Dedicate One’s Mind

Chapter 1098 Changes in Yiqi (Part 2)

There are only tens of thousands of members of the Baima clan. They live in a barren mountainous area. Even if the population wants to increase, it is not easy. There is no need to compete for resources.

In this fight, they also lost their neutral status. Once involved in the war, it would not be an easy matter to escape.

Tens of thousands of people, no matter how united they are, can at best achieve a relatively dominant position among the surrounding small tribes. They are not qualified to touch such a behemoth as the Daji Dynasty.

Outgassing can remain stable, just like water can extinguish a fire, but once the fire becomes a prairie fire, it will be a drop in the bucket. The water will evaporate into water vapor before it can extinguish the flame.

The same goes for Yiqi. If the external impact exceeds the limit, internal adjustments will be made. It is not really static. Wu Yi's past views are actually problematic.

Change and immutability are things that are difficult to explain clearly. Sometimes, it seems that there has been no change, but in fact it has been turned upside down. Sometimes it seems that there has been a change, but it is a different story.

They advertise themselves as relays, but how many relays and what relays are actually carried out.

Criticizing the other party is like a boxing match, but the other party is boxing each other, who is performing for them, and in the end all the money of the gentry is returned, and the money of the common people is divided into 30 to 70 shares. No matter how serious the internal fighting is, their essence is the same.

This is what Wu Yi has experienced after observing the Baima clan's daily life for several months. It seems that he has touched the door between change and immutability, but if he wants to enter, there are some inexplicable things that are vaguely separated.

In the summer, the streams were gurgling and the cicadas were chirping. Unknowingly, Wu Yi had been staying near Duqiong County for half a year.

A period of time that can be ignored for a monk, but for a mortal, if you stay with relatives for such a long time, you may be disgusted.

The most important thing is that this year is the third year of the election system. It is already possible to get a glimpse of the governance capabilities of several princes. Many people who did not place bets before have begun to gradually place bets.

All in all, Wu Yi cannot stay here for a long time. In addition, although this place is not far from the coast, the death energy in the water of the West Sea cannot penetrate deeply, which is a bit troublesome for the carp who are in urgent need of death energy practice.

Unwilling to give up, Yi Qi is no less important to the current inner demon body than Black Lotus. Wu Yi has a clear understanding in his heart. If he can integrate the two, his own inner demon body's path to immortality will be It is unimpeded.

Therefore, Wu Yi sent Taotie to take the carp to the coast so that the carp could absorb its death energy. He still stayed in Duqiong County, waiting for the opportunity to change.

In fact, it cannot be said that Wu Yi is over the top, because in these days, the atmosphere around Duqiong County is sometimes active and sometimes depressed, but Wu Yi has not touched it and is completely hidden behind the scenes, so this matter has nothing to do with Wu Yi.

In other words, something happened that Wu Yi didn't know about. But in recent months, people have been coming and going. How could Wu Yi be comprehensive and omniscient? Then he could only use stupid methods and "wait and wait".

If he were to be clever and place the seeds of demonic thoughts, all creatures within a thousand miles would become Wu Yi's eyes and ears. Wu Yi was just worried that doing so would cause changes in Yiqi, so Wu Yi did not actually implement it.

Therefore, no matter how weird and puzzling his behavior was, Wu Yi still did not move away even half a step, and he would do what he decided to the end.

In the end, Wu Yi's hard work was not in vain. Finally, half a month later, a scholar in white visited Duqiong County, with more than a dozen government officials behind him. He must have been from a public family.

This handsome man in white is majestic and towering up into the sky. He walks steadily and follows the rules, and at first glance, he doesn't belong to ordinary people.

Along the way, Wu Yi, a tall and handsome young man, had seen a lot. The reason why he was able to conclude that the change in Duqiong County's Yi Qi was related to him was because Wu Yi sensed the imperial Qi in this person.

If the guess is correct, this scholar in white should be a disciple of a certain prince, and he came here under the order of that prince.

The elected prince in the western territory of the Daji Dynasty is the eldest prince, King Lu. However, it is not possible to say whether this scholar in white is a member of King Lu's family. We can only say that it is highly likely.

Wu Yi looked at this group of people from a distance, without making any move, just simply watching. At this moment, there were more important things for Wu Yi.

As this group of people entered the county, the Yi Qi entrenched in the body of the inner demon also changed. The change was not big, but the problem was that Wu Yi was able to trace the pattern of this change in Yi Qi.

The scholar in white came here nominally to seek economic cooperation with the Baima tribe, because in the area where the Baima tribe lives, there is a rare tree. When the bark is cut, white sap will flow out, which is natural white paint. It eliminates insects and preservatives, and also has a sweet and pleasant fragrance, which is addictive. The nobles of the Daji Dynasty loved it very much.

It's just that the Baima people are still white and regard the tree as a sacred tree. They don't use much of it every year. In addition, there is not much sap, so the white paint has a price but no market.

In order to speed up the economic development of the counties under his rule, King Lu set his sights on this tree. It is conceivable that if King Lu succeeds, this tree will basically become extinct.

Doing so would be a bit of a waste of money, but what King Lu wants is the development of the area under his rule in the past nine years. Whether it can develop sustainably after nine years, to be honest, has little to do with him.

The knights in white came here to exterminate the sacred tree of the Baima tribe. Naturally, they could not get the support of the people of the Baima tribe. It would be good if they were not driven out.

In order for King Lu to win the final victory under the election system, he had to hand in a satisfactory answer, and he didn't care if he fished for it, while the Baima clan wanted to protect their sacred tree and kept delaying.

On one side is the eldest prince of the Daji Dynasty, and on the other side is a small clan on the western border. Their strong and weak status is self-evident.

But some things cannot be treated so simply. If the White Horse clan were really so easy to manipulate, the election system would have been held hundreds of times. There have been many princes who have coveted the Holy Tree in the past, so why didn't they succeed?

Because these high-status princes also have weaknesses, and they are weaknesses that can be seen at a glance. During the selection system, they must maintain the image of a perfect person. If the other party rebels because of forcing a small clan, the gain will not be worth the loss. .

In the past, when the Baima tribe used such intimidation, the other party would not dare to act rashly.

But, this time, it's different.