Chapter 97 is really hard to say.
The old ancestor was determined to die.
Emperor Jiang stepped onto the throne, his crimson brocade robe dazzlingly red—the very wedding attire he was to wear when he married Duan Jiuyou.
The courtiers immediately lined up in two rows, while the emperor sat proudly on his throne, looking down at the assembled officials.
His face was cold and aloof, and when there was no smile on his face, even his wedding clothes had a sense of dread, as if someone would be beheaded at any moment.
Di Jiang spoke calmly.
What was all that noise about just now?
The courtiers were sweating profusely; who dared to utter a sound?!
His wife ran away, and he stayed in his study for four hours, only managing to put on his wedding clothes by himself. The wedding silks and red satins in Shijing City were still there. He rushed to hold the wedding, but he still couldn't do it. Who would dare to upset him at this time?!
But when he asked them questions, they dared not refuse to answer.
Zhai Qiuyang, the commander of Yuanshan who had shouted the loudest just now, reluctantly chimed in.
"Just now, we were saying that there was a great deal of celebration inside and outside the palace today."
The more panicked you get, the more chaotic things become!
Zhai Qiuyang regretted saying those words as soon as they left his mouth. Wasn't he deliberately trying to upset the Lord?!
Di Jiang scoffed, "Celebrating? Why aren't you all smiling? You all have such solemn faces, who are you mourning for?"
Upon hearing this, the court officials immediately knelt down, shouting that they dared not utter a sound.
"I see you dare to do this!" Di Jiang looked at the red silk banner outside the palace, his heart burning with a mixture of anger and icy resentment. "If you dared not, why would your vassals abandon their posts and appear in Longyan Prefecture? Why would General Rong Yu wreak havoc in the prefecture? Whose orders are you following? Whose commands are you obeying?!"
The crowd kowtowed again, wishing they could bury their heads in the brick and stone floor of the Ten Realms Palace.
The vassal did receive the imperial decree, but the emperor ordered him to stay and guard the ten borders with the three fierce generals. However, they went to Longyan Prefecture instead!
Xue Ciyi knelt forward, taking the blame: "Your Majesty, please calm your anger. I left the Ten Realms only under your command. Duan Jiuyou broke through the barrier, and I was worried that she would directly rush into Dragon Breath Mountain and harm Your Majesty. That's why, in a moment of urgency, I hastily dispatched you and others to launch a surprise attack on Dragon Salt Prefecture. I originally intended to use this to delay Duan Jiuyou and buy Your Majesty enough time for the battle with Tiansheng. I never expected that she would break through the formation of the Four Fierce Generals in less than an incense stick's time..."
"Using Longyan Prefecture to hold off Duan Jiuyou, you really know how to pick a place to strike!" Di Jiang sneered. "Longyan Prefecture is full of weak and defenseless immortals, easy to kill and create chaos. You've got a good plan! If it weren't for you, would my Great Wilderness be wiped out?!"
"This old minister is only thinking of Your Majesty's best interests!" Xue Ciyi protested, "This old minister is both Your Majesty's subject and Your Majesty's uncle. This old minister cannot stand by and watch the tragedy of the last battle for the heavens repeat itself! The Great Qi Ao Sect is as solid as a rock. If they are allowed to stand against the Desolate Clan again, even if the divine sword Zhanlu is damaged and there are no other divine weapons in the world that can harm Your Majesty's life, it will still be a tough battle!"
Xue Ciyi wept uncontrollably. He had lured Duan Jiuyou into the Tenth Realm by claiming he was the chosen one, precisely because he feared they would encounter the Ao Clan again during the war between the two races.
The fact that the Ao Clan is immortal is the most terrifying thing. Their existence is like a wall between the Wilderness Clan and Tian Sheng, which cannot be shaken by any high level of magic or strong force.
"Now it seems, what have your plans brought to the Desolate Clan?"
Di Jiang looked at his uncle, who was more trouble than he was worth.
How come I never noticed before that he was such a busybody?
If he hadn't laid the plan first, there would have been no deception between him and Jiuyou. If he hadn't sent his vassals to Longyan Prefecture, Jiuyou wouldn't have been so angry. Even the so-called Dragon Slaying Incident at Longquan Ridge was confirmed because Xue Ciyi had moved Longyan Prefecture this time!
In people's eyes, once something happens, it will happen again, and once it happens again, it will happen one after another!
Xue Ciyi lowered his head: "Now it seems that things are indeed not good, but this old minister is also wholeheartedly loyal!"
Emperor Jiang was too lazy to listen to Xue Ciyi's nonsense, so he waved for the officials to disperse. Xue Ciyi walked at the back, crying as he went!
He felt utterly wronged, having always considered his nephew's feelings, yet his nephew showed no appreciation whatsoever.
After the courtiers had left, he couldn't help but turn back: "Just for a woman! You'd give up your kingdom? The dragon race and immortals are not of my kind, so what does it matter if they die?"
Di Jiang could not hide his anger: "I have only this one woman in my life! Do you still think it's right to attack Longyan Prefecture? You are a god, not some crooked sect! Killing immortals and rebelling against heaven and earth, even if you win the world, where will that leave my Desolate Clan? Where will that leave me? Will I be a tyrannical ruler who governs with force, or a demon who brings ruin to the world? The gods' wars do not punish the immortals, this is an ancient rule! Now the Desolate Clan has set a precedent, don't just grow a pair of ears and go outside to listen to how people are cursing our Desolate Clan!"
Xue Ciyi's initial momentum was instantly suppressed by Di Jiang.
