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Chapter 1241:- What it Truly Means to Bully the Weak (2)
The Condor Country was strong and mighty, but it was still not as mighty as the Fire Country!
Jun Wu Xie really wouldn't find, using her distinguished title as the Emperor of the Fire Country, to properly teach the Condor Country's Emperor, what it truly meant..... to bully the weak!
"But, the people from the All Dragons Palace are within the Condor Country." Hua Yao reminded warily.
If it was judged solely based on the individual country's might, the Condor Country would naturally pale in comparison to the Fire Country. But if they had the Twelve Palaces backing them up, then it was no longer definite.
"The Condor Country has the All Dragons Palace, then wouldn't the Fire Country have other palaces backing them up as well?" Jun Wu Xie said with a cold smile.
Jun Wu Xie's words caused everyone to be rather taken aback.
Fan Zhuo stared at Jun Wu Xie a moment, and suddenly laughed out aloud.
"What Little Xie said sounds reasonable. Seven palaces among the Twelve Palaces hold a portion of the map leading to the Dark Emperor's Tomb, and they are all highly wary and guarded against each other where they would naturally not reveal whatever information or plans they have to other palaces. The All Dragons Palace had already seeked out the Condor Country to be their sacrificial lamb, why couldn't the other palaces do the same thing?" The Condor Country when compared to the Fire Country, was inferior by quite a good amount. Hence, the people from the All Dragons Palace, wouldn't be able to ascertain that the Fire Country did not have the support of other palaces."
The Twelve Palaces were all against each other, but at the same time they did not dare to be too obvious about it. As long as they made the people from the All Dragons Palace think that the Fire Country had the support from another palace, they wouldn't really dare to kick up too big a fuss with the Fire Country for the mere sake of the Condor Country.
Moreover, the Fire Country were previously indeed in contact with the Twelve Palaces and it wouldn't take them much to put on a show.
"Little Xie is intending to have the people from the All Dragons Palace to spare the rat in fear of breaking the vases?" Hua Yao asked, as he arched up an eyebrow. [Translator Note from Cloud: Chinese Idiom: to forgive a minor infraction in fear of bigger repercussions. (Best I could translate somewhat, thought the literal translation would fit better here.)]
Jun Wu Xie nodded her head.
When the two countries both have the Twelve Palaces behind them, they would then have to fight, based purely on their own strengths.
And the Condor Country when faced with the Fire Country in their face, would they dare to continue to act impetuously?
"To make the people from the All Dragons Palace apprehensive, we will need to put forth an adequate display of power. The few of us will be able to pretend to be members of one of the Twelve Palaces, but I'm afraid that might still not be enough." Fan Zhuo reasoned as he rubbed at his chin. In the end, all of them still couldn't be considered as true Purple Spirits.
"Ye Sha." Jun Wu Xie called out with her eyes narrowed.
The figure of Ye Sha suddenly materialized beside Jun Wu Xie.
"What instructions does the Young Miss have for me?"
"Will you be able to disguise yourself as someone from the Twelve Palaces?" Jun Wu Xie asked. She had never once seen Ye Sha use any spirit power.
Ye Sha replied: "Although your subordinate does not use spirit power, but if the Young Miss requires me to, I can transform my powers into it." Upon saying that, Ye Sha released his power in a flare, suddenly changing the black mist encompassing his body into the brilliant glow of a Purple Spirit. The pure and completely unadulterated purple, and the depth of its shade, greatly shocked Qiao Chu and all the others standing at the side!
Even among Purple Spirits, this spirit power glow exemplified the very pinnacle of its overwhelming might!
"Alright." Jun Wu Xie nodded in satisfaction.
"Tomorrow, send the Condor Country's Emperor a diplomatic notice, saying that the Fire Country's Emperor Jun Xie, will be paying him a visit!" Jun Wu Xie said coldly.
This time, she wanted to seek justice for for all Qi Kingdom's soldiers who died, the Rui Lin Army's men who fought to their deaths for the Lin Palace, and the little Emperor of the Buckwheat Kingdom! She wanted to trample the Condor Country's Emperor under her foot, before the eyes of the masses, to mercilessly tear that ugly face to shreds!
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Within the Condor Country's Imperial Palace, the Condor Country's Emperor's face was furious and looking highly vicious. He stared with rage filled eyes at the officer kneeling in front of him.
"An entire bunch of good for nothings! Haven't any of you been able to capture the culprit yet?"
Not too long ago, the courtyard had been attacked, and there had been a large number of deaths. He had ordered for people to investigate the matter but there had still been no conclusion even after so long.
Having had someone stir up such a huge ruckus within the Imperial City itself, where they had even taken the Buckwheat Kingdom's little Emperor away, that inadvertently was as good as delivering a good tight slap upon him, where he lost all face being properly humiliated, which the Condor Country's Emperor was unable to swallow no matter what!
The officer kneeling upon the floor started to say in a trembling voice: "Your subordinate has already assigned more men to investigate deeper into it, and they will soon find those people out!"
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Chapter 1242:- What it Truly Means to Bully the Weak (3)
The Condor Country's Emperor cursed vulgarly in unbridled rage, the ruthlessness on his face highly evident.
"All of you are just useless imbeciles! Letting a whole bunch of fugitives escape under your lousy noses, and not even able to stop a single one!"
The officer did not dare to say a single word in retort, bitterness filling up inside his heart. They had really wanted to stop them, but those youths are all been highly extraordinary! With all of them holding the power of the Purple Spirit, how could their regular soldiers be able to stop any of them?
If not for the fact that those culprits had not wanted to drag the battle out, with just the soldiers they had within the city, forget about capturing one or two of them, it was already highly fortunate for them that they had not been fully wiped out.
Unable to give voice to the difficulties he had faced, the officer could do nothing but to continue to kneel there in silence.
The Condor Country's Emperor was in a furious rage. The Condor Country had always been the one bullying others with their might, and someone actually dared to stir up such havoc right within his very Imperial City, where did that throw his dignity as a ruler to?
"All trash! Scram the hell out of here! If you still do not give me some results soon, you know very well what you must then do!"
The officer trembled, and he retreated out from the main hall immediately.
After he left, a figure with a crooked back suddenly appeared within the main hall.
Still filled with rage, the Condor Country's Emperor had upon seeing the old man, immediately walked down from his throne in a hurry, and said respectfully in greeting: "Elder Huang!"
The old man nodded slightly. He was the very same old man who had gone to the courtyard with the Condor Country's Emperor on that day.
"The matter still has not been cleared up?" Elder Huang questioned.
The Condor Country's Emperor's face stiffened, and he said cautiously: "It's all because those good for nothings are all useless. Till now they still have not managed to find any leads into it. But rest assured Elder Huang, I will definitely capture those culprits! They actually dared to create such havoc within the Condor Country's Imperial City and even snatched the Buckwheat Kingdom's Emperor away. In this matter, I will definitely not give it any rest!"
Elder Huang glanced at the Condor Country's Emperor and said: "To have been able to strike directly inside the courtyard, kill off a thousand of your soldiers, and rescue the Buckwheat Kingdom's Emperor before retreating from there still in one piece, those people surely aren't simpletons. I had heard that they even had two Guardian Grade Spirit Beasts with them, in this matter, I think it will not be an easy thing to handle....."
The Condor Country's Emperor was slightly taken aback. He had heard about that too. On that day that the Buckwheat Kingdom's Emperor had been taken away, there had only been six people who came into the courtyard, but they had all possessed the powers of the Purple Spirit, and had even two Guardian Grade Spirit Beasts holding the fort for them as well. With such overwhelming battle powers, they were not a force that his men's soldiers were able to resist against. He had now mobilized so much resources to look into the matter, a large part of it was merely just to put on a show for Elder Huang.
"Forget it. Let the matter rest for the time being. That little one from the Buckwheat Kingdom was afflicted Scarlet Blood and he would have long to live. No matter where those people were from, since they came here only to save him, there is no need to probe further into it. From the time that has passed, I am guessing the little one should already be dead." Elder Huang said, letting out a low laugh. He could still remember when he had seen that child for the first time, the naivety and ignorance in that pair of big innocent eyes, such liveliness, would always give rise to the desire to ruin it all in a person's heart.
"Yes! It will be as Elder Huang ordered." The Condor Country's Emperor acknowledged, secretly wiping off the cold sweat from his brow.
"The last two Emperors of the Buckwheat Kingdom had died under your scheming plots, and the Buckwheat Kingdom's Imperial Family bloodline has withered. Although that country is a little small, but they would still be able to be of some use. What do you intend to deal with them?" Elder Huang asked, with a sideways glance at the Condor Country's Emperor.
The Condor Country's Emperor was slightly shocked by the question and he replied hurriedly: "The Buckwheat Kingdom had incited chaos against the Condor Country, where their soldiers actually dared to raise their arms within the Condor Country's Imperial Capital. It was an obvious sign they were trying to stir up a war and I have given the order, that the Condor Country will mobilize its army against the Buckwheat Kingdom in the next few days. It is expected that it will not be much longer, before we will be able to take them down."
The Buckwheat Kingdom's army might not be worth him taking any notice of them, but the Buckwheat Kingdom's citizens, would still be of some use. They were most suitable, for them to be turned into Poison Men!
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Chapter 1243:- What it Truly Means to Bully the Weak (4)
Elder Huang laughed out softly and looked at the Condor Country's Emperor.
"You have been utterly vicious, to know how to use such a small country as a warning to the other rulers. By forcing their Imperial Guards to retaliate against you, it gave you the excuse to mobilise the army against them. With the way things stand now, the other rulers must have been frightened out of their wits and would not dare to resist against you. Actually..... based on what I think, it will still be the same whether they oppose you or not. Their armies, and all their people will finally still become Poison Men in the end. They are all only thinking of saving their own lives, not knowing that their countries would in the end still finally fall into your hands."
"I think it won't be much longer, that the mightiest country in the Lower Realm, would soon become your Condor Country."
When the Condor Country's Emperor heard those words, he did not reveal the slightest bit of delight, but merely said passively: "That the Condor Country will be able to enjoy such an honour, is all due to us having Elder Huang point the way out for us. The Condor Country will henceforth, follow Elder Huang's instructions, and all within the Condor Country will work towards helping Elder Huang unravel the secret behind that map as soon as possible."
