316 A Terrifying Conspiracy! (1/2)
The promise made by Lei Dongtian was one of sincerity. In the eyes of Lei Dongtian, a small country within the Tianxuan Continent meant nothing to him.
Yun Yang sighed gently, his thoughts were somewhat scattered. He then slowly gathered them together, meticulously contemplating his speech.
After a long while, he finally said, ”A few years ago... the Nine Heaven Demesne landed in Tiantang City abruptly, forming the Residence of Nine Supremes. Following that, the Residence of Nine Supremes required nine people with different attributes to enter it and learn the cultivation method so as to make it to the positions of the Nine Supremes... ”
Yun Yang slowly bit off each word, ”I believe that Brother Lei must have had heard about this. The story has been circulating among the citizens for a very long time. It is apparent. Even if you don’t know about it, everything begins from this and I have to start telling the story from here.”
In a serious tone, Lei Dongtian humbly uttered, ”I know. I am very interested in knowing the entire cause of the story!”
Yun Yang said, ”Initially, only one or two of the Nine Supremes had appeared. At that time, the outcome of our external war was changed, via their interventions. Following that, as the Nine Supremes Lords emerged one by one, all of them finally gathered together in full. If one were to look at the offensive power of our country, it could be deemed as invincible in the world. It also signified the opportunity for Yutang to govern the world in peace!
”However, this had then caused the other countries to gather all the heroes from their own sides to jointly declare war against us. It was mainly because they dared not allow us to become stronger as time passed. From their view, to keep on waiting was tantamount to death! ”
”However, even with the joint efforts of those countries and their heroes, their efforts were, nevertheless, futile, with the Nine Supremes to help us fight in these battles.”
Yun Yang took a deep breath, ”However, the total strength of the countries and the heroes were still far beyond the withstanding ability of our country. Simply said, it was based on the proportion of the casualties; even we were able to exchange a life of our people with five from their side, Yutang would eventually fall if the wars were to be continued!
”Even with the help of the Nine Supremes, we could barely maintain the war and to secure the borders of our country. However, it was absolutely impossible to expand our territory. Furthermore, as the aftermath of successive wars, the strength of the state and the people had become extremely scarce. After all, expenses are required in order to declare war! ”
”Our country and the other heroes were equally suffering. Their losses were even higher than our country, except for the fact that they have had support from each other to make sure that they could still withstand the war without collapsing. Both sides soon went into a deadlocked situation.”
”Finally, in the winter of the year before last, both sides mutually halted the war.”
”Everyone needed to rest and recuperate.”
”In fact, the whole country was relieved about this. At the time, my father had sighed; so long as Yutang has three years of rest, we would be able to conquer the whole world and be declared as the top within the Tianxuan Continent by relying on the divinity of the Nine Supremes! ”
”We were very happy then, as the war was coming to an end!”
Yun Yang’s face turned solemn, ”However in March last year, an extremely shocking news came forth, saying that the Nine Supremes’ whereabouts had been inexplicably exposed, causing all of them to be annihilated during the battle at the Tianxuan Cliff. The news had engulfed the entire Yutang in terror. The impact of the event was too significant for us to dismiss.”
Lei Dongtian nodded and let out a sigh, ”Yes, to think from your viewpoint, such an impact was not one that could be withstood by any ordinary person.”
”However just a year later, the news came about again to say that the Nine Supremes was going to seek vengeance against each and every culprit involved in the conspiracy against them! Besides the message, the key to this is that it shows that there is someone among the Nine Supremes that has survived! ”
”The whole country was in jubilation upon hearing the news.”
”Although there was only one of the Nine Supremes that had seemed to survive, it was uncertain whether he was the only one left among the Nine Supremes. However, this was, in the view of the citizens of Yutang, a matter not to be overlooked. We felt as if we had seen the hope, the hope that Yutang would not be annihilated, and the successors of the country would not be extinguished.”
”At the time, though we did not know who it was among the Nine Supremes that was alive, we were all praying and looking forward to finding out. No matter who it was, it would be fine so long as someone from that august troop survived!”
”Even the Emperor was excited. Since the revenge plan of the Nine Supremes had pointed towards the Four Seasons Tower, all the enemies that had been indicated by the Nine Supremes were being stringently punished!
”It came to the point where there was no need for any evidence nor trial. We could declare a person as guilty and punish him so long as the Nine Supremes had pointed him or her out.
In a heavy tone, Yun Yang remarked wryly, ”Brother Lei, I guess you can easily imagine how much our country values our heroes!”
Lei Dongtian gasped, ”I can guess alright!”
Although Lei Dongtian did not value domination and hegemony of the worldly affairs, he could barely hold in his fascination over a person who was able to gain such levels of respect and worship.
”However, the Nine Supremes have never shown their faces!”
”The Nine Supremes were merely executing the revenge plan, constantly disclosing the spies that were lurking within Yutang ... We, as in Yutang's officials, were merely dealing with any leftover matters. This situation has been continuing for a year now. ”
Yun Yang's face revealed a despondent expression, ”However, up until now, we were stunned to find out that everythingseems to be out of control.”
”Out of control?” The eyebrows of Lei Dongtian raised up in confusion.
”Yes, it is out of control.”
Yun Yang heaved a long sigh, ”Until now, only the surviving members of Nine Supremes have appeared; we could only confirm that the survivor is actually Supreme Wind.”
”Since the reemergence of Supreme Wind, not only has his existence heightened the morale of the people, the first thing he has done after that is to help us defeat the great armies of the Empire of Dongxuan.”