Human beings are in a state of deception, and immortality begins with the secret book of origami.

Chapter 415: The Rift-Shaped Northern Wasteland and the Extinct Western Desert

For the safety of themselves and their families, the nobles in the north and south and the Daling Dynasty are trying their best to win over Mu Lin, hoping that Mu Lin will join them.

They invited us with sincerity and affection.

However, it was too late for them to make any further effort at this time.

"When I was in the East Sea Kingdom, I had already made an agreement with a celestial master in the Northern Wasteland. He would protect me from being bullied by the strong, and I would do my best to help him defend the Northern Wasteland."

"Okay! Mulin, we will never treat you unfairly."

Upon hearing Mu Lin's words, the northern gentry immediately cheered.

The leader kept patting Mu Lin on the shoulder and saying good things over and over again - in this critical moment, every extra fighting power is good for them.

The Daling Dynasty and the nobles in the southeastern states were filled with regret and annoyance.

Especially the nobles in the southeastern states. You know, Mu Lin grew up in this area.

"Alas, it's too late... I should have made up my mind earlier."

Some people sighed, while others looked angry.

"Earlier, you couldn't make a decision... Without a strong leader, everyone did what they wanted. It took you a long time to do anything. Moreover, the determination and courage of the nobles in the southeast region had long been worn away in this warm water town in the southeast."

"Humph, even though you are in the inland during this disaster, in my opinion, you are the weakest and the easiest to be conquered!"

The one who spoke out in anger was Ji Hongyu. As the deputy commander of the Demon Suppression Army and the red-clothed general fighting on the front lines, she knew the situation in the Southeast Province best and understood the pressure faced by the Demon Suppression Division in the Southeast Province.

As such, she also wanted to keep Mu Lin the most.

After all, with the assistance of a strong man, they could save countless comrades from death.

Unfortunately, she was optimistic about Mu Lin and wanted to support him firmly, but the other nobles in the Southeast Province were indecisive or unwilling to make a move until the outcome of the battle between Mu Lin and the East Sea Kingdom was known.

Then, by the time they want to place a bet, it's too late.

……

Mu Lin was not aware of Ji Hongyu's anger. At this moment, he was asking Yan Yunyu, Si Ye, Dongfang Ya and others to collect information about the Northern Wilderness.

Whether it is to fulfill the agreement with the old Taoist priest Zhang Hetian, or to continue to develop, he must go to the north... Only there is enough space and territory for Mu Lin to continue to grow.

However, just as Mu Lin was about to go over, the information collected by Yan Yunyu and Si Ye made Mu Lin frown.

"The situation in the north is not very good."

The situation in the North can no longer be described as bad; it is extremely bad.

The information that Dongfang Ya and the others collected included not only that from the north, but also that from the entire Xuanling world. Therefore, Mu Lin knew the general situation of this world.

According to Yan Yunyu, the most core land plate in the entire Xuanling Realm is undoubtedly the Xuanling Continent where Mu Lin is located.

The most essential central hinterland of this continent is occupied by humans and divided into 19 states for governance.

To the east of the human territory is the endless ocean, which is occupied by the aquatic creatures of Dragon Palace.

Those occupying the southern border area are hundreds of races other than humans, as well as the demon race.

Unlike humans, most monsters are in the form of wild beasts and are not very susceptible to changes in the environment. In addition, the south is mountainous, swampy, and rainy, which makes the land of southern Xinjiang still an endless hills and forests. There are also countless poisonous insects and poisonous insects living here.

Then there is the Northern Wilderness, where it is extremely cold in winter.

Because of the harsh environment, this place is sparsely populated.

And this was not the most troublesome thing. What surprised Mu Lin was that the sky in the Northern Wilderness... cracked.

Yes, for some unknown reason, the space barrier in the north is extremely weak, and there are countless world cracks.

Therefore, every year, a large number of meteorites or foreign visitors land on the northern wilderness, causing waves of unrest.

In order to deal with such incidents, the Daling Dynasty specially sent a large army to be stationed here to prevent those foreign demons and evil spirits from invading the human territory.

In the past, the northern army performed this task very well.

However, in recent times, due to the appearance of evil gods and their followers and supernatural spirits, there are more and more monsters and demons in the Northern Wilderness, and the land of the Northern Wilderness can no longer resist them.

In particular, some time ago, an evil god invaded the Northern Wilderness and fought a fierce battle with the strong men of the human race.

In that battle, although the evil god was repelled and severely damaged, the human race also had some heavenly masters killed and some seriously injured, which made the situation on the front line even worse.

