The Demonic World I designed-Chapter 660 - 650: Dire Situation (Part 1)
Chapter 660: Chapter 650: Dire Situation (Part 1)
"Big brother, what can we do now?"
In the Guanzhong region, coming from the Northern Territory, those families who reached the belly of Guanzhong had different locations for their industries. Most of them split up to act individually. After setting a meeting point, they each went to the cities where their industries were located.
The Ge Family was a major clan from the north. They had many industrial layouts in Guanzhong, spanning thirteen towns. But on their way there, not one town was left alive.
What was worse, the important materials at each stronghold, such as high-level medicinal herbs, and certain spiritual materials nurturing the Spirit Fields, had all been taken without a trace left behind.
These items were vital to the family’s assets, and each had a secret technique applied by the family, which allowed family members to track and recover them, no matter who stole them. This was a secret technique common among major families.
However, after using the secret technique to locate the resources, the hearts of the elders turned cold...
Those materials... had all been gathered in the Capital City area!
That is to say, it wasn’t greedy stewards or the like, but the authorities of the Capital City who had transferred them all away early on...
What does this signify?
The Imperial Court knew what would happen to the cities outside, the Imperial Court knew of all these events unfolding, but the Imperial Court didn’t care!
They didn’t care about the ordinary citizens, and they didn’t even care about these ancient families. Instead, they took advantage of the situation and robbed them of all their family resources!!
The lifetokens showed that all the sons born out of wedlock and the senior managers were dead, dead so completely that it was almost certain, without even a discussion, the Imperial Court took all their family resources. This was... a way of leaving no way out.
The Emperor from the Siao Family... has he gone mad?
The elder sat on the ground, staring at the dusk sunset, silently in a daze.
"Perhaps... the families from Capital City took advantage of the chaos to plunder wealth?" one elder couldn’t help but say: "We should go to the Capital City and ask the Imperial Court for justice, maybe..."
"Do you think that’s possible?" the Chief Elder looked at that elder who still harbored fantasies with a mocking smile and shook his head, "Our family’s industry is so vast, and the storage locations of important materials are extremely secret. In our territory, aside from the Imperial Court, which family from Capital City could pull off such a clean sweep?"
Upon hearing this, the elders fell silent. If the Imperial Court was behind this, then they were completely without recourse.
With such a disaster striking the north, with one in ten of the people from the Northern Territory surviving, the Imperial Court didn’t send a single soldier, allowing them to be slaughtered by demons. Not only that, but they also stepped on them when they were down, seizing the savings that their family had accumulated over hundreds of years.
How wolfish is this?
The Chief Elder sat on the cold ground, with his memories surfacing not of the present, but of twenty years prior, a memory of a young man in white, full of vigour, inviting him to join in changing this world.
That man’s dream was as absurd as a child’s fantasy, but it had an alluring vision.
Why had he betrayed that person back then?
Suddenly, the elder felt confused. Was it because of his demon identity?
A demon, claiming he wanted to achieve harmony between humans and demons, to rid the world of great demonic disasters, and to prosper forever—wasn’t that ridiculous?
But everyone saw what he did. He indeed fought with all his might against the demons and was truly on the brink of creating a world without fear.
If back then... he had unified the world, would there... not be this serpent calamity?
Would this world... not look the way it does now?
If back then... he had gone mad with that young man?
"Big brother... what are you... thinking about?"
"Nothing, just some past events..." The Chief Elder said with a smile, shaking his head.
"That senior elder... Shall we... still head towards the Capital City?" asked the young junior apprehensively.
Honestly, by the time he had gotten to this point, he already had little desire to continue. With the properties in Guanzhong gone, could there possibly be anything left in the Capital City?
All the evidence pointed to the fact that the Capital City was no longer a benevolent place.
The senior elder glanced toward the direction of the Capital City. Back then... many people ultimately sided with the Emperor. Should the same choice be made now?
