Realizing This Is Wuxia World After Cultivating For 300 Years
Chapter 333
The Great Zhou Crisis, Meeting Empress Ming Qiong Again
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Actually, to ordinary people, it did not matter who the Emperor was.
As long as they could live and work peacefully and have room for improvement, that was enough.
It was fine not to change an Emperor for hundreds of years.
This was the situation in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Under the reign of the Empress, the Great Zhou Dynasty became stronger every year. Whether it was people's standard of living or martial cultivation levels, they were all constantly improving.
Now the 371st year of the Highest Phoenix Era, Zhou Great was still growing rapidly.
The entire country was like a wave flowing into the sea, continuing forward as if it would never stop.
Compared to 200 years ago, the current Great Zhou Dynasty had increased too much.
First is their territory.
The Great Zhou Dynasty had currently occupied over 50% of the land of the Heavenly Void World. From mountains to plains, from land to sea, everything was the territory of Zhou the Great.
In the entire Heavenly Void World, there was only the Great Xia Kingdom that could barely compare to it.
However, the Great Xia Kingdom only occupied slightly more than 30% of the land of the Heavenly Void World. In terms of size, it was only slightly more than half of Zhou Great.
As for the remaining 10% of the land was filled with hundreds of small countries. As a buffer zone for Great Xia and Great Zhou, it reduced the border between the two superpowers.
Since Great Xia and Great Zhou had quite a deep relationship, there was almost no serious conflict. Both countries have their own methods of governing their countries, and they can guarantee harmony inside and out.
Therefore, in the past 200 years, it could be said to be the most stable period in the history of the Heavenly Void World. There is hardly any major conflict.
If it were not for the fact that over a hundred small countries often fought each other for small gains, ordinary people would probably not have the concept of war in their minds.
Moreover, there was a population and an overall level of martial arts.
The current population of Zhou the Great has exceeded 15 billion, and martial arts education has been popularized. As long as one was an adult, they could reach the Xiantian realm.
People who were slightly more prominent could reach the Deep World realm or even the God Realm.
The best of them could even become a Human God and an Earth God. Even the Deva realm, Heaven Immortal, and Heaven Monarch that were unreachable 300 years ago often made ordinary people break through.
All of this seemed to represent that Zhou the Great would become stronger and stronger, and it would move from one greatness to another, growing stronger and stronger forever.
However, many knowledgeable people saw the hidden dangers behind this prosperity.
And that's a big crisis!
It was a rapid population expansion and a serious lack of land in the future.
This was not only a crisis for Great Xia or Great Zhou, but also for the entire Heavenly Void World.
People in the Heavenly Void World lived in a stable environment for a long time. Their desire to raise their descendants was extremely high, and the increase in their overall martial cultivation level also brought about a huge increase in their lifespan.
A typical couple will probably have four or five children, or even more.
This caused the population of the Heavenly Void World to expand at an extremely fast speed.
There was still enough land for now, but in another hundred years, two hundred years, even five hundred years, a thousand years…
Maybe that's not the case.
….
In the Empress's bedroom in the Great Zhou Imperial Palace.
Li Wei wore a bright red official uniform and rushed over. Then, he bowed with great respect. "Greetings, Your Majesty."
He had long since recovered his cultivation and taken a step forward. He had managed to reach the Myriad Techniques Return to One realm and become a Sage.
Although Li Wei was already over a thousand years old, her face was still young and beautiful.
However, to become the ruler of the dynasty, she no longer looked like a young girl. Instead, she looked a little more mature and looked to be in her twenties.
In the Great Zhou Imperial Court, Li Wei was also Li Mingqiong's right-hand man.
For nearly 130 years, Li Wei has been Prime Minister. Many decisions of certain governments have also been implemented by him.
In fact, he was already one of the strongest people in the Great Zhou Dynasty other than Li Mingqiong.
However, Li Wei always knew his position very well.
She knew very well that she was only the Empress' personal aide. His goal was to work well and strive to learn cultivation techniques that did not require an Immortal True Essence.
He was definitely not a strong official.
It was even more impossible for him to be the one to truly rule the country.
Moreover, the Great Zhou Empress, Li Mingqiong, had occupied a very important position in Li Wei's heart.
He would do his best to help her and make Zhou the Great become even greater.
"Yes." Yeah." Li Mingqiong's slightly lazy voice sounded from behind the scenes.
Then, he walked out in a moon-white silk robe.
As the Sage King, the past 200 years had not affected his appearance at all. She's still pretty.
Of course, calling him the Sage King was only an approximation of his realm.
Actually, he had no idea where he was.
As Zhou Supreme grew stronger, Li Mingqiong's cultivation on the path of national destiny also continued to increase.
He is very strong in terms of strength. With just a single thought, he could destroy thousands of Boundless Golden Gods on the spot.
In addition, due to the uniqueness of the country's fate force, he could appear anywhere in the Great Zhou at any time.
