Chapter 1138 – Since We Have to Go Sooner or Later, Why Not Go Sooner? (1/2)

Chapter 1138 – Since We Have to Go Sooner or Later, Why Not Go Sooner?

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

The night sky was cut apart by the extremely close eaves into a black cloth.

The stars were truly very bright tonight. It was like someone had used golden thread to weave many tiny flowers into the black cloth.

This place was the deepest hall within the Li Palace, and also Chen Changsheng's residence.

He was currently eating, accompanied by Gou Hanshi.

Qiushan Jun remained to guard Mount Li, and Qi Jian had failed to obtain permission to follow Zhexiu to the north.

Guan Feibai, Liang Banhu, and Bai Cai had gone to the front line.

But Gou Hanshi had been kept by Chen Changsheng.

After they concluded their very simple meal, An Hua and several priests came in with a file that had just been sent over. They laid the contents out on the desks placed in front of Chen Changsheng and Gou Hanshi.

The only sound in the hall was the gurgling of flowing water.

The Green Leaf had been taken somewhere else.

After some time, Gou Hanshi raised his head and rubbed his rather fatigued face.

An Hua, who was standing on the side, offered a long-prepared hot towel.

Gou Hanshi paused for a moment before softly expressing his thanks and taking the towel to wipe his face.

Chen Changsheng had also finished reading over the documents, so An Hua hurried over to him.

After a while, he and Gou Hanshi began to softly converse with each other, discussing what they thought and analyzing the contents of the documents.

The opinion they reached would be sent to the Imperial Palace in the shortest time possible for the emperor's consideration.

At the same time, Star Seizer Academy would be offering its own opinion.

The emperor would convene with the prime minister and the heads of all the other ministries to arrive at the final conclusion.

Everything in the current Great Zhou Dynasty revolved around the progress of this war.

As for the ordinary matters of the court and the welfare of the people of the counties and provinces, they had all been handed over to Mo Yu.

One had to admit that the emperor had a deep trust in Mo Yu.

And based on the reaction from the court and the people, she had not let down the trust placed in her or the teachings of the Tianhai Divine Empress.

This life had already persisted for quite a few days, but Gou Hanshi still found some things impossible to get used to.

For instance, why were the towels An Hua offered so hot? Was she not afraid of her hands getting blisters?

He was a very meticulous person, so he had already noted that An Hua's hands were truly not injured.

Another question on his mind was, how was the Li Palace able to get the reports from the front line even faster than the Ministry of the Army?

This was especially the case for several important pieces of news. It was often the case that the Li Palace would find out immediately when an incident took place on the front lines.

Gou Hanshi found this impossible to understand.

Compared to this, the methods of the demons were not that shocking at all.

”The seventh investigation report from the Thirteen Divisions of Radiant Green was sent back. It confirms that the hearts of the demon soldiers have swelled. They're one and a half times larger than usual.”

He said to Chen Changsheng, ”Our conjecture was correct. They're using a medicine to increase their strength, but at the same time, it destroys their intelligence and deprives them of their instinctive fear of death.”

Chen Changsheng asked, ”Is there an antidote?”

He shook his head right after he said this. He knew that this was an extremely stupid question.

Even if they could find an antidote, they had no means of making those tens of thousands of lower-class demon soldiers take it.

If his and Gou Hanshi's conjecture was correct, this medicine used by the Demon race actually originated from the Human race.

Ten thousand years ago, the Longevity Sect had controlled many demi-human servants. It was said that several of their eccentric yet extremely talented elders enjoyed using these demi-human servants to study the berserk metamorphosis of the Demi-human race. No one knew what they turned up in their research, but they had managed to create a medicine that could stimulate the hidden potential of living creatures and forcefully trigger berserk metamorphosis.

So strong was this medicine that using it once would cause the heart to explode. There had been no exceptions, so the Longevity Sect quickly sealed it away in a restricted area.

The medicine the demons were using now was very similar to the medicine used by the Longevity Sect.

Coupled with the fact that the Longevity Sect had colluded in secret with the demons, the truth was right before their eyes.

Fortunately, the Longevity Sect was in decline, and Su Li's attack twenty years ago had dealt them another heavy blow.

”The Demon race has always been inferior to us in numbers, and now it takes two or three demon soldiers to exchange for one of ours.”

Chen Changsheng said, ”This method is too insane. There's no reason for it.”