Chapter 769 (2/2)

However, everyone knew that the power and influence this ruler had would be worse than before. Maybe that was why Princess Longji inherited the throne so easily.

Some of the other princes went over to Soaring Sky’s side, now ruling the Vermilion Bird territories that now belonged to Soaring Sky.

In a way, these princes were now more powerful than Princess Longji as the future empress since her land was now only a quarter of what used to be.

At the same time, Soaring Sky tended to give immense authority to whatever place they conquered, allowing the leaders to continue ruling. This was under the condition that they submit to Soaring Sky.

Many people thought the way Soaring Sky treated their new colonies was weird. They gave everyone too much freedom. And their policies even benefitted the new citizens.

This was actually arranged by Zhao Yarou. She did not want her new colonies to rebel against her. She wanted them to feel like the Soaring Sky administration treated them better than their previous rulers.

While many people suspected this was all a temporary act to please the people, at least they weren’t too upset because they truly were living better. After a while, they even felt that Soaring Sky’s leadership was better than what they had before.

In the end, some of the conquered lands accepted the fact that they now belonged to the Soaring Sky Empire.

This meant Soaring Sky had completely conquered these places!

One must admit that Zhao Yarou was a terrifying opponent, she could defeat her enemies completely!

When they invaded Vermilion Bird, just as Ai La sent help over, Soaring Sky did something surprising. Their military divided itself so one portion marched in another direction towards Ai La empire, clearing all obstacles between Ai La and Soaring Sky. Then, they directly invaded Ai La.

This was shocking. Everyone was surprised Soaring Sky still had enough military power to invade another empire. No one expected that Soaring Sky was powerful enough so they had an advantageous position at war.

At this point, everyone realised the importance of alchemy. Soaring Sky’s edge came from their alchemy technology.

Although everyone started to place focus on this problem, Soaring Sky had already conquered half the world outside of the beastmen’s lands.

Years later, although the momentum slowed down, Soaring Sky was still expanding slowly. It now controlled three-quarters of all these lands.

The remaining quarter was a piece of land jointly ruled by Ai LA and Vermilion Bird. At this critical moment, they must work very closely together to fight Soaring Sky.

Other than these two empires, other nations either joint this allyship or surrender to Soaring Sky. In general, only two powers were left in lands occupied by the human race.

After a few years, the Vermilion Bird-Ai La Alliance slowly developed enough alchemy weapons to defend themselves. Their territories had shrunk so their powers were very concentrated. It was very difficult for Soaring Sky to eliminate them.

This wasn’t supposed to happen. If Zhao Yarou were here, she would never allow something like this to happen. At the same time, if this really happened, Zhao Yarou would not press on.

But she wouldn’t let this happen in the first place.

When Soaring Sky attacked Vermilion Bird and Ai La, they also had to deal with powers coming from the beastmen, especially from the Tiger tribe.

Although news didn’t reach them quickly, after so many years, they must know that Ye Lang had disappeared within Soaring Sky. If it wasn’t for the fact that Zhao Yarou had disappeared along with him, the tribe would’ve attacked Soaring Sky already.

Ye Lang was a very important person in the tribe. They were willing to do impossible things for him, i.e. declare war against Soaring Sky.

In the beginning, they did not plan to fight but due to complications, war erupted!

Initially, Soaring Sky planned to conquer the entire northern beastmen territories. This was a solid plan. Soaring Sky had all the alchemy weapons while beastmen completely relied on martial arts to fight.

The beastmen were cornered. If it weren’t for the fact that Soaring Sky’s frontlines were too wide, they would’ve fallen already.

This was technically because of Ye Lang too!

Soaring Sky wasn’t just dealing with two parties, there were another two points causing a hindrance. These two places were related to Ye Lang too.

One was Sheng City. Although it wasn’t a direct declaration, it was apparent that Sheng City did not support Soaring Sky. The followers of the Light Religion made up a huge population, forming a force that couldn’t be ignored.

The other point, also the most peculiar one, was Ye City!

Right now, Ye City was situated within Soaring Sky’s territory. It was completely engulfed by Soaring Sky’s powers but under such a situation, they maintained their neutrality was as not invaded.

Many people thought this was odd. Why hadn’t it fall yet? It was like a tiny boat in the vast ocean. Although it was battered by storms and waves, and constantly looked like it was about to be swallowed by the ocean, it still floated along.

It wasn’t because the ocean didn’t want to swallow the boat, it’s because Soaring Sky couldn’t!

Even when Soaring Sky focused a huge portion of their alchemy weapons on Ye City, they still couldn’t defeat it. The royal alchemists of Soaring Sky were exasperated and gave up in the end.

Soaring Sky said, “I still can’t win. It’s just a tiny little Ye City but to me, it feels like a huge mountain. A mountain that cannot be scaled!”

And because she couldn’t break through Ye Lang’s defenses, she started her research that lasted many years!

Although Ye City and Soaring Sky were at war, that was just in terms of defenses. If Soaring Sky wasn’t attacking them, Ye City did not mind Soaring Sky entering their premises.

It was an odd place, also why they remained so independent and neutral!

The people of Ye City now understood why Ye Lang wanted them to remain neutral!

Of course, this was because they were capable of defending themselves. They still had to be flexible during crucial moments…

Alchemy was very important. Ye Lang’s alchemy was the reason why Ye City hadn’t been invaded yet.

Third Brother now also understood what Ye Lang said about topographical changes during activation of the defense alchemy formation.

When the alchemy formation was activated, the entire Ye City turned into countless pieces of jigsaw that could be pieced together in many ways, even forming new alchemy formations.

Ye City could be separated and pieced together, at the same time not affecting the lives of its citizens. The only change they’d feel was the change in surroundings.

Everyone in the world was astonished by such alchemy. If they hadn’t witnessed it, they never would’ve believed it.

Hence, Ye City became an impenetrable fortress, remaining undefeated!

At the same time, Soaring Sky could not possibly focus all its military powers on Ye City because there were still many other people to fight. Since Ye City was impenetrable and it remained neutral, they decided to let it be.

Ye City became the most peculiar places int he world!

That was why Ye City became a slight hindrance to the growth of Soaring Sky. The main reason was its neutrality.

However, it still let people who were enemies of Soaring Sky in too.

Ye City became a safe haven!

This wasn’t the worst part, for Soaring Sky could just ignore it. The headache for Soaring Sky was that the Ye Academy of Ye City became a hotspot for alchemy.

The alchemy faculty took in anyone who fulfilled their requirements as a student-- but their conditions did not discriminate against one’s nationalities. They still recruited students who were enemies of Soaring Sky.

Ye City’s actions proved that they were the best at alchemy. Anyone who could learn alchemy at Ye City would be able to defend themselves against Soaring Sky effortlessly.

A huge crowd flooded into Ye Academy, therefore the school now replaced the now-destroyed Academy Number One. It was now the best school in the mainland.