Entering Chaos Territory
While Sessler and his group were dining, Haeru was in the courtyard, sensing Lin Feng Extreme Speed approaching. 💞💣 ♠🐟
A moment later, Lin Feng, dressed in a sky-blue robe, and Jenny descended from the sky.
"Lord Lin Feng." The Barker Five Brothers excitedly came over, and the Rebecca sisters also came out to greet him.
Lin Feng only took Jenny to Chier Prefecture City this time, where they had a short two-day get-together with Keane.
"Boss, Reynolds has entered a mysterious little village in the Chaos Territory. Should I continue to protect him secretly?" Beibei's voice suddenly rang in Lin Feng's mind.
"A mysterious little mountain village? Heh, it seems I haven't been able to change Fourth Brother's Fate after all." Lin Feng immediately transmitted his voice to Beibei, "No need, come back."
"Waaah, boss, you finally let me come back! You made me protect that kid Reynolds, but you wouldn't let me do anything. I've been so bored for the past two weeks!" Beibei couldn't help but complain.
"Haha, alright, I won't make you do such boring things again." Lin Feng knew that making Beibei do such boring things was indeed torturing him.
Lin Feng and his group took their seats and began to enjoy dinner.
"Lin Feng," Sessler put down his cutlery and asked, "What are your plans for the beginning of our journey to the Chaos Territory?"
Lin Feng knew that among their group, Sessler was the most experienced. With such an over 800-year-old man by their side, many things would be much easier to do.
"Sessler, what do you think we should do?" Lin Feng asked.
Barker chimed in, "Lord Lin Feng, I think the Chaos Territory is actually quite similar to our Eighteen Duchies of the Northern Region. Everything is decided by force. With our strength, we can definitely quickly form a major power."
Sessler, standing nearby, nodded and said, "Barker's suggestion is one way. Lin Feng, I think there are two ways. One is what Barker suggested: rapidly expand our power in the name of the Saint Realm experts. Saint Realm experts have a very strong appeal in the Chaos Territory."
Lin Feng nodded slightly. The Chaos Territory had been embroiled in constant warfare, and the civilians caught in the chaos longed for a powerful leader. If he were to be led by the Saint Realm expert, many would surely flock to Lin Feng.
After all, Saint Realm expert gives people a great sense of security.
"The second method is to keep your identity a secret, Lin Feng. We'll start with a small group, find an ordinary town where the people are suffering, a town that I can easily control. Then we can gradually expand, occupy large cities, establish a duchy, and so on. Back in the day, I was a Grand Duke in the Chaos Territory," Sessler laughed.
This second method is what many ambitious people do.
After all, the first method is only suitable for some extremely powerful individuals.
"My lord, which method have you decided to use?" Sessler looked at Lin Feng. "The first method is fast; we can completely seize several duchies in the Chaos Territory within a year. The second method is slower, but it has a more solid foundation."
Jenny and her two sisters, Barker Five Brothers, all looked at Lin Feng Lin Feng, waiting for him to make a decision.
"Sessler, let's go with the second method," Lin Feng said without hesitation. His immediate priority was to cultivate in seclusion and improve his strength as soon as possible to deal with the drastic changes in Yulan in the coming decades. He didn't have time to unify the Chaos Territory and establish an empire. It was better to leave these mundane matters to Sessler and the others.
Moreover, Lin Feng also knew that most of the people in the Chaos Territory were believers in the Radiant Church and the Dark Church. If he forcibly unified the Chaotic Chaos Territory by means of thunderbolts, there would definitely be many rebellions in the future, and the foundation would not be stable.
Sessler smiled and nodded.
"That's fine. We can develop secretly first, at least we won't attract attention. Otherwise, if we use your name Lin Feng from the start, it will definitely attract attention and cause rejection from all sides."
Sessler pondered for a moment, then continued, "Lin Feng, the Radiant Church and the Dark Church wield considerable influence in the Chaos Territory. If you wish to expand your territory, I believe the first place to go should be near the Forest of Darkness, which is also the northernmost region of the Chaos Territory."
Lin Feng raised an eyebrow. "The northern region of the Chaos Territory?"
"Yes, it's near the Forest of Darkness. Because of the long-term attacks from the Forest of Darkness beasts, the people in this area are extremely fierce, and the atmosphere is very bloodthirsty. Very few people living in this area believe in the Radiant Church. They greatly admire the strong, and with our strength, we are not afraid of those low-level or mid-level magical beasts at all," Sessler said with a smile.
Lin Feng also knew that this place was close to the Forest of Darkness, and not many people there believed in the Church.
"The northern region of the Chaos Territory stretches for thousands of miles from west to east, and there are many small towns with only tens of thousands of inhabitants. We have plenty of room to choose from," Sessler said confidently.
In Sessler's view, conquering a small town with a population of tens of thousands in a place like the Chaos Territory was as easy as breathing. Either Sessler or any of the Barker Five Brothers possessed the military power to establish a duchy in the Chaos Territory, let alone just conquer a small town.
Lin Feng's forces are too powerful.
The Saint Realm experts are a group, especially Lin Feng, Beibei, and Haeru, who are among the top experts in the Saint Realm. It is likely that the strongest force hidden by the Radiant Church in the Chaos Territory is not as strong as Lin Feng's side.
