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Chapter 1161:- Mob Slap - Second Form (2)
Jun Wu Xie and Jun Wu Yao's appearance, caused a strange eerie silence to fall over the fiercely intense battlefield, with only the sound of the howling gale sweeping past everyone's ears.
Jun Wu Xie narrowed her eyes and looked at the chaotic battlefield, looking at the armies of the three allied countries that had surged like the tide. When she saw the three country allied armies rushing towards the gates of the Imperial City, her rage had risen to a boiling point!
If she had arrived just a moment later, the Qi Kingdom's Imperial City would have been instantly overrun by the three countries' forces, and her family members would have been mercilessly trampled by the armoured cavalry of the allied forces!
The rage within Jun Wu Xie made her eyes turn impossibly frosty. She turned her head slightly, to search within the Imperial City for familiar figures.
And her eyes quickly met those of Jun Xian's. Cold and indifferent as she always was, her gaze at that moment wavered slightly.
[Grandfather.....]
Jun Wu Xie wanted so much to run to Jun Xian, to ask her Grandfather whether he had been well all this time. But she really did not have the time for that now. She turned her head back to stare at the armies screaming in horror before her and she drew in a deep breath.
The gazes of the three countries' allied army were now all focused upon Jun Wu Xie and Jun Wu Yao. They had never seen anything so horrifying. Several thousand soldiers suddenly turning into blood and gore in a single blink and the several hurricanes still had not stopped. They continued to howl as they spun endlessly, as good as having an impenetrable high steel wall before them, that blocked the way into the Qi Kingdom's Imperial City completely, keeping the allied armies of the three countries, blocked outside!
"Who are you people! Why are you making an enemy out of our three countries! ?" The Commander in Chief of the Condor Country infused his entire body with spirit power, and shouted out towards Jun Wu Xie and Jun Wu Yao hovering in the air.
Within the howling of the gale, Jun Wu Xie lifted her chin slightly and her chilling gaze swept over each and every of the enemy armies as she said grandly: "Hither stands the Emperor of the Fire state, and all hither needeth no longer dream of setting one foot into the Imperial City!"
Jun Wu Xie's voice was tinged with a trace of frost, and highly domineering, as it resounded upon the expanse of land.
Her words shocked everyone so much they gasped loudly!
[Fire Country, that is the mightiest country throughout the lands!]
[Why had the Fire Country's Emperor appeared in the Qi Kingdom? And why would he impede the steps of the three countries in their attack?]
Countless questions swam in their minds. The words, Fire Country, was just like a tall mountain, suddenly pressing heavily down upon all their chests.
Besides the Condor Country, the Commanders of the other two countries had immediately upon hearing Jun Wu Xie's declaration, found their bodies to be trembling uncontrollably. They were not strong countries, and they had needed to form alliances to attack the Qi Kingdom, hence, it was needless to mention just how miniscule they were before the mighty Fire Country.
Never in their lives would they have ever thought they would one day make an enemy out of the Fire Country!
The other two Commanders were now in a state of panic. Attacking the Qi Kingdom had not made them feel pressure, but if they had to face the Fire Country..... They completely did not even dare to think about it!
Almost immediately after ascertaining Jun Wu Xie's identity, they drove their horses into a sprint to come before the Condor Country's Commander in Chief and asked highly nervously: "Is that really the Fire Country's Emperor? Why does the Fire Country want to interfere with the Qi Kingdom's affairs! ?"
A tiny country like the Qi Kingdom, would never be able to establish any links with the Fire Country, but the youth had claimed to be the Fire Country's Emperor and that had made their hearts panic.
"What he is wearing upon his head, is indeed the Fire Country's Emperor's crown." The Condor Country's Commander in Chief admitted through gritted teeth.
Not long ago, the Fire Country had indeed sent news about the change of regime and there had also been rumours that said that the throne was handed to a just a young youth. Under the Heavens, people who dared impersonate the Fire Country's Emperor did not exist.
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Chapter 1162:- Mob Slap - Second Form (3)
The Condor Country's Commander in Chief's words extinguished the last ray of hope in the hearts of the other two commanders.
When the Fire Country's Emperor had personally appeared outside the Qi Kingdom's Imperial City and made his stance clear that no one was allowed to take a single step into the Imperial City, naturally none of them possessed the guts to challenge the Fire Country's might. Against such an immensely powerful country, if they really provoked and angered them, obliterating both their countries would be as easy as taking a drink.
"For no reason, why is the Fire Country getting themselves involved in a matter like this? The Qi Kingdom is so far away from the Fire Country, so why are they stretching their hand so far out for! ?" A commander asked, his face deathly pale.
"What are we going to do now? Are we really going to strike against the Fire Country's Emperor? That..... that might not really be suitable." Another commander said, the expression on his face flustered.
The Condor Country's Commander in Chief's brows creased together. The current situation was not one that he had ever thought would happen. Although the Condor Country was strong and powerful, but compared to the highly prosperous and powerful Fire Country who was securely lodged in the seat of supremacy, they were still a distance behind. If they were to really face off with the Fire Country, they would have nothing to gain out of it.
At that point, even the Condor Country's Commander in Chief could not help himself any longer but started to show signs of hesitation.
"It is merely just an Emperor and you are all already shaking in your boots? What a joke." The youth who had been watching the three Commanders from the side saw their ashen paces said with a sneer.
The Commanders from the other two countries immediately turned to look at him, their faces frowning slightly.
This person had been with the Condor Country's forces right from the beginning. Highly good looking, his body tall and slender, not looking the least bit like he was from the Condor Country's army. They had initially not cared much about it, but along the way, the Condor Country's Commander in Chief had been highly respectful to the youth and it could even be said that the Commander in Chief obeyed him in many instances, making the other two Commanders not dare to underestimate the youth's identity.
But now, the Fire Country had joined in the battle and although only the Emperor alone had come, everyone there however knew what that truly meant. But even then, the youth was still saying such things flippantly which greatly displeased the other two Commanders.
"Just merely an Emperor? That's putting it too lightly! Do you know how powerful the Fire Country is? Since the Fire Country was founded, they had always sat in the seat reigning supreme over the various countries. Many of those who had overestimated themselves and provoked them had all in the end lost their home countries where their lands became part of the Fire Country, to forever disappear from the world!" One of the Commanders could not help but retort in contempt.
The youth glanced at him and his eyes flashed with displeasure. The Condor Country's Commander in Chief's heart filled with terror and he quickly said: "Lord Lin Xiao, please do not be angry. What he spoke was the truth as the Fire Country is really not that easy to deal with."
The youth named Lin Xiao laughed coldly and swung his eyes onto the Commander who had spoken rudely to say in a sneer: "Angry? What is there for me to get angry with with a bunch of trash like this? I just think that you all really wouldn't be able to sink any lower. An alliance of four countries just to invade a tiny Qi Kingdom and it had taken you so much effort. And now only a measly two people from the Fire Country had appeared and it has already frightened you into such a state. You guys are just a joke."
The expression on the Condor Country's Commander in Chief's face wasn't looking too good but he held himself back, while the faces of the other two Commanders had already darkened completely. Although they were nowhere near as powerful as the Condor Country, but as Chief Commanders of their countries' military, they had never had to suffer such insults!
"Just two people? Don't tell me you did not see it. When those two people appeared, several thousands of our soldiers outside the Imperial City's gates had all died without even having their bodies intact! You are really so foolish to think that the Fire Country's Emperor would suddenly appear alone? That man beside him, possesses extraordinary powers!" One of the Commanders spat through gritted teeth.
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Chapter 1163:- Mob Slap - Second Form (4)
Lin Xiao's eyes narrowed as he stared at the two Commanders.
"What you two are trying to say is that you do not intend to carry on fighting?"
The two commanders immediately retorted: "How are we to fight? That is the Fire Country's Emperor right there! We had come here merely to support and assist the Condor Country's army anyway, and are not that determined to completely annihilate the Qi Kingdom. We have already spent so much time here and have done enough. If we are expected to make the Fire Country our enemy, I am afraid we will not be able to do that!"
[No matter how powerful the Condor Country is, it isn't as important as their lives.]
Lin Xiao did not say a word, but his eyes were already shining with a malicious glint. The Condor Country's Commander in Chief detected the change in the youth and had wanted to say something but was already too late!
Two rays of Purple Spirit energy shot out from Lin Xiao's hands, coiling straight around the two Commanders' neck!
In a blink, the two muscular Commanders clad in their armour who were seated atop their warhorses were lifted into the air by the two rays of spirit energy, their throats being squeezed by a powerful force, cutting off their air supply bit by bit. The two men kicked and struggled in mid air, their horrified gazes locked upon Lin Xiao whose body was glowing with the flare of Purple Spirit energy.
[Purple Spirit!]
[That weak and frail looking youth was actually a Purple Spirit at the pinnacle of power!]
[Invisible and formless, the fear gripped the hearts of the two Commanders, their eyes wide with horror.]
"The two of you listen here. Today, you'll fight whether you like it or not. If I find out that anyone is thinking of escaping, I will make them realise what it means to live a fate worse than death!" Lin Xiao said, his eyes narrowed to a slit, the malicious expression on his face undoubtable.
"Do you understand?" He continued to ask.
The two Commanders immediately nodded, not daring to resist any further.
Lin Xiao then retracted his spirit power and the two men fell crashing to the ground, gasping heavily for air with their hands grasping at their necks, the shock still evident in their eyes as they stared at Lin Xiao.
"Get your sorry behinds back to your armies and when the Condor Country's bugle sounds, both of you would do well to launch an attack immediately!" Lin Xiao threatened coldly.
The two Commanders scrambled onto their horses and fled back to their armies.
"Now, sound the bugle to signal the attack and don't take up anymore of my time. It's just two useless pieces of trash and they were actually able to scare all of you to such a state." Lin Xiao said with a sneer as he looked at the Condor Country's Commander in Chief.
Under Lin Xiao's orders, the Condor Country's Commander in Chief had no choice but to comply and the bugle was sounded quickly. After a momentary quiet, the armies finally launched another attack upon the Qi Kingdom's Imperial City!
