Chapter 571 – A Lake Many Years in the Future (2/2)
It was a gigantic Mountain-toppling Fiend.
This Mountain-toppling Fiend of ruthless nature and monstrous strength was at this time extremely docile, because it was a mount.
A cold and ruthless voice came from the horn of the Mountain-toppling Fiend.
”This commander seems to have arrived a little late.”
The Demon Commander sat on the horn, leaning against the lower jaw of the beast while coldly staring at Black Robe below.
His armor was covered in golden lines and green rust, looking extremely dazzling.
His voice was abnormally raw and hoarse, harsh as metal grinding on metal.
Black Robe paid no attention to this second most powerful expert of the demons. His head lowered in silence, he prepared to walk by.
The Demon Commander's voice grew more furious as he sharply yelled, ”As the Military Advisor, you failed to dissuade His Majesty. What punishment do you think you deserve!”
Black Robe's voice was indifferent and uninterested. ”His Majesty safely returned, so what need is there for you and I to stir trouble over nothing?”
The Demon Commander was even more infuriated, yelling out in rebuke, ”His Majesty is heavily wounded and you actually dare say that I am getting upset over nothing?”
Hearing this, Black Robe finally stopped. Raising his head upwards at the massive Mountain-toppling Fiend, he said frigidly, ”You actually dare attempt to probe out the condition of His Majesty's injuries from me? If His Majesty were to find out, you would die a nasty death.”
The Demon Commander coldly snorted, then said, ”You believe that His Majesty will still trust in you as he did in the past?”
Black Robe calmly replied, ”His Majesty has already trusted me for several hundred years, and he will continue to trust me for many more.”
The Demon Commander sharply said, ”If His Majesty really did suffer severe injuries, just who do you think can save your life? Don't forget, in these past years, how many ministers have you executed, how many grand elders have you offended? Moreover, even if you've achieved much for my Divine race, in the end, you are still a human!”
Black Robe ignored him and continued into the snowstorm.
No one knew of this conversation in the snow, and even if they did, they would find it very ordinary.
To the officers and soldiers of the Demon race, the Demon Commander and Military Advisor not agreeing was a very commonplace affair.
Yet if one carefully thought it over, they would be able to realize that this conversation contained many meanings that were not commonplace at all.
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After a thousand years, the Demon Lord once more appeared in the human world. The continent was thrown into upheaval and became extremely tense. Mount Han, as the source of all this, was even more so.
The Heavenstone array had been forcefully broken by the Demon Lord, so the several thousand Heavenstones returned to their places. Those gaps in the fields, cliffs, and lake waters were once more filled. The injured were brought to the mountain summit for treatment, the dead were sent back to their hometowns. Those collapsed mountain paths and cliff walls also began to be repaired, but the mood could not be brought back to its former tranquility. The stewards of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets and the cultivators attending the Boiling Stone Summit all had very nervous expressions.
Even now, not many people knew just what happened yesterday, why the supreme experts of the human world had hurried over in succession to Mount Han. The truth still remained obscured by dense fog, but people could sense that something major had certainly occurred. This was because of the heavy guard around Mount Han and also because of the oppressive atmosphere coming from the house by the lake.
Linghai Zhiwang and Mao Qiuyu, who had at first been denied entry to Mount Han, had appeared at the summit and were standing outside this house with ugly complexions.
There were ten-odd houses along the lake shore, intended for the cultivators attending the Boiling Stone Summit to stay in. This house had the best position, facing the lake and against the mountain. It was exceptionally quiet and the scenery from the house was also the best. However, it was very obvious that this was not enough for Mao Qiuyu and Linghai Zhiwang's moods to improve in the slightest.
Because at this moment, Chen Changsheng was still unconscious in this house.
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