Elder Huang snorted and said: "At least you realized that. That offer of yours, this old man will just remember it for now."
"To be able to be of service to Elder Huang, will be my honour!"
As the two of them were in conversation, a guard suddenly appeared outside the main hall, seeking an audience to make a report.
The Condor Country's Emperor immediately went back to sit upon his throne, putting forth the authouritative front of an Emperor.
"Let him come in."
The guard outside the main hall immediately came inside and knelt down to report: "Reporting to Your Majesty! The Emperor of the Fire Country sent an emissary here with some news."
"What? The Fire Country?" The Condor Country's Emperor's eyes stared with surprise. If it was said that there was anything he had to fear under these Heavens, it would only be just the Fire Country alone!
The Fire Country was too much stronger than the Condor Country and for many years, they had always been a source of pressure for the Condor Country, holding them back from making any rash moves. And it was not too long ago, when the Condor Country had allied themselves with three other countries to invade into the Qi Kingdom. And just as the Qi Kingdom was about to be obliterated, the Fire Country's army had suddenly swooped in to their rescue. They had not only saved the Qi Kingdom from their crisis, they had even annihilated the forces of the four country alliance within the Qi Kingdom's soil, without a single survivor!
And when he heard the name, the Fire Country, the Condor Country's Emperor could not help himself but his heart jumped!
Subconsciously, he turned his head to look at Elder Huang.
Elder Huang's brows furrowed up slightly.
The Condor Country's Emperor's heart was feeling rather flustered, but when he saw that Elder Huang was here he began to feel a little more at ease. So what if it's the Fire Country? No matter which country it was, the Condor Country now feared none of them!
"What news?"
"Today, the Fire Country's Emperor will be visiting personally, to meet with Your Majesty." The guard said.
"Alright, I've got it. You're dismissed." The Condor Country's Emperor said, pretending to be calm and composed, but on the inside, the emotions that had just barely settled down suddenly became chaotic once again.
[The Fire Country had not only sent news, they even wanted to meet him?]
[And it's happening today!]
[Doesn't that also mean that the Fire Country's Emperor had already quietly come into his Condor Country's borders unnoticed? And he was currently not far from the Condor Country's Imperial Capital? Or is he..... already here inside the Condor Country's Imperial Capital? ?]
Having the ruler of another country, silently slipping within his country's borders, caused the Condor Country's Emperor to feel a chill run up his spine. The Condor Country and the Fire Country had just been engaged in war recently with the Condor Country's army being annihilated. Even with the All Dragons Palace backing them up behind, the fear of the Fire Country that was deep rooted into his bones still made the Condor Country's Emperor feel highly uneasy.
"Elder Huang..... This....." The Condor Country's Emperor looked pleadingly at Elder Huang.
Elder Huang instead replied: "First see what their reason for coming here is."
The Condor Country's Emperor nodded and said: "It isn't that I am afraid of them. With Elder Huang here, so what if it's the Fire Country?" Although that's what his mouth said, his heart was still feeling rather panicky.
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Chapter 1244:- I Am the Fire Country's Emperor (1)
The Fire Country's Emperor's visit, would more or less, bring a certain degree of pressure to the Condor Country's Emperor. And it was not known how, that piece of news started to spread among the other rulers of the other various countries, which greatly stirred up their interest.
The Fire Country and the Condor Country, had just battled in war and that was a fact that was known to everyone. For the Fire Country's Emperor to come here at this time, it surely wouldn't be for a simple thing like just a casual chat.
At that time, having well suffered the oppression from the Condor Country, the rulers of the other countries began to anticipate the arrival of the Fire Country's Emperor.
Just as the Condor Country's Emperor was trying to guess when the delegation from the Fire Country was going to arrive, several figures suddenly appeared right before the main gates of the Condor Country's Imperial Palace!
The several people were gorgeously dressed but did not look ostentatious. The elegance exuding from them made them feel refined and highly distinguished.
The group of people were led by a petite sized youth, his countenance delicate but he possessed an icy cold pair of eyes, the crown atop his head causing the passing citizens to stop and gawk.
In recent days, the Condor Country's Imperial Capital had seen quite a number of rulers coming and the citizens of the Condor Country no longer found it strange and did not think too much into it.
The Condor Country's Imperial Guards hurriedly sent the news inside the palace and the still unprepared Emperor of the Condor Country was stunned in shock.
"Here already? So fast! ?" From the time that the news of their coming reached him, it had not even been two hours yet and the people from the Fire Country have already arrived outside the palace gates!
"How many people came?" The Condor Country's Emperor asked quickly.
"Eight." The guard replied.
The Condor Country's Emperor then blew out a breath in relief. Only eight people, so it didn't look like the Fire Country was here to declare war upon them. Although he had privately prepared himself for it, but it wasn't the best time to fight the Fire Country yet and it would not be good for him to make his move now.
"Invite them in." Immediately after saying that, he got people to go invite Elder Huang who had just left that place not just a while ago. Facing the Fire Country himself still unnerved him a little.
Very soon, the Fire Country's delegation were being led into the main hall and the Condor Country's Emperor pretended to maintain a facade of calm as he sat upon the throne, his gaze staring fixedly upon the entrance into the main hall, when he suddenly saw delicate looking youth with a crown upon his head walking slowly to the middle of the hall.
Sweeping his gaze across, there were five other outstanding looking youths behind the first youth, and a tall towering man with a cold and hard countenance, while a haggard looking old man trailed behind them.
"May I know....."
"You are the Condor Country's Emperor?"
The Emperor of the Condor Country had not even managed to finish his question when the lead youth had lifted up his chin and through half narrowed eyes, he had spoken, completely cutting the Condor Country's Emperor off mid sentence!
This was the first time the Condor Country's Emperor encountered a person who dared to interrupt him and his face immediately darkened.
"I am, and you are?" He asked, looking at the delicate youth.
"You don't know who I am? That's interesting. Don't tell me the Condor Country's Emperor is already so old his eyesight is failing that he cannot even recognize the Emperor's crown of the Fire Country? With such bad eyesight and still able to sit upon the ruler's throne, the Condor Country must have a sore lack of talents." Jun Wu Xie snorted with derision, her tone filled with contempt, not showing the slightest deference to the Emperor of the Condor Country.
Finding himself being completely snubbed twice by Jun Wu Xie, the Condor Country's Emperor who had always been the lone supreme one suddenly found his face almost turning green. He had naturally recognized the Fire Country's Emperor face. When the Fire Country went through a change of regime, he had already ordered people to have the new Emperor's portrait painted. He had only said that earlier because he had thought that the youth was still very young and he had deliberately wanted to attempt to make a show of superiority from the start.
In the end, the attempt had not only failed miserably but he had been overwhelmed by the young youth!
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Chapter 1245:- I Am the Fire Country's Emperor (2)
When had the Condor Country's Emperor ever needed to suffer such cowardice? He noted this instance against Jun Xie silently in his heart and would wait till his grand army of Poison Men was formed up and he would tear the this Fire Country's Emperor up into shreds!
The Fire Country's Emperor was still young and the Condor Country's Emperor naturally knew that. Faced against such a young and ignorant new ruler, the Condor Country's Emperor thought that it would be a piece of cake for him. For one so young, even after having ascended into the throne, his confidence and demeanor would still be lacking. Hadn't the two Emperors from the Buckwheat Kingdom been just like that? With a little bit of manipulation from him, they had both been easily deceived.
Assuming that the Fire Country's Emperor was cut from the same cloth, he had not thought that the moment Jun Xie opened his mouth, he had delivered a slap right across his face, a slap that stunned the Condor Country's Emperor for a good moment. He had always prided himself as being highly arrogant and domineering and had never thought that this youth from the Fire Country was even more overbearing and tyrannical than he was!
They were here standing right inside the Condor Country's Imperial Palace and he could still be so impetuous!
"How could I not know that? A guest coming from afar, I was just jesting with the Fire Country's His Majesty that's all! Bring in the seats!" The Condor Country's Emperor was forced to swallow the shameful humiliation as he put on a smile without meaning to and said.
The eunuchs quickly brought in the seats and without a word, Jun Wu Xie did not bother with any formalities and sat herself down immediately. She crossed her slender legs, and rested her chin upon her palm, her posture regal and dominating.
"A guest from afar? Are you telling me you have really gone dotty? When had my Fire Country ever had that kind of relations with your Condor Country? Do I need to remind you here, that your Condor Country's army of a million strong had just been whipped and were completely annihilated by my Fire Country's army? The winner reigns and losers get robbed, and you have the cheek to start joking with me? You're not worthy of it!" Jun Wu Xie's venomous tongue went on unchecked, her words piercing and she did not hold herself back in the slightest!
No matter how good natured the Condor Country's Emperor could be, against Jun Wu Xie's unbridled tongue lashing, he was really about to explode.
His face turned from green to white. He had seen arrogance and impunity, but never had he seen one arrogant and impetuous to such an extent!
[What has this young Emperor of the Fire Country come to his Condor Country for? Has he come here purely just to humiliate him! ?]
A corner of the Condor Country's Emperor's mouth began to twitch, his hands gripping very tightly upon the arms of his throne. If not for the might of the Fire Country's army behind Jun Xie, he would have immediately pounced on the youth, and skinned that sharp tongued brat alive before swallowing him whole!
Watchin the Condor Country's Emperor's face turning an uglier and uglier shade, Qiao Chu who was standing behind Jun Wu Xie almost wanted to cheer and clap for Jun Wu Xie!
The little lass was usually quiet and rarely spoke much at all. It had never been thought that when she went full throttle, the effects would be so invigorating! Seeing that face on the Condor Country's Emperor, it was thought that he would surely be driven to fall into a dead faint by Jun Wu Xie!
"For what reason does the Fire Country's His Majesty make his words sound so bad? The Condor Country and the Fire Country has always shared cordial relations and the prior incident had only just been a misunderstanding. Since you have come to our Condor Country today, you are then deemed to be a guest of the Condor Country. For the two countries to share friendly relations, it will be the good fortune of the citizens and I would think that the Fire Country's His Majesty will definitely spare a thought for his people, isn't that right?" With pent up rage within that almost made him want to vomit out blood, the Condor Country's Emperor instead could not allow himself to explode but to suppress the rage within his heart, and plaster a smile upon his face and use the safety of their citizens, in an attempt to tug at the youth's heart and move him with reason.
