Chapter 94: The Skeleton King of the Previous Generation
Ten years have passed by in a flash.
Ever since Da'ao imprisoned the sixteen emperors of the Celestial Dynasty, the pace of military conquest has increased much faster. In just ten years, nearly half of the northern half of the territory of the Wheel belongs to the Da'ao Holy Court.
This speed is so terrifying! A holy court from the Small Thousand Worlds has never been as exaggerated as Da'ao.
This speed of expansion made every dynasty in the northern part of the Chakravartin Territory feel in danger.
Changjing, Palace of Immortality! On the occasion of the court meeting.
Zhong Shan sat on the dragon chair and looked at the ministers below.
"Holy King, it is not appropriate for our court to fight against the world at this moment!" Xiao Wang came out to report.
"oh?"
"The territory can still be expanded, but there is still an urgent shortage of talents. The huge territory we occupy must be defended. If we cannot hold on, it will be difficult to protect the morale of the soldiers and civilians on the border. We need to rest and consolidate the central power before expanding!"
Affirmed.
"Your Majesty reconsiders! As General Xiao said, our territory has expanded too fast. To strengthen centralization, the military strength must be increased again to select stronger soldiers. The army needs to rest and the people also need to rest. Besides, half of the people in the north still need to rest.
If the territory is pushed too hard, they will join forces to fight against Da'ao, but as long as they are allowed to do so, their mutual conflicts will gradually arouse. After our government rests, we will completely take over the northern part of the Chuanlun Territory!" Yi Yan agreed.
Gently tapping the dragon chair, Zhong Shan nodded and said: "That's right!"
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At the same time, in the south of the Zhuanlun Territory, in the Tianci Mansion.
The third prince Nian Ben, Wang Jingwen and other officials stood respectfully.
In front of them was an old eunuch, with two men in purple robes standing beside him.
The old eunuch handed over the edict as if he had just announced it.
"Third Prince, the Holy King is very dissatisfied with you!" the old eunuch said softly.
Nian Ben frowned and nodded.
"These two are the two ancient immortals transferred from the imperial martial arts hall. They will be at your disposal in the future. Although the Holy King is dissatisfied with the third prince, he still cares about you, the third prince. No prince has ever been able to dispatch two ancient immortals at one time.
Immortal! You are the first!" the old eunuch said with a smile.
"Thank the Holy King for me!" The third prince's expression also softened.
"Well, the old slave will understand. I have finished pronouncing the imperial edict, and then I will leave it to you, the third prince. I will also take my leave and return to the Holy King!" said the old eunuch.
"I'll give it to you!"
"No need!" The old eunuch swayed and disappeared in front of everyone.
"Greetings to the Third Prince!" The two purple-robed men behind the old eunuch bowed slightly to Nian Ben.
"kindness!"
"You two, please rest here for now!"
"It all depends on the Third Prince's orders!"
"Come here, send you two to Tianzi Garden to rest!" the third prince ordered.
"yes!"
Soon, the two ancient immortal masters were sent away.
"Third Prince, I have also gone to lead the army. There are four large battles today that require my approval!" Wang Jingwen said.
"Go!" Nian Ben said peacefully.
Wang Jingwen nodded and walked away.
As soon as Wang Jingwen left, the Third Prince's face darkened. He clutched the imperial edict and frowned deeply.
"Third Prince, in the imperial edict, the Holy King boasted about Wang Jingwen many times, but repeatedly expressed his dissatisfaction with the Third Prince. It is very interesting! The subordinates are worried...!" The official frowned.
"What are you worried about?"
"I'm worried that the Holy King will withdraw you to the Wuxiang territory and let Wang Jingwen be the official of the territory!" the official said.
Nian Ben's pupils shrank, he shook his head and said: "Impossible!"
Nian Ben knew it was impossible, because no matter how powerful Wang Jingwen was, he was just a foreign minister, and he was the descendant of the Holy King. But he had to guard against this. Even if Wang Jingwen didn't become the official of the border, he might be betrayed by others.
Change away. The Formless Holy Court does not need useless people. If you behave too useless, you may be removed from the position of crown prince by the Holy King in the future.
"But, the third prince......!"
"Okay, don't talk anymore! This topic is over!"
"Yes!" All the officials could only nod.
Three days later, Wang Jingwen brought a batch of materials to Nian Ben.
"Third Prince, I have marked the large number of talents gathered in this big test of Tianci Mansion with a red line. For the ten cities I just won, I feel that it is safest to use the people on the red line." Wang Jingwen said.
The third prince looked carefully at the list in the jade slip!
Looking at these names, Nian Ben frowned slightly, because although this group of people were talented people, they had all hosted banquets for Wang Jingwen after the college entrance examination. Wang Jingwen had also been there several times. Are these people direct descendants of Wang Jingwen?
Thinking of this, Nian Ben's expression tightened. Is Wang Jingwen cultivating his power? Absolutely not.
"Well, these people will be of great use if I keep them. Aren't the last thirty people on this list also very good in the college entrance examination? Let them go!" Nian Ben said in a deep voice.
