dawn of dynasty

Green dragons flew across the clouds.

As Shen Guanye rode the green dragon, the changes over the past year flashed through his mind.

His personal strength is not as expected more than a year ago, and there is no obvious improvement.

The level is stuck at the 12th level. The strength of the Gods of Samurai has not increased, and no new Gods of Samurai have been sealed. Even the 14th level heroic spirit cannot contract another one - the level has not increased, so naturally there is not enough The soul power is used to contract with the fourth level 14 heroic spirit.

Of course, there is no progress at all.

At least, he learned to imitate Sui Yi's "one year old and one prosperous".

This life-saving skill that can "save" an instant kill is very useful, but Sui Yi can only release it on one companion in a battle, and the number of places is very limited.

If Shen Guanye can learn to simulate "one year old and one withered glory", then he can protect two companions in a battle. Therefore, the priority of this skill is extremely high for Shen Guanye, and after a year After studying hard and practicing hard, he did successfully learn this skill.

Shen Guanye's personal strength has not increased much, but his territorial strength has increased a lot.

The territory has increased a lot, and a small half of Chongling Province has been captured. In addition to the previously captured land of Po Warlord, the Xia Nan clan now owns two provinces.

On the other hand, the Chongling Clan not only lost half of its territory to the Xia Nan Clan, but was also attacked by the Jiyan Clan in the other direction. Under attack from both sides, Li Zhibao could only shrink to the middle third. The earth is not far from complete destruction.

If the Xia Nan Clan hadn't focused on digesting income and paying attention to people's livelihood, the Chongling Clan would have ceased to exist long ago.

During this period, Li Zhibao, who saw that King Yan Zhao had given up on him, did not give in to Shen Guanye, and the conditions became more humble each time, and in the end he even just begged Shen Guanye to spare his life.

At this point, many senior executives of the Xia Nan Valve thought it was okay.

But Shen Guanye was noncommittal and never took up Li Zhibao's words.

For him, if he could become a Buddha immediately by laying down his butcher's knife, what about the countless innocent souls who had died directly or indirectly at Li Zhibao's hands?

Oh, the people at the bottom will die when they die, but the people at the top, after killing countless people, can save their lives as long as they are willing to "repent"?

This is not fair!

Although there are many such things in history, and there are many things that are even more unfair than this and more angry and vomiting blood, but in the one-third of an acre of land that Shen Guanye can control, he will not allow such things to happen. ——Even if it means it will take him longer to capture Chongling Province.

The territory has increased, and the increase in population has become even more noticeable.

Nowadays, the population of Xia Nan Clan's territory has grown to nearly 20 million. This mainly comes from the annexed territory and the continuous defection of Tianxia people, but there are also many from Nanyang Continent.

From Tianxia to Xianan Province, except for those who have been cornered, trapped in famine, and can only make a living by begging, for most people in Tianxia, ​​their lives have only become better, not an earth-shaking change. The change.

After all, life in towns such as Baixi City is not bad.

But for the Nanyang natives, their life after joining Xia Nan Province is really a completely different life, so they don't need to be forced by the Xia Nan clan. The local natives themselves are very willing to join the Xia Nan clan.

The other is the newborns. The existence of Lady Zifu has greatly increased the number of newborns in the territory. Her level has now reached level 11. She has stronger divine power, a wider range of protection, and the effects of her priesthood are becoming more and more obvious.

The growth of territory and population has brought a lot of merit, and these merits have already filled the merit box, and added a large number of deity nests for Shen Guanye.

These include three Four Seasons God's lairs, two Twelve Yuan Chen God General's lairs, one Solar Terms God's lair and three Tiangang God's lairs.

The reason why there are three Four-Sequence God Lair is because at the 12th level, you will get the Four-Sequence God Lair for each minor promotion.

In addition, when the merit and money did not cross the two-thirds line, two Four Seasons God lairs were born in one breath, so there were three Four Seasons God lairs.

With so many lairs, Shen Guanye has been given five groups of Four Sequence Gods, four groups of Yuanchen God Generals, four groups of Solar Terms Gods and six groups of Tiangang Gods in one year. As for other gods and spirits, there are even more.

In addition to the god-type heroic spirits, there are also four dragon knights, numerous brass dragon orcs, tigers, and manticores.

Among them, another set of Four Seasons Gods and a set of Solar Terms Gods were traded with the Nile Kingdom. As for the Yuanchen God General, apart from the first set sent to the Nile Kingdom, Shen Guanye never sent a second set. .

Although the level of the Yuan Chen God General is one level lower than that of the Four Order Gods, like the Four Order Gods, the Solar Terms God, the Mountain God, and the Water God, their more functions are reflected in people's livelihood.

