It doesn't matter what the lord is.

Before he became the King of the East, he had chopped off his tail to make soup for the upper demons in order to survive, and he could still greet them with a smile even when their nests were dug up and their food was taken away during hibernation. At that time, Snake Eyes bit his arm and swore secretly that one day he would become the Demon King and kill all the guys who were his enemies.

The position of the King of the East is already high enough, but it is not enough for Snake Eyes. It wants to be above all the demons and see a higher view.

The past flashed through his mind. After a brief moment of distraction, Snake Eyes looked at Lid again.

"I'll give you a chance to make your deal clear."

Snake Eye's voice returned to its initial indifference and calmness:

"But you also know that if you cannot convince me, then your sins are unforgivable. Then, I will let you experience what it means to be worse off dead than alive."

It no longer used powerful coercion to force Lid to surrender, nor did it describe those cruel methods in detail. But Lid knew that the King of the East, who was not swayed by emotions, was much more difficult to deal with than the angry Snake Eye. From now on, any fancy things would be useless, and there would only be a simple exchange of interests between the two sides.

If Reed can convince Shetong, then both the matter of the East District Demon Rookie and the disrespect to Shetong just now can be written off.

If not, Lid and Fileta will not be able to leave the hall, and Yuxi City will become a sea of ​​blood.

For Reed, the test is far from over, but has just begun!

He dropped his indifferent attitude, raised his hand, and said:

"In that case, I will start with the plan of the King of the East. In my opinion, the elves who proposed this plan are stupid, and the King of the East who agreed to this plan is not much smarter either."

Snake Eyes remained silent.

"Let's talk about the elves first. No matter how they whitewashed it, offering a pure-blooded princess for marriage has shaken the foundation of their rule. In their long-term brainwashing propaganda, pure-blooded elves should be supreme, and demons are filthy and dirty creatures. The Elf King can use the method of killing first and asking for permission later to force the ministers to agree, but he didn't consider that once this matter spreads, it will be the beginning of the collapse of the entire system of the elves. And in my opinion, even if they help the King of the East to obtain the throne of the demons, the King of the East will not really have a grudge with the Dragon Clan because of an elven princess. From the beginning to the end, the initiative was not in the hands of the elves, so I think they are stupid."

Lid stared into Snake's eyes and said slowly:

"On the other hand, the same goes for the King of the East."

"First, throughout history, no demon king has relied on external forces to gain power, and no demon king would sit back and watch his subordinates collude with foreign races to gain power. With the help of the elves, the King of the East can indeed suppress the other three kings, but I don't think any demon king-level demon would choose to surrender for this reason. And other races will not sit idly by, especially the dragons who already have a grudge against the elves. At that time, the dragons may also choose a king to help. In that case, the King of the East may not get what he wants."

Snake pupil narrowed his eyes, and although he didn't say anything, his expression began to look a little serious.

Lid smiled and continued:

"Secondly, since the King of the East wants to use the power of the elves, he must make good terms with his demons. Because if those large demon tribes cannot accept the elves, then when the elves come to help, not only will it not be of any use, but it will also increase the internal consumption of the East District. This is definitely not the situation the King of the East wants to see. Therefore, this plan cannot be hidden from all the demons in the East District. At least he must discuss it with his subordinates in advance. But has the King of the East ever considered whether your subordinates are really reliable? Are the demons in the East District...really on the same front with you?"

62. Now it starts

"Why don't they stand with me?"

Snake pupil said confidently:

"When I become the new Demon King, their status will surely rise as well."

Lid shook his head slowly, ruthlessly shattering its confidence:

"The King of the East may have forgotten that even if you successfully become the Demon King, only one demon can take over your current position, and the other demon generals will not get too many benefits. To know whether they will be convinced, the King of the East only needs to look at the attitudes of the old demons under the command of the King of the South, Fengshan. And if I'm not mistaken, the King of the East wants his son to inherit your current position."

Snake Eyes frowned and did not answer, which was considered as his tacit agreement.

Lid smiled and said bluntly:

"Even I can see that, so the demons under the King of the East are not fools. So how much benefit can they get from helping the King of the East become the Demon King? Compared with the profit from selling this news to other kings, is it more or less? If I were a general under the King of the East, these are the issues I would consider first. I also heard that the King of the East kills a demon above the tenth level every week to replenish his son's body. Does the King of the East want to hear what the current attitude of the demons in the East District is towards you?"

Snake pupil sneered:

"You mean, you know the demons under my rule better than I do? You are a human from outside, and you have only been in our demon territory for a month, but you know this land better than I, who have ruled here for hundreds of years?"

Lidd replied:

"It's true that I stayed here for a short time, but the King of the East would not wander around the East District every day. During this time, in order to assassinate the battle-hardened demon rookies here, I often hid in unnoticed places, holding my breath and looking for opportunities. Naturally, I heard a lot of things that I shouldn't have heard."

