Chapter 585 Dominate Nanyang and plant the flag of Australia
After browsing through the martial arts secrets on the bookshelf, Li Mu came to the weapon rack again, where there were various weapons, the most common of which were swords.
The first thing Li Mu noticed was Zhang Sanfeng's former sword Zhenwu Sword, which was quietly placed on the weapon rack. It didn't look much different from the weapons around it.
Who would have known that a sword that doesn't look that outstanding is the sword of Zhang Sanfeng, the former great master of martial arts and the founder of Wudang Sect.
Li Mu picked it up and looked at it carefully for a while. It was indeed a good sword, but in terms of material and sharpness, it was not the best one in the collection here. The Zhenwu Sword was more blessed by Zhang Sanfeng's identity, and it
represents the heritage significance.
The best sword here is a sword that is still unknown and not very old.
The Demon Sect spent a lot of effort to collect meteorite iron, and invited many sword forging masters from Longquan Valley. It took several years to forge it.
Li Mu picked it up and watched it for a while. After playing with it for a while, the sword was filled with light and he immediately fell in love with it.
He decided that this sword would be his sword from now on.
Put away the long sword and continue to observe these weapons. Although some of these weapons look ordinary, they are qualified to enter the inner treasury and are collected by successive leaders of the Demon Sect. When placed in the outside world, they are all magical weapons that make everyone jealous.
After looking at it for a while, he saw another beautifully shaped bow. Li Mu thought of the secret book of silver feather arrows passed down by the Lin family. As a long-range weapon, bows and arrows are good to practice when nothing happens. Maybe they will be used in some world.
Therefore, this treasure bow was also included in his pocket.
I selected a few more useful strange weapons before leaving the inner treasury.
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For the next period of time, Li Mu lived quite happily, sometimes playing the piano and flute with Ren Yingying, sometimes practicing swordplay and drinking tea, sometimes taking a volume of martial arts secrets brought out from the inner treasury and studying them carefully.
After half a year, Li Mu not only improved his martial arts to a higher level, but also greatly improved his martial arts quality and gained a deeper foundation.
At this time, Hai Zhan Tang had already investigated Luzon Island, and it turned out to be a fertile land without an owner. For the demon sect in the Central Plains martial arts world, who could break the dog's head with the right way just for the sake of a little conflict of interests, Luzon Island was
It's just fat meat that's placed in front of you and can be swallowed by just opening your mouth.
As for the indigenous forces in Luzon Island, it’s not that the Demon Sect looks down upon them. They are really too weak. Compared with the Demon Sect’s opponent Zhongyuan Zhengdao, these indigenous forces are really just small shrimps and can be destroyed with a wave of their hands.
That kind of thing.
Interest has always moved people's hearts the most. Seeing such a plump and weak Luzon Island, the elders who had previously opposed overseas expansion all lost their voices and even began to clamor to set out immediately to capture the entire Luzon Island as a
The foundation of the Demonic Cult.
Some people even suggested that the main altar should be moved there as well.
Li Mu has really considered letting the Demon Sect move its main altar. The location of the Demon Sect's main altar, Black Wood Cliff, is really not a good place. Because it is too far to the north, there is drought and little rain. Unlike the hinterland of the Central Plains, which has fertile land and dense population.
The most important thing is that it is too close to the imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty and too close to Jiubian.
Due to well-known reasons, the Ming Dynasty was very vigilant against the Demonic Cult. Originally, Jinling, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, was far away from Heimu Cliff, so it was nothing.
Unexpectedly, Emperor Yongle directly moved the imperial capital to the north, causing the two sides to be too close to each other. It can be said that they and Heimuya hate each other.
One of the two parties now controls the court, and the other controls half of the world. If there is any friction, the Ming Dynasty can mobilize the elites from the Nine Sides at any time to encircle Heimuya nearby.
Although Blackwood Cliff is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and has many levels, it is still not good to put it under the nose of Jiubian elites.
Moreover, Heimuya is too far to the north and far from the sea, which conflicts with his overseas expansion strategy to a certain extent.
Li Mu and Ren Yingying also discussed it, and Ren Yingying also agreed with Li Mu's point of view. Under the overseas expansion strategy, the geographical location of Heimu Cliff is indeed not suitable for the headquarters.
In order to prepare for the next expansion, we must choose areas with developed water transportation as far south as possible, such as along the Yangtze River.
Or be more radical, as some elders suggested, after taking Luzon Island and fully controlling it, simply move the main altar there, away from the sight of the righteous path in the Central Plains.
Li Mu actually has a more radical plan, but it doesn't make any sense now.
For example, Borneo, the largest island in Southeast Asia, is larger than Sulu, Henan, and Anhui combined. It is still a large area of virgin forest and sparsely populated. Moving the Demon Cult headquarters to Borneo will allow large-scale immigration from the Central Plains area to be developed.