With such strength, making a breakthrough in the Chaos Territory would be incredibly easy.
The Chaos Territory, with a geographical area exceeding half that of the O'Brien Empire, is comparable to the current geographical areas of the Radiant Church, the Luo'ao Empire, and the Rhine Empire.
In Chaos Territory census long ago, there were forty-eight duchies with a population exceeding three hundred million. Such a massive population was not much smaller than that of the Luo'ao Empire or the Rhine Empire. Years of war had not reduced their population; on the contrary, it had made the people here even more fierce and valiant.
This chaotic place is a paradise for the strong!
Crossing the border, Lin Feng and his group entered the territory of the Chaos Territory. Upon entering the first city in the Chaos Territory, Lin Feng sensed the bustling activity of the people there.
"The long-term war has made food extremely expensive in the Chaos Territory. Although some duchies try to stop fighting during the harvest season, sometimes they have no choice but to fight," Sessler lamented.
The Chaos Territory is completely different from the Holy Union and the O'Brien Empire.
Upon entering the city of the Holy Union and the O'Brien Empire, one immediately senses an atmosphere of peace. Noble ladies and young women can stroll and converse among themselves, dressed in their finest attire.
In the Chaos Territory, warriors clad in armor and carrying weapons are a common sight. Their fierce aura and tendency to kill at the slightest provocation are all too common.
Lin Feng and his group headed northeast, carefully observing and learning about the Chaos Territory along the way.
"A priest?" Lin Feng spotted a man dressed as a priest from afar. "This Radiant Church has churches everywhere in the Chaos Territory; they're openly and legitimately proselytizing."
Lin Feng felt a heavy weight in his heart as he walked this path.
The Radiant Church indeed wields considerable influence here.
Lin Feng and his group moved quite quickly, and after about ten days, they arrived at the northern region of the Chaos Territory. Lin Feng and the others entered a small town.
Black Soil City, around noon.
In a private room at an ordinary hotel, Sessler said to Lin Feng, "Based on my investigation this morning, the city lord of Black Soil City is a typical person with no ambition, only willing to be the leader of a small city and live like a local tyrant. He exploits the common people quite severely. I think this should be a suitable small city for us."
Lin Feng, wanting to avoid such mundane matters, took out the twenty-two Magic Crystal Card he had robbed from Clayde from his Space Ring and handed them to Sessler, saying, "Sessler, here are twenty-two billion gold coins. They're all yours to establish the duchy. You and Barker will handle all the affairs of the kingdom. I'm planning to find a place to go into seclusion and improve my strength as quickly as possible. If you encounter anything you can't handle, you can have Beibei or Haeru notify me."
Lin Feng had great trust in the team he had trained.
"What?" Sessler stared at Lin Feng in shock, trembling as he said, "How many gold coins did you say? Two billion?"
Sessler, who had lived for eight hundred years, had never seen so many gold coins. Even as a ninth-level necromancer archmage, he was shocked to see 2.2 billion gold coins at once. At the same time as the shock, he also felt a warmth in his heart. Lin Feng actually entrusted all 2.2 billion gold coins to him, which at least showed that Lin Feng completely trusted him.
The Barker Five Brothers also stared wide-eyed at the twenty-two Magic Crystal Card.
Lin Feng tossed the Magic Crystal Card to Sessler and said with a smile, "Sessler, I'll give you 2.2 billion gold coins. In a few years, you'll have to conquer a kingdom for me. Can you do that?"
Sessler, having recovered from his shock, stood up excitedly and confidently declared, "With these 2.2 billion gold coins, plus the Barker Five Brothers, Beibei, and the seven great Saint Realm of Haeru, conquering a kingdom within a few years is absolutely no problem."
By this time, Beibei had already returned and was standing on Lin Feng's shoulder. Hearing that Lin Feng was preparing to go into seclusion, she immediately asked, "Boss, where are you planning to go into seclusion?"
"We won't go far, we'll stay in this Chaos Territory." Lin Feng didn't elaborate, but turned to Jenny's delicate hand and said softly, "Jenny, my seclusion this time might last a long time, so please take good care of yourself."
"Mmm!" Jenny felt a little shy as Lin Feng held her hand in front of so many people. Her pretty face flushed, but she still nodded obediently.
"Also, if you don't want to cultivate, then don't force yourself to cultivate. Spend more time chatting with Lina and the others, and doing things you enjoy." Lin Feng knew, of course, that Jenny had always been insecure about her lack of talent and was working hard to cultivate in hopes that she could make up for it through diligence and not fall too far behind him and Dilia.
"But," Jenny wanted to say something more, but Lin Feng interrupted her, "As long as you're happy, even if you don't cultivate now, I'll find a way to make you a god in the future."
Lin Feng had already planned that he would ask Beirut for a processed Water Element Lowgod Godhead for Jenny to refine, allowing her to become a god. Therefore, even if Jenny stopped cultivating now, she would easily become a god in the future.
"Ah?" Jenny exclaimed, "Brother Lin Feng, can you really make me a god and let me be with you forever?"
Jenny was overjoyed. Of course, she wasn't happy because she could become a god in the future, but because she could be with Lin Feng for a long, long time.
"Of course, why would I lie to my little Jenny!" Lin Feng pinched Jenny's delicate nose, his face full of doting affection.