Chapter 382 The curtain rises
On the way back from the Tiandou Empire, Qian Renxue pretended to be angry and said, "The Wuhun Palace really agreed to their ambitions, so how are we different from their ministers?!"
Lu Yuan looked at Qian Renxue's appearance and thought, if only we were here, you might not have agreed directly.
Qian Renxue knew very well that if she agreed, it would probably be a situation where everyone would push her against the wall, not to mention that her promise did not count.
Even if it counts, the Qibao Glazed Sect and Lu Yuan, who were originally on her side, probably turned around and ran to support Xue Beng.
Even the Blue Lightning Overlord Sect, which has always maintained a neutral stance, will probably show its own attitude and support Xue Beng.
This is the difference between interests and positions.
Qian Renxue was a little helpless. She didn't know what Bibi Dong was thinking. Wasn't this setting her on fire?
In fact, she guessed correctly, Bibi Dong wanted to roast her on the fire.
The original text directly planned the soul hunting operation and forced her to use the palace to prevent her from completing the task so easily.
Of course, there are also reasons why Qian Renxue is impatient.
"Your Highness, Wuhun Palace will not give up so easily. I think we need to take more precautions when we return." Lu Yuan said.
"Is it possible that Wuhun Palace still dares to attack us?" Qian Renxue frowned and asked.
"You may not dare." Lu Yuan said calmly.
"How dare she?! Dare to risk the disapproval of the world and take action? That has never happened before!" Qian Renxue said angrily, pretending to be angry.
"Your Highness, you must be on guard against others. It is best to take a complete strategy." Lu Yuan said.
"What Tianyinghou said is reasonable. If so, I will report it to my father when I get back." Qian Renxue raised her hands to the sky and said.
"Your Highness, I went to be on guard outside. There was no danger when we came here, but this time when I go back I'm afraid that Wuhun Palace will be angry and ambush you halfway..." Lu Yuan finished the play with Qian Renxue and planned to go out.
"Then thank you Lord Tianying." Qian Renxue said with a smile.
Lu Yuan cupped his hands and left the carriage directly.
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Apparently, everyone in the Tiandou Empire was a lot more careful on the way back.
But on the way home, nothing unexpected happened.
After another half month, they returned to Tiandou City.
As soon as they returned to Tiandou City, Qian Renxue and Lu Yuan went into the palace to report the meeting.
"What?!" Emperor Xueye was furious after hearing what happened.
"How dare the Wuhun Palace be so rude! It's simply too much!" He said angrily.
At this moment, the guard outside the temple shouted loudly, "Platinum Bishop Salas asks for an audience!"
Before Emperor Xueye allowed him to come in, Salas walked in with great arrogance.
The surrounding ministers and guards immediately glared at him, but Salas seemed not to notice and came to Emperor Xueye with his head held high.
"Bishop Salas, what brings you here?" Emperor Xueye could only suppress his anger and said coldly.
"I am here to follow His Majesty's order to announce something to His Majesty." Salas said calmly, holding his hands in the distance.
"Starting today, Wuhun Palace will no longer interfere in matters between the two empires."
Everyone present was stunned for a moment, and soon they understood what Salas meant.
Emperor Xueye slapped the handle on the throne, shocked and angry, "Isn't the Wuhun Palace always neutral?!"
"Your Majesty has misunderstood. Wuhun Palace just no longer interferes in the affairs between the two empires. It does not mean which empire is favored." Salas said lightly.
But even if he said this, everyone present, including Lu Yuan and the ministers, knew that Wuhun Palace was not biased towards the Star Luo Empire.
Even the ministers of the Tiandou Empire had to admit that in terms of military strength, if the Titled Douluo and several major sects did not take action, the Tiandou Empire would be unable to fight back against the Star Luo Empire.
"So is Wuhun Palace threatening our Tiandou Empire?" Emperor Xueye took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice.
"As long as your majesty agrees to our request, everything will be fine." Salas said calmly, but he was thinking about other things.
"What's more, our Wuhun Palace's starting point is also good. For the sake of the millions of people on the mainland, what's the problem with controlling all forces?"
Emperor Xueye couldn't help but think deeply. Due to the pressure from the Star Luo Empire released by Wuhun Palace, he had to think about it carefully.
He has been in charge for decades. More than ten years ago, there were still a lot of wars between the two empires.
Therefore, Emperor Xueye knew very well how strong the army of the Xingluo Empire, a country of tigers and wolves, was.
Although there are no titled Douluo in the Star Luo Empire, there are many arrogant soldiers and more than ten famous generals and commanders under it.
To put it harshly, in the Tiandou Empire, except for the famous general Ge Long, the nine-fate marshal, the other generals were nothing compared to the dozen or so famous generals in the Star Luo Empire.
