When Hua Kai arrived at Ji City and saw the crisis, he quickly took action. He killed two low-level demon beasts and was slightly injured by the self-explosion of another low-level demon beast. Then, he used Five Elements Mountain to help the Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators in Ji City and finally drove away the two mid-level demon beasts. Only then did Ji City's crisis was resolved. Hua Kai then knew that King Yan had not returned for three months and no one knew where he went.
Hua Kai guessed that this must have something to do with Zhao Dan. It was true that Zhao Dan was afraid of Qin Zheng, but there must be some secret that he could abandon the entire Zhao Kingdom. The relationship between the Zhao Kingdom and the Yan Kingdom had always been good. This time, the King of Yan could abandon the entire Yan Kingdom and leave with the King of Zhao. There must be a reason why they could let go of everything.
"This year, the number of wild beasts in Yan Country has increased significantly. The number of wild beasts is several times more than before.
Ji City has two mid-level demon beasts, which were rarely seen in previous years. Yan Country's He City, Wuyang City, Lingzhi City, and Lone Bamboo City were all attacked by the demon beasts … "The Prime Minister of Yan Country saw Hua Kai driving away all the demon beasts in Ji City. All the wild beasts in Ji City were slowly being wiped out and the city guards were guarding all the gaps. He came to Hua Kai and said.
"Due to the war in the Central Plains, the population has decreased greatly. The wild beasts roam freely. Hua Xia is not peaceful either. All seven major cities have been attacked by the demon beasts. Xia City has already defeated five mid-level demon beasts. I can't stay in Yan Country for long.
I will go to He City and Wuyang City to wipe out all the demon beasts. Lingzhi City and Lone Bamboo City will have to be dealt with by yourselves! "
When Hua Kai saw that the Prime Minister wanted him to wipe out all the demon beasts in the country, he immediately interrupted him.
Even though they were allies, there was no reason for Hua Kai to deal with all the demon beasts alone. Even a Golden Core Realm cultivator would be injured or even killed by the self-explosion of a demon beast.
The Prime Minister of Yan Country could only nod his head. Wiping out the wild beasts required human lives, especially the demon beasts. Any self-explosion of a demon beast could cause a huge loss to them.
Hua Kai spent two days on his journey to the Yan Country. Now, he had become more proficient in killing Monstrous Beasts. As long as a Primary Monstrous Beast was slightly careless, he would be able to seize the opportunity to kill it. However, he still had to be extremely careful when facing Intermediate Monstrous Beasts. There were very few opportunities to kill Intermediate Monstrous Beasts. If he was not careful, he would die.
After returning from the Yan Kingdom, Hua Kai only rested for a day in Hua City. After learning that the situation in the other cities was relatively stable, he went to Xia City and helped to clear out wild beasts for a day. Then, he went to Qi Qi.
This was the first time Hua Kai had returned to Qi in seven years. His return this time was completely different from before. In the past, he was in the State of Qin for survival. Now that he had become a Golden Core Realm expert, he came to Qi for influence!
The situation in Qi Qi was much worse than that in the Yan Kingdom. Hua Kai saw that many counties had been attacked by wild beasts along the way to the south. There were no longer the cheerful sounds that he was familiar with, only the roars of wild beasts could be heard.
After the wild beasts attacked a city, they would finish all the food in the city and move on to the next target. Most of the wild beasts that were left behind were weak and injured wild beasts.
When he arrived at Le 'an City, the city was filled with the sounds of fighting. Hua Kai saw two Primary Monstrous Beasts wreaking havoc in Le' an City. There were only a few Innate Realm experts in Le 'an City. They could not stop the attack of the Monstrous Beasts. Seeing that the Monstrous Beasts were attacking the inner city, they could only prepare to evacuate some of their core members. However, how could they enter the city in the middle of winter?
Hua Kai quickly attacked and killed an antelope-type Primary Monstrous Beast. This Monstrous Beast was much more useful than the other lizard.
Hua Kai kept the antelope-type Monstrous Beast in his portable space and slowly approached the other Monstrous Beast. When the Monstrous Beast felt Hua Kai's strong willpower, it turned around and fled.
Le 'an City had a population of about 100,000. It was considered a relatively large city in Qi Qi. When everyone saw that one of the two powerful Monstrous Beasts was killed and the other fled, they thought that Lin Zi City had sent a Foundation Establishment Realm expert to save them. However, when they saw Hua Kai appear alone, some of them recognized him. This was because Hua Kai's portrait was the King of Hua Xia Country.
Hua Kai entered Le 'an City and quickly killed some wild beasts. When he saw that a few Innate Realm experts had stabilized the inner city, he did not stay any longer and continued south. He arrived outside Lin Zi City in the afternoon.
Groups of Monstrous Beasts gathered outside Lin Zi City. There were traces of battle on the city walls, and collapsed houses were everywhere in the outer city.
This meant that the battle that Lin Zi City had experienced this year must have been a huge one.
More than ten Monstrous Beasts were quietly waiting outside Lin Zi City. Among them, there was only one Mid-Grade Monstrous Beast, which was not a big threat to Lin Zi City. When Hua Kai saw this group of Monstrous Beasts, he started a massacre outside Lin Zi City. As long as he chased away this group of Monstrous Beasts, he would be able to defend Lin Zi City in a month's time.
Monstrous Beasts did not know how to cooperate. Hua Kai tried his best to kill the Primary Monstrous Beasts. Lin Zi City's defenders and many commoners saw the scene of Hua Kai fighting the Monstrous Beasts alone.
