The sudden turn of events stunned everyone.
In the eyes of the Yan Clan's powerful members, although Jiang Zhi was not a wise ruler and even imprisoned Jiang Li and Jiang Shen without authorization, he was still the current leader of the Yan Clan. No one expected that the Snake God and Gao Zhe would kill him so easily.
No one doubted Shen Qian, after all, Shen Qian's telepathic communication was extremely secretive, and in most people's understanding, it was impossible for Shen Qian to command a true god as powerful as the Snake God.
As for Gao Zhe...
Putting aside the fact that he was originally a guest of the Yan clan and had never met Shen Qian before, given Jiang Zhi's undisguised murderous intent towards him just now, it is entirely reasonable for him to cut off the Yan King's head out of anger.
Therefore, Jiang Li and Jiang Shen, who were closer, were more annoyed that they hadn't had time to stop them, and didn't have much to say about the Snake God and Gao Zhe.
The only one who didn't make a move after stopping Jiang Zhi was King You. However, when he saw Jiang Zhi's heart fly towards Shen Qian, he raised an eyebrow and seemed to be deep in thought.
The Flame King's head flew high into the air, and with Gao Zhe's sword strike, the head shattered completely, leaving only a faintly colored, crystalline core.
Shen Qian observed it carefully and found that Yan Wang's spiritual core was also egg-shaped, but it was rounder than Shen Qian's, and its color was also deeper.
Although Yan Wang was just an ordinary king among the nobility, this discovery still secretly pleased Shen Qian.
This at least shows that after all those extraordinary encounters, there was no qualitative difference between Shen Qian and ordinary kings and nobles in terms of spiritual power.
Jiang Li and Jiang Shen rushed over and collected the remaining corpses of Jiang Zhi. Then they looked at Shen Qian and Gao Zhe.
"Gentlemen, could you please return Jiang Zhi's remains to my Yan Clan?"
Jiang Li was referring to the heart in Shen Qian's hand and the spiritual core in Gao Zhe's hand.
Originally, Shen Qian only needed the heart. As for the King's spiritual core, although it could be considered a rare treasure, it was not very useful to Shen Qian. Therefore, he could simply return the spiritual core.
However, to avoid arousing suspicion, Shen Qian shook his head and used the pre-prepared explanation.
"When Emperor Yan bestowed this letter upon me, he said that if the current Yan King Jiang Zhi were to perish, I must take his heart and spiritual core with me and deliver them to a designated place to be given to someone. Please forgive me for being unable to comply."
Upon hearing Shen Qian's explanation, Jiang Li and Jiang Shen exchanged bewildered glances.
Shen Qian directly brought up Emperor Yan Shennong, and they really couldn't refute him for a while.
After all, Shen Qian did produce the letter written by Emperor Yan, which means that he had indeed met Emperor Yan.
"I wonder who this heart and spiritual core are meant for?" Although he believed it to some extent, Jiang Shen still asked with doubt.
"It concerns a secret about the survival of the human race, and Emperor Yan forbade me to tell anyone."
He shook his head with a serious expression.
In fact, Shen Qian felt that he wasn't lying, since the secret recipe for creating clones with "heart's blood" was indeed told to him by the Yan Emperor.
Emperor Yan probably never dreamed that this first ingredient would come from his own descendants.
Before sinking, all he could do was silently apologize in his heart.
Judging from the attitude of Emperor Yan when he took out the letter, he was probably utterly disappointed in Jiang Zhi, and even if he knew what would happen next, he probably wouldn't be too harsh on himself.
At this moment, with a whooshing sound, a large group of powerful members of the Yan Clan escorted Jiang Ming, who had just ascended the throne, as they flew over.
Jiang Li and Jiang Shen quickly stepped forward and told Jiang Ming what had happened.
Upon learning of Jiang Zhi's demise, Jiang Ming, though his expression was solemn, still noticed a hint of relaxation in Jiang Zhi's eyes as he stared intently at him.
On the contrary, Jiang Ming did not care about Shen Qian taking away Jiang Zhi's heart and spiritual core. He waved his hand and smiled, "Since it is the ancestor's will, then give it to him."
Since Jiang Ming had already said that, Jiang Li and Jiang Shen couldn't say anything more.
As a prominent clan with a long tradition of alchemy, they knew that the heart's blood of a true god was an extremely rare and precious material, but it was only used in a few unorthodox elixir recipes and was not considered particularly important.
"Brother Shenqian, are you also planning to go to the battlefield of all races?"
At this moment, Jiang Ming, who had already learned Shen Qian's identity from Gao Zhe, spoke up.
"Indeed, Flame King, could it be that you..."
Shen Qian was surprised to hear Jiang Ming use the word "also".
“Yes, I am the leader of the Flame Clan in this Battle of Ten Thousand Races, so naturally I will go as well.” Jiang Ming nodded.
"But you only ascended the throne today..."
The sinking was somewhat unexpected.
Jiang Ming is only around twenty years old, but he is already a powerful expert in the Mountain and Sea Realm, and can definitely be called a first-class genius.
From the moment Jiang Ming put on the crown, he had become one of the de facto leaders of the human race. Based on Shen Qian's understanding, the other party no longer had any need to take risks.
However, judging from the other party's words, he had no intention of giving up, which surprised Chen Qian.
"So what if I ascend the throne?" Jiang Ming chuckled. "Does that mean I won't get any more experience or fight? Besides, this battle of all races is far more significant for our human race than ever before... I naturally have an unshirkable duty to participate."
Jiang Ming's words were somewhat ambiguous, but that didn't stop Shen Qian from feeling admiration.
From this perspective, it's no wonder that although he wasn't the eldest son, he was directly chosen by Shennong for the throne; he certainly had the qualifications.
"I will send someone to inform Brother Shen tomorrow, and then I will ask Brother Shen to travel with me in the same boat."
Jiang Ming said one more thing, and then hurriedly led the many Yan Clan experts back to the palace.
Tonight is destined to be an eventful night for the Yan Clan, and Jiang Ming also has many things to deal with.
After Jiang Ming and the others left, the wasteland outside the city became quiet. Shen Qian turned around and saw that the You King, who had just been standing high in the sky, had also left. Only Shen Qian, Gao Zhe and the Snake God remained.
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