Fortunately, the core members of the Daling Dynasty are not all idiots.

They still understood the principle of "the lips are cold and the teeth are broken". In addition, after the Northern Wilderness was the royal territory, and they did not want to be affected. As soon as the crisis in the Northern Wilderness occurred, the Daling Dynasty called on heroes from all over the world to go to the north to fight.

At the same time, a large amount of rewards and supplies were continuously sent to the Northern Wilderness.

"The Northern Wasteland is in danger. Since the Great Spirit Dynasty is right behind the Northern Wasteland, it will naturally be anxious as well."

"But the situation in the Southeast Province is different. They are further back and cannot feel the crisis at the front line at all, so they are not anxious about it."

Thinking of this, Mu Lin also thought of the previous conflict between the northern and southern nobles. Therefore, he called Si Ye and Yan Yunyu over and asked them about the final outcome of that conflict.

What surprised Mu Lin was that the southern gentry...actually surrendered.

"Why? Don't tell me the southern nobles will suddenly be kind?"

Thinking of the various suffocating operations that took place on Chinese land in the late Ming Dynasty, Mu Lin did not think that humans would immediately work together in the face of foreign invasion.

And Si Ye's next words also made Mu Lin understand that the Southeastern Provinces did not support the Northern nobles out of kindness, but they were forced to do so.

"After you left, the southern nobles refused to compromise, and the northern nobles became anxious due to the heavy losses. One of their legions contracted its defense and moved its base."

Hearing this, Mu Lin became even more curious.

As far as he knew, the southeastern gentry had always demanded that the northern gentry give up large tracts of territory and shrink their defenses. Now it seemed that the southern gentry had won, so why did they suddenly give in?

"Wait, could it be..."

Seeing that Mu Lin had thought of something, Si Ye nodded and said, "Yes, just as you thought, the Canglang Army, which was shrinking its defense, did not give up a large area as the southern nobles expected, and then find a city in the north to defend it. They simply refused to do it, they crossed the river directly to the south, and had a serious conflict with a southern noble family."

How can this conflict not be serious? The world's resources are limited. If you take more, he will have less.

This is the situation in the southeastern province. Here, all the areas have owners.

Before this, Mulin was just one person and he could earn resources and support himself.

But with such a large army and the countless people following them, it is not something that can be defeated with just a few weapons.

The northern nobles were powerful and would not compromise themselves when they came to the south.

These people do not believe in the concept of first come, first served, but rather believe that whoever has the bigger fist has the right.

Therefore, the arrival of the Canglang Legion will inevitably occupy the resources of other aristocratic families.

The families whose territories they occupied would naturally not give up and would inevitably have a fierce battle with the northern gentry.

Once the two great families clashed, no matter who won or lost, both would suffer. No one wanted to see this situation.

Of course, if the southern nobles unite, they can drive out the Cang Lang Legion.

But the southern gentry have allies, and so do the northerners. If they all go south together, the southern gentry will be caught in a dilemma.

Of course, the royal family of the Daling Dynasty was also equally blind - without the northern gentry as a barrier, they would have to face foreign evil gods, demons and monsters head-on.

This is something the Daling royal family would never want to see - although the doomsday disaster is unavoidable, if they can delay it a minute, they can accumulate more strength and increase their chances of survival.

Therefore, the final result was that the northern gentry's attempt to cross the river and head south frightened the southern gentry and even the Daling royal family.

In order to prevent them from moving south, both the Daling royal family and the southern gentry put out huge amounts of resources to appease the north.

What? You said that the tax rate was as high as 80% in the past, and now there is no money left in the South?

Haha, I don’t understand this, oil and water are like a sponge, if you squeeze it, there is always some.

The major aristocratic families in the south were cracked down a little, and then half of the tax revenue was squeezed out.

If that is not enough, aren’t there still wealthy businessmen who are the fattened pigs?

If that is still not enough, the aristocratic families could use the wealth accumulated over countless years to deal with the emergency.

In short, in order to prevent the northern nobles from moving south together, the Daling royal family and the northern nobles worked together to intimidate them and indeed squeezed out a lot of things.

This almost made Mu Lin laugh out loud.

"As expected, people are mean. They won't listen to nice words, but when a knife is on their neck, they will talk about anything."

……

The Daling Dynasty, the southern nobles, their supporting resources, and some heroes who responded to the call and went there, these people did ease some of the pressure on the northern nobles.