Jun Wu Xie stood in midair as she stared at the armies of the three countries moving to launch another attack and the murder in her eyes could no longer be contained.
"Before the Fire Country's army gets here, we cannot let them get past those gates." Jun Wu Xie said, her eyes narrowing up. She needed to buy enough time to drag it out till the Qi Kingdom's final hope arrives!
"As you wish." Jun Wu Yao turned his head to look smilingly at Jun Wu Xie.
[As long as she wants it, as long as she seeks it, he will satisfy them all one by one.]
Originally, there had only been several hurricanes blocking the way outside the Imperial City. But just as Jun Wu Yao's voice fell, the number of those hurricanes suddenly grew to become ten times the original number!
The densely gathered hurricanes fully blocked the way towards every inch of the city's walls, which completely denied anyone of a chance to attack the city!
Those who had rushed to surround the Imperial City had in an instant, been sucked into the hurricanes and disappeared from sight!
The quantity of the highly deadly hurricanes was increasing quickly, driving great fear and terror into the heart of the Condor Country's Commander in Chief and even Lin Xiao who had been steadily cool all this time had shown signs of cracking.
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Chapter 1164:- Mob Slap - Second Form (5)
All of a sudden, Lin Xiao charged out front from the back of the army of soldiers. He had not intended to involve himself in such a rudimentary level battle of the Lower Realm but the man who had created those hurricanes was definitely someone who was not that simple. In order for the plan to continue to be executed, he had to make a move!
Lin Xiao turned into a purple ray of light as he charged to go to the front of the army and a pair of wings formed with bones suddenly appeared on his back, bringing him up in mid air, to come face to face Jun Wu Xie and Jun Wu Yao!
"Who are you?" Lin Xiao's eyes had narrowed to a slit and he did not even glance at Jun Wu Xie even once, but fixed his eyes squarely upon Jun Wu Yao. He knew that the strange hurricanes were all the work of this devilishly handsome looking man.
Jun Wu Yao's brow lifted as he looked at the wings made up of bones and the corners of his mouth curled up.
"Bone Shifting Tribe? Flying series ring spirit?"
Surprise showed on Lin Xiao's face. He had not expected that in the Lower Realm, there would actually be a person who would know about his origins with just one glance, and had even known that the wings on his back was actually his ring spirit.
"You are from the Middle Realm?" Lin Xiao asked warily, but he did not detect any spirit powers emitting from Jun Wu Yao's body at all.
Jun Wu Yao ignored him completely and turned to look at Jun Wu Xie.
"Want him alive?"
Jun Wu Xie nodded.
Lin Xiao glared at Jun Wu Yao with his jaws clenched tightly, thinking just what his words had meant.
However, when Jun Wu Yao turned his head back, Lin Xiao saw a pair of violet eyes, looking every inch like a demon, that made his blood freeze up in an instant.
"How can it be possible....." Lin Xiao's eyes bulged with pure incredulity. Under the Heavens, a person who possessed violet coloured eyes, was only that one man in the legends!
[He didn't die?]
[Impossible!]
Endless terror instantly shot throughout Lin Xiao's body. He suddenly flapped his wings as the blood quickly drained out from his face, acting like he had seen a ghost, turning himself around to fly speedily in the opposite direction!
[Run!]
[He needed to escape!]
[Or he will die!]
"Running away?" Jun Wu Yao lifted one side of his brows and he suddenly lifted his free hand as a black coloured mist shot out towards Lin Xiao who was attempting to escape. The black mist was moving at a speed faster than Lin Xiao's flying and in the blink of an eye, Lin Xiao was hopelessly tangled within that black mist, as a loud cry came exploding out of his throat!
No matter how hard he flapped his bone wings thinking to escape this nightmarish place, the black mist was dragging his quickly back to come before Jun Wu Yao!
"Let me go! Let me go! Do not kill me!" The smug arrogance on his face disappeared and was not about to come back, the panic and fear on his face making him look rather wretched.
On the hand that Jun Wu Yao had lifted, his fingers slowly closed.
Excruciating pain spread through every single inch of Lin Xiao's body. He howled and pleaded incessantly. Not even in his dreams would he have thought that here in the Lower Realm, he would meet the demon who had made the entire Middle Realm completely submit!
"I beg you, do not kill me! Da....." Before Lin Xiao had been able to finish his words, the black mist had already wrapped him up entirely in darkness, swallowing him up together with the words he had not managed to finish saying.
Jun Wu Yao's violet eyes was suddenly once again replaced by black, an icy murderous aura behind the smile as the corners of his mouth curled up. He turned his head back and stared at Jun Wu Xie who body was glowing with a blue spirit glow. "Does this mean that Little Xie is intending to fight?"
Jun Wu Xie's cold voice replied: "I want to personally exact vengeance for the Rui Lin Army, with my own two hands!"
Upon saying that, she suddenly broke free from Jun Wu Yao's embrace, leaping right towards the densely packed army at her feet!
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Chapter 1165:- Mob Slap - Second Form (6)
Right at the moment that Jun Wu Xie threw herself downwards in a leap, the little black cat on her shoulder suddenly grew in size in midair, to morph into a magnificent and ferocious massive black beast that caught Jun Wu Xie firmly as they landed!
Like a ravenous and ferocious tiger that just came down the mountain, it charged right towards the mass of soldiers!
Appearing suddenly right in the midst of the flustered army of soldiers, Jun Wu Xie's blue spirit power glow flared brightly, her eyes cold as steely knife points, delivering merciless slaughter onto the soldiers together with the ferocious black beast!
The blue glowing figure cut like a sickle through multiple thousands of soldiers in a blue arc, executing a mad massacre over the people whose hands were stained with the blood of the Rui Lin Army's soldiers.
Jun Wu Yao stood in midair, reaching his hand out to open a humongous cloth sack hanging from his hip.
Lord Meh Meh and the Sacrificial Blood Rabbit suddenly popped their tiny heads out from the sack curiously.
"Meh?" Lord Meh Meh stared at the dark mass of people below. On the day that Jun Xie had "married" Qu Xing Rui, as Qu Wen Hao's consciousness had been forcibly restored temporarily, he had revoked the control the Spirit Taming Bone Flute had over Lord Meh Meh on that same day.
"Puu?" The Sacrificial Blood Rabbit tugged at its pair of big ears and spotted Jun Wu Xie charging among the mass of people in slaughter. Its fur immediately turned a bright red shade of blood and its blood eyes shone with an insatiable bloodlust!
"Go." Jun Wu Yao picked up the two foolish beasts from within the sack. When Jun Wu Xie had announced that they would be bringing forward their departure, he had decided on his own to bring the two little fellas with them.
Let these soldiers from the three country alliance have a taste of the kind of terror and havoc these Guardian Grade Spirit Beasts were capable of wrecking, onto them!
At the moment that Lord Meh Meh and the Sacrificial Blood Rabbit were thrown down, two brilliantly bright flashes of light exploded in the air!
The tiny balls of light expanded in an instant, as if two tiny suns had suddenly dropped from the Heavens, blinding everyone around them!
In the next instant!
Two enormous Spirit Beasts appeared within the sight of the soldiers. The gigantic white beast that Lord Meh Meh had morphed into had upon landing, immediately crushed an innumerable number of enemy soldiers. The Sacrificial Blood Rabbit was quite a lot smaller in size than Lord Meh Meh, but its speed was astoundingly fast, like a red bolt of lightning flashing speedily through the mass of soldiers, that left behind a long trail of blood and gore in its wake.
With two Guardian Grade Spirit Beasts added in, the entire battlefield quickly erupted into absolute and perfect chaos!
The Commander in Chief of the Condor Country sat atop his horse right at the back of the armies, watching in flabbergasted silence at the mess the entire battlefield had turned into.
He really could not believe his own eyes. All his previous misgivings had only been due to the Fire Country's military might alone, but now, without even having seen a shadow of the Fire Country's army, just the Fire Country's Emperor himself and two Spirit Beasts had already thrown the entire battlefield into utter chaos! And with the layer upon layer of hurricanes in front of the Imperial City, how were they going to launch an attack on the city?
Whereas for that overbearing "Lord Lin Xiao" who looked at everyone with contempt in his eyes, even he had disappeared from sight completely after a single strike from the flawlessly handsome looking man. Fear grew exponentially as it creeped into his heart and spread everywhere!
[It was only two people!]
[Just two people only!]
[But they had put up a protection around the Qi Kingdom as impenetrable as a thick steel wall that they were unable to overcome.]
[Against such terrifying power, who would be able to go against them? !]
Nearly three million soldiers in the enemy's army and their attack was being held down by just Jun Wu Xie and Jun Wu Yao. And throughout the entire battle, Jun Wu Xie and Jun Wu Yao did not even suffer so much as a scratch, while the party suffering heavy casualties was instead the armies of the three country alliance!
The Condor Country's Commander in Chief's hand gripping the reins began to shake and tremble.
A fifteen year old Blue spirit! And a man so powerful he took down a Purple Spirit at the pinnacle of power in one second! With two more Guardian Grade Spirit Beasts added into the mix, how were they expected to continue with this battle! ?
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Chapter 1166:- Mob Slap - Second Form (7)
However, before the Condor Country's Commander in Chief had even recovered from the shock, a bright light flashed from Jun Wu Xie's fingers!
Another white figure suddenly appeared in the midst of the crowd of soldiers, kicking up another storm of bloody slaughter!
Jun Wu Xie had summoned Drunk Lotus, and the killing was getting more and more intense!
Within the Qi Kingdom's Imperial City, all the soldiers standing on the city's wall stood completely stunned as they saw what was happening right before their eyes. They could not even understand everything that was happening in front of them. Why had the Fire Country's Emperor suddenly appeared to help them?
What shocked them even more was the extremely young looking little Emperor could be so ferocious the very moment he struck.
[Blue spirit!]
[That was a blue spirit!]
[A fifteen year old blue spirit! A fact that was just too unbelievable to all of them!]
