Chapter 386 Ethnic Conflict
"A delegation from the demon race is coming to visit the human race. Are you serious?"
"It is said that the messenger has already rushed to Shengjing and delivered a list of visitors, including the demon royal family."
"Why did the demon tribe's attitude change so quickly?"
“No one knows about that…”
West of Shengjing, in several cities where the human race was revived, since the cool morning breeze, the news from Yunzhou has caused people in the city to talk about it.
Ever since the fall of Youyun and Youyun states, the demons and barbarians have been regarded as the same invaders in the eyes of humans.
The only difference is that the human race and the barbarians have a history of attacking and defending the wall for thousands of years without interruption, but they have no great hatred with the demon race, and even have a period of harmonious trade.
Today, the vitality of the human race has not yet recovered. Moreover, there are many conflicts among the six major immortal sects, making it difficult to unite. The tribe has no power to counterattack and can only divide the coalition forces of the two tribes of monsters and barbarians by continuously sending envoys.
But from the perspective of the demons, they must be aware of the human race's thoughts. Logically, they should stick to their alliance with the barbarians and refuse to send envoys.
But the current situation is that the demon tribe has received the human delegation and is willing to send a delegation to visit the capital in the heart of Qingyun.
Aren't they afraid that the barbarians will become suspicious? Aren't they afraid that the barbarian-monster alliance will collapse?
You know, if the two tribes of monsters and barbarians were not so united, the human race would have the opportunity to expel them from the country, and the monsters must also know this.
It is precisely because of this that everyone who heard the news was particularly puzzled.
On a mild autumn afternoon, the evening clouds gather, the sun sets in the west, and the merchant flags flutter in the wind.
Thousands of roofs are connected with each other in yellow, bronze horses are hung on the flying eaves and brackets, and the clear sound is mixed with the noise of the market when the wind blows.
The air is filled with the caramelized aroma of freshly baked sesame cakes, the sweet and sticky taste of sugar-roasted chestnuts, and the faint fragrance of cinnamon.
In Dongniu City in the southwest of Zhongzhou, Ji You and Yuan Chen walked out of the bookstore, each holding a thick bundle of storybooks in their hands. They talked as they walked and entered the restaurant opposite the bookstore.
Ever since Ji You temporarily finished his challenge, Yuan Chen, who was feeling extremely bored, dragged Ji You around everywhere. Now, they have visited eight major cities in Zhongzhou, entered countless teahouses with storytelling programs, and bought countless storybooks.
But his dream of becoming a knight was not satisfied, but became more and more intense.
At that time, Ji You had just sat down when Yuan Chen leaned his elbows on the table, holding the storybook in his hands, reading it carefully and fascinatedly.
"This should have been enough for you to read for months."
"It's enough, but these imaginary creations are still not as exciting as my brother-in-law's real experience. The Qingyun world still needs talents like Brother Gongshu."
Ji Youzheng turned over the upside-down teacup and poured the tea into it with a smile on his face: "What he said was purely imaginary. It's like the pot calling the kettle black."
Yuan Chen raised his eyes: "But it looks good!"
"Children like you will have their brains ruined by this kind of stuff."
As Ji You spoke, he handed one of the cups of tea to Yuan Chen, drank his own tea, and picked up a stack of books he had brought in from the table.
All the immortal cultivators in Qingyun World highly respect Taoism and believe that enlightenment is the only orthodox way to cultivate immortality. Therefore, no one has ever practiced body cultivation, and even the classics on body cultivation are as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.
But he had already reached the ninth level of the boundless physical body and was about to enter a spiritual journey.
Spiritual wandering is a realm exclusive to the realm of enlightenment, and is the purest form of communication between heaven and man. The spirit and the flesh are mutually restraining, so how could there be such a concept as spiritual wandering in the flesh? This forced him to be cautious and to find some theoretical support.
While strolling around the bookstore with his brother-in-law, he was pleasantly surprised to find quite a few vernacular novels with body-refining monks as the protagonists, which reminded him of his experience of searching for the traces of the Night Watch.
It is very common that some things that have been abandoned and forgotten by human cultivators will be spread to the mortal world and used as creative materials. Therefore, Ji You feels that these words should contain some ancient records about physical cultivators.