Hua Kai had the opportunity to sneak attack and kill the Primary Monstrous Beasts. However, he took out the Five Elements Mountain and used his absolute willpower to attack the Primary Monstrous Beasts. When the Primary Monstrous Beasts saw that Hua Kai was strong, they all chose to escape. Hua Kai used a large amount of mental energy and True Qi to chase all the Primary Monstrous Beasts away.
When he flew above Lin Zi City, many people surrounded him and discussed him. Someone in the crowd introduced Hua Kai. Everyone then knew that he was the former Saint of Qi, the current Saint of the school of Novels, the ruler of China, and the pride of the people of Qi.
Under everyone's gaze, Hua Kai arrived at Jixia Academy. He saw a young man wearing a scholarly robe. The Hua family remembered that he was once Hua Kai's in-name disciple.
"Greetings to Saint Hua and King of China!
Saint Ceng Can has been waiting at the academy for a long time. "This scholarly man looked at Hua Kai and said politely.
"Lead the way!"
Hua Kai was now a king and a person with status. His status was the same as Saint Ceng Can's. Wherever he went, he represented the whole of China.
Jixia Academy was still the same as seven years ago. However, the aptitude of the students was much lower than before. There were more and more people wearing silk and satin in the academy, and the number of people seemed to be much higher than before.
When they arrived at Hua Kai's palace, Hua Kai saw that every house and tree here was the same as when he left last time. Hua Kai knew that Hua Kai did not care about these things. His mind and experience were all used on academic research.
"Greetings to Teacher!" Hua Kai bowed to Saint Ceng Can outside his palace. He was following the tradition of the Confucian school by saying this.
"Come in!" Saint Ceng Can said calmly.
Hua Kai pushed open the door and walked along the familiar path to Hua Kai's study. Hua Kai saw that Hua Kai was writing slowly. His movements were very fast, but every word he wrote was not simple. There was a hint of determination in his righteous aura.
When the pen stopped, he picked up the big word he wrote and signaled to Hua Kai to come over. "What do you think of my handwriting?"
Hua Kai looked at the big word "harmony" written by Hua Kai and guessed the reason why Hua Kai invited him to Qi.
"Everyone in the world knows about the strength of Teacher's handwriting. It is straight and has a righteous aura," Hua Kai replied.
"Since you like it, I will give it to you!
How is the situation of the desolate beasts in China this year? How many cities have been breached? "Saint Ceng Can put down his brush and asked Hua Kai.
"Everything is fine in Huaxia City!
There are no incidents of cities being breached.
Linzi City seems to have a lot of battles this year. I wonder how many casualties there are! "Hua Kai said.
"There are tens of thousands of Jixia Academy students in Linzi City. The desolate beasts will not be able to break in so easily. This year, Linzi City has lost less than ten thousand civilians. The key is that the six states and five counties under Qi have suffered great losses this year.
All the cities in Pengcheng State, Jinan State, and Xiapi County have been breached. Even the county capital could not be defended.
Although I went to help in time, more than half of the civilians in the three counties have died, "Saint Ceng Can said.
Hua Kai did not expect that Qi would suffer such great losses. Pengcheng, Jinan, and Xiapi County had a decent population in Qi. They had at least five hundred thousand people. If the losses were too great, Qi would have to spend more effort on building the cities in the counties. If the three counties were not stabilized and were completely invaded by the desolate beasts, Qi's situation would get worse and worse.
Saint Ceng Can's intention was obvious when he wrote the word "harmony" to Hua Kai.
He hoped that Hua Kai would not start a war. The most important thing in the world now was to clear out the desolate beasts. After spring this year, all the countries must clear out all the areas in their country and encourage the civilians to kill as many desolate beasts as possible.
"The countries in the Central Plains have not had a good year. Handan City was breached and only eighty thousand civilians were saved. Almost ten Foundation Establishment cultivators in Qin State died. Zhou State, Korea, and many other countries have also been breached this year. I believe everyone has seen the importance of clearing out the desolate beasts.
It's just that … Qin Zheng may come out of seclusion soon. King Zhao and King Yan are missing. Some people may not want peace, "Hua Kai said.
Saint Ceng Can was silent for a while. As the strongest person in the world, Qin Zheng's desire to unify the world would not disappear. He did not know what would happen to the Qin State after he recovered from his injuries. Seeing that the Qin State was about to lose control of the newly conquered territory, the recovery of Qin Zheng's injuries caused the situation to shift to the Qin State's side.
"Even if Qin Zheng fully recovers, the most important thing for Qin State is to recover its strength.
The population in the Central Plains has decreased sharply because of the war. The number of desolate beasts is also much more than before.
Qin State spends a lot of effort just to defend against the attacks of the desolate beasts every year.
This year, Qin State forced a war when many of its cities were breached. The civilians would not want to see that.
All the countries in the world will also attack Qin State. Peace will be the mainstream in the next five years, "Saint Ceng Can said.
The biggest difference between Hua Kai and Saint Ceng Can was that Saint Ceng Can considered problems from the perspective of cause and effect, emotions, and cycles. This made him see things very far.
Hua Kai, on the other hand, only thought about everything he saw. He used the information he understood now to analyze the possible impact it would have on the future. This made the two of them reach different results.
"Teacher, Qin Zheng will never give up on unifying the world. He will not stop even if it slows down.
Qin State uses a military merit system. The people's belligerence is extraordinary.
However, Qin Zheng may not dare to kill Golden Core cultivators anymore. He alone will not be able to clear out all the demonic beasts! "Hua Kai said.
Saint Ceng Can nodded. As the Scholarly Sage, his biggest problem was that he did not consider human nature!