The leaders of the Royal Knights, Ranbir and Marquis Xuanwu, are old and it seems that they have no successors for the time being.
The talents and qualifications of this generation of Liehuo Hou were mediocre. Although Feng Wu Hou was not inferior to the famous generals from the Star Luo Empire, there was only one Feng Wu Hou.
The Tiandou Empire was really at war with the Star Luo Empire, and Emperor Xueye thought... that he was no match for the Star Luo Empire.
In addition, he is old and no longer as enterprising as he was when he was young. He only hopes that his empire will remain stable so that he can successfully hand over the Tiandou Empire to the next generation of rulers and continue to rule for tens of millions of years.
Therefore, at this time, sacrificing some interests in exchange for the stability and order of the empire does not seem to be an unacceptable thing for Emperor Xueye.
But at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in the hall, "Such a thing! Don't even think about it!"
Emperor Xueye, Salas and Qian Renxue suddenly turned their heads and looked at Lu Yuan who took a step forward and shouted loudly.
Lu Yuan took a step forward, "Your Majesty! You must not agree to this matter! If you agree to something that is insulting to the country's rights, how will thousands of people in the empire view this matter?! How can we, the Tiandou Empire, accept this from others? Driven by!"
A trace of anger flashed in Salas's eyes, and he looked at Lu Yuan, "Do you have the right to speak in this?!"
At the same time, Contra-level pressure pressed on Lu Yuan!
Lu Yuan's eyes sharpened, "The darkness within is more powerful than the darkness outside!"
The furious wind of chaos surrounded him, and then the Hell Blade appeared in Lu Yuan's hands after a long time.
The power of the Night Messenger directly broke through the pressure on Salas. Lu Yuan held the black long knife high in front of him, "I have been trained to serve the empire all my life, and now is the time to die generously for the empire!" "
"Your Majesty!" He turned around and knelt down on one knee to Emperor Xue Ye, and said with cupped hands, "For the sake of the empire and your majesty, I am willing to stand on the border with a sword. If the Star Luo Empire dares to invade, they will be defeated! "
"If I fail, I am willing to die for my country!"
Lu Yuan's words directly moved the faces of the ministers and people of the Tiandou Empire present. Even the eyes of Emperor Xueye seemed to be burning with blazing fire.
"Tian Yinghou's words are serious, why should this be so?" Emperor Xue Ye said with great emotion.
"As a general, you only need to die on the battlefield for the country. Why should you return your body wrapped in horse leather?" Lu Yuan said solemnly, "It is an honor for a general to die on the battlefield. It is an even greater honor to sacrifice one's life for the country."
"Okay! Very good!" Emperor Xueye seemed to be really touched.
Lu Yuan, the future guardian elder of Qibao Glazed Sect, is so loyal, so why should he be worried or dissatisfied?
"Bishop Salas, you heard me." Emperor Xueye said boldly, feeling as if he had returned to a time when he was young and energetic.
"The answer from Lord Tianying is the answer from the Tiandou Empire. You can go back." His originally cloudy eyes suddenly became clear at this moment.
"It is impossible for the Tiandou Empire to agree to such unreasonable demands, and it is not afraid of any threats!"
Emperor Xue Ye's domineering and firm answer made Salas's face turn livid. Without saying anything, he waved his embroidered robe and left here.
Emperor Xueye looked at Lu Yuan again at this time, "The loyalty of Tianyinghou is commendable. In this case, I cannot be stingy with rewards."
"Reward one hundred thousand gold soul coins, exempt Tianying City from taxes for five years, and at the same time order the Minister of Finance to pay Tianying Legion 500,000 catties of military pay, 30,000 pieces of armor, 2,000 war horses, and 50,000 soldiers! "
"At the same time, the tenth division of the Royal Knights will be under the independent control of Tianyinghou from today on!"
Obviously, Emperor Xue Ye's reward was actually to help Lu Yuan build a steel soldier that could stand on the battlefield as soon as possible!
The exemption of taxes allows people from Tianying City who want to join the army to have no worries, and military pay, armor, war horses and long weapons are all the equipment of an iron army.
From today onwards, the tenth division of the Royal Knights will only take orders from Lu Yuan, which means that this elite division can even be counted as part of the Sky Shadow Army!
After Emperor Xueye saw Lu Yuan's "loyalty", it was naturally impossible for him to really let Lu Yuan "die for his country". He had to let Lu Yuan quickly raise a strong army!
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lu Yuan said, cupping his hands.
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And the other side of the continent.
Xingluo City, Xingluo Palace.
"Hahaha, good!" The emperor of the Star Luo Empire, Dai Mubai's father, said with a smile. (I can’t find Dai Mubai’s father’s name here, and I can’t find it in the anime either. If anyone knows, please tell me in the comment section.)