However.....
Jun Wu Xie was not having any of that at all.
"Cordial? What qualifies the Condor Country to want to be cordial with my Fire Country? Would the defeated even have a place to speak at all? The citizens of my Fire Country had never feared nor backed off from battle and if somebody does not have the eyes to see that and come antagonize us, they will surely be more than glad to ship them all off to Hell."
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Chapter 1246:- I Am the Fire Country's Emperor (3)
"....." the Condor Country's Emperor almost vomited out blood.
[What was the Fire Country's Emperor real purpose in coming? Does he even know how to converse properly! ?]
[Every sentence more prickly than the next, does he even realize on whose soil he is currently standing upon!]
Seeing that the Condor Country's Emperor was already unable to suppress his rage any longer, Elder Huang was encouraged by the eunuchs to slowly walk into the main hall through the doors into the main hall.
"And this here is the Fire Country's Emperor? Truly sharp tongued." Elder Huang said with his hands behind his back, his Purple Spirit's hearing allowing him to have heard the conversation within the hall before he got there. Due to Jun Wu Xie's aggressive and demeaning words, his face was furrowed up in a frown, highly displeased.
[So what if he was the mightiest country's Emperor?]
[Before the All Dragons Palace, that was just an ant afterall.]
Immediately upon seeing Elder Huang appear, the Condor Country's Emperor was greatly relieved and his entire demeanor quickly strengthened. He sat himself up straight within his throne, looking completely not fearful of Jun Xie at all.
"Elder Huang is right. When I first heard that a new Emperor had ascended into the Fire Country's throne, I had thought that it was good news. But never had I thought that the Fire Country's throne would have fallen into the hands of such a youth with such a lack of social etiquette and grace. With such conduct, how could one like this be able to shoulder the heavy responsibilities of an entire country! ?" With Elder Huang here to back him up, the Condor Country's Emperor had nothing to fear and his face became one who was immensely pleased with himself.
Jun Wu Xie stared coldly at Elder Huang as he walked into the main hall, her eyes narrowing up.
The Poison Men and the Scarlet Blood were things originally from the Middle Realm but had been brought here into the Lower Realm to wreck disaster onto the people. From the way the Condor Country's Emperor was reacting to this old man, Jun Wu Xie immediately became aware of his identity!
At the same time, Elder Huang was assessing Jun Wu Xie. Seeing that it was merely just a young and petite little youth, his face showed further disapproval.
"Elderly seniors are to be respected, or doesn't this little brat understand that?" Elder Huang stared at Jun Xie, saying in a lecturing tone.
Jun Wu Xie sneered.
"Where is the elderly senior? Before my eyes, I only see one that has been defeated by me, and another dirty old man whom I do not know from where he had sprouted out from. Which could claim to be an elderly senior to me?"
Jun Xie's words greatly startled the Condor Country's Emperor and he quickly turned to look at Elder Huang.
Ever since Elder Huang had come to the Condor Country, he had been accorded the highest respect and was treated as such. No one dared to say a word in disrespect of him and even the Emperor himself bowed his head and hung his ears before him. Jun Xie was the first person who dared to speak to him in just a manner!
Seeing Elder Huang's face turning a dark shade, the Condor Country's Emperor besides being startled, was secretly delighted.
Of all people for this young Emperor to antagonize, he had to choose to anger Elder Huang. It must be known that although Elder Huang intended to assist the Condor Country into unifying the entire lands under the Heavens, he still had not raised his hand before anyone's eyes yet. With Jun Wu Xie's insulting taunts, he had inadvertently slapped Elder Huang across the face. Even if not for the sake of the Condor Country, Elder Huang would never let him off!
Elder Huang narrowed his eyes and his vicious gaze locked upon the figure of Jun Xie. "Little brat, do you think by becoming the Fire Country's Emperor, you can then do as you like? One who sees the sky from within a well, you really think no one will be able to touch you? [Translator Note from Cloud: Chinese idiom. You see only portion of the sky through the well's opening and do not see the rest of the vastness.]
[This insects of the Lower Realm actually has the audacity to insult him! ?]
Jun Wu Xie glanced at Elder Huang and said jeeringly: "What? You want to try?"
Elder Huang then said: "So what if I try you? This old man here should teach you, this ill mannered brat, what it means by there's always someone better than you, and there's always another sky beyond this sky!"
Immediately as his voice dropped, Elder Huang's body suddenly exploded with a purple coloured spirit glow!
That brilliant purple coloured spirit power, greatly delighted the Emperor sitting atop the throne!
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Chapter 1247:- Comparing Purple Spirit's With Me? (1)
The Condor Country's Emperor had known all along that Elder Huang held the powers of a Purple Spirit but just had not seen him fight. Jun Xie was at that moment sitting right within the main hall and he only had a few guards with him, so even if he was the Fire Country's Emperor, without his million ferocious lions with him, before a Purple Spirit, she was currently highly vulnerable!
The Condor Country's Emperor, almost could not wait to see Jun Xie's head separated from his body!
If Jun Xie were to lose his life here today, the Fire Country would surely erupt into chaos, and at that time, he would just have to just sit back and wait to receive the benefits from them!
The Purple Spirit glow shone brilliantly before Jun Wu Xie, but she continued to remain seated into her chair lazily with an highly arrogant demeanour about her, the side of her face resting upon her palm not moving even half an inch, her eyes calm as still water, her gaze staring coldly at Elder Huang who still had his Purple Spirit glow still flaring brilliantly from his body.
"Purple Spirit?" Jun Wu Xie raised an eyebrow slightly, the biggest reaction she had shown.
Elder Huang replied with a sneering smirk.
The Emperor of the Condor Country took that chance to howl triumphantly as he said: "Your Majesty from the Fire Country, I really didn't set you up here. No one asked you to go antagonise Elder Huang out of all people. For a person as exceedingly powerful as Elder Huang, he is not someone a little one like you can afford to humiliate as you like."
"Exceedingly powerful?" Jun Wu Xie's eyes lowered slightly. "That's all? It's merely just a Purple Spirit."
Jun Xie's words made Elder Huang's brows knit up together. He felt that Jun Xie's calm and composed self was rather strange as although the Purple Spirit was rather common in the Middle Realm, it was extremely rare in the Lower Realm. But the youth's reaction had been too calm and he could not help but find it a little odd.
The Condor Country's Emperor did not seem to have noticed the unusual circumstances and thought that Jun Xie was just putting up a false brave front, as he waited in anticipation for Elder Huang to fix the youth nice and proper.
"Just a Purple Spirit? Aren't those words a little too arrogant here? To my knowledge, the lands under these Heavens had not seen a Purple Spirit pugilist for almost a century except for just one lone Purple Spirit recently, who is the Zephyr Academy's honourary Headmaster, Wen Xin Han. With Your Majesty from the Fire Country so unimpressed with a Purple Spirit, could it be you have seen any others?" The Condor Country's Emperor was afraid that Elder Huang was not in big enough of a rage and was trying to discreetly incite the situation.
Jun Wu Xie cast an icy glance upon him.
"A Purple Spirit, is very powerful?"
With the amount of nonchalance in her tone, she could very well just be asking about the weather.
"Since you seem to like Purple Spirits so much, that's good....." Jun Wu Xie began to say with the corners of her mouth curling up slightly as she lifted her chin slightly and waved her free hand carelessly at the several people standing behind her.
"If the Condor Country's Emperor is such a frog in the well, all of you should just open his eyes and show him what a Purple Spirit is."
Jun Wu Xie's words befuddled the Condor Country's Emperor mind and just as he was feeling highly confused, among the seven people standing behind Jun Xie, bright purple spirit light flared out from the bodies of six of them!
The blinding purple coloured spirit glow instantly filled the main hall!
Except for the haggard looking old man, the five youths and the cold faced man behind Jun Wu Xie were all Purple Spirits! ! !
At the moment, the Condor Country's Emperor was thrown into such a shock that he almost fell off from his throne. The jade crown upon his head was thrown off all askew as he stared with wide disbelieving eyes, unable to come to terms with the fact that Jun Xie had brought six Purple Spirits with him!
[How was that possible! ?]
The Purple Spirit was so rare that it was almost a just the stuff of legends in the Lower Realm. The Condor Country's Emperor had thought that Jun Xie was being so fearless and audacious by bringing only seven people with him when he came into the Condor Country's Imperial Palace was because the hot blood of youth had gotten into his head and clouded his mind. Who would have thought that the people Jun Xie brought in were not merely ordinary guards, but a bunch of incredibly domineering Purple Spirits!
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Chapter 1248:- Comparing Purple Spirit's With Me? (2)
[It was little wonder that Jun Xie dared to be so overbearing being right in the middle of the Condor Country's Imperial Palace's main hall, it must be because of the six Purple Spirits who had been standing behind him all this while!]
[Under that highly lavish guard, who would be able to touch a single hair on his head?]
At that moment, the Condor Country's Emperor could no longer make himself maintain the smirk on his face. He stared at the six Purple Spirits standing behind Jun Wu Xie as he thought back to all that he had said in ignorant glee earlier and how he wished he could swallow back all those words he had uttered earlier!
Even with Elder Huang there with him, how could one Purple Spirit stand against six Purple Spirits?
The Condor Country's Emperor who had just earlier been filled with glee was suddenly reduced to become like a frightened little chick as his hands began to tremble.
He then turned to look nervously at Elder Huang. However, Elder Huang's reaction just pushed him over the edge into utter despair.
The look of surprise on Elder Huang's face was in no way any less than the one on the Condor Country's Emperor's, and what he realized in that scene was more than what the Condor Country's Emperor saw.
Purple Spirits in the Middle Realm were highly common to see and all that reached a certain age would be able to employ a special method to temporarily possess the powers of the Purple Spirit. From among the six Purple Spirits behind Jun Xie, Elder Huang could see that five of them were using that method to raise their spirit power levels. Although a Purple Spirit achieved by raising their spirit power level like this would not be able to resist a true Purple Spirit, but if it was in a situation of one against five, even a true Purple Spirit would succumb under a simultaneous assault.
What really shocked Elder Huang was however the towering tall man with the cold and hard countenance.
The Purple Spirit glow upon that man's body was exceptional intense, and even he had to admit that this man's powers were far above his own!
