thefictionvixens Chapter 336 The Spirit Lord's Phase 1 Development Plan
Chapter 336 The Spirit Lord's Phase 1 Development Plan
Chapter 336 The Spirit Hall's Next Stage Development Plan
Bibi Dong reclined on the pale purple papal throne.
She was incredibly languid, like a delicate, boneless beauty.
Her figure was graceful and exquisite, with alluring curves, naturally exuding a stunning charm. Under the purple halo emanating from the papal throne, she was breathtakingly beautiful.
However, within this unparalleled beauty lies a slight imperfection.
At this moment, Bibi Dong's exquisite eyebrows were slightly furrowed, her brows were tightly knit, and her long, curled eyelashes were trembling gently.
She didn't seem to be in a good state; she looked like she had something on her mind, which slightly marred her beauty.
She seemed to be thinking about something, troubled and restless about something, leading to emotional instability.
But upon closer inspection, it wasn't that simple. She seemed to be enduring some kind of pain, which made her feel somewhat uncomfortable.
Bibi Dong's mood was not calm at the moment. Her thoughts were complicated and all sorts of ideas came to mind. Negative emotions were surging, and her body was also a little tired.
During the two years that Ye Qifeng was away from Wuhun City.
Aside from returning to Night Seven Winds' Holy Son's Palace at night to rest, she spent almost all her time in the Papal Palace, busy handling government affairs.
Although, following Ye Qifeng's advice, she entrusted many of the trivial matters of the Spirit Hall to that effeminate Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan.
Even every six months, when Hu Liena finally had time to return to Wuhun City from the Death Training Camp to recuperate, she was dragged over by her to learn and help with government affairs.
However, for the sake of her ideals, Bibi Dong still couldn't help but do many things herself, which inevitably made her a little tired.
Because of Ye Qifeng, Bibi Dong realized some of her past mistakes. Although her past experiences were still so profound, so painful, and still tormenting her mind.
But with Ye Qifeng's presence, her shattered heart found some comfort and warmth, making her less frantic and more rational.
Bibi Dong's hatred for the Qian family, the angels, remained undiminished; she still constantly plotted to destroy and annihilate them all.
As for the Spirit Hall...
Now, Bibi Dong no longer intends to destroy it, but instead regards it as her own possession.
Since that old bastard Qian Daoliu handed the Spirit Hall over to her, there's no reason for her to return it.
Qian Daoliu still wants to take it back?
Haha, don't even think about it!
She wanted to firmly grasp the Spirit Hall and use it as a foundation to lay a solid groundwork for her dreams.
Also.
It is worth mentioning that.
Although Bibi Dong dreamed of unifying the Douluo Continent, she no longer had the idea of plunging the entire Douluo Continent into hellish chaos, slaughter, and depravity, nor did she have the thought of dragging the whole world down with her.
All that remained in her heart were pure ideals and goals.
That is to become the most noble and supreme woman in the world, an empress!
Perhaps only in this way can I make up for my physical imperfections.
This was Bibi Dong's thought, and she had been working tirelessly towards it, which led to her physical and mental exhaustion.
Of course, in addition to this, her physical and mental exhaustion was also due to the erosion and influence of the Rakshasa's evil thoughts.
After all, Ye Qifeng wasn't by her side and couldn't suppress or purify her negative emotions.
More than two years later, although Bibi Dong listened to Ye Qifeng and tried her best to suppress the urge to enter the Rakshasa Secret Realm to cultivate again, the evil thoughts of the Rakshasa within her body were constantly eroding her body, affecting her emotions and rationality, and even showing signs of accelerating the erosion.
At this moment, she had accumulated a lot of negative emotions, and her headache had recurred.
This symptom had already started months ago.
The erosion and influence of Rakshasa's evil thoughts on Bibi Dong were much faster and more severe than Ye Qifeng had anticipated.
If her condition is not suppressed and purified in time, it will likely become even more severe and worsen.
Bibi Dong desperately wanted Ye Qifeng to return, but she didn't want to delay his training or hinder his journey to become stronger because of her own issues.
Therefore, she never told Ye Qifeng about her condition, but chose to silently endure it, dragging it out until now.
at this time.
Bibi Dong slumped on the papal throne, her brows furrowed slightly, silently enduring the dual exhaustion of her body and mind, as well as the discomfort of her headache.
