Three Kingdoms Mythology World.

Chapter 2725 Sun Jian's Fateful Battle

Beitang Xue said in a deep voice.

It should be noted that her progress of 117/1000 was considered outstanding among Jiang Chenglong, Xuan Yuan Changying, and others.

But this was insignificant to Lin Mu and Ji Beiqin.

She knew that the gap between her and Lin Mu was widening, and now even Ji Beiqin was far ahead of her.

Especially regarding the incident of killing the Crimson Dragon, although Ji Beiqin did not reveal the details, she knew that Ji Beiqin was able to accomplish such a feat with Lin Mu's full help.

She had a premonition that Ji Beiqin was able to ascend to the list of the most powerful figures in the world before Jiang Chenglong, Xuan Yuan Changying, and other prodigies because of that incident.

So she clung tightly to Lin Mu's leg.

So recently, she has been deliberately looking for opportunities to get close to Lin Mu.

She used to want to latch onto Lin Mu's coattails and be close to him at all times, but because developing the territory required a lot of effort, and there were many women who wanted to get close to Lin Mu, especially beautiful women with good family backgrounds, if she couldn't stand out, she would just be a pretty face and be of no use to Lin Mu, so she had to make some achievements.

However, once the territory developed into a town, a bottleneck appeared.

First, there's the issue of territory rank. The conditions for a town to be promoted to a county are very stringent, and currently only Lin Mu has the relevant channels. However, Lin Mu also admitted that he doesn't have any more relevant resources at the moment.

Limited access to rare resources and slow growth in generals' strength make cultivating high-level combat power extremely difficult. Although the territory's troop strength is constantly increasing, these are all ordinary soldiers, and the dungeons within the territory are low-level, making it difficult to cultivate high-level generals.

She realized that relying solely on her own strength and that of her family would be insufficient to break through the territorial constraints, and that she needed to rely on Lin Mu's blessings and resources.

Lin Mu was never short of people trying to curry favor with him; only by demonstrating irreplaceable value could one truly enter his inner circle. Therefore, she began to follow Lin Mu, proving her strategic value through concrete actions.

After hearing Beitang Xue's words, Lin Mu nodded thoughtfully.

He didn't know if such a situation existed in his past life, as he wouldn't have had access to it back then. However, he had a feeling it didn't!

This could only happen in a time of great prosperity for China, since Liu Yu and Liu Yan were not on the list in the previous life.

"Keep up the good work," Lin Mu said with a smile, offering encouragement.

"You've surpassed Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao. We don't even have a chance to make the list. It's too difficult!" Beitang Xue said with a bitter smile.

"Now, all I want is to surpass that guy Ji Beiqin!" Beitang Xue adjusted her emotions, Ji Beiqin's image appeared in her mind, and then she cheered herself up.

“Surpass me? Hehehe... That’s tough!” Just then, Ji Beiqin’s voice came.

"Hmph! You can laugh for a while, but I will definitely surpass you later!" Beitang Xue glanced at Lin Mu and then looked at Ji Beiqin with envy, jealousy and hatred.

"Are you done with your work?" Lin Mu asked with a smile as Ji Beiqin walked in with a proud expression.

"Everything's done. Oh, by the way, Jiang Chenglong and his gang are coming over to see you later," Ji Beiqin nodded.

"Come see me... It seems Liu Bei insisted on going to support Sun Jian because of them!" Lin Mu said meaningfully.

After he agreed to Liu Bei's request for passage, the system displayed the task details. The first task was to provide support. He could choose to support Gongsun Zan, Sun Jian, or Bao Xin.

Lin Mu suggested supporting Gongsun Zan. Although he and Gongsun Zan seemed to be somewhat estranged at the moment, Lin Mu would not let personal matters interfere with public affairs when it came to matters of principle.

But for some reason, Liu Bei insisted on going to support Sun Jian.

Sun Jian's original fate was to be defeated by Hua Xiong and lose a major general. What happened this time is unknown, because Liu Bei was going to take Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to participate in Sun Jian's battle.

Sun Jian has now arrived near Hulao Pass and has fought several battles with Hua Xiong's men, but there has been no large-scale battle between the two sides.

Meanwhile, Gongsun Zan was also attacking Zhongmu City. Because the enemy had made prior preparations, the siege was extremely difficult. However, Gongsun Zan and the alliance leader Yuan Shao had made a pledge that they would capture the city when the allied forces marched to Zhongmu.

"Perhaps they want to take advantage of the chaos by following Sun Jian, after all, Sun Jian has access to the Imperial Seal of the State!" Ji Beiqin said meaningfully.

"Maybe..." Lin Mu had absolutely no desire to deal with that hot potato at the moment.