He looked into Snake Eyes' eyes and said briefly:

"King of the East, you have crossed the line."

After saying this, Lid stopped looking into Shetong's eyes and turned his body to look outside the distant hall. Shetong had covered the entire hall with black mist, so naturally, everything that happened in the hall would not be heard by the demons outside.

Lid said lightly:

"Before I came to Yuxi City, I had read books about the demons. After coming to Yuxi City, I also had several encounters with you demons. Let's not talk about the low-level demons that don't even have intelligence. They are just cannon fodder in some wars. The high-level demons have intelligence, but they still follow the cruel law of survival of the fittest in nature. They have no sympathy for the weak, no morality and conscience. This is one of the reasons why you can become stronger by killing each other."

"But you still have basic emotions. Emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, emotions of seeking benefits and avoiding harm, and emotions of protecting offspring. You all have these, just like the King of the East can get angry. This emotion is usually suppressed by the desire for power, but it can also accumulate and explode. To put it simply, if the son of the King of the East killed the upper demons and devoured them with his own strength, no demon would think there was anything wrong, because speaking with fists is the greatest principle of the demons. But now, the King of the East has taken action himself, killing his subordinates to pave a path for him to the future. How can your subordinates be convinced, and how can the demons in the East District follow you with confidence?"

"So I lurked in the Eastern District of the Demon Tribe for more than ten days, and I also heard many complaints about the King of the East."

There was some murderous intent hidden in Snake Eyes' voice:

"Who is saying bad things about me behind my back?"

Lid sneered, stared into Snake Eyes, and said slowly:

"It's not just someone saying it, it's all the demons saying it! Let me tell you this, King of the East, I haven't heard any demon from any tribe express clear loyalty to you. They may not resist, because the King of the East still has a strong control over this land, and you have accumulated power for a long time and are on the rise, so all dissatisfaction will be temporarily suppressed. But once something happens in the East, no tribe will be determined to follow you to the end."

Snake Eyes fell into deep thought again.

It must have recalled what it had done to its subordinates and did not refute for a moment.

In the past, it thought that it could make all the demons obey with its strong fists, but it forgot that it was it that the demons obeyed, not Shemi. Putting aside his identity as the son of the King of the East, Shemi was just a younger demon who had not even reached the tenth level. The demon generals were probably not as afraid of it as they were of Lide. After all, Lide had killed countless demon rookies of the same level by himself. In comparison, although Shemi was also talented, he mainly relied on his father to live a smooth life.

Killing powerful demons to increase the strength of weaker demons is in itself a violation of the law of "the strong are respected".

"Even so, do they dare to betray me and reveal such important news to other Heavenly Kings?"

"It's hard to say, but as long as one demon general tells the secret, the King of the East may be in an irretrievable situation."

Lidd paused and said:

"I think the King of the East is wrong. As a powerful demon, he can kill and give life and death and do whatever he wants. The Heavenly King level is already second to none. As long as the King of the East does not go too far, he can kill whoever he wants and get whatever he wants. But since the King of the East wants to compete for the position of Demon King, he should regard himself as a lord. And the lord has to consider many more things. At the very least, when you eat meat, you should let your subordinates have soup to drink."

"Heroes want peace in the world, bandits want to kill people and steal money, the common people want to survive, nobles want to climb to a higher position, including me, I also want to get something for nothing, to sit at home and have money come from the sky. The demons are no exception, but what they pursue has become power, so it looks purer. If you want to gain their loyalty, you must use both kindness and force, instead of just asking for it. They pursue power, so you must make them stronger and let each demon tribe enjoy different degrees of kindness, so that you can win people's hearts. The King of the East might as well think about it, which one is more reliable: forcing them to surrender with a high-pressure policy or making them submit with sweet dates and sticks."

Snake pupil pondered for a while and said:

"Yes... but I don't seem to have anything to give them."

Lid raised his index finger and said with a smile:

"Then from now on, I have it. This was originally part of the deal. I said I have the means to help the King of the East obtain the position of Demon King. Naturally, I have already considered these for the King of the East."

Snake Eyes nodded slowly, the pressure on his body completely disappeared, and said:

"tell me the story."

63. Make the impossible possible

"The King of the East must have discovered that the territories under the rule of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon Clan were not equal from the beginning. The Southern King's Fengshan is the most talented and beautiful place, and various powerful demons emerge one after another. The Southern King even has to feel distressed because he can't control the large number of powerful demons under his command. Although the territory of the Northern King Huxiao is not as good as that of the Southern King, it is also at an upper-middle level. He also has many powerful demon generals under his command. In addition to his own unparalleled strength, he sits on the top seat of the Four Heavenly Kings."

