Chapter 572: Do You Think You’re Hongwu?
Cui Heng had arrived at Dacheng Pass three years ago and had already integrated into the living environment here. His relationship with the neighbors was not bad.
The reason why he chose to stay in Dacheng Pass was because he had investigated it in detail.
Although he had already learned the basic situation of this Immortal Land from Chu Han, that was still a situation from many years ago.
The current situation was completely different from when Chu Han was expelled from this world.
In Chu Han’s description, there were many countries vying for territory. Including the small countries, there were more than 100,000 countries in that era, but there were only nine kingdoms left now.
Seven of them were overlord-level superpowers. Their territory could be said to be boundless, and it was already difficult to calculate the specific size.
The Human Emperor had already reached the Ninth True World Realm and reached the peak. He was a Paramount True Immortal. There was no lack of Seventh Realm or even Eighth Realm experts in the country.
Compared to Chu Han’s era, the strength of such a country was simply incomparable.
Other than these seven overlord-level superpowers, there were two other countries that were clearly weaker. It was only because of their relatively special geographical location or special connections that they could survive until now.
Chen Kingdom was one of the nine countries with a special geographical location.
In terms of size, the Chen Kingdom might not be as big as a county of an overlord country. The King had only recently reached the Seventh True World Realm. They were very weak in every aspect.
Normally speaking, such a small country should have long been drowned in the river of history and been subjugated by an overlord country. It would be renamed as County Chen or State of Chen.
However, because it bordered the Liang, Wei, and Wu overlord countries at the same time, it miraculously survived until now.
However, in recent years, the strength of the Liang Kingdom has continuously become stronger. In 10,000 years, there were three more Eighth True World Realm experts. It was said that they had even obtained an Immortal Domain supreme treasure that could greatly increase their strength to the level of a Paramount True Immortal.
This allowed the Liang Kingdom to have the strength to hold back the Wei Kingdom and Wu Kingdom at the same time.
From then on, the Liang Kingdom often attacked the borders of Chen Kingdom. They even made many probing attacks on Chen Kingdom’s capital city to test if the Wei and Wu Kingdoms would interfere.
In recent years, the probing had become more and more obvious, but the Wei and Wu Kingdoms did not react.
Due to this situation, the Liang Kingdom would definitely invade Chen Kingdom in the near future and attack them to annex the land here.
To Cui Heng, standing on the side of Chen Kingdom and holding off the invaders was the easiest way to make people remember him.
It was enough to leave a deep mark.
Perhaps, even after many years, he would still be praised by the people.
And the special status of Dacheng Pass also meant that as long as the Liang Kingdom came to invade, the first place they had to take down was definitely Dacheng Pass.
Therefore, after some comprehensive consideration, Cui Heng finally chose this place and lived as an ordinary person, waiting quietly.
Initially, he thought that he might have to wait for a long time. It might be 50 years, a hundred years, or even longer.
After all, the lifespan of True World Realm martial artists was extremely long. A mere 50 years or 100 years was not much time.
However, he did not expect the outcome to be a little beyond his expectations. Not to mention 50 years, it had not even been five years. In just three years, the Liang Kingdom had begun to attack on a large scale.
“This new commander is at the Seventh True World Realm. His cultivation is similar to Chu Han’s, and his strength and aura are extremely similar. Looks like they’re from the same lineage.”
Cui Heng looked outside the city and saw the state of the Liang Kingdom’s military camp through the city wall. All the soldiers had become extremely excited by the arrival of this commander.
The Qi, blood, and power of these soldiers condensed together, forming an extremely powerful aura, causing the world to tremble and shake.
However, this level of power was not enough to attract Cui Heng’s attention. What really made him focus was the power of luck condensed on these soldiers.
It was precisely because the soldiers had gathered together and condensed the power of human Dao luck that they could weaken the power of the National Seal condensed in the city pass.
After all, the so-called power of the National Seal was actually a manifestation of the luck of the human Dao.
This was something Cui Heng had already investigated after coming to Dacheng Pass.
The siege of a city by soldiers was essentially a competition and battle of the power of human luck.
It was just a layer of the power of the National Seal.
“But what are the secrets contained in this land?”
Cui Heng was still puzzled by this. He thought to himself, “I’ve also been to the capital of the Chen Kingdom and even examined the National Seal there, but I didn’t find anything special.
Could it be that only by circulating the power in the National Seal can the mysterious veil of the land be undone and the magical effects of the land be revealed?
It’s been three years. I wonder if Chu Han has any clues. After this matter is over, I’ll get him to come back and report and see the completion rate of his investigation of the mysteries of the land.
If the completion rate is not high, there’s no need to support him, nor will I let him do anything else. I can completely give up on him and leave him to investigate the situation of the Three Supremes Sect in the future.
Of course, if the completion rate is not bad and he obtained some useful clues, this person can still be of use. I hope he can bring clues about the mysteries of the land.”