Chapter 724: Chapter 726: Persuade!
Leaving the Empress’s Pavilion, Zhu Minglang found his heart burdened with even more confusion.
But there were many things to do at the moment, so Zhu Minglang did not dwell on these thoughts.
“Next, we head to the Azure Dragon Country?” Mi Rong asked.
After she said this, she revealed a puzzled expression.
She didn’t understand why she would say such things, why she had such thoughts, but it was just an instinctive action.
Star Observing Masters and Prophets share some common ground in the Power of God and Mortality, and those two premonitions seemed to have left some vague memories in her subconscious.
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“Take the lantern jade and go ahead into the Dragon Country. Find a cloud cave west of the Cloud Platform Mother Tree. Zhi Rou, look for a female ghost named Youhua in the cloud cave,” Zhu Minglang instructed.
Though the young Yin Spirit Necromancer didn’t understand Zhu Minglang’s intentions, she nodded.
They split into two groups, Li Xinghua set off first to the Azure Dragon Country to search for the ghost of the woman deeply loved by Lord Zhao Chang, while Zhu Minglang went to King An’s Mansion to rescue King An…
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Zhu Minglang knew that even the most trivial things could twist the trajectory of destiny. When passing by the Nine Army Tomb Mountain, he found a little female cat scared out of its wits.
Holding the small female cat, Zhu Minglang made his way to a secluded courtyard.
He waited deliberately until King An was nearly driven to self-harm by anxiety and restlessness before he appeared.
Dressed in the Beast Robe Sparrow Wolf Temple’s Clothes that he had taken from Shang Zhuang, Zhu Minglang’s portrayal of the Divine Envoy was even more convincing.
King An immediately knelt down, tears of gratitude streaming down his face. He was a little puzzled by the kittens Zhu Minglang was holding, but he didn’t dare to ask. After all, the actions of a Divine Envoy were not for mortals to guess.
Zhu Minglang had not expected that saving a litter of kittens on a whim would make King An completely trust his identity. King An did not even question why Zhu Minglang took him towards the Azure Dragon Country, offering countless words of thanks along the way.
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Upon arriving at the Azure Dragon Country, Zhu Minglang reached the Heaven Dust Dragon before Lord Zhao Chang arrived beneath Cloud Abyss.
Calculating the time, Zhu Minglang felt Lord Zhao Chang should be there by now.
“There is something Our God has always been concerned about. If Zhao Chang feels compassion for the Azure Dragon Country and is unwilling to offer it as a contribution for Our God to restore Divine Power, what should be done?” Zhu Minglang asked, following the script laid out before.
After saying this, Zhu Minglang deliberately looked back at the misty area. Through the haze, he spotted Zhao Chang’s figure and, of course, Li Xinghua and the others. They had apparently found the ghost of the Female Dragon Herder Youhua and gained some trust from Lord Zhao Chang.
“Zhao Chang indeed is the most unpredictable factor. If anyone in the Royal Family would defy the gods, it would only be the stubborn Zhao Chang. But fortunately, he is rather obedient to Zhao Yuan. As long as Zhao Yuan asks him to hand over the Dragon Ring, he wouldn’t dare disobey. By then, we will conceal from him our plans to sacrifice the Azure Dragon Tribe for the ritual. Even if he is utterly unwilling, once it happens, he will be powerless to stop it,” King An said without any suspicion.
In the mist, Lord Zhao Chang heard King An himself utter these words. His face was filled with shock and rage!!!
The matter regarding the ghost Youhua made him recall many past events, especially since both he and Youhua had poured endless effort and emotion into the Azure Dragon Country. The Yin Spirit Necromancer Youhua had even lost her life for a young dragon, without regret or resentment.
His own beloved, the object of his dedication for dozens of years, was offered up as a sacrifice—like cattle and sheep to be slaughtered by King An and Zhao Yuan—all to curry favor with that capricious deity!!
The Imperial City was the foundation of the Royal Family, a blessing from the heavens. Even in their downfalls, members of the Royal Family must protect the Imperial City. If they abandon it without dignity, what is the purpose of the Royal Family’s existence!!
“King An, is what you said the truth!!” Zhao Chang, enraged, burst out of the mist and seized King An by the collar.
King An was startled, his body trembling, and his gaze fell on Zhu Minglang, seeking his help.
Zhu Minglang removed the cloth covering his face and untied the filthy Beast Robe, revealing his visage.
“Zhu Minglang!!” King An cried in astonishment, as if struck by lightning!
How could it be Zhu Minglang!!
“King An, the god that you revere did not send anyone to save you. Your life and death mean nothing to him. He used you to get close to Zhao Yuan and then cast you aside,” Zhu Minglang said calmly.
“How could that be, how could that be…” King An simply could not believe it all.
“King An, you are nothing but a pawn for Zhao Yuan to use against Zhu Gate, and a pawn abandoned by the Sparrow Wolf God. They cannot save your life, but I can. Before I left, I had the elders spare the people of King An’s Mansion as much as possible, leaving survivors. Tell me in detail how you conspired with the Sparrow Wolf God and Zhao Yuan, and I can save you and your family,” Zhu Minglang knew what mattered to King An.
He was greedy for life and feared death, and he also cared about his family and subordinates.
When Zhu Gate exterminated King An’s Mansion, neither the Sparrow Wolf God nor Zhao Yuan stepped in to rescue them. Instead, they sacrificed the entire King An’s Mansion to gauge the true strength of Zhu Gate.
A pitiable sacrifice, with no one willing to save him, unless he cooperated with Zhu Minglang.
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The facts were right in front of him.
Even if King An harbored hatred toward Zhu Gate, the ones he hated more were definitely the Emperor who had cast him aside and the Sparrow Wolf God.
It was the Emperor who instigated him to provoke Zhu Gate, to test their strength, resulting in the annihilation of King An’s Mansion, yet the Emperor remained unmoved.
Similarly, the Sparrow Wolf God still did not appear even when he was driven to the point of drawing his sword to end his own life. So much for an all-knowing, all-powerful deity—bullshit!
“I just want to survive. If you can guarantee the safety of my wife and children, I’ll tell you anything you want to know!” King An finally realized.
“I already know everything. I just want you to personally tell Prince Zhao Chang what will happen to Heaven Dust Dragon and the Imperial City after daybreak,” Zhu Minglang said.
King An looked at the furious Zhao Chang and finally nodded.
Zhao Chang glanced at Zhu Minglang, unsure of what this young man who suddenly appeared intended to do.
“Prince Zhao Chang, I can honestly tell you that the matter of Youhua was told to me by you personally… You told me out of pain and remorse upon seeing the Imperial City turned into a pool of blood!!”
“Beside me is a Prophet. She showed me what happens after dawn. It’s not just you who are heartbroken and better off dead; the hundreds of thousands in the Imperial City, all members of the Royal Family, all the Warriors of Zhu Gate, will bear this pain and humiliation of being treated as living sacrifices!!”
“Your choice affects everyone’s fate. I implore you to believe me, the Sparrow Wolf God is not a deity worthy of trust or worship. He drinks human blood, gnaws on human bones, he cruelly tramples over the common people, and scorns everything we hold dear!!” Zhu Minglang earnestly said to Prince Zhao Chang.