Conferred God: Got cramped at the beginning

Chapter 711 Aiming for the Championship
At this time, Luoyi was in chaos.

From the king to the common people, everyone was in a state of panic.

Even the students, sages, etc. of various schools have been sorting out their school's classics and planning to move them to other places - after all, it was the State of Chu that came with the large army.

The Chu State was regarded as a barbarian, and it also considered itself a barbarian.

Other princes would care about the respect of the king and respect the wise men and students of the school, but the State of Chu would not care about these things...

The State of Chu only cares about military force!
"Mr. Mo, hasn't there been any response from the State of Chu?" The Human King sat high inside the palace wall, worried - the sound of the wind outside the palace wall seemed to be swayed by the flags, and the footsteps coming and going sounded like the drumbeats of a marching army.

The army of Chu marched from Yidu of Jin to Luoyi, drawing a straight line on the land along the way.

Before the army, no matter which city it was, or which vassal state the city belonged to, when the army was marching, they all opened the city gates and took out supplies, for fear that they would hinder the army's progress and induce the army to attack the city.

As for those immortal sects that stood in the way, the Taiyi immortals within them also joined forces to activate the method of moving mountains, moving their own mountain gates away to clear the way, and then moving the mountain gates back after the Chu army passed. He was clearly just an overlord, but now, with the cooperation of various princes and sects in the world, the new king of Chu actually showed some of the aura of a human king.

As they moved forward, the mountains moved, the rivers merged temporarily, and in all directions, countless immortals and gods came and went, cleaning away all the evil.

And behind the Chu army, there was a coalition formed by many princes, who followed behind Chu with inexplicable expressions and following inexplicable orders. Even the soldiers and the princes who sent these soldiers were not clear about what these armies wanted to do by hanging behind Chu.

Was it a submission to Chu, joining Chu's upcoming attack on Luoyi, or putting pressure on Chu - once Chu and the King of Man mobilized their troops, they would attack Chu.

In short, when the first prince thoughtlessly ordered his soldiers to follow the army of Chu, the other confused princes were also confused and sent some of their soldiers to follow behind the army of Chu.

After all, everyone is doing it. If I don’t, wouldn’t I be in the minority?
Once they become a minority among the princes, if the State of Chu intends to use one of the princes to intimidate the King of Man, these "minority" princes will inevitably fall into the eyes of the State of Chu.

The envoy who followed the King of Chu and came with the mission of the King of Man became more and more worried as he watched more and more princes express their "submission" to the State of Chu.

Could it be that the Mankind's destiny will change at this time?

But no matter who calculated it, Ji Zhou's destiny as the Human King had not yet collapsed - if there were immortal gods who were proficient in observing qi, and looked up at Luoyi, they could even see the Human King Pillar hidden in the qi of humanity, which was like a magic needle that stabilized humanity, and was looming.

"Your Majesty, you are leading your people to Luoyi. What do you want?"

"It won't come to the point where we really have to go to war with His Majesty the Human King and trample the Human King's dignity into the dust." The immortal god who served as a messenger whispered in front of Xiong Xin.

"Your Majesty, what is the difference between trampling on the dignity of the human king and trampling on the dignity of the great king?"

"My king, please stop the army first."

Inside the tent, Xiong Xin himself was also thinking and hesitating.

What exactly did he want when he led his army to Luoyi?

It would be best if we could obtain the Nine Cauldrons of the Human Emperor.

But what if the Human King doesn’t give it to you?

Do I really have to lead my army to attack Luoyi, conquer Luoyi, and forcibly take away the Nine Cauldrons of the Human Emperor?

Confronting the Human King and engaging in a head-on war - even the State of Chu had not done such a thing for many years.

If a war really breaks out, how much strength can the generals and soldiers of Chu use?

If he really defeated Luoyi, would other princes, such as Jin, Qi and other big countries, use this as an excuse to gather the princes again to attack Chu - just like thousands of years ago, when the princes formed an alliance to defeat Rongdi.

Even the name of the alliance was directly adopted from Qi's slogan of "respecting the king and expelling the barbarians".

Moreover, just as the messenger of the Human King said—the Human King is of supreme dignity.

If we take advantage of the Human King's weakness and forcibly attack Luoyi, and show the Human King's embarrassment and weakness to heaven and earth, then what dignity will the Human King still have?
If even the existence of the Human King is not noble enough, not sacred enough, and even the existence of the Human King is not enough to command the heaven and earth, then what can a prince like me do even if he becomes an overlord?

