Chapter 907: The Rapidly Soaring Strength of Great Shang

Although the strength of the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty will advance by leaps and bounds, it is still not taken seriously by the various major powers.

Because the Human Emperor has a short lifespan.

There are only eight of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

And as for a Saint Emperor like Di Qi, the Human Race has only had one such person since its birth.

As long as Di Qi dies, the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty will have no threat, because the Human Emperors after Di Qi may not necessarily have the charisma to command the various Great Luo Golden Immortals and Golden Immortals.

But this approach of the Three Sovereigns makes people vigilant, especially the various Sages.

It is just that their true bodies have already been driven out of Honghuang, and the Three Sovereigns are trapped in Fire Cloud Cave, so even if they are vigilant in their hearts, and even if they are dissatisfied, they have no way to punish the Three Sovereigns.

However, although there is no way to punish the Three Sovereigns, they can take action against Great Shang to warn the Three Sovereigns.

……

Yuxu Palace.

The Yuanshi Good Corpse summoned the Antarctic Immortal and said: "The Human Emperor Di Qi has five newborn sons, all of whom possess a Natural Immortal Body and have a master-disciple affinity with this poor Daoist. You shall make a trip to Zhaoge and bring them back."

He, Yuanshi, is also a person who cares about face; naturally, it is impossible for him to take action against Great Shang directly, nor is it possible for him to take action against the Human Emperor openly.

But by forcibly taking away the five sons of the Human Emperor in the name of accepting disciples, no one would dare to say anything.

This way, he can also kill two birds with one stone.

For one, he can gain five disciples with exceptional talent.

For another, he can warn the Three Sovereigns and control Great Shang.

Crown Prince Yin Yu has been taught by him since childhood; in the future, won't it be whatever he says?

As for the Heavenly Rule that the Royal Family is not allowed to cultivate to become immortals.

This Heavenly Rule was formulated by the various Sages together, so naturally, it can also be tampered with to allow Yin Yu and the other four to cultivate.

"Yes, Master."

The Antarctic Immortal's eyes lit up, and he instantly understood Yuanshi's idea.

………

Yuanshi Tianzun is not the only smart person.

Laozi is inactive and did not make any moves, because he knew that Yuanshi Tianzun would take action.

Tongtian Jiaozhu and the Western Two Sages also sent people to Zhaoge one after another.

Although they compete and can even fight fiercely, their attitude toward the Human Race is consistent.

……

Zhaoge.

Zichen Hall.

Yin Qi gathered officials of the third rank and above for a Small Court Meeting to discuss matters of external conquest.

His gaze was like a torch as he looked around at the ministers and said: "Since the end of the Investiture of the Gods, it has now been four years. After four years of development, all aspects of our Great Shang Celestial Dynasty have gotten on the right track, and now it is time for external conquest."

Upon hearing this, the ministers' eyes lit up, and they were excited in their hearts.

It is finally about to begin.

The Thirty-Six Legions built by the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty at the cost of countless resources are not just for show.

Yin Qi looked at Wen Zhong and said: "Grand Tutor, how is the Military prepared?"

Wen Zhong stepped forward, bowed, and said: "Great King, we in the Military have long been fully prepared and can send troops at any time. Currently, the Thirty-Six Legions have a total of seventy-two Golden Immortals and one hundred and eighty thousand Mysterious Immortals.

One Daluo-level Warship, eighteen Golden Immortal-level Warships, and thirty thousand Mysterious Immortal Class Warships.

Over two million Heavenly Immortal Class and Earth Immortal Class Warships.

In addition, the entire army has over three million Immortal Dao cultivators, forty percent of whom are Heaven Realm or Nascent Soul cultivators, and the rest are basically Earth Realm or late-stage Golden Core cultivators and above.

Furthermore, the logistics supplies such as weapons, armor, Pill, and Immortal Crystal are sufficient for us to conduct high-intensity conquests for ten years."

When reporting the numbers one by one, Wen Zhong felt both excited and emotional in his heart.

In the past, the Great Shang Celestial Dynasty only had a dozen or twenty Immortal Dao cultivators, but now there are nearly two hundred Golden Immortals.

