"Helian is a member of the Nine-Headed Demonic Snake Clan. The current head of the family is Helian Kuang. The Helian Peng that Big Brother saw two months ago is his younger brother. The strongest of the younger generation of the Helian family is the man sitting next to Helian Peng... Helian Ba! He and Su Zhizhan of the Su family are both ranked as the strongest of the younger generation of the Twelve Guardian Families. However, Helian Ba is thirty-one years old this year, while Su Zhizhan is only twenty-seven years old. Therefore, in terms of talent, Su Zhizhan is slightly better than Helian Ba."
“Su family?” Yun Che searched the seats of the twelve families with his eyes. The seats of the twelve families were arranged in two rows, east and west. Helian, Chiyang, Bai, Nangong, Lin, Jiufang, and Xiao, who Xiao Yun had introduced before, were all in the east row, while their Yun family, Mu family, and Tianxia clan were in the west row. Yun Che found the word "Su" in the northernmost seat of the west row, but the seat was still empty. The Su family had not yet arrived.
"The Su family has arrived!"
Just when Yun Che had just found the seats where the Su family was seated, loud shouts sounded in front of the main hall door at the right time. The hundred people of the Su family entered as a whole and walked directly towards the seats.
The middle-aged man in the lead stopped in front of the Yun family's seat and bowed to Yun Qinghong: "Brother Yun, how are you?"
Yun Qinghong stood up and said with a smile: "Everything is fine. It seems that Brother Su's profound skills have made great progress again. Congratulations."
"Haha, compared to Brother Yun, you are still far behind." The middle-aged man laughed carefreely: "Stop the war, why don't you say hello to your Uncle Yun."
“Zhi Zhan greets Uncle Yun.” The young man beside the middle-aged man saluted and said with respect on his face, but he was neither humble nor arrogant, and his bearing was quite extraordinary. However, the way Yun Che looked at him, he felt that this guy should be full of arrogance… No wonder, these top geniuses from top families have been in the awe and admiration of others since they were young. It would be abnormal if they didn’t have arrogance.
After greeting the Yun family, the Mu family, and the Tianxia family, the Su family sat down in an orderly manner. Xiao Yun then introduced: "The person who just greeted Dad is the current head of the Su family, Su Xiangnan, and the young man is the Su Zhizhan I mentioned just now. The Su family is currently second only to the Helian family in terms of comprehensive strength among the twelve families, but Su Zhizhan is by no means inferior to Helian Ba. Both of them are at the sixth level of the Tyrant Profound Realm. If they were the same age, Su Zhizhan would definitely be better!"
"The Su family, like our Yun family, are both human beings. The relationship between the two families has been good for generations. The head of the Su family and my father have been good friends for many years. During the years when my father was disabled, the head of the Su family came to visit him in person many times." Xiao Yun said in detail.
Yun Che nodded slowly. From the eye contact between Yun Qinghong and Su Xiangnan before, he was able to tell that the Su family would definitely not be an enemy.
“The Yan family to the right of the Su family, are they also human?” Yun Che pointed to the direction where the Yan family was.
"Yes." Xiao Yun nodded. "The Yan family is known as the God Spear Clan. Everyone in the family uses guns as weapons, and the relationship with our Yun family has always been good. A hundred years ago, the overall strength of the Yan family was basically at the bottom of the twelve families, and now, it is our Yun family's turn to be at the bottom... The head of the Yan family is Yan Zijing, and the young head is Yan Chengkong, 26 years old, and the third level of Tyrant Profound Realm."
"The Tianxia clan is an elf clan, and most of their weapons are black bows and black arrows. The head of the clan is Seventh Sister's father, Tianxia Xiongtu, and the young head of the clan is Seventh Sister's eldest brother, Tianxia Diyi. The representative of the younger generation is Seventh Sister's sixth brother, who seems to be 28 years old this year and is at the fourth level of Tyrant Profound Realm."
After Xiao Yun's introduction, Yun Che had a general understanding of the basic information of the twelve families.
“Xiao Yun, what is the strength of Hui Ran and Hui Ye from the Huai Palace?” Yun Che suddenly asked.
When the names of these two people were mentioned, Xiao Yun's expression became obviously a little nervous: "Hui Ye is at the sixth level of Tyrant Profound Realm, ranking third among the 'Seven Sons of Illusionary Demons', and that Hui Ran is said to be at the eighth level of Tyrant Profound Realm?"
Yun Che raised his eyebrows: “The Queen’s Stage of Overlord? The Twelve Clans are already the top forces in the Illusory Demon Realm. Why is the younger generation so much worse?”
"The major palaces of the Illusionary Demon Clan have very few people. In terms of comprehensive strength, they are not as good as the twelve families. However, as royal families, they all enjoy the best resources, so they are all elites, especially the younger generation, who have acquired conditions far beyond the twelve families. Therefore, the overall strength of the 'Illusionary Demon Seven Sons' of each generation is better than the twelve geniuses who guard the family, but not by much... This Hui Ran is a rare outlier with an incredibly high talent. The Huai Palace has spared no effort to spend a lot of resources on him, giving him abnormal strength far beyond his age group!"