He had originally still wanted to use his Purple Spirit powers to knock some fear into these insects of the Lower Realm, but Elder Huang suddenly being violently slapped six times over across his face!
Even if he excluded the tall and towering man, just the five young youths alone would have been too much for him to handle.
The pompous arrogance deflated in an instant, and the corners of Elder Huang's mouth twitched.
"I wonder from which Palace our friends here are from? I had not thought that you would be cooperating with the Fire Country." Elder Huang was not a moron. Such a highly powerful Purple Spirit couldn't possibly be from the Lower Realm and the method to temporarily raise up one's spirit power level was not known to anyone in the Lower Realm. Whether it was that man, or those five youths, had all surely come from the Middle Realm!
Thinking back to the fact the All Dragons Palace had cooperated with the Condor Country in order to find and open up the Dark Emperor's tomb, Elder Huang had immediately woke up to the realization that these people must be from another palace, and their goal would similarly be because of the Dark Emperor's tomb. With the Fire Country being the mightiest country in the Lower Realm, the fact that they would be picked would be highly reasonable afterall.
Ye Sha and none of the others responded, and Elder Huang's face turned an ugly shade.
Jun Wu Xie's face was still resting against her palm as she stared calm and unruffled at the changed expression on Elder Huang's face.
"What? Didn't you declare that you would teach me a lesson? I have been sitting here for so long. Aren't you going to do it already?"
A mouthful of blood lodged just at the base of Elder Huang's throat as he stared in fury at the young Emperor through half narrowed eyes, wishing he could just smash that face into splatters with a slap of his palm.
[How shameless! ! ?]
[Bring six Purple Spirits and asking to be "taught", who would really dare to?]
[It was feared before he could even touch the tip of Jun Xie's clothes, he would already be sent flying out to finally collapse outside the main hall by the Purple Spirits behind the young Emperor!]
Regardless of the amount of grouses or angst he felt in his heart, Elder Huang did not dare say another word at that very moment.
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Chapter 1249:- Comparing Purple Spirit's With Me? (3)
Elder Huang forced himself to maintain a calm and composed front, struggling to convince himself to not take offence with a insect in his eyes. Although the Twelve Palaces were termed collectively as the Twelve Palaces, each individual palace held no affection for the other. They all feuded among themselves incessantly, and coexisted peacefully only on the surface.
As the young Emperor had been chosen by another palace to cooperate with, those people would not hesitate to fight him to protect the young Emperor. Unless Elder Huang had water in his brains, he would not truly fall out with Jun Xie in this situation.
With the way things stood, he had already said those words earlier and no matter what he did now, it would end up slapping himself across his face. At that moment, Elder Huang was extending his greetings to all eighteen generations of Jun Xie's ancestors in his heart.
[This little kid was just despicable to the core!]
Knowingly placing those six deities behind him but not revealing a single word about them before, and just waited for Elder Huang to be all prepared to strike before delivering one tight slap onto his face in such a backhanded way, leaving him no proper way to retreat at all!
Forced into such a disadvantaged situation, what was Elder Huang expected to say at that moment? It infuriated him so bad he very nearly wanted to explode in rage.
"Since you are a friend of the Twelve Palaces and this old man here is from the All Dragons Palace as well, I will naturally not make things difficult for you. Let's forget about everything here today and take it as this old man extending his courtesy to a friend of the Twelve Palaces." Even though stinging from the slaps, Elder Huang could still twist his words in such a grand fashion.
As if his retraction, was not because he feared Ye Sha and the others, but was to "extend his courtesy to a friend".
The internal feuds between the Twelve Palaces was never brought to the surface and Elder Huang believed that with the meaning behind his words already made so clear, the other side would definitely grasp what he was trying to say. Although Jun Xie could truly be of great use to them, they wouldn't really want the Twelve Palaces to really get into a fight.
However.....
Elder Huang might have thought it through well, but Jun Wu Xie had no intentions of letting him have things happen the way he wanted.
"Already no longer young, you should go back home and nurse yourself in retirement instead of coming out to embarrass yourself before people like this. Who do you think you are? That you could claim yourself to be worthy enough to be friends with my guards?" Jun Wu Xie wasn't about to give Elder Huang the slightest leeway, her poisonous tongue mercilessly provocative.
Elder Huang gasped out aloud and he stumbled back a step in shock, staring in incredulous disbelief at Jun Xie.
His gaze quickly glanced at Ye Sha, seemingly complaining to Ye Sha about Jun Xie's unruly and impetuous behaviour.
However, Ye Sha's face remained stone cold and did not give him the slightest reaction, his demeanor unchanging as he stood behind Jun Wu Xie, the meaning he wanted to portray couldn't be any clearer.
Whatever Jun Xie said, he would support to the end, and Elder Huang need not count on any nonsense about the "affection" between the Twelve Palaces.
Such a situation was not something Elder Huang could even dream of. He could not make himself understand it. Even if the other palace wanted to make use of the Fire Country behind Jun Xie, did they really have to carry it out to such an extent? Even after he had declared the name of the All Dragons Palace, they had not shown any reaction as if the All Dragons Palace was completely beneath their notice.
The rage within Elder Huang's heart was almost making him vomit out blood but he dared not strike Jun Xie at that moment. The six people behind the young Emperor were watching him voraciously like a predator and if he struck at that moment, the one in trouble in the end would definitely be him!
Elder Huang took a deep breath as he clutched at his chest while deciding to retreat against the disadvantageous odds. He raised his eyes to look at the pleading face of the Condor Country's Emperor and said: "This old man is feeling a little unwell today and needs to go and to get some rest."
Upon saying that, he completely ignored the stunned look on the Condor Country's Emperor's face and immediately left with a turn of his heel.
"Don't just get some rest, but go for an eternal rest instead." Jun Wu Xie threw out that statement like a bolt upon Elder Huang's departing back out of the blue.
Elder Huang's steps froze agonizingly but he forced himself to swallow back the insult once more as he ran away wretched and humiliated.
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Chapter 1250:- Compensation (1)
As his eyes watched on helplessly as his intended saviour abandoned him and escaped in a hurry, the Condor Country's Emperor's heart was almost crumbled to pieces. He had never once thought that the group of people that stood behind the Fire Country's Emperor would possess such immense power. The Condor Country's Emperor had initially intended to use the overwhelming strength of Elder Huang to be able to finally be able to strut and bluster before the Fire Country's Emperor whom he had had to bow and capitulate to for so many years.
But now, it was no longer possible for him to gloat and trumpet but instead it was time to settle some scores after the autumn.....
The Condor Country's Emperor sat shivering within his throne, thinking to take the chance to slip away from the main hall, but Jun Xie's cold clear eyes had already turned to stare fixedly at him.
"Where do you think you are going?" Jun Wu Xie's chilling voice was so icy cold that it would make people's blood freeze.
The All Dragons Palace, she was incapable of confronting at this time and she had to allow Elder Huang to escape calamity. But as for the Condor Country's Emperor, she did not intend to let him off so easily. Break the Condor Country and destroy the All Dragons Palace's plans. Even if that would not cause any severe damage to the All Dragons Palace, it would still wreck the plot they had introduced into the Lower Realm and viciously cut off a piece of flesh from them!
The Condor Country's Emperor felt a chill run through him and he fell back heavily into his throne.
"I..... I..... I've realized my mistake and I implore for Your Majesty from the Fire Country to be forgiving....." At that moment, the Condor Country's Emperor really wanted to cry but found that he had no tears. [Elder Huang had left with a slap on his behind and what was he to do now?]
[Jun Xie had already been blunt and churlish from the beginning and with the words he had uttered earlier added to the situation, he could not help but feel that he did not have much longer to live.]
"Sit back down." Jun Wu Xie said coldly.
The Condor Country's Emperor's legs shook as he struggled to scramble back onto his throne, his fearful eyes no longer showing the usual arrogant and domineering gaze.
"To mobilize the army and invade the Qi Kingdom was your idea?" Jun Wu Xie asked through narrowed eyes, as Qiao Chu and the others all retracted their glowing Purple Spirits from their bodies.
The Condor Country's Emperor said hurriedly: "No..... Not me..... It was that Elder Huang! He was the one who asked me to mobilize the troops! I have nothing against the Qi Kingdom at all and they are also so far away, why would I move the army against the Qi Kingdom for no reason at all?" In a state of panic, the Condor Country's Emperor's words tumbled out at a high speed.
The Qi Kingdom is an ally of my Fire Country and it does not matter who instigated you to do it, you were the one who carried out the action." Jun Wu Xie continued on in a cold tone.
The Condor Country's Emperor was so terrified his face went immediately pale. [When did the Qi Kingdom become an ally of the Fire Country? If those words were not spoken from Jun Xie's mouth personally, who would believe that the mightiest country under these Heavens, the Fire Country would deem such a pitifully small Qi Kingdom to be a valuable ally?]
"I was really unaware of the fact that the Qi Kingdom was your ally and if I had known..... I wouldn't never have the guts to dare to invade the Qi Kingdom..... I..... I can compensate the Qi Kingdom for all their losses! Whatever they want! I will pay the compensation now!" As he spoke, the Condor Country's Emperor immediately searched for a brush, paper, and an ink slab with highly trembling hands and he began writing down whatever kind of compensation that came to mind onto the paper and got an eunuch to deliver the document right into Jun Xie's hands.
Jun Wu Xie glanced perfunctorily at the document and a purple coloured spirit flame burst into life within Jun Wu Xie's hand, turning the piece of paper that was filled with the terms of compensation into ash in an instant!
The Condor Country's Emperor stared with wide disbelieving eyes. He had thought Jun Xie had relied solely upon the several unbelievably powerful Purple Spirits standing behind him but he would never have dreamt that Jun Xie himself could possibly possess powers of the Purple Spirit as well!
That moment, the Condor Country's Emperor really cried tearlessly at that realization.
[Does the Fire Country's Emperor need to really be so sadistically powerful!?]
"Inadequate." Jun Wu Xie's eyes narrowed, as she stared piercingly at the fully terrified Condor Country's Emperor.
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Chapter 1251:- Compensation (2)
The Condor Country's Emperor shivered, crying in his heart as he had already written down every form of compensation he could even think of but Jun Xie was still not satisfied. "Then..... Then you tell me..... What would then be sufficient?"
