Over the past few months, Princess Carol had taken complete control of the Zhu Lu Country. Especially when the Ground Army turned the tables and seized the two cities and six towns of the Pi Liu Country, everyone in the Zhu Lu Country was shocked.
The Zhu Lu Country had a history of several hundred years, but the number of times they had expanded their territory could be counted on one hand.
The last time they expanded their territory was a hundred years ago!
And Queen Carol had suddenly become the Queen of a hundred years!
This time, there was no need for Leng Shiqi's arrangements. From the ministers to the commoners, they all praised Queen Carol's brilliance.
Even though the ministers didn't know what was going on, Carol was filled with a sense of mystery in their hearts.
Seeing Leng Shiqi appear, Carol's expression did not change as she said crisply, "What orders?"
Leng Shiqi narrowed his eyes, this Carol was becoming more and more difficult to deal with.
"Don't push the Pi Liu Country too hard. The Zhu Lu Country does not have the appetite to swallow the Pi Liu Country in one go. Moreover, I heard that there is a powerful force hidden in the Pi Liu Country. This matter needs to be considered at length."
Carol frowned and continued, "I know that we can't rush to swallow the Pi Liu Country. If we develop slowly, I'm afraid it will take ten years before we can do it."
"Not necessarily, you should know what the Indian Army and Ground Army of the Zhu Lu Country lack the most." Leng Shiqi smiled mysteriously.
"What they lack the most … …" Carol revealed a pondering look, then her eyes widened as she said two words, "Refined iron!"
"Yes, refined iron!"
When Leng Shiqi was still a small supervisor in the Western Desolate Prefecture, he encountered the Zhu Lu Country smuggling refined iron from the Thunder Flame Dynasty. Later on, he came to the Zhu Lu Country to investigate this matter and experienced the Battle of Gu God Peak.
With the Zhu Lu Country's national strength, supporting the Indian Army and Ground Army of fifty thousand was already the limit. In a situation where they could not expand, they naturally had to find ways to improve.
Slowly raising the strength of the troops was very slow. The fastest and most obvious way was to equip them with stronger weapons and armors!
Unfortunately, the Zhu Lu Country did not have refined iron veins, so they could not forge stronger weapons and armors. This severely limited the overall strength of the Zhu Lu Country.
But now, it was nothing.
Leng Shiqi said: "You personally choose a few trustworthy people to be in charge of purchasing refined iron from the West Barren Prefecture. As long as the price is right, you can have as much refined iron as you want.
We'll store up grain and train our soldiers when the time is right. "
"I understand."
Carol knew that once Zhu Lu Country had a large amount of fine iron, their strength would increase by leaps and bounds!
Of course, the forging of fine iron weapons had to be done secretly. When attacking the Beiliu Kingdom, it would be a surprise attack.
After arranging the matters in Zhu Luguo, Leng Shiqi instantly arrived at the Western Wasteland King's Mansion through Ou Ziyu's exit.
This time, he left for a few months. Fortunately, his deterrence to the West Desolate Prefecture was great enough, so there were no major disturbances.
On the other hand, the various factions in the West Barren Prefecture were very cautious. They thought that the Leng Shiqi would cause trouble in the West Barren Prefecture, but who would have thought that in the next few months, the Leng Shiqi would not even show his face!
It seemed that they were overthinking. The Leng Shiqi was not in the West Barren Prefecture at all.
Leng Shiqi appeared in Ou Ziyu's room. The current Ou Ziyu's status in the Western Wasteland King's Mansion was not low. He was equivalent to the deputy stewards under his command. However, he did not manage much and spent more time cultivating.
As well as deducing.
Ever since Ou Ziyu obtained the inheritance of the King of Lun Zhuan, he had the ability to deduce all things. The first thing he said when he saw Leng Shiqi was, "You're going to the Northern Wei Dynasty."
This sentence was not a question, but a statement!
It was as if Ou Ziyu had long known that Leng Shiqi was going to the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Leng Shiqi turned his head. Ou Ziyu was sitting cross-legged on a futon with a charlatan expression on his face. "Did you calculate this?"
"You can say that. I advise you not to go." Ou Ziyu said mysteriously.
"Why?" Leng Shiqi raised his eyebrows. "Don't say that I'm going to have a bloody disaster."
"…" Ou Ziyu was silent for a moment, wanting to say something but hesitating.
Leng Shiqi was stunned. "Could it be that I was right?"
"Last time during the battle in Zhu Luguo, your strength was too strong. I tried to deduce your heavenly secrets, but your heavenly secrets were like a chaotic vortex. It was impossible to pry into them at all.
"Ou Ziyu explained," but not long ago, something happened. Your heavenly secrets actually flowed into the distance, and … disappeared.
And in that direction, is the north. "
If the heavenly secrets disappeared, it naturally meant that he was dead.
From Ou Ziyu's deduction, Leng Shiqi seemed to be going to die in the north!
Leng Shiqi did not believe it when he heard it. First of all, he did not believe in the so-called heavenly secrets. He firmly believed that his fate was up to him and not the heavens.
Moreover, with his current strength, unless a Tongxuan realm cultivator attacked him with all his strength, he might not even be able to force him to escape into the underworld.
With his strength and an invincible life-saving trump card like the Underworld, who could kill him?
The Northern Wei Empire also had a Tongxuan realm expert, but that person was like the Thunderblaze Empire's Old Master Qiao. He would not appear unless the empire was on the brink of destruction.
Leng Shiqi believed that he was just going to the Northern Wei Empire to take a stroll and help Nine Leave fight. It was unlikely that a Tongxuan realm expert would appear.
"That's all I have to say. As for whether you believe me or not, it's up to you." With that said, Ou Ziyu closed his eyes.
Leng Shiqi strolled back to his study and began handling some matters. However, he was always worried. Ou Ziyu's words kept lingering in his ears.
He was a person who cherished his life, but at the same time, he was a person who risked his life.
Along the way, he had experienced countless life and death situations. It was unknown how many times he had been on the brink of death before he achieved what he had today.
He had three goals for his trip to the Northern Wei Empire.
To participate in the Myriad Spirit Meet and obtain a spot to enter the Ashen Eon World.
To avenge Nine Leave, he also had to collect the Divine Lightning of Annihilation.
Therefore, he had to make this trip. He could not back down because of a so-called heavenly secret.
After making up his mind, Leng Shiqi's eyes became even more resolute. As a person who had lived two lives, he had long stopped believing in 'heavens'. He wanted to see who could kill him!
Following that, he specially used a day to deal with all the matters. He also began to prepare for seclusion.
This time, he planned to enter seclusion for a year until the Myriad Spirit Meet was about to begin.
However, from the various matters he dealt with, the Western Desolate Province was becoming less and less peaceful.
After his seclusion, he had to travel to the Northern Wei Empire. It could be said that he had not done anything in the two years since he became the Western Desolate King.
This way, his prestige might slowly decrease.
In order to prevent anyone from causing trouble, he had to find a person before he entered seclusion. That person was the Azure Thunder Army's commander, Xiahou Ba!