Chapter 313

Not even bringing them along.

Directly made it onto the ranking.

Does it have to be this disgusting?!!

"Khan, calm your anger."

"This matter is not only not a bad thing, but rather a good thing."

"We should be happy about it."

Beside him.

A bald monk wearing a Buddhist rosary strung from skulls, with a human-skin drum tucked at his waist, chuckled lightly.

"Oh? How so?"

Tie Muzhen raised an eyebrow.

He turned his head with interest and looked at him.

"I presume the Khan also understands."

"Currently, the four factions are all eager to make a move."

"Who knows when war might break out."

"Therefore, the number of experts decides the outcome of the war."

"And through the exposure of the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking, the world can understand."

"That my Great Yuan is the strongest dynasty! The one that will ultimately unify the world!"

"Otherwise, why would these experts not join the other three factions, but instead join my Great Yuan?!"

"Once this happens often enough, even if we don't actively recruit, I'm afraid experts will still come to join us."

"In that case, can this not be considered a good thing?!"

Monk Huanxi smiled slightly.

He uttered a Buddhist invocation and slowly explained.

Only that smile, paired with the skull rosary on his neck,

looked somewhat eerie no matter how one looked at it.

"Mm... what you say makes sense."

"But Master, don't forget, the premise of this matter is recruiting more experts to join!"

"Otherwise, with only one or two, I'm afraid the effect would be quite limited."

Tie Muzhen pondered for a moment and nodded slightly.

Speaking to the latter part,

his brow unconsciously furrowed slightly.

Obviously.

As for how many experts could be recruited to join Great Yuan,

even he himself didn't have much confidence.

"This matter is not difficult."

"So-called refusal is merely insufficient bargaining chips."

"As long as the Khan is willing to show a little more sincerity,"

"I presume the task of recruiting experts will go much more smoothly."

Monk Huanxi smiled and said as much.

Hearing these words,

Tie Muzhen wore a thoughtful expression.

182 - Xiong Ba at a loss, Yin Zhong decides! (Seeking subscriptions)

Great Tang, Fengxuan Pavilion.

"Tsk tsk tsk."

"Didn't expect Great Yuan to move quite fast."

"Without a sound, they've recruited a peak human realm expert."

"It seems this Palace must also speed things up."

After a glance at the content on the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking,

Wu Zetian clicked her tongue and stretched lazily with a languid expression.

Compared to the newly joined Pojun of Great Yuan,

her attention was more focused on Wang Yangming.

Unlike what Hearing Ying Zheng thought,

she actually didn't care about why the Great Ming Dynasty still had a National Protector.

On the contrary,

what she cared about was

Great Sui, Great Song, Great Ming, Great Qing, and the unified Great Han—

just how many experts still existed!

These experts—

were they loyal to the Qinglong Society?!

This point was the most important!

After all.

No matter how you put it.

Sooner or later, they would have to clash with the Qinglong Society.

And whether these experts pledged loyalty or not,

might not decide the entire war,

but at the very least they were a force that could not be ignored!

Therefore,

she still valued them highly!

Unfortunately,

this question—

right now, no one could answer her!

What's more,

if not for the exposure of the Heavenly Dao Golden List,

she wouldn't even have known that the Great Ming Imperial Court still had its National Guardian Retainers!

Of course,

this didn't mean the Great Tang's intelligence network wasn't strong enough.

To become one of the Eight Great Imperial Courts—

even though the national strength of the five courts like Great Ming and Great Song was relatively weaker by more than a notch,

they still had the foundation they ought to have!

Hence,

let alone Great Tang,

even Great Qin or Great Yuan

could not possibly know exactly how many experts existed within these five courts.

And after the five courts announced their loyalty to the Qinglong Society,

her thoughts were the same as Hearing Ying Zheng's—

both assumed the Qinglong Society had secretly wiped out their National Guardian Retainers.

Coupled with the fact that the Qinglong Society's strength could not be underestimated,

therefore,

she had never thought to send anyone to investigate whether these retainers were alive or dead.

Besides,