The two elders who came afterward were precisely suited to the Current Situation. Their suggestions were the only ones fit to be laid on the table, proposals that could be discussed with Li Chi...
Li Chi wanted to swallow Great Cang. That was far more difficult than swallowing the former four states of Chu, Han, Lü, and Jin. Chu State spanned merely a thousand li, Lü State merely two thousand, Han claimed to be the northern hegemon but in truth covered only three thousand li, and Jin also covered three thousand li. But how large was Great Cang? Ten thousand li!
That one state was larger than the four states combined!
Its population was more than ten times that of the four states combined!
Though Great Cang had always been weak and cowardly, its population was simply too vast. Great Corner could easily swallow the four states, but swallowing Great Cang in one gulp would absolutely not be so easy.
Li Chi needed Beast Taming Valley's help. And besides Beast Taming Valley, it would be difficult for him to find a more suitable ally. There was simply no other sect in the world capable of creating hundreds of millions of mighty soldiers at any time, while Beast Taming Valley was precisely such a miraculous sect.
Under such circumstances, Beast Taming Valley could reach a consensus with Li Chi.
Beast Taming Valley would help Li Chi unify Great Cang.
And Beast Taming Valley would obtain the Thirteen Provinces of Jiangnan. That side would serve as a branch, this side as the headquarters. The headquarters would endlessly cultivate all kinds of exotic creatures, while the branch would endlessly spread its branches and leaves, sending the headquarters every specialty from Great Cang's Jiangnan—silk, beauties, fine food, and...
Just thinking about it made their