The matter of Longyan Prefecture was indeed not honorable, and he was unable to refute it. He remained silent for a long time before speaking.
"Then, how do you plan to deal with the Ao Clan? As long as the Ao Clan stands on their side, we will never be able to reclaim the Heavenly Realm."
—What other solution is there?
Emperor Jiang looked silently out of the palace, thinking to himself, "Of course, I should go and apologize."
He couldn't apologize alone; he had to bring his vassals and Xue Ciyi along to explain the whole story of Longyan Prefecture and the matter of the divinely ordained ruler.
Jiuyou was furious this time. On Dragon Breath Mountain, her eyes were filled with a complete severance of ties. She had always been sincere to him and had never hidden anything from him. She hated him for deceiving and lying to her...
Thinking this, he felt anxious and stood up, saying to Xue Ciyi, "Call Feng Chen, let's go to Dixi Mountain now!"
...
Bai Yanxing stayed at Dixi Mountain the whole time and did not leave. After Yan Kuo left, he sat at the stone table outside the bedroom and drank tea.
Jiuyou was occasionally lucid, and even if Bai Yanxing was worried, he would wait until Liantang came out before asking about the situation. He was a polite and respectful person, unlike some "bandit" who barged in without any prior notice and landed directly outside the palace.
The two races had just experienced such a battle, and the entire Earth Breath Mountain was filled with dragon troops. Emperor Jiang entered the courtyard in a grand manner, accompanied only by two attendants.
The dragon soldiers stood ready for battle. Bai Yanxing looked at the imperial territory that was advancing rapidly and gestured for his men to retreat.
Emperor Jiang frowned, clearly displeased.
Why are you here?
The last person he wants to see right now is Bai Yanxing! If he hadn't saved Little Master Huang, he wouldn't have ended up like this with Jiuyou.
Di Jiang is somewhat unreasonable. His people fabricated lies first, and he himself deceived Jiu You later, but what he despises even more is Bai Yanxing, who exposed the truth.
Bai Yanxing thought to himself: I should be asking you the same thing. How dare you come here? Wasn't it you who caused Jiuyou's internal organs to rupture? Wasn't her heartbroken state thanks to you? I was a perfectly good priest, so lively and cheerful before you deceived me. I had no bad habits except for courting death. If Jiuyou and I had spent some time together, maybe she would have liked me.
Bai Yanxing couldn't see the imperial territory, but he still maintained a dignified appearance.
"Why has the Lord of the Wilderness come here? If I remember correctly, we were fighting each other just four hours ago."
"What does my coming to Mount Dixi have to do with my fighting with you?" Di Jiang looked around the entire inner hall. The Dragon Clan had stationed at least 100,000 troops here, but he didn't see many disciples of the Ao Sect.
"What are you doing here?" Di Jiang asked Bai Yanxing. "Trying to persuade Jiu You to save Tian Sheng again? You used her to seize Tian last time, and you want to use the same trick again this time? War between two races is about their own strength and ability. Why do you keep dragging Ao Zong into this?"
Bai Yanxing sized up Di Jiang, who was genuinely mocking him, and realized that he seemed completely unaware that Jiu You had removed the painless bone for him.
That makes sense. If he knew Jiuyou would be in pain, why would he wait until now to come? Why would he have the time to stand here and talk nonsense to him?
Bai Yanxing intentionally reminded him, "The priest is injured. I came here only to visit him, nothing else."
"Does a visit require 100,000 troops?" Xue Ciyi spoke first. "Who doesn't know that the Ao Zong Ancestor is injured but not in pain? Does he need you to come and visit him? Don't think we don't know how many schemes are hidden behind your good intentions! You used troops to control Dixi Mountain to prevent us, the Wilderness Lord, from coming to snatch people, right?"
Steal it? I doubt you can take it away.
Bai Yanxing found it amusing and replied casually, "If we're talking about scheming, Tiansheng is indeed no match for the Desolate Clan. I can't even imagine what the Lord of Destiny is, and even if I could, I wouldn't dare to kill a god so easily. The Nameless Heavenly Book is an ancient righteous god, and you can destroy it just like that. But it seems that the one who profited the most is still Little Master Huang, who not only earned hush money from you but also got money from me for 'letting him speak up'."
"Bai Yanxing!" Xue Ciyi gritted his teeth in hatred at the mention of this matter. "If it weren't for your interference, Duan Jiuyou would have already been the Empress of my Desolate Clan!"
“She is now too,” Di Jiang corrected Xue Ciyi’s statement.
In his heart, Duan Jiuyou had already been his wife from the moment he agreed to the marriage.
Bai Yanxing looked at Di Jiang with great interest: "The wedding hasn't taken place yet, and the name hasn't been registered, so you think wearing red means the ceremony is complete?"
Instead of being angry, Di Jiang laughed: "At least it's better than you not even being able to wear a red dress. You're actually quite interesting, always busy in front of people who don't care about you. You've been waiting for over a year, and what have you gotten in return?"
Bai Yanxing said, "You have achieved your goal, but it seems to be less than satisfactory. What is it like to wear a wedding dress alone? The entire Pofeng Ten Realms are celebrating for you, but the person who was supposed to be by your side is nowhere to be seen."
Emperor Jiang sighed softly: "At least in heaven and on earth, no one is unaware that Jiuyou and I are preparing for our wedding, unlike Emperor Tiansheng, who can only come to visit under the guise of caring for his subjects."
As the vassal listened to their back-and-forth conversation, he couldn't help but ask Xue Ciyi in his heart.
—Who do you think has a sharper tongue?
Xue Ciyi shook his head: I really can't say.
They're all pretty "toxic".
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