Chapter 3498

In the underworld, only a small number of powerful ghosts and gods such as Taimiao live alone.

Or they can take refuge in those more powerful ghosts and gods, as their capable subordinates, and share their various resources.

Or simply recruit troops, acquire a large territory, and become the local overlord.

When Tai Miao entered the underworld, he was not willing to be inferior to others. He occupied a territory according to his own style in the underworld of Tai Yi and continued to expand.

Later, he also discovered the many benefits of owning a territory in the underworld.

On the one hand, the underworld is extremely vast, but many places are barren and barren, with no useful output.

By incorporating those resource points into your own territory, you can strengthen your control over them.

On the other hand, after establishing strict control over the territory, the territory will slowly feed back some power to the lord.

The territories mentioned here are those that can be truly controlled, not in name only.

The larger the territory controlled, the greater the power fed back to the lord.

This kind of power can not only be used by the lord himself, but can also be shared with his trusted subordinates.

Taimiao is no stranger to this situation.

He originally ordered the construction of a large number of temples dedicated to himself on his own territory. In addition to strengthening his control over the territory, these temples themselves will also provide him with a steady stream of power.

In the underworld, the struggle for territory is one of the eternal themes.

In fact, it is not easy to truly control a vast territory.

A large army is needed, enough loyal subordinates are needed, and available managers are needed...

Otherwise, the control over a territory is too loose, or even only in name, and has little meaning.

The land of the underworld is almost endless, and the available ghosts and ghosts are limited.

As a lord, you must make choices and know where to use your limited subordinates in order to give full play to the cost-effectiveness and achieve the greatest effect.

Generally speaking, lords will give priority to areas rich in resources.

For those barren lands that are too barren, the control is nominal at most.

Many times, in order to avoid trouble, avoid unnecessary conflicts, and save manpower, the lords are not interested in the barren land close at hand, and are not even willing to control it in name.

Those extremely barren and barren lands were often buffers between the lords' territories.

The location of Taimiao Territory was originally a backwater in the underworld, very remote.

The expansion direction he chose this time was mostly in extremely remote and barren lands.

On the road of expansion, there are several territories that are not particularly wealthy, and their lords are average in strength.

Originally, Tai Miao thought that the strength he had accumulated in the underworld over the years would be enough to complete this expansion.

At most, it just takes a little more time.

The real trouble is, after defeating the opponent and occupying the new territory, how to completely control the territory and try to completely connect it with the original territory.

At the beginning of the expansion, it was relatively smooth.

The lords who stood in the way of his expansion were either easily defeated by his army, or they gave up their territories and fled early.

After all, there are still not many lords who can truly live and die with their territory.

But after Tai Miao defeated the two lords and occupied a large new territory, things took a turn for the worse.

Some rumors began to spread around Taimiao territory.

It is said that Tai Miao discovered a hidden treasure.

In order to completely occupy this treasure, he launched this expansion.

The treasure is hidden in the direction of his expansion.

There are different opinions as to what this treasure is.

What kind of treasure was left behind by the fallen Emperor of Hades, an extremely rich source of high-level resources...

Various theories were spread vividly, as if such a thing really happened.

According to the analysis of Taimiao's subordinates, those who spread such rumors were probably Taimiao's enemies, or the lords who blocked his expansion path.

Originally, similar rumors would appear in the underworld almost at any time and spread widely.

Afterwards, most similar rumors were proven to be nonsense.

But this rumor is obviously driven by someone behind the scenes.

Some enemies of Taimiao also took advantage of this opportunity and actively joined forces to try to prevent Taimiao's further expansion.

The lords who stood in the way of his expansion even made a big fuss about this so-called treasure to induce various forces to get involved in this incident.

To deal with such rumors, various forces in the underworld actually have mature methods that can be used as a reference for Tai Miao.

The best thing to do is for Taimiao to temporarily stop expansion.

What is false will always be false, and the impact of rumors will eventually pass.

After the turmoil subsides, it will not be too late for Taimiao to start its original expansion plan again.

Moreover, with the lessons learned from Crying Wolf this time, it will not be easy to use the same method next time, and no one will believe similar rumors again.

Most of Taimiao's subordinates proposed to temporarily stop the expansion.

The general trend is such that there is no need to go against the general trend.

These subordinates did not know the existence of the Samsara Pool and believed that the gains from this expansion were limited and that there were no important trophies on the road to expansion.

But Tai Miao knew that the treasure was a fiction, but the Samsara Pond actually existed, and there was absolutely no room for loss.

He was worried about long nights and long dreams, and wanted to incorporate the area where the ruins of the city were into his own territory as soon as possible.

More importantly, there are many idle and bored strong men in the underworld.

If these powerful men listen to the rumors of this treasure, they will search carefully on his expansion path.

Then there is a certain possibility that they will discover the existence of the reincarnation pool.

Although the possibility was very low, he had to guard against it.

In the underworld, the pool of reincarnation is the most precious treasure.

Once this pool of reincarnation is exposed, it will attract many powerful people who are too wonderful to resist.

Therefore, Tai Miao ignored the dissuasion of his subordinates and insisted on continuing with the original plan and expansion.

Taimiao's behavior made the originally nonsense rumors seem real.

Powerful people from all sides who originally didn't believe the rumors at all began to become dubious.

Not only in the underworld, but in the entire spiritual world, the stories of competing for various treasures have almost never stopped.

In the world of cultivation, there is never a shortage of monks who imagine that they can soar to the sky with just one treasure.

The neighbors who were originally reluctant to provoke Tai Miao all stepped aside one after another and participated in this incident with the idea of ​​​​playing a game.

Those who have a grudge against Tai Miao and dislike Tai Miao will not let this opportunity pass by.

Suddenly, Taimiao found that his expansion encountered great resistance, and he also had many more enemies, either overt or covert.