308: Yanshan Xinghe’s plan!

“How can you be so sure?”

Guo Feng didn't answer directly, but smiled and looked at Yanshan Star River.

The other party didn't believe him from the start.

However, he also sensed that Yanshan Star River didn't seem to have much hostility towards him.

The only thing he could feel was that Yanshan Star River was plotting and scheming something.

“Because my real name is Guo Xinghe,” Yanshan Star River said with a smile, “and I myself come from the Ancient Guo Clan! I witnessed the destruction of the Ancient Guo Clan with my own eyes, so what do you say?”

“What?” Guo Feng raised an eyebrow.

This was something he hadn't expected at all.

Could it be such a coincidence?

Yanshan Star River said, “I know your surname is Guo, and you're not from Guo Wang City, so I knew you definitely weren't from Chaos Continent, or at least not from the Yan Yang Empire.”

He paused, “But don't be too nervous. I don't care where you're from, even if you're from the Black Water Empire, our Yan Yang Empire's mortal enemy, I don't care.”

He looked at Guo Feng, “Because, even if my Yanshan City is subordinate to Qin Wang City, and Qin Wang City is subordinate to Yan Yang Empire, it's just a subordinate relationship.”

“They only require me to offer a certain amount of resources annually, and when there's a real war, I can send troops.”

“Even if I reach Ninth Rank, I don't want to serve in the King City or the Imperial Capital.”

“But.”

“The Empire's strength is great, and it has set this rule, which I have to obey.”

He then said, “So, I'm telling you these words very sincerely, hoping that you won't be too wary of me. To be honest, even if you're from the Land of Sins, as long as you don't covet my Yanshan City, I won't interfere.”

“Oh…” Guo Feng listened to Yanshan Star River's words while thinking rapidly.

First, what Yanshan Star River said might not be true.

Second, if what he said was true, then the overall structure of the Yan Yang Empire was like a federal system, or the enfeoffment system of the Zhou Dynasty era.

Third, Yanshan Star River must have his own agenda.

Fourth, there is a rule in the Empire that after reaching Ninth Rank, one cannot hold office in a fief below a main city.

This is very likely to weaken the top powers below the main cities.

So that they don't rebel!

He smiled and looked at Yanshan Star River, “What's your intention in telling me all this?”

“I want to restore the glory of the Guo Clan, I want to become a king, at least turn my Yanshan City into a King City!” Yanshan Star River said earnestly, looking at Guo Feng.

Such words would generally not be dared to be spoken by ordinary people in the entire Yan Yang Empire.

Because this is plotting rebellion.

Once a rebellion occurs, the Imperial Capital and King City will immediately send troops to suppress it.

All nine generations will be massacred!

And even Guo Feng, a modern person, understood this point.

He was a little surprised.

Yanshan Star River seemed truly convinced that Guo Feng was not from the Yan Yang Empire.

Guo Feng then asked, “Guo Clan's glory? What glory?”

“You are indeed not from the Ancient Guo Clan!” Yanshan Star River smiled. He also knew that everything was within his expectations.

He immediately explained, “My Guo Clan was once one of the five strongest families on the Chaos Continent—note, not the Yan Yang Empire, but the entire continent! ”

“Tens of thousands of years ago, my Guo Clan's ancestor, a powerful expert who controlled the Dao of Space, was infinitely close to an Immortal Rank existence!”

“He was respectfully called the Spatial God by the people of that time!”

“But then, for some unknown reason, he plundered the cultivation techniques of all families on the Chaos Continent, and with his crew, broke through the spatial barrier and went to the Land of Sins!”

“After that, the entire Chaos Continent rapidly declined.”

“The remaining members of the Guo Clan were jointly attacked by other families.”

“Slowly, the Guo Clan became an ancient clan of the Yan Yang Empire.”

“And just a few hundred years ago, someone prophesied that the Land of Sins was about to open, and the secret to its opening lay within the Guo Clan.”

“All the powerful families, in order to retrieve the ancient cultivation techniques lost back then, all pointed their spears at the Guo Clan.”

“Ultimately, my Guo Clan was almost completely annihilated.”

“Only I, and a few others, concealed our identities and endured.”

Yanshan Star River grew more and more agitated as he spoke, “My grandfather, my father, and my mother all died in front of me. They told me to live well and revive the Guo Clan.”

“Therefore!”

He stared at Guo Feng, “I want to revive the Guo Clan, I want to become a king! But, I also need your help!”

“This…” Guo Feng felt as if he was listening to an alien language.

However, he did seem to have heard before that there was a Spatial God in the Spirit Realm.

If it was true.

Then this Spatial God in the Spirit Realm was the leader of all Spirit Realms.

His surname was Guo?

Could it be such a coincidence?

However, although he was curious, this was something that happened countless tens of thousands of years ago.

It would not be possible to reach a conclusion in a short time.

He then looked at Yanshan Star River, “Then how do you want me to help you?”

He paused, “Or rather, how do we cooperate?”

“Become the Empress's dragon son-in-law!” Yanshan Star River went straight to the point, “With your talent, a teenage Eighth Rank Ninth Layer cultivation, you are bound to gain the Empress's favor.”

“I can tell you, the Empress's situation is similar to mine.”

“She is the first Empress in the Empire in over a thousand years.”

“She managed to compete with dozens of princes back then entirely thanks to her three Ninth Rank uncles!”

“And now, two of her three uncles have already broken through Ninth Rank and reached Immortal Rank, and have been taken away by the envoys of the Chaotic Empire.”

“Her other uncle, who is her only reliance now, is also at Ninth Rank Ninth Layer and will be heading to the Chaotic Empire soon.”

He smiled, “This is also why the Empress is in such a hurry to recruit a dragon son-in-law.”

“Oh!” Guo Feng immediately understood.

The Empress needed to consolidate her position, either by attracting a powerful force.

Or by gaining a powerful 'wise helper'.

It seemed that within the Yan Yang Empire, there was also open and covert strife, with turbulent undercurrents!

This was good news for him.

The more chaotic the other side was, the less likely they were to cause trouble externally.

However, he then looked at Yanshan Star River, “Why do you have to be taken away by the Chaotic Empire once you break through to Immortal Rank? And what kind of place is the Chaotic Empire?”

“You truly are from the Land of Sins!” Yanshan Star River's gaze sharpened.