"However, when it comes to the King of the East and the King of the West, the high-level demons are much inferior to those two in both quantity and quality. The personal bravery of the King of the East is not much different from that of the King of the North, Hu Xiao, and he is still on the rise. It is just a matter of time before he catches up with the King of the North. But the reserve force of the demons in the East is insufficient, so the King of the East has to agree to the deal with the elves and rely on the elves to make up for the gap."

After Lid finished speaking, Shetong added lightly:

"I have also thought about how to improve the strength of the demons in the East District, but there has been no result for hundreds of years. Later, I realized that some things cannot be accomplished by hard work. The demons in the East District are indeed weaker than those in the North and South Districts."

Snake Eyes didn't hide his feelings when he said this, but it was obvious that he was in a bad mood. This was a very frustrating thing. As the King of the East, he didn't think he was any worse than Tiger Roar, but he was dragged down by his own subordinates. Even including Fengshan, if he didn't do anything, the elites and newcomers in the territory would emerge like mushrooms after rain.

But Reed's next words made it clench its fists.

"Is that really true?"

Lid raised his head, stared into Snake's eyes, and said seriously:

"In the eyes of the King of the East, the environment in the Demonic East is harsh and the conditions are bad. It is full of poor mountains and bad water. But in my opinion, it is exactly the opposite! The land in the East is mostly plains. The soil contains all kinds of nutrients, the climate is humid, and the rivers are connected in all directions. It is a real land of abundance. But in the hands of the King of the East, these lands are no different from wastelands. It is not because the King of the East does not know how to use them, but because the value of the land is like being locked in a safe. Without the key, no one can take it out."

Snake pupils were thoughtful.

It had never heard of a safe, but it had a rough idea of ​​what it was.

"This safe is the magic essence, which is also known as the magic crystal by the demons. I have a man named Han Mo who is very knowledgeable about demon farming. He found that once the demon excrement is poured into human land, it will soon cause the land to turn black, crops to wither, and then some plants unique to the demons will begin to grow. I was very interested in this, so I had someone use a special method to study the demon excrement and found that it contains a very fine special crystal."

"According to our research, this crystal is a waste product that is inevitably produced by the metabolism of the demons. It is colorless, odorless, and difficult to detect. It has no effect on the demons, but it can damage the roots and stems of plants, making it impossible for normal crops to obtain nutrients. Not only that, the magic element can also damage the human immune system. Once humans with insufficient cultivation enter the territory of the demons, they will soon become ill, and in serious cases they may even die with their bodies festering."

Lid pointed to the ground under his feet:

"This is interesting. The land of the demons is not really barren, but because of the existence of demonic elements, the land that should have been fertile has now become a wasteland where black forests grow wantonly. These towering trees block out the sun, not only curbing the growth of other crops, but also having a shockingly low nutritional value. The demons rely on killing each other to increase their strength, but there must be a source for this power, right? Plants absorb water and nutrients, and then thrive through sunlight; herbivorous animals take in the nutrients, and are hunted by carnivores. The nutrients gather layer by layer and are supplied to the top of the food chain from low to high. Now there is a problem from the producer link. The low-level demons are not full and become weaker and weaker. How can they produce a large number of high-level demons? The loss of energy is greater than the output, which will inevitably lead to decline from generation to generation. The demons that could fight against the top three tribes a thousand years ago are now unable to reach the top among the middle six tribes. This is the only reason."

Snake Eye's breathing began to become heavy.

It walked around the broken throne for a few steps and suddenly asked:

"I have never heard of this before... Although I know that the land of the demon race is different from the land of other races, I didn't expect this to be the reason... Keep talking!"

Lid nodded and continued:

"In fact, I have made several deals with the King of the East's men. I have raised some demons on human land and fed them human food. As long as they are fed properly, their growth rate can be nearly twice as fast as in the demon tribe. Moreover, they are even stronger when they grow up, and the demon materials they produce are of better quality than those dropped by wild demons. Moreover, even if they do not consume any magic elements, their excrement still contains this substance, which means that their bodies can convert nutrients into magic elements. This is bad news for us because it will be troublesome to deal with these excrement, but it is good news for the King of the East, which means that demons that grow up eating human crops are actually no different from wild demons."

Snake Eye stopped and said thoughtfully:

"Do you want me to send some of the demons to human territory to develop? Or do you want to sell human food to me? Either way, it's too unrealistic... You humans have a national defense formation, and the demons under my command will be suppressed there, so why should they practice? As for selling, how much food can you sell to me from your small Yuxi City?"

Reed curled his lips and laughed.

He waved his hand and said to Shetong unceremoniously:

"The King of the East is overthinking. Even if I have enough food, what can he buy? Excuse me, living demons are useless in our human territory, especially the ugly ones. We only like dead demons and the materials on them that can be made into weapons or armor. However, the King of the East will definitely not agree to kill the powerful demons under his command in exchange for food to feed the weaker demons."