What is even more radical than this is to continue to move south, occupy Australia, move the Demon Cult General Forum here, and then carry out large-scale immigration from the Central Plains area, allowing the last piece of the New World to be developed nearly hundreds of years in advance.
Of course, these are indeed too radical and are just assumptions at the moment.
A more reliable method is to take it step by step, first to Luzon Island, then to Southeast Asia, and finally to Australia.
This is a land that is even more vast than the Ming Dynasty. It has not been eaten for thousands of years. As a result, it was expanded and declined by a few small barbarian countries supported by the Western barbarians.
It is better to occupy the land first and move the people there. No matter what the situation will be a few hundred years from now, the people living on the land will be Chinese Miao.
The demon sect here is mobilizing its followers, deploying troops and generals, and preparing to attack Luzon Island. Li Mu is very free. Firstly, to deal with the indigenous people of Luzon Island, there is no need for his high-end combat power. Secondly, to mobilize troops and generals.
The work here was done professionally by the Demon Cult before.
Although the Five Elements Flag has become the Seven General Flags, many professional skills have not been lost.
In the past, Li Mu was always vague about the structure of the Demon Sect and didn't understand much about it. During this time, he finally understood it and gained a deep understanding of the potential of the Demon Sect.
The Demonic Cult consists of a main altar, twelve halls and seven main banners.
The main altar is the current Heimu Cliff, with the left and right envoys of light, and the ten elders.
The twelve halls are Fenglei Hall, White Tiger Hall, Qinglong Hall, Zhuque Hall, Xuanwu Hall, Tianfeng Hall, Haizhan Hall, Xingtang and so on...
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Each hall has a hall master, deputy hall master, five or six incense masters, more than ten deputy incense masters, and a large group of leaders.
There are at least two to three thousand people in one hall.
The seven general banners are named after the colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and purple. Each general banner governs the territory of two to three provinces.
Just like in the original work, Ren Woxing once said that he was the leader of the Qingqi in Jiangxi when he was young.
Under the flag master, there is also a flag-bearing envoy, who is in charge of the territory of a certain prefecture. For example, the Qingqi flag-bearing envoy is in charge of the territory of a certain prefecture in Jiangxi.
The flag bearer also has leaders and followers under him, and controls the territory of a county.
Coupled with all the three religions and nine streams in the world, evil heretics, and various local small gangs, who dares not to listen to the devil's call, or even be directly controlled by the devil.
It can be said that in the entire Ming Dynasty, demonic religions are everywhere. Except for the government, no other force has such strong control over the Ming Dynasty.
Once such a huge organization is put into operation, its efficiency and results will be terrible. Various factions in the world are worried about the demon sect's big moves, thinking that they will go crazy again and attack which faction.
The Devil's Cult was making such big moves, and its purpose couldn't be concealed. After asking around, I found out that the Devil's Cult's target was overseas, and I felt relieved.
While sighing, I couldn't help but gloat about my misfortune. The Devil's Cult is indeed a Devil's Cult, and they will attack those savage and miasmatic places. There are no fishy places overseas that are worthy of war. This is fine, the Devil's Cult consumes its power overseas, and has no energy left in the world.
There was a storm in the Central Plains.
Go! It’s better if everyone goes!
For a time, the Seven General Banners, which inherited the battle formation method of the Five Elements Flags and knew a little about military training, dispatched tens of thousands of trained followers from all over the Ming Dynasty to cross the sea and attack Luzon Island.
Accompanying him were tens of thousands of people from all religions, evil spirits, heretics, or ruthless villains who committed evil deeds in the local area.
Although Luzon Island currently has not many developed areas and not many indigenous people living there, there are still quite a lot of them after all.
After the Demonic Cult comes to the island, they will definitely occupy these developed areas first. The interests of the indigenous people will be harmed, and resistance is inevitable.
The tens of thousands of vicious villains and evil heretics sent by the successors are to deal with these indigenous people. After all, they have real interests. As long as they dare to resist and are a little more ruthless, they can easily create tens of thousands of acres of fertile farmland.
In the Central Plains, if you want to build 10,000 acres of fertile land, you can't even think about it without 100,000 cars of silver. How can such a good thing happen? This opportunity is so rare, who can withstand the temptation?
Not only that, in the future, land will be distributed to a large number of immigrants from China, as long as everyone pays taxes.
It was said that there were tens of thousands of murderous villains. After the incident spread, not only these, many people were gearing up. Naturally, the more the demon sect, the better. These people solved the troublesome indigenous people, and then immigrated in large numbers from the Central Plains, and even more
Easy to control.
The local government also welcomed them with joy. With these vicious villains gone, the local security instantly improved to a higher level.
The scale of the Hai Zhan Tang has also been further expanded, and there are not enough sailors. Ren Yingying sent a handwritten letter and immediately transferred thousands of gang members from the Haisha Gang, Dajiang Gang, Cao Gang... with excellent water quality, which was more useful than the court's words.
The entire Demon Sect was busy, and Li Mu took advantage of his free time to return to Huashan.
