Chapter 429 The aftermath of the war

"You should go back and rest first..." Ning Rongrong said with a gentle smile.

Lu Yuan and Ning Rongrong had ended their world together. It was just when the moon was on the branches, that is, at eleven or twelve in the morning.

"You just came back, you should take a good rest and stop practicing, you know?" Ning Rongrong took Lu Yuan's arm and said.

Lu Yuan was stunned for a moment, then chuckled, "Okay."

"Madam said, I should follow the order well." He stepped forward teasingly and kissed Ning Rongrong on the forehead.

Ning Rongrong's pretty face turned red, but she didn't refuse at all.

In fact, as early as the two and a half years in Tianying City, she had become accustomed to being called "Mrs. Marquis", and of course she wouldn't feel any discomfort now.

"Good night, Rongrong." Lu Yuan said with a smile.

"Good night." Ning Rongrong pursed her lips and replied with a chuckle. Then she returned to her room and closed the door.

After saying good night to Ning Rongrong, Lu Yuan slowly returned to his room in a happy mood.

After he returned to the room, he remembered what Ning Rongrong had just said.

Ning Rongrong felt guilty that she couldn't help him.

In fact, there is nothing much to say about this matter. Lu Yuan has the ability to cheat and practice, and his training speed is not only several times that of his peers.

As his cultivation level increased, Lu Yuan could feel more and more how powerful the arcane energy was.

Even as his cultivation level increased, the efficiency of converting arcane energy into soul power did not decrease at all. This also allowed Lu Yuan's soul power level to remain unchanged and increase.

Therefore, even if he doesn't have many opportunities, his soul power cultivation can quickly distance him from others.

This kind of cultivation momentum can even be compared with, or even more powerful than, the "Shrek Seven Monsters" who participated in the Poseidon Examination and received huge rewards in the original plot.

Therefore, it is inevitable that Ning Rongrong and others cannot catch up with Lu Yuan.

unless……

"The Poseidon Divine Test..." Lu Yuan's eyes flickered, "That's a good thing, but..."

He chuckled lightly, "The position of Poseidon is not suitable for me. It might be okay if I am Shura God, but I am not Tang San."

Even with Tang Chen's Shura Divine Sword, it was impossible for him to obtain the status of Shura God.

But he didn't care, "Those first-generation gods of the Douluo God Realm can become gods themselves. Why should I, Lu Yuan, pick on others' wisdom?"

"The Death Star Scythe, the Night Messenger...their power may not be worse than those of the first-generation gods!" Lu Yuan's lips curved into a confident smile, "I don't believe it. Without the inheritance test, I can't become a god by myself!"

"The position of Poseidon is not suitable for me, but it is suitable for Qingqing."

"So now it's time to think of a way to get that thing." Lu Yuan thought.

In the original plot, the treasure that started the Poseidon inheritance, the Vast Sea Universe Cover, has been treasured by the Tiandou royal family for generations.

After Qian Renxue launched the palace coup, Xue Ye not only made Xue Beng worship Tang San as his disciple, but also made Tang San King Lan Hao in order to win over Tang San.

At the same time, he also gave the Vast Sea Universe Cover to Tang San. Tang San opened the Vast Sea Universe Cover again and qualified for the Divine Examination.

Now it seems that he is following the same route as the original plot, and he can still help Lu Qingqing obtain the Vast Sea Universe Cover.

The time for Qian Renxue to launch the palace coup must be coming soon...

Lu Yuan lowered his eyes, and after the palace change, he had no intention of letting Xue Beng take over.

By the time……

Anyway, now his relationship with Xue Beng is incompatible with each other.

Especially today, Yu Qian directly insulted Xue Beng, and so many people saw it.

This was done deliberately by Lu Yuan, in order to let everyone know that if Xue Beng ascended the throne, he would have a reason to rebel!

At that time, even if Emperor Xue Ye showed favor to him and Xue Beng appeared to be subdued, he could say that he was worried about Xue Beng's revenge and would start a rebellion.

There is another possibility that Emperor Xue Ye and Xue Beng are worried that Lu Yuan will not accept it and directly suppress him.

That would be even better. It was more reasonable for Lu Yuan to raise troops. After all, he could not sit still and wait for death.

So no matter what, he has a reason to put this empire in his hands!

"Heaven's will, supreme authority." Lu Yuan read softly, "Emperor Lu Yuan, the King of Kings, has a great will, and enlightens the stars!"

A smile formed on his lips, "My empire will grow!"

"Qian Renxue... don't let me down... come quickly... this wave is asking me to climb to the clouds!"

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Next, Emperor Xueye did not immediately summon the generals into the palace to discuss rewards based on merit.