But there are too many evil gods, and all kinds of monsters and demons are too powerful. The situation in the Northern Wilderness is still extremely dangerous.

"But danger is also an opportunity. It is precisely because it is dangerous that I can let go."

After looking at the Northern Desert, Mu Lin took another look at the Western Desert.

Then, his silence deepened.

The Northern Wilderness is just desolate, but the Western Desert is a desolate place.

According to the information collected by Dongfang Ya and others, many places in the Western Desert are deserted and spiritual places, and places with spirits are even more dangerous - most of the forbidden areas in the Xuanling World are located in the Western Desert.

That is a place that the evil god's followers, and even the evil god himself, are unwilling to go.

"The sky in the northern wilderness is cracked, and the spirits in the western desert are gone... I always feel that the Xuanling Continent was very lively in the past."

……

In the Southeast Province, Mu Lin was observing the general situation of the Xuanling World while preparing to go to the Northern Wilderness.

In Tianwu City, the core town of the Northern Wilderness, flags were flying and military generals gathered.

They came here to cry poor and ask for resources.

The Northern Wilderness is very large. Although humans have set up many formations in the Northern Wilderness based on the natural dangers, there are still many places where humans need to garrison.

With Tianwu City as the center, the thirteen legions of the Northern Wilderness will be stationed in thirty-three towns.

And this is just a big city. There are many mines under the town, and spiritual fields need people to be stationed there.

There is no way around it. After all, although the Daling Dynasty and the southern nobles are willing to support the north, they cannot provide all the supplies. Oftentimes, the legions in the Northern Wilderness also need to open up wasteland on the spot, mine minerals, or plant spiritual fields to make up for the losses of the army.

However, there are more places that need to be garrisoned, and all the thirteen legions are somewhat short of manpower.

In addition to the casualties and resource consumption, people from these legions came to Tianwu City every day to cry poor and ask for resources.

This matter also caused some headaches for Tianwu Zhenjun, the Grand Marshal of the Northern Legion.

Fortunately, in recent days, they have squeezed a large amount of resources from the southern gentry, which can barely provide an explanation for the thirteen legions in the north.

Then, the envoys of these legions fought even more fiercely.

You have to fight for it, the army is all about comradeship.

The generals, marshals, and soldiers fought together with all their might, and their friendship grew stronger.

This is the feeling between comrades who have shared the same responsibilities.

No general wants his soldiers to die.

If they fight for more resources, the probability of their brothers surviving will be higher. In this case, how could the Thirteen Legions tolerate this?

There was even a fierce battle inside the Marshal's Palace.

"Old Jin, the place I guard is the most important. If Tianyuan City is captured, our entire Northern Wilderness land will be finished!"

"Get lost. Your Tianyuan City is important, but my Futu Pass is not important? Behind us is the largest mineral deposit in the Northern Wasteland. That's where most of our weapons and armor come from."

"Brothers, please have mercy on our Black Prison Army. We are so poor that we can't even afford to eat..."

"Get out of my way. These people are mine. If anyone dares to fight with me, I will fight him."

They either play the victim, or explain that the pass they are guarding is more important, or appear fierce in an attempt to scare others away.

In the Tianwu Grand Marshal's Mansion, envoys from various legions were constantly fighting.

Fortunately, after all, they are all from the same northern legion, and Marshal Tianwu is watching them from above, so everyone just competes instead of fighting to the death.

While they were fighting, they were also distracted by checking the southern nobles, the various resources sent by the Daling Dynasty, and who the recruits were.

While watching, some of the legion's leaders were shocked to find that Mu Lin's name was also on the conscription list.

This made the eyes of many legion messengers light up.

Even though he was in the Northern Wilderness, Mu Lin was still noticed by many legions because of his huge movements.

Everyone knows that Mu Lin is a rare genius who appears once in a thousand years and has outstanding combat power. He single-handedly conquered the East China Sea Kingdom and killed the true dragon descendants of the Dragon Palace aquatic creatures, as well as countless geniuses of demons and monsters.

If such a person joins his own forces, it will definitely boost the morale of his army and greatly increase his combat effectiveness.

Therefore, everyone thought about winning Mu Lin over.

However, before they could open their mouths to invite them, after they finished reading the introduction about Mu Lin, the expressions of these people all twisted.

"Wait a minute, if the seven earthly immortals recruit Mu Lin and he agrees to go, then that army will be equivalent to receiving the resources of the seven earthly immortals. What a joke!"

"Marshal, this is too exaggerated. Did you make a mistake?"

(End of this chapter)