"Lin Mu, are there any other shortcuts to promotion in the county?" Beitang Xue asked at this moment.

"Have your territory's military, commercial, and agricultural indices all met the standards?" Lin Mu asked in surprise.

“They have basically met the requirements, and their official rank is now at the same level as Jiang Chenglong and the others,” Beitang Xue said in a deep voice.

Jiang Chenglong lost the world's second-largest county due to Dong Zhuo's scheming. Dong Zhuo confiscated his property. Although he had moved all his resources beforehand, he lost the real territory attribute bonus. Meanwhile, the world's third-largest county, Han Shidao's territory, was not confiscated by Dong Zhuo, so it still exists and has now directly surpassed it to become the world's second-largest county. The national team was not too badly hurt.

However, the gains from the world's third-largest county were taken by the outer region.

"Where's the teleportation array?" Lin Mu asked.

"We also contacted a master-level array master in the wild and got some... Unfortunately, those people only care about resources and ignore our recruitment efforts," Beitang Xue confessed.

Lin Mu smiled slightly upon hearing this. He had previously witnessed many geniuses from reclusive families during the Investiture of the Gods.

“The infrastructure is up to standard, but we’re missing the crucial element…” Lin Muruo thought to himself.

"You really don't have anything crucial left?" Beitang Xue asked unwillingly.

“Miss Beitang… even if there is a crucial item, it’s not for you. None of us have it yet!” Just then, Xuan Yuan Changying’s voice rang out.

A short while later, Xuanyuan Changying, Jiang Chenglong, and the others walked in.

Upon hearing this, Beitang Xue showed no embarrassment whatsoever. Instead, she calmly glanced at Xuan Yuan Changying and the others. If Lin Mu truly possessed something crucial, would he give it to them or to her and Ji Beiqin first?

Seeing Beitang Xue's reaction, Jiang Chenglong and the others could only manage a wry smile. In terms of closeness, Beitang Xue certainly had the upper hand over them.

"Lord Lin Mu, if you have items such as the County Promotion Order, we can trade again, with the same price: twenty-four identical rings!" Jiang Chenglong said meaningfully.

They exchanged items once before, using twenty-four [Nine Phoenix Merchant Guild - Void Mystic Rings], and now they're asking for the same price again, which shows their determination.

"I don't have any on hand right now," Lin Mu said, waving his hand.

He knew that the City Heart Promotion Orders for County Towns were very popular, and he still had some, but they were all of higher grade, such as two of the Heavy City level, one of the Capital City level, and one of the Royal City level.

They could also upgrade towns to county towns, but that would be too wasteful.

He didn't even share it with his brother-in-law, Ji Beiqin; he wasn't at that level.

However… a piece of information suddenly popped into Lin Mu’s mind: the way to obtain the Order of Advancement of the Heart of the County in his previous life.

Information about this is rarely revealed by lord players, but it's normal for one or two to occasionally leak it.

Without special missions or completing hidden achievements, the only way to obtain the City Heart Promotion Token is to defeat the final boss!
The Ji family in their previous life had this purpose in conquering the Yinglong boss at Yinglong Peak.

While discussing the support matters with everyone, Lin Mu recalled relevant information.

However, that information is from a later time period, and if you go there now, the target may not be in the same place anymore! This is the same as Long Chu of Yinglong Peak.

If you go there a while earlier, it will be Long Chu there; if you go a little later, it will be Long Ying, who will be even more difficult to defeat; and if you go even later, it might be the Yinglong you encountered in your previous life!

However, Lin Mu still sent the coordinates of the two targets to Lin Mu, Bei Tangxue, and Ji Beiqin...

After some debate, and with Liu Bei's strong suggestion, Lin Mu also agreed to go and support Sun Jian.

In fact, if Lin Mu had insisted on supporting Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei would have had no choice, since Lin Mu was the key figure.

Through persuasion from Jiang Chenglong, Xuan Yuan Changying, and others, Lin Mu finally agreed to the matter.

Supporting anyone is still support; the outcome won't actually change much.

Even if Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei went to support him, wouldn't Sun Jian still be in trouble?

He had a premonition that the battle between Sun Jian and Hua Xiong would be a life-or-death struggle for Sun Jian. If he survived it, he would be blessed with auspicious purple aura and then be qualified to obtain the Imperial Seal of the State.

If he can't make it through, he might die a violent death on the battlefield.

Whether the addition of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei will make it easier for Sun Jian to overcome his tribulation, or will it increase the difficulty of his fate, remains to be seen…

Regardless, Liu Bei's army set off, directly using the teleportation array to reach the vicinity of Liang County, and then caught up with Sun Jian's footsteps.

Lin Mu, along with Wang Yue and others, followed the main force into Sili.

(End of this chapter)