Book 4: Near Blood - Chapter 229: The Dust Settles (1/2)

In the Thousand Hands Hall

This was Long Sang Country’s main political hall

It was naon Centipede Beast had what sees and partly because anyone orked in this hall needed to deal with so many matters that they needed to have a thousand hands to effectively resolve everything This also indicated that being the ruler of a country was not necessarily an enjoyze was quite a diligent ruler Apparently, he would wake up extremely early and would take care of business until the late hours of the evening

How eration was unknown, but at the very least he was diligent in handling the affairs of his country

Today was the date of Su Chen’s audience with the eed to the imperial palace before the sun even rose to wait for the emperor to summon him

This wait lasted a few hours

It wasn’t until around noontiuard at the door stepped forwards and su the hall, Su Chen walked forwards until he came to a stop in the hall’s center Finally, he had co Country

Even though Lin Mengze was old, his appearance was that of a ed man A Desolate Beast Bloodline was truly powerful Su Chen could sense the prestige and lance from afar This pressure was no weaker than the pressure the Scarlet Heart exuded; actually, it was even greater Instantly, Su Chen recognized that Lin Mengze was actually above the Scarlet Heart in terreets Your Majesty!”

At that ze

“Please, no need to stand on cereht sster, aren’t you? Who would have thought that a youth was the one responsible for accoze spoke in a relatively carefree reat pains to speak in a majestic, solemn manner

He continued, “However, I am more impressed with your development of the bloodline-less cultivation techniques and the fact that you did not try to keep it for yourself It is obvious that you harbor an ambition that is sufficient to span the entire continent”

Strictly speaking, the imperial family was also a Bloodline nobility Clan Su Chen’s path of cultivation would size seemed to be completely supportive of Su Chen’s path Su Chen didn’t know if he was doing this on purpose or if he shared a similar ambition, or if he felt that a Desolate Beast Bloodline was unshakable Since he had said as much, however, Su Chen could only respond appropriately “Your praise is enough to make your subject blush Actually, your subject does have some selfish motives - I want to try and save up so able to happily perforh for me As for what I will accomplish in the future, that is not particularly important to me”

“Is this why you want the Ten Thousand Swords Mountain for yourself?” Lin Mengze asked

“Yes! As long as I have a piece of territory belonging to myself, which I can use to perfor to a few disciples, so that future generations ht knoho I am,” Su Chen replied

This kind of a drea-lasting Even so, this was not so that crossed the Eze nodded repeatedly when he heard this “Very well Since that is the case, I can agree to give the Ten Thousand Swords Mountain to you However, the portion within E I have the final say over Either both those countries agree to hand over the territory, or ould be going to war And a ht take a long time to decide on It will at least take a few years, if not decades, and on’t even know if negotiations will succeed or not until the very end”

“So that’s how it is,” Su Chen said, a crestfallen expression on his face

When Lin Mengze saw him like this, he said, “Do you really need the entire Ten Thousand Swords Mountain?”

Su Chen replied, “I aes to the mountain in order to suit my research needs If I don’t have the entire ht be disputes in the future at the borders, creating estion was not without merit In the past, the Ten Thousand Swords Mountain was unclaimed territory, so even after the borders had been decided, no one paid too much attention if someone were to trespass these boundaries fro to belong to Su Chen, it was io as they pleased into his territory As such, if they didn’t figure out who had the rights to do what early on, it would definitely result in probleze said, “I can send people……”

However, Lin Mingze stopped hiht

Since Su Chen had made it clear that he wanted the territory for his own purposes, stationing troops there wouldduplicitous

Indeed, Su Chen said, “Your subject would prefer to defend it hilanced at Lin Chenyuan

Indeed, Lin Chenyuan stepped out and said, “Father, your son has an idea”

Lin Mengze said, “Speak”

Lin Chen said, “Su Chen perforht Battalion Unfortunately, the Heavenly Might Battalion was dissolved as soon as they returned by ht flickered across Lin Mengze’s eyes “So like that happened?”

He was actually totally unaware of that situation

Lin Chenyuan said, “Yes, the old Heavenly Might Battalion was dissolved and split up into different battalions The new Heavenly Might Battalion was given to Hao Jiantang to coze smacked his armrest “Ridiculous!”

Lin Chenyuan was actually relying on thiswas exceptional and the coical, and Su Chen was present as a firsthand witness There was nothing anyone could say in rebuttal

Lin Mengze cursed, “Hong Qianzhu just sat and watched him replace the former commander with his own personal assistant?”

It was obvious fro that he was incensed

Lin Chenyuan said, “The old Heavenly Might Battalion was able to survive in Ravager territory for more than a year All of those soldiers are experienced elites at this point, and wasting them like that would be a shame Since ive thelanced at his son “You’re asking ht Battalion to Su Chen?”

His gaze was glooestion at all

An eight-thousand-h nuive Su Chen the territory, but if he gave Su Chen theSu Chen to establish his own kingdom

Lin Chenyuan cale of handling those locusts”

Lin Mengze’s gaze irew less harsh “Those locusts? Oh, that is not a bad idea”