Several groups of gods of the four seasons, solar terms, and numerous mountain gods and water gods seemed to have great fighting power, but for the entire Nile Kingdom, this combat power was insignificant, and the deal was just a deal.

Furthermore, for Shen Guanye, he was very willing to save the Nile Kingdom from famine and allow more people to live.

But Yuan Chen God General is different. Yuan Chen God General has a great influence on combat power. Once there are more Yuan Chen God Generals in the Nile Kingdom, the upper limit of the level of the zodiac patron saint will be raised step by step, and the combat power will increase. The increase is huge.

Yes, the Nile Kingdom is his ally now, but who can guarantee that the two families will always be allies in the future?

In the international society, the situation is changing. It is very common for the two countries in the front to remain allies, but to fall out on the other side, and vice versa.

Therefore, restrictions are necessary.

Otherwise, it is easy to shoot yourself in the foot.

The promotion of the Yuanchen Divine General in the Nile Kingdom was quite smooth. Although the birth of the Guardian God was much slower than in Tianxia, ​​it was finally born, right?

It proved that Shen Guanye did not deceive the Nile Kingdom, and Yuan Chen God General was equally effective in the Nile Kingdom.

In addition to these heroic spirits, Shen Guanye also provided many other types of divine heroic spirits for trade.

Many god-type heroic spirits, coupled with arduous negotiations, finally obtained a pyramid spirit and a large number of pharaoh-type heroic spirits from Menes.

These pharaoh-type heroic spirits, together with the sphinx sent by the Nile Kingdom in the early stage, have already appeared on the battlefield.

In terms of combat effectiveness, these pharaoh-type heroic spirits did not have any outstanding performance. Even because they were not accustomed to the acclimatization, their combat performance was one level worse than that in the Nile Kingdom.

But because of the existence of Pyramid Spirits, these Pharaoh-type Heroic Spirits have become recyclable beings, and they are less painful to use than the Cemetery-type Heroic Spirits that are high-quality, low-cost, and win based on quantity.

The efficiency of Pyramid Spirit in resurrecting Pharaoh-type heroic spirits is very high, much higher than that of Rejuvenation Wood. It is not only efficient but also does not consume the bodies of heroic spirits.

By the way, with the help of Sui Yi, the efficiency of the Rejuvenating Wood in resurrecting heroic spirits is now much higher than before, and the upper limit has been raised to level 13. As long as you want to resurrect a level 13 heroic spirit, it will take a long time. , the corpses of heroic spirits that need to be consumed are relatively large.

But even so, the efficiency of Rejuvenation Wood in resurrecting heroic spirits is not as good as that of Pyramid Spirits.

It can be seen that the skill of the Pyramid Spirit is incredible. If the Pyramid Spirit is not limited to resurrecting pharaoh-type heroic spirits, but can resurrect all series of heroic spirits, then it will be unique in the world and become the first one. Although it is level 14, But it is comparable to the 15th level heroic spirit of the 14th level.

Even now, the Pyramid Spirit has kicked Admiral Tiance off the altar and firmly sits on the throne of the world's best 14th-level heroic spirit.

Shen Guanye thought that in the future, only the 14th-level heroic spirits of the gods might be able to compete with the pyramid spirits.

The great popularity of deity-type heroic spirits in the Nile Kingdom has affected not only the Nile Kingdom. Over the past year, many countries such as the Bai Maple Kingdom have come to seek deals.

Not only Bai Feng Kingdom, but also the Star Kingdom, Iris Kingdom, Fusang Kingdom, and Gaobao Kingdom, which were hostile to Tianxia, ​​had also contacted Shen Guanye privately and expressed their intention to trade. After all, war is war, and business is business.

The world is inherently complex.

Of course Shen Guanye did not agree. He only made trades with allies and potential allies such as Bai Fengguo. However, because he did not have many high-level god-type heroic spirits in his hands, the transactions were limited to mid- to low-level god-type heroic spirits.

Not including the Earthly Evil God.

And because there are five groups of Yuanchen God Generals in the territory, the upper limit of the level of the Zodiac Guardian God has been broken.

Now, although no one has raised their zodiac patron saint to level 5, some people have already raised their patron saint to level 4, and even more have reached levels 2 and 3.

This has further promoted people's pursuit of the guardian god of the zodiac. Every day, there is an endless stream of people entering the Yuanchen Shenjiang Temple to worship Yuanchen Shenjiang.

The first-level zodiac patron saint is a powerful guardian for ordinary people, but for the Apocalypse, it is more ordinary and dispensable.

But the 2nd and 3rd level patron saints are different. Even against the 1st and 2nd level Apocalypse, their combat power cannot be ignored. Having one more patron saint is equivalent to contracting an extra 2nd level, Level 3 heroic spirit.