[The most shocking sight before them, were those two jaw dropping magnificent Spirit Beasts!]
Whether it was from seeing their attack power or judging from their mammoth size, it was easy to guess that they were definitely of the supreme Guardian Grade.
A Guardian Grade Spirit Beast, was extremely rare by itself. Needless to mention one that remained by the side of a person, few people have even sighted one at all! But this little Emperor of the Fire Country, had actually brought out two Guardian Grade Spirit Beasts, which was just impossible to all of them there.
Even the Thousand Beast City who were well known for taming Spirit Beasts, could only make use of their city's legendary treasure, the Spirit Taming Bone Flute to tame one Guardian Grade Spirit Beast. To be able to have two Guardian Grade Spirit Beasts follow a person's orders, was just too ludicrous to believe and had never been heard of before!
The Qi Kingdom's soldiers were astounded and the citizens could not believe that the Heavens would give to them such a bright ray of hope right at the final moment.
Only the Rui Lin Army.....
Only all the Rui Lin Army's soldiers in the city looked through the broken gates, through the impossible wall of wind, their eyes fixed upon the tiny figure perched upon the massive black beast's back.
In one moment, the entire group of stalwart and steel willed men found their eyes red rimmed.
Others might not know who the Fire Country's little Emperor was, but these men from the Rui Lin Army knew that person better than anyone!
[That massive black beast with a gold streak on its chest, wasn't that the same one that belonged to their very own Young Miss! ?]
[Under the Heavens, the only one person who could ride on that massive black beast, was only their Young Miss of the Rui Lin Army!]
[Jun Wu Xie!]
[Their Young Miss had returned!]
[The pillar of their hearts has come back!]
That one discovery made all the Rui Lin Army soldiers who had been prepared to die fighting their last battle suddenly feel the blood boil once again in their hearts!
"Everyone, follow me to charge right out! We cannot allow His Majesty of the Fire Country to fight on our battlefield for us, while we stand here to watch the show!" Long Qi was the first one to recover and react, and he immediately charged to go outside the city's gates, issuing a rousing call with his fist in the air!
He knew, Jun Wu Xie would never abandon the Rui Lin Army, never give up on the Qi Kingdom. No matter how she came to be the Emperor of the Fire Country, she would still be their very own Young Miss!
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Every single Rui Lin Army soldier had eyes filled with murder, all ready to charge out of the city to fight alongside Jun Wu Xie.
But Jun Wu Yao who was just above the city's wall suddenly turned his head to look at the twenty over thousand Rui Lin Army soldiers gathered eagerly near the gates. He smile faintly at them and said: "Apologies, I cannot allow any of you to go out there."
"Young Master Wu Yao! Please open up a way for us before the gates! Let us go out there and help!" Long Qi pleaded earnestly as he looked at Jun Wu Yao. They cannot let Jun Wu Xie fight out there alone.
Jun Wu Yao then replied with a smile: "I will not."
"Why?" Long Qi asked helplessly.
"I do not want Little Xie to be pained any further. There isn't many of you left in the Rui Lin Army and any more losses incurred might make her cry." Jun Wu Yao said and turned away, to look at Jun Wu Xie continuing to deal out her unstoppable massacre.
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Chapter 1167:- Mob Slap - Second Form (8)
Jun Wu Yao's words, made the men in the Rui Lin Army fall silent.
The invasion of the four countries' allied forces had inflicted very severe losses upon the Rui Lin Army. They could no longer keep count of the number of brothers they had lost on the battlefield and couldn't remember how they had managed to climb out from among those lifeless bodies. It wasn't that their hearts did not feel the pain, it wasn't that they did not harbour hatred, but they just did not have the time all this while that allowed them to let the pain sink in.
Jun Wu Xie's concern for them plucked right on the string stretched taut over their hearts. They understood why Jun Wu Xie thought that way, where she would rather fight the battle alone, than lose another single one of their men.
"But....." Long Qi seemed to want to say something more.
But Jun Wu Yao shook his head and said: "Trust her."
Long Qi gaped like a goldfish, unable to say anything.
At that moment, Jun Xian came walking over. He placed a hand on Long Qi's shoulder and Jun Xian raised his head to look at Jun Wu Yao.
"You can ascertain..... us of her safety?" As a member of the Jun Family, Jun Xian was feeling extremely proud that he had such an exemplary example of a fine granddaughter but he could not help feeling the worries of a grandfather.
Jun Wu Yao smiled at that. "I am certain."
"Alright." Jun Xian nodded his head, and suppressed the worry deep within his heart, as he turned to look at the soldiers within the city.
"The entire army is to make good use of the time now to properly reassess the situation. Carry the injured to get them treated and keep your spirits up!" The battle was still not finished and no matter how powerful Jun Wu Xie was, she would not be able to last indefinitely. What they needed to do now, was not to worry themselves to death standing there, but to make full use of the time that Jun Wu Xie was fighting to gain for them, to regroup the utterly wrecked and exhausted army, to ready themselves to face the upcoming battle.
With Jun Xian order, all the soldiers within the city quickly readjusted themselves in that period and the citizens helped to quickly carry the wounded to put them in a safer location, while all the physicians within the city poured out to quickly treat the wounds of the heroes who fought to defend them.
Mo Qian Yuan summoned all the Imperial Physicians within the Palace and they brought along all the herbs and elixirs that could be of any use to help with the situation here.
At that moment, what all of them cared about was not the value of those medicine, but more on how many of the Qi Kingdom's warriors they would be able to save!
Outside the city, the attack of the allied forces from the three countries were completely stopped by Jun Wu Xie and Jun Wu Yao, but they still had not given up on invading into the Imperial City. Arrows tipped with fire were sent flying into the Imperial City in endless volleys, the arrows passing over the wall of wind, to land inside, igniting clusters of fire to burn within the Imperial City.
The physically exhausted soldiers wanted to go put out the fires, but were pressed down by the common citizens, asking them to get as much rest as possible, and leave the putting out of the fires to them.
Seeing the many figures of the citizens running around, watching the young children carrying water buckets as they followed behind the busy adults, the soldiers who had undergone the fiery trials of war were highly moved.
These were the citizens they had protected by putting their lives on the line. The sacrifices made were all worth it!
The strength of every single person that could be drawn upon had been mobilized. Medicine, food, water, blankets..... Anything and everything that their soldiers could use were brought by the citizens to be pushed into the hands of the warriors.
Mo Qian Yuan stood directing all of it, his golden robe singed by fire in several places and was in a sorry state. The crown which symbolised his Imperial authourity that was upon his head had fallen to the ground in the midst of all the running about and he had not even had the time to retrieve it.
One sees true feelings in times of adversity. At this time when the Qi Kingdom was in trapped in a crisis, the determination and belief that had been hidden in the souls of the people of the kingdom had completely shone. They banded together in unity, not a word of spoken about giving up!
Out on the battlefield, the number of kills Jun Wu Xie scored could no longer be measured. Bright red blood dyed her silver armour completely red, the same colour as her eyes as she delivered the all out massacre upon her enemies.
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Chapter 1168:- Mob Slap - Second Form (9)
[Kill!]
That was the one and only thought in Jun Wu Xie's mind.
With Jun Wu Xie having already broken through to the blue spirit, and the perfect coordination from the black beast, it allowed them to weave with ease through the chaotic battlefield, the speed of the black beast being at a pace that those soldiers could never dream of keeping up with.
The intensely overpowering stench of blood had already numbed Jun Wu Xie's sense of smell.
She was not a person inclined towards slaughter, but in order to seek revenge for that eighty thousand spirits of the Rui Lin Army soldiers, to exact vengeance upon the Qi Kingdom's soldiers and citizens who had been buried under the flames of this war, she didn't mind turning into a demon that climbed up from the very depths of hell!
Kill to stop the killing!
The Chief Commanders from the other two armies went running in a fluster to seek out the Condor Country's Commander in Chief. They had personally witnessed Lin Xiao being captured when that man standing in midair had not done anything much. The situation had turned into such a disadvantageous state and they really did not dare to continue on with the attack!
"What should we do? That Lord Lin Xiao of yours was dealt with in a single stroke and if we continue the attack, our losses will be be too much to take!" From the tone of the Chief Commander, it had already betrayed the obvious fear he was feeling.
"We're not fighting anymore! You want to attack, you do it yourself! Now that the Fire Country's Emperor has already appeared, he had most definitely not come here alone. The Fire Country's grand army will surely arrive at anytime and I am withdrawing my army from here! In this incident, we have really been dragged into it by the Condor Country. It's just so....." The other Chief Commander was already toying with the idea of retreat and he was about to curse out when the might of the Condor Country reduced his intended outburst into an intelligible grumble.
The Condor Country's Commander in Chief recovered from his shock as the loud complaints from the two other men rocked his heart.
[Should they continue to fight?]
Even Lin Xiao had been taken down. And he had possessed the power of the Purple Spirit, the pinnacle of power. With an enemy who was able to so easily squash a Purple Spirit, would they still have a chance to win?
At that moment, even he had the idea of retreat gnawing at his heart. Finally when Lord Meh Meh's nine tails threw hundreds of soldiers into the air in a single sweep, the Condor Country's Commander in Chief immediately made his decision!
"Retreat! Every man pull back!" He immediately got the bugle sounded to signal an all out retreat and all the soldiers that had surrounded the Imperial City finally began to recede back just like the tide going out.
No one had ever thought, that with the appearance of Jun Wu Xie and Jun Wu Yao, the allied forces of the three country had not only found themselves unable to launch any attacks upon the Imperial City, but had in such a short period of time made the enemy beat such a hasty retreat.
Jun Wu Xie's unhindered slaughter, Drunk Lotus's brutal power and the appearance of the two mammoth sized Spirit Beasts had completely crushed the slightest inclination to fight in any of them.
And one more thing terrorized them more than everything else, and that was Jun Wu Yao who had not really made any more moves against them!
The sheer numbers of hurricanes surrounding the outside of the Imperial City was already not a power that a mortal could possess and who knew what kind of terrifying consequences he would bring if he really made his move?
