Yanluo nodded vigorously, her eyes slightly red. "Your Highness, we succeeded!"
Upon hearing Yan Luo's words, everyone's eyes shone with excitement and anticipation.
Great! Xiaoyue is saved!
The Nine Provinces are saved!
Su Ruojin then saw Jie Piao and the other two guards, who looked like they were from Bei Li, and asked with some confusion, "Who are they?"
Liu Jing briefly explained the whole incident.
This was somewhat unexpected for Su Ruojin. She hadn't anticipated that these demonic Gu soldiers would need to be nourished with blood, something that wasn't mentioned in the records of the Star Gu Pavilion.
Fu Linglong hadn't expected this either. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Xiao Jin, do you think it might be because the Demon Gu King was born prematurely and doesn't have strong control over the Demon Gu Soldiers, so it needs to use blood to maintain their vitality?"
Su Ruojin felt that what her fifth master said made sense. "It must be what Master said. The Demon Gu King is weak to begin with, and the offspring Gu are also weak, so it is necessary to do this to ensure the combat effectiveness of these Demon Gu soldiers."
At this point, Su Ruojin suddenly remembered something and asked Fu Linglong, "Fifth Master, how long can a mutant infected with the Gu parasite live?"
Fu Linglong shook her head. "There is no record of this. The calamity of the Nine Provinces Demon King lasted for many years. I suppose he could live for a long time."
I see...
Su Ruojin didn't say anything more.
It's indeed hard to say for sure. The Demon Gu Prince's Gu can keep spreading. As long as it doesn't stop, it can continue to thrive. I guess no one will notice this.
“Princess, Jie Piao mentioned before that these soldiers who were accidentally bitten would be imprisoned in a specific place, and after they mutate, they would join the ranks of the demon soldiers. We haven’t sent Jie Piao to the imprisonment location yet, so it’s likely that the abnormality will be discovered in Liuzhou soon. What should we do now?” Liu Jing asked.
Along the way, Jie Piao also explained some things.
For example, Bei Li only sent a thousand men and yet he captured Liuzhou.
The Liu family was indeed the largest merchant family in Liuzhou City, and most of the sulfur mines in Liuzhou belonged to the Liu family.
After the Northern Li army invaded Liuzhou, the first people they targeted were the Liu family.
They seized the Liu family's house and forced the Liu family members to mine sulfur for them.
It was at that time that I learned the Liu family had a large basement containing treasure.
After the Northern Li people emptied the Liu family's treasures, they used this basement to house the demon soldiers who did not need to be mobilized for the time being.
The leader of the expedition was Fei Molong, the valiant king of Beili. After capturing Liuzhou, Fei Molong was transferred to Yunqi, leaving his trusted confidant Chen Fu to guard Liuzhou for him.
Chen Fu forbade the people of Liuzhou from leaving their homes and also forbade the soldiers of Beili from massacring the people of Liuzhou.
In Chen Fu's words, these people are like sheep he raises.
Whenever mutants are needed, the people of Sulfur Continent are dragged out, bitten by the demon soldiers, and then released to other places.
Moreover, the sulfur mines in Liuzhou cannot be exhausted in a short time. They will have to live in Liuzhou for a long time. If all the people in the city are killed, who will cook and who will do business? The people of Beili will not have an easy time in the city.
Only then did Liu Jing understand why some taverns were still delivering wine to the Northern Li people inside the government office.
Su Ruojin looked at Jie Piao and asked, "Why are you feeding those demonic Gu soldiers blood?"
Jie Piao shook his head. "I don't know either. We just did what we were told to do. Lord Chen is in charge of the demon soldiers. I once saw a bell on Lord Chen. Whenever he shook the bell, the demon soldiers would move. Lord Chen must be controlling them."
A bell?
Su Ruojin and Fu Linglong exchanged a glance. They had never heard of demonic soldiers being controlled by bells before. Something was strange.
However, there's no time to study these things in detail now; they need to figure out how to deal with the Northern Li Army in Liuzhou City.
If, as Liu Jing said, it has indeed been discovered, it's only a matter of time before the Northern Li people find this place.
Su Ruojin turned to look at Yuan Hong, "Yuan Hong, you are the emperor, what do you think we should do now?"
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