Chapter 656 The Invisible Battlefield (I)
Chapter 656: The Invisible Battlefield (I)
Noon.
The Seventh Demon Land, Purple Mountain Hall.
In fact, the Far East Snowfield today may not be considered a holy land for the demon race.
Since Wei Changtian and his party went on a killing spree in Bailing Mountain and kidnapped Su Xiu half a month ago, the severely damaged Seventh Demon Land has fallen into chaos and no longer looks like the fairyland it once was.
It is not even a matter of “heavy losses”.
Many important places including Bailing Mountain and Purple Mountain Hall are now occupied by the Dajue military, and the living space of the demon race has been greatly squeezed almost overnight.
After losing the relationship with Yan Huanwen, the Seventh Demon Land will soon become an ordinary snowfield if it continues like this.
In this way, Wei Changtian’s words in front of Su Xiu at that time, “I don’t mind removing Bailing Mountain from the list of the fourteen demon lands” are not really a big talk.
Whether it was intentional or forced, the Seventh Demon Land is now on the verge of collapse because of him.
At this moment, when he stepped onto the snowy plain again,
the sun was dazzling, reflecting golden light on the glazed tiles of the hall.
Using his internal energy to evaporate the blood of the beast on his clothes, Wei Changtian stepped out of the black fog and looked around.
It was still the same hall, but it was slightly different from the last time he came. It should have been renovated.
There were more than ten Shuzhou soldiers standing around him, and there were still some in the distance, confronting an unknown number of silver-armored soldiers through the door.
Obviously, those silver-armored soldiers must have been brought by Yan Huaiqing.
”Young Master.”
”I have just carefully checked inside and outside the hall.”
The general flag of the Shuzhou soldiers who came over first reported in a low voice: “There are about thousands of enemy troops outside the hall. Judging from their attire, they are all Dajue Imperial Guards.”
”They should have received orders. None of them entered the hall, nor did they stop us from going out to investigate.”
”.”
Soon, the general flag roughly explained the situation.
Although there were thousands of Dajue soldiers, they were all outside the Purple Mountain Hall. It was obvious that they did not want to have unnecessary misunderstandings and conflicts with him.
It seems that Yan Huaiqing is really sincere this time.
After all, if anything unexpected happens, Wei Changtian can always use the teleportation array to return to the mountain temple, so there is no need to worry about him playing any tricks.
Tsk tsk tsk, this behavior is like that of a great man.
With a sigh in his heart, Wei Changtian nodded to the Qingjia General Flag.
”Well, I see. Is there any trouble with the brothers?”
”My lord, one is dead.”
The general flag paused and turned his eyes to one side.
Wei Changtian followed his gaze and found that there was indeed a body lying flat in the corner.
The armor was intact and there were no injuries on the body. It should be the one who died in the “one in a hundred” accident of the teleportation array.
”Hey, keep an eye on his body and take it away when we go back.”
After a gentle reminder, Wei Changtian retracted his sight and walked towards the temple door.
Chu Xianping and Li Zimu, who had been silent all the time, followed behind him, neither fast nor slow.
In this way, the three of them quickly walked to the inside of the temple door and finally saw the scene outside the temple clearly.
Just as the general flag said, there were indeed thousands of soldiers wearing silver armor standing outside, forming a neat formation, extending from the palace gate to hundreds of meters away.
These silver-armored soldiers all had stern expressions and murderous intent, and the scales on their armor were particularly dazzling in the sunlight.
The combat effectiveness of such an imperial army must be terrifying.
Yan Huaiqing knew that he would not use these people, but he still let them appear in front of him. There was no doubt that this was also a way to “show off his muscles.”
Wei Changtian curled his lips and didn’t care about it.
He didn’t say anything, nor did he step out of the hall. He just stood motionless at the door of the palace.
Soon, a general-looking man came forward, bowed to him, and asked loudly:
”Excuse me, are you the young master of Wei?”
”Yes.”
After saying this, Wei Changtian set his sights on this man. He
was wearing golden armor and a golden sword, and he was very imposing. He was probably a second-rank official.
After coming to the conclusion, Wei Changtian stopped looking at him, and the latter bowed again and said, “Please wait a moment, young master.” Then he turned and ran to a carriage with a dragon flag hanging on it, and said something to the people in the carriage.
A moment later, a man got off the carriage. He
was wearing a golden python robe, with the hem opening to the left and right, and a sword on his waist.
He was tall and thin, and looked a bit like Yan Huanwen.
Obviously, this man was Yan Huaiqing.
”Boom!!!”
When Yan Huaiqing got off the carriage, thousands of silver-armored soldiers knelt on one knee in unison.
Unlike those civil officials who were very particular about kneeling, these soldiers didn’t have so many rules, and they knelt very neatly and neatly, just like a huge rock falling to the ground.
And although they only had a few thousand people, their numbers were far less than the scene of the people kneeling when the emperor traveled, but the sound of this kneeling was overwhelming. It can be seen that
these people are not only well-trained, but also willing to go through fire and water for Yan Huaiqing.
However, Yan Huaiqing, who got off the carriage, did not look at these people, nor did he let them stand up.
He just glanced at Wei Changtian from a distance, and then walked towards the Purple Mountain Hall step by step, followed only by the second-rank general.
”.”
”Brother Chu, what do you think of this Prince Dajue?”
Without looking back, Wei Changtian still stared at Yan Huaiqing who was getting closer and closer, but his voice was clearly heard by Chu Xianping.
Soon, Chu Xianping behind him gave a very refined answer.
”My lord, this man does have the talent of an emperor.”
”Talent of an emperor.”
Wei Changtian repeated in a low voice, and then asked: “Compared with Ning Yongnian and Li Qi?”
”Maybe he doesn’t have the domineering power of Ning Yongnian, and maybe he doesn’t have the self-sacrificing virtue of Li Qi.”
After a
pause, Chu Xianping’s voice became more serious: “But he doesn’t have the shortcomings of Ning Yongnian’s self-righteousness, nor the weakness of Li Qi’s indecision.”
Not as domineering as Ning Yongnian, not as kind as Li Qi.
But not as arbitrary as Ning Yongnian, nor as womanly as Li Qi.
Chu Xianping’s evaluation can be regarded as objective, and the reason for such a conclusion is not difficult to understand.
After all, Yan Huaiqing was able to win over so many people for his own use just as a prince, and now he has basically controlled the government of Dajue, so his means of winning people’s hearts are naturally very strong.
It is difficult for a person as arbitrary as Ning Yongnian to do this.
As for why he is not indecisive,
how could a person who decided to take the throne as emperor the day after his father was kidnapped not be cruel?
Wei Changtian narrowed his eyes and said nothing.
The moment when thousands of people knelt outside the hall, he realized that Yan Huaiqing was not easy to deal with and could not be treated as an ordinary prince like Ning Wenjun.
Perhaps, this peace talk will be much more difficult than he imagined.
At this moment, the entire Zishan Hall was too quiet inside and outside, with only the footsteps of Yan Huaiqing and the generals behind him echoing in the air.
Then at a certain moment, the footsteps stopped.
”.”
”Mr. Wei, I have heard a lot about you.”
”I am Yan Huaiqing.”
(End of this chapter)