Upon the Imperial City's wall, the Qi Kingdom's soldiers could see the three countries' allied forces retreating. Finally after being under such a long period of depression, the soldiers exploded into joyous and raucous cheers in sheer delight! They raised the swords in their hands high up and waved them in the air, and the Qi Kingdom's flag that had been scorched by fire was pulled down, as it was quickly replaced with brand new piece that was immediately hoisted up to flutter high above the Qi Kingdom's Imperial City once more!
It was just like this tiny but highly resilient kingdom, as under the fierce howling wind, it stretched out fluttering brightly, and would not sag and fall!
The enemy armies beat a hasty retreat, but Jun Wu Xie did not intend to spare them so easily.
She led Lord Meh Meh together with the others in pursuit, but she had just run a few steps when she was suddenly picked up by Jun Wu Yao who looped an arm around her from behind, to fly up into the air.
"Look." Jun Wu Yao said while raising his hand, to point in the direction that the enemy armies were retreating in.
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Chapter 1169:- Raging Purple Spirit (1)
In the direction that the three country allied armies were retreating into, a large army was charging right towards them!
Above that army, flew the banner of the Fire Country!
Under the strong wind blowing, the banner fluttered, as war drums shook the skies!
The three country allied armies who were in the midst of their retreat would not even in their dreams have thought, that at the very moment they turned to pull themselves back, they would run smack right into the Fire Country's army!
At the forefront of the Fire Country's army, was Qiao Chu and the other youths who were leading. Under the strong gale blowing, they waved at the faraway Jun Wu Xie, their faces brimming with vigor, looking highly excited. After defeating the Prosper Country's soldiers, they had not tallied even a moment and had immediately set out to come to the Qi Kingdom's Imperial City. The blood splatters on their bodies had not even dried out and they were already seen approaching all covered in dust.
The armies of the three countries found themselves suddenly faced with the Fire Country's army and a mournful wail erupted from the entire army!
"All charge!" Qiao Chu leapt up from his horse, and he flew right towards the armies of the three countries, the spirit ring in his hand suddenly emitting a bright light, to throw an enormous Ying Yang Bear into the middle of the enemy soldiers. Its enormous body was like a meat grinder, when in an instant, its two powerful bear paws stretched out to its sides to send all the enemy soldiers surrounding it flying through the air!
Following right behind, Hua Yao, Fan Zhuo, Fei Yan and Rong Ruo leapt into battle at the same time, their ring spirits appearing in successive blinding flashes of light, immediately turning into battle machines to push right into the thousands upon thousands of enemy soldiers before them in a mad rush!
The Fire Country's army were just one step behind them and they crashed heavily right into the soldiers of the three countries' allied armies in an orgy of slaughter!
The armies of the three countries' allied forces had already been thrown into a fluster by Jun Wu Xie and Jun Wu Yao's attack and they had lost their will to fight, the aggression of soldiers dissipated as they turned in flight, to run away like dogs whose owners have died. Now they had just found themselves on the receiving end of a head on charge by the Fire Country's ferocious army and everything descended into chaos for all of them.
The Fire Country's army combined power, was inferior only to the Rui Lin Army. Although they were not like the Rui Lin Army where one soldier could take on ten men, but the ferocity of one million lions with the boosted morale from a recent victory, it brought the power of those soldiers to a whole new level at that moment!
The armies clashed, a battle of will.
The three country's allied armies, lost badly in that aspect!
Moreover, among their armies, they did not have any exceptionally outstanding soldiers, that was able to stand up against Qiao Chu and his comrades' dominating presence as they swept over the panicked soldiers!
Under that overwhelming attack, the three country's allied forces were quickly being defeated. They wanted to retreat backwards, but Jun Wu Xie had her two Guardian Grade Spirit Beasts there sealing off their escape route!
Sandwiched from the front and back, the allied armies who had burned and looted throughout the Qi Kingdom for two whole weeks were completely routed in an instant.
Anguished howls and mournful wails sounded from the enemy armies incessantly!
Jun Wu Xie's eyes were still red and bloodshot, her entire body fully covered in blood, but she did not have the slightest intention in stopping her hand.
If she had not come here today, these people before her eyes would definitely not have spared even a single common citizen within the Qi Kingdom's Imperial City who were completely innocent.
On her way here, Jun Wu Xie had already seen too many cities of the Qi Kingdom which had been looted clean, blood covering the entire grounds inside, dead and lifeless bodies left lying everywhere. Those once bustling and prosperous cities, had now turned into cities that stood dead and empty, where everyone even from the elderly in their eighties, all the way down to newborn infants, the enemy had not spared a single one of them!
In Jun Wu Xie's eyes, these men were no longer humans, but cruel and barbaric beasts!
When dealing with brutal beasts, was there a reason for her to be merciful?
With a kick to send the soldiers surrounding her flying, Jun Wu Xie suddenly leapt up from the black beast's back, and when she was in the air, the blue spirit glow around her body suddenly changed into a brilliant flash of purple!
The Purple Spirit manifests!
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Chapter 1170:- Raging Purple Spirit (2)
The Purple Spirit glow shone brilliantly over the top of the armies. That blinding light dazzling everyone among them all.
[Purple Spirit!]
[That's a Purple Spirit!]
Everyone stared in disbelief with their mouths agape, looking at Jun Wu Xie wrapped in that purple glow. They had never ever heard of a fifteen year old youth who had attained the Purple Spirit!
Jun Wu Xie's blue spirit powers earlier had already stunned them and she had suddenly pushed her powers to explode to the Purple Spirit!
That fact made the already demoralised hearts of the enemy soldiers suddenly sink further, falling to the bottom of a deep gorge!
However, the matter had still not reached its end.
After Jun Wu Xie's powers exploded into the Purple Spirit, several other bursts of purple coloured spirit glow lit up within the horde of soldiers in quick succession!
The youths who had charged the most ferociously into the enemy's ranks had suddenly raised their spirit power level to the Purple Spirit as well!
The Purple Spirit that had the people in the world longing hopelessly, an unscalable mountain that had only existed in legends for so many long years, had reappeared right before their eyes today. And at this appearance, there were six of them at the same time!
Despair fell like a heavy shroud over every single soldier of the three countries' allied armies. They had not been able to handle a blue spirit, what could they hope to do against the Purple Spirit, that was the pinnacle of power!
A series of hopeless wails rang out everywhere among the mass of soldiers, the streaks of Purple Spirit glow weaving through them, delivering death and despair.
The Fire Country's army were extraordinarily ferocious, together with the several Purple Spirits pushing the enemy deeper into the abyss, while the two mammoth sized Guardian Grade Spirit Beasts and the unbelievably powerful ring spirits completely crushed any last vestiges of confidence the three countries' allied armies might have left!
It became hopelessly one sided on the battlefield, as within this bloody battle, the enemy soldiers who had butchered countless soldiers in the Qi Kingdom, the invaders and looters of a countless number of the Qi Kingdom's citizens, finally fell in pools of blood.
The allied three countries' military encampment was shrinking continuously, and the Commanders of the armies surrounded within the mass of soldiers had their faces turned pale.
They had advanced triumphantly the entire way and had never thought that they would suffer such a heavy setback right at the final leg!
If not for that ragtag army made up of a motley mix of the Qi Kingdom's citizens that had held them back and dragged out their time, they would have taken over the Qi Kingdom's Imperial City before Jun Wu Xie and Jun Wu Yao got here, and the Qi Kingdom would have fallen. And if Jun Wu Xie and Jun Wu Yao had not gotten here in time, with the Qi Kingdom fallen, the Qi Kingdom would not have been saved by Fire Country's army.
Get one step wrong, and every step after goes wrong.
It was that very ragtag army that they despised so thoroughly that had saved the Qi Kingdom from final despair, and then the tables had turned, where the Qi Kingdom climbed out from its dire straits while the one fallen into utter despair had become the three country alliance!
When night fell, firelight reddened the sky. Upon the battlefield, countless heaps of dead bodies lay everywhere, as blood flowed into rivers under everyone's feet.
An army that numbered almost three million was cleanly annihilated in half a day. Nobody would ever forget, in the final stages of the battle, when there had still been close to two million soldiers in the allied army, Jun Wu Yao who had been standing at the back of the battle all this time, only smiling and not saying a word, suddenly raised a hand to turn the battlefield into a sea of blood in a single instant. A blood mist had engulfed those two million soldiers in an instant, to leave behind mangled and mutilated bodies, and sticky bloodstains.
Jun Wu Xie stood panting within the sea of bodies, the blood splattered upon her now so thick it was dropping off her, the expression upon her face not showing disgust or disdain, but one of liberation.
She lifted her head, to look up at the sky reddened by the fires lit upon the battlefield, peering at the sprinkling of twinkling stars above, and the bright round moon.
[Vengeance for the Rui Lin Army, for the Qi Kingdom, has finally been exacted!]
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Chapter 1171:- Raging Purple Spirit (3)
But at that moment, there wasn't a single sliver of joy in Jun Wu Xie's heart. The overpowering stench of blood was now starting to hit her hard. She did not feel triumphant. On a battlefield like this, victory or defeat did not exist for her. She would very much rather none of this had ever happened and it would be enough for her if all the deceased Rui Lin Army soldiers could be returned to her!
"Little Xie....." Qiao Chu's hand trembled as he walked towards Jun Wu Xie. This was the first time he had experienced such a large scale battle, his youthful blood aroused by the overwhelming intensity on this battlefield. All youths yearned to grow into a real man, to become a hero that protected and defended their country.
However Qiao Chu and his gang were in a unique situation. The places they belonged to had long abandoned them and they did not know what kind of a place their birthplace was to them anymore, and how were they to protect and defend a place that made them homeless and became orphans.
But Jun Wu Xie had given to all of them just such an opportunity. From the moment that Jun Wu Xie had agreed to become the Emperor of the Fire Country, Qiao Chu and his gang had decided that they would join her.
Whether it was the Qi Kingdom or the Fire Country, to them, both would be places they strived to protect and defend.