Emperor Xingluo is different from Emperor Xueye. In terms of military accomplishment, talent in cultivation, and temperament, he is the leader of the previous generation of Xingluo Empire that no one can match.
His cultivation level has even reached the Contra level. Although he is similar in age to Emperor Xue Ye, his cultivation level is so much higher than that of Emperor Xue Ye who is just a soul sect, so he looks better than Emperor Xue Ye. More powerful and domineering!
In front of him, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, who had returned from the meeting of the three major forces, stood in front of him.
"Father, since the Spirit Hall no longer interferes with our affairs with the Tiandou Empire, does that mean..." Dai Mubai's eyes narrowed.
Although he had lived in the Tiandou Empire for a period of time, he was not from the Tiandou Empire after all.
Even in the original plot, he had a good life in the Tiandou Empire. When he mentioned that the Star Luo Empire could annex the Tiandou Empire, he always looked proud.
What's more, because of Lu Yuan in this life, he almost died in the Tiandou Empire. Lu Yuan was in the Tiandou Empire and became a marquis and general of the Tiandou Empire.
Naturally, he wished that the Tiandou Empire would be defeated by the Star Luo Empire, or even be destroyed by the Star Luo Empire.
"There's no rush for now." At this time, Emperor Xingluo said calmly.
"Father?" Dai Mubai's eyes were full of confusion.
Emperor Xingluo looked at him and said with a faint smile, "Soldiers, how can we easily use weapons when it is a major matter for the country? You know, although the strength of the Tiandou Empire is far inferior to ours, it is still a unified empire!"
"When fighting between big countries, you must be cautious." He said with a smile, "Mubai, you still have a lot to learn. To mobilize an army, you must not only discuss tactics, but also prepare military pay, mobilize civilians, collect money and food, and stabilize It’s impossible to move in the rear area at once.”
"Father, how long do we need to prepare?" Dai Mubai asked curiously.
"To defend the country, it can be mobilized in one month; if we are not defeated, we can send troops in three months; to expand the territory, it will take at least half a year." Emperor Xingluo said with a smile, "As for the destruction of the country and the annihilation of the species... no matter what, it will take Three years to start, ten years of war!”
"The purpose of Wuhun Palace this time is probably to expand territory at most." He frowned and then said, "If you really want to directly attack Tiandou City, I'm afraid Wuhun Palace will be the first to do so. No."
"The Spirit Hall wants to teach the Tiandou Empire a lesson with our hands." Dai Mubai frowned. He felt a little uncomfortable, as if he was being used as a weapon by the Spirit Hall.
"So what, as long as I can cannibalize the principalities of the Tiandou Empire, so what if I work as a thug for the Spirit Hall." Emperor Xingluo was very open-minded.
They had nothing to lose by becoming the gunmen of Wuhun Palace. On the contrary, if they succeeded, it would be a great good thing to take the loyal kingdoms and duchies around the Tiandou Empire as their own!
Of course there is no problem.
"So Father, do we need to prepare for half a year?" Dai Mubai asked.
"No, it's two years!" Emperor Xingluo shook his head and said with a smile.
"Two years?" Dai Mubai's evil eyes were full of doubts.
"That's right, we will send troops to the frontier in two years!" Emperor Xingluo waved his hand and said ambitiously, "This time it is not just two or three principalities. We will make the Tiandou Empire pay a huge price!"
"Target, Balak Kingdom, Zhennanguan!"
"Order all the generals to gather together to discuss important military and state affairs, and the prime minister, minister of finance, and minister of food will prepare a mobilization plan!"
"Yes! Father!" Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing both raised their hands and said.
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This side of the Tiandou Empire.
Qibao Glazed Sect.
"In one month, Rongrong and Xiao Yuan will go together." Ning Fengzhi seemed to have made a decision and said to Ning Rongrong and Lu Yuan.
"Dad?" Lu Yuan was stunned for a moment.
Ning Rongrong's face was full of joy, "Thank you, Dad!"
Ning Fengzhi rubbed Ning Rongrong's soft hair. The girl's short pink hair had quietly grown longer, and the little girl in the past became more and more beautiful.
It was time for her to go out with her husband. Ning Fengzhi thought.
"This time when you go to Tianying Army to raise troops, Rongrong can also help you." He said with a faint smile, "Dad will not restrict Rongrong's freedom."
"However, Xiaoyuan, you have to promise to protect Rongrong." Ning Fengzhi said jokingly.
In fact, everyone knew that Lu Yuan would definitely protect Ning Rongrong, and Ning Fengzhi was just joking.
"Dad! I will definitely do it!" Lu Yuan grasped Ning Rongrong's hand and said in a deep voice.
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