Because the Tiandou army still needs to be reorganized after this war, in addition to letting these soldiers go home to reunite with their relatives and have a good rest, the casualties of this war must also be calculated.

The casualties were calculated for several days, and the time was almost up.

Emperor Xueye then called the imperial generals and many nobles into the palace to discuss matters.

Early in the morning, Lu Yuan followed Ning Fengzhi into the palace.

But this time, no Ning Rongrong and Lu Qingqing came with them. After all, it was because Lu Yuan's whereabouts was unknown before that they entered the palace to discuss matters on Lu Yuan's behalf.

Now that Lu Yuan is back, he is the Tianying General who can represent the Tianying Army.

As soon as they entered the palace, many nobles and generals arrived one by one.

Not long after, Emperor Xue Ye and Qian Renxue arrived.

But this time, there were no more avalanches or snow stars. After all, the "Prince" Qian Renxue had returned to his position.

The prince is here, what else needs the dandy fourth prince Xue Beng to do?

In addition, the relationship between Lu Yuan and Xue Beng has now been brought to light.

In order not to offend Lu Yuan, Emperor Xue Ye did not even allow his younger brother Xue Xing to enter the palace to discuss matters - it was nothing to do with him anyway.

"Meet your Majesty, meet your Highness." The imperial nobles took the lead in saluting, and then began to discuss matters.

Emperor Xue Ye looked very haggard, and the return of the prince and the army did not seem to make him look any better.

However, only Lu Yuan present knew that Qian Renxue was back, and it was strange that Emperor Xue Ye looked better.

As long as she is in the palace, Emperor Xue Ye's food and sachet will be mixed with toxins, which will make Emperor Xue Ye's physical condition even worse.

Therefore, if Qian Renxue was not here, Emperor Xueye's health might be better.

"I am not feeling well today, so let the prince take charge of today's affairs." Emperor Xueye said tiredly.

The nobles present had no objection to this. In fact, Emperor Xue Ye had already left a large number of state affairs to the prince "Xue Qinghe" to handle due to his poor health in recent years.

Originally, the position of Crown Prince had the function of supervising the country, and Qian Renxue had been helping to handle state affairs over the years, so there was no objection at all.

Qian Renxue smiled slightly, but she glanced at Lu Yuan subconsciously for the first time.

Lu Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then directly met Qian Renxue's eyes.

"Let's give seats to Teacher and Senior Sword Douluo first." She was a little flustered, and then after she came to her senses, she ordered with a smile.

Let others think that she was not looking at Lu Yuan, but at Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo.

In fact, even if she looked at Lu Yuan, no one here would think there was anything wrong.

But because she had a crush on Lu Yuan in her heart, and she was still in the disguise stage, she felt it was inappropriate.

Ning Fengzhi smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, His Royal Highness."

Then the guards carried two thrones, and he and Sword Douluo sat down.

Qian Renxue then looked at Ge Long, "Marshal Ge, have the casualties in this battle been calculated?"

Ge Long stood up, clasped his fists and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness, the statistics have been calculated."

Although Emperor Xue Ye gave Qian Renxue full authority to preside over this discussion, he was still sitting on the throne to listen.

"What are the casualties?" Qian Renxue asked.

"A total of 178,445 people were killed in the army this time, 127,583 were seriously injured, and more than 320,000 were slightly injured..." Ge Long said in a deep voice, "This This is the casualty situation compiled by the major legions. Among them, the city defense army lost nearly 100,000 people, and everyone was injured..."

Then, the military commanders of each major legion stood up and reported one by one.

"Xuanwu Army, more than 13,700 people were killed..." Xuanwu Hou stood up and reported.

"Fengwu Army, more than 8,300 people died in battle..."

"The Gale Force Army, died in battle...more than 29,700 people..." When the Gale Wind Army came out to report the casualties of the Gale Wind Army, his face turned pale.

Among the major armies, the Gale Force Army should have suffered the heaviest casualties.

After all, they had been the first to encounter Zi Ji and the Hell Demon Dragon Clan before. The casualties were not low, and they also encountered underground detonations and battlefield fission.

As a light cavalry army, the Gale Army all wore light armor such as leather armor, so before that horrific natural disaster, their casualties were the highest.

Moreover, when they were in the underground abyss, almost all their horses were injured. At the same time, they were unable to exert their cavalry advantage in that environment, and there were also many subsequent casualties.

"The Fire Army, more than 9,000 people were killed..."

It was Lu Yuan's turn, because Ranbir, the leader of the Royal Knights, was seriously injured by Zi Ji and died of his injuries.

At that time, due to Ranbir's suggestion, the Royal Knights temporarily merged with the Tianying Army into one army, and were unified under the command of Lu Yuan.

Until now, the Royal Knights are also commanded by Lu Yuan.