"How are the losses for the Fire Country's army?" Jun Wu Xie turned her eyes back, her eyes no longer red and bloodshot.
"Still within an acceptable range. The enemy had already lost all will to fight upon seeing the Fire Country's army and were not difficult to deal with." Qiao Chu said scratching his head, hard for him to imagine that after going through two major battles, their losses had remained less than one tenth of their total numbers, which was a result that turned out somewhat more than acceptable.
But if the reason for it was pursued, it would not be all due to the might of the Fire Country's army.
In terms of might, the Rui Lin Army was above the Fire Country's army, but the Fire Country's army's numbers gained them a huge advantage, and they wore the halo of being the biggest and mightiest country throughout the lands, which caused many armies to have developed an innate timidness towards them.
Moreover, Jun Wu Yao's inescapable instant annihilation was the most devastating attack where the grand total number of kills the entire Fire Country achieved would not match up to him, one man alone.
Recalling that last final strike, Qiao Chu could not help himself but have his head shrink down into his shoulders.
[Big Brother Wu Yao is truly more savage than anything else he knows!]
Jun Wu Xie nodded. Mobilizing the Fire Country's army, had firstly because she had been forced by circumstances, and secondly to accede to Lei Chen's request, but she she did not wish to have to deplete a big chunk of the Fire Country's military in order to save the Qi Kingdom. Afterall, she was now the Fire Country's Emperor and it was something she didn't want to see.
"Your Majesty!" Covered in blood splatters, Lei Chen wiped the blood stains off his face and came before Jun Xie to say: "The Commanders in Chiefs of the three countries have been captured and I am here to request for Your Majesty's orders. To kill or not?"
It was wondered whether Jun Wu Yao had done it intentionally. With his one strike right at the final moment, only the three Commanders of the three countries were spared, forcing them to witness their entire armies that was millions strong instantly reduced to pools of blood. When Lei Chen had been clearing up the battlefield, he had discovered the three Commanders who had lost their minds and he had the men captured to now await Jun Xie's decision for them.
Jun Wu Xie's eyes narrowed up and she said in a cold voice: "Keep them imprisoned. Bring them into the Qi Kingdom's Imperial City and interrogate them."
Having received his orders, Lei Chen immediately left to make the arrangements.
With the battlefield reduced into pools of blood, there really wasn't much they had to clear up. After the Fire Country's army regrouped themselves, they began to move towards the Qi Kingdom's Imperial City.
Having just managed to get a short breather after the three allied countries' combined attack, when the Qi Kingdom's citizens saw the dark mass of another army approaching over the horizon, their heartstrings instinctively tightened inside.
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Chapter 1172:- Alliance (1)
Fortunately, they quickly noticed that the army was hoisting the Fire Country's flag, which allowed them to heave a small sigh of relief
When the Fire Country's army reached the gates of the Qi Kingdom's Imperial City, they stopped outside and Lei Chen got the soldiers to pitch camp to for them to rest, and ordered that they were not to set foot inside the Qi Kingdom's Imperial City without authourization.
After having repeatedly suffered attacks from the invaders, the slightest movement from the army would make the people in the Qi Kingdom nervous, and Lei Chen thoughtfully wanted to prevent any unwanted incidents to occur.
Jun Wu Xie and a small group of them went into the Qi Kingdom's Imperial City. At the edges of the Imperial City, the place was filled with the Qi Kingdom's soldiers and citizens. They had not dispersed immediately but had stood around the Imperial City's gates to look at Jun Xie who had saved them all.
Mo Qian Yuan stood right at the front of the crowd as he peered at the unfamiliar face. Even if the looks had changed, he would never mistake that pair of cold eyes that were like autumn's water for someone else and never would he be able to forget that black beast that Jun Wu Xie had once used to threaten him.
[How did she become the Fire Country's Emperor?]
Mo Qian Yuan's heart was filled with confusion and bewilderment but no matter what, she was the one who saved the Qi Kingdom today.
Any question that he asked would not change that fact.
Mo Qian Yuan strode forward to welcome Jun Wu Xie and in everyone's eyes, representing everyone within the Qi Kingdom, he cupped a hand over his fist and bowed from the hip, to say in a loud and clear voice: "This time round, we are thankful for the help the Fire Country has extended to us. Your utmost kindness and benevolence would be deeply remembered by every single person in the Qi Kingdom."
Long before, he was a Crown Prince who was about to be deposed, and she was a decadent wastrel of a Young Miss that people looked upon with shame.
Now, he was pushed by her to be elevated into ascending the throne while she had become the ruler of the mightiest country throughout the lands.
It had only been one short year, and a change of such an extent was really deeply moving to a person.
Jun Wu Xie stared calmly at Mo Qian Yuan. At that moment, she was not the Young Miss of the Lin Palace in the Qi Kingdom, Jun Wu Xie, but the Fire Country's newly minted Emperor, Jun Xie. From the moment she had accepted Lei Chen's request and led the army to come save the Qi Kingdom, it had meant that she would have to temporarily give up her identity as Jun Wu Xie for a period.
Jun Wu Xie's gaze involuntarily turned slightly to look to the side, where Jun Xian and Jun Qing were standing, their faces highly anxious. Those were her family members who had given her so much warmth after she was reborn, and the people that was important to her in the world.
Separated for an entire year, there was already no way her heart could miss them any more than she was feeling. Now that they've met, she was not able to run straight into their arms, and call out to her Grandfather, Uncle.....
Jun Wu Xie felt as if a sharp edged piece of rock had lodged in her heart, cutting into her painfully, highly stifling and making her feel the pain throb endlessly.
[Cannot acknowledge.....]
Whether it was for the Fire Country, or because of the Twelve Palaces, she would not be able to revert back to her identity as Jun Wu Xie.
[Wait a while more!]
[Just a little while more!]
Jun Wu Xie turned her eyes back, forcibly suppressing the surge of emotions within her chest, as she looked at Mo Qian Yuan with a calm pair of eyes.
"No need for thanks. What happened today, is a show of sincerity from the Fire Country to ask for an alliance with the Qi Kingdom." Jun Wu Xie said.
Mo Qian Yuan lifted his head in bewilderment.
Meanwhile, Jun Wu Xie's words had elicited a series of murmured whispers to spread through the crowd.
The Fire Country was the biggest and mightiest country in these lands and the Qi Kingdom was just a tiny place. The Qi Kingdom had just suffered such a huge setback and for them to recover their strength, it would still require a long period of time. For the mighty Fire Country to bring up an alliance at this point of time, in the ears of everyone within the Qi Kingdom, it could only be understood as..... Annexation!
With the Fire Country's mammoth size, why would they need to form an alliance with such a tiny kingdom that was now struggling with the aftermath of war?
None of them had expected that just after the ravenous wolves had been chased off, they would immediately be faced with a ferocious tiger.
The citizens who had barely just been freed from the hopeless despair immediately found themselves feeling like they have just walked into an icehouse.
Standing among the crowd, Jun Qing looked at that little niece of his before him and in his heart, he could not help but snigger to himself. That little lass of theirs, still had not learnt to speak. He then immediately took a wide stride forward!
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Chapter 1173:- Alliance (2)
"Your Majesty from the Fire Country." Jun Qing greeted.
Jun Wu Xie fought to maintain her composure and turned to look at Jun Qing, her eyes tinged with puzzlement.
Jun Qing tried not to laugh out loud and said: "I wonder what did Your Majesty from the Fire Country means by an alliance?"
Jun Qing's question made everyone within the city become nervous. It must be known that a million of the Fire Country's lions were plopped right outside the city and they have witnessed for themselves just how terrifying the flawlessly handsome looking man standing behind Jun Xie truly was. Jun Xie's words spoken earlier was obviously intending to annex the Qi Kingdom but Jun Qing was still insisting to ask such a question like this, which made everyone there burst out in cold sweat for Jun Qing.
Having been invaded by the four allied countries, the people of the Qi Kingdom were already physically and mentally exhausted and the Qi Kingdom's forces was really unable to take on the Fire Country's army at this point.
They only saw Jun Xie's eyebrow lift up on one side, and everyone's heart trembled, their minds going: "Oh no." with some of the Qi Kingdom's soldiers in fact nervously picking up the weapons they had just put down. But the Rui Lin Army soldiers all around were instead looking all calm and composed, their eyes contemptuous as they looked at the bunch of highly nervous people.
"Exactly as what those words mean." Jun Wu Xie did not understand why her uncle would ask another time. Didn't an alliance mean an alliance?
Jun Qing felt rather helpless in his heart. He had thought that Jun Wu Xie would have picked up some tact but from what he was seeing, it had been wishful thinking. This little girl still had not realized how much fear her words had brought to the people here.
"This humble subject is just asking..... the alliance, will be formed as two individual countries, or with the Fire Country reigning supreme?" Jun Qing felt that his words could not have been any more direct than the way he had put it across.
With that question from Jun Qing, the people of the Qi Kingdom grew even more terrified.
The Emperor of the Fire Country had already said it so plainly, why was Lord Jun still being so persistent?
Fortunately, Jun Wu Xie finally understood the hint that her uncle was trying to give her. She swept her eyes over to look at the citizens who were looking highly tensed up and nervous, and turned to see the soldiers who have once again picked up their weapons, before she realized that her words earlier must have given everyone there quite a big scare.
Afterall, with the gaping difference between the two countries, there was absolutely no need for an alliance. If it was asked which countries would be able to take down the Qi Kingdom with their own power alone, it could only be the Fire Country. Moreover, the Qi Kingdom's current situation was in such dire straits, mentioning an alliance at this point of time would be as good as just gobbling them up.
Jun Wu Xie then cleared her throat and said: "It will naturally be as two individual powers. The Fire Country will still be the Fire Country and the Qi Kingdom will remain as the Qi Kingdom. The two countries are very far apart and although not too convenient, we can still look out for each other."
Once those words came out, everyone within the Imperial City stared with their eyes widened, their faces in disbelief.
[The Fire Country is really just forming an alliance with them? Not an annexation of them?]
