Looking at the twelve piles of gold and silver jewelry, General Yang couldn't help but gasp.
That's far too much; enough for at least 100,000 troops and ten years' worth of military supplies.
"Take this gold and silver and use it. I have only one request: within six months, build a modern army of 100,000!" Li Ling said calmly.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured, with this batch of military funds, I am confident that I can build an army of 100,000 in just three months!"
General Yang was in high spirits. If the army of 100,000 men was successfully formed, and His Majesty had no other modern generals under his command, then the army of 100,000 men would definitely be under his command.
"I trust you!"
Li Ling's casual remark immediately made General Yang's face flush with excitement.
As for why all those gold and silver treasures were given to General Yang, it was because the 100,000 Undead Legion had no need for these things at all.
It would be better to give these treasures to General Yang and let him build a modern army.
Although the Undying Legion is powerful and possesses immortality, it only numbers 100,000. This is enough to unify China, but it is too few to unify the world.
Li Ling's mission is to establish an unparalleled empire. Since it is an unparalleled empire, simply unifying China is probably not enough.
Therefore, Li Ling needs to make plans early. The 100,000-strong modern army is just the beginning. Li Ling's ultimate goal is to build a million-strong modern army, an elite army capable of sweeping across the world.
Li Ling walked to one of the deep pits, reached out and grabbed a treasure box from it.
"By the mandate of Heaven, may your life be long and prosperous!"
The item inside the treasure box was a magnificent jade seal.
The jade seal was seen floating in mid-air, with eight golden characters faintly visible beneath it.
"The Imperial Seal of the State!"
General Yang's eyes widened, and he muttered to himself.
"Dragon energy!"
Li Ling could clearly sense a powerful force contained within the jade seal!
That mysterious power contained an aura of supreme majesty. Because he possessed the remnant memories of his soul, Li Ling recognized what it was—it was the legendary Dragon Qi of the Emperor.
The real Imperial Seal of the State was no ordinary object; it was an extremely powerful magical artifact.
The Imperial Seal of the State that has been passed down in Chinese history is actually just a fake seal made by the Dragon Emperor. The real Imperial Seal of the State has always been hidden in the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum.
When Li Ling obtained the Imperial Seal, a leaf condensed on a branch of the World Tree in his mind's Qiankun World, which was a divine pattern of "Imperial Law".
If Li Ling can unify the world in the future, the number of imperial laws in his own domain will also increase.
If one could unify the primordial world and become the supreme emperor, it wouldn't be impossible to become a Heavenly Dao Realm expert, but it would be extremely difficult.
In the primordial world, there exists the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun. Beneath the Heavenly Dao are sages and the Heavenly Court, making it impossible for any other being to establish a supreme dynasty.
Moreover, achieving enlightenment through the imperial dynasty is not Li Ling's path.
Stopping his thoughts, Li Ling pulled himself out of his reverie.
Let's go!
The twelve demon gods' golden bodies have been put away, and the Imperial Seal of the State has been obtained. Li Ling does not intend to stay in the imperial mausoleum any longer.
Li Ling and his group then boarded a multi-story ship and returned via the same route.
As for the matter of moving gold and silver jewelry, Li Ling naturally doesn't need to worry about it; he trusts that General Yang will handle it properly.
Li Ling only told General Yang how to start the warship.
After that, Li Ling and Zi Yun began to miss each other. In fact, it had been two thousand years since they regained consciousness.
This is truly a glimpse into a thousand years.
While the two were at the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum, a dramatic change was taking place in the outside world.
However, Wang Jian, Meng Yi, and others led the Undying Legion to conquer the land of China in just a few days with unstoppable momentum.
The appearance of the Undead Legion shocked countless people and caused a global uproar. (The remaining text appears to be unrelated and likely refers to a separate entity or event.)
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Chapter 229: The Yellow Peril Re-emerges, Slaying the Western Invaders
"Boom..."
In a county town in southwestern Central China, cannons roared from the towering city walls, and shells shot out, falling towards the Undead Legion below.
On the Qin army's chariot, Meng Yi, clad in full armor, stood with his hands behind his back, watching the incoming artillery fire, a slight smile playing on his lips.
The artillery fire was extremely intense, and every time it landed, Qin soldiers were blown to pieces. However, those Qin soldiers who were killed could be resurrected in an instant, which was the terrifying aspect of immortality.
Cannonballs will eventually run out, but the Qin soldiers can never be killed!
"Commander, we're almost out of shells, but we haven't killed a single survivor. What should we do?"
Soldiers from a certain party's artillery battalion on the city wall were firing cannons until their hands ached, but not a single shell they fired killed a Qin soldier.
"Contact the division headquarters immediately and have them send planes to transport artillery shells!" The regimental commander was pale and his voice was almost hysterical.