Although she didn't feel good, her fair and delicate face remained calm. After all, this discomfort was nothing compared to the pain she had experienced before.
At this moment, a storm was raging in Bibi Dong's mind as she pondered the development of the Spirit Hall.
In recent years, with the continuous financial support from the Pan-Continental Business Alliance, the Spirit Hall has now completely broken free from the economic constraints of the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires.
The Spirit Hall has developed exceptionally rapidly.
Countless ordinary people have benefited from the Spirit Hall Pan-Continental Business Alliance platform and are living better lives.
Furthermore, with the Spirit Hall's previous initiatives of providing free spirit awakening for commoners and issuing monthly stipends to low-level commoner spirit masters, the Spirit Hall, which already enjoyed considerable prestige among commoners, saw its prestige soar to unprecedented heights.
Countless commoner soul masters chose to join the Spirit Hall, causing the number of soul masters under the Spirit Hall's control to increase two or three times in just a few years.
This speed of development far exceeded Bibi Dong's expectations; it was even faster and better than she had anticipated.
She had originally planned to consider the future development plans of the Spirit Hall in a few years.
Now, that's no longer necessary; we can move directly to the next stage.
With the economic issues resolved, the next step is to consider developments in the political and military spheres.
First, there's the political aspect.
Currently, the Spirit Hall is merely a pure Spirit Master faction.
Although it controls an area roughly the size of a kingdom or province, it is neither a country nor a province, but rather a theocratic and religious organization.
Although the Spirit Hall's ruling system has developed over thousands of years and its top-down organizational structure is already quite perfect, it is not suitable as a ruling system for a country.
After all, the Spirit Hall's system was designed for the power of spirit masters, to suppress evil spirits and maintain peace on the continent, not for ruling a country.
so.
The political system of the Spirit Hall must be reformed, and it must be reformed beyond the imperial or dynastic system.
After all, in the Douluo Continent, strength reigns supreme!
Because of the existence of Soul Masters, they are able to cultivate and master extraordinary abilities, while ordinary people cannot cultivate.
Compared to ordinary people, Soul Masters, who possess great power, have a natural advantage in terms of status and position, so it is impossible to achieve absolute equality between Soul Masters and ordinary people.
Therefore, establishing a unified empire or dynasty, through meticulous design and the formulation of a rigorous and comprehensive system of governance, is more suitable for the current situation and reality of the Douluo Continent.
Bibi Dong also had the same idea in mind: to establish a unified empire. She had even thought of a name for it: the Martial Soul Empire. Well, although the Dong'er Empire would also be nice, she decided against it.
She didn't want everyone to start calling her "Dong'er" from now on.
This nickname is reserved for your closest people, and yes, your favorite people.
Therefore, let's call this unified empire the Martial Soul Empire.
This can be considered as saving face for the Spirit Hall, since the empire was built on the power of the Spirit Hall.
Well, let's talk about these things later. It seems too early to be thinking about them now.
It's better to focus on the development and reform of the Spirit Hall for now.
However, political reforms within the Spirit Hall are imperative, and preparations must begin.
Otherwise, it will be too late.
Without an effective system of governance, even if the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire are destroyed and the Douluo Continent is unified, it will be to no avail, and chaos will inevitably arise again.
Secondly, regarding military matters.
The Spirit Hall now possesses unprecedented power in terms of the number of spirit masters, and its talent pool is vast. Forming several spirit master legions would be a piece of cake for them.
However, there is an extreme shortage of ordinary soldiers.
After all, the area directly under the jurisdiction of the Spirit Hall is only roughly equivalent to a kingdom or province, and the population is not large, so it is difficult to even form a knight legion.
Therefore, the biggest challenge facing the Spirit Hall in its next stage of development was the lack of land and population.
Without land, where will the population come from? And without a population, where will the soldiers come from? Without soldiers, how can we recruit enough troops? How can we build cavalry legions and strengthen our military power?
After all, the war to unify the Douluo Continent was not just a war between Soul Masters, but also a war between ordinary armies.
The Heavenly Dou and Star Luo Empires are both established empires with considerable military strength. Even the relatively weak Heavenly Dou royal family commands an army of over a million men.
Although over 99% of the soldiers were ordinary people, Soul Masters only made up a very small portion.
