Chapter 79

After a few more days, the nobles invited jointly by Yuexuan, the Tiandou Imperial Family, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Spirit Hall arrived in Tiandou City one after another.

Of course, they were all cannon fodder.

Nobles are usually a family; they have heirs and those who live off the family. When there is nothing going on, they can support those who live off the family, but when something happens, these people have to play their part.

To put it bluntly, these young nobles who came to Tiandou City this time were basically sent by their families to die.

As long as there is a problem with this meeting, the old nobles below could perform a rebellion and "cleanse the monarch's side" for Xue Ye in a heartbeat.

"The four great kingdoms have already begun to prepare for war, and the Star Luo Empire has already started moving an army of five hundred thousand toward the border. Do you know what you are doing?"

Bibi Dong, who had been missing for many days, appeared again at Yuexuan. Nan Feng had been living here during this time, and Tang Yuehua was helpless against such shameless behavior.

"I know, what's wrong?" Nan Feng asked, puzzled.

"Do you want to trigger a great war?" Bibi Dong asked.

"Why would you think that?" Nan Feng asked back.

"It's not what I think, but what you are doing right now," Bibi Dong said.

Every single thing Nan Feng has done over these years has been to intensify conflicts. He is forcibly intensifying conflicts that would have taken decades, centuries, or even millennia to resolve, accelerating their eruption.

And when too many conflicts pile up and cannot be resolved, war is the only way out.

"After all these years, I thought you understood me a little bit. I didn't expect you to be just like them," Nan Feng sighed, stood up, and walked away.

"What has he been doing here during this time?" Bibi Dong turned to look at Tang Yuehua.

Tang Yuehua paused, "Eating, sleeping."

"With whom?"

"With me, of course."

"..."

"Don't you hold a grudge against him for what he did to the Clear Sky Sect?" Bibi Dong asked, puzzled.

Why did it seem like Tang Yuehua didn't feel anything about this? "At first, a little, but now, I don't feel anything," Tang Yuehua said.

"Why?" Bibi Dong asked.

"It's meaningless," Tang Yuehua said.

"He is a madman. I can't hate a madman."

"I don't know how to describe it, but... he gives me the feeling that even if I killed him, it would be meaningless."

Helplessness—this was the most direct feeling Nan Feng gave her.

She had no way to deal with him.

He accepted all the malice others had toward him, even groundless malice, and he could even face that malice happily.

Perhaps not happily, but he... didn't care!

Tiandou Plaza.

This is a huge venue used by the Tiandou Empire for grand ceremonies. To thank Nan Feng for helping the Tiandou Empire carry out reforms this time, Xue Ye enthusiastically cleared this place out. Now, nobles, wealthy merchants, and most of the Spirit Master families from all over the Tiandou Empire have come to visit this special "grand event."

The current Tiandou Empire has reached a critical moment of life and death, with internal troubles and external threats. If this matter is not resolved well, a chaotic war on the continent will begin.

"Father, relax. Elder Nan Feng will resolve this matter well."

In the VIP seats of the plaza, Xue Ye sat on his seat, extremely nervous, and the rest of the Tiandou Imperial Family were much the same.

The Tiandou Empire has ten provinces, five of which are directly controlled by the Emperor, and the remaining provinces are managed by the four great kingdoms and one duchy.

Moreover, more than sixty percent of the Tiandou Empire's military power and seventy percent of its economy are still controlled by the Emperor, which is the main reason why the several great kingdoms below are eyeing it covetously but have never taken action.

They don't have the ability to rebel; they have the heart but not the strength.

But now, this internal war among nobles that Nan Feng has stirred up affects not only the four great kingdoms and the duchy, but also the large number of nobles that the imperial family has enfeoffed within the five provinces they control over the past millennium to attract young Spirit Masters! In other words, those who want to rebel now are not just those kingdoms and duchies, but also the "own people" that the Tiandou Imperial Family enfeoffed in the past.

The Tiandou Imperial Family is truly surrounded by enemies now!

Although they control sixty percent of the Tiandou Empire's military power, nearly a million troops, they cannot withstand being stabbed in the back by their "own people" while fighting Star Luo!

"This war must not start. Otherwise, the Tiandou Empire will really be finished," Xue Ye said worriedly.

Once the chaotic war begins, the Star Luo Empire will definitely aim at the Tiandou Imperial Family; they will finish them off first before turning to deal with those kingdoms and duchies.

If it were in the past, even if those kingdoms and duchies didn't help, they at least wouldn't cause trouble. After all, if the imperial family lost, the Star Luo Empire wouldn't let those kingdoms off either.

But now, those kingdoms and duchies might directly join forces with Star Luo to attack Tiandou!

"Qinghe, you were still too impulsive. How could you agree to such radical methods from them?" Xue Ye sighed.

He didn't think Xue Qinghe could persuade Nan Feng and Ning Fengzhi to do this; it was highly likely that Nan Feng and Ning Fengzhi had discussed it beforehand, and then Xue Qinghe, young and vigorous, agreed to it on impulse.

He also thought it was a good idea at first, letting the nobles solve the problem of having too many titles themselves, but how many days has it been? He only found out today just how "united" those Spirit Master nobles he enfeoffed were! The old nobles don't want to fight; they just want to pass on their titles securely! Although there are many nobles who want to fight, there are too few.

"Father, even if you don't trust the Spirit Hall, you should trust the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect," Xue Qinghe said.

The old emperor mistakenly thought that this matter was done by her in collusion with Ning Fengzhi and Nan Feng, and she had no way to deny it.

However, even if Nan Feng wanted to go crazy, Ning Fengzhi would consider the overall situation and mobilize the power of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to stabilize those below.

"The Crown Prince still doesn't know enough about Sect Master Ning," Prince Xue Xing said gloomily.

"Why, does Prince Xue Xing think I have ulterior motives?" Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong walked over slowly.

"Cough, cough, no." Xue Xing was a little embarrassed. He stood on Xue Beng's side, and Ning Fengzhi stood on Xue Qinghe's side. Talking behind someone's back was fine, but saying it to their face was a different matter.

"Sect Master Ning, do you know how Elder Nan Feng intends to resolve this matter?" Xue Ye asked anxiously.

In the current continent, this great war is on the verge of breaking out!

If this matter cannot be handled properly and those nobles cannot be appeased, the Star Luo Empire will definitely take the opportunity to start a war. With internal troubles and external threats, the Tiandou Empire will surely be defeated!

"Your Majesty, rest assured, Elder Nan Feng can resolve this matter," Ning Fengzhi said.

Although he himself had no bottom line.

After all, the titles the Tiandou Empire threw out in the past to attract young Spirit Masters were simply too many! Nowadays, most Spirit Master families on the continent have Tiandou Empire titles hanging on them! Even the Spirit Hall has a bunch of Spirit Masters with hereditary noble titles on their heads!

He hadn't noticed before that the Tiandou Empire actually had so many nobles! It is no exaggeration to say that nearly thirty percent of the Spirit Masters within the Tiandou Empire have noble titles! It's no wonder that the Tiandou Empire, which was stronger than the Star Luo Empire a thousand years ago, has become what it is today.

There are too many nobles! (End of chapter)