Chen State, Zhongzhou City

The capital of Chen State has been lost for fifteen years, and several Chen State emperors have been on the throne for fifteen years. However, in these fifteen years, no Chen State emperor has launched a northern expedition to expel the demons, but they have been fighting each other.

Even the people have a tendency to live a life of drunkenness and dreaming, which is mainly dominated by some nobles. The Chen State has lasted for more than 600 years, and various contradictions have accumulated, including the nobles.

Chen State is divided into north and south by the Yunzhong Mountains. The contradictions between the nobles in the south and the nobles in the north are also deep. Now the nobles in the north are either killed or fled to the south, and their status is not as good as before. However, the nobles in the south do not feel much. After all, their interests are in the south, so they don't care so much.

Lin Jiang made up his mind to take action, put on the mask again, and named himself Mr. Wolong.

The name of Wolong and Fengchu has always been a compliment before the two smart people appeared. Now that Chen State cannot have such smart people, Lin Jiang decided to carry forward the name of Mr. Wolong again.

Wearing a mask, Lin Jiang began to mingle among the northern nobles in Zhongzhou City. Most of the nobles who fled from the north were pro-war factions, actively instigating several monarchs of the State of Chen to launch a northern expedition and reclaim their homeland.

Lin Jiang took the initiative to participate in their gatherings. At each gathering, Lin Jiang loudly preached his ideas and won the warm welcome of the northern nobles. Of course, the more important reason was Lin Jiang's martial arts cultivation.

Lin Jiang didn't know what was going on. Nowadays, martial arts masters are becoming increasingly scarce. He remembered that during the peak period of the Wei Dynasty, there were more than a hundred martial arts saints in the entire Wei Dynasty.

Now, before the demons went south, there were less than thirty martial arts saints in the entire State of Chen. In the battle when the demons broke through the capital of the State of Chen, half of the martial arts saints died. Now there are only a little over ten, which makes the martial arts saints more precious.

After the exaggeration of the northern nobles, Lin Jiang's name, Crouching Dragon, quickly became famous in Zhongzhou City, and Lin Jiang also had people secretly spread the word that whoever gets Crouching Dragon gets the world.

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"Are you Mr. Wolong?"

Wang Lun asked, looking at Lin Jiang in front of him. Although there was a mask between them, Lin Jiang's temperament was still top-notch, whether it was the life of the Xia Emperor for a hundred years or the nourishment of spiritual energy in the era of cultivating immortals.

"It is a certain family"

"It is said that whoever has Wolong will rule the world. Since Mr. Wolong has such a great talent, why don't you dare to show your true face to others?"

"You don't deserve it"

"You..."

When Lin Jiang said this, everyone around Wang Lun changed color. Some people were ready to scold Lin Jiang, but Wang Lun stopped them with his eyes.

"Then from Mr. Wolong's point of view, how can one be worthy of sincere friendship with Mr. Wolong?"

"I am a great man, but unfortunately the Prime Minister is not. The Prime Minister holds great power, and the Wang family has many talents, but unfortunately they lack courage and hide in Zhongzhou. If we talk about heroes, the Prime Minister is not worthy."

"I thought you had some brilliant ideas, but they are just the words of a warrior,"

Wang Lun said lightly. He did hold great power, and his words were law in Zhongzhou. The emperor was just a puppet, but this was only on the surface.

The real situation was that it was all the noble families in Zhongzhou who had set the emperor aside, not just his Wang family. He was willing to go north, but other families might not. Moreover, he only occupied Zhongzhou. What if the Zhongzhou troops went north and were robbed? The situation was very complicated and could not be explained in just a few words.

"Warriors? The Prime Minister seems to have forgotten that the world is conquered on horseback. Without warriors, who can conquer the world?"

"Having said that, but you know..."

"I know all about the conflicts between the north and the south, and the conflicts between the states. You are afraid that you will not be able to win if you send troops. You are afraid that Zhongzhou will be empty and someone will take advantage of it, right?"

"Since you know all this, sir, you don't have to say such childish words."

