Chapter 957: Helpers

"Brother Gai Nie, are you returning to Great Qin?"

Zhang Liang was still somewhat surprised by Gai Nie's choice.

"Indeed! In the future, Great Qin will eventually have to fight the Heavenly Court. As a swordsman of Great Qin, I naturally must return."

Gai Nie nodded. It was not that he was loyal to Great Qin, but as a member of the Human Race—the Human Race of Jiuzhou—he naturally did not wish to see Great Qin destroyed by the Heavenly Court.

"A great war between Great Qin and the Heavenly Court?"

Zhang Liang nodded, then said, "However, Brother Gai Nie, there is little use in you returning now."

"Although you, Brother Gai Nie, come from Ghost Valley and have dabbled in the Militarystrategy of the Military School, you are not proficient in it. With your strength, you could become a high-ranking officer in the army, but you cannot become a commander leading an entire front."

Zhang Liang analyzed calmly, "I fear that after you return, that First Emperor will still place you in the Imperial Guard as a commander of the guards protecting Zhangtai Palace, or perhaps as a Court Sword Master teaching the princes."

Zhang Liang's words made Gai Nie fall silent.

He knew there was an eighty percent chance of this.

His cultivation had improved, but in terms of military strategy and planning, he could not compare to the veteran generals in the Great Qin military. Moreover, most of the Great Qin military had Inheritances from military families; as an outsider, it would be very difficult for him to squeeze in.

He himself had not demonstrated any ability to lead troops in battle, nor did he have the fame of those famous generals of the Six States.

Therefore, it would be difficult for him to become the commander of a great army; he would likely be treated as a guest expert.

This was the best arrangement that various states had for those cultivators in the past.

Just like before, when he served as a guard for the Qin King, he had almost nothing to do. Although he did block some assassins for the Qin King, in reality, Gai Nie also knew that the one truly guarding the Qin King was not him.

He spent more time teaching those princes the Sword Dao.

So this time, even if he returned and his strength had broken through once again, he feared it would not change much.

"The Heavenly Court and Great Qin will have a great war in the future, but that may be decades, or even hundreds or thousands of years from now. During this time, Brother Gai Nie, rather than wasting away in Xianyang City, why not join me, Zifang, here in Nanzhan Buzhou and create a world of our own?"

"We have always been promoting Brother Su's knowledge, but there has always been resistance. Here in Xiao Nan Yu, it took us nearly a hundred years to promote it."

"In the later stages, we still had to rely on force to suppress those sects."

"But this is only Xiao Nan Yu. In Nanzhan Buzhou, there are so many regions, and in many places, the sects have Golden Immortals. At that time, Brother Su and I will not be able to use force to suppress the sects everywhere to promote that knowledge."

"Zifang wants me to stay and join you all."

Gai Nie was a smart man, and upon hearing this, he understood Zhang Liang's intentions. He felt no anger that Zhang Liang wanted him to act as a hired muscle.

Promoting Su Fan's knowledge brought benefits to the common people that were visible to the naked eye.

Although he did not know much about the theory of Qi of Luck, he knew one thing: the more ordinary people there were, the better it was for the Human Race.

The more humans born, the more geniuses would be born; as these geniuses stepped onto the path of cultivation, more and more powerhouses would be born in the future.

As an expert of the Human Race, he did not fear competition; he also hoped the Human Race would grow stronger and stronger, ideally replacing those Gods and Buddhas to become the rulers of the Three Realms.

The past blood feuds of the Human Race were carved into their bloodlines.

The hatred from ancient times, deep as the Blood Sea, had not dissipated with the passage of time; instead, it had been passed down from generation to generation.

Therefore, regarding those Gods and Buddhas in the sky, a portion of them held deep blood feuds with their Human Race. These hatreds could not be forgotten, nor should they be.

In ancient times, the Human Race was almost wiped out.

Therefore, only by constantly growing stronger could the Human Race survive forever and live better in this harsh world.

Gai Nie was also a man with ideals.

So, he did not refuse Zhang Liang's proposal; instead, he nodded.

"I also want to see what kind of prosperous age will erupt here once Brother Su's knowledge is fully promoted throughout Nanzhan Buzhou."

Hearing this, Gai Nie also began to imagine it.

The changes in Xiao Nan Yu made him happy. He had not seen Great Qin, but he believed Great Qin would likely be even better than Xiao Nan Yu.

After all, there was a difference between a region governed by sects and one governed by the government.

Gai Nie was very clear on this point; after all, sects rarely cared about the life or death of the bottom-tier commoners, whereas government officials had performance evaluations, and if they wanted to be promoted, local governance was a metric.

Sects did not have this; the channel for advancement here was always your personal strength.

So even though Zhang Liang and the others promoted that knowledge, it was still inferior to Jiuzhou.

But at least, life would be a bit better.

Food was the most fundamental thing. Once there was enough food, everything else would be fine. The demands of the common people were truly very, very low; they only asked to be able to survive.

"Haha! Brother Gai Nie, you will see it. And with you, I believe we will certainly be able to promote it to more places."

Hearing this, the smile on Zhang Liang's face became even more radiant.

The reason they had stayed in Xiao Nan Yu for nearly a hundred years was also because they wanted to promote it to other regions, and it was not just a matter of manpower.

It was also because other regions had stronger Immortals. Without absolute certainty, Zhang Liang would not easily promote it there.

Many sects in Nanzhan Buzhou still harbored resistance toward Jiuzhou.

Some were even hostile.

This forced Zhang Liang to be cautious.

There was no help for it; Nanzhan Buzhou was controlled by those sects, and behind many of those sects stood the myriad Gods and Buddhas.

Would those Gods and Buddhas be willing to see the Human Race grow stronger? They harvested the Qi of Luck of the Human Race; if the Human Race grew stronger, they would indeed harvest more Qi of Luck.

But there was one point that could not be touched: the Human Race could not turn the tables.

Therefore, many sects in Nanzhan Buzhou had received orders from Ancestors in the upper realms.

Zhang Liang and the others had not yet discovered this, but with Zhang Liang's wisdom, he could naturally consider many things.

After all, the conflict between the Heavenly Court, Great Qin, and the Human Race was inevitably irreconcilable; there would be clashes, and even a great war.

Before this, the Heavenly Court would certainly try every possible means to weaken the power of the Human Race and constantly suppress them.

Since Nanzhan Buzhou was the base camp of the Human Race, the Heavenly Court would also turn its gaze here.

Zhang Liang did not believe that the people of the Heavenly Court would fail to notice the Human Race growing stronger.

Even if divination was hindered by the Earth Sha of the world, as long as they sent people to the lower realm, they would see it at a glance.

Therefore, Zhang Liang believed that in the future, there would inevitably be black hands coming to stop them, and it was not even impossible for them to launch a sneak attack.

To eliminate them, especially Su Fan.