"I heard from mother that when father was thirty years old, he was also at the eighth level of Tyrant Profound Realm. The entire Huiran County Prince is as strong as father was back then." Xiao Yun said somewhat unhappily. After all, for the Yun family, the Huai Palace was a dangerous enemy.
“That’s very different.” Yun Che shook his head slightly: “Dad is a natural talent, but Hui Ran’s acquired resources are far better than Dad’s. At this age, he can be compared with Dad in his youth, but as time goes by, he will definitely not be qualified to be compared with Dad.”
"Yes, big brother is right!" Xiao Yun expressed his agreement.
Yun Qinghong glanced at the two brothers, smiled faintly, then looked ahead in silence.
There was less than a quarter of an hour left before the ceremony officially began, and at this time, the entire Demon King Hall was already full of dignitaries and overlords from all over the place, the main forces of the Demon King City, the twelve families, and the major royal palaces had all arrived. Yun Che turned around and was about to ask Yun Qinghong some questions about the Little Demon Queen, but suddenly noticed that Yun Qinghong's face was much more serious than when he just entered. Yun Che frowned and scanned the entire audience. Slowly, his brows furrowed a little bit.
The Demon King's seat is located in the north of the center of the Demon King's Hall. The core seats near the Demon King are located on the east and west sides. These core seats are the seats of the major royal palaces and the twelve families. The Su family, the Yan family, the Tianxia family, the Mu family, and the Yun family are located on the west side from north to south, and the Helian, Chiyang, Bai family, Nangong, Lin family, Jiufang, and Xiao family are located on the east side from north to south.
There are five guardian families on the west side where the Yun family is located.
The seats on the east side are occupied by seven guardian families!
The specific seating arrangements are:
East side (North→South): Helian, Chiyang, Bai, Nangong, Lin, Jiufang, Xiao.
Center (North): Little Demon Queen.
West side (north→south): Su, Yan, Tianxia, Mu, Yun.
The seating arrangement on both sides was originally exactly the same, but the twelve guardian families were not arranged in 6:6 positions. Instead, there were 5 on one side and 7 on the other, presenting an uncomfortable asymmetry... and this asymmetry, at this grand ceremony that attracted the attention of all the heroes in the world, could not have been accidental.
The seats in the palace were also asymmetrical. The number of royal family members sitting on the east side was also greater than that on the west side. This even caused the golden seats on the west side that originally belonged to the royal family to be vacant, and the princes and nobles from outside the Demon King City were arranged to sit there, which made them look terrified and flattered to the point of being restless.
“Dad, there is something wrong with the seating arrangement this time.” Yun Che asked in a low voice.
Yun Qinghong nodded slowly: "The situation is worse than I expected... and much worse! This seating arrangement can be described as 'clearly divided'!"
That’s right, it’s a clear distinction!
People outside the Demon King City naturally couldn't see the trick, but people inside the Demon King City, especially those from the twelve families and the royal family, could see at a glance... The guardian families and royal families sitting on the east side all tended to support, or even surrendered to, King Huai!
On the west side, people did not lean towards Prince Huai and were still loyal to the Demon King's lineage, that is, they were loyal to the Little Demon Queen!
Originally, Yun Che had no idea which of the twelve guardian families had sided with Prince Huai, but now it was clear at a glance! And this was obviously done deliberately by Prince Huai. He was showing everyone how huge the power he possessed was... It had completely overwhelmed the power that was loyal to the Little Demon Queen!
Such seating arrangement, such recklessness...it is obvious what he intends to do in this ceremony!
The heads and elders of the Su, Yan, Tianxia, Mu, and Yun families exchanged glances with each other, their faces were extremely solemn. None of them expected that the situation would be so bad. The power that Prince Huai had secretly accumulated over the years was so terrifying.
“Is it really so unwelcome for a woman to be an emperor?” Yun Che sighed. Cang Yue’s figure suddenly appeared in his mind, and his heart warmed. He said in his heart: Fortunately, the emperor’s illness has been cured, and he can give birth to a lot of little princes. Otherwise, if he has to pass the throne to Xueruo in the future, then my princess wife will be miserable... I am exhausted.
"For these powerful men who stand at the top of the Illusory Demon Realm, women are always just appendages of men, or even playthings, in their eyes. They do have some resistance in their hearts to be loyal to a woman... But this should never be the reason for them to rebel against the lineage of the Demon King! The biggest reason should still be their greed! The Huai Palace must have used a lot of coercion and inducement... I just didn't expect that the two major families, Chiyang and Nangong, would actually turn to the Huai King! How ridiculous!"
Yun Che could hear deep pain in Yun Qinghong’s voice.
“Prince Huai, how will you act at this grand ceremony?” Yun Che asked, “And why did you choose this occasion?”