Jun Wu Xie lifted a hand slightly. Fei Yan who was standing behind her stepped forward and pulled out a parchment which had already been prepared beforehand from within his clothes, which had the terms of compensation stated upon it to be handed to the Condor Country's Emperor.
The Emperor of the Condor Country swept his gaze over the parchment and he received such a big shock he almost fell off from the throne.
His eyes were wide with disbelief as he stared at Jun Xie, the hand gripping the piece of parchment almost felt like it would break off.
"You..... You..... This has got to be a joke right?"
Jun Wu Xie gave a cold laugh and said: "Do you still think that you are worthy for me to joke with you?"
The Condor Country's Emperor's face turned deathly pale and he gulped loudly as his eyes filled with despair. "This..... Wouldn't this be just too much..... This is as good as asking me to hand over half of the Condor Country's empire in compensation! !"
Among the terms stated in the compensation asked for that Fei Yan had handed over, what shocked the Condor Country's Emperor the most was the written clause on ceding out the Condor Country's land. Jun Wu Xie had ceded out a good half of the Condor Country's soil to be given to the Qi Kingdom as compensation to the Qi Kingdom.
The Condor Country's vast lands that they controlled was only second to the Fire Country and in one broad stroke, half of it was to be surrendered just like that. If they were all given to the Qi Kingdom, the small little Qi Kingdom would be immediately elevated into the ranks among the mighty countries. Furthermore, the Condor Country's Emperor didn't know whether Jun Xie was doing it intentionally as all the cities named upon the parchment were several of the most prosperous places within the Condor Country where not only were they greatly blessed with natural resources, they were also some of their richest ones. If he was to really give them up, half of the Condor Country's economy would be dragged into collapsing.
Added to that was the monetary compensation, which made the Condor Country's Emperor really feel like dying as he looked at them!
[This was not just merely ceding land in compensation!]
[It is as good as asking him to hand over the entire Condor Country on a silver platter over to the Qi Kingdom!]
This compensation agreement, the Condor Country's Emperor would never agree to sign it even if he was to be beaten to death!
"Too much?" Jun Wu Xie's eyes immediately turned exceptionally frosty.
"How many lives from the hundreds of thousand of the Qi Kingdom's soldiers who fell in the battlefield would that little bit of compensation buy? Would it be able to reclaim back the lives of all the innocent citizens who burned within the flames of war you ignited? Would it be sufficient for all the countless people suddenly uprooted and torn from their homes to wander hopelessly in despair? If you are not willing, I will not coerce you. You will then only need to return all the people who lost their lives to the fiery flames of war you lit, every single one of them, reinstate the destroyed and ruined cities exactly to the way it was before, and you can disagree to the terms stated herein." Jun Wu Xie said in a tone that had turned extraordinarily chilling.
She firmly believed, that the entire Qi Kingdom, would rather not want all these lands and riches, and would rather have their family members return back safely.
The Condor Country's Emperor felt as if something had lodged at the base of his throat, unable to speak. The cities could be rebuilt, but all those lives lost, how could he possibly return them back to life?
Jun Xie had obviously only offered him two equally damning options with no way out!
One was compensation that was impossible for him to accept, the other was a choice that he was helpless to fulfill.....
"Isn't there a third option?" The Condor Country's Emperor was still unwilling to give up. He did not understand why Jun Xie would take so much effort to help the Qi Kingdom and what the young Emperor was truly after.
Jun Wu Xie replied with a highly chilling smile: "There is."
The Condor Country's Emperor's eyes lit up and he immediately raised his head, his eyes filled with anticipation as he looked at Jun Xie.
"The Fire Country immediately invades the Condor Country and the name Condor disappears from the face of these lands thereafter."
Jun Wu Xie's words completely severed any sliver of hope the Condor Country's Emperor might have held in his heart.....
He hung his head as he stared at the parchment filled with the terms for compensation, his entire body shaking, his tensed and stiff lips turning a pale green.
Having witnessed the overwhelming power of the group of people standing behind Jun Xie, and after the Condor Country had lost a million men in their army from the war, how could they possibly hope to stand a chance against the Fire Country's armoured cavalry? The difference in might between the two countries was now such a wide yawning chasm it gave him no choice! Absolutely no other choice!
"I agree....."
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Chapter 1252:- Compensation (3)
The Condor Country's Emperor found himself deeply immersed in despair and he had no choice but to pick the only way out given to him. Giving up half the empire to the Qi Kingdom, at least the Condor Country would still remain in existence.
With trembling hands, he drafted the Imperial Edict, every brush stroke cutting off a piece of flesh from his heart.
He had always used the strong might of the Condor Country, to wilfully intimidate and oppress the smaller countries, never once thinking that retribution might fall upon him one day, giving a good taste of his very own medicine.
When it came to a country's oppressive might, how could the Condor Country hope to compare itself with the Fire Country?
Just at the moment when the Condor Country's Emperor was about to affix his Imperial Seal upon the Imperial Edict, Jun Wu Xie suddenly said: "Wait."
The Condor Country's Emperor raised his head, his eyes ablaze with a glimmer of hope.
However, Jun Xie's words that came after made the Condor Country's Emperor sink further straight down into the abysmal pits of despair!
"The debt owed, still has things outstanding." Jun Wu Xie said with her eyes narrowing further.
"What..... does that mean?" The Condor Country's Emperor's heart sank.
"Is..... Is this still not enough? I am already giving half of the Condor Country's empire to the Qi Kingdom as compensation, shouldn't that be more than enough?" Cowering from fear and filled with despair, the Condor Country's Emperor almost shouted but asked instead in a low voice.
Jun Wu Xie smiled chillingly and said: "The debt to the Qi Kingdom is settled. Next, it's the Buckwheat Kingdom's turn."
"What! ?" The Condor Country's Emperor's eyes flared wide, in utter disbelief from what he had just heard.
[The Buckwheat Kingdom?]
[What does the Buckwheat Kingdom have anything to do with this now! ?]
Jun Wu Xie waved her hand lazily and the old man who had been standing quietly behind all this while without making a single sound slowly walked out into the middle of the main hall.
"Tell the Emperor of the Condor Country everything you want to say." Jun Wu Xie said.
The old man slowly raised up his head, and the pair of eyes that were turned towards the Condor Country's Emperor looked like they had been deeply immersed in venomous hatred for a long time, the gaze thrown forward feeling like the old man wanted nothing more than to tear into the man seated upon the throne, ripping him into shreds with a thousand cuts.
"You, still remember who I am?" The old man's voice was suppressed, as it rang out within the main hall.
The Condor Country's Emperor stared, his eyes measuring the old man before him, his mind struggling to recall any memory he had of the other party, but to no avail.
"Who..... Who are you? I have not seen you before....."
After the old man heard that, he suddenly threw his head back to laugh hysterically, that laughter filled with endless sorrow.
"That's right. You are the high and mighty His Majesty of the Condor Country, so how could you possibly remember a lowly vassal from a tiny sleepy kingdom far at the edge of your border? For you to not remember this face of mine, I am not surprised, but for the rest of my life, I will never forget your looks!" The old man's laughter stopped abruptly, and his eyes narrowed as he gritted his teeth tightly to spit out these words.
"That year, you had personally led your soldiers into the lands of our Buckwheat Kingdom. With your overwhelming numbers, you turned the Buckwheat Kingdom's Emperor into something that was neither man nor ghost! I will never forget this hateful and repulsive face of yours! It does not matter if you do not remember me, I can tell it to you now! I am the Grand Tutor of the Buckwheat Kingdom! The very same Buckwheat Kingdom that had two consecutive reigns of our Emperors turned into something neither man nor ghost by you!" Grand Tutor He roared out, like a demon awashed with hatred and vengeance, his eyes red and bloodshot, as they stared unwaveringly at the pale faced Condor Country's Emperor.
"The Buckwheat Kingdom is aware that they are a small and weak country with a small population and they had never dared to fight or tussle with other countries for anything, where we gave up anything and everything the Condor Country wanted. But you still had not been willing to spare us despite all that! After you turned our previous Emperor into a monster that was neither man nor ghost, you went on to transform our His Majesty into a mindless child! And all our Imperial Guards were killed here right in the Condor Country's Imperial Capital as well! These continually mounting blood debts, were all run up by you alone! Return to us the life of our previous Emperor! Return to us our His Majesty! Return to us the many lives of the good men from our Buckwheat Country!!!" Grand Tutor He was shouting at the Condor Country's Emperor almost like a maniac. The many years of suppressed hatred that had been overflowing enough to reach the heavens, but because their country had been too small he had held it in and not dared to let it erupt. That had all finally been given the opportunity to burst forth in an unbridled explosion in vent!
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Chapter 1253:- Compensation (4)
It wasn't that the Buckwheat Kingdom in the past, held no hatred or resentment, but they could not afford to hate nor were they in a position to resent as they did not even have the power to protect themselves. They feared that the slightest affront towards the Condor Country would immediately give them a valid reason to mobilize their army to invade the Buckwheat Kingdom.
The weak and helpless Buckwheat Kingdom would not stand a chance against the Condor Country's army.
The slightest mistake, could very well bring upon them the calamity of obliteration.
So the only they could do was to bear with it, tolerating them one time after another, enduring it till their clenched jaws hurt and they abandoned their pride. The deep hatred they kept suppressed within their souls, had had no place for them to vent.
And today, Jun Wu Xie had finally given them one such opportunity.
With the Fire Country backing him up, Grand Tutor He could finally stand up straight and demand payback for the debts of blood owed to all of them!
The Condor Country's Emperor had never thought that the old man that followed Jun Xie in here would turn out to be the Grand Tutor of the Buckwheat Kingdom!
A country even smaller than the Qi Kingdom, a place that almost did not contain any presence at all.
"Your Majesty from the Fire Country! This old man is just spouting nonsense! That is just pure venomous slander! I had never ever committed such deeds and that is just malicious defamation!" No matter where this old man came from, the Condor Country's Emperor was not going to admit all of the accusations.
In the incident with the Qi Kingdom, the Fire Country had been involved and there was no way he could deny it. But in the matter with the Buckwheat Kingdom, he had been carefully secretive with what he did and there was no way Jun Xie could possibly know about it, so he was definitely not going to admit to anything here!