Someone could not help but suspect that he was dreaming and aiming for his own cheek, he gave himself a big slap. The stinging and burning pain reassured him that everything that was happening was..... really true!
The corners of Jun Qing's mouth curled up very faintly as he tried to stifle his smile and nodded in satisfaction, before retreating cooperatively to the side.
Mo Qian Yuan then regained his senses. It was obvious he did not know Jun Wu Xie as well as Jun Qing did and had upon hearing Jun Wu Xie earlier words, misunderstood her like everyone else.
"Having Your Majesty from the Fire Country showing such benevolence is really causing the Qi Kingdom to become moved to tears. If the Fire Country does not mind it, then the Qi Kingdom is willing to join hands with the Fire Country under these Heavens!" Mo Qian Yuan exclaimed.
Jun Wu Xie nodded.
With Jun Wu Xie's response, the people within the Qi Kingdom's Imperial City heaved a sigh of relief, beginning to think that they had pinned their own petty minded yardstick to gauge a gentleman in their hearts, and were feeling rather guilty and embarrassed as they looked at Jun Xie.
Upon seeing the reaction of the people, the Rui Lin Army's soldiers harrumphed at them with disdain.
[Why would their Young Miss want to bother with annexing the Qi Kingdom?]
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Chapter 1174:- Alliance (3)
If Jun Wu Xie had wanted the throne in the Qi Kingdom, Mo Qian Yuan would not have even had a chance at it at all!
Having their own Young Miss suddenly becoming another country's Emperor, everyone within the Rui Lin Army were not only not showing any signs of non acceptance, but were instead all being very highly excited about it.
[See how bullish their Young Miss was?]
[Just one year outside, and she has already gotten hold of the throne of the biggest country throughout the lands!]
[The pride of their hearts!]
Once their hearts were more settled, and the people were feeling more at ease, Mo Qian Yuan and Jun Wu Xie exchanged a few words of pleasantries and then made arrangements for the injured soldiers and citizens to be treated before asking Jun Wu Xie whether the Fire Country needed any physicians where Lei Chen stated that their own military physicians were already adequate.
Lei Chen wasn't refusing to use the Qi Kingdom's help, but.....
They really didn't have that many injured through the battles and they had a great number of military physicians within their contingent. Having having seen Jun Wu Yao's unbelievable technique which killed nearly two million enemy soldiers in an instant, Lei Chen realized..... Even if Jun Xie had not acceded to his request in the beginning, with just him and his companions with their monstrous powers, they would be able to save the Qi Kingdom themselves.
At that moment, Lei Chen was feeling incomparably fortunate that Jun Xie had slightly miscalculated in his judgement or where was he going to find another Emperor that had broken through to the Purple Spirit for themselves?
After Jun Xie ascended to the throne, he had immediately led the army to save the Qi Kingdom without a single moment of delay. Although the Fire Country's army had followed the Imperial orders as they could not defy it, but towards the little Emperor who had led them into battle immediately upon his ascension, they had still felt somewhat displeased.
But when Jun Xie exhibited his Purple Spirit powers on the battlefield while having had the help from two gigantic Guardian Grade Spirit Beasts, together with his several youth companions with their Purple Spirit Powers and Jun Wu Yao who wiped out two million enemy soldiers in an instant.....
Some of the Fire Country's soldiers who had not fully accepted Jun Xie were now fully convinced. They had initially thought that having such a puny sized Emperor could not mean anything good for them.
But after this day.....
They all wished they could fall at Jun Xie's feet and shout out: "His Majesty to live a thousand years, a thousand thousand years!"
[Looking back since the founding of the Fire Country, when had they ever have an Emperor as monstrously prodigious as this?]
[A fifteen year old Purple Spirit.....]
[Ha!]
[They would hold bragging rights for life!]
The Fire Country's soldiers hummed a little tune and sang songs, their mood lifted. They had deeply experienced just how ferocious and wild their little Emperor's powers were!
But those from the Rui Lin Army who had been ordered to mix around with the Fire Country's soldiers had when they kept hearing the Fire Country's soldiers incessantly addressing Jun Xie as our ruler, our ruler..... their hearts had almost twisted up with agony!
[That was THEIR Young Miss!]
[THEIRS!]
The group of Rui Lin Army soldiers almost suffered from internal injuries from holding and bottling their feelings inside but they were helpless as Jun Xian had ordered that they must not reveal Jun Wu Xie's real identity and they had no choice but to continue holding back.....
Inside the city, Mo Qian Yuan returned to the Imperial Palace with Jun Wu Xie and her group of people, to discuss more about the alliance.
Jun Wu Xie instructed Lei Chen and the others to wait outside, and to look after the soldiers outside the city while she, Jun Wu Yao, and Qiao Chu with the other companions went into the Palace's main hall.
Inside the main hall, there were only Mo Qian Yuan with the Jun Family's father and son. The main hall's doors were then shut, separating them completely from everything outside the main hall.
Jun Wu Xie suddenly walked to go right before Jun Xian, and sweeping the front of her robes at her feet to the side, she fell to the floor on both knees!
"Grandfather!"
The emotions that Jun Xian fought so hard to hold back suddenly surged, and he was not able to suppress them any further. That voice calling out "Grandfather", how long had he yearned so badly to hear it again? He immediately gave in to his tears that flowed down that battle hardened face and stretched out a trembling hand to help Jun Wu Xie up.
"Good enough you're back, good enough that you're back. Stand up to talk, the floor is cold."
Although Jun Wu Xie had already grown so powerful that many people were now unable to surpass her, but in Jun Xian's eyes, she was still his little granddaughter, that slightly bumbling and rather innocent little girl.
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Chapter 1175:- Alliance (4)
Jun Wu Xie's eyes were slightly red rimmed. She had waited for this day when she would return for an entire year. But having undergone so much hardship to have finally come back, she was still unable to remain for long to bring joy to her most loved family members.
"Wu Xie..... What..... What is happening here? How did you suddenly become the Fire Country's Emperor? Long Qi had told us before that you had some things to take care of and was not able to return. What is going on?" Jun Qing asked, his eyes similarly red, besides feeling the pain in his heart, he was still worried for Jun Wu Xie.
Jun Wu Xie replied: "For some reason, I am temporarily unable to come back. As for the Fire Country's ruling throne....." Jun Wu Xie was not intending to tell the Jun Family's father and son about the Twelve Palaces. That involved the powers in the Middle Realm and she was not willing to drag her family into it. Based on the characters of the Jun Family's father and son, if they knew about that matter, they would throw their lives on the line to protect her and that was not what she wished to see.
Jun Wu Xie avoided the more critical point and touched on the more trivial matter, where she roughly explained to them about the things that happened in the Fire Country.
That was then when Jun Xian and Jun Qing realized that Jun Wu Xie had become the Fire Country's Emperor all because she had wanted to save the Qi Kingdom!
"It has been really hard on you." Jun Xian was feeling the pain in his heart as he patted Jun Wu Xie on the head. From the old man's perspective, a gold kennel or a silver kennel would still not be as comfortable as a dog's own kennel. Jun Wu Xie might have become the ruler of a country, but was it something to even envy her about?
When one was able to enjoy the union of a family together, that was the greatest happiness for one.
Jun Wu Xie shook her head. "Becoming the Fire Country's Emperor is something that countless people can only dream of. Not hard at all."
Although she was entirely willing, but she did not want Jun Xian to worry for her about it.
Anyway.....
Whether it was as the Fire Country's Emperor, or even the Lower Realm itself, she would not be staying here for long.
In order for her to shrug off all burdens, to be able to return to the Lin Palace without hiding anything, she would need to fully resolve the issue with the Twelve Palaces!
"Wu Xie..... You really intend to let the Fire Country make an alliance with the Qi Kingdom?" Mo Qian Yuan asked as he looked at Jun Wu Xie.
Jun Wu Xie nodded.
"I am now the Emperor of the Fire Country, and also a member of the Lin Palace. Although I made use of the Fire Country's strength to strike at the four allied countries, and I have accepted the throne, I will then do what I am supposed to do well. But the Qi Kingdom is also something I am definitely unable to part with, and since that is the case, why shouldn't we form an alliance, and we'll be able to look out for each other."
Jun Wu Xie had never felt that the Qi Kingdom was weaker than their neighbouring countries. The Qi Kingdom had not been able to expand its borders all this time because the previous Emperor had been foolish and incompetent, clipping his own wings. If things had continued for the Qi Kingdom like it had been upon its founding, the Qi Kingdom would not be bullied by a country with the likes of the Prosper Country.
If today's war had been in the hands of the Qi Kingdom's previous Emperor, there wouldn't be a need to even mention two weeks, they would not even be able to last even ten days. Fortunately Mo Qian Yuan had immediately after ascending into the throne, reorganized the military, and that had allowed the once lazy Qi Kingdom to regain back a little more chance to live.
Jun Wu Xie believed, as long as the Qi Kingdom was given a chance to recuperate, the Qi Kingdom would definitely not be inferior to any one country!
Mo Qian Yuan looked strangely at Jun Wu Xie. Actually, when Jun Wu Xi had returned here wearing the Fire Country's halo upon her head, Mo Qian Yuan already prepared his heart for one thing that could happen, and that preparation he made in his heart was to ready himself for Jun Wu Xie to bring everyone within the Lin Palace to leave the Qi Kingdom, and to align themselves with the Fire Country. But now, Jun Wu Xie's words had already been so clear, how could he still not understand her thoughts?
[The Fire Country is the Fire Country, while the Qi Kingdom is the Qi Kingdom. That was something that nobody is able to change!]
"Towards the matter of the four countries having allied themselves, did you manage to decipher anything from there?" Jun Wu Xie swung the topic back as she thought that the Qi Kingdom had been invaded under some strange circumstances this time. The Qi Kingdom had not even interacted much with other countries much all these years so what had made the Condor Country suddenly attack them so ferociously in a mad dash? That was the point that made Jun Wu Xie feel the whole situation rather suspicious.
