"Ah?" Shang Hongyu's face turned pale, she swayed and fainted.
Fortunately, Zuan reacted quickly and caught him.
Shang Liuyu also hurriedly reached out to help, but upon sensing that her sister's body was full of vital energy and her breathing was steady, she immediately realized what was going on and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "My sister's acting skills have even fooled me."
At this moment, Zuan embraced the two sisters on either side, while the many sea tribe ministers were too shocked by even bigger news to think of anything else.
"What? The Dragon King is dead?"
"How could someone with such high cultivation as the Dragon King die?"
...
They stared at Zu'an suspiciously, their eyes seeming to interrogate him: "Did you kill our Dragon King?"
"This matter is rather suspicious," finally a sea clan elder questioned. "Is there any evidence?"
At this moment, Shang Liuyu spoke up: "I am the witness, what the Regent said is true."
Zuan smiled and glanced at her; she had indeed chosen to stand on his side.
"This..." The many sea tribe ministers whispered among themselves, their expressions extremely conflicted.
Logically speaking, given Shang Liuyu's character and reputation, there's no reason why what she said shouldn't be false.
But seeing her being held tenderly in Zu'an's arms, it's hard not to speculate about the relationship between the two.
"Where are the other elders and the Prince of War?" asked a minister from Ao Yong's lineage. They had been searching for their lord but hadn't found a single one except for Zu An and Shang Liuyu.
“That’s right. Many people entered the Tomb of Ten Thousand Dragons with the Dragon King before, so why didn’t any of them come out?” An elder looked around. Among those who went in were their friends, but none of them came out.
Shang Liuyu glanced at Zu An with some concern, thinking that what had happened inside was too bloody, and he didn't know how to explain it to these people tactfully.
Zuan gave her a reassuring look and then said, "Those demons were too treacherous and cunning. They devised a demon-suppressing formation inside. Ao Yong and many elders fought alongside the Dragon King to eliminate those demons, and in the end, they all sacrificed themselves."
These words caused an uproar in the room.
Shang Liuyu: "..."
That's quite a subtle way to put it...
"They're all dead? And you're the only one still alive?" The elders of the sea tribes looked increasingly suspicious, while many sea tribesmen who had lost their loved ones became extremely agitated.
As for Ao Yong's subordinates, they were all confused. Some of his direct subordinates vaguely knew that Ao Yong had also designed a large formation to deal with the Dragon King. How did he end up fighting alongside the Dragon King?
Could it be that just as they were about to launch a coup, they discovered the demons' plan against the sea creatures, and thus resolutely abandoned their enmity with the Dragon King, instead joining forces with their brothers to fight against the demons?
He really... I'm so upset!
However, the War King and the Dragon King have long been irreconcilable enemies, so it's more likely that he will join forces with demons to deal with the Dragon King.
Hearing the noise and commotion around her, Shang Hongyu "timely" woke up and hurriedly asked Zu An, "I wonder which demons were involved, and what the battle was like?"
Zaun knew she was covering for him, so he went along with it and said, "There were five demons: the Skinning Demon King impersonating the Palace Guard Chief Kachir, the Shadow Demon of Fear, the Bloodthirsty Crocodile Ancestor, the Flame Demon Sea Monster, and the Lord of All Changes..."
He explained the skills of each demon in general terms, and also adapted the events that happened in the tomb. He explained it clearly and flawlessly.
Shang Liuyu listened with great admiration, thinking that if he hadn't been a witness, he probably would have been fooled too. This guy's ability to deceive people was truly remarkable.
Hmph, I wonder if he's so skilled at lying to women because he does it all the time.
After listening to the whole process, Shang Hongyu's expression changed. Of course, she knew that there was no Dragon King at all. After replacing the corresponding information one by one, she roughly reconstructed what exactly happened in the Tomb of Ten Thousand Dragons. She couldn't help but sigh that it was fortunate that there was Zu'an, otherwise anyone else would definitely not have been able to handle all of this.
After hearing the whole story, many of the sea tribe ministers fell silent. What the other party said was reasonable and had no obvious flaws, so it seemed that the truth was probably true.
However, with the Dragon King's passing, the world of the sea tribes is likely to change.
Just then, a trusted confidant of Ao Yong's faction suddenly questioned, "There are too many suspicious things about this matter. How did a human from Zu'an manage to sneak into the Tomb of Ten Thousand Dragons? What exactly happened inside? How come everyone else is dead, but the two of you are still alive? You can just make up whatever you want."
"That's right, nobody knows for sure whether it's true or not. Maybe you conspired with demons to kill them and silence them!" Ao Yong's confidants started to clamor.
Shang Liuyu's expression changed immediately: "You mean I'm lying?"
"Who knows? You two are still hugging each other, so you're obviously quite close," a sea tribe minister sneered.
“That’s right. I’ve heard that when you were in the human race, you had quite a relationship with this Zaun, and there were even rumors about it. With a relationship like that, the testimony can’t be taken seriously.” Another person spoke up.
Although Shang Liuyu was a heartthrob before, she was single at the time, so she naturally had a lot of charm.
Now that she's involved with another man, everyone's positive perception of her has shattered. In her anger and embarrassment, she has a mentality of "I'll destroy what I can't have."
Seeing that the atmosphere around them was gradually heating up, Shang Hongyu hurriedly spoke up: "The Regent had discussed with us before that he was infiltrating the ranks in order to fight against the demons with the Dragon King. The Dragon King and I both know about this. Do you think I'm lying too?"
“Of course we don’t think the Queen is lying, but you didn’t see what actually happened in the Tomb of Ten Thousand Dragons. Besides, Shang Liuyu is the Queen’s sister, so the Queen would naturally speak up for them on their behalf.” Another elder said at this moment.
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