"Slander! ? Our previous Emperor's lifeless body is still in that courtyard of yours! And our His Majesty is now within the Condor Country's Imperial Capital! Those Imperial Guards of ours who had died so tragically lies within the lands of the Condor Country's Imperial Capital as well! Will I still need to defame you for all this! ? The blood of the countless number of people that have stained your hands, and the innumerable people your venomous mind had harmed! You will never be able to wash those sins off your entire life!" Grand Tutor He roared in fiery rage. He had never seen such a shameless person with such a viciously venomous heart, completely devoid of humanity, a complete demon!
"Pure gibberish! All those..... All those deeds were not done by me! It was the Buckwheat Kingdom who had impure intentions and the Buckwheat Kingdom's Imperial Guards had suddenly attack the Condor Country's soldiers before my Imperial Guards retaliated against them! And as for your His Majesty and whatever previous Emperor..... I have never met them before....." The Condor Country's Emperor got into a heated argument with Grand Tutor He in the main hall. One time's compensation had already caused him to lose half of the Condor Country's empire and if Jun Xie went on further to use the matter with the Buckwheat Kingdom to slice his heart another time, he would definitely be unable to withstand that!
[He must not admit anything! Never admit to a single thing!]
[In any case, the Buckwheat Kingdom's little Emperor had already been abducted and that meant that there was no one to contradict him. The Condor Country's Emperor was at that moment feeling mighty glad that the people who had barged into the courtyard and taken the little Emperor away were not in his hands, and he could fully deny everything. Moreover the little Emperor was afflicted with Scarlet Blood and he should be dead by now. Even if they found him, he would not have died within his courtyard and Jun Xie would not be able to pin this crime upon his head!]
[As long as he doesn't admit, it will be fine!]
The Condor Country's Emperor persisted with his proclamation of innocence and refused to admit anything. His scoundrelly actions caused the rage within Grand Tutor He's chest to burn, where he almost leapt up to the throne, wanting to strangle the Condor Country's Emperor to death on the spot!
After committing such dastardly deeds, he did not even have the courage to admit it!
Fei Yan was quick to react as he rushed forward to stop Grand Tutor He who was overcome with rage. The Grand Tutor already had tears streaming down his wizened face, sobbing in a sorrowful wail.
"The Heavens must have gone blind!"
[Although their Buckwheat Kingdom was tiny, but all the way from the rulers and officials at the top to the citizenry at the bottom of the Buckwheat Kingdom, everyone was a human very much still alive!]
[Why, were the Heavens treating them like this! ?]
[Why!?]
"Your Majesty from the Fire Country, this man has lost his mind! The words of a raving lunatic must not be believed!" The Condor Country's Emperor went on to say loudly, cold sweat streaming down his back, as he stared frantically at Jun Xie.
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Chapter 1254:- Compensation (5)
"Your Majesty from the Fire Country, this man has lost his mind! The words of a raving lunatic must not be believed!" The Condor Country's Emperor went on to say loudly, cold sweat streaming down his back, as he stared frantically at Jun Xie.
Jun Wu Xie looked at the highly flustered and panicked Condor Country's Emperor as Fei Yan continued to placate Grand Tutor He. She took out an elixir to stabilize Grand Tutor He's emotions before she slowly turned back to the Condor Country's Emperor to say: "Not to be believed?"
The Condor Country's Emperor then said in a challenging tone: "You can very well go to the courtyard to and check. There isn't any Emperor of the Buckwheat Kingdom in there! The Buckwheat Kingdom's Emperor did indeed come to the Condor Country before but he disappeared without a trace thereafter. As to where he really went, how could I possibly know it? This man is obviously a lunatic. Having lost his own Emperor he is thinking to pin it all upon my head!"
Grand Tutor He was so angry he was just gasping heavily for air. Fortunately Jun Wu Xie had given him that elixir earlier which stopped anything drastic from happening.
Jun Wu Xie stared at the continuously lying Emperor of the Condor Country and said chillingly: "Now, that is really rather strange as it makes me wonder how did I come to have found the Buckwheat Kingdom's little Emperor in that courtyard of yours before."
"What....." The Condor Country's Emperor stared blankly at Jun Wu Xie.
Fei Yan who was standing on one side then stared at the Condor Country's Emperor and said: "Already losing your sight and now you can't understand our His Majesty's words as well? Don't tell me you have already forgotten that someone stole the Buckwheat Kingdom's little Emperor from your courtyard just recently?
The expression on the Condor Country's Emperor's face changed completely as he stared at Fei Yan incredulously, a crazy guess suddenly rising within his mind.
"That day..... It was you....."
Caught up in panic, the Condor Country's Emperor had completely not thought of the possibility that the Buckwheat Kingdom's little Emperor could have been stolen from under his nose by Jun Xie and his men. But now that he thought back about it, the six Purple Spirits that had suddenly appeared was really strange and how rare were Purple Spirits under these Heavens afterall?
And Jun Xie had so coincidentally brought these several Purple Spirits here today.....
And realizing that it could be too much of a coincidence, the truth of the matter was really not that hard to guess at.
That day, the ones who had rescued the Buckwheat Kingdom's little Emperor had been Jun Xie and his men!
In an instant, the Condor Country's Emperor felt as if all his strength had been sucked out of him and he slumped back into his throne, the cold sweat flowing down his face continuously which very soon soaked into his Dragon robe.
His body trembled incessantly and his lips had completely lost all colour.
"Are you still not going to admit it?" Fei Yan asked as he stared at the Condor Country's Emperor, his heart already filled with disgust.
The Condor Country's Emperor's mouth gaped open as he looked at Jun Xie, his eyes quickly filling up with fear.
Jun Wu Xie merely continued to look at him coldly and did not say a word.
But the silence from Jun Xie made the Condor Country's Emperor feel even more uneasy.
He scramble down from the throne in a flurry and planted both his knees upon the ground as he struggled to scramble in a sort of half crawl to come before Jun Xie, tears streaming down his face as he said: "I did not do that, I wasn't responsible for it..... It was Elder Huang..... It was all Elder Huang's doing! He was the one who wanted me to invite all the rulers from the various countries into the Imperial Capital, thinking to use the opportunity to make the rulers issue an Imperial Edict, to use the soldiers and the citizens from the various countries to produce the Poison Men. The Buckwheat Kingdom..... And the Buckwheat Kingdom's little Emperor was selected by him as well! He wanted to use them to showcase the powers of Scarlet Blood to the other rulers and he picked the Buckwheat Kingdom's little Emperor. He was the one that made me do this..... Everything was his idea..... I have nothing to do with it..... nothing..... It's all him! All him! !"
In order to save himself, the Condor Country's Emperor shifted the entire blame for all the crimes onto Elder Huang's head and although it wasn't completely accusing him unjustly, it was nevertheless still carried out in a highly despicable manner.
Grand Tutor He's eyes then closed, his face contorting up in heartache and sorrow.
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Chapter1255:- Compensation (6)
Jun Wu Xie stared at the Condor Country's Emperor howling away and in a moment of impatience, she gave him a kick that sent him flying away!
Fallen to the ground, the terror filled Condor Country's Emperor knelt, his body shaking like a leaf, begging pleas pouring out incessantly from his mouth.
Jun Wu Xie's gaze was cold as ice. She knew that All Dragons Palace was behind the Poison Men and Scarlet Blood but she had not known that the reason the little Emperor had been chosen was because Elder Huang chose him. She had earlier intended to spare Elder Huang for the time being but she had now changed her mind!
Since the people from the All Dragons Palace did not even look upon the people in the Lower Realm as human, how could she possibly make herself swallow that injustice! ?
"How are you going to compensate the Buckwheat Kingdom." Jun Wu Xie said those words in a chilling tone.
Kneeling upon the ground, the Condor Country's Emperor said hurriedly: "I'll pay! I'll pay any amount! I take out everything in the Condor Country's Treasury and pay it all to them!"
"You think just that will be enough?" Jun Wu Xie's eyes narrowed up.
The Condor Country's Emperor then said warily: "The Buckwheat Kingdom..... The Buckwheat Kingdom only lost two rulers....."
From the Condor Country's Emperor's perspective, compared to the heavy losses suffered by the Qi Kingdom, the Buckwheat Kingdom's losses were small.
Moreover, the Qi Kingdom was allied to the Fire Country but the Buckwheat Kingdom had nothing to do with the Fire Country.
Jun Wu Xie then said icily: "The Buckwheat Kingdom's little Emperor is my little brother."
"What....." The Condor Country's Emperor's face was filled with shock as he stared at Jun Xie.
Those words even caused the gasping and panting Grand Tutor He to become startled in shock. The fact that Jun Xie had been willing to stand up for the Buckwheat Kingdom had already made him immensely grateful but he had never thought that Jun Xie would suddenly claim their His Majesty as his..... brother.
Jun Wu Xie looked at the flabbergasted look on Grand Tutor He's face and when she recalled the bumbling address the little Emperor used to call her, her eyes darkened slightly as she said: "He addressed me as little Big Brother, didn't he?"
Having called her his little Big Brother, she was willing to become that Big Brother!
[Who dares to bully her little brother, she would definitely make sure that that person would die without a place for burial!]
Grand Tutor He's body shook, highly agitated as his heart became overwhelmed with gratitude and he kowtowed before Jun Xie three times loudly upon the ground.
With the Fire Country's dominating might, they did not need to do the Buckwheat Kingdom any favours. By Jun Xie's actions, he was merely negotiating for the Condor Country's surrender on the Buckwheat Kingdom's behalf.
Jun Xie had not only saved their His Majesty, he had even been willing to avenge them. Jun Xie had now even taken the Buckwheat Kingdom under her protective wing and with such grand display of benevolence, Grand Tutor He felt he would not be able to reciprocate for that even over several lifetimes!
In contrast to Grand Tutor He's tearful gratitude, the Condor Country's Emperor felt the dark clouds of doom looming over his head.
With the Buckwheat Kingdom's little Emperor having become Jun Xie's "little brother", the compensation, would then be.....
"Based on the Qi Kingdom's compensation, draft out another copy but make it out to the Buckwheat Kingdom." Jun Wu Xie looked at the Condor Country's Emperor sunk into the dark pits of despair, as he issued out his final decree.
Jun Xie's words had rang within his ears, like the tolling of his death's knell.
[Based on the Qi Kingdom's and make another copy?]