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Chapter 1176:- Complicit in Crime (1)
"That..... We really don't know anything about it. The Condor Country had attacked us very suddenly and the timing the other countries had attacked was very close, almost launched upon us at the same time, from four different directions as they attacked our borders, which tells us that they must have planned and coordinated the invasion beforehand." Jun Qing replied.
"This incident must be the work of the Condor Country. The Condor Country roped in the other three countries to launch the invasion." Jun Wu Xie had thought to see if she could gather more information from Jun Xian and the others in the Qi Kingdom but from she was seeing now, the information that the Qi Kingdom had was less that what she knew.
"I have already imprisoned the all the Commanders of the armies besides the Prosper Country's and I will go interrogate them in a while." Jun Wu Xie said as she narrowed her eyes. If she did not remember it wrongly, there was one more person Jun Wu Yao had captured!
Jun Wu Yao had pointed out that that person was from the Bone Shifters Tribe. Jun Wu Xie was not unfamiliar with that term as Hua Yao had been from the Bone Shifters Tribe, a tribe that existed only in the Middle Realm!
It was obvious that this invasion on the Qi Kingdom was intricately linked to the Middle Realm in some way!
When that thought came to Jun Wu Xie's mind, she immediately asked for leave from Jun Xian and Jun Qing. Before she found out everything behind this invasion on the Qi Kingdom, she would still be uneasy about the whole thing.
Lin Xiao was imprisoned in the Qi Kingdom's underground dungeon together with the three Commanders. While Lin Xiao was now mostly freed from the black mist, the black mist still had not completely disappeared, but had turned to become like a leash of sorts, that had him trapped and he was not able to move.
Ye Sha and Ye Mei were guarding the entire dungeon and did not allow anyone to come close.
Jun Wu Xie then came to the underground dungeon accompanied by Jun Wu Yao.
She had just stepped into the dungeon when one of the Commanders locked in a cell cambered to the metal bars hurriedly and pressed himself tightly against the bars as he stared in terror at Jun Xie.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! The Condor Country was the one who instigated us into attacking the Qi Kingdom! We were merely following orders! I beg for Your Majesty to spare my life, I have nothing to do with this at all!" The Commander was begging with tears and mucus running down his face, not exhibiting a single bit of a soldier's valour at that moment.
Jun Wu Xie cast a glance at him, but did not say a word. Instead, it was the Condor Country's Commander in Chief who was locked right opposite him that laughed sneeringly.
"Your Majesty? If my memory serves me correctly, this must be His Majesty from the Fire Country. When did you start to even forget the names of countries?" The Condor Country's Commander in Chief sneered: "Following orders? Why do I remember that all you three other countries were promised quite a lot? One of them being that after the Qi Kingdoms falls, all the lands the Qi Kingdom possesses will be split between you three countries? This invasion has nothing to do with you? Ha ha..... Through the battles you have fought in the Qi Kingdom, you had not seemed to have missed a single chance to send your men to loot and plunder the cities we took.
The Commander was startled and his face immediately turned green.
"You..... You can't malign me like that! When..... When have I ever plundered any of their cities! ?"
Seeing that the Fire Country's little Emperor was being so highly protective of the Qi Kingdom, it had highly puzzled all the three commanders, and all they could do now was try their best to whitewash themselves of the atrocious crimes they had committed upon the people of the Qi Kingdom.
"Malign you? Where your army had started your attacks from, the line of attack your army had taken, which cities you and your army had a hand in taking down. All of these facts can be easily found out with a slight investigation and I do not need to say it." The Condor Country's Commander in Chief said with a cold laugh.
When there were benefits in sight for the taking, the three countries' Commanders had all rushed forward eagerly. Now that the war was lost, they had all turned to act like this, which truly disgusted him!
Jun Wu Xie stared calmly as the two Commanders chewed each other out, but not a ripple of emotion showed within her eyes.
The last Commander who had not spoken a single word throughout it all tried his best to curl himself up in a ball into the furthest corner of his cell, unable to even look at Jun Xie at all. The bound and immobile Lin Xiao had fallen to the floor and he was staring at Jun Xie and Jun Wu Yao with eyes filled with unimaginable terror!
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Chapter 1177:- Complicit in Crime (2)
Jun Wu Yao's gaze swept over him lightly and he began to began to tremble subconsciously, a kind of fear that seeped out from deep within the bones, spreading throughout the entire body.
Jun Wu Xie wasn't interested to hear the two of them bickering and she walked on towards the cell Lin Xiao was locked in, to see him bound up, his eyes cold and grim.
After they entered the city after the battle, she had seeked out Hua Yao to enquire more about the Bone Shifters Tribe. The Bones Shifters Tribe was a large race in the Middle Realm. The Middle Realm was different from the Lower Realm in that it consisted of many other races with unique and extraordinary abilities living within, among them, the Bone Shifters Tribe, the Spirit Cultivators Tribe and more, races that were innately usually more independent.
The Bone Shifters Tribe's ring spirits all took on skeletal forms and the Double Headed Bone Snake that Hua Yao possessed was a beast type ring spirit of the Bone Shifters Tribe, while the bone wings that Lin Xiao had exhibited was a weapons type ring spirit from the same tribe.
The Bone Shifters tribe were not too numerous in numbers. Although they were a from a tribe, but they did not belong to a specific power and its people were free to choose to serve any one of the Twelve Palaces, or to other powers of their free will, or to even remain a free and independant agent.
When Lin Xiao was being brought into the dungeon, Hua Yao had seen him then. Hua Yao had ascertained that he did not know Lin Xiao.
"Which one among the Twelve Palaces do you serve?" Jun Wu Xie asked, her eyes narrowed as she stared at Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao's body shivered, not because of Jun Wu Xie, but because of the man standing behind her. He gulped and then said: "All Dragons Palace"
"Mobilizing the Condor Country's army was your idea?" Jun Wu Xie asked next.
Lin Xiao froze, hesitating a moment, but the dark mist around his body suddenly tightened and the excruciating pain that filled his body immediately made him roll upon the floor in agony, his forehead breaking out in cold sweat!
"Yes! Yes, it was me!" Still in the tormenting pain, Lin Xiao did not dare hesitate in the slightest anymore.
Jun Wu Xie raised her hand slightly and Jun Wu Yao immediately released his grip, where Lin Xiao was finally able to breathe as he lay gasping heavily for air upon the floor.
"Why." Jun Wu Xie's tone was calm. [Why had the Twelve Palaces suddenly developed an interest towards the Qi Kingdom? What did such a tiny country like the Qi Kingdom possess that would attract the attention of the Twelve Palaces?]
[Could it be because of her?]
Jun Wu Xie immediately swept that thought aside. The people who had injured her back in the Cloudy Peaks had been people from the Flame Demon Palace and even if her identity was exposed, it would have been the work of the Flame Demon Palace here. What would the All Dragons Palace have anything to do with that?
Lin Xiao said: "Because..... Because of the Soul Calming Jade....."
[Soul Calming Jade!]
Those three words resounded within Jun Wu Xie's mind. She recalled everything she knew about that Soul Calming Jade that had allowed Jun Gu's dead body to remain unblemished. That piece of jade had maintained Jun Gu's soul and spirit, allowing his remains to not suffer any rot or decomposition throughout the years unlike other people who passed on.
Jun Wu Xie had always felt that the reason Jun Gu's body had been preserved in such perfect condition was because of the Soul Calming Jade and she believed it had also protected his spirit. Hence, if she could find the correct method, she might be able to revive Jun Gu.
But the Soul Calming Jade was a magical treasure that had come from the Spirit World and she did not know how she would be able to use it to revive Jun Gu. She had once considered after she found the Dark Emperor's tomb, she might find a way to make Jun Gu reawaken.
This Soul Calming Jade had in the beginning lured the people from the Qing Yun Clan here, and now, it had even attracted the attention of the All Dragon Palace from the Twelve Palaces!
"What do you want it for?" Jun Wu Xie probed further.
Lin Xiao said anxiously: "That I really do not know. The Elder sent me down here to the Lower Realm to retrieve the Soul Calming Jade and as to what it is to be used for..... I really do not know!"
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Chapter 1178:- Complicit in Crime (3)
Lin Xiao was not lying. That was a point he really did not know anything about.
Jun Wu Xie stared at Lin Xiao's pale face, thoughts of the origins of the Soul Calming Jade coming into her mind.
The Soul Calming Jade was originally one of the magical treasures of the Spirit World but in the years when the Dark Emperor had unified the Middle Realm, it had been taken away. After that, the Dark Emperor had died and the Dark Regime had buried all the treasures into the Dark Emperor's tomb and if she was guessing it right, the Soul Calming Jade would very highly possibly have been buried inside the Dark Emperor's tomb, so how did this piece of jade come to appear in the Qi Kingdom?
That was one point that Jun Wu Xie did not have an answer to no matter how much she thought about it. Regarding the Soul Calming Jade, she would have to ask Jun Xian to get the answers she seeked.
"In this cooperation by the All Dragon Palace and the Condor Country, did you intend to send the Condor Country soldiers to locate the Dark Emperor's tomb as well?" Jun Wu Xie went on to ask.
Lin Xiao's face turned an ugly colour and his eyes looked past Jun Xie to gaze at Jun Wu Yao standing behind, his eyes filled with terror. Just one glance, and he was already so horribly frightened that his spirit almost left his body as he climbed to his knees to kowtow continuously.
"All that was what the Elder told me to do! The Elder made me bring the map to the Dark Emperor's tomb down here to the Lower Realm to approach one of the powers in the Lower Realm to go seek it out. I had absolutely no intention of causing any offense to the Dark Emperor!"
He tried to explain in tears, as he pleaded for mercy.
Jun Wu Xie's brows came together slightly, not understanding from where the man's sudden fear and repentance was coming from.
[Whether he offended the Dark Emperor, was there a need to tell it to her?]
Jun Wu Xie had completely not noticed that a wide smile was on Jun Wu Yao's lips.
"Where is that map now?" Jun Wu Xie asked coldly.
