Chapter 967 – Before Tomorrow (1/2)
Chapter 967 – Before Tomorrow
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Several days ago, Divine Domain experts had battled high above White Emperor City, and a seal had been activated over the two shores of the Red River to cut off the flow of information. Then came the Great Western Continent's diplomatic mission and the abrupt commencement of the Heavenly Selection ceremony. The successive events over the last few days had sunk White Emperor City into an abnormally tense atmosphere.
The various tribal and clan leaders had kept silent, but this did not mean that they were truly indifferent. Even though their secret investigations had suffered pressure from both the Demi-human Court and various factions in the Council of Elders, they had already found many clues and were, step by step, getting closing to the truth.
The sudden withdrawal of the Second Prince of the Great Western Continent from the Wildfire baptism had drawn all their gazes to the young man in the bamboo hat instead.
Characters like the Shi clan leader and Xiaode were even speculating that this young man came from the north.
”The humiliation of tens of thousands of years, the blood feud of countless ancestors… can they really just be forgotten?”
Xiaode's voice was cold and sharp, almost like a real blade.
The Shi clan leader turned his head to look at the high platform in the mountains. The river was vast and the mists had reemerged, so it was impossible to make out the figures on the platform.
”We once had a very a deep hatred of the Human race. Just like the Elves who ultimately fell at the hands of the Demon race, if you asked the Elves who they hated the most, they would assuredly say it was those humans in the capital. But now, just who remembers those matters of the past?”
The plains that had once been the homeland of the Elves had been occupied by the demons and then later reconquered by the humans, but the remaining Elves did not choose to return to these plains. Instead, they preferred to cross the vast seas and live in the distant Great Western Continent. Presumably, this was related to their ingrained hatred towards the Human race.
The three races that lived on this continent—human, demi-human, and demon—had a far too complex relationship. There were so many grudges in their history that one could not clearly explain it in just a few words.
But Xiaode lived in the current generation, so he had an inherent bias, a deep dislike of the Demon race.
”Even if we… ally with Xuelao City, why hold the Heavenly Selection ceremony? Are we really about to call someone from another race His Majesty?”
Just saying this was an arduous task for Xiaode, making his heart sink and his teeth turn cold, even ache a little.
He found it impossible to imagine how furious he and the tribes living along the Red River would be if such a thing really did happen.
The Shi clan leader replied, ”It should just be a marriage alliance, unrelated to the throne.”
Xiaode slightly raised his brows. ”If Her Highness is married off to the distant Xuelao City, who will inherit the throne?”
The Shi clan leader thought for a very long time and then voiced his speculations.
Xiaode's expression suddenly changed, a tawny light flashing in the depths of his pupils as a ruthless and terrifying Qi surged out of his body.
The howling river winds collided against his heavy, hurried breathing and instantly scattered.
”Does the Empress take us to be fools that can be played with?”
The Shi clan leader bitterly smiled. ”With both the court and the Council of Elders taking action at the same time, it's no wonder that we're not able to investigate the specific details, but even if we did, what can we do?”
Xiaode suddenly asked, ”Just who is that young man?”
The Shi clan leader replied, ”We'll have an answer tomorrow.”
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Tomorrow would be a new day, and to each person that would continue to live, these words were reliable and often tedious. This was because just as tomorrow was about to arrive, one would discover that the tomorrow, the day that had just passed, and every tomorrow for the foreseeable future, were not very different at all.
But to Madam Mu, tomorrow was completely different from every other tomorrow she had experienced in her countless years.
She was confident that something fresh and interesting would happen tomorrow.