[The Qi Kingdom's compensation had already made him give up half of his Condor Country's empire, and to draft another..... Wouldn't that mean he would be giving the entire Condor Country away! ?]
"No..... This cannot be..... It cannot be like this....." At that moment, the Condor Country's Emperor felt as if the most disastrous calamity had befallen upon him. [Jun Xie did not come here to negotiate terms for compensation..... He came here to obliterate the Condor Country!]
Two sets of compensation and he had to give up the entire Condor Country. For this day henceforth, the Condor Country would cease to exist!
Jun Wu Xie said with a chilling smile: "It must be."
"I beg you! Spare me once! Spare the Condor Country!" The Condor Country's Emperor kowtowed continuously, hitting his forehead upon the ground loudly before Jun Xie. Before the group of Purple Spirits in front of him, there was no way he would be able to resist and he had no other way out but to beg Jun Xie to spare him.
However.....
Jun Wu Xie had already decided to erase the Condor Country from the face of these lands.
"I can spare the Condor Country. You will only need to issue the two sets of compensation and the Condor Country will be spared from annihilation. But sparing you, impossible."
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Chapter 1256:- Unhappy with Retribution (1)
The Condor Country's Emperor stared completely stunned at Jun Xie, never having expected that his reply would be such.
Jun Wu Xie had already intended for the Condor Country to be destroyed but she did not want to achieve that through war. Through the method she was using right at this moment, she would not only spare the people of the Condor Country from the atrocities of war, it was a whole lot less trouble and simpler for her.
Without losing a single foot soldier to take down the second mightiest country throughout the lands. Such a maniacal and amazing feat, could only be achieved by her.
The Condor Country's Emperor was slumped upon the floor, his face pale and ashen.
Not even in his dreams would he have thought that things would fall into such a state, that the mighty Condor Country would actually be forced into such a corner, how was he expected to accept it all?
"Don't do this..... Don't..... I beg you....." The Condor Country's Emperor could only plead and beg. He had no other way out. From the moment Jun Wu Xie had stepped into the Imperial Palace's main hall, it had been destined that he would no longer have a way out.
How was he going to resist? Seven Purple Spirits holding him hostage here within the main hall, if he dared to resist in the slightest, he would surely be killed immediately.
The Condor Country's Emperor who had once forced the rulers of the various countries into a helpless corner was today being forced to have a good taste of the despair and feeling of impending doom, and this time, Jun Xie had similarly not given him any hope of being able to break free.
"Little Yan." Jun Wu Xie called out as she stared at the sobbing and howling Condor Country's Emperor still slumped upon the floor.
"Here." Fei Yan walked up with a wide smile on his face.
"Bring the brush, ink, parchment and ink slab over, to let him finish issuing his last Imperial Edict." Jun Wu Xie said unfeelingly.
Fei Yan immediately went to fetch the items and brought them right before the Condor Country's Emperor.
The Condor Country's Emperor stared in horror at the blank parchment spread out before his eyes and the terror rose to an extreme level that showed within his eyes!
"No! I will not write it! I am the Condor Country's Emperor! Everything within the Condor Country belongs to me! I will not write a single character!" Overwhelmed by the utter despair, the Condor Country's Emperor let out a roar of finality. He looked absolutely wretched, the crown having unknowingly fallen from his head, his hair mussed up in a hapless mop, that made him look absolutely ridiculous.
Jun Wu Xie looked at the Condor Country's Emperor who had suddenly exhibited a last burst of courage and a chilling smile came upon her lips.
"Pry his mouth open."
The Condor Country's Emperor was greatly startled. He made a desperate attempt to run away but was immediately caught by the shoulder and rendered completely immobile by Qiao Chu who had shot out like an arrow the moment the Condor Country's Emperor had moved!
Qiao Chu held him down by the shoulder with one hand and pried open his mouth with the other.
Jun Wu Xie pulled out an elixir from within her Cosmos Sack and with a light flick of her finger, the elixir was flicked into the Emperor's mouth. Qiao Chu forced him to swallow the elixir and then released him.
"What did you feed me? What was it!" The Condor Country's Emperor clutched at his throat, staring fiercely at Jun Xie.
"You will soon find out." Jun Wu Xie replied lightly.
And just at the very moment that Jun Xie's voice fell, an excruciating and heart rending pain tore him up inside, exploding throughout the Condor Country's Emperor's body in an instant!
It was like he had swallowed countless blades into his body and they were swirling inside him. His internal organs, his flesh and his bones, every inch of him was experiencing that agony that was not humanly tolerable. In an instant, the Condor Country's Emperor had lost all his strength, falling to ground in a twitching heap, his body so tensed up his face had turned purple.
"If you are unwilling to write, I will not force you and you can just enjoy yourself here. You can very well just issue it only after you have straightened out your thoughts. I am in no rush anyway." Jun Wu Xie's voice was light but cold, not unlike February's wind filled with the freezing chill of winter, that seeped right into the bones when it blew.
The Condor Country's Emperor lay there continuing to twitch, the tears and mucus flowing uncontrolled mixing up in a mess upon his face, the pain so agonizing it made him roll upon the floor.
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Chapter 1257:- Unhappy with Retribution (2)
He had never realized that such agonizing pain even existed in this world where every single inch of his bones felt like it had been broken by someone, every piece of his flesh like it was being set aflame, his internal organs being stirred by a scorching red hot iron. Under such excruciating agony, he thought that he was going to die, but in reality, his consciousness was clearer than it had been at any time, and even if he longed for himself to fall away in a dead faint, it would be impossible.
He remained clearly conscious, feeling every single bit of that unimaginable pain that could drive a person out of his mind.
Grand Tutor He stared unsympathetically at the Condor Country's Emperor as he writhed and struggled in his agonizing state, hot tears flowing out from his eyes.
"I'll..... Write..... I'll write....." The excruciating torment made the Condor Country's Emperor wish he could die, but couldn't, all the suffering he had inflicted upon others at that moment seemingly being heaped in its entirety onto his body.
He would rather die, than to have the torment continue on.
"I..... beg..... You..... I..... I'll..... Write....." [He'll write anything they want, as long as all of this stops!]
Jun Wu Xie swept her gaze to look at Qiao Chu at the side. Qiao Chu immediately took out an elixir from his belt that Jun Wu Xie had given to him earlier and quickly stuffed the pill into the Condor Country's Emperor's mouth.
In an instant, the impossible pain that drive people out of their minds disappeared without a trace.
The clothes on his body completely soaked in his own sweat, the Condor Country's Emperor slumped upon the floor like a dead dog, his breathing becoming highly erratic.
Everything that happened just a moment ago, suddenly felt like a terrifying nightmare.
"Get up. Don't just lie there so lazily on the floor." Qiao Chu picked up the Condor Country's Emperor and made him kneel anew before the blank parchment.
There wasn't the slightest tinge of colour upon the Condor Country's Emperor's face. With a trembling hand, he picked up the brush at the side, and lifted his eyes to glance at Jun Xie, his eyes exhibiting only terror, not daring to hold the tiniest bit of hatred at all.
Shivering as he drafted out the terms for the compensation to the Buckwheat Kingdom, the Condor Country's Emperor affixed the Imperial Seal upon the Edict and his entire being slumped, like his spirit had gone out of him, half kneeling in his spot without moving a single inch.
Qiao Chu took that completed Imperial Edict and handed it to Grand Tutor He. Grand Tutor He immediately fell to his knees in terror, not daring to receive it even if you were to beat him to death.
"The fact that the Fire Country's His Majesty had exacted vengeance for my His Majesty is already the greatest benevolence shown to us. As for this..... we would never ever dare to take it as we are greatly undeserving, and I would implore Your Majesty to retract it." Grand Tutor He was already immensely grateful to Jun Xie and was already unable to repay the benevolence, so how could he still accept half of the Condor Country's empire?
"This is not for you, and neither is it for the Buckwheat Kingdom." Jun Wu Xie said as she looked at the startled and terrified Grand Tutor He. "It is for my little brother."
Grand Tutor He was taken aback and he knelt and prostrated himself before Jun Xie once again, his head lowered as he received the Imperial Edict within his hands.
The Condor Country's Emperor had knelt in his spot, his terror filled eyes having never left Jun Xie a single moment.
"Is it now..... now..... alright?" He asked softly, the domineering and oppressive arrogance no longer present in his voice.
He did not want to suffer that kind of pain, and would rather use the Condor Country's empire in exchange for his wellbeing. Such a despicable person, was really not fit to declare himself as an Emperor.
Mo Qian Yuan was willing to die and live with the kingdom, the little Emperor's elder brother was willing to sacrifice himself in place of his Imperial Guards.
The rulers of the two small kingdoms, were aware that the citizens were the very foundation of a country, but this was one point that the Condor Country's Emperor would forever not understand, and would no longer have a chance to understand.
"Let's go." Jun Wu Xie stood up, and without even turning her head back once, she left the Condor Country's Imperial Palace's main hall.
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Chapter 1258:- Unhappy with Retribution (3)
Walking out from the main hall, Qiao Chu looked at Jun Wu Xie's cold and icy face from the side and could not help but ask curiously: "Little Xie..... You are going to let that Condor Country's Emperor off like that?"
Jun Wu Xie turned to look calmly at Qiao Chu.
"When have I said that I will spare him?"
"But didn't you....."
Before Qiao Chu could finish his sentence, from within the main hall behind them, a mournful wail rang out shrilly, the sound piercing into their ears till they hurt.
The several youths immediately turned their heads back and saw the Condor Country's Emperor slumped upon the floor, his body curled up into a ball as he trembled violently.
"That....." Qiao Chu's eyes stared wide with shock as he looked at Jun Wu Xie. When they had just walked out of the place, he had still been fine. How was it that in just mere moments, the Condor Country's Emperor had turned into such a state?
Jun Wu Xie looked up to the gradually clearing sky and said: "I've said it. Spare him? Impossible."
The elixir that Qiao Chu had fed to the Condor Country's Emperor in the end was not an antidote at all. That was just a pill that numbed a person's nerves that temporarily prevented the person from feeling any pain. Although taking that pill would make a person be unable to feel any pain at all, but once its effects wear off, the other effects of that drug would also immediately manifest, combining with the effects the first elixir that was fed, bringing to the person not just pure and simple excruciating pain.
