953 The Murderous Intent at the City Walls (1/2)
A twist happened in the war between the two countries because of Mo Wen's decision. The undercurrents twisted and turned, and below the surface, a storm raged.
The Xu Village that Mo Wen was at was a mountain village under the jurisdiction of Li'an Province in the central area of Xiping Country. It didn't stand out much in Li'an Province but was now where everyone in the two countries gathered. In order to not disturb the peace in the mountain village and bring negative elements to the mountain village, Mo Wen did not stay there. Instead, he headed to the main city of Li'an Province—Li'an City.
The sun shone brilliantly upon Li'an City on a beautiful day. It was magnificent; however, black clouds floated from the edges of the sky. The next moment, a large number of black clouds gathered above Lian City from all directions. They covered the sky and blocked the sun. The entire sky darkened.
This weird temperature change had never been encountered by the people of Li'an City. They all left their homes and looked at the sky in shock. It was noon, but the sky seemed as dark as night. It seemed as if it was about to turn completely black.
”It's so cold! Why did the weather change so suddenly? It's so cold.”
”So cold.”
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The people living in Li'an City all felt a cold Qi hurtling towards them. The felt as if they were transported instantly to a bone-piercingly cold glacier. Furthermore, they felt as if they were not clothed, and they shivered from the cold. Many people hugged their bodies tightly or immediately returned home to put on thick clothing; however, the cold did not dissipate.
Mo Wen was meditating with his knees crossed inside an inn at Li'an City. He seemed to have sensed something. He stood up, walked to the window, and glanced at the changing weather outside. Then, he said lightly, ”Are they here?”
At the same time, in the mayor's manor.
Shao Wenming was the highest-ranking chief executive of Li'an Province of Xiping Country. Xiping Country managed the country through martial arts. Or perhaps, the same could be said of the entire Peng Lai Immortal Realm. No matter whether it was the immortal sects or the imperial court, everyone held martial arts in esteem, and they followed the rules of the martial arts circle. As such, to hold an important position in the country, one had to be a sufficiently powerful martial arts cultivator or immortal cultivator.
Shao Wenming was a martial arts cultivator. Furthermore, he was at the first martial arts grandmaster realm. In all of Li'an Province, his cultivation level was at the top.
However, Shao Wenming was not in any position to make any decisions in the Mayor's Manor right now, or even in the entire Li'an Province. Instead, the grand marshal of Xiping Country, General Xiang Yuanjiu, who controlled a 100,000 men strong arm, was in charge.
However, because the senior in the Primordial Soul Realm had managed to stop the army from Fengyu Country numbering in the hundred-thousands five days ago and made their army retreat a thousand miles away, the tense energy at the frontline had decreased slightly. This gave Fengyu Country a chance to breathe. After knowing that the senior was now in Li'an City, Xiang Yuanjiu immediately rushed to Li'an City as well.
As such, Xiang Yuanjiu was the highest-ranking official of Li'an Province who could take charge of the military and administrative matters. The entire Li'an Province was now under military control.
Inside the Mayor's Manor, Xiang Yuanjiu sat at the place where the master of the manor sat. He was expressionless, yet, seemed extremely dignified. The high-ranking military officials and the officials of Li'an Province did not even dare to breathe loudly.
”Report, General. A weird weather change is happening now at Li'an City. It seems like something happened.”
A soldier barged into the room with an anxious expression. As a cultivator, he naturally knew that the situation at Li'an City was a little unusual.
”Alright.” Xiang Yuanjiu nodded but did not express his view.
”General, all of Li'an City has been enveloped in a massive Yin Qi. This is not something an ordinary cultivator can do. It is more than likely that a powerhouse in the Primordial Soul Realm has come to the city.”
Shao Wenming said this, somewhat panicked. An official of his level would not be able to interact with powerhouses in the Primordial Soul Realm usually. A powerhouse in the Primordial Soul Realm would be able to crush Li'an City with the wave of his hand. A city like them did not even have the right to be acknowledged by a powerhouse in the Primordial Soul Realm.
”There is no need to panic. The person who came must be the state preceptor of Fengyu Country. He is bound by the war treaty and cannot act against us ordinary officials. He must be here because of that senior.”
Xiang Yuanjiu was very calm. However, his eyelids twitched incessantly, betraying his inner-most thoughts. There were only that many powerhouses in the Primordial Soul Realm in Donghe Prefecture. A powerhouse in the Primordial Soul Realm who could come to Li'an City at this time must be the state preceptor of Fengyu Country. He was not worried that the state preceptor of Fengyu Country would cause any direct harm to them. Instead, he was worried that the senior in the Primordial Soul Realm who protected Xiping Country earlier would not be able to hold up against the state preceptor of Fengyu Country.
It could be said that this matter involved the life and death of Xiping Country. If the senior from the Primordial Soul State were to be defeated by the state preceptor of Fengyu Country, or if the man were to back out of the fight willingly, then the army of Fengyu Country would continue their invasion into Xiping Country. Giving Xiping Country this slight opportunity to recover would not be able to change the result at all.
The country would fall! It might not have too much of an impact on the high and mighty cultivation sects. But to the officials of Xiping Country, it would be a destructive blow. If they lost this war, as the grand marshal of the army, he could only be absolved of his sins through death.
Xiang Yuanjiu had already lost all hope. But the senior from the Primordial Soul Realm had appeared and allowed him to grasp at the last straw.
”The Yin Qi is so strong. The state preceptor of Fengyu Country must have used the national treasure of Fengyu Country—the corpse flag.”
A lieutenant general beside Xiang Yuanjiu looked rather nervous. The Dark Corpse Flag of Fengyu Country was one of the treasures that Xiping Country was most afraid of. Fengyu Country would not use their national treasure—the Dark Corpse Flag—under normal circumstances. Once the Dark Corpse Flag appeared, the situation was naturally much more serious than they thought.
The legend was that there was a state master from Fengyu Country, who was not only great at managing the country, but his cultivation was also at the Primordial Soul Realm. He became the state master of Fengyu Country with the highest cultivation realm in history. To ensure that Fengyu Country would prosper for eternity, he cultivated the refined corpse method of the Hades path on his death bed. In the end, he cultivated himself into a zombie in the Primordial Soul Realm and sealed himself in the Dark Corpse Flag.