Snake pupil looked at Lid steadily.

Lid paused, lowered his hands, and said slowly:

"We have a way to neutralize the magic element so that the land under the rule of the King of the East can produce human crops."

The black mist on the snake's body exploded instantly, and under extreme shock, its power was out of control for a moment. It widened its eyes and screamed:

"How can it be?!"

Lid pulled out a small glass bottle filled with liquid medicine from his bosom, held it in his hand, threw it up and caught it, and said with a smile:

"How is it impossible? My people formed a special experimental team a few months ago. According to the method I taught them, they have been studying the substance of magic element day and night. After overcoming difficulties, they finally achieved results before I left Yuxi City. I originally wanted to talk to the demon general in charge of the war on the eastern front, Lizardman Ji, but I didn't expect that before I had time to talk, the demon invasion came. After several twists and turns, I am now negotiating face to face with the boss of the boss of the boss of the boss... I don't know how many bosses, the Lord King of the East."

Lid looked at Snake Eyes and said calmly:

"I know that the demons worship and pursue strength, but fists can kill enemies, but they can't make crops grow in the fields. On the first day of the establishment of the Northern Industrial Base, I told the researchers under my command that from now on, they should not consider how to improve their realm and cultivation. Even if they are powerless for the rest of their lives, there will naturally be people to protect their safety. What they have to do is to toss and turn, constantly toss and turn new technologies, and constantly make new breakthroughs. Some of them will show results immediately, and some of them cannot be used for the time being, but it doesn't matter. I want them to remember a sentence, recite it word for word, and use it to motivate and admonish themselves at all times. The content of that sentence is-"

Lidd paused and said:

“Science and technology are the primary productive forces.”

64. The Lion Opens His Mouth

Lid bent down, and Fileta, who had been rubbing against his legs, immediately opened her arms and tried to wrap her arms around his neck. Lid reached out and gently patted Fileta's head, and Fileta immediately dropped her hands and obediently stepped aside. Although she was still in an unconscious state, she still obeyed Lid's orders.

Reed stretched out his hand and pressed on the hall in front of him. With a sudden force, several cracks appeared on the solid bricks and stones. He grabbed a broken brick with his fingers and lifted it away, revealing the dark soil underneath.

Afterwards, Lid took out a small cloth bag from his pocket, took out three or four seeds from it, threw them into the soil, and said to Snake Eyes:

"The King of the East should know wood-attributed magic. Why not speed up the growth of these crops and see what it looks like."

Snake pupil raised his finger slightly.

The seeds took root and sprouted at a speed visible to the naked eye, growing into green wheat seedlings. But not long after, the wheat seedlings began to turn yellow and wilt, like a social animal who had worked overtime all day and didn't even have a meal, and collapsed on the sofa as soon as he entered the house. Lid raised his hand and pulled out the dead wheat seedlings. He saw that the roots buried under the soil had turned black and rotted, and strange-colored juice dripped from the root tips to the ground. A faint stench filled the hall.

Lid threw the dead wheat seedlings aside, pulled out the cork of the glass bottle, and poured the liquid medicine in the bottle onto the soil. This small glass bottle was only the size of a thumb, and it contained only a little liquid medicine. But after pouring it, this small piece of soil quickly began to emit black foam, just like boiling water. After the foam dissipated, the originally dark soil turned into a normal brown color. Lid poured the remaining seeds in the cloth bag onto the ground and looked up at the snake pupil.

She Tong's fingers trembled slightly, and with a single point, the seeds took root and sprouted again. But this time, not a single wheat seedling withered, and all the seeds quickly grew into wheat, with golden ears of wheat that were heavy and full of weight.

“It actually works!”

Snake Eyes walked down from the high platform of the hall step by step, carefully examining the wheat, and even picked a bunch of wheat ears and put them directly into his mouth to chew. Although the taste was bitter, the nutrition contained in it was much higher than the plants in the Black Forest.

In terms of strength, the demons, one of the six middle tribes, are indeed stronger than humans, one of the nine lower tribes, but in terms of civilization level, humans are far superior to demons. Agricultural civilization is much superior to the wilderness life of eating raw meat and drinking blood. If this crop can be widely grown on the land of the East District, it is equivalent to introducing a new resource, which can fundamentally solve the problem of the weakness of the demons in the East District...

By then, what use will the elves be?

"Can you mass-produce this kind of thing?"

Snake pupil asked anxiously.

"can."

Lid answered in the affirmative without hesitation:

"Of course I won't carry too much with me, but as long as Yuxi City is still there, this anti-magic drug will be produced continuously."

Snake pupil said immediately:

"Then produce it quickly and give me enough liquid medicine as soon as possible!"

At this time, Lid acted calm and composed. He smiled and said slowly: