After hearing Ye Li's words, Li Rushan pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, I can agree to your request. You will be responsible for everything in Dongfang County, and I will even exempt you from taxes.
You must build for me an absolutely loyal legion there, as the first army that can contend against the forces of the Great Soul Heaven.
After that, I will use this army as a model to create more similar legions."
Ye Li shook his head upon hearing this and said, "It's already a huge investment to build such a legion, so you should not think about building more legions. The future troops can be built around this legion.
In short, you know about Dahun Tian. All the struggles for power and territory nowadays are meaningless. The only urgent task is to defeat Dahun Tian.
If we cannot defeat it, the whole world will be destroyed, and no matter how high our power or how large our territory is, we will still be doomed."
Li Rushan nodded and said, "Of course I know what you mean. I also know what is important and what is not. I will definitely put the matter of Dahuntian first."
"By the way, Brother Rushan, have you found out anything about the people in the Dahuntian organization?"
Ye Li asked.
Li Rushan shook his head and said, "I only know the details of Ermian Shura, but he is also elusive now and we can't find him at all.
As for the other group of men in black, no one knew where they were except Li Ruhai, Zhong Tao and Liu Yan, so now I don’t know where they went.
I think they will hear the news of Li Ruhai's death soon, and they will avoid our Tang's search and find another force to join."
Ye Li nodded and said, "This is what I am most worried about. No matter which organization the people of Dahuntian join, they will definitely find a way to control the organization in their own hands in the end.
They can occupy a huge force as a foundation without any effort, and prepare for their own expansion."
Hearing Ye Li's words, Li Rushan couldn't help but frown and said, "These guys are simply disgusting. I really can't understand why they, as human beings, would follow monsters so wholeheartedly."
Ye Li said: "Some of them are controlled by Dahuntian, others are controlled by 'people controlled by Dahuntian', and some are controlled by the desires in their hearts.
In any case, they are all controlled puppets and eventually become slaves of the Great Soul Heaven, bringing disaster to our world in order to usher in the arrival of the Great Soul Heaven.
We must show absolutely no mercy to these people and must eradicate them as soon as possible."
After the two of them had finished their discussion, Ye Li returned to his residence to rest.
It has been a year since he left Haiyuan. Ye Li plans to try on the Jiuhun Continent to see if he can find a place with sufficient life force that will allow him to use the Zhoushi Gourd again.
With the soul seal, his cultivation speed has been increased to the limit. If he has the help of the Cosmic Gourd, his cultivation speed will not increase, but the time for cultivation will increase.
And time is exactly what he lacks most now.
If he were given a hundred years, Ye Li believed that he would definitely be able to reach the realm of the Talisman Saint, or even reach the supreme realm of the Great Dao Saint.
But now there is only five years at most, and without the help of the Zhoushi Gourd, he may even find it difficult to enter the realm of his father.
After all, even with the help of the soul seal, he still needs time to comprehend, and practicing is not that easy.
Two days later, Li Rushan held a coronation ceremony in Tangjing City and rewarded all the meritorious officials at the ceremony. Ye Li was naturally named a peerless national hero.
As the person who saved Li Rushan several times and killed Li Ruhai, no one could surpass him in terms of merit. So when he was awarded the title of unparalleled national hero, few dared to object.
Li Rushan is not as good as Li Ruhai. Many people oppose Li Ruhai, but very few people oppose Li Rushan.
Firstly, Li Ruhai's murder of his father and his emperor made him unpopular. Even if he had not been convicted of the crime at the time, he could not withstand the gossip.
Li Rushan inherited the throne openly. In name, he was much more legitimate, so many ministers had no objection to him.
Secondly, under such a disadvantage, Li Rushan was able to turn the tables and kill Li Ruhai in the palace. This ability has made many ministers feel awed.
If Li Ruhai killed his father and the emperor to ascend the throne, he would be seen as a despicable and shameless person in the eyes of the public. However, Li Rushan's act of turning the tide and rising against the wind was a display of great wisdom, courage and unparalleled courage.
Just by this point, he has won over many people's hearts. Those who want to resist him have to weigh themselves and see if they are as good as Li Ruhai, who once sat on the throne.
Ye Li stayed in the harem for a total of half a month, after which he was formally rewarded and granted the Dongfang County as his fiefdom.
Before Ye Li left, Li Rushan took him to his residence and personally performed the ritual for him.
"Ye Li, I'm sorry to trouble you this time. Dongfang County is located on the edge of Tang State and is not subject to much control by the imperial court. It often makes some extraordinary moves.
The imperial court had sent troops there to suppress it, but the effect was not good. The local gentry and officials there colluded with each other and pretended to obey but secretly disobeyed, and they were able to cause the officials sent by the imperial court to lose their official positions. It is definitely not a good place."
Li Rushan said to Ye Li while drinking.
Ye Li narrowed his eyes upon hearing this, then looked at Li Rushan and said, "Didn't you tell me before that it was a good place!?"
Li Rushan laughed and said, "The scenery there is nice and the products are abundant. It is indeed a good place from a geographical point of view, but the cultural environment is a little poor.
But I am still very confident in you, because your ability is much stronger than any official arranged by the court in the past. What's more, you are not interested in officialdom at all. You are not an official, but an unparalleled national hero.
You have both strength and status. I guess no one will dare to provoke you if you just show an attitude of "whoever goes against me will die".
After all, you killed someone, but due to your status as a peerless national hero, no one dares to punish you. And as the master of Dongfang County, you have the power of life and death.
Having so many privileges in your hands means that you are someone who can kill people at will if you are unhappy.
No matter how well the gentry and officials in Dongfang County got along in the past, they were more or less using the rules to play tricks. But now that someone has suddenly come along who can ignore the rules at any time, they should probably reconsider themselves.
"After you gather them together, Ye Li, you can form an army. In name, that place is your fiefdom and is basically not protected by the imperial army, so you must form a private army. This special army to deal with the Great Soul Heaven Organization will be built in the name of your private army."
After hearing what Li Rushan said, Ye Li understood instantly. It turned out that this guy had planned everything. He wanted him to go there just to put on a bad face and do hard labor.