The two barbarian Cultivators thought that they had condensed their soundwaves into lines and that their conversation would not be heard by 'Ling Lanyin', the female Cultivator from Jin Dan who was in the tent in front of them.
But little did they know that Li Yao, a great expert in the Yuanying Stage, was squatting right next to them, and he heard everything clearly.
Li Yao, however, did not mean to expose them at all.
It was because almost all the barbarian Cultivators had the same idea as them. They could cheer, but as for the real battle, it would depend on which of them was sharper, the longsword of the emperor's army or the saber of Ghost Qin.
Through the stealthy communication of those people, Li Yao somewhat figured out the mess in the Southland of Sorcerers.
The Great Qian Dynasty had dominated the Ancient Sages Sector for a thousand years. The prosperous central plateaus and the southwest jungles were separated by the magnificent 'Sorcerers' River '. Therefore, the southwest jungles to the south of the Sorcerers' River were collectively referred to as the 'Southland of Sorcerers'.
In the Southland of Sorcerers, the mountains were steep, the weather was hot, and the fog was everywhere. As far as one's eyes could see, there was nothing but primitive forests. Even the rare basins and plateaus among the mountains were blocked by the mountains, making it difficult to communicate with the outside world.
The place was highly unsuitable for the survival and reproduction of human beings. The pests that spread all kinds of diseases were enough to extinguish the spark of civilization. Therefore, the Southland of Sorcerers was the least populated and weakest of all the provinces of the Great Qian Dynasty.
After a thousand years of colonization, the Great Qian Dynasty forced countless refugees from the central plateaus to move to the place. But it only allowed the refugees to mix with the locals and educated a batch of 'familiar seedlings' who knew the etiquette of the central plateaus.
Deep inside the jungles, however, was still a world of carnivorous animals. All kinds of mysterious, unpredictable spells and sorceries were rampant, too. The people of the central plateaus regarded it as a perilous place.
Thankfully, the tribes of the Miao barbarians in the Southland of Sorcerers knew that they were outnumbered. They had been well-behaved for hundreds of years and never had the intention to rebel.
The barbarian Cultivators who played tricks mostly stayed in the Southland of Sorcerers and barely walked around the central plateaus to do their evil deeds.
It was because the barbarian Cultivators, like the barbarian soldiers, were very dependent on the venomous fog, snakes, and ants in the tropical forests.
They were natural hunters of the jungle. Even if the tyrants of the Northern Lands led millions of soldiers into the jungle, as long as they went deeper into the forest, no one would be able to do anything to them.
On the other hand, if the barbarian Cultivators left the forests for the central plateaus, the venomous fog, pests, and ghosts would be much less powerful.
Now that the heroes of the Southland of Sorcerers could not compete with the heroes of the world, and the Great Qian Dynasty had offered abundant magical equipment and Cultivation arts to win them over, it did not seem wrong to surrender to the Great Qian Dynasty and let the Appeasing Ambassador of the Great Qian Dynasty establish a government in this place as the nominal ruler. Then, the leaders of the villages would be conferred the titles of thousand households, generals, and chieftains.
With such a strategy, the Southland of Sorcerers and the central plateaus had been peaceful on the surface for almost a thousand years. Except for tributes and tributes, they had barely interfered with each other.
However, in recent decades, seeing that the Great Qian Dynasty was gradually declining, some of the ambitious magnates in the Southland of Sorcerers were more or less tempted to take action.
It was especially so after the rise of Ghost Qin. Han Baling, their regent, had been ambitious enough to swallow the entire world. He had paid great attention to the arrangements in the four directions.
Although the Southland of Sorcerers was not very powerful, its geographical location was quite critical. It was located in the southwest, close to a few major granaries in the central part of the Great Qian Dynasty. Along the Sorcerers' River, it could reach the prosperous southeast. It was essentially the weakest abdomen of the Great Qian Dynasty.
For hundreds of years, the Great Qian Dynasty had been quite confident about the Southland of Sorcerers. It had never established a military fortress or deployed a massive defense on the Sorcerers' River.
Right now, bandits were rising in the southeast and the northwest, and Ghost Qin was coveting the Great Qian Dynasty in the north. It was even less possible for the Great Qian Dynasty to strengthen the defense of the Southland of Sorcerers.
If the barbarians rebelled against the court at such a moment, it would be like stabbing the weakest part of the Great Qian Dynasty brutally. The Great Qian Dynasty would inevitably be caught in a dilemma.
Han Baling secretly dispatched the Cultivators of Ghost Qin to infiltrate the Southland of Sorcerers. He invested tremendous resources to win over the leaders and chieftains of the Southland of Sorcerers without bothering about the cost.
His instigation work was quite meticulous. At the very least, the two brothers in the Refinement Stage before Li Yao's eyes had both received the messengers from Ghost Qin and received gifts from Han Baling.
Even two barbarian Cultivators in the Refinement Stage had been taken care of so well. It was not hard to imagine how meticulous and sophisticated Han Baling, who was known as' Lord Wolf 'by the Great Qian Dynasty, was!
Right now, the Great Qian Dynasty was still powerful, and the true dragon king's aura was still lingering. Nobody knew what would happen in the future. The old and cunning barbarian Cultivators were certainly not stupid enough to stand out.
He accepted all the gifts from the people of Ghost Qin. He did not turn down any treasures or Cultivation arts, either. However, if they were to raise the flag of rebellion and break off from the Great Qian Dynasty completely, he would have to observe them for a while and consider carefully before making a decision.
