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Chapter 928: Chapter 389 Ziyun’s Internal Troubles_2 Chapter 928: Chapter 389 Ziyun’s Internal Troubles_2 “`

This power, even compared to Liang State which occupies Qingzhou in The North, isn’t necessarily inferior.

However, Liang State also has to deal with formidable enemies in Hebei and the northwest; most of their strength has to be concentrated in The North and the West Side.

The troops they can spare for Jiangnan amount to at most thirty percent.

With just thirty percent of their strength, coupled with a beleaguered Ning Country, how could it possibly withstand the army of Chu State?

Now, Liang State’s support for Ning Country is nothing more than a move to use these Coastal Aristocratic Families and our Purple Cloud Dao to deplete the strength of Chu State and buy them time.

Such schemes and tricks, how could we possibly comply with their wishes, sacrificing the lives of my Purple Cloud Dao disciples to lay the foundation for Liang State’s ambition?”

Unlike those in Inside the Sect, enchanted and misled by the gimmick of becoming a Dao Country on the surface.

Xuan Chengzi regards the situation in Jiangnan and the current situation in the Nine Provinces very lightly.

He knows that even with Liang State’s help, Ning Country is by no means a match for Chu State, which has unified most of Yangzhou.

After all, Liang State is in the north, in Qingzhou.

Not in Jiangnan, not in Yangzhou.

This very fact alone has determined that Liang State cannot possibly dedicate all its power to the Yangzhou Battlefield.

And Ning Country, unable to receive the full support of Liang State, naturally can’t be a match for Chu State, which has integrated more than ninety percent of Yangzhou.

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A coalition that at most controls thirty percent of Qingzhou and ten percent of Yangzhou, against over ninety percent of Yangzhou, does not seem like a winning proposition.

“Liang combined with Ning cannot possibly defeat Chu State.

But we don’t need to win, we just need to hold out for a few decades until the Four Extremes Change.

That’s when our opportunity will arise,” Xuan Yu still felt somewhat unwilling to concede.

“Opportunity?”

Xuan Chengzi snorted coldly upon hearing this, “What opportunity?

Are you referring to the Ning Country that, decades later, might be beaten down to a state of disrepair by Chu State, possibly having only two to three million population, ten thousand soldiers, and it’s uncertain whether there will even be ten Inborn masters?

Deluded into thinking that after fighting for decades, harboring deep-seated hatred, and being overwhelmingly powerful, Chu State would then form an alliance with it to march north into Central State?

Don’t be foolish.

Chu State would never ally with an enemy that has blocked its way for decades.

And Ning Country, besieged by Chu State for so many years, if it could still survive, would lack the strength to move north into Central State to wrestle for territory with the rest of the world.

Based on Ning’s scant resources, how much territory could they capture if they really fought in Central State?

One county?

One prefecture?

Surely not an entire province, right?

Without a province’s worth of territory, how can Ning hope to establish itself amidst the wolves of Central State?

It is likely that before long, they would be annexed by the other powers, leading to the downfall of the nation and the destruction of the home.

If so, what would be the point of our sect shedding its blood cleanly for decades?

Helping Chu State, on the other hand, is a different matter.

If Chu State can integrate Yangzhou, it can watch the power struggle in the northern lands at leisure, observing states like Liang, Zhao Xu, Wei, and others, fight each other to the death.

When these countries have fought to exhaustion, then advancing north for a Northern Expedition, even if it cannot capture the entirety of Qingzhou, it could still take five or six prefectures worth of territory.

That would be a foundational enterprise for half a province.

So no matter how you look at it, Chu State is a guaranteed Central State hegemon.

“Would you rather be a country with the power of one prefecture, or a hegemonic state religion?” Xuan Chengzi posed a probing question that cut right to the heart.

A country with the power of one prefecture, a hegemonic state religion.

These two paths were clearly and unmistakably laid out before Xuan Yu.

Faced with this question, there’s really no need for further consideration; the answer was already clear.

“Naturally, it’s the hegemonic state religion.”

Facing the bloody reality and the penetrating gaze of the School Leader Ling Li, Xuan Yu, no matter how unwilling, could only suppress his ambition and reply with bitterness.

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A territory of one prefecture, no matter how prosperous, could at most sustain a million people.

But as a hegemon of half a province, even at a glance, it must encompass at least twenty to thirty million people.

Considering In the future, with the significant concentration of the Nine Provinces’ population in Central State, the richer and more powerful the country, the greater the population it will eventually control.

Thus, Chu State, if it moved to Central State, could control a population that would not be less than forty to fifty million people, even if it ended up seizing only five or six prefectures’ worth of land, as Xuan Chengzi predicted.

Facing such a vast base of supporters, even if they had to share with Feishuang Tao, Purple Cloud Dao would still get its share of twenty to thirty million believers.

But facing a small, weak country on the brink of extinction, what significance does it have to be a recognized Dao Country, even if it became one?

The choice for Purple Cloud Dao seems quite clear.

Xuan Chengzi saw this clearly, which is why he chose to stand firmly by Chu State’s side even during times of unrest within the sect, with many being enticed by the notion of becoming a Dao Country on earth.

Because that represents the future.

“Now that you see this clearly, I can rest assured.”

Xuan Chengzi looked at Xuan Yu, who seemed deflated, his expression finally softened a great deal, and then he continued to offer reassurance: “Indeed, following Chu State is a good thing for our sect.

If it were as all of you say, to firmly ally with Ning Country, or even make Ning Country the state religion of our Purple Cloud Dao, and then lead this state religion north into Central State…

In the end, Purple Cloud Dao would step beyond its status as an outsider and become an insider.

You should also consider this.

Given the ruthlessness of worldly power struggles, can any of the royal relatives and nobles from a defeated nation survive?

They are all thoroughly executed by the victor, leaving no chance for future troubles.

If our Purple Cloud Dao’s state religion were to be defeated in the power struggle of Central State…

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