After all, it has been almost a year since I went down the mountain. I need to go back. I also need to talk to Yue Buqun about some things and have an explanation.
Li Mu from the Demon Sect used an excuse to retreat. Seeing no one except Ren Yingying and Qu Feiyan, he quietly descended to Heimu Cliff. He walked and stopped along the way, feeling the fireworks of the world. It took him less than half a month to return to Huashan Mountain.
After returning to the mountain, there was a lively scene. Looking at the eleven lost sword manuals of the Five Mountains Sword Sect that Li Mu brought back, three of which were lost sword manuals of Huashan Mountain, Yue Buqun became numb.
Finally, the two had a deep conversation, and Li Mu told the origin of these sword manuals and his general experiences in the past year.
With Yue Buqun's Qi-nurturing skills, his mind was instantly confused. He supported Ren Woxing's daughter to take the position of leader of the Demon Cult and let the Demon Cult transfer its power overseas.
His most promising disciple actually colluded with the demon sect's witch, and supported the witch to become the leader of the demon sect. She even used the pseudonym Li Mu to hide behind the scenes and control the direction of the entire demon sect.
Although, doing so is indeed of great benefit to the righteous path of martial arts in the Central Plains. The Demon Sect has invested its energy overseas, and naturally has less energy to cause trouble in the Central Plains, and will no longer compete with various factions for some resources.
However, it was still difficult for him to accept for a while. Without checking for a moment, the young apprentice actually got entangled with the demon sect's witch.
But, I have to accept it.
At this time, it was too late to say anything, and it was impossible for him to kill his relatives out of justice. This apprentice's behavior could be said to be that he could not stand the temptation of the demon. It could also be said that he served the demon with his own body, went deep into the demon's cave, and through the demon, reduced the demon sect's influence on the Central Plains martial arts and the world.
In Buddhist terms, it is a great merit to clear up the harm done to the people.
My mind was confused for a while, and I gradually calmed down. After having to accept the reality, I began to think about how to deal with the aftermath and minimize the impact of this incident on Huashan.
In the end, Yue Buqun accepted Li Mu's plan. From now on, he had two identities. One was Lin Pingzhi, a disciple of Huashan Mountain. He had nothing to do with the Demon Cult and was a proper young knight.
Another peerless master Li Mu who returned from overseas has nothing to do with the Huashan Sect or Lin Pingzhi.
Considering that he will not stay in Huashan too much in the future, and will appear more as Li Mu, it is best for the influence of Lin Pingzhi's identity to be downplayed, and that it would be best if he disappears into the background and no one cares about him.
Fortunately, Li Mu doesn't make many public appearances in the arena on weekdays. Lin Pingzhi's public appearance in the arena was four years ago in Hengyang City. It was also his first public appearance on a large occasion.
He did not participate in the next two biggest occasions in the world, one was the Five Mountains Alliance and the other was the Battle of Shaolin Temple.
Although Beidi's campaign against evil three or four years ago made him famous in the world and became a famous young hero, it is a pity that a new generation in the world has replaced the old ones, and the most indispensable thing is the young hero.
He hasn't appeared in the arena for three or four years, and no heroic deeds have been reported, so his reputation has begun to fade.
Next, just continue to be silent.
Li Mu stayed in Huashan for a month and returned to his home in Fuzhou in a low-key manner. His sister Lin Huizhi was over nine years old and quite naughty. Mother Lin had already begun to lay the foundation for him and learn martial arts.
After living at home for more than two months, faced with the pressure from Father Lin and Mother Lin to get married, he had no choice but to leave. He wandered around the world for more than a month and returned to Heimuya again.
For the next six months, my life was uneventful. I played the piano and flute with Ren Yingying every day and read various martial arts secrets, which was very fulfilling.
The Luzon Island side has been captured after nearly a year of conquest by the Demon Cult.
Due to the sharp decrease in the native population and the need for a large population to open up wasteland, the Demon Cult is now organizing a large number of fleets to immigrate.
Although the world today is relatively stable, it is precisely because of the large number of stable people that the land is overwhelmed and can no longer bear such a large population. Especially in the densely populated areas of the Central Plains, there are often large numbers of refugees fleeing famine with their families.
These refugees fleeing famine are both a burden and a destabilizing factor for the local government. It would be good if someone is willing to accept them.
As a result, a large number of immigrants from the Central Plains were sent to Luzon Island by fleet to open up wasteland.
The Ming court was naturally aware of this, but instead of stopping it, it even added fuel to the flames.
After all, the demise of previous dynasties was due to the overpopulation and the unbearable land, which led to starvation and large-scale uprisings.
What the Demon Cult did was also of great benefit to the Ming Dynasty. Those refugees and hungry people fleeing famine were sent overseas, which not only reduced unstable factors, but also eased the population burden of the Ming Dynasty.
If the people at the bottom are not hungry, they will naturally not take risks to rebel, which is equivalent to extending the life of the Ming Dynasty.