Fists that can subdue mountains and rivers, martial arts that can lead to immortality!

The news that Jiang Wangzu had become a Grandmaster of Martial Arts in the Profound Realm and was honored with the title of Holy Sect was spreading rapidly.

As the leader of the Southern Revolutionary Army, Pan Zhen was naturally able to receive the news immediately.

A living, breathing martial arts grandmaster appeared before him.

This is a strategic resource, a walking human arsenal!

And this person was Pan Zhen's benefactor, his friend, and his supporter!

If a martial arts master could succumb to power, money, and status, and willingly be driven by warlords.

Then, martial arts grandmasters represent an extreme, each of them representing a terrifying force.

Although this force may not have enough people or enough territory, it is certainly powerful enough to represent the pinnacle of military strength!

Therefore, martial arts grandmasters are above all else, and it is extremely difficult for anyone or any force to command them.

Even when Pan Zhen was sweeping through the southern provinces, he would deliberately avoid the territories of those martial arts grandmasters.

Pan Zhen also gave the green light to the affiliated forces of martial arts grandmasters. Unless they went too far, he would not easily take action against them.

Even he couldn't withstand the wrath of a martial arts grandmaster!

Now, he has a martial arts grandmaster by his side, a martial arts grandmaster who is only twenty years old, with unlimited potential, and who is very likely to reach the pinnacle of martial arts in the future!

He felt it was time.

The corpse-driving faction and all that scum should be wiped out completely.

Since he took over the Southern Revolutionary Army, he had never been as embarrassed as he was in western Hunan.

This time he is determined to avenge his previous defeat!

Winter is here, it's time.

"Let's try to completely eliminate the corpse-driving faction before the Lunar New Year this year, so we can have a good holiday."

"Next year, the southern part of the Republic of China will have a completely new look!"

Jiang Wangzu said in a deep voice.

Three days later.

Jiang Wangzu had arranged everything.

He took his eight martial arts masters and a guard regiment of three thousand men and headed south on a special train.

Five days later, the special train arrived in Cangwu Province.

Pan Zhen personally led his men to greet them.

"Your Majesty, you must be tired from your journey!"

Pan Zhen cupped his hands in greeting to Jiang Wangzu.

"What Holy Sect or not, let's just call each other brothers."

"You address me as the Holy Ancestor, do you perhaps expect me to address you as the King of the South?"

Jiang Wangzu didn't put on airs, because there was no need to.

"Hahaha!"

"Brother Jiang, I was too attached to appearances!"

"However, Brother Jiang's achievements in martial arts are truly awe-inspiring!"

Pan Zhen said with great emotion.

Because he is also a martial artist, although he is currently preoccupied with trivial matters, he has not neglected his martial arts cultivation.

One is that there are more than ten martial arts masters in the Bureau of Extraordinary People, who will take turns to guide Pan Zhen in his martial arts cultivation.

Furthermore, Pan Zhen now dominates eleven southern provinces, where he has access to an inexhaustible supply of martial arts resources.

Therefore, under these circumstances, his martial arts skills improved by leaps and bounds.

Even so, he has only just reached the peak of Ming Jin (明劲), and he still needs to work hard to step into the An Jin (暗劲) level.

Therefore, he knew even more that in martial arts cultivation, each level was a new heaven, and each level was difficult to overcome.

He now has the confidence that he will reach the level of a martial arts grandmaster in his lifetime.

But compared to a twenty-year-old martial arts grandmaster, all of this pales in comparison!

"Greetings, Holy Ancestor!"

Pan Zhen could be on equal footing with Jiang Wangzu, and treat him like a brother, but the generals under his command and the martial arts masters of the Extraordinary People Bureau dared not be careless.

"Please, everyone, no need for formalities!"

Jiang Wangzu waved his hand, showing little of the airs of a martial arts grandmaster.

Now he doesn't need to put on airs or show off his power. Anyone who dares to disobey him can be wiped out with a wave of his hand!

