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“So in these four hundred-plus years, Beijia itself hasn’t exactly been peaceful?”
“Mm-hm.” Sun Fuling nodded. “There have been wars large and small, within the vassal states and between them, and that’s not even counting day-to-day clashes, friction, and simmering grudges. Look, when Beijia was founded, there were only twelve vassal monster states. At one point, the number rose to seventeen. That means that there was both splintering and annexation. Now, it’s back to twelve again.”
“Twelve?” He Lingchuan’s heart thumped. It was the seventeenth year on the Panlong Calendary right now, and Beijia had twelve monster kings. But in his time, which was more than a century later, there were thirteen monster kings. In other words, an extra one had appeared over the following hundred years.
With that thought lodged in his chest, he asked, “If it’s been that chaotic inside, how hasn’t Beijia collapsed? Our own motherland, West Luo, is currently being torn apart by feudal lords carving it up. It’s a complete mess.”
Sun Fuling smiled and said, “Maybe after being in chaos for a few hundred years, they’ve gotten really good at it?”
“…” Chaotic but unbroken, I guess that really is a kind of skill.
“Alright, no more jokes. The Beijia Monster Emperor’s authority is something no one within their empire...
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