Liu Xing wanted to see Lu Yu’s power grow stronger and larger.
After following Lu Yu for a long time, he began to admire him. Seeing some weaker factions surpassing Lu Yu, who possessed only a few, or even just over a dozen cities, he felt very resentful.
Lu Yu is like a godlike figure in Liu Xing’s mind. Therefore, Liu Xing believes that Lu Yu should surpass all of them!
Lu Yu listened to Liu Xing’s words, nodding continuously.
He felt that what Liu Xing said made a lot of sense.
However, Lu Yu wasn’t too familiar with this. He couldn’t help but frown and said, “Personally, I think the size of one’s power doesn’t really matter much in today’s world. With my current strength, if I wanted to, I could absolutely kill one hundred thousand people, maybe even more, by myself. Only true elites, when they become strong, deserve to be feared. But if what you’re saying makes sense, I can consider it!”
Liu Xing, upon hearing this, was overjoyed and said, “Mr. Lu, please rest assured. What I’m saying now absolutely makes sense! I also agree that in this era, powerful experts can suppress everything. One person alone could destroy a city or even challenge an entire nation. But tell me, when you’re trying to find an object or searching for a piece of information, do you think having more people is an advantage, or would fewer people be better?”
Lu Yu replied without hesitation, “Of course, the more people, the better. The more people there are, the faster we can gather information. The Celestial Organization is a perfect example of this!”
Liu Xing nodded and said, “You’re as wealthy as a nation, but you have few people working for you. As a result, the transmission of information—and many other aspects—will inevitably lag behind others. When you have more people, your reach becomes wider, and the speed at which you obtain, even send out information becomes faster. Take those individuals who’ve been helping you gather information about the Dragon’s Nest—they’ve been cautious to maintain secrecy, but the information they’ve obtained has been limited. What if there were more people involved? What results would they have achieved by now? The saying ‘many hands make light work’ has existed since ancient times for good reason—it holds truth!”
“What you want has always relied on the Celestial Organization to collect. The Celestial Organization doesn’t have many powerful experts—perhaps only a few top cultivators. However, their true core consists of less than a thousand members, while their personnel spread across various regions number more than one hundred thousand, possibly even more. If they want to gather any resource, they simply issue information and offer rewards; nothing takes long to collect completely! For example, imagine you have three thousand elite soldiers, while your enemy has an army of one hundred thousand. Do you think your opponent would fear you in terms of momentum? They certainly wouldn’t. Instead, they would believe that your smaller force guarantees victory over you, making battle unavoidable. Now consider if you had one hundred thousand troops, plus three thousand elite soldiers. Even if your one hundred thousand soldiers were merely for show, and only the three thousand elites were truly combat-effective, upon hearing the number one hundred thousand, your enemy would first have to assess their own troop strength carefully.”
Lu Yu found it very reasonable and couldn’t help but nod again.
He had always thought that having money was enough. However, after hearing what Liu Xing said, he realized that he might have been wrong.
Ability is important, but power is even more crucial.
The number of people doesn’t represent everything, but sometimes a large membership is indeed one of the criteria for measuring the strength of an organization.
Liu Xing continued, “In my opinion, Master Jingrui, you can continue to keep these people, or you can evaluate and expand them later. But for now, you need to develop a larger force. You could set up a bounty board and post all your requirements there. Whoever fulfills them will receive corresponding rewards. Once someone completes a certain number of tasks, they can become an outer circle member. And when outer circle members accumulate enough merit, they can qualify to become part of your elite group through evaluation. Initially, these people can belong to any organization—after all, they are only outer circle members and it doesn’t matter which faction they come from. However, these individuals must undergo evaluations to ensure they can arrive promptly whenever you need them, in order to accumulate merit. This will motivate their enthusiasm. Combined with Mr. Lu’s previous reputation and strength, I believe that as long as you agree, at minimum one hundred thousand people will be willing to join the bounty system and help you accomplish tasks! Even if among them there are only a thousand who genuinely wish to join, you will have gained significantly.”
Lu Yu lowered his head in thought for a moment and then said, “I agree with this plan. The reward poster is a great idea! As for the matter of the outer circle members, I have no objection to you handling it. Using them to gather information, combined with substantial rewards, will surely attract someone willing to sell us the information first. However—”
Lu Yu frowned slightly and asked, “Then what exactly do you mean by ‘elite’? What are they supposed to do?”
Liu Xing looked at Lu Yu with great interest and continued, “Although you don’t have the backing of a large organization, you possess a reputation and strength that nobody else has. Other organizations consider themselves lucky to have a few Sovereigns, yet you, with your Evolution Serum, already have at least ten Sovereigns under your command. While your force might be smaller in number compared to other organizations, its potential for growth is unparalleled. However, Mr. Lu, you’ve merely allowed your subordinates to develop on their own, only hoping they become stronger. Although I don’t know exactly what you’re thinking, I do know that dispersing such power is simply a waste! Take the last time you needed money, for instance—your subordinates managed to raise billions within less than a day. That’s the power of unity among your warriors. Such an amount would take other organizations several days, possibly requiring thousands or even tens of thousands of members to gather. Even the Celestial Deity Organization would need over a thousand members and two days to collect the same sum. Only when your force unites completely will it become truly terrifying.”
