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Chapter 284: Recruiting Spirits? Better to Kill Them
Chapter 284: Recruiting Spirits? Better to Kill Them
"Are you serious? Xiaomian was detained in the Great Yu?" Qin Muye was also shocked. He never thought things would escalate to this point.
Black Hand then explained the details to Qin Muye, which left him speechless.
"So they're trying to freeload, huh." Qin Muye furrowed his brows.
They had previously agreed to exchange resources for military supplies, but the other party now wanted to trade with just a piece of paper, not even willing to pay in silver.
"But even if they want to freeload and steal, why detain Xiaomian? It would be more reasonable to just kill him," Qin Muye was puzzled.
"I suspect they want to recruit Xiaomian and use the financial system to further control us."
"The Great Yu Dynasty doesn't understand the structure within our territory, which is why they have this idea. But I'm not sure what they really want," Black Hand explained. He had experienced similar situations before, like when the nobles on the Magic Continent played these kinds of tricks.
Unfortunately, it wouldn't work on them. Even if their financial system were introduced, it would be useless because the spirits don't need it. Currency simply can't circulate among them. They usually request what they need, and even if they want something privately, they just let others know and take it.
So, the introduction of a financial system wouldn't have any impact, let alone cause any disruption.
If they tried to force the use of their currency, it would be simple: they wouldn't sell to them. There are plenty of others who want the military supplies.
"I understand the idea of using the financial system to indirectly interfere with our internal affairs, but why recruit Xiaomian? Why not just recruit you?" Qin Muye was still puzzled.
Xiaomian didn't interfere with internal affairs and had no decision-making power. If he announced any policies, no spirits would listen to him. All the power in the territory was concentrated in Qin Muye, and Black Hand, as his proxy, held such authority.
"Master, I've investigated the situation in the Great Yu. Merchants are considered lowly, so they want to recruit Xiaomian. I am different; in their eyes, I am 'second to none but the master,' so they won't try to recruit me," Black Hand said.
Qin Muye suddenly understood: "You mean the people of the Great Yu think Xiaomian is living poorly here, even being despised and disdained, so they first seized the goods and then used a carrot-and-stick approach to gain leverage?"
From the perspective of the Great Yu, a lowly person causing the loss of a large amount of military equipment would deserve severe punishment, making it easier to control.
But Qin Muye's territory was different. In his eyes, spirit heroes were the pillars of his territory. A batch of outdated military supplies was nothing compared to a spirit hero.
"They are truly arrogant," Qin Muye said, speechless.
They didn't bother to understand the structure of his territory and simply applied the structure of the Great Yu Dynasty, which was bound to backfire.
"There are benefits, though. We can use this opportunity to test them. We can let Xiaomian pretend to be recruited, and then we can find out what they really want," Black Hand suggested.
They wanted to recruit and plant a spy, but Xiaomian's ideological imprint made him impossible to recruit. Instead, he would become a double agent.
Each time a spirit advanced, their ideological imprint, along with their strength, was enhanced. It would be easier to kill them than to make them betray Qin Muye.
"Alright, handle it yourselves," Qin Muye originally planned to directly recall Xiaomian and the spirits under his command.
The other party might have spells to block teleportation, but they couldn't resist the Lord's Summoning skill from the Lord's Era—a skill that could summon across worlds. No matter how strong their spells were, they couldn't match the power of an entire world.
Since there was a plan in place, Qin Muye didn't want to interfere.
Qin Muye still recognized Xiaomian's abilities. Although he wasn't as strong in combat as Mo Xue or Tian Qi, in terms of social skills, he was unmatched by any of the combat-focused spirits under Qin Muye. Only Black Hand could match him.
After all, as an external liaison, he needed to have excellent social skills.
"Yes, Master," Black Hand said.
He was just giving Qin Muye a heads-up. He understood Qin Muye's character; Qin Muye would let go of such matters and not hold them tightly, to avoid any awkward situations due to untimely communication.
It was like a preemptive warning.
After Black Hand left, Qin Muye's impression of the Great Yu Dynasty dropped significantly.
They were bullying his people; how could he still have any good feelings toward them?
Moreover, this further revealed the chaotic internal structure of the Great Yu Dynasty.
If they wanted to trade, they should just do it properly instead of always thinking of these twisted ideas.
"Once we know their true intentions, we must give them a proper response."
They had bullied him, and Qin Muye was not the type to let such matters slide easily. After gaining strength, he had become the kind of person who would seek revenge for every slight, and he would not hold back when it was time to vent.
However, he did not let his emotions cloud his judgment. At least he needed to understand what the other party was up to before taking action. It was better to be cautious than to always be on the defensive.
"This Great Yu would have been in chaos long ago if not for the presence of the 7th-rank Divine Yu Emperor."
He took a quick look and saw that the Great Yu showed signs of being in its twilight years, a state that had persisted for nearly a century. There were frequent uprisings at the bottom levels, driven to desperation by the nobility and academies, but these were quickly suppressed by the extraordinary powers.
Don't assume that the academies, which claim to represent the common people, are any less exploitative. In fact, they are even more ruthless.
The main issue was land consolidation. Qin Muye even found solutions similar to "distributing taxes over land" and "publicizing fire expenses" in the data he obtained. Unfortunately, the nobility and academies had become too powerful, and unless the Divine Yu Emperor used force, any reforms would be futile.
After all, this was a world of extraordinary powers, and many things could not be directly applied from the mundane world.
Fortunately, there were external threats, which kept the nobility and academies from becoming even more brutal. If not for the need to unite, they might have formed their own ideologies, leading to the fragmentation of the dynasty's rule.
He quickly put this matter aside because it was not his concern. It was something for Black Hand and the spirit heroes to handle. What good would it do for him to worry about it if he couldn't solve the problems?
Moreover, this situation might serve as a catalyst for other forces to take action against the Great Yu Dynasty, which had always been a target for all.
So, he returned to his experiments, treating this as a unique experience that might even be useful for mocking the Great Yu(Dynasty in the future.
"The difficulty of the Thunder-type divine artifact equipment is indeed much greater than that of the True Dragon-type," Qin Muye said, looking at the divine artifact equipment with some frustration.
He had thought he could finish it in a month, but he had clearly underestimated the Titan's Arrow.
This was an active killing divine artifact, far more violent than the Dragon King's Power. It controlled thunder and lightning, not ordinary flora and fauna.
A slight misstep could result in the entire divine artifact equipment being scrapped.
Scrapping the divine artifact equipment was the least of his worries; it could even lead to damage to all the defense and weapon systems in his territory.
Qin Muye intended to use it as a powerful weapon, so it couldn't be weak. Although the risk was high, the rewards would be greater if he succeeded.
As a regular weapon, even a True Dragon Emperor would be hard-pressed to have such a device.
Among his divine artifacts, only the Titan's Arrow was an active type. Most of the others were passive, with the Ghost King's Cloak and the Cursed Armor being the only ones that might be more difficult to handle. The rest were relatively mild.
"Should I switch to the Ocean-type for now?" Qin Muye pondered.
The Ocean-type divine artifact equipment centered around the Cap of the Ocean. If successful, it could activate various buildings and treasures in his territory, even in non-ice ocean conditions, and even enable navigation techniques.
This would allow his territory to function fully without specific conditions.
Moreover, it was not an active killing divine artifact, so the difficulty was somewhat reduced.
Ultimately, Qin Muye did not choose the Ocean-type but stuck with the Thunder-type. He did not lack defenses, and he wanted to focus on both defense and offense.
(End of Chapter)
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