"Because these difficulties are difficulties in your eyes, but not in my eyes. The complicated relationships within Zhongzhou cannot be sorted out, so just ignore them and cut them off with a sharp knife. Those who disobey will be beheaded. Those who disobey in other states will be beheaded..."

Lin Jiang said indifferently that conspiracy and intrigue were the actions of the weak, and the strong always crushed with strength. Physical annihilation was not a permanent solution, but it was the best solution.

Wang Lun was even more disappointed with Lin Jiang after hearing this. He had heard a lot of Lin Jiang's remarks recently, and thought he was a very powerful person, but he didn't expect that he was just a warrior. If things in the world could be so simple, it would be great, but it's a pity that it's not.

Wang Lun didn't want to communicate much in an instant. After chatting for a few more words, he asked someone to send Lin Jiang away. Lin Jiang didn't say much and quickly returned to his residence.

In Lin Jiang's residence, a group of people were already waiting. They hoped that Lin Jiang could be appreciated by Wang Lun, so as to influence Wang Lun's decision to march north to drive out the demons and return our country.

"Sir, what's going on?"

"Wang Lun is just a mediocre talent, not worthy of my family to join,"

Lin Jiang said. What he said was actually an introduction to test some of Wang Lun's ideas. If Wang Lun was an aggressive person, even if he didn't agree with Lin Jiang's ideas, he would express them, but Wang Lun didn't. His thoughts were very conservative.

If it was a prosperous era, conservative thinking would be fine, but now it's a chaotic era. Conservative, conservative, can it really protect your family?

"Mr. Wolong, this..."

"No need to say more, I have my own judgment. You continue to spread my reputation. With my strength, other people will contact me. Then we will find an aggressive and wise leader to join,"

Lin Jiang said. These nobles are not as important as Lin Jiang. If they say that they can get the world by getting them, no one will believe it, but Lin Jiang is different. The strength of the Martial Saint is crucial now.

As expected, a few days after Lin Jiang met Wang Lun, other people from the "Chen State" began to contact Lin Jiang. They did not contact Lin Jiang before because they did not know Lin Jiang's ideas. Now that Wang Lun failed to recruit Lin Jiang, they saw hope.

Today, there are five emperors in the Chen State, all of whom were established by princes in various places. They are almost all puppets or semi-puppets. For the people sent by these forces, Lin Jiang has patience to contact them, mainly to put forward his own ideas. If they accept, there will be a deeper contact, otherwise there will be no discussion.

In fact, Lin Jiang has thought about forming a force by himself and sweeping Yunzhou, but after serious consideration, he gave up. To form a force requires people and horses, and a large number of talents, which he does not have. Besides, it is too tiring. The

current society is not the same as when he established the Xia Dynasty. The division of labor in society is more refined, and the difficulty of management has increased exponentially. It is too tiring to be the emperor of this era.

Moreover, even if he succeeded, what would he do in the future? Should he be the emperor for thousands of years or abdicate again? There were so many problems that Lin Jiang didn't want to face. Therefore, choosing a reliable person to assist him was the right way. Of course, if he really couldn't find anyone to assist him, Lin Jiang didn't mind fighting for the throne again.

As time went by, Lin Jiang was not idle. In fact, there were many people from the Chen State who went south from the north, not only nobles, but also many ordinary people. There was a taste of the people who went south with clothes and hats. These people were called northerners by the southerners.

When the northerners went south, the nobles were still okay. They had rich property. Even if they brought some gold and silver, it was enough for their current life. But ordinary people were too miserable. They fled to the south and became destitute. They also had to live, so they would compete for jobs with ordinary people in the south. The contradiction between the north and the south was huge.

For these northerners, Lin Jiang tried his best to win them over, selected those with extraordinary bones and excellent talents, and taught them personally, which was also considered to be cultivating talents.

Half a year later, the emperors of the Chen Kingdom in the south were still indifferent and only knew how to argue with each other about the legitimacy of each other's throne. This made Lin Jiang furious and he directly announced to all parties that whoever was still arguing and shirking responsibility within half a year would be killed, regardless of whether they were emperors in public or the nobles who controlled them.

Mr. Wolong's domineering attitude shocked the world.