After half a day, Shi Zhizhong once again came to Yuquan Peak. Wang Daoyuan was just about to welcome him into the hall.
He waved his hand, "No need to be so polite. His Majesty has already agreed to the Wang family's request.
The north of Heyang Prefecture will be temporarily managed by the Wang family. Jinyan City will be included in Duke Qingli's territory.
Baichuan Lake and the nearby areas will also be included in Qingli Prefecture.
However, the country hasn't been recovered yet. His Majesty still needs Liuliu Province to provide resources.
When the capital is recovered, Liuliu Province will be given to the Wang family.
Three days later, his Majesty will bring the crown prince and Minister Zong to Yuquan Peak to pay respects to Marquis Yuquan.
At that time, he will also bring along the royal decree and robes for Little Friend to be Duke Qingli.
However, now is a special time. Everything will be simple. Little Friend, please don't be offended. "
Wang Daoyuan smiled and said, "It's alright. Right now, we should prioritize the restoration of our country.
After exchanging some pleasantries, Shi Zhizhong left Yuquan Peak with the excuse that he had important matters to attend to.
After the Three River Market Square was defeated, the Zhao family lost more than half of their cultivators.
Most of the families that were forced to surrender went back into the arms of the three sects.
The Zhao family's resources mainly came from Linhai Prefecture.
Liuliu Province was also an important logistics base. Naturally, they couldn't hand it over to the Wang family now.
The north of Heyang Prefecture was given to the Wang family as a mortgage.
After the Wang family gets Liuliu Province, they will return the north of Heyang Prefecture.
As for the rites of giving land, they didn't care.
As long as the royal decree was in their hands, they would have a reason to take over these territories.
Wang Daoyuan wasn't afraid that they wouldn't acknowledge it. With the remaining power of the Zhao family, even after recovering the Zhao country, they could barely maintain it.
Song had already taken down Wucheng Pass. However, after years of war, they lost a lot of manpower.
Qi, Chu, and Wu were also eyeing them from behind. They didn't want to fight to the death with the three sects and let the Zhao family take advantage of them.
With Song Yan's personality, once he recovers, he will still attack Zhao.
The normal people and low level cultivators of the Zhao family were all wiped out five hundred years ago.
Right now, the place with the most Zhao Family members was Linhai State.
The Zhao Family did not have enough ordinary clansmen and low-level cultivators to support them. After the current Golden Core cultivators passed away, they could not be quickly replenished.
For a long time to come, the number of Golden Core cultivators would slowly decrease.
Only with enough ordinary clansmen could there be more cultivator clansmen.
Only when there were enough cultivators could there be more clansmen with extraordinary talent and the potential to form their Gold Core.
It would take at least a thousand years to restore the number of ordinary clansmen and low-level cultivators to what it was before the rebellion of the three sects.
By the same logic, it would take thousands of years for the number of Aurous Core cultivators to return to its previous level.
Before this, the Zhao Family could only rely on the various nobles to help protect the Zhao Country.
Once the Zhao family went back on their word, the nobles with different surnames might become disloyal, and there might even be internal strife.
The Zhao Family couldn't afford to pay such a price.
After Wang Daoyuan obtained the medical legacy from the Zhou Nation, the Wang family had developed rapidly over the years. The number of ordinary clansmen had already exceeded 500,000.
There were already more than 1,200 cultivators. In the future, as their territory expanded, the growth rate of their clansmen would also become faster and faster.
A thousand years later, it wasn't certain who would be afraid of whom.
Wang Daoyuan ordered the clansmen to start preparing for the worship in three days.
Three days later, a flying warship and two flying boats took off from Wanchuan Market and headed towards Yuquan Peak.
When they were a hundred miles south of Yuquan Peak, the Ninth Prince, dressed in royal robes, stepped off the flying warship and personally rode a cloud towards Yuquan Peak.
This was the etiquette of a Golden Core cultivator visiting a mountain. It was enough to give the Wang family face.
He was accompanied by Zhao Jingguo and an early-stage Golden Core cultivator.
This person's appearance was quite similar to the Ninth Prince. He was a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator. He didn't look old and didn't have any obvious signs of decay.
He also wore royal robes and a crown on his head. This was the attire of the Crown Prince. He should be the Ninth Prince's eldest son, Zhao Qingxuan.
Wang Daoyuan, Fifth Granduncle, and Twelfth Uncle also came out of the mountain to welcome them. They bowed to the three of them and said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince."
As Golden Core cultivators, Wang Daoyuan and Twelfth Uncle didn't need to kneel.
