The Chen Nation was located in a corner. There were many rivers in the country, which served as a natural barrier.
Although the Protectorate of the Southeast shared a border with the Chen Nation, the Chen Nation had rarely been affected by Dayao for many years.
In addition, it was difficult for the Yun Nation's emperor's decree to enter each city. Each city lord was independent, which was worse than the Chen Nation.
Therefore, the Chen Nation could be said to have no foreign enemies. For the past two hundred years, it had been a period of peace and prosperity. There were many beautiful women in the country, delicious food, intoxicating wine, luxurious enjoyment, and comfortable enjoyment. It was the same from top to bottom.
The Temple of Heaven had originally ranked the top 100 experts in the world, but only two of them were from the Chen Kingdom, and their rankings were not high.
After Dayao annexed the Yun Nation, although the monarch of the Chen Nation wanted to make progress, it was already difficult to reverse the accumulated abuses in the country. In addition, the monarch of the Chen Nation wasn't a wise monarch, so he had no choice but to send envoys to Dayao to deliver tributes, hoping that they wouldn't offend the empress.
Figuratively speaking, it was the thought of a small country seeking perfection.
A few months ago, Dayao sent someone to pay a visit to many of the Chen Nation's ministers and explained Dayao's request to them. Some of them were convinced.
After all, the Chen Nation loved exquisite items and luxurious clothes. Dayao's glass, mirrors, clocks, and spices, as well as the Yun Nation's silk, jade, and gemstones were all what they wanted.
However, many people objected to the idea of using Great Xia's banknotes.
From their point of view, paper money could be had as much as one wanted, and gold and silver were the real deal.
Moreover, there were also a few people who felt that something was wrong, but they didn't know what exactly was wrong.
Thus, the Imperial Court argued for a few months.
However, when the Protectorate of the South made its move, the entire State of Chen immediately felt that a calamity was upon them.
Although there were many rivers and waterways in the Chen Nation and Dayao wasn't good at water battles, the Yun Nation wasn't bad. It was just that the cities in the Yun Nation were originally not only loosely connected, but there were also many grudges between them. As a result, the Chen Nation had been peaceful for more than 200 years.
If the Yun Nation's navy joined forces with Dayao's experts, the result would be obvious. Dayao would probably follow in the footsteps of the Yun Nation in a year and a half.
The court, which was originally quarreling endlessly, immediately became unified. They repeatedly visited the envoys sent by Dayao and allowed the envoy who had stayed in the capital for several years to seek an audience with Ren Baqian.
Ren Baqian waited for the Chen envoys to leave before bursting into laughter.
The entire Chen Nation was really unbearable.
It was said that the envoy from the Chen Kingdom consumed rune stone powder, which was similar to marijuana.
Many people in the Chen Nation loved this item, especially among the aristocratic families. This item was extremely common.
It was clear how rotten the Chen State was.
It was no wonder that the empress didn't like them and would kill every envoy that came.
Ren Baqian subconsciously wondered if he should give them some white powder.
However, after thinking about it for a while, he discarded this thought. It wasn't that this thing couldn't be made, it could be made in Dayao.
Moreover, he could amass a lot of wealth in a short period of time.
However, it was inevitable that this thing would spread to other places, and in the end, it would lead to endless disasters.
On the contrary, it would be better to rear some scorpions. The aboriginals loved scorpion tubes. Although the effects were similar, they were not addictive. Some of the poison was not harmful to the aboriginals.
Moreover, scorpions could be used as both poison and food.
This thing was much easier to control than the white powder.
After sending off the Chen State's envoy, a few days later, the envoy returned with news that the Chen State had agreed to the original request.
Immediately, Ren Baqian asked someone to use paper money to exchange for a sum of gold and silver from the Chen State. However, this fluctuation in price was like a knife to the Chen State.
Then, he asked the caravan to transfer some goods to the Chen State. As previously mentioned, they used paper money to trade. The people of the Chen State had less paper money, but more goods. This made them feel a lot more relieved.
Although they paid a slightly high price, they finally got something back. Although some people still felt that there was a problem, they couldn't figure out what the problem was.
It seemed that gold and silver were exchanged for paper money, which were then exchanged for goods. Although they had to pay a price, the goods were still sold at a profit. There was nothing wrong with this.
At this time, Ren Baqian made another move. He required the Chen State to hold a certain amount of paper money.
This made the people of the Chen State dissatisfied, but they didn't dare to disagree. Fortunately, these paper money could always be exchanged for goods.
Just like this, Ren Baqian gently pushed two moves and obtained a large amount of money and profits from the Chen State.
That's right, Ren Baqian required the Chen State to hold a certain amount of paper money. In other words, it was equivalent to not having to return the money.
There were two scholars in the Chen State who spent some time to figure out the knack of this. In the end, they could only sigh and didn't say anything to anyone.
