Chapter 231.1 - I Became the Legendary Emperor Throughout the Ages After I Started Giving Away My Territory

With the cultivation of a Great Grandmaster and several peerless techniques at his disposal, he was certainly no weakling among the Great Grandmasters.

However, compared to the Great Grandmasters of this era, the advantage isn’t that significant.

After all, isn’t every person who has cultivated to the realm of Great Grandmaster a favored child of heaven?

Aren’t they all heroes of the present time?

They are much stronger than someone like me, who has been pushed up by a system!

Moreover, with transcendent powers like the Buddhist Sect, Taoist Sect, and Demon Sect, which have inherited thousands of years of profound legacy, these Great Grandmasters certainly won’t lack any supreme techniques and methods.

Additionally, each of the Great Grandmasters of this generation has basically lived for over 200 years.

They have cultivated for nearly 200 years, emerging from mountains of corpses and seas of blood, so their experience is undoubtedly rich.

With this in mind, the gap between him and them naturally isn’t that large.

He’s confident that he can defeat two or three Great Grandmasters, but he doesn’t have the confidence to defeat the combined forces of all the Great Grandmasters.

However, if they were in the territory of the Great Xia Dynasty, the situation would be completely different.

Within the Great Xia territory, he is invincible.

With the various abilities of the Empire Sandbox, he can kill these Great Grandmasters!

A meteor falling from the sky or a thunder bombardment could kill them!

As long as the Supreme Grandmaster does not appear, he dares to claim invincibility! (TLN: Grandmaster, Great Grandmaster, Supreme Grandmaster.)

“So, I’ll continue to lay low for now! I have plenty of time to gradually grow stronger! Seeing the rate at which Great Xia is developing, maybe I could be pushed to the realm of Supreme Grandmaster in less than two years!” Lin Beifan muttered to himself, full of confidence.

A day passed, and Yaoyao returned.

She came back in a huff and said, “I thought I was going to uncover the grand tomb of the Heavenly Khan and make a fortune! But it turned out to be all fake, a complete waste of over a month, so frustrating!”

After her rant, she grabbed some fruit in front of her and started to munch away vigorously.

Lin Beifan shook his head and smiled, “Yaoyao, you don’t realize you’re sitting on a treasure trove. You don’t know how blessed you are!”

“What do you mean?” Yaoyao was confused.

“What I mean is, why go to such lengths when you have an easier option? If you just undress and manage to win me over in bed, would I hesitate to give you any amount of money you want?” Lin Beifan spread his hands and said with a smile.

“Hmph!” Yaoyao rolled her eyes and didn’t want to talk.

At that moment, Lin Beifan moved closer and sincerely said, “Yaoyao, thank you!”

“Thank me for what?” Yaoyao was somewhat puzzled.

“I already know that when our forces invaded the territory of Great Luo, they encountered Grandmasters from the Taoist Sect! If it weren’t for you leading the Demon Sect’s masters to the rescue, our army might not have made it back! Thank you!”

“You know to say thanks? So, how do you plan to repay me?” Yaoyao lifted her little head, her eyes sparkling with the gleam of gold.

With a snap, Lin Beifan pulled out some banknotes and said, “Here are ten million taels. Please accept it!”

Looking at the banknotes she had longed for, Yaoyao didn’t feel the usual excitement.

Instead, there was a faint sense of disappointment.

While she was counting the banknotes with a sullen expression, she said, “Little foolish emperor.”

“…Do you think I helped you just for the money?”

With another snap, Lin Beifan took back the money from Yaoyao’s hands.

Then, as Yaoyao watched in astonishment, he took the opportunity to grab her small hand and said very moved, “I knew it, you didn’t help me for the money! So, I’ll take this money back!”

Yaoyao, with a pained and reluctant expression, cried out, “Don’t get me wrong. I did it for the money, give it back to me first…”

“Stop pretending! Your appearance of being greedy for money can’t hide your true love for me!” Lin Beifan said as if he could see right through her.

“I’m not pretending. I’m serious, I really love money. Can you please give it back?” Yaoyao pleaded.

“Do you really want to take the money back?” Lin Beifan asked.

“Mmm-hmm!” Yaoyao nodded repeatedly.