"Huh?" Wang Jingwen's expression changed.
Sure enough! A sneer appeared in Nian Ben's heart. Sure enough, these people are your direct descendants. Fortunately, I saw it.
"Yes!" Wang Jingwen nodded. Although he didn't say anything, there was a hint of disappointment in his tone.
After seeing off Wang Jingwen, Nian Ben was in a good mood. Yes, it is about cultivating direct descendants. No matter how much contribution you, Wang Jingwen, have made or how much territory you have conquered, as long as the people in charge of these territories are my close associates, what can you do?
Not to mention Nian Ben's pride, Wang Jingwen also showed a sneer after leaving Tianci Mansion.
"Direct lineage? The person chosen by you is the one who will kill you in the future!" Wang Jingwen sneered and went straight to the commander's camp.
Compared with Wang Jingwen's strategy, the third prince is obviously far inferior.
The war in the south, planned by Wang Jingwen, expanded crazily without any rest at all. It seemed to open up territory for the Wuxiang Holy Court, but hidden inside was an extremely sinister plan. Although it gained a large territory, it controlled
If it is not stable, there will be big trouble in the future!
In the north of the Wheel-Winning Territory, there is a remote holy land. The Bone Holy Land!
In a main hall of the Mang Bone Holy Land, there are currently five golden thrones surrounding it.
If Zhong Shan were here, he would be surprised to find that the style of this golden throne is very similar to the bronze throne of King Skull, except that one is gold and the other is bronze.
On the five golden thrones, there is a black-robed figure sitting on each of them. However, what is placed on the armrest of the golden throne is not a human hand at all, but a skull claw. These are the five strong men of the skeleton clan.
The door of the main hall was closed, and none of the five strong skeletons in the main hall spoke at this moment.
After a period of silence, one of the skeletons finally spoke.
"Okay, there are no outsiders here, what do you think of this?" one of the skeletons asked.
"Da'ao Holy Court, Commander of the Ninth Legion, King Skeleton? He also has a Skeleton Throne. He obviously came from the General Alliance of the Skeleton Clan." Another skeleton said.
"According to various sources of information, King Skeleton's soul fire is very advanced. This cannot be determined by cultivation. It is a precious status symbol. Who is he?" said another skeleton.
"It's strange, that kind of soul fire is only available to the descendants of the king of my skeleton clan!" the first skeleton said again.
"The king's descendant? No, I have seen the king's descendant, the skeleton ignited by the king's soul fire. Although his soul fire is diluted, I think the soul fire of the king's descendant is not as good as the king's skeleton!"
"King Skeleton? Great Immortal? was conquered by Zhong Shan in the Small Thousand World. Its origin is extremely mysterious! But why is its soul fire so high?" the first skeleton said again.
"It is impossible for the skeletons of the Small Thousand World to grow to that point. Only the skeletons of the Great Thousand World can enter. But when did the Great Thousand World have such a skeleton? The soul fire is so advanced that it should have been invited to the sect long ago.
He even became an elder of the General Alliance! How could he be reduced to being a subordinate?"
The skeletons fell silent for a while.
"Lao Wu, you haven't spoken. You have the most profound knowledge here. What do you think?" the first skeleton asked again.
All the skeletons looked towards the smallest black-robed skeleton in the south.
"I, tut, I don't know what to say!" Lao Wu was embarrassed for a while.
"There is nothing that cannot be said. The five of us have all saved each other's lives. There is nothing that cannot be said." The first skeleton said again.
"I have a guess, but I don't believe it myself. But apart from this guess, I can't think of anything else!" Lao Wu was puzzled.
"Say it! We listen to you slowly, and your guess has never been missed."
All the skeletons looked at Lao Wu.
"Do you still know about the great events that happened to our skeleton clan six hundred thousand years ago?" Lao Wu said.
"Six hundred thousand years ago?" A skeleton said he was unclear.
"I really want to hear it. The king of the skeleton clan at that time was not the current king, but the king of the previous generation. However, the previous king suddenly died for some reason, and then a new king was born, which is the current king!" First
The skeleton thought for a while and said.
"The boss is right. Only after the previous king died, a new king was born. However, do you know that in fact, what happened back then was that the new king overthrew the previous king's position and replaced the previous king." Lao Wu said.
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"The new king has overthrown the position of the previous generation of kings? In other words, the current king, the throne was snatched by the rebellion of the previous generation of queens?" The first skeleton said in surprise.
"Yes, this is a secret in the Skeleton Clan, and it has been a taboo for the king for hundreds of thousands of years. No one dares to mention it. The previous king has died? No, the previous king has disappeared.
For a hundred thousand years, he has actually been sending his cronies, skeletons, to search for the whereabouts of the previous generation of kings. It was not until a hundred thousand years ago that the search was relaxed!" Lao Wu said.
"Lao Wu, what do you mean? King Skull is the king of the previous generation?" the boss said in surprise.
The other skeletons were also horrified.
"King Skull, King Skeleton, Skeleton King, doesn't King Skull's name always hint at his status?" Lao Wu said deeply.