Fifth Granduncle was a late-stage Violet Palace Realm cultivator, so he still needed to kneel.
However, the Ninth Prince waved his hand and said, "There's no need to be so polite."
Wang Daoyuan and the other two led the way at the front. The warship was parked a hundred miles away. Two flying boats with offerings on them followed at the back.
When they arrived at Yuquan Peak, a dozen or so Violet Palace Realm cultivators of the Zhao Clan alighted from the flying boat and carried all kinds of offerings.
At the very front was a pig, a cow, and a sheep. They were all third-grade low-grade demon beasts.
The Ninth Prince and the other two entered the Wang family's ancestral shrine. The Zhao Clan members behind them placed the offerings on the table.
Zhao Jingguo read the memorial speech and praised the contributions of the Wang Clan's ancestor and the Wang Clan members who died in battle.
After the ceremony, Zhao Jingguo read the edict conferring Wang Daoyuan the title of Duke Qingli in front of the Wang Clan's ancestral shrine.
The Zhao Clan had lost almost all of its members. The only cultivator familiar with the etiquette was Zhao Jingguo.
Thus, these matters were all left to him.
After the edict was read, a few Violet Palace Realm cultivators of the Zhao Clan walked out from the two flying boats. They held the imperial edict in their hands, a yellow book that recorded the population and land.
Of course, this yellow book was empty.
The Zhao Clan had been lost for more than five hundred years. They knew nothing of the situation in the Qingli Prefecture.
There was also a white robe and a nine-headed crown.
The crown was mainly black with golden decorations. The nine-headed crown had nine strings of jade beads at the front and back, each string having nine jade beads.
The Emperor's twelve strings each had twelve jade beads.
Behind it was the White Jade Royal Seal and a high-grade third-grade longsword. Its name was Duke Qingli's Sword. These two items represented authority.
The last item was the Red Ink Iron Certificate.
It was shaped like a tile. It was one foot tall, two feet long, and one inch thick.
It was forged from fourth-grade low-grade blackjade iron, and the words on it were embedded with fourth-grade low-grade silverlight iron.
In addition to the content of the words, there was also a record of the Ninth Prince's promise. It was a certificate.
Several members of the Zhao Clan put the robe on Wang Daoyuan. Zhao Jingguo personally put on the crown for him and hung the Duke Qingli's Sword.
Finally, the Zhao Emperor personally bestowed the Royal Seal and the Red Ink Iron Certificate.
The ceremony was over. Except for the Ninth Prince and Zhao Qingxuan, everyone else bowed to Wang Daoyuan.
Then, two more groups of people walked down from the two flying boats. They were holding all kinds of ceremonial items, all of which were level three artifacts. This set of items was the honor of the county king.
In the Green Willow Province, it was impossible to have the Duke's honor. It was most likely taken from the Duke of Linhai.
After the ceremony was over, Wang Daoyuan led the Zhao Clan to the auditorium.
Everyone sat down in the manner of a ruler and a subject. The Zhao Emperor asked: "I heard the River Sun Duke say that the Duke can cut off the Yin Qi of the Netherworld Sect. How?"
Wang Daoyuan cupped his hands and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, from the travels of an ancient Jindan cultivator, this subject learned about the source of the Yin Qi of Mingshui River.
When this subject was still a Foundation Establishment cultivator, I went to search for treasures and left some things there.
At that time, the Yin Qi of the Netherworld Sect disappeared for a few years. The higher-ups of the Netherworld Sect pretended that there was a high-grade spirit medicine that needed pure Yin Qi to nourish. They asked the affiliated families to help find a place with pure Yin Qi. "
The Zhao Emperor nodded: "I heard about this matter. At that time, I guessed that there might be a problem with the Mingshui River. I didn't expect it to be the Duke's doing."
Wang Daoyuan continued: "This subject can lead the source of the Yin Qi elsewhere. At that time, the Mingshui River will never have Yin Qi."
The Zhao Emperor asked with satisfaction: "When can the Yin Qi of the Mingshui River be cut off?"
Wang Daoyuan replied: "Your Majesty only needs to give me three days. However, I can now release the news that the Yin Qi of the Mingshui River is about to disappear.
In this way, the deterrent effect on the Jindan cultivators of the Netherworld Sect will be stronger. "
The Zhao Emperor stroked his long beard: "The Duke is really thoughtful. With such a wonderful plan, it won't take long for the people of the Netherworld Sect to panic.
By the way, I have several granddaughters of the Zifu Realm. They are just over a hundred years old. I don't know if the Duke has the intention to marry? "
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