Lu Yu sucked in a breath of cold air and said, “That’s incredible.”
Lu Yu had never thought about these things before.
He only asked that his soldiers be willing to offer their lives when he needed them.
Therefore, he gave his warriors the best, willing to compensate for the lives they might lose in the future with everything he had now.
He never thought about receiving anything in return.
Naturally, he had never imagined that his subordinates would be so efficient!
Liu Xing, seeing Lu Yu’s surprise, said earnestly, “Mr. Lu, don’t you think with your strength and the loyalty of these warrior subordinates, you could achieve much more? The same goes for resources and power!”
“Go on,” Lu Yu said, seeming to catch a clue and looking at Liu Xing.
“I’ve heard about the discovery of the ruined royal city these days. It’s definitely a treasure trove. Numerous treasures, even star treasures, have already been found there on the very first day. Don’t you think we should take control of it and claim all those treasures for ourselves?”
Liu Xing, at this point, became somewhat excited and rubbed his hands together as he said, “You have the most loyal soldiers. As long as you give the order, I believe they will dedicate their lives to defending that city. If you can seize the items hidden within those ruins, your subordinates will become even stronger. For instance, the evolution serum you’ve obtained, or all the resources you currently possess, could potentially multiply several times over, or even more!”
“You want me to take over an entire city?” This time, Lu Yu was genuinely startled by Liu Xing’s boldness.
He dares to challenge a nation, but that doesn’t prove he can challenge the entire world.
There, ruins stretch across the land, and treasures abound.
If he tried to keep it all for himself, the entire world would likely turn against him.
Even if he is that powerful, he won’t be able to withstand all the world’s top experts!
Liu Xing shook his head and said, “Before that, I’d like to ask Mr. Lu one question: are you brave enough to take action?”
When Lu Yu was asked by Liu Xing like this, he immediately laughed and said, “Liu Xing, this time you’re underestimating me. I even dared to kill people from a country like India; is my hand not ruthless enough?”
Liu Xing shook his head and said seriously, “No, I mean whether you have the courage to take action in the face of anything. For example, if you want to seize a mine, you must be ruthless and willing to drive out everyone already there!”
Lu Yu frowned and said, “Go on, tell me more!”
Lu Yu doesn’t like causing trouble. He finds it hard to carry out forced evictions like this!
“I believe that even as we speak, there are already people scheming to occupy certain parts of the ruins or divide up the territory among themselves. If you’re any slower, it might no longer be a matter of driving them out, but rather of seizing it back.”
“If I agree to the expulsion, what should we do next?”
“It’s absolutely impossible to expel everyone from the entire ruins!” Liu Xing immediately laughed and said, “However, if Mr. Lu has the determination and dares to be ruthless, seizing a quarter of the ruins should absolutely be no problem. As for the remaining three-quarters, it’s none of our concern who ends up taking it.”
“Courage and ruthlessness,” Lu Yu murmured to himself, then looked up and asked, “Are you saying I should kill him?”
Liu Xing’s expression also froze upon hearing Lu Yu’s words. He sharply sliced his hand downward and coldly said, “That’s right. You spread the word that you now control a quarter of the ruins, and anyone who dares to challenge you will be killed. I believe in your strength—no one would dare to harm you. Of course, there might be some initial problems, but as long as you’re ruthless enough, you’ll be able to intimidate everyone into submission.”
Lu Yu was slightly taken aback, not expecting Liu Xing to have become so cold and ruthless as well.
Liu Xing continued, “If you could suppress all the rebels and then deploy your elite forces to search that area, I believe whatever is found will ultimately belong to you. This is your advantage—you have their loyalty. And I’m convinced that if a quarter of the region were thoroughly searched by your people, the resources you accumulate would make you as wealthy as a nation. I won’t claim that you could challenge an entire country with just a few hundred men. However, I can guarantee that each of your three hundred elite warriors could be equipped to the teeth. Up until now, you’ve always been selling various items to accumulate wealth and resources, which is far too one-sided. If you could seize the treasures hidden in the ruins and use them to exchange for whatever you desire, combined with the resources already in your possession, just imagine how powerful you could become?”
Liu Xing was extremely excited.
Although he is now only a plan and has not yet been realized.
However, with Lu Yu’s capabilities combined with 300 loyal and elite soldiers, if they truly follow his planned route, they will form a terrifying elite legion.
Lu Yu did not say anything.
He looked at Liu Xing with a hint of surprise.
The world is changing Liu Xing, making him start to look further ahead and become more ambitious.
If this plan succeeds, even Lu Yu himself can’t imagine how many treasures would be unearthed in that area.
Moreover, during the hour he spent with Xue Ji in that void, he gained a great deal of knowledge, including the location of the most devastating battlefield within that ruined area!
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