"Congratulations, Senior, you have successfully formed a pill!"
When Lin Li came out of retreat, the maid who was in charge of guarding outside Lin Li's retreat room received an order from the Ninth Princess and immediately told the Ninth Princess the news.
Afterwards, the Ninth Princess came with the offerings to congratulate.
After discovering that Taoist Qianshui seemed to be in seclusion, Lin Li asked, but the Ninth Princess could not give any useful information. However, the worshiper said that Lin Li's speed of forming the elixir was really amazing, and he succeeded in forming the elixir in just half a year...
Because, in the past, it generally took at least three to seven years of seclusion to achieve Dan. Therefore, it was normal for Qianshui Taoist to stay in seclusion for half a year, but Lin Li came out so early and succeeded in forming Dan, which was really shocking!
The Ninth Princess even expressed the hope that Lin Li could become an elder of the Hundred Stars Nation.
Although Lin Li had just entered the Jindan stage, the Ninth Princess could promise on behalf of the king that Lin Li would enjoy the same treatment as the elders in the middle stage of Jindan: thirty medium-grade spirit stones and one high-grade spirit stone every year. In addition to the exclusive skills for the royal family, Lin Li could choose any skills in the Hailan Kingdom's Tibetan Skill Pavilion!
Although Lin Li was not interested in this, he felt that he had a connection with the Ninth Princess and the others. After confirming that he did not need to do any actual work to be an elder, he only needed to have a title to intimidate neighboring countries so that Hailan Country could gain better import and export advantages in maritime trade, he agreed to be an elder of Hailan Country!
Afterwards, the Ninth Princess ordered someone to report the matter to the Prime Minister of the suzerain country, Baixing Kingdom.
What the Ninth Princess never expected was that the Lord of the Hundred Stars Kingdom, who had an ancestor in the Nascent Soul stage and hundreds of elders in the Core Formation stage, and the Lord of the People, actually asked for an unprecedented audience with Lin Li and prepared a sumptuous celebration banquet for Lin Li!
Logically speaking, a cultivator who has just entered the Jindan stage would not be qualified to be invited to a private banquet by the Lord of Baixing Country!
With doubts in mind, after repeatedly confirming that Lin Li would serve as the elder of the Hailan Kingdom and would not be recruited by the Baixing Kingdom, the Ninth Princess and the Hailan Kingdom's foundation-building great perfection priest brought Lin Li to the Baixing Kingdom's palace!
This palace is very different from the Zhao State buildings that existed before Lin Li was teleported.
It's more like a temple in Western Europe.
…
"Lin Li! I didn't expect that you are so young and yet so successful! Congratulations on your successful Dan formation!"
In the palace that resembled a Western European temple, the Hundred Stars King, who held a trident, had wavy aqua-blue hair, and a strong and powerful figure, sat high on the throne and said with a smile: "This time, it's all thanks to you! Our Hundred Stars Kingdom will surely prosper!"
"His Majesty?!"
Lin Li was a little confused: "What do you mean?"
"This king has already been informed of what happened in the Blood Trial."
The Lord of Baixing said: "If it weren't for you, Taoist Qianshui would never have been able to successfully bring back the scroll that recorded the wonderful weapon refining technique."
"As a cultivator who has reached the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, you are able to stand alone against ten thousand enemies and kill dozens of cultivators of the same level from the Holy Empire and the Boundless Empire. This is truly incredible!"
"What?!"
Along with the Ninth Princess and the offerings, all the civil and military officials in the Hundred Stars Palace were also shocked!
They were all shocked and said, "This time, the jade slips of ancient weapon refining techniques were all the work of this foreigner?!"
"The source of the heavy losses suffered by the Holy Empire and the Boundless Empire in the Blood Trial was actually him!"
"He is so powerful against dozens of cultivators of the same level, how can he be so terrifying?!"
"Now, he has successfully formed a Dan! In time, he will definitely become a general in the Dan-forming stage of my Baixing Nation!"
While everyone was discussing, the Lord of Baixing Country said solemnly: "Lin Li! I will now enthrone you as the Holy War Marquis of Baixing Country, and you will receive an annual salary of ten high-grade spirit stones and fifty mid-grade spirit stones!"
"hiss!!!"
When these words were spoken, everyone gasped in shock!
The Ninth Princess and Hai Lan, the worshipper, felt even more disappointed!
Comparing yourself with others will only make you angry!
Lin Li has now been conferred the title of marquis, and his salary is so generous!
How could he be willing to become the elder of the Hailan Kingdom
After all, the Hailan Kingdom and the Baixing Kingdom are completely different, one in the ground and the other in the sky, there is no comparison at all, and it is impossible for them to come up with such a generous salary to give Lin Li!
Although the Ninth Princess and the Priest knew that Lin Li had a promising future, but...
The temple in Hailan Country is too small to accommodate the great god Lin Li!
For a moment, the Ninth Princess and the priest felt extremely bitter!
"Your Majesty! Think twice!"
The Prime Minister of Baixing Country hurriedly requested to make a report, "This man is a foreigner, and he has not made any military achievements in the country. If he is given a title of marquis, it will probably only cause gossips from others! Moreover, the salary is too high, far beyond the level of a marquis, and even comparable to those foreign kings in the late Jindan stage!"
"Shut up!"
The Lord of Baixing Country scolded: "You have no idea what significance the Holy War Marquis has for my Baixing Country!"
"He is the destiny of my Hundred Stars Nation, the one who unifies the oceans!"
The Lord of Baixing Kingdom had a fanatical look in his eyes: "The whole world has been in a three-way confrontation for thousands of years! Although my Baixing Kingdom has a deep foundation and the number of Yuanying ancestors is the largest among the three countries, due to the barren territory and the small number of low- and middle-level cultivators under its command, it is unable to go to war with the other two countries."
"But now it's different!"
"Thanks to Saint War Marquis, we have obtained the ancient weapon refining technique, which allows us to refine puppets with strength comparable to that of Qi Refining, Foundation Building, and even Core Forming stages! And the meteorite iron needed to refine puppets happens to be a specialty of my Hundred Stars Country!"
"In just ten years, all the meteorite iron in our country's warehouse will be refined into puppets! The low- and middle-level forces of our Hundred Stars Nation will be stronger than those of the other two countries! By then, it will no longer be a dream for our Hundred Stars Nation to unify the world!"
"Lin Li! Kneel down! Accept this king's reward!"
The words of the Lord of Baixing Country left everyone speechless and shocked!
Unexpectedly!
I really didn’t expect it!
The ambition of the Lord of the Hundred Stars...
Surprisingly!
So big!
Want to destroy the other two countries and unify the world!
However.
What others never expected was that Lin Li...
Rejected!
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty!"
Lin Li shook his head and refused, "I have already promised Her Royal Highness the Ninth Princess to serve as an elder of the Ocean Blue Nation. I can no longer serve you."
Suddenly, the whole audience was in an uproar!
Almost all the civil and military officials of the Hundred Stars Kingdom were scolding Lin Li for being ungrateful!
The Ninth Princess and the offering were so shocked that they were speechless and deeply moved. The Ninth Princess even had tears of emotion in her beautiful eyes!
The Lord of Baixing Country was even more furious: "What?!"
"How dare you reject this king!"
"What is Hailan Country? It is just a vassal state of our country! What kind of salary do they give you? I am willing to pay you twice! No, three times, four times, or even five times. I am able to give you that!"
At this moment, for the Lord of Baixing Country.
This is no longer a question of whether to cherish talent or not, this...
It's about the face of the king of a country!