"Brother Jiang, let's get in the car and go home. A meal has been prepared at home!"

Pan Zhen said very enthusiastically.

The two got into the car and started chatting.

"Brother Pan, you've truly been as formidable as a tiger, sweeping across vast distances!"

"In my opinion, next year the entire southern eighteen provinces will fall under Brother Pan's control!"

Jiang Wangzu said with great emotion.

"almost."

"Many forces wanted to surrender, but they demanded autonomy or important military and political positions, which I refused."

"The great ship of the revolutionary army cannot tolerate the wandering ghosts of the old era."

"The founding emperors of all dynasties have said that conquering the country is easy, but ruling it is difficult."

"I am not yet in a position to rule the entire country, but I am already overwhelmed by the military and political affairs of these more than ten provinces."

"All of this is because I arranged for some veterans of the Southern Revolutionary Army to govern local areas."

"But they remained incorrigible, engaging in corruption, selling official positions, and extorting money, causing widespread suffering among the local people!"

"But for the sake of stability in the rear, I can't kill them all, so I just make an example of them every now and then."

"Now the military is clean, but the local areas are in chaos."

"If I were to demand a high degree of autonomy from these local warlords, they would surely become too powerful to control in the future."

"Therefore, I must thoroughly eliminate these old warlords and establish a truly democratic and free regime!"

"However, this would likely take even longer to achieve complete unification!"

Pan Zhen and Jiang Wangzu didn't hide anything and directly told Jiang Wangzu their thoughts.

"Instead of blindly pursuing speed and false uniformity, it is better to take one step at a time and make steady progress."

"Brother Pan's idea is excellent, I support you."

"When Brother Pan travels north, there are two places where we need to treat him with extra care, one of which is the capital."

"The Heavenly Emperor once told me that if you go north and unify the country, he will support you."

"But the capital will be handed over to the Yang family to govern. If he dies, the Yang family will relinquish their rule over the capital."

"I hope you can be lenient and not wipe out the Yang family."

"Another place is Tianjin, a holy land of martial arts in the north. Many people in Tianjin have a past with me. There are no warlords in Tianjin; it is a place where martial arts schools jointly govern. In the future, I hope that both Tianjin and the capital can become autonomous regions."

"Of course, this autonomy absolutely does not include military autonomy, only government and business autonomy."

"Furthermore, as the Great New Republic of China achieves true unification, their autonomy will naturally be continuously weakened, eventually leading to the complete return of power to the state!"

What do you think?

Jiang Wangzu asked.

"That's no problem at all."

"Even if you didn't say anything, Brother Jiang, I had no intention of making a move against the capital."

"After all, Emperor Tianyi is in his prime, and he is a martial arts grandmaster at the peak of the Tongxuan Realm."

"The capital city is important, but that's in the context of the previous dynasty."

"If I unify the country, I will establish the capital in Jinling. At that time, the capital will just be a relatively large city in the north, and it won't matter if it is governed by the Yang family."

"Furthermore, I will grant Tianjin and Shanghai a high degree of autonomy, and the Shanghai army should rightfully be under Brother Jiang's command!"

Pan Zhen spoke up.

In his heart, there is still Huacheng, and in the future, Huacheng, the stronghold of his Pan family, will also have a high degree of autonomy.

As for the position of leader of the new Republic of China, he can sit there, but he cannot sit there forever.

Otherwise, where does democracy come from?

He had discussed this matter with Jiang Wangzu a long time ago.

If the nation is to endure forever, it must break the hereditary system of the previous dynasty, emulate the democratic elections of the Western Continent, and set terms of office, avoiding a lifelong system!

As the one who conquered the country, he had to set an example, otherwise his successors would only follow his example.

"If the country is unified in the future, I will hand over command of the Shanghai Army."

"I don't even care about important military and political positions in Shanghai."

"My future lies in reaching the pinnacle of martial arts, not in worldly power!"

Jiang Wangzu also frankly told Pan Zhen about his plans.