The book he brought in now was the one he had collected in the past few days, which was about stories about body training.
Reaching out and opening the first storybook called "Body Like Diamond", Ji You began to read immersively.
The young Ji You was a mortal of humble origins. He joined the Immortal Sect because his sister was captured by the Demon Sect. However, due to his background, he was not valued by the Immortal Sect and had very few resources available to him. As a result, he had no choice but to embark on the path of body refining, which did not require so much inheritance.
He worked diligently and practiced continuously, and eventually won first place in a competition called the World's No. 1 Enlightenment Conference with an unsurprising result.
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Ji You looked at him with one eye wide open and one eye small closed, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
Oh no, this is my fucking story. I was wondering why Ji You seemed so familiar. It turns out that I have become the model of cool novels in the minds of ordinary people.
But if you think about it carefully, this makes sense. After all, those who enjoy reading this kind of story are basically ordinary people, and most of them have the same background as Ji You. Perhaps only such stories can make them feel involved, so that they can have a false hope that they can change their class one day.
But these book writers are too lazy and don’t even want to think of a name.
He endured the embarrassment of tapping his toes as he continued reading, and saw that the protagonist of the story had a dissolute life, rose to fame, and was then loved by two rich sisters at the same time, leading to a shameless life described in heavy words.
Well, that's a new story.
It’s not from Shang Zhou, it’s from last week.
Ji You confirmed this and then picked up the second book.
The young Qin Yun was born into a declining ancient family. As his family gradually declined, he was oppressed. So he ran away to find a master. In a mountain village, he met a burly woodcutter and embarked on the path of body refining.
Got it, it’s not his own story. Ji You was excited and looked back with great interest. However, as he read on, his face began to become stiff again.
In the story, the young Qin Yun wandered all the way, defeated the children of aristocratic families and entered the inner sect. When he encountered a godsend opportunity, he was restricted by the elders of the sect and asked not to use killing moves. But in the end, he was defeated by the protagonist with force, and finally fell in love with two sisters who were as rich as a country.
The elder sister does it during the day and the younger sister does it at night. The younger sister likes to call her brother-in-law while panting.
There are some original works, but not many. Except for the compiled paragraph at the beginning, most of them are my own.
Ji You's interest cooled a little, but he still patiently looked at the third book.
The young Di Qiu was an orphan who had been begging for a living since he was young. One time, he shared half of the pancakes he begged with an old beggar on the street and inherited his body training. Later, he defeated the children of aristocratic families and entered the inner sect, but was targeted. Later, he broke the magic with his strength and was loved by the sisters, and lived a shameless life.
Wow, no matter how it started, my sisters and I lived a shameless life, right?
Ji You closed the book directly, and after a long silence, he expressed his understanding. After all, these plots with "hmm" and "ah" were indeed popular among the people...
Yuan Chen was looking at his brother-in-law at this time, thinking that he was just reading a book, how could his temper be seen? So he reached out to touch the book "Body Like Diamond", but before he could pick it up, Ji You pressed it down.
"This is not something for children to watch."
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Just when Yuan Chen was stunned, a man wearing a short robe with rolled edges of the Wuliu business walked onto the street. He looked around and locked onto Ji You's figure in the restaurant, so he hurried over.
The man quickly arrived at the second floor of the teahouse, stopped at Ji You's table and handed him a message.
Ji You reached out to take the letter, opened it and took a look, and found that the letter came from the northern part of Qingzhou and the messenger was Kuang Cheng.
There was not much information in the letter, mainly just two sentences: I am going back to Beijing, Brother Ji, please come back to see me.
Ever since he saw Kuang Cheng say that he was going on a diplomatic mission to the demon tribe and asked him if he had any message to convey to his old friends, Ji You had been afraid that he would be beheaded for believing Gongshu Chou's story and talking nonsense.
However, since the past few days, there have been constant reports that the demon tribe will visit Beijing, which made him feel a little relieved.
Because if the demon tribe really wanted to be friendly and neighborly, they would not really attack the human delegation, and Kuang Cheng would naturally not be in any danger, so Ji You expected him to return to Beijing.
But having just invaded Kyushu, is good neighborliness realistic? Or does the demon race have other intentions?
Thump thump thump——
The sound of galloping animal hooves rang out along the road.
