Chu Yuan was somewhat taken aback. He hadn't expected Zhu Fengfeng, who wasn't outstanding among the heads of the Imperial Guards and was very unassuming, unlike others who sought power, to break through and reach the Divine Abilities realm.
"Could it be because of the Phoenix Perching Wood?"
Chu Yuan speculated.
Looking up at the sky, he saw an ethereal ancient phoenix figure where Zhu Fengfeng had broken through.
This reminded him that Zhu Fengfeng had been brought back from the Wan Beast Mountain Range by the previous Emperor, and there were whispers that she carried the bloodline of the ancient phoenix race. Seems like this saying wasn't an empty one.
His General seemed to be something out of the ordinary.
However, the swift breakthrough of Zhu Fengfeng can also, in part, be attributed to the nation's good fortune.
The stronger the nation, the thicker the Luck, the populace will live and work in peace and contentment, and there will be more elites. This is a syphon effect, the stronger the place, the more the strong individuals it attracts.
Insignificant places naturally will not attract formidable martial artists.
Although there's an old saying—"Better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix"—the resources that a powerful Imperial Dynasty holds cannot compare with those little Empires. For instance, there won't be any Divine Abilities realm experts willing to serve a one-star Empire.
Even if it means being a commander in a four or five-star Empire.
"This is great, the stronger the nation's fortune, the stronger my strength will become, and Dawu will become even stronger,"
Chu Yuan said.
"Your Majesty, Marquis Loyalty and Valor has sent urgent military intelligence!"
At this moment, Eunuch Wei rushed over with a report.
"Urgent military intelligence? I left two hundred thousand God Martial Army troops to Marquis Loyalty and Valor. What has happened that he couldn't handle himself?"
Chu Yuan furrowed his brows and opened the report.
"Your Imperial Majesty, the largest vein in Qianzhou Province under Daqian domain has been besieged by two-star clans, Wanxuan and Cangnan. Although I led the God Martial Army to assist, they had already dispatched their elders to circle the veins. Although they can't deal with us, we also can't deal with them, we can only wait and see. I beg for your Imperial decision."
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After Chu Yuan finished reading the report, he roughly understood the situation.
In the original Daqian domain, there was a large deposit with reserves of mana crystals which equaled all the other deposits in Dawu combined.
After the kingdom fell, Dawu took over, and Chu Yuan stationed the God Butcher Army there.
From the Imperial City of Wudu to Wanxuan Clan is about a hundred thousand miles, even for a god-viewing existence in this magical world, arriving there requires several days of non-stop traveling.
But Chu Yuan, using his eighth-degree divine abilities, propels the Mystic Spirit Wings every time he breathes, covering distances in dozens of miles. It took just a few hours for Wanxuan Clan to appear before him.
Just as the Imperial Dynasty is divided into nine-star strength, so is the clan.
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What chu yuan saw now is a gigantic world, with thousands and thousands of soaring mountains, with misty mana and white-like-fairy-aura fog, and there are many cities around the entrance of Wanxuan that houses a dense population.
The Clan focuses on individualism.
Imperial Dynasties focus on the welfare of everyone.
The Clan builds cities for resources. They need enough people to provide them with talents. For the common people, it's mostly oppressive, only serving the clan and not giving them any benefits.
Imperial Dynasties are different, they must serve the people, otherwise, they won't gather strong luck, and there will be a rebellion everywhere, so they think more about the common people.
It can be said that the responsibility the monarch of an Empire carries is far greater than that of a Clan Leader. For example, Chu Yuan's Dawu registered more than seven billion citizens and he needed to take responsibility for all these people.
Those who become Clan Leaders are naturally strong.
But those who can ascend the throne and let an empire flourish are those who have great responsibility, wisdom, and perseverance.
This Wanxuan Clan, being a two-star clan, must be guarded by a god-viewing existence.
Inside the gate, there are hundreds of thousands of disciples, meditating and competing with each other in different areas. The atmosphere inside is entirely different from the Imperial Dynasty.
The strength of these disciples is extremely formidable. There are only hundreds of thousands of them, but there are thousands of them with divine abilities.
The fewer the people, the more resources they can enjoy. It's like all resources of an Empire are given to these few hundred thousand people.
In a standalone fight, maybe the disciples of the Wanxuan Clan are stronger.
But Imperial Dynasties never focus on individual fights, but on mass warfare, with an overwhelming number of troops moving forward, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of troops moving together, same level stars clans can't resist this kind of power.
"Stop right there, who is there? You are not allowed to trespass into our Wanxuan Clan premises without permission!"
Just as Chu Yuan descended from the sky and set foot on the entrance of the Wanxuan Clan, few gatekeeper disciples stopped him.
"I am, the ruler of Dawu."
Chu Yuan, looking down upon them, radiated an overbearing Imperial awe.
"What? You are the Holy Emperor of Dawu, Chu Yuan!"