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Chapter 758: Chapter 332: The Extinction of the Four Poles, Nine Provinces Split _2

Since Feishuang Tao could come to Chu State today, to inform him, the King of Chu, about the impending cold wave disaster.

Then Lu Yuan did not believe that among the northern countries, particularly the most affected ones: Yan, Ji, and Xu Provinces, there would not be sects of immortality similar to Feishuang Tao, or other cultivation forces.

Perhaps even now, or even as early as one or two years ago, or even earlier, there were Immortal Sects that had sought out these northern worldly dynasties, alerting them to this impending disaster.

And consider the direction of the winds in the Nine Provinces in recent years.

Firstly, Qingzhou’s Liang State, regardless of the alarm and hostility it caused in other countries of the world, audaciously annexed Qingzhou’s Lai State, thereby unifying all of Qingzhou in one fell swoop.

The move was like the striking of a domino, immediately causing unrest in the surrounding nations, resulting in the northern countries each beginning to expand their military forces and prepare for battle, stirring up internal strife and accelerating their unification efforts.

The entire land of the Nine Provinces, therefore, became riddled with smoke and flames of war, like a powder keg, as if ready to explode at the slightest provocation.

At first, Lu Yuan thought that this was due to the power of Liang State, causing the surrounding nations to fear and become alert, leading them on the path of military expansion and preparation for their own self-protection.

But upon careful contemplation now, things might not be so simple.

In recent years, Lu Yuan had extensively perused and remembered classic books, so he knew a bit about the old times through some rumors and records.

Therefore, he had a vague understanding of what Jinyun was referring to: the Central State region in the four extremities of the land.

The place known as Central State in ancient times is, in fact, the entire Qingzhou, as well as the eastern part of Yong State: Henan and Nanyang and the southern part of Xuzhou, along with Yuzhou, which is adjacent to Xuzhou, making up an area approximately the size of two current provinces.

And as Liang State occupies half of the Central State region, in the situation where the three northern provinces are suffering, Liang State naturally becomes the hardest hit area, being the only safe zone.

Within Liang State, there are two major Daoist sects: the Dan Ding Dao and the Cang Long Way. These two sects are located in Qingzhou, with disciples coming from there, and are closely related to Liang State.

If one were to say that these two sects have no connection with Liang State’s court, Lu Yuan would find that hard to believe.

Remember, he had personally witnessed Yang Jing, a representative of the Yue State court, attending the Inescapable Meeting as a form of congratulations.

Given that the Inescapable Meeting was conducted this way, the similar ceremonies held by the Dan Ding Dao and Cang Long Way in the north must have been roughly the same.

So, it would be reasonable for these two major Daoist sects to have informed Liang State in advance as soon as they noticed the abnormalities at Beiming Youdu.

And it was precisely because Liang State had sensed the approaching catastrophe that it could not wait to unify Qingzhou to gather the power of an entire province to face the imminent disaster.

At the same time, the many nations in Yan, Ji, and Xu Provinces had also started to expand their armies and prepare for battle, not solely for self-preservation, but also likely in preparation for migration southward once the cold wave arrived.

Since their territory would no longer be suitable for living in the imminent future,

The only option for survival for the countless nations and tribes in these three provinces was to migrate southward to places where living conditions would be more favorable.

On this journey of migration, any person that stands in their way will be considered an enemy, a hurdle to their plundering of survival supplies.

Killing, looting, conquering…

All these are the main themes for the northern nations under the pressure of the cold wave.

And beneath this theme lays a hell filled with death and oppression.

At this moment, Lu Yuan could almost see the rivers formed of corpses and blood decades from now, with countless aggrieved souls crying and howling above them.

Mankind, at this moment, would be thoroughly transformed into a purgatory.

“The world will be thrown into chaos from now on.”

With his eyes gently closed, Lu Yuan sighed softly.

Although he had foreseen the terrible future, he could not change anything about it, and certainly had no ability to prevent it.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Facing a disaster that would affect the entire world, an individual’s power was so insignificant and weak.

Perhaps in ancient times, countless immortals could use their divine powers to gather and seal the cold air back in Beiming Youdu.

However, in this Age of Dharma Decline, where divine powers are difficult to manifest, it would be hard, to say the least, for the existent immortals to gather and seal the cold air, let alone venture into Beiming Youdu.

Without the ability to change the source of the disaster, it was also impractical to seek to alleviate the catastrophes brought about by the disaster.

The disaster refugees are two hundred million in number, a total far beyond the carrying capacity of any single province.

Just as Zhou State, which occupies more than half of Yong State, could not provide relief for a mere six million barbarians.

Liang State, which only occupies Qingzhou, could not save two hundred million overwhelming refugees either.

These refugees want to survive, so they can only migrate southwards.

The people from the two countries in Qingzhou also want to survive, so they can only block the passage of the refugees moving southwards.

This is a dead knot, impossible to untangle.

“It seems the king has already understood the crux of the problem.”

Seeing the expression and sentiments of Lu Yuan, Jinyun immediately realised that the King of Chu had understood the implication of his words. He slightly nodded and said with profound meaning: “However, the king may still not have fully understood the cold disaster.”

“Not fully understood?” Lu Yuan blinked slightly, his heart slightly uneasy, feeling that he seemed to have overlooked something very important, otherwise, Jinyun would not have made such a remark.