Chapter 1218: Trump Card

Zhuge Wuhou's cultivation was only Golden Core, yet the other party's realm was much higher, having already reached the high stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

After all, the ancestor deep underground in the back mountain of the Zhuge clan was not much different.

As for Zhuge Jin's cultivation realm, it was at the late Golden Core stage, and clearly, this person was brought out to replace Zhuge Wuhou.

If the Zhuge clan really had a baby born with natural purple light and auspicious omens, it must be Zhuge Wuhou. Zhuge Jin's ability was certainly not bad.

But Zhuge Wuhou's potential was undoubtedly the greatest. Purple light was a mysterious power between heaven and earth, which only those born divine could possess.

Just like when Laozi attained the Dao back then, the purple light stretched for thirty thousand miles, setting off this person's incomparability.

In fact, deep within Su Fan's Primordial Spirit, there was also a wisp of purple light, the Human Dao Purple Light. This was a reward he received for his contributions to the Human Dao, which naturally could not compare to Laozi's.

Laozi's contribution to the Human Dao was higher than his, and furthermore, Laozi's realm far exceeded his. The world was also realistic.

Su Fan naturally understood.

The benefits of this purple light were naturally many. Not to mention anything else, like the Merit Golden Wheel, it could prevent other demonic Qi from interfering with his Primordial Spirit. It could be said that he was very difficult to be invaded by heart demons from outside the realm.

The omens of natural purple light and auspicious clouds of the Zhuge Qilin Child discussed everywhere in Xuzhou, if true, in Su Fan's view, could only be Zhuge Wuhou.

This kind of purple light was also very difficult to investigate, even if Su Fan's cultivation was much higher than Zhuge Wuhou's, there was no way.

But he firmly believed in his own thoughts.

It was just that the Zhuge clan pushing out Zhuge Jin was clearly also wanting to protect Zhuge Liang.

Regarding this approach, Su Fan did not comment. Whether this was pushing Zhuge Jin into a fire pit, Su Fan was also unclear.

However, clearly, Zhuge Jin did not seem to have any dissatisfaction. Regardless, he received attention.

And in the future, it would be smooth sailing. Although he would encounter some crises at times, compared to the benefits, Su Fan believed the other party was willing.

After all, with the reputation of being a "Qilin Child" of the Zhuge clan, it will be much easier to enter officialdom in the future. Coupled with the Zhuge clan's connections in the imperial court, it will not be difficult to become a Commandery Prefect, and there may even be an opportunity to attempt to become a Provincial Governor.

Of course, a true frontier official like a Provincial Governor, even the imperial court would not dare to appoint easily.

In the entire Liu Han, except for a few provinces, half of the provinces did not have Provincial Governors. After all, a Provincial Governor of a province held the military and political power of a province. This was a true local emperor, and one appointed by the imperial court.

Such a person, once having ambition, controlling the military and political power of a province, and having a legitimate reason, was very terrifying.

The imperial court was not stupid and naturally understood this situation. Most of the Provincial Governors were members of the Liu Han imperial clan, and a few were loyal to the imperial court.

Only a portion were forced to be taken away by the clans.

Of course, the Liu Han still had a small half of the provinces without Provincial Governors, and a province was governed by local Prefects. A Prefect was actually equivalent to a small Provincial Governor, after all, a Prefect controlled the military and political power of a commandery.

Of course, wanting to accomplish something in a commandery in this world was very difficult.

The imperial court was vigilant against those Provincial Governors. As for Prefects, even if they had ambition, unless they rebelled immediately, it would be very difficult to improve their strength relying solely on the power of one commandery.

Even if you had an army of one hundred thousand, to the imperial court, they were like ants.

Raising an army of one hundred thousand in a commandery was naturally not impossible. In the prosperous lands of the Central Plains, a commandery could even raise an army of five hundred thousand.

However, without rebelling, this commandery was just the limit.

But as long as the imperial court had not reached the moment of contention among heroes, then with only one commandery, no one would dare to stand up and rebel easily; that was no different from seeking death.

No matter how declining the Liu Han imperial court was, suppressing a commandery was still easy. Even if one controlled a province, wanting to stand up and rebel would be cautious.

After all, even if all other provinces were out of the Liu Han's control, the imperial court at least had enough power in the Sili region, and the Liu Han imperial clan still had several Provincial Governors, which also belonged to the imperial court's power.

Overall, the imperial court was still a behemoth.

The imperial court was not afraid of one or two Prefects; what they were truly afraid of was all provinces standing up to rebel. That was the most terrifying.

Of course, when it really reached that point, the Liu Han imperial clan would be no different from the warlords.

The Zhuge clan naturally had no intention of rebelling, but if they could control a few more commanderies, or even a province, then for the Zhuge clan, there was no harm.

Troubled times were coming, and the elites of the Zhuge clan could see it, so the more power the clan controlled, the more they could control a certain right to speak when facing troubled times in the future, and the better they could continue the clan.

This was actually a common thought among the clans of the world.

Ninety percent of the scholars in the world actually did not have the true intention of contending for hegemony. After all, smart people knew that contending for hegemony in the world was not that simple.

Once failed, the light would be a severe injury to vitality, and the heavy would be the destruction of the clan.

And choosing a dragon or snake well, even if this dragon or snake failed, they still had room to maneuver.

As smart people, the Zhuge clan naturally understood how to deal with the future troubled times, making preparations early, so they would have more room in the future.

And because of the Qilin Child matter, it might have disrupted some of the Zhuge clan's layouts, but because of this sudden fame, it also gave the Zhuge clan a chance to intervene in the imperial court.

Regardless, their Zhuge clan had already crossed into a first-rate clan. First-rate clans also had the rights and interests of first-rate clans. They were low-key before, after all, their original strength was comparable to some top-tier clans.

Now that a part was exposed, it was just the beginning of accelerating the increase of their own clan's strength.

The Liu Han imperial court, after all, was still orthodox and occupied the righteousness of the world, and their Zhuge clan could borrow the righteousness of the imperial court as much as possible to strengthen their own clan's strength.

If they could take down a commandery, they would have more power.

Although sometimes, Prefects who went to other places could not truly do as they pleased and needed to cooperate with local clans to implement things.

However, the power of their Zhuge clan was actually not afraid of local clans, unless it was a clan like the Chen clan of Xuzhou.

However, in reality, how many clans like the Chen clan were there in the world?

The commandery Prefects chosen by the Zhuge clan were generally investigated in advance, and the local clans were not strong, so their resistance would be much less.

Today, the highest official of the Zhuge clan was only a Prefect, but they already had five Prefects. The next step, they were preparing to recommend one to become a high official at the Provincial Governor level.

And Zhuge Jin was their clan's choice.

As for the true Qilin Child, he was left as the clan's trump card. ===== CHAPTER 1219 =====