Father-in-law returns with deer
King Sen is a good-tempered ruler, a fact known to all four major clans.
However, this good temper has been seen as cowardice by the Forest Clan and the Dragon Clan.
"My lord! We cannot retreat any further!"
At this moment, Lian Chu was still an impetuous teenager. He slammed his fist on the ground, veins bulging on his forehead. "We all know you meant well, but the Dragon Clan keeps pushing their luck. They're going too far!"
"Lian Chu, watch your attitude."
Lu Lingxi stepped forward, her voice rising slightly, "The king naturally knows what's going on; there's no need for you to say more."
Upon hearing this, Lian Chu couldn't help but glance at her a few more times before bowing to Prince Sen, saying, "It was my mistake."
"Get up." King Sen's face was full of worry, but he still smiled slightly. "You are worried about the Sen tribe, how could I blame you?"
More than ten years have passed since the Dragon Clan first launched a war. During these years, the Forest Clan, Phoenix Clan, and Spirit Clan have been humiliated by the Dragon Clan. The three clans have suffered immense loss of life, with cries of despair echoing across the land. Yet, they are powerless to retaliate and can only watch helplessly as those around them die one after another, with no one knowing if they will be next.
As December approached, the Dragon Clan launched a new offensive against the Phoenix Clan, inflicting heavy losses on them. The Phoenix Maiden wept bitterly on the phoenix tree for three days, finally unable to bear it any longer, and began to launch a counterattack.
In early December, she summoned the Forest King and the Soul Lord, and told them that she wanted the three races to join forces to resist the Dragon Clan.
Even though the Phoenix Clan, the Spirit Clan, and the Forest Clan combined are no match for the Dragon Clan, it's still better than being slaughtered alone.
King Kesen refused.
It was at that moment that he uttered the phrase, "When will this cycle of revenge end?"
Perhaps everyone is right, he is indeed a coward.
He also had a selfish side. The moment the Phoenix Maiden made this suggestion, the first thought that flashed through his mind was: If that's the case, will the Dragon Clan prioritize attacking the Spirit Clan and the Phoenix Clan?
If that's the case, then his Mi Tianze will be safe for the time being.
For the first time that day, the upright and honest King Sen had such an evil thought.
War can really drive people crazy.
The three parted on bad terms that day. The Forest King's attempts to dissuade them failed. The Phoenix Clan and the Spirit Clan formed a brief alliance, abandoning the Forest Clan and declaring war on the Dragon Clan.
On the night before the war began, King Sen wrote a letter, which was then copied onto a piece of sandalwood. He then sent the leader of the Koi Clan to dive into the Heavenly Female Sea and deliver the letter to the Xuanhai Dragon God.
To write this letter, he locked himself in his room for three days and three nights without sleep. He wrote many, many words, all heartfelt pleas.
How did the Xuanhai Dragon God treat this letter?
He glanced at them casually, then tossed them aside and burned them all.
He didn't take the Sen tribe seriously at all.
And surprisingly, the Phoenix Maiden and the Soul Master's attack actually yielded some results.
...However, the price paid was so high that even King Sen sighed with regret.
The battle between the Phoenix Clan and the Spirit Clan lasted ten days, resulting in the loss of more than 20,000 lives before they finally wiped out the northern territory of the Heavenly Female Sea.
Is it worth it?
value.
At least both the Phoenix Maiden and the Soul Master think it's worth it.
This was their first victory against the dragons, which was undoubtedly a very exciting piece of news. At this moment, everyone temporarily put aside the hatred of losing their loved ones and celebrated the victory.
But more than 10,000 lives are not a small number. Behind the cold numbers are tens of thousands of people who have lost their loved ones.
The Phoenix Girl hesitated.
It wasn't that she was hesitant about whether to continue attacking the dragons, but rather whether she really wanted to use this method to avenge both races.
Her children had all died, and the grief she felt was no less than that of loneliness.
Like the Dragon Clan, the Phoenix Clan also possesses many unique secret techniques, including a forbidden technique with extremely high destructive power. This forbidden technique is so powerful that even the first Phoenix Clan God-King never used it.
This is the only forbidden technique that can counterbalance the dragon race.
From the first Phoenix Clan God Lord to her predecessor, no one had ever used it; unless it was a matter of life and death, no one dared to activate it.
Because the cost of activating this forbidden technique is no less than the cost of sacrificing oneself on the dragon battlefield.
The only advantage is that this forbidden technique will only backfire on the user's body and will not harm others.
Now that they've reached a critical juncture, she has no choice but to use this forbidden technique.
She told the Soul Master about the forbidden technique of the Phoenix Clan, and the Soul Master stepped forward without hesitation, vowing to share the backlash of the forbidden technique with her.
This decision caused the two clan leaders to lose all their magical power, their meridians to break, and they were in a coma for more than 500 years before gradually regaining their magical power.
In the five hundred years since the loss of their rulers, the Phoenix Clan and the Spirit Clan have experienced the darkest and most chaotic times.
But that's a story for another time.
The most pressing problem right now is that we are still lacking some magical power.
That's right. Even if the combined magical power of the two clan leaders were not enough to support the activation of the forbidden technique.
