Chapter 1017 – I Have Come to My City (1/2)
Chapter 1017 – I Have Come to My City
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
In the distance was the sea.
On the sea was a ship.
The Second Prince of the Great Western Continent stood at the bow of the ship, his clothes drifting in the wind, his eyebrows furrowed in thought.
Mu Jiushi sat in a cabin, occasionally turning her head to look at where they had come from, sorrow on her face.
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To a small stream, the Red River was extremely wide while the sea was beyond comparison.
But as the stream flowed down from the Starfall Mountains to White Emperor City, it became the Red River.
From the pier to the streets to the plaza to the meadow of Heavensguard Pavilion, people prostrated like a tide.
The White Emperor had returned to White Emperor City.
He had not returned directly to the Imperial City, but had decided to take a boat.
The path from the shore to the Imperial City was broad and open.
He slowly walked past the kneeling populace, with his hands held behind his back and no impatience on his visage. It was like he wanted to see if anything had changed about his city in the last few years.
As he casually strolled through White Emperor City, those ministers still loyal to Madam Mu either committed suicide or were beheaded by their relatives.
After a few intense conflicts, the elite Red River Beast Guard also kneeled in front of the Imperial City, their lower legs covered with the blood of their once-closest comrades.
There was nothing that could be considered a true battle, and the situation was pacified even faster than it took for the order of surrender to spread.
Without a word from him, everything was resolved.
Because this had always been his city.
Every street of this city, every old and mottled stone of its walls, still contained his Qi.
This Qi was now returning to his body.
His body grew larger and larger, his Qi growing more and more powerful.
The massive Jings in the river droned, expressing their servitude and welcome.
The black vultures in the high towers buried their heads in their wings, their bodies trembling in fear.
He had always been the strongest existence in the world, and the Qi he silently exuded had an aura of unequalled tyranny.
All of White Emperor City, all the living beings inside and outside its walls, could only shiver in fear of this aura, not daring to make a single noise.
In front of the Imperial City, a figure finally appeared that was not kneeling.
This figure had always been gigantic, like a mountain.
The Xiang clan leader stood in front of the gate. As he watched the White Emperor, the emotions in his eyes were somewhat complex.
He was the Chief Elder of the Council of Elders, and his Xiang clan was the largest clan in the Demi-human race. He himself was the strongest demi-human expert outside of the White Emperor couple.
It was now apparent that he must have been a participant in Madam Mu's plan to imprison the injured White Emperor, a true betrayer.
In every aspect, he had the right to not kneel, a reason to not kneel.
The White Emperor walked up to the Xiang clan leader.
The Xiang clan leader looked at the White Emperor's somewhat thin face and his expression subtly changed. He opened his mouth, ready to say something.
The White Emperor leaned his body forward as if wanting to see him more clearly.
This extremely simple action had an unstoppable momentum.
If the Xiang clan leader was a mountain, the White Emperor was world's tallest snowcapped peak.
His body leaning forward was this peak pressing forward.
He looked down upon the Xiang clan leader.
Like a god peering his head over a snowy mountain.
There was no emotion in his eyes, only a vast white plain of snow.
The traveler in the snow gradually drew further away, just like all the past memories, kindness, and pity. Only apathy and bitter cold were left.
A bolt of lightning illuminated the snow, shone upon the traveler's figure.
It was a streak of light flashing past those cruel, black pupils.
It was a hand descending from the sky.