Blood Seal

The old emperor looked at his ministers with cloudy eyes and slowly said, "General Wu has behaved disrespectfully in front of the palace, but I appreciate his sincerity and will let this matter go..."

The people below bowed their heads and listened.

"Three hundred years ago, Emperor Huan passed the Blood Seal down to successive rulers of Dayuan, hoping it would protect Dayuan." As if a mouthful of aged phlegm was stuck in his throat, the old emperor spoke extremely slowly, "Now that only the Blood Seal can appease the soldiers at the border, then we must present it to calm the hearts of Dayuan's soldiers and deter the restless wolves and tigers around us..."

Listening to this, everyone in the hall knelt on the ground in shame: "We are incompetent."

Jiang Jingyuan also left his seat along with the other heirs and knelt on the ground, kowtowed slowly, "Your son is incompetent."

Jiang Jingyuan calmly glanced at the place where the people from Chen Kingdom were originally gathered, and was not surprised to find that Prince Xiao and his companions had been taken away from the palace by palace servants at some point in time.

The purpose was fake to deter foreign enemies, but the purpose was real to give an explanation and deter everyone in the Yuan Kingdom.

Jiang Jingyuan recalled what Rong Hou had said before, and, like everyone else in the hall, she kowtowed for a long time, unable to get up. She stared at the vast shadow before her with her indifferent, dark eyes, thinking that several important figures in the court were also feeling uneasy...

So that's why they took advantage of the enemy's trick and even added fuel to the fire... It's just a pity for those ignorant loyal ministers, they were too stupid and couldn't beat those thousand-year-old foxes. In the end, their loyalty became a knife in the hands of others.

"Blood Seal..."

The old emperor's aged voice sounded slowly.

Everyone's heart tightened, and they couldn't help but clench their fingers. They slowly straightened their backs, but still restrained themselves from lowering their eyes, looking at their noses with their eyes and their hearts with their noses.

In the silent palace, a powerful aura suddenly descended. In the peripheral vision of everyone, a flash of blood passed by. Almost at the same time, all the people kneeling in the palace could not help but raise their eyes and turned their heads abruptly to look in the direction where the blood flew.

In the radiance of gold and jade, a dark red shadow as red as blood was suspended high in the sky. Everyone looked up, and the blood-red shadow was reflected in the eyes of everyone in the hall.

The blood-stained jade seal was spinning quietly in the air. Everyone saw thousands of ancient beasts fighting on it. Finally, a cruising figure climbed up and entangled the beasts, strangling them to death. Its body arched, it opened its mouth, head down, and acted ferociously as if it was going to devour all the thousands of ancient beasts on the blood seal!

A majestic aura filled with blood and slaughter suddenly spread out from this magnificent hall, and ripples appeared. The terrifying roars of thousands of beasts fighting rushed out of the imperial city.

Outside the palace, Xiao Zhi, who was about to step into the carriage, suddenly stopped and turned around with the people around him in a daze, looking at the magnificent imperial city behind them.

Blood Seal...

Blood Seal? ! !

In the capital of Yuan Kingdom, countless people, either in shock or confusion, turned their heads to look at the magnificent and towering figure of the imperial city.

In the capital, the figures, familiar or unfamiliar, scattered in the darkness all had their pupils trembled at the same time. They looked towards the direction of the capital with fear and trepidation. While their throats moved nervously, they took out the message cards and hurriedly sent out similar messages.

As thousands of beasts fought, the beast tide covered the entire border of Yuan Kingdom. It seemed that it happened silently in an instant, but it made everyone who passed by feel terrified. They spread outward and rushed towards the border of Yuan Kingdom.

At the northern border, countless blood flowers exploded in the dark night. The strong, eternal, and even intensified smell of blood and murderous aura filled this ancient battlefield.

Roars collided fiercely in the darkness. Countless broken swords stained with blood and dirt that could not be washed off stood upright on the battlefield between heaven and earth, or were buried deep or shallow in the dark red mud after being trampled countless times.

I don't know whether the roars were from humans or animals, but they were filled with strong resentment and hatred... The ferocious beasts rushed into the battlefield, and in an instant they completely merged with the world.

Tears, blood, roars and cries, being unable to advance or retreat, fighting again and again and then having to give in, is the unchanging main theme of this world.

"Here is the blood seal."

An old voice sounded from far behind him.

On the battlefield, the soldiers of both sides who were fighting fiercely opened their eyes wide in astonishment, as if people who had been numb for a long time finally saw a ray of light that was different from the past. No one knew whether it was a blessing or a curse, they just stood there in a daze, crying.

"Kill! Kill! A bunch of trash - kill! Keep attacking the city!!!" A shrill voice suddenly rang out from the darkness, roaring like crazy in everyone's ears.

The two hostile parties in the darkness paused, then raised their weapons, with ferocious and hateful faces, ready to kill the enemy in front of them!

A general of the Yuan Kingdom also suddenly came to his senses. He raised the sword in his hand high up and pointed it at the sky, shouting loudly: "It's Your Majesty! Your Majesty has not forgotten us, Your Majesty is watching us!!!"

"The blood seal is behind us, cheering us on! Soldiers, do not let down the expectations of His Majesty and our families behind us—don't spare a single one! Kill these scoundrels who have repeatedly attacked us!!!"

The blood-red stars hung high in the sky, slowly rotating, as if thousands of ancient beasts were standing beside the fishy-smelling soldiers of the Yuan Kingdom, baring their fangs fiercely at the foreign enemies ahead.