“When the moon rises above the willow branches tonight, come to my room. Let’s be open and honest with each other! By then, it won’t just be money; I’ll give you my body as well!” Lin Beifan said.

Yaoyao became furious: “You foolish emperor, your relentless desire to bed me will be the death of you, I’ll strangle you!”

Lin Beifan: “Ow, ow, ow…”

That night, Yaoyao was too shy and didn’t come.

Lin Beifan had prepared various martial arts techniques but had no chance to display them, which was very regrettable.

……

Now, it’s already May, and summer has begun. The weather is gradually heating up.

In Great Xia, all aspects of work are progressing smoothly.

In terms of agriculture, Heshen has been vigorously promoting the reclamation of wasteland, and many barren lands have been sown with crops. Coupled with favorable weather, this year is bound to be another good harvest.

In the textile industry, weavers have produced numerous bolts of cloth, filling dozens of warehouses.

In housing construction, several hundred thousand cement houses have been built.

In mining…

In road construction…

In short, Great Xia is free from internal strife and external threats. The people are each fulfilling their roles, working peacefully and productively.

Therefore, The Emperor Lin Beifan has an easy reign.

At this time, a shocking piece of news spread throughout the rivers and lakes: Shangguan Hong, the leader of the Money Gang, whose influence spans dozens of countries, has finally broken through to Grandmaster status, becoming one of the few top experts in the world.

This matter originally had nothing to do with Lin Beifan.

But it becomes related since he is the mastermind behind the Beggar Sect.

“Report to Your Majesty, our Beggar Sect has had many frictions with the Money Gang over territory disputes! When the former leader was alive, they were somewhat restrained. But in the past few months, the Money Gang has grown bolder since the former leader has been missing for a long time!”

“Now that Money Gang’s leader Shangguan Hong has become a Grandmaster, he will surely intensify his efforts to encroach on our territory! Without a Grandmaster of our own, what should the Beggar Sect do?”

Several elders of the Beggar Sect smiled bitterly.

“I see, I understand!” Lin Beifan nodded.

For the entire Beggar Sect to develop, it cannot rely solely on begging. It must also have its own industries to operate normally.

Their main income comes from collecting protection money from merchants and maintaining order on the streets.

The Money Gang is in the same business.

On a single street, there can only be one power. If you pay one, you can’t pay another.

Therefore, the relationship between the two factions is very tense due to conflicts of interest.

In the past, the Beggar Sect had the upper hand when the leader of the Beggar Sect was alive.

But now, with the Beggar Sect’s leader dead and the Money Gang’s leader becoming a Grandmaster, there’s a big problem.

So, the elders of the Beggar Sect rushed to discuss countermeasures with Lin Beifan.

“Do you have any good strategies?” Lin Beifan asked.

“This…” The elders of the Beggar Sect looked at each other.

Elder Qian smiled bitterly: “Your Majesty, what good strategies could we possibly have? The only ones who can deal with the leader of the Money Gang are a Grandmaster!”

“Unless… Sword Elder takes action!” another elder said with a bitter smile.

“However, doing so would reveal the death of our former leader and the relationship between the Beggar Sect and Great Xia!”

“This is not easy to handle!”

“Indeed!” Lin Beifan nodded again.

The Beggar Sect is an ace up Lin Beifan’s sleeve.

It can only exert its tremendous power when hidden in the shadows.

If this ace were exposed, letting other countries know about the relationship between the Beggar Sect and him, many things would become problematic.

“Let’s do this. You guys first retract your forces and avoid confrontation!”

Lin Beifan said, “After all, our Beggar Sect no longer relies on these territories to make money! If the other party intensifies their efforts and refuses to back down, then I will think of a way to deal with them!”

“Yes, Your Majesty!” the elders of the Beggar Sect responded as they were still relatively at ease.

This was because all their families and close people had been relocated to Great Xia, living a prosperous and safe life.

Many disciples of the Beggar Sect had also moved to live in Great Xia.

As for the Beggar Sect itself, there were no issues with development funds provided by Lin Beifan.

After they returned, they immediately followed Lin Beifan’s instructions, ceded their territories, and avoided conflict with the Money Gang.

The influence of the Money Gang expanded rapidly.

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