Chapter 694: Xu Xiu Ran Comes out to Travel the World

Power of the nation, a double-edged sword.

If you governed a country so that it was peaceful and prosperous, the power of the nation would be positive energy, allowing your strength to skyrocket. However, if you were a tyrant that incited seething dissent of the people, the power of the nation would be negative energy, not only unable to bring about supplemental effects, but also bringing about a decrease in strength instead.

So, the five great sects didn't use the power of the nation despite knowing its benefits, because when refining the Realm Pill, people would obviously be in dissension and disunity, which would cause a terrifying end, directly affecting the quality of the Realm Pill.

"Tanned brother, now do you wish to give this emperor a hand?" Ma Duo Bao said, full of smiles and somewhat anticipating the answer.