Or, maybe he took away the Nine Cauldrons of the Human Emperor, and used the Nine Cauldrons to cultivate the Qi and Meridians of the Human King - but at this time, even the dignity of the Human King was gone, so what was the use of the Qi and Meridians of the Human King?

When the Xia Dynasty was founded, it was Xia Qi who defeated the Human Emperor chosen by the previous generation, and then established the Xia Dynasty, becoming the starting point for the Human King.

Then, Shang worshipped Xia, and also defeated Xia when Xia was dominating the world.

Similarly, Ji Zhou replaced the Shang Dynasty when the Shang Dynasty was at its peak. It went against the trend, fought quickly, and captured the Shang Dynasty's capital in one breath.

Xiong Xin recalled the past history and suddenly he had an epiphany.

"The King of Men."

"Only the one who has fought his way out of the most brutal sea of ​​blood and corpses is the real King of Men."

If he led his army to Luoyi like this, even if he defeated the weak and decadent Human King, he would not be able to establish his destiny as the Human King of Chu.

overlord!

The only way is to defeat the powerful overlords of the past with a strong attitude, and then suppress the new overlords when new princes challenge us.

Only in this way can a new destiny as the King of Man be forged.

Hegemony - the path for the princes to get close to the king and exercise the king's authority.

A path that was once considered by all the princes to be wrong and impossible to lead to becoming the King of Man.

But at this moment, Xiong Xin suddenly realized that this road to overlord might be the only road leading to the Human King under the current situation of the world.

——Thousands of years ago, Guan Zhong of Qi State had already realized the existence of a path and led Qi State onto this path.

Unfortunately, the subsequent kings of Qi State did not live up to the expectations and failed to maintain the position of overlord, while the subsequent State of Jin did not realize the true limits of this road to hegemony.

Or maybe they realized it, but later generations were unable to do so.

And now, the country standing at the top of this road is the State of Chu.

Then, what Chu had to do next was to continue to prepare its military and look down on the world - to ensure that other princes would not completely give up the idea of ​​challenging Chu, and at the same time to ensure that Chu had the power to suppress these princes.

And during this wonderful "confrontation", the aura belonging to the Human King will be formed bit by bit in the State of Chu.

So at this moment, King Xiong Xin of Chu quietly gave up his other idea - he could not guarantee that every generation of kings after Chu would have the strength to deal with the princes of the world.

Therefore, at the beginning, he planned to weaken the power of other princes as much as possible.

Of course, he was also curious why Qi and Jin did not try to weaken the power of other princes when they were establishing their hegemony.

And now, he has understood - the world is a furnace, and the princes are firewood.

Finally, among the firewood, the one who withstood the burning flames was the new Human King.

Previously, neither Qi nor Jin had ever endured the burning of the princes' fire. Now, it was Chu's turn to "enjoy" this fire - of course, he could also choose to completely give up the possibility of becoming the king of men, wear down the strength of other princes, and completely extinguish this fire.

However, they have all realized the path to hegemony, and their Chu State has already established its hegemony. How could he not have thoughts about the destiny of the Human King?

Thinking about these things, Xiong Xin suddenly had a clear idea about the road ahead.

He already knew what to do next.

Next to him, the envoy who came on the orders of the Human King was so frightened by the King of Chu's lament about the Human King that his hair was almost fluttering and he could hardly keep his balance.

"The King of Men."

"Killing."

"A mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood."

These words put together are really too terrifying.

The immortal god who served as a messenger felt his legs going weak.

"Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty."

"Luoyi is a place of great importance to humanity. Your Majesty must be very careful!"

Looking at this extremely frightened immortal, the King of Chu just smiled.

"I heard that there are nine tripods in Luoyi."

"However, Luoyi is weak. If outsiders were to spy on the Nine Cauldrons, it would be bad."

"How about I bring the Nine Cauldrons back to Jingdu and worship them to bring peace to the world?"

However, he did not even use any hints, but stated his clear demands in a straightforward manner.

He wants the Nine Cauldrons!

As for what would happen if the Human King didn't give it to me...

If you don’t want to give it, then don’t give it.

He had thought it through clearly. The hegemony of Chu and the future king of Chu depended on the army of Chu, not on the existence of the Nine Cauldrons.