To Dayao, the Chen State was like meat on a chopping board. It was useless to think too much.
A few days later, the two scholars shut themselves in their rooms. The affairs of the state were like this, making people feel sad but helpless. They could only push everything aside and forget about the mountains and rivers.
…
Ren Baqian naturally didn't care about those.
After plundering a large amount of wealth from the Chen State and Great Xia to replenish the national treasury, Ren Baqian devoted himself to cultivation in addition to handling some daily affairs.
At this moment, he was extremely envious of the empress. She didn't have to worry about anything and could be wholeheartedly focused on peace and quiet.
This regent was really inhumane. He didn't know what the nobles in the past were fighting for instead of living a good life.
Were they looking for trouble?
Ren Baqian sat in the main hall. With a flick of his finger, a ball of flame appeared on his fingertip. It danced continuously on his fingertip.
In fact, it was more accurate to call it a flame. It was similar to the flame ignited by a lighter.
"This flame is born from my soul and is one with me. It won't burn me." Ren Baqian felt the heat coming from the flame. He placed a piece of paper on the flame and it was instantly ignited. It was no different from a real flame.
With a thought from Ren Baqian, the flame was extinguished out of thin air.
"Condensing a trace of flame is just one step. I have to at least condense a fireball!" Ren Baqian muttered to himself. He still hadn't forgotten his great wish of the Five Fireball Sect.
This method of condensing the five elements had an advantage compared to the invisible arrow. It didn't have to be stored in the sea of knowledge like the invisible arrow. Every time it was used, there would be one less, and it needed to be tempered from the soul again.
This was because the invisible arrow was formed from his soul.
This method of condensing the five elements was different. It was observed by the soul and condensed by the heart. When it turned illusory into reality, it was formed by condensing the vital energy in the air and could be used at will.
However, doing so would tire the soul. If it was tired to a certain extent, it would be like a sorcerer who had run out of energy and could only swing a stick to hit people.
On the contrary, the invisible arrow existed in the sea of knowledge and had no effect on him. Even if he was extremely tired and couldn't condense a small flame, he could use it as long as there was an invisible arrow in the sea of knowledge.
"Speaking of which, condensing the illusory into reality requires vital energy. If it's in a place with sufficient vital energy, the condensing effect should be better." Ren Baqian took out the largest piece of essence crystal.
Essence crystal was a random name that was easy to use and much easier to understand than ternary carbon.
After waiting for a moment, Ren Baqian visualized it with his mind. A flame rose from his fingertips again. This flame was at least twice as big as the previous one.
After proving his conjecture, Ren Baqian put away the essence crystal and entered the universe in his sea of knowledge.
As he entered the earth embryo, a lot of earth energy entered the sea of knowledge, and the universe changed slightly.
Although the changes weren't big, Ren Baqian could feel that the universe was a little more condensed and more agile. However, no living creature could appear.
He didn't know if it would be possible in the future.
Ren Baqian didn't know that there was really a living creature in his sea of knowledge. For the past few years, he had been lost in his sea of knowledge …
However, the scope of the universe in his sea of knowledge was too large, so he hadn't noticed it yet.
A few months later, a fist-sized scarlet fireball appeared in Ren Baqian's hand. The flame spun ceaselessly in the shape of a ball and rose again.
The problem that Ren Baqian faced now was how to throw the fireball.
He had just tried to use it like the invisible arrow, but it didn't work.
This made him feel that there must be some trick that he hadn't mastered.
After spending a long time trying various methods, Ren Baqian simply threw the fireball as if he was throwing a ball. The fireball flew out of his hand and directly hit the door in the distance. The fireball suddenly exploded and blasted a hole in the door.
Ren Baqian had a strange look on his face. "Is this how the fireball is used? No matter how I think about it, it's impossible. If that's the case, my arms will be sore after throwing hundreds of fireballs with all my strength. I've never seen anyone throw fireballs until their arms are sore … Does one have to have a good body to become a sorcerer? There must be something that I haven't figured out yet. "
For the next few months, Ren Baqian practiced and experimented at the same time, but he still couldn't find the reason. In the end, he practiced all kinds of throwing techniques such as the straight ball, the curve ball, the falling leaf ball, and the full moon scimitar …
"It's enough for me to play professional baseball now." Ren Baqian mocked himself, twisted his body, and said, "Watch my [Big Fireball Technique]!"
The fireball flew out of his hand and floated in the air as if it could float away with the wind.
However, it landed right in the center of the wooden target that was 50 meters away and blasted it into a pitch-black color.
This wooden board was made of an extremely hard wood that could withstand the fireball's attack.
However, all of this was useless. The most important thing was that Ren Baqian still had to throw the fireball …
Ren Baqian felt that if he continued to practice, he would end up throwing iron balls, wooden balls, clay balls, and water balls …
"That's f * cking nonsense!" Ren Baqian said faintly.
First, set a small goal, such as one second.
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