“Because all the heroes in the world are gathered here.” Yun Qinghong frowned and said, “The lords of the major domains in the Illusory Demon Realm, the mayors of the major cities, the overlords of the major forces, the leaders of the major races… as well as the core figures in almost all fields such as business, medicine, and equipment, are all invited to attend! Almost every one of the 100,000 people in the hall has an extremely huge influence in a piece of land, an industry, or even the entire Illusory Demon Realm. The 70 billion people in the Illusory Demon Realm can be said to be fully represented by these 100,000 people! After today’s ceremony is over, these people will return to their respective territories, and what happened at today’s ceremony will also be spread by them to every piece of land in the Illusory Demon Realm.”
When Yun Qinghong said this, Yun Che immediately understood: “In other words, this time, Prince Huai wants to let the world see that the Little Demon Queen is no longer the highest authority and that his power has far surpassed hers? And then, in front of everyone, force the Little Demon Queen to abdicate?”
“No, you are only 10% right.” Yun Qinghong shook his head: “He does want to use this kind of scene to achieve his purpose, but he will never use this method, because it will only backfire.”
“Counterproductive?” Yun Che was surprised.
Yun Qinghong looked far away as he slowly narrated, "Ten thousand years ago, the Illusory Demon Realm was in chaos. The human race and the demon race were hostile to each other. There was war everywhere and the people were living in misery. Later, the Demon King's clan inherited the Golden Crow and possessed powerful strength. After that, they led the twelve clans to fight for hundreds of years and unified the Illusory Demon Realm. Under the wise leadership of the Demon King, the human race and the demon race were no longer enemies, and gradually eliminated racial prejudices. The world was peaceful and has continued to this day. The ancient mythical beast Golden Crow has also become the highest belief in the Illusory Demon Realm for ten thousand years. The Demon King is respected and loved by the Illusory Demon people from generation to generation."
"If the Prince of Huai forces the Little Demon Empress to abdicate and then takes her place, then if the lineage of the Demon Emperor continues to wreak havoc on the world and makes the Illusion Demon people under his command suffer, then this move will naturally be praised by the world. But the fact is just the opposite. If the Prince of Huai really does this, then what will follow is the anger, curses and resistance of the Illusion Demon people! Even if the power that the Prince of Huai controls is a thousand times or a hundred times stronger, how can it possibly provoke the anger of 70 billion Illusion Demon people. This is also the main reason why the Prince of Huai has not dared to act rashly."
“I see.” Yun Che was slightly startled: “Then, what will Prince Huai do?”
"He will definitely create a sufficient reason at this ceremony to convince the people of the world." Yun Qinghong said with a gloomy face: "The Little Demon Queen has always been aware of the Prince of Huai's ulterior motives, but she has never taken action against him, because she is afraid that this will give him a reason to 'be cruel and harm the royal family for no reason'. In today's situation, it is quite simple for him to create a reason... For example, he can make up a scandal for the Little Demon Queen that will anger the world! Sexual promiscuity, harming loyal people, eating the internal organs of boys, etc., etc., etc., these extremely vicious scandals."
Yun Che’s eyebrows tilted sharply, and he continued in a deep voice: “If only one person shouted out this kind of scandal, no one would believe it… But if even a large part of the guardian families and a large part of the royal family supported and condemned it, then these people from all over the world would have no reason not to believe it! Coupled with the timely guidance of public opinion, it would cause the whole world to be angry, the Little Demon Queen would be ruined, and even be pointed at by the people… It would be natural for Prince Huai to take her place, and he would even be supported by the whole world!”
“That’s right!” Yun Qinghong nodded with a heavy face. After he noticed the difference in the seating arrangement, he had completely seen through the Prince of Huai’s thoughts.
“Then is there any way that Father can help the Little Demon Queen resolve this crisis?” Yun Che asked solemnly.
Yun Qinghong was silent for a while, then slowly said, “The method is very simple, but the seven guardian families and most of the royal family have sided with Prince Huai, so it is extremely difficult to achieve.”
“What method?” Yun Che asked quickly.
"That is, before the Huai prince's plan begins, we should draw the attention of the heroes of the world to the Little Demon Queen, so that these people will not be able to say the slanderous words they prepared in advance..."
After Yun Qinghong finished speaking, he took a long breath and closed his eyes. Obviously, he was thinking hard about how he should face the upcoming situation.
Yun Che silently pondered over Yun Qinghong's words and fell into deep thought. After a long while, he suddenly said, "Dad, after the ceremony begins, no matter what I do, I hope you won't stop me."
Yun Qinghong opened his eyes and looked at him deeply, but did not ask him what he was going to do. He just nodded silently. In his eyes as deep as the sea, there was the kind of trust that a father had in his son that did not need a reason.
“The Little Demon Queen has arrived!!”
At this time, a loud and deafening voice sounded in the sky above the Demon King's Palace. The originally noisy hall suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Everyone raised their heads and looked towards the sky above the hall.
[That’s all for today… I’m off to fight on Mars 1111!!!]
[That’s all for today… I’m off to fight on Mars 1111!!!]
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