There are even millions of Immortal Dao cultivators.

And such terrifying progress has happened in just twenty-one years. Sometimes he would also speculate where these cultivation resources came from; at the very least, the Jie Sect could not produce them.

A Daluo-level Warship is equivalent to a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Looking at the history of Honghuang for countless years, this kind of warship is also the first to appear. When he first took over this warship from the Great King, he was dazed for a long time.

Hiss!

Because of the separation of military and civil administration, the civil officials did not know much about the strength of the Military.

They had already tried their best to overestimate it, but they found that they had still underestimated it.

Thus, they all gasped in succession.

Such power can at least rank in the top thirty in Honghuang.

Yin Qi nodded slightly and looked at Zhang Shaokang: "What about your Martial Hall?"

Zhang Shaokang bowed and said: "Reporting to the Great King, currently our Martial Hall possesses ninety Golden Immortals, thirty thousand Mysterious Immortals, and five hundred thousand Heavenly Immortals and Earth Immortals. One Daluo-level Warship, twenty Golden Immortal-level Warships, and ten thousand Mysterious Immortal Class Warships.

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This is the direct force of our Martial Hall.

When necessary, we can mobilize all registered cultivators within the territory of the Celestial Dynasty."

Actually, he had not yet mentioned the Secret Hall.

The Secret Hall belongs to the most core force of the Martial Hall, and there are thirty more Golden Immortals, twenty Golden Immortal-level Warships, and countless forces below the Golden Immortal level, all of whom are absolutely loyal people.

Hiss!

The ministers gasped again.

Regarding power at the Golden Immortal level and above, the Martial Hall is even stronger than the Military.

Truly worthy of being the Human Emperor's precious treasure; one cannot even feel envy or jealousy for it.

Yin Qi nodded.

Although the power of the Military and the Martial Hall is not bad, it is still much weaker compared to the Witch, Demon, the Heavenly Court, or even the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin.

However, the lack of foundation cannot be made up for in a short time.

Yin Qi looked at Shang Rong again and asked, "Prime Minister, how is the reserve of officials at all levels?"

Since the first year of Di Qi, he had repeatedly issued decrees for the Yin Shang Academy to continuously expand its scale, while also constantly increasing the number of people recruited through the imperial examinations; basically, as long as the grades were qualified, they would be admitted.

These admitted people would not be granted official positions immediately, but would be assigned to various departments to observe governance as reserve officials.

Four years ago, when the Investiture of the Gods ended, the reason the Imperial Court was able to establish a perfect local administrative system in just three years was inseparable from the large number of reserve officials the Imperial Court had prepared.

It was just that that major expansion had exhausted the talent Yin Qi had stored up for over a decade.

However, four years ago, the Imperial Court once again significantly expanded the scale of the Yin Shang Academy and the Yin Shang Martial Academy; today, the students in the Yin Shang Academy alone exceed 500,000, which is to prepare for the upcoming external conquests.

Only by having grassroots officials to govern the conquered territories can it be considered effective rule.

Now that four years have passed, a batch of students should have passed the assessments.

Shang Rong replied, "Great King, the current number of reserve officials has reached 180,000. From now on, at least 300,000 qualified officials at all levels can be trained each year, and the number will only increase in the future."

Yin Qi nodded.

180,000 reserve officials are barely enough to use.

He then continued, "Prime Minister, although the Imperial Court's focus next will be on external conquests, the progress of domestic economic development cannot be interrupted. We must continue to encourage farming and the development of industry and commerce.

At the same time, in order to encourage the development of industry and commerce, I intend to authorize the external release of technical data for the Cultivation of Hundred Professions at the Earth Immortal level.

Ma Benqi, you must effectively implement this matter."

"Yes, Great King."

Shang Rong and Ma Benqi both nodded.

Yin Qi's expression became solemn, and his voice rose quite a bit: "Pass on my order..."

He had just spoken when he was interrupted by a voice coming from the Xukong Sword Sword Sword Sword:

"Yin Qi, come out."

The voice was clear and bright, and it did not sound very loud.

Yet it spread throughout the entire Zhaoge, seeming to explode in everyone's ears.

(End of this chapter)