reasons. First, because the area here is not large, even if it has expanded several times, it still does not pose a threat to it in the eyes of Bejia, so it did not do its best to deal with you; secondly, Lingshan is to the east of Bejia to contain it, taking away most of its energy; thirdly, there are some problems inside Bejia, and the Demon Emperor does not want to send troops here easily."
"Look, these are all external factors, and they are all changeable. Once one or two of them change, Panlong City will be unsafe. How can we expect long-term peace?"
He Lingchuan remained silent.
In fact, the people of Panlong City have always had a sense of urgency because they have lived in the turmoil brought about by war for many years.
The so-called long-term peace has only been in recent years. But the dividends brought by peace are so great that even Zhong Shengguang is reluctant to let go.
"If Panlong City continues to develop at this speed, Beijia will keep a close eye on you no matter how hard they try to hide their strength." Xin Yi said, "In the past six months, Beijia has mentioned Panlong City more frequently in the court than usual. It is obvious that they are already paying attention to you. When they will take action to interrupt your peaceful development may be just a matter of a word from the Demon Emperor."
Perhaps the biggest obstacle to Panlong City's development is that it is too close to Beiga.
The country of Xiluo that separated them was virtually non-existent.
"Lingshan once proposed to you that it was willing to lend you the power of the True Immortal to deter you, but Commander Zhong refused, and everyone in Panlong City also refused. So, if that time really comes, you can only rely on yourselves."
As long as Beijia knew that Panlong City could also borrow the power of the true immortals from Lingshan, perhaps Beijia would not dare to put too much pressure on Panlong City.
However, Lingshan would certainly not lend this kind of deterrent power for free. The condition for the exchange was that Panlong Territory had to install a spirit gathering formation.
Zhong Shengguang refused.
He wanted all the creatures in the territory to enjoy the benefits of the revival of spiritual energy, and did not want to go back to the old path of gathering the power of all living beings to support the Immortal Sect.
So from now on, the people of Panlong City can only rely on themselves.
Xin Yi paused for a moment and said, "Three hundred years ago, a powerful regime named Yan State rose up in the fertile Qingjin River Basin. It had a strong army and abundant energy. Their leader was young and promising, and was also a great strategist. He led the people to become rich and powerful, and annexed several neighboring countries in succession. Alas, all of this is very similar to Panlong City today, even the area of the territory is similar. It's just that Yan State is closer to Beijia and has a worse geographical location."
"And then?" He Lingchuan knew that "but" was coming.
"The State of Yan soon attracted the attention of Beijia. At that time, Beijia was not as powerful as it is today. It refused to win over the regime, and it failed to surrender. So Beijia launched a three-year war and completely destroyed the regime." Xin Yi took a sip of wine. "The State of Yan was indeed powerful. I checked the information. Beijia asked more than ten demons to descend to the mortal world before finally conquering its capital."
He Lingchuan calculated based on the actual time, this should be an event that happened more than 150 years after the founding of Beijia. Oh, Beijia was still quite young at that time, and its age was comparable to that of the later Mou Kingdom.
This should be the period when Beijia's political and military power was at its peak and most efficient. The fact that the State of Yan could contend with it for three years could indeed be called a dazzling rising star.
"It died in three years, what a pity." He had great potential, but unfortunately he left the stage of history just after he stepped onto the stage. "By the way, has Lingshan ever contacted the Kingdom of Yan?"
"Yes." Xin Yi said without hesitation, "King Xuan is unwilling to cooperate with Lingshan."
Otherwise, why are the State of Yan and Panlong City very similar?
Just as stubborn.
"Why?" He Lingchuan asked, "If we cooperate with Lingshan, we can seek the protection of the True Immortal, why did King Yan refuse?"
"He was only in his thirties at the time, and he was arrogant and unwilling to worship the immortal. He refused outright, and his attitude was even more resolute than your Commander Zhong." Xin Yi shrugged, "Lingshan had no choice but to give up."
He Lingchuan smiled. It turned out that there was never a shortage of stubborn people in this world.
"There are a few things I don't know whether to say or not."
"Is there anything I should or shouldn't say?" Xin Yi thought to himself, you kid has already said this, how can I not let you speak? So he had to be generous, "Today we are saying goodbye, put aside our status and prejudice, it's just a casual chat between friends."
"Okay, don't blame me for being blunt." He Lingchuan had been with him for several years and knew his temper well. "Lingshan has spent so much effort to support so many forces, why didn't any of them succeed in the end?"
"Good fellow, you understand again?" Xin Yi was intrigued and took the initiative to pour him some wine. "You speak, I listen."
“Spiritual energy is the core interest of every political power. To put it bluntly, any country that is willing to give up such benefits to Lingshan has no vision and backbone.” Spiritual energy is related to the food production, economic prosperity, military strength, and people’s livelihood stability in the territory of every power.
In short, that's pretty much it.
Aura is also an extremely rare strategic material, as important as sovereignty and territory.
Xin Yi was not convinced: "Nothing is absolute. Lingshan's assistance has sometimes started before these forces even established their own country. That has nothing to do with vision or backbone."
"The strong are willing to help the weak, of course, it won't be free, this is always the case." He Lingchuan said leisurely, "As a leader, you naturally have to make choices at this time. If you sell out the spiritual energy in your territory for the sake of temporary smooth development, you are actually selling out the dividends and profits that they originally deserved without the knowledge of the people in your territory."
The establishment of the Spirit Gathering Array in Lingshan was very secretive. He Lingchuan would not know about this matter unless he went to the Shining Gold Plain.
Xin Yi did not refute.
"Then, there is actually a core conflict between these forces and Lingshan." He Lingchuan did not keep it a secret, "They sell such precious spiritual energy in exchange for Lingshan's funding and protection. Of course, they hope that Lingshan will come forward to solve all their problems, especially against Beijia."
Just one sentence:
I sold myself to you, so you have to protect me?
"And what about Lingshan? Lingshan fosters these forces in the hope that they can become stronger and help Lingshan fight against Beijia. If Lingshan has to solve everything, then what does Lingshan need them for?"
"Brother Xin, do you see the fundamental difference here?"