These two pills when paired together, would make a person fall into unimaginable agonizing torment, suffering the seemingly endless torture for seven days and nights. Within those seven days, nothing in existence would be able to cure that condition, and once the seven days run its due course, the Condor Country's Emperor would then die from the trauma, but before death claimed him, he would have to suffer the inhuman torment, for an entire seven days!
And that was the final vengeance, Jun Wu Xie had exacted upon the Condor Country's Emperor.
She would not allow him an easy death, as that would be too good for him! !
With the highly mournful wailing from the Condor Country's Emperor behind them, Jun Wu Xie and the others walked out of the Condor Country's Imperial Palace. The guards within the palace did not dare to impede the group in the slightest, and allowed them to grandly waltz out from the Imperial Palace.
Before leaving the palace, Jun Wu Xie stopped in her tracks. Ever since they stepped out from the main hall, Ye Sha had disappeared from sight and he suddenly returned at that moment.
"That Elder Huang is no longer within the Imperial Palace." Ye Sha had followed Jun Wu Xie orders and searched for Elder Huang within the palace. But after going a full circle through the place, he had found no sign of Elder Huang's presence.
Obviously, that wily old fox had upon stepping out through the Imperial main hall's doors, immediately sensed that something was amiss and quickly made a quick escape.
"He might be able to escape from the Imperial Palace, but would he be able to make it out of the Imperial City? I want him to be flushed out!" Jun Wu Xie said with her eyes narrowed. She would definitely not spare Elder Huang, the main culprit responsible for all this."Yes!" Immediately after acknowledging the order, the figure of Ye Sha disappeared before their eyes.
Jun Wu Xie and her companions then departed from the Condor Country's Imperial Palace. But when she had just stepped out through the gates of the Imperial Palace, she was suddenly met with a group of lavishly dressed men sporting a crown each on their heads standing right before her.
The various countries' Emperors who had been confined to remain within the Imperial City had heard the news that the Fire Country's Emperor was coming and they knew that Jun Xie had gone inside the Imperial Palace. They had not dared to barge into the Condor Country's Imperial Palace and they had had no choice but to wait for Jun Xie to appear here outside the gates.
Jun Wu Xie frowned slightly and stared at the group of unfamiliar faces before her eyes.
Qiao Chu and the others who were behind her had moved themselves in front of Jun Wu Xie, blocking out the inquisitive gazes of the group of rulers, their eyes turned suddenly wary.
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Chapter 1259:- Plea for Help from
Various Countries (1)
The several rulers seem to have detected the enmity from Qiao Chu and his companions and they suddenly woke up to their senses as they took a step back in uniform.
One of the rulers bolstered his courage and took a step forward, looking respectfully at Qiao Chu who was blocking the way in front of Jun Xie and said: "The ruler of the Dignity Country pays his respects to the Fire Country's His Majesty."
Jun Wu Xie raised an eyebrow slightly. She had heard of the Dignity Country but she had never had any dealings with them. The Dignity Country's ruler's attitude was highly cordial and had been waiting here with the other rulers from various countries. From the way things looked, they seemed to have been waiting for her to appear.
"What's the matter?" Jun Wu Xie had just dealt with the Condor Country's Emperor and she wasn't really in the mood to chit chat with these other rulers.
With the Fire Country's status, it was highly normal for the other countries to be subservient to her but Jun Wu Xie did not like the feeling it gave her.
The Dignity Country's ruler took a big gulp. He had heard about the Fire Country's Emperor's young age, and at that moment, it seemed that it had been true. The youth was petite in size and did not look to be very old, but the moment he spoke, the tone of his words caused people to no longer dare to see the young Emperor as just an inexperienced young youth.
"My humble self heard that the Fire Country's Emperor has come to the Condor Country's Imperial Capital and I have specially come forward to offer my greetings." He said as he took another big gulp. With the levels of the might of their respective countries, they had not even dared to antagonize the Condor Country, much less the mightier Fire Country.
Towards the Dignity Country's ruler's respectful servility, Jun Wu Xie had lost her patience.
"No need. If there's nothing else, don't block my way." Jun Wu Xie said coldly.
The Dignity Country's ruler shivered, not knowing why a young youth merely in his young teens could make him feel a sense of fear rise within his heart.
Seeing that Jun Xie was about to leave, all the rulers panicked. They dispensed with all the cordial and hypocritical pleasantries and went straight in front of Jun Xie to block his path forward.
Jun Wu Xie's brows had just furrowed together.
All the rulers suddenly knelt in front of Jun Xie uniformly!
"Will the Fire Country's His Majesty please hold your step! I came here today because I have a matter I need to beg for help in, and I would like to implore for the Fire Country's His Majesty to save all of us!" The Dignity Country's ruler pleaded while on his knees, as the other rulers started to issue similar pleas.
Faced with such a situation, Qiao Chu and the others were rather stunned.
All these people, in any case, were the supreme rulers of countries, so how could they just fall to their knees so easily! ?
The companions had thought that these rulers had been cajoled by the Condor Country and had come here to stir up a scene and make things difficult. But from what they could see, that did not seem to be the case.
Jun Wu Xie's steps stopped and she looked at the row of rulers kneeling before her, not saying a single word.
The group of rulers, seeing that Jun Xie seemed to be willing to at least hear them out, then hurriedly blurted out all their requests.
Once all that was said, the enmity Qiao Chu and his companions had for the group of them was completely eradicated.
These rulers, had all been invited by the Condor Country's Emperor, to make a trip here into the Condor Country's Imperial Capital, where they had all actually been unwilling. But against the oppressive might of the Condor Country, they had no choice but to accept the invitation and come forth. After arriving at the Condor Country, everything that happened here were beyond what anyone of them could have expected. They were all placed under house arrest within the Condor Country's Imperial Capital, and not allowed to take a single step outside.
The Condor Country's Emperor had continuously exerted pressure upon them, and used Poison Men and Scarlet Blood as both a stick and a carrot, to coerce them into issuing an Imperial Edict, stating that they were willing to allow an experiment like creating Poison Men to be introduced into their country, and would actively contribute their efforts into producing a Poison Men army.
Having personally witnessed with their own eyes the horror of the terrifying Poison Men, the rulers were not willing to let their people turn into such monsters. They wanted to resist, but were tied down, helplessly controlled by the Condor Country's Emperor as they remained imprisoned within the Imperial City, deprived of all their freedom.
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Chapter 1260:- Plea for Help from Various Countries (2)
Competing based on a country's might, they were not a match for the Condor Country's and had been imprisoned within the Imperial Capital, puppets under house arrest. The Condor Country's Emperor had held these rulers within his palm's grasp, all of it in an effort to threaten the various countries to submit.
These rulers had all come here this place, not because they were willing to capitulate, but they just did not want to provide the Condor Country's Emperor with any ridiculous reason for him to mobilize his troops against their country.
The Buckwheat Kingdom's little Emperor experience had deeply instilled a great amount of fear into their hearts, where they did not know whether they would become the next victim.
And at the moment they heard that the Fire Country's Emperor had appeared here within the city, they had all seemed to have seen a tiny glimmer of light within the dark despair. If there was anyone who would be able to suppress the Condor Country, then it would only be the Fire Country alone.
Hence, they had all gathered together and came running to outside the gates of the Imperial Palace to wait, yearning to be able to grasp at this last sliver of hope they had.
Several of the rulers, their voices interjected in between tears, abandoned the dignity of an Emperor, and let go of the glory their Dragon robes cloaked their persons with. They did not want to become the puppets strung along by the Condor Country, and were not willing to let their citizens suffer such a terrifying future.
They were only asking for the Fire Country's Emperor, to be able to save them, and save their countries.
Jun Wu Xie listened to them quietly, already aware of the heinous deeds committed by the Condor Country's Emperor, but never had she expected that the Condor Country's Emperor would carry out his outrageous misdeeds to such an extent, to have imprisoned the rulers of so many countries within the Condor Country's Imperial Capital!
"Your Majesty from the Fire Country! If you are willing to save us, we would rather submit ourselves under the Fire Country!" The ruler of the Dignity Country had resolved to do this even if it cost him his life and rather than to let the Condor Country have its way to turn their people into mindless Poison Men, they would rather submit themselves to the Fire Country.
As even though the Fire Country was mighty,they had at least not committed any instances of taking advantage of the weak through threats and coercion.
"All of you can rise." Jun Wu Xie said in a light voice.
The rulers remained kneeling upon the floor, as upon their shoulders, they carried not just the burden of the several lives of themselves here, but the millions of lives of the people in entire countries under their rule.
Staring at the several rulers still kneeling stubbornly upon the ground, Jun Wu Xie felt a headache beginning to come on.
"From today henceforth, the Condor Country will cease to exist, so you can all go back already." Jun Wu Xie then told them.
"What....." The entire group of rulers stared at Jun Xie in confusion.
[No more Condor Country?]
[What does that really mean?]
Fei Yan then smilingly pulled out an Imperial Edict out from his chest, and opened it up to show it to the group of rulers to take a good gander.
"The Condor Country's Emperor has already given up all of the lands of the Condor Country in compensation to the Qi Kingdom and the Buckwheat Kingdom, and the Condor Country will henceforth no longer exist. So, all of you do not have to worry that he will continue to bring harm to you. Now..... you can all return back to your countries as everything had ended." Fei Yan said with a laugh.
The faces of the rules were all twisted up in varying degrees of incredulity as they raised their trembling hands to take the Imperial Edict from Fei Yan's hands, to fall into a huddle as they carefully and repeatedly read the document for a long while, before they were finally convinced by Fei Yan's words.
[The Condor Country..... is truly gone?]
[In just this short span of two hours, the second mightiest country, had really been so quietly erased off the face of the lands?]
That one fact, caused all their consciousness to immediately crumble, not a single one among them having ever thought that such an ending was even possible.
All the rulers then raised their heads subconsciously, to stare at the petite little figure, and that face with his delicately attractive features.
[The Emperor of the Fire Country.]
"But..... but..... The Condor Country's people have already brought our Imperial Edicts back to our respective countries....." The Dignity Country's Emperor was suddenly flustered. The Condor Country's Emperor had acted very swiftly and had taken the Imperial Edicts they had forced them into issuing, and immediately sent their men to travel without stopping, to deliver them to the different countries.
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