At that time, on the Shengjing official road, six tall monsters were breathing heavily from their nostrils and passing by lightly with their four hooves. The scales on their bodies were slightly glowing blue under the refraction of the sunlight.
Behind these six monsters, there were three more monsters pulling a carriage.
Through the gauze curtain of the car window, you can see a woman sitting quietly. A slight breeze can make the gauze curtain half-lift, revealing her slightly indifferent face and very eye-catching crimson vertical pupils.
"I thought the Demon Prince Ye Han's aura was already powerful enough, but I didn't expect that even this Demon Princess is strong enough."
"The lineage of the Demon Emperor is naturally extraordinary..."
Behind the carriage pulled by the monster, the people from the Immortal Supervisor were following on horseback, and they couldn't help but talk about the monster princess in the carriage.
Although the demon race does not practice the way of heaven, there is always an aura that can be distinguished.
Based on the feeling of the aura, they found that this young princess was not weaker than the royal demon generals following in front of her, and should also be at the level of a celestial demon.
Kuang Cheng was also in the Sixianjian team at this time, constantly observing the demon princess in the carriage.
He had been on a mission to the demon tribe for half a month and had never had the chance to talk to the princess, but he confirmed that she was the Prince Fengyang in the story of Brother Gongshu. However, he discovered that this prince was not as gentle as in the story, and he was a little unsure for a moment.
As I was thinking, the carriage in front suddenly slowed down.
Kuang Cheng looked up and found that the strange beast walking in front stopped first, and then the carriage gradually stopped.
The demon general following behind quickly ran forward, cleaned a flat piece of land beside the road, and began to set up a temporary shed. It seemed that he wanted to take a short rest before entering the city.
At this time, Feng Yang got off the carriage and whispered to the guards around him, asking roughly where they were.
After asking, she took her maid and guards and walked towards the forest on the west side.
Everyone in the Sixian Supervisor was watching this scene. Before they could look away, they saw Deputy Supervisor Peng Dongyang approaching. "Her Royal Highness the Demon Princess wants to go for a walk around. Bring some people with you."
"That's Mount Wanzhuo, right? It's just a small peak. Why would she go there? She didn't even go to the huge Helan Mountain when she passed by it before."
"Don't ask why. The demon race suddenly agreed to send envoys to the human race. Their purpose is still unclear. Keep an eye on them and don't let them wander around."
"yes."
After receiving the order, the various departments of the Sixianjian followed the princess and began to walk towards the mountain.
They didn't want the other party to feel that they were being monitored, so they tried to keep a leisurely distance and follow slowly.
In the sight, the demon princess was looking around aimlessly, as if she was sightseeing, but her pace was a little fast, and it didn't seem like she was sightseeing, which made people feel very confused.
However, when they reached the top of the mountain, the demon princess suddenly stopped and stared to the west without turning her head.
Kuang Cheng followed her up the mountain and followed her gaze. He saw a few scattered farmers' houses with old lanterns from last year's New Year still hanging on their wooden doors. His eyes gradually widened.
He knew why the demon princess came here.
Because in order to let Brother Ji's good body conquer the world, he wrote many stories and compiled them into a storybook, which was sent to the Snow Region through the sale of spirit stones in Fengzhou, hoping that it would be seen by the demon princess.
The most exciting scene at the beginning of the story is when a tide of zombies suddenly breaks out in Wanzhuo Mountain on the New Year's Day. Brother Ji follows Tian Academy up the mountain to rescue the trapped alchemist.
At that time, in order to prevent the evil corpses from rushing down the mountain and harming the people, Brother Ji resolutely led away the tide of corpses and stopped them on the hill.
Kuang Cheng was very excited when he was writing this paragraph, thinking that it would fascinate people to death.
As a result, his words really came true.
Princess Fengyang came to see the place where Brother Ji had walked in the past, and also to see the colorful lanterns hung in the village to celebrate the new year.
It has to be my brother Ji...
In the sight, Feng Yang stood on the hill for a long time, his eyes flickering and his red lips slightly pursed.
"Where's Her Royal Highness?"
"Reporting to the prince, Her Royal Highness the Princess seemed to be bored from riding in the carriage for too long, so she went to stroll in the mountains."