"I will go to see the Forest King; you need not trouble yourself any further, Divine Lord."
—
As if he had known all along that the Soul Lord would come, the council hall was empty except for the Forest King and his retinue, Lu Lingxi.
The two chatted for a long time that day, until the sun set in the west, when Sen Wang finally raised his chin at Lu Lingxi, signaling her to take out the things.
Inside the treasure box made of golden sandalwood were forty-nine Sun-Shining Golden Elixirs.
Originally, there were only thirteen pills left by the previous Forest King. In the more than seven thousand years since the current Forest King ascended the throne, thirty-six more pills have been refined. These Sun-Shining Golden Pills contain the purest magical power from the bodies of the two generations of Forest Kings. The Forest King handed them all over to the Soul Master, which can be regarded as a statement of his position.
Making enemies of the dragons is never a good thing, but after struggling for a long time, King Sen finally compromised.
Perhaps it was because they were inspired by the Phoenix Maiden's indomitable spirit...
“Your Majesty, the Soul Master has already left. Let me help you back first.” Lu Lingxi smiled.
"Lingxi, are you afraid?" King Sen glanced at the girl beside him and sighed, "I still haven't been able to separate the Sen Clan from this war."
“Your Majesty need not say such things,” Lu Lingxi said. “As long as Your Majesty is still here, and as long as everyone in the Sen Clan is still here, Lingxi will never be afraid.”
—
After the Soul Master left, the Forest King never saw him again, not even the Phoenix Maiden.
Is that forbidden technique really that terrifying...?
The two secluded themselves for a full month, and on a snowy day that was rare in a century, the forbidden technique was officially activated.
On January 13th, Huang Sheng arrived at Mi Tianze.
She was surrounded by a vast magical power that the Forest King had never seen before. He was secretly taken aback, but he didn't show it. Because Huang Sheng's expression was really too ugly.
She came here specifically to thank King Sen and the Sen Clan for their help. She also told King Sen about the phoenix maiden and the Soul Lord's situation, shedding tears several times during the process. Finally, she said that the phoenix maiden was extremely weak and if she could not go to the battlefield, then she would have to lead the troops to attack the Dragon Clan.
Sen Wang still refused her invitation to join him. Huang Sheng didn't seem surprised. After saying a few more words, she left.
A day later, the two clans once again issued a challenge to the Dragon Clan, and as expected, the Phoenix Maiden and the Soul Master did not come.
That day, the Forest King of Slaughter also went there with Lu Lingxi and a group of clan leaders, but they did nothing, simply lying quietly to the side, witnessing the changing of history.
Half a month later, the Phoenix Clan launched its final attack on the Dragon Clan. Both clans won a great victory in this battle. With her last breath, the Phoenix Maiden stumbled to the last dragon of the Dragon Clan, the Xuanhai Dragon God, and asked him if he regretted his decision.
Xuanhai Dragon God maintained his aloof smile and didn't utter a single word.
The Phoenix Maiden was furious. She shattered his Achilles' heel with a single sword strike, scattering his soul to the winds.
By this time, the Heavenly Female Sea had turned completely red, and the sticky blood spread to the sea surface several miles away, causing an unprecedented downpour.
The Phoenix Maiden and the Soul Master fell into a deep sleep. Five hundred years later, the Soul Master awoke and his first words were, "No, one is missing."
One person is missing.
The only son of the Xuanhai Dragon God—Shen Qiexing.
So he and the Phoenix Girl rushed to the Heavenly Female Sea, where everything had been turned upside down. The two of them practically turned the entire Heavenly Female Sea upside down, but they still couldn't find any trace of Shen Qiexing.
Later, the Soul Master questioned himself countless times: at that time, was he more resentful or more fortunate?
He couldn't explain it either.
Five hundred years is enough to change everything. His memory of the blood feud gradually faded, and he only remembered the scene when he first met Xuanhai Dragon God, the two of them sitting on a mountain in the mortal world drinking and playing drinking games.
The setting sun that day was as red as blood, and recalling it now, the Soul Master feels as if he has been stung so badly that he can't open his eyes.
—
The inexplicable slaughter was nothing but retribution for the dragons' own numerous evil deeds.
"No......"
Shen Qiexing muttered incredulously, clutching his head which felt like it was about to explode with pain, and lay on the ground howling in agony.
What about everything he's done over the past thousand years...?
"Brother Qiexing!"
Lu Yixin quickly hugged him, wiped away her tears, and choked out, "Don't blame yourself too much, Brother Qiexing, none of this is your fault..."
Shen Qiexing vomited mouthful after mouthful of foul blood, wishing he could vomit out all his internal organs, repeatedly saying, "Then what have all the things I've done in the past thousand years amounted to?"
His physical condition was too weak, and Lu Yixin had no choice but to knock him unconscious with a chop to the neck.
"My Lord, ignorance is no excuse!" Lu Yixin stood up and stood in front of Shen Qiexing. "Please forgive him, My Lord!"
"I forgive him?" Phoenix Maiden roared, "Then how am I supposed to face those children who died at the hands of the dragons!"
"Then how can I forgive myself?!"
Lu Yixin knew she had no reason to stop her, so she knelt on the ground, crying, "My Lord, I beg you, I beg you..."
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