"How about... going to Jiangnan to meet up with the other disciples?" Another elder hesitated before speaking up.
The senior elder fell silent for a moment before looking at the other elders and asking, "Why did the Emperor bestow upon Chen Qing of Jiangnan the title of King of Qin?"
Everyone was taken aback and unsure of what he meant, but a few elders showed a strange look on their faces.
Qin... was the first nation to unify the Central Plains Dynasty, so historically, when a dynasty bestows the title of king, Qin is always foremost. Over twenty years ago, when warlords squared off and kings stood side by side, the only one who dared assume the title of King of Qin was that one man.
After establishing the new era, it was clear they did not want to continue with a feudal system where the highest military achievements were rewarded with being made into a duke, but even so, no one dared to take on the name of Qin. Eventually, Lumings was the one who voluntarily took on this title, but it was also because he took on this title that the Emperor had been fearing him for twenty years!
For the Emperor to concede Jiangnan to Chen Qing and also bestow upon him the title of King of Qin, was it a mere coincidence... or because...
The land of Jiangnan, with all its mysterious tales, made the place seem ever so enigmatic. Chen Qing’s style of conduct was extraordinarily similar to that of the man from back then, wasn’t it?
And now, the time to make a choice had come again, coincidentally... another choice between the King of Qin and that Emperor from the Siao Family!
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"There are only three months left to marshal our forces!"
Upon Chen Qing’s return, he quickly convened the top brass and announced the alliance.
When spring commenced, if the Imperial Court sent troops to attack the Northern Territory, Jiangnan would immediately deploy its forces. In return, they would gain complete peace for Beihai City and secure passage to the vassal state of Northern Yan Country, now fully stabilized.
Both the Shen Family and Wei Gongcheng were shocked at Chen Qing’s news. In their eyes, given Chen Qing’s intelligence, he should not have made a decision that would seem to be digging his own grave.
Even though he emphasized repeatedly the critical resources in the Arctic Land, if he lost his base, what good would any other benefits do?
"My lord, do you really intend to deploy troops?" Shen Er was the first to question.
Zi Yue, who was with him, looked at Chen Qing with complex emotions. Chen Qing had accompanied that player from Shenwu Guild to what they called The Void, a place rumored to be where life forms from space could temporarily appear in spirit form.
She could not understand why Chen Qing insisted on going to such a dangerous place, nor was she certain whether the Chen Qing who returned had been afflicted by any secret technique.
After all, the life forms of the next version, with their methods and energy, were far beyond what could be dealt with at the current stage.
"Not deploying troops is a one-way road to death!" Chen Qing explained with a bitter smile. "You don’t understand the weight of King Xiang. If he takes over Celestial Serpent Palace and monopolizes the resources of the Arctic, he will be able to return to his peak state within a year. We could never keep up with his pace. As much as I hate to admit it, I am quite sure now that this northern scheme has already made King Xiang and the Emperor from the Siao Family the most unsolvable entities of this time!"
This was no exaggeration.
Previously, he always considered the Northern Territory his toughest future opponent, not only because of the grand guild force behind them but also because they had a monopoly over the Celestial Serpent Palace and the largest resources of the Arctic Land.
The original plan was to unite with the Imperial Court to jointly fight against the Arctic Land to establish a three-way balance of power.
The Eastern Sea King of Qin had been trapped in Digital City due to power issues, and the Sorcerer Family from the Southern Sea had no access to resources and could not become a significant force in a short time. Truly, the only ones capable of making a move within two years were the Imperial Court and the Northern Territory.
But the Emperor’s northern gambit directly wiped out almost half of the guild’s top tier, and with Celestial Serpent Palace’s agreement, many Giant Serpents had made singular contracts. That meant... if those with the contracts died, the Giant Serpents of Celestial Serpent Palace were not necessarily bound to continue cooperating.
Which is to say, at this moment... the Northern Territory was actually ownerless!
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