Under the temporary shed, the Demon Prince Ye Han and the two young clan leaders Lin Dou and Ya Shan were already sitting and drinking tea. They nodded slightly after hearing the report.
At this moment, a burly, hairy demon man came into the tent. His powerful aura made the wind around him growl louder. "Your Highness, we'll soon be in Shengjing. We still have time to go back."
"General Dianye, I explained to you before that this mission to the human race was ordered by His Majesty, not something I did on my own."
"Your Majesty would never issue such a reckless order."
The burly, hairy man opened his eyes wide and spoke in a gloomy voice.
He is Dian Ye, one of the Demon Emperor's Heavenly Demon Generals. He was born in the Mao Tribe and is also the commander-in-chief of the Barbarian Demon Coalition. He led the most powerful Western Assault Force when they invaded Kyushu.
Perhaps it was because he had established a sense of life and death with the barbarian generals on the battlefield, Dian was extremely puzzled by the fact that his own tribe sent an envoy to the human race.
The Mao people are honest and loyal, and they see this as a betrayal.
Seeing the atmosphere in the pavilion grow somewhat solemn, Asakura could not help but walk into the tea stall and said, "General Noriya, I can confirm that the envoy's mission to the human race was indeed ordered by His Majesty."
"Impossible, Your Majesty would not be so confused."
"I know General Dian Ye believes that trust is the most important thing between allies, but thousands of years ago, humans and demons also trusted each other in this way. However, history tells us that such trust cannot last forever."
Dian also narrowed his eyes: "I don't understand."
The Demon Prince put down his teacup and said, "A few days ago, I secretly sent Asakura to the sacred place of the ancient sages of the human race to steal the innate spiritual treasures that the human race talked about. He returned injured. Do you know about this?"
Noriya looked at Asakura's arm and said, "Of course I know about this."
"Then do you know what was stolen?"
"Since the prince has asked this, it must be something more than just an innate spiritual treasure. It's just that Dian is too dull to guess. I hope Your Highness can explain this to me."
"Actually, I didn't know it at first, I just subconsciously felt it was important. It wasn't until His Majesty arrived in Yunzhou that he told me that it was a ray of luck for the human race."
As Ye Han spoke, his eyes gradually became deeper.
Asakura went to the holy land of the sages to fight for the object that caused the light of heaven but failed and returned injured. Not long after, his father, the emperor, came from the snowy region.
When the emperor heard Asakura's description, especially the description of how the aura of the entire clan changed drastically after holding this object, he was silent for a long time, and finally told them that the fairy light that looked like swimming fish should be a ray of luck for the human race.
The history of the demon race is different from that of the human race, especially the description of the Millennium War.
In the history of the human race, the demon race selflessly helped the human race defeat the remnant tribe as a friendly force, and then gave up Jiuzhou without asking for fame or fortune, and fled to the snowy region.
In the history of the demon race, the human race stole the final victory and forced the demon race to leave their homeland by relying on the holy weapon.
So if the arrival of the holy weapon is regarded as the key to changing the situation of the war, there is one sign that is very worthy of attention. That is, before the holy weapon was brought down, the first generation of demon emperor saw the fortune of the human race soar.
In other words, there has always been a connection between luck, sacred artifacts and the way of heaven.
If the luck of the human race suddenly begins to fade, it may be a sign that the way of heaven is about to reselect the race.
So they began to gradually contact the delegation and decided to send an envoy to the human race at this time.
For no other reason than to take this opportunity to find out what happened to the destiny of the human race so that we can be prepared.
Seizing the favor of heaven is far more important than the coalition of barbarians and demons. This is why the demon clan suddenly changed their attitude.
After hearing this, Dian fell silent and finally understood why they were here. He bowed and left the tea stall without any more worries.
The Barbarian-Demon Alliance is actually no different from the Demon-Human Alliance of the past. Before victory comes, everyone is a comrade-in-arms who lives and dies together, but in the end, there will always be a group that is just a scapegoat.
The demon race has already sacrificed once and paid the price of a thousand years of exile. This time they are not willing to repeat the same mistake, so they must be ahead in everything.
This is a dispute between tribes. No personal ideas can change the tribe's will, because no one can afford the cost of letting the tribe leave the snowy area for another thousand years.
(asking for monthly ticket)
(End of this chapter)
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