To some extent, this could even be called "mighty".
"Your Majesty, the ratio of population to land statistics you ordered is complete." Li Wei took out a jade slip with great respect and handed it to Li Mingqiong with both hands.
"Not bad." Li Mingqiong smiled and slightly nodded.
Then, he casually raised his hand and the jade slip landed on his palm.
Light flows over it. He quickly read the information inside and frowned.
“The World of Heavenly Void is still too small.” Li Mingqiong sighed softly. "If I can't break through in terms of land and population, it might be very difficult for my cultivation to increase in another hundred years."
The essence of the path of national fortune is the power of the state.
The strength of the country was mainly affected by three things: the size of the country, the population, and the cultivation realm of the local martial artists.
In the past 200 years, Zhou Great's national strength had grown by leaps and bounds, and Li Mingqiong's cultivation realm naturally surged.
The improvement of his cultivation realm could also be reflected back to his country, allowing local martial artists to cultivate with half an effort, thus further increasing the level of martial cultivation of the country.
It's a very benign cycle.
However, this cycle of mutual improvement is limited. With his current cultivation realm, at most he could make cultivating under the Mystic God realm faster.
When one reached the Mystical God realm, their cultivation speed would naturally slow down.
This would cause most people to stop at the Mystical God realm. They are the main source of growth for the country.
However, if no new population was born for a long time, there would be no Deva, Heaven God, or new Sky King. The growth of the country's power will be very difficult.
According to the results of Li Wei's investigation, this situation would appear in a hundred years.
The main problem was that the territory was not enough to accommodate so many people.
At that moment, Li Mingqiong's cultivation almost stagnated.
"Your Majesty, can we swallow the Underworld?" Li Wei advised. That was the only way he could think of.
The Heavenly Void World's Land was limited, and the Great Xia next door was established by the descendants of the Eternal Profound disciple. The Great Zhou could not have invaded their lands. The Daozhou Star in the Underworld was undoubtedly the best choice.
"No." Li Mingqiong shook his head gently and said, “The Heavenly Void World and Daozhou Star can only communicate once every hundred years. If we expand our territory into the Underworld, it will not be accountable to the people of the Underworld. Besides, if that happens, I can only stay in Daozhou Star and have no chance to leave.”
"Died?" Li Wei was slightly surprised.
“Yes, right now, I will not hide it from you,” Li Mingqiong said in a low voice. “At least in a hundred or two hundred years, I should have a breakthrough. At that time, my cultivation should have reached a bottleneck and I will not be able to increase anymore.
“However, at that time, I should have been able to use my holy power to gather the lucky power of the country and bring the entire Great Zhou with me. That way, I can step into the starry sky and follow in Master's footsteps.”
"Bring the whole Great Zhou away ?!" Li Wei's beautiful eyes widened as she said in disbelief, “What kind of great divine power is this? Your Majesty, what realm are you in?
"I can't be sure." Li Mingqiong shook his head gently and sighed. “I'm afraid I'll only know the way ahead after I see Guru.”
In fact, he had tried to explore the path in front of himself, but without effective reference, it was too difficult to walk alone.
Especially when he was exploring a path higher than his current nature.
It's almost impossible to do that.
Seeing Li Mingqiong worried, Li Wei hurriedly said, "Is there anything I can help Your Majesty?"
"You can't help much." Li Mingqiong shook his head and smiled. “I can only work hard by myself or ask for guidance.”.
At this point, he suddenly stopped and looked towards the northeast with wide eyes. He said in surprise, “The path between the Heavenly Void World and the Daozhou Star has been opened!”
“Cross-border roads ?!” Li Wei said in surprise, “Isn't this not the intersection period yet? How can there be a cross-border path.”.
At this point, he was also stunned, and a shock appeared on his face.
The Heavenly Void World was basically an alternate space outside of the Daozhou Star. It was not connected to the Daozhou Star at all times.
There was only a short crossing period every hundred years.
Now that the period of crossing has passed, there should be no way to make a path between the two.
Unless one uses great divine power to connect the two forcibly.
And in his understanding, there was only one person who possessed such great divine power.
"Is that Eternal Majesty?" Li Wei asked in surprise.
"It must be Master, it must be Master!" Li Mingqiong also became excited.
Then, her figure swayed, and the silk robe on her body instantly turned into a proper dress.
"Follow me to greet Master."
….
Cui Heng went to the Heavenly Void World and did not intentionally hide his aura.
As long as Li Mingqiong did not miss out on cultivating his country's fortune, he should have instantly felt his arrival.
Therefore, as soon as he landed, he saw two lights flying from the southwest. They were extremely fast and arrived in front of him in the blink of an eye.
Li Mingqiong was the first to emerge from the light and kneel before Cui Heng respectfully. "Murid greets Master!"
Li Wei followed from behind and bowed with great respect. "Greetings, Eternal Majesty!"