Even if the king of this generation is tough and would rather die than hand over the Nine Cauldrons - the only thing he can do is lead his troops back to the State of Chu.

The Chu army still had its might. Even if they retreated back to Chu due to the "power of the king", it would only be a loss of face for the King of Chu, but would not have any impact on the hegemony of Chu. Moreover, this "humiliation" could be passed down to future generations, encouraging them to strive for progress and letting future kings of Chu know that hegemony was not the end.

In this way, the kings of later generations would have this thought and the "humiliation" of the Nine Cauldrons, and even if they would fall, they would not fall too far.

Of course, the immortal god who served as the messenger had no idea what the King of Chu was thinking.

However, in the envoy's view, since the King of Chu dared to directly bring up the topic of the Nine Cauldrons, his determination to go to Luoyi can naturally be imagined.

As a prince, he coveted the weight of the Nine Cauldrons - in the past, the immortal gods who stood on the side of the Human King would have definitely rebuked him and suppressed his ambition.

But at this time, after hearing the King of Chu's words like "King of Men", "Killing", "Mountains of Corpses and Seas of Blood", he no longer thought that the request was excessive when he heard the King of Chu's request for the Nine Cauldrons. He even guessed that the King of Chu's request for the Nine Cauldrons might just be an excuse for him to declare war on Luoyi.

After all, even he himself didn't know whether the Nine Cauldrons existed in Luoyi City.

……

"Jiuding?"

In Luoyi City, this generation of Human Kings, listening to the news brought back by the messenger from the Chu army, looked extremely embarrassed - after the capital was moved to Luoyi, the first few generations of Human Kings still had some ambition, but after Qi's hegemony, under the suppression and corruption of Qi and Jin generations after generations, the current Human Kings are no longer even mediocre.

Therefore, facing the King of Chu's request for the Nine Cauldrons, the Human King did not feel humiliated at all, but instead felt somewhat relieved.

At least, the barbarian from Chu had no intention of killing him.

But after a period of relaxation, the Human King was in trouble again.

If I hand over the Nine Cauldrons as soon as the King of Chu asks, will it make me, the King of Man, appear weak and vulnerable?
Or maybe, after the King of Chu got the Nine Cauldrons, he became more greedy and wanted to spy on more things?

Therefore, the Human King once again sent an envoy to the Chu army, wanting to make an agreement with the Chu State. To this end, the Human King also specifically instructed the envoy to bring the statue of Lord Yilong, which was considered a taboo in the Human King's lineage. He wanted to use this immortal god named after righteousness as a witness and guarantee of the agreement.

And that messenger was none other than Wang Sunman.

He is also of the royal bloodline of Ji Zhou, but because his talents are too outstanding, he has lost the hope of becoming the King of Men. He can only be trapped in the city of Luoyi as an ordinary minister. He has no room to display his talents.

"My king, are the Nine Cauldrons really still there?" Wang Sunman asked.

He was unwilling to go on the mission, and even more unwilling to hand over the Nine Cauldrons - in his opinion, even if the State of Chu led a large army here, it would not dare to bear the crime of murdering the human king.

After all, the vast majority of the princes in this world still have the blood of the Ji family flowing in their veins.

As long as the king of Ji Zhou dies in Luoyi, the entire Chu State will immediately become the public enemy of the world.

——No matter how powerful the State of Chu is, can it be stronger than the Shang Dynasty of the past?
However, no matter how he persuaded, the Human King's determination to surrender and seek peace was inevitable.

So Wang Sunman had to change his statement.

After Haojing was destroyed, Ji Zhou moved its capital to Luoyi. The existence of the Nine Cauldrons, whether they were still in the ruins of Haojing or had been secretly taken to Luoyi by the royal family of Ji Zhou, has always been a mystery.

Even now, there are still many immortals and gods wandering in the ruins of Haojing, trying to find any clues about the Nine Cauldrons.

As for the existence or non-existence of the Nine Cauldrons, the royal family of Ji Zhou never said anything - and the existence of the Nine Cauldrons had never been displayed to the outside world.

The Nine Cauldrons might not be there, so how could they be handed over to the State of Chu?

Moreover, how could the barbarians of Chu recognize that what was in front of them was the Nine Cauldrons?

And then withdraw the troops?

“The Nine Cauldrons are there, of course.” Human King Ji Yu’s face darkened.

This was a secret circulated only among Human Kings - however, he, the Human King, had no attachment to the Nine Cauldrons.

(End of this chapter)