Yes or no, the difference is huge.

Not to mention the level 4 patron saint.

Of course, compared to the improvement in quality, what is more eye-catching is the surge in quantity.

Nowadays, more than 400,000 people in the entire Xia Nan Clan have donated their own zodiac guardian gods, and this number is still rising.

Much faster than Shen Guanye had expected.

It also greatly attracted the attention of all parties.

Because this zodiac patron saint is not only numerous, but also immortal.

In the war with Po Warlord and Chongling Lord, many soldiers' patron saints died in battle - after all, they were only level 1 combat power, and they were the easiest to die on the battlefield, with more casualties than ordinary soldiers. Be big.

Because ordinary soldiers are protected by heroic spirits, they are not involved in the most direct fighting.

However, after these guardian spirits die in battle, after a period of time, as long as the soldiers sincerely worship and make offerings, they will escape from the shrines again and live in the human body.

To a certain extent, he is immortal.

Four hundred thousand immortal level 1 heroic spirits?

This significance is not ordinary.

Although in terms of combat power, even hundreds of millions of level 1 patron saints cannot compare to a level 14 heroic spirit, but a level 14 heroic spirit cannot be divided into hundreds of thousands or millions.

But depending on the potential of this zodiac patron saint, it is really possible for everyone to support one.

You must know that even if it is as powerful as the Star Kingdom, it is impossible for everyone to have a heroic spirit, even if it is only a level 1 heroic spirit, it is not only a matter of quantity, but also a matter of cost.

Even the Star Kingdom probably does not have hundreds of millions of Level 1 Heroic Spirits, because even if there are 1 Level 1 Heroic Spirit lairs, it would take nearly thirty years to recruit million Level Heroic Spirits.

This is inherently difficult to achieve, let alone no country that would do it.

Why recruit so many level 1 heroes?

On the battlefield, 1 million level 14 heroic spirits are not as effective as one level heroic spirit.

Well, even if we really recruit 1 million level 1 heroic spirits and distribute them to more than million, the cost cannot be afforded, because in order for ordinary people to control the level heroic spirits, they need to make them into rare objects.

One hundred million strange objects? This cost is too high and cannot be afforded by any country.

The patron saint is different. The cheapest shrine only costs a little money. Hundreds of millions of level 1 heroes who can be commanded by others can burst out such terrifying energy in food, clothing, housing, transportation, production and construction.

In this era, the concept of "productivity" has been born. The productivity that can be unleashed by hundreds of millions of patron saints combined with the people is a very exaggerated thing to think about.

Therefore, if there is one change in the Xia Nan Clan that has attracted the most attention from the outside world during this year, then it must be the Guardian God of the Zodiac.

In addition to these, changes in the territory include:

Lu Boxiang finally successfully promoted to level 13.

The Xia Nan Clan now has three 13th-level masters. In addition to Cen Lingxiao and Lu Boxiang, there is also Pei Gao who has abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side.

Then, with the help of local indigenous people, a large number of nests were added to the territory.

This includes a wyvern lair.

At the moment, Shen Guanye already has four 12th-level lairs in his hands: the Brass Dragon Orc, the Tiger, the Manticore and the Flying Dragon.

Finally, there is Inoue Qingxi.

Her strength has increased a lot, and she is now a seventh-level Yueyao Onmyoji. Shen Guanye treats her well and gives her many nests.

Now she already has an 8th-level lair, two 7th-level lairs, a dozen lairs below 7th level, and has become the commander-in-chief of a team of people.

However, it was Hong Maple Mirror that really made Inoue Qingxi's strength skyrocket.

Now she has been able to completely unseal the red maple mirror, and the strongest shikigami sealed in the red maple mirror is a tan snake.

His strength has reached level 14, which is no worse than a level 14 heroic spirit.

This also made Inoue Qingxi become the master of the Xia Nan Clan after Shen Guanye, Chi Hun, Pei Zhu, Cen Lingxiao and Lu Boxiang. After all, the remaining masters, even if they go together with their heroic spirits, can't defeat Tangshe. .

Inoue Qingxi has already put up a banner, and has also rescued and attracted a group of people from Hongfeng Pavilion who originally belonged to her father's faction to come and pledge their allegiance.

This of course also attracted the attention of Hongfeng Pavilion.

In fact, Hongfeng Pavilion discovered that Inoue Qingxi was with Shen Guanye a long time ago, and launched several actions directly or indirectly, but they were all frustrated.

Now that Shen Guanye is in a good position, it is even less possible for him to be afraid of the other party.

Not to mention Hongfeng Pavilion, even if the entire Fusang Kingdom forced him with overwhelming force, Shen Guanye was not without the strength to resist. (End of chapter)