"Royal Knights, the second division suffered the heaviest casualties this time, with nearly 3,000 soldiers killed, and almost all the remaining soldiers were wounded. The other nine divisions suffered a total of more than 2,000 soldiers killed and more than 10,000 injured." Lu Yuan said.

Upon hearing the casualties of the Royal Knights, Emperor Xueye, who was sitting on the throne, opened his eyes with an ugly expression.

The Royal Knights belong directly to the Tiandou royal family. Although it sounds like the casualties are much lower than those of other armies, with only nearly 6,000 people killed.

But you must know that the Royal Knights itself has an establishment of only 50,000 people, which is half of the establishment of the major legions.

Therefore, the death toll of six thousand was enough to make Emperor Xue Ye feel distressed.

Lu Yuan continued, "The Tianying Army lost more than 5,200 people..."

Actually speaking, the Tianying Army suffered the heaviest casualties. After all, after the battle at Zhennanguan, there were only more than 30,000 Tianying Army left.

In this war, there were only more than 20,000 soldiers left.

Even Lu Yuan felt very distressed. After all, these were soldiers he had spent a lot of time and money training.

It can even be said that in terms of elite level, it is even higher than the major titled legions.

If the configuration of the Royal Knights was not too abnormal, with more than three of the top commanders being soul masters, the Sky Shadow Army would be even more elite than the Royal Knights.

Hearing this, Qian Renxue sighed and said, "According to the laws of the empire, the funeral arrangements of the wounded and wounded soldiers must be properly arranged. The pensions of the fallen soldiers must be sent to their families."

In fact, it is better to say that the wounded soldiers were injured, and the dead soldiers were basically all dead. After all, the battlefield had turned into an underground abyss.

Whether they were killed on the battlefield or later sacrificed in the underground abyss, there was no way to collect the corpses.

It can only be buried deep in the abyss of the earth, which can be regarded as sleeping underground.

"Everyone, we must properly arrange the sacrificed soldiers, and we must not let the people of the empire feel cold." Qian Renxue said meaningfully to the Prime Minister of the Empire and the new Minister of Finance.

"Yes, Your Highness." The Imperial Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance said quickly.

"Okay, it's time to reward based on merit. The old friend has passed away, but the great achievements now have to be rewarded." Qian Renxue then said with a smile.

"What do you think?"

She looked at Lu Yuan, Ge Long and other generals, wanting them to come out first to ask for credit.

At this moment, unexpectedly, the gray-haired Marquis Xuanwu came out first and said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, I think this great achievement should be rewarded first..."

"Tianyinghou!"

Everyone was stunned. Unexpectedly, Marquis Xuanwu was the first to stand up and ask for credit for Lu Yuan!

Lu Yuan was also very surprised.

But at this moment, Marquis Xuanwu said firmly, "Marquis Tianying commanded the Sky Shadow Army and the Royal Knights. At the same time, he rescued the Royal Knights and the Gale Army immediately on the battlefield, and then took the lead and charged in front of the battlefield..."

"Senior La Ast was ordered to withstand the attack of the hundred thousand year old soul beast head-on, and at the same time, he saw through the soul beast's trick, and saved Tiandou City and the tens of thousands of people in the city..."

"At the same time, when he fell into the abyss, he immediately protected His Highness the Crown Prince. At the same time, relying on Tianyinghou's own ability, he rescued the remaining soldiers of the army and returned to Tiandou City."

Marquis Xuanwu said slowly, "So, this war minister believes that Marquis Tianying should take the lead!"

After everyone listened to his words, they suddenly felt that they made sense.

Not to mention anything else, it was to finally help the remaining Tiandou army escape. This was Po Tian's great achievement.

Otherwise, there would be no need to talk about the casualties in this battle. Nearly 700,000 troops would be trapped in the underground abyss. Without supplies, they could only slowly wait to die.

Although nearly 400,000 troops suffered casualties, at least there were still soldiers who survived.

Not to mention other achievements such as protecting Tiandou City, resisting the Titan Giant Ape, and protecting Qian Renxue.

All of these are great achievements, and every one of them is at least a great achievement that can lead to a knighthood, or at least the level of a prince.

But Lu Yuan was already an imperial noble at the level of Marquis and Prince Shaobao.

Wouldn't it be great if you have great achievements...

Emperor Xue Ye frowned at this moment and looked at Lu Yuan below.

Lu Yuan looked at Marquis Xuanwu with some curiosity, and saw Marquis Xuanwu turning his head and smiling slightly at him.

Obviously he was trying to please Lu Yuan.

Liehuo Hou on the side saw it and suddenly cursed in his heart, "Old fox."

He also quickly stood up at this moment, "I also think that Tianyinghou takes the greatest credit in this battle."