A deafening roar suddenly rang out in the ears of everyone at the border, and the two armies in the darkness violently collided with each other.

"kill!!!"

In just a moment of collision, the soldiers of Lin State seemed to be torn in half by an invisible hand. The enemy rushed forward with unstoppable momentum. Countless soldiers of Lin State almost subconsciously retreated and fled in panic.

The Lin Kingdom's general was horrified and at a loss for a moment. He screamed in anger, "No running! Stop! Kill those traitors and deserters! Formation, maintain formation and retreat!"

However, the cowardly soldiers behind him became more and more panicked and helpless as they fled. They could not turn back and could only flee forward desperately.

The general of Lin State was furious.

He opened his mouth with a hideous expression, and just made a sound when a black iron sword slashed across his neck with a whistling murderous aura.

The head with wide-open eyes slid across a long arc in the night, and with a "bang", it hit the toes of a fleeing person heavily, raising a cloud of dark red sand.

The man looked at the familiar head in front of his toes, his eyes widened, and he opened his mouth and let out a terrified scream.

"Here lies the head of General Lin!" Pingjiang Hou swung his sword at the figures in front of him and shouted, "Soldiers, kill these scoundrels who have been harassing our border in every possible way!

"Soldiers, use these people's heads and blood to pay tribute to the countless heroic souls of our Great Abyss!!!"

On the battlefield where scarlet and darkness intertwined, a roar that shook the earth rang out in unison.

"kill!!!"

Inside the magnificent palace of the Yuan Kingdom’s imperial city.

Everyone stared blankly at the blood-red shadow high above—

Madness? Greed? Fear?

None of them.

Everyone had only one thought in their mind: "Blood Seal..."

Jiang Jingyuan also tilted her head back, gazing intently at the blood seal. Her hands, resting on her knees, gradually clenched into fists, her nails digging deep into her palms. Her hands trembled faintly. Her right arm, hidden by her wide sleeve, felt a sharp pain, and a sinuous, serpentine silhouette, outlined in blood red, emerged.

Even though so many people had told her this before, she had always been skeptical and never dared to place all her hopes on this legendary blood seal...

It was not until this moment, until she saw the blood seal with her own eyes, that she was truly certain—

The blood seal can save her.

The blood seal can really save her!

Her heart was beating rapidly in her ears. Jiang Jingyuan's heart was burning with excitement. She was so excited that her breathing suddenly stopped unconsciously. However, she did not dare to show a trace of heat on her face. She just stared blankly at the blood-red shadow in the sky, which looked like a star embedded in a golden river, as if she was shocked and couldn't recover.

After a long time, everyone in the hall seemed to come back to their senses and knelt down devoutly towards the old emperor.

General Guo, who was secretly supported by several people around him, was so excited that his whole body was shaking. Tears flowed from his eyes. His lips moved, and after a long while, he murmured in a trembling voice: "This is... a great blessing for our country..."

"Your Majesty is merciful—God bless the millions of people in the Great Abyss—"

"God bless my Dayuan——"

All the court officials knelt down deeply again before the old emperor, expressing their sincere gratitude and pride as they sang praises.

A strong smell of blood filled the palace like cumulus clouds. Suddenly, the old emperor at the top slowly raised his hand and waved it. Everyone in the hall felt their backs suddenly lighten. The terrifying breath that made countless people salivate disappeared in an instant.

The old emperor's mouth slowly opened and closed, and he said in a hoarse voice:

"The banquet continues."

Everyone immediately stood up with their heads lowered, bent over, and silently returned to their seats.

Jiang Jingyuan sat down with everyone else. He raised his head and looked forward, but accidentally saw a figure leaning against the vermilion pillar in the corner of the palace.

“!!!”

Jiang Jingyuan's heart suddenly skipped a beat, but his expression remained calm, except for his dark pupils which suddenly shrank slightly.

She wanted to turn her head to see the expression of the person next to her, but her sight seemed to be glued to the figure by something. She couldn't turn her head. She just stared in that direction for a long time, her whole body frozen and motionless.

Next to the tall vermilion pillar, the tall figure was covered in an exquisite and majestic black cloak embroidered with intricate patterns in silver thread, and his face could not be seen.

When Jiang Jingyuan's slightly trembling gaze fell on him, he raised his head slowly. The cloak covered most of his face, leaving only the lower half of his fair face exposed. He slowly curled the corners of his mouth towards Jiang Jingyuan, raised one hand and waved it nonchalantly, as if silently greeting him.

“?!!”

Jiang Jingyuan... Jiang Jingyuan's mind went blank.

She remembered what Rong Hou had told her at the last moment. She had already forgotten most of her doubts when she saw the blood seal, but now...

"Your Highness Jing Yuan? Your Highness Jing Yuan...?"

A soft calling voice gradually sounded in his ears from far away. Jiang Jingyuan suddenly came back to his senses and realized that he had been looking at the table in front of him for a long time.

As her thoughts and memories came back to her, Jiang Jingyuan raised her head and looked towards the vermilion column in the corner of the palace. However, she did not see the figure in the black cloak beside the column. This was not surprising, but her heart still sank to the bottom.

She lowered her head, and the ten fingers of her hands resting on her knees slowly curled into her palms, her neat nails digging deep into the soft flesh of her palms.

"Seeking the Taoist"!

Blood Seal...

In the hands of the "seeker".