Perhaps, all the leaders and Cultivators of the hundred tribes in the Southland of Sorcerers had been waiting for a signal.
Right now, the signal had arrived.
Six months ago, the old leader of the Fire Rude Tribe died suddenly and mysteriously.
The Fire Rude Tribe was the largest and most capable barbarian tribe in the Southland of Sorcerers. It was also the tribe that was closest to the Great Qian Dynasty and had the deepest civilization.
The leader of the Fire Rude Tribe had been conferred the title of 'Chieftain of the Southland of Sorcerers' by the emperor of the capital. He was the nominal leader of the hundred tribes in the Southland of Sorcerers.
The so-called 'Appeasing Ambassador' was not a permanent position in many cases. If the Southland of Sorcerers was peaceful for a hundred years, there would be no need to establish a Appeasing Ambassador. The local government and the tributary system would all be under the control of the 'Chieftain of the Southland of Sorcerers'.
It was needless to say that the old leader of the Fire Rude Tribe was a loyal subject of the Great Qian Dynasty.
But the same could not be said for his successor.
The old leader passed away abruptly when he was in the prime of his life. He did not leave any words to appoint a successor.
Of his many children, Huo Wuji, the oldest, and Huo Wujiu, the second oldest, were both well-trained and capable. They each controlled a few villages of the Fire Rude Tribe.
After the death of the old clan leader, the old Fire Fire Wuji took out a will from who knows where and announced that he was the new Fire Rude Clan Leader appointed by his father. He also sent a flying messenger to the Divine Capital of Great Qian, requesting to be officially appointed and conferred by Great Qian.
It was a sign of his loyalty to the Great Qian Dynasty and his acknowledgment of its reign.
Not to be outdone, Huo Wujiu took out a crumpled will, too, declaring that he was the real leader of the Fire Rude Tribe.
That was not all. He also released a piece of shocking news.
It was said that when the old leader was still alive, he sensed that the Great Qian Dynasty was declining and Cloud Qin was rising. Therefore, he intended to stop paying tribute to the Great Qian Dynasty and join Cloud Qin's side.
The assassins of the Great Qian Dynasty who were hiding in the Fire Rude Tribe learned of the matter. Therefore, they assassinated the old leader in shameless ways.
Huo Wujiu, on the other hand, for the future of the hundred tribes in the Southland of Sorcerers, did not hesitate to deal with the Great Qian Dynasty until the end!
After hearing that, everybody in the Southland of Sorcerers was greatly shocked.
They were not surprised by the absurd joke that 'assassins of the Great Qian Dynasty assassinated the chieftain of the Southland of Sorcerers'.
Instead, they were shocked that Ghost Qin had finally found such an important 'leader'.
In order to compete for the leadership of the Fire Rude Tribe, Huo Wuji and Huo Wujiu had been fighting each other for half a year. But neither of them could do anything to the other.
Right now, under the mediation of the prestigious elders and Cultivators in the hundred tribes in the Southland of Sorcerers, the two parties finally agreed to sit down and negotiate to decide who would be the leader of the Fire Rude Tribe in a more straightforward way.
However, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that this was the end of the puppet show. It was time for the main character to take the stage.
Huo Wuji's petition had been sent to the capital a long time ago. The Fire Rude Tribe was the key to the hundred tribes in the Southland of Sorcerers and had always respected the court. Naturally, the court had to back him up.
That was why Ling Shoujing, the 'Appeasing Ambassador of the Fifth Prefecture of the Southland of Sorcerers', had come to reinforce him with the elite Black Tiger Guards.
On Ghost Qin's side, a lot of elites had been sent to stir trouble, too. A lot of tribes that finally jumped out under the lead of the 'leader' stepped onto the stage, too.
The assault of the wildlings that Ling Shoujing's army encountered when they just entered the forest was exactly the work of a few barbarian tribes that had joined Ghost Qin.
However, Black Nose, their leader, had been minced into meat paste before they had the chance to ask for rewards in front of their new master.
Right now, Huo Wuji and Huo Wujiu, the two self-proclaimed chiefs of the Fire Rude Tribe, were recruiting soldiers and recruiting the barbarian Cultivators in the desolate area for the final expansion of their forces, while waiting for their reinforcements.
After the Great Qian Dynasty's army and the experts of Ghost Qin arrived, the final 'negotiation' would begin in the town of the Fire Rude Tribe.
Even an idiot knew that the 'negotiation' would not be conducted with words.
The outcome of the negotiation would decide much more than the throne of the chief of the Fire Rude Tribe.
If Huo Wuji, the oldest, won, it would prove that the Great Qian Dynasty was still influential. The reverse scale of a true dragon was not something that the tiny Southland of Sorcerers could touch.
The hundred tribes in the Southland of Sorcerers would at least maintain their loyalty for another twenty years. They might even be willing to contribute soldiers, food, and experts to help the Great Qian Dynasty suppress the rebels.
If Huo Wujiu, the second son, won, it would be needless to say that not only would the Fire Rude Tribe completely join Ghost Qin's side, a chain reaction would also be raised. The entire Southland of Sorcerers would be in chaos, and the situation would be beyond control.
It was exactly because the 'negotiation' was so important that Ling Shoujing's army had been eager to recruit talents the moment they entered the Southland of Sorcerers. Countless barbarian soldiers and barbarian Cultivators had been recruited on their way. Even Li Yao, an unaffiliated Cultivator who had no background and whose background was unknown, was invited to his tent respectfully.
Ling Shoujing naturally knew that most barbarian Cultivators would not risk their lives for the Great Qian Dynasty.
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