23 Meeting With The Council

"Milord, we have enough high leveled cultivators to start invading other cities at this point." said one of the council members.

"We should try and pursue a more democratic route. I am sure nearby cities will surrender to our duchy if we give them favorable options." another council member shouted out.

"No, we should first fix some of the smaller issues within our duchy so that we can move full speed ahead without ever looking back!" yelled another council member.

Today, Feng decided to discuss expansion plans with the duchy's council members. It could be said that his duchy has finally finalized their foundation, and was ready to begin expanding at any time.

Right now, he was in the council's hall and was listening to each of the council member's thoughts and plans on how he should continue expanding the duchy.

"We should send out some youths to conquer some of the nearby townships. We can conduct this as tests and offer small rewards to those who perform the best!" another council member cried out.

"Hm?" Feng held up his hand to silence all of the other council members who were trying to speak over each other. "Taking over new territory by using a test as the excuse may be a good thing for tempering the younger generation."

To Feng, he wanted to continue expanding his duchy as quickly as possible, so that he could make his way to battle the highest ranking sects within this world. However, he was still young and had plenty of years left to live.

He would rather spend the next fifty years slowly expanding, if it meant that in return, the citizens who were under his control remained loyal. Not being in as much of a rush now, testing the youngest generation by allowing them to take over new territory seemed like an acceptable plan of action.

"After this first tournament with the younger generation, the top ten winners, shall receive some small troops that they could lead to take over nearby townships in the name of our duchy." said Feng after pondering for a few moments.

"We shall also give those youths who succeed in conquering those townships, the ability to be their governors. The duchy will be the rulers of the territory, but, we should reward those who succeed with limited resources."

"If we do this, I am sure that with each new tournament, many powerful youths will emerge from our duchy! Until eventually, we can claim yet another duchy for ourselves just by following this route." explained Feng to the council.

"Master Feng is very wise!" said one of the council members. Every member of the council started praising Feng's ability to make good choices. Though, with brute force, this duchy could easily crush many cities around this area, they wanted to make sure that Feng was the one who called all of the shots.

Who was Feng? He was the Patriarch of the strongest sect within the duchy as well as the strongest cultivator. With such a foundation, who would dare oppose him within this territory?

"With this settled, I hope in the meantime, that the council could take care of the smaller matters to perfect our duchy's foundation. We are nothing without the proper foundation!"

Saying his goodbyes to the council, Feng chose to go into closed door cultivation. He now had over fifteen female disciples with high enough cultivation ranks and of peerless beauty to accompany him.