However, if the Spirit Hall were to rely solely on the power of its Spirit Masters to face a military force numbering in the millions, no matter how powerful or elite the Spirit Masters were, they would still be torn to shreds.
If all the hundreds of thousands of Soul Masters across the continent were under the control of the Spirit Hall, then it would be fine; dealing with the military forces of the two great empires would not be a problem.
However, besides their millions of troops, the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires also have a considerable number of Soul Masters who are loyal to them.
Moreover, no matter how powerful a Soul Master's individual strength is, it is still insufficient in the face of the military power condensed by the Imperial machine.
Unless one transcends the rules of Douluo Continent and becomes a supreme deity, capable of suppressing the world single-handedly.
Therefore, in addition to the Soul Master Legion, the Spirit Hall also needs to build its own ordinary legions to deal with the military strength of the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires.
Moreover, during war, many things, including logistical support and food transportation, need to be done by ordinary soldiers. You can't rely on Soul Masters for everything, can you?
That's unrealistic.
Although the Spirit Hall controls a large number of Spirit Masters, the number is still limited.
It would be best to concentrate these Soul Master forces and form a more powerful and elite Soul Master legion.
In addition, after the war ends, the occupied territories will need ordinary soldiers to garrison them and maintain order.
The Soul Master Legion cannot do these things.
Therefore, even if the number and strength of the ordinary armies of the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires cannot compare with those of the ordinary armies, the Spirit Hall must still have its own ordinary troops.
The shortage of ordinary soldiers is a problem that cannot be effectively resolved in the short term.
However, this lack of strength can be somewhat compensated for by the fact that the Spirit Hall possesses a more powerful and elite legion of spirit masters.
The key issue is still the availability of manpower.
The issue of manpower also involves population and land issues.
As for population and land, the only solution is to target the vassal kingdoms, duchies, and provinces of the two great empires, the Heavenly Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire.
Why not start by targeting the already thoroughly infiltrated and riddled-with-holes affiliated forces of the Heavenly Dou Empire?
To be fair, Qian Xunji's beastly plan to seize the country did have some effect. Although it is very difficult to steal a huge empire, it is still possible to steal and control smaller kingdoms, duchies, and provinces.
However, all these actions must be carried out in secret to avoid leaks, trouble, and delays to the Spirit Hall's development.
As for the Star Luo Empire, it's a bit tricky. Direct infiltration and theft are not advisable, as they would easily expose them.
After all, the Star Luo royal family's control over the Star Luo Empire's affiliated forces was far more secure than that of the Heaven Dou Empire.
For the affiliated forces of the two great empires that are on good terms with the Spirit Hall, it is possible to win them over by secretly siding with the Spirit Hall.
As for those fence-sitters who waver back and forth, they can be coerced and lured into working for the Spirit Hall.
Even if there are some disgusting rats mixed in, it doesn't matter. We can deal with them slowly after the Martial Soul Empire is established or the war of unification ends.
As for those stubborn and obstinate elements, let's just wait until the war starts and then send them to their deaths.
By controlling some kingdoms, duchies, or provinces, and having these lands and people in hand, the problem of manpower shortage can be alleviated.
Similarly, controlling some kingdoms, duchies, or provinces would also allow the Spirit Hall to make early arrangements, inserting daggers and laying the groundwork between the two great empires.
When the time is right, we can take the opportunity to start a war and promote the process of unifying the mainland.
Aside from the issue of manpower.
The collection and stockpiling of various war resources such as metals, leather, and armor, as well as the research and development of weapons, are all major issues.
These are all things that need to be prepared for.
The next phase of the Spirit Hall's development plan will focus on these aspects.
Thinking about all this, Bibi Dong felt overwhelmed, the pressure was like a mountain pressing on her shoulders, so heavy that she could hardly breathe.
"There's just so much to do!"
Bibi Dong rested her chin on her hand, her beautiful eyes closed, her eyebrows slightly raised, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
She was a woman, far stronger and more resilient than most, yet she too felt weary and emotionally exhausted, yearning for a reliable embrace. Instinctively, she suddenly thought of Ye Qifeng.
"If Xiaofeng could come back sooner to help me, that would be great."
Thank you to [万物不及柒柒] for the 2000 Qidian Coins! Thank you to [克非] for the 100 Qidian Coins!
(End of this chapter)