"In..... In the hands of the Condor Country's Emperor....." Lin Xiao said.
Jun Wu Xie smiled coldly in her heart. As expected, the All Dragons Palace had a portion of the map with them as well!
Jun Wu Xie and his companions already had five maps in their possession and from their target of eight, there were only three left. Having just received information on the location of the next map, Jun Wu Xie had already planned what they were going to do next.
Having cleared up everything, Jun Wu Xie was no longer interested in wasting her time to hear Lin Xiao any further. She immediately turned around to walk out of the dungeon, not giving anyone within that dungeon a single glance.
At the very moment that she stepped out of the underground dungeon, the dungeon immediately filled with a thick stench of blood. Ye Sha and Ye Mei came walking out slowly, with some blood stained upon their clothes.
.....
The news about the Soul Calming Jade had made Jun Wu Xie feel rather uneasy and she did not wait a single moment but went straight to seek out Jun Xian.
At that moment, Jun Xian was going through the name list of the Rui Lin Army soldiers who had died in battle and the expression on his face was well filled with pain. When he saw Jun Wu Xie come in, he shut his eyes tightly and tried very hard to push down the emotions in his heart. When he opened his eyes once more, they had reverted back to the devoted and affectionate eyes he always had even looking at Jun Wu Xie.
"What did they say?" Jun Xian asked looking at Jun Wu Xie. The reason that the four countries had allied together to attack the Qi Kingdom had been a puzzling question that hung over their heads. The Qi Kingdom had always never been hostile to other countries but had suddenly been thrown into this calamity, which greatly hurt all of them.
They did not fear war, but they could not bear seeing their fellow people and family members ending up dead on the battlefield.
"It's for the Soul Calming Jade." Jun Wu Xie could see that Jun Xian was fighting suppress the sadness within his heart and her heart started feeling depressed as well.
The Rui Lin Army to Jun Xian, was although the sharpest blade that he held in his hands, it was also his life's blood. This one war, had taken eighty thousand Rui Lin Army warriors and to Jun Xian, that was as good as having cut off a piece of flesh from his heart, so how unbearable a pain could that really be?
Jun Wu Xie could not begin to imagine it.
"Soul Jade?" Jun Xian was taken aback. This was the second time that the Soul Jade had created trouble for them. When the Qing Yun Clan had appeared in the Qi Kingdom in the beginning, hadn't that been because of that piece of jade as well?
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Chapter 1179:- Complicit in Crime (4)
The Soul Calming Jade was to the Jun Family something of extreme high importance, not for the significance it held, but because that concerned Jun Gu.....
Ever since Jun Gu's coffin had been carried out from his grave, and his perfectly preserved body had been revealed to the Jun Family's father and son, regardless whether it was Jun Xian or Jun Qing, in both their hearts, a sliver of hope had risen within.
Maybe.....
Maybe there would be a day that Jun Gu might come back to life.
Holding on to that belief, they would never ever hand the Soul Calming Jade over to anyone!
"No matter whether it was to the Qing Yun Clan before, or the Condor Country at present, they both sought to get their hands on the Soul Calming Jade. Grandfather, I will not hand the Soul Calming Jade to anyone. I only have one thing I do not understand and I would like Grandfather to help me clear it up." Jun Wu Xie asked very seriously as she looked at Jun Xian.
"Tell it to me." Jun Xian nodded.
"I only know that the Soul Jade had already existed in the Qi Kingdom when the country was founded. But where had the piece of jade come from?" Why had the Soul Calming Jade leaked out to the outside world? An item that should have been buried within the Dark Emperor's tomb, why had it appeared in the Qi Kingdom? Jun Wu Xie could not understand that.
Jun Xian drew in a deep breath, his gaze involuntarily turning to look faraway together with his thoughts, flying back through many years. His gaze was profound and after a momentary silence, he slowly opened his mouth to say:
"That year, before the Qi Kingdom was founded, disputes between the various countries throughout the lands were constant. Large swathes of lands were not ruled and many citizens greatly suffered under the atrocities of war. At that time, I was merely a hot blooded youth just morphing into a young man and when I saw the common citizens trapped in suffering and had no way of making a proper living, based only on the hot blood surging within my chest, I established the Rui Lin Army together with a few good friends. The Rui Lin Army's numbers grew endlessly stronger and the previous Emperor of the Qi Kingdom, who was also the Founding Emperor, was not a foolish man. He was also highly driven, having set his mind on carving out a piece of his own empire, to allow the innocent citizens a place to distance themselves for being affected by the constant wars."
"My aspirations and his ideals happened to coincide and we joined together to carve out our own piece of paradise. The army in our hands grew stronger by the day, nurturing and honing our strength for many years. When we finally fought our first resounding battle, a young man appeared to us then. We do not know from where he had come, or who he is, but his top notch stratagems and power made me and the previous Emperor admire him greatly. It was through his strategies when we still had not gotten strong enough but still managed to take our first city, which is the current Qi Kingdom's Imperial City. We believed that that man had been a benefactor sent by the Heavens to help us but after we successfully took our first city, that man left. Before he left, he handed the piece of jade to us, saying that it was a gift to celebrate our acquaintance. After that, our army had seemingly gone on undefeated and both the previous Emperor and me attributed that to the Soul Jade, thinking that it had brought us great luck and hence, after the kingdom's founding, we took the jade piece and declared it a precious jade that protected the country."
Jun Xian slowly finished his story about the past as a deep sigh weighed upon his heart. How glorious and spirited everything had been in those years and who would have thought that the saying accompanying a ruler was as good as accompanying a tiger would turn out to be true. The Emperor's highly temperamental moods had slowly pushed Jun Xian little by little to become iced and looking back at the old Rui Lin Army force in those years, he realized after having experienced countless battles, among the people who had followed him right from the very beginning, there wasn't that many of them left.
[His heart, how can it not feel the pain?]
Jun Xian sighed heavily and raised his eyes to look at Jun Wu Xie. "Are you thinking to find that person?"
Jun Wu Xie nodded. [The Soul Calming Jade by itself did not pose much of a problem, but the young man who had gifted it to the Qi Kingdom made people can't help but feel suspicious of him.]
[Just how did he come to possess the Soul Jade? And why would he in turn gift it out so easily to others?]
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Chapter 1180:- Complicit in Crime (5)
Jun Xian said: "That person had never mentioned one word of his own name or identity when he came. After the Qi Kingdom was founded, I had tried to locate the man but to no avail. There is another point..... that I remember rather clearly though."
"What?" Jun Wu Xie's heart jumped.
"That person's face was extremely good looking and gentle, seemingly only about twenty years of age, but for reasons unknown to us, he had a head full of white hair....." Jun Xian said.
"White hair?" Jun Wu Xie asked, her eyes widening slightly. From memory, the only good looking white haired man she knew of, was just that one person!
The Grand Adviser of the Fire Country, Wen Yu!
"Grandfather, have you ever met the Fire Country's Grand Adviser?" An idea formed in Jun Wu Xie's head and she could not stop herself from asking.
"The Fire Country's Grand Adviser? You are speaking of Grand Adviser Wen Yu?" Jun Xie asked.
Jun Wu Xie nodded.
"I have never met him. The Fire Country was founded a lot earlier than us and it was already a dominant force by itself at that time. While we fought our little skirmishes, the Fire Country did not even pay any attention to us. Moreover, I heard that the Grand Adviser of the Fire Country never leaves the Imperial Capital and I hadn't had a chance to meet him." Jun Xian said.
Jun Wu Xie thought about it a moment and she immediately opened the room's door and got the Rui Lin Army soldier standing guard outside to go find Lei Chen. After having dealt with those people in the dungeon, Jun Wu Yao said he needed to go into the city to find some things and brought Ye Sha and Ye Mei together with him. If not for that, she would have asked Ye Sha to go as it would have been done more quickly.
Lei Chen came rushing in in a hurry, where luckily, he did not have much to do back at the Fire Country's camp.
"Your Majesty." Lei Chen was immediately about to kneel.
Jun Wu Xie instead dispensed with the formalities.
"How are you with drawing?"
Lei Chen was surprised a moment, unable to understand why in the world was Jun Xie asking whether he drew well..... could it be that His Majesty had a love for art?
"Acceptable....." After Lei Chen was born, the Empress had groomed him well, music, chess, calligraphy and painting, he was skilled in all four of the scholarly arts.
"I need you to draw a portrait of the Grand Adviser for Duke Lin to take a look right now." Jun Wu Xie said.
Lei Chen was highly puzzled, but even if he did not understand what Jun Wu Xie wanted to do, he still knew how to obey an Imperial order. Lei Chen was now a princely Duke in the Fire Country and was holding a rank similar to Jun Xian, but judging purely in terms of their countries' might, Lei Chen would be a notch higher. But Lei Chen highly admired Jun Xian and with a nod of his head to Jun Xian, he walked over to the side of the table, picked up a brush and started painting.
Lei Chen's skills in drawing was rather good, having gained much praise from the Fire Country's previous Emperor many times, and Wen Yu had been his Master. Before the relationship between the two of them had soured, Lei Chen and Wen Yu had been on very familiar terms. Lei Chen's brushstrokes flew almost with divinity, his movements quick and precise.
In what seemed like a blink, Lei Chen had already outlined Wen Yu's countenance accurately. He could see that Jun Xie needed the painting in a hurry and he employed special techniques that did not require too much time but would still be able to draw out a person's countenance and bearing vividly, looking highly lifelike.
"Duke Lin, please peruse." Lei Chen blew the ink on the parchment dry and moved his body slightly, while inviting Jun Xian over.
Jun Xian came over to the table and looked at the painting of the handsome young man with his gentle expression and a surprised look came into his eyes.
"It's really him!"
The countenance depicted upon the painting was exactly the same as what he remembered in his mind. Jun Xian did not dare believe that the young man who had helped them at that time was in reality the Grand Adviser of the Fire Country!
Jun Wu Xie saw Jun Xian's reaction and she was sure that her guess had been correct. She dismissed Lei Chen for the moment and only Jun Xian and her were left in the room.
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