Obviously, now is not the time to immediately select three members of the Dragon Protection Pavilion. This matter must be slowed down for a while. Zhang Ruochen has more important things to do.
Qin Yutong stepped on the ground stained red with blood, came to Zhang Ruochen, bowed and saluted, and said: "I pay homage to Your Highness. We have preliminary statistics on the casualties of the imperial court and Shengming."
Qin Yutong was different from usual. She did not wear bright and sexy dance clothes, but wore bloody armor. Although she was seriously injured, she was extremely excited and excited, staring at Zhang Ruochen with a look of admiration and awe.
After this battle, Qin Yutong's mentality changed a lot. It can be said that if Zhang Ruochen could get her, she would be willing to die for Zhang Ruochen.
Capture the Lingxiao King's Mansion, kill the Lingxiao King, severely damage the imperial army, and avenge the fathers and ancestors of Shengming's old tribe. These are things that they did not dare to do before and could not do.
Only His Royal Highness has such cohesion and appeal, not only because of his identity, but also because he can rush to the front without fear of any danger. It is precisely because of this that timid people can become brave again.
Only then can people who have been oppressed by the imperial court for a long time dare to rise up and resist.
This is courage, this is courage!
When everyone is about to go numb and about to be scared out of their wits by the Queen becoming a god, someone like this needs to stand up.
Therefore, Zhang Ruochen could settle the matter in one battle and make the old Shengming tribe more cohesive, but King Mingjiang had to do it.
It's not that King Mingjiang's identity is not orthodox enough, but because he is old, has been frightened by the power of the imperial court, and is timid in his heart, so he is destined not to give it a go.
Zhang Ruochen glanced at Qin Yutong and said, "Speak."
Qin Yutong said: "Because many monks have lost their bodies, we can only make a rough estimate. On the court side, two saint kings, fifty or sixty saints, and more than seven hundred half-saints died. Below the remaining half-saints
About 2.4 million soldiers died."
"On the Holy Ming side, there are fourteen saints, more than one hundred and fifty half-saints, and more than one million soldiers, who will remain on this land forever."
Zhang Ruochen listened to this series of shocking figures, but without blinking, he raised his head, looked at the sky, and murmured to himself: "So many saints and semi-saints have fallen, the chess game of heaven and earth should be aware of it, then
Why haven’t you Dazai-sama and the Master of the Earth Temple launched an attack yet?”
"Your Highness, what is the chess game of heaven and earth?" Qin Yutong asked.
"nothing."
Zhang Ruochen shook his head slightly, stared into Qin Yutong's eyes, and then said: "What do you think we are fighting for?"
Qin Yutong said: "Of course His Highness the Crown Prince wants to avenge us. After today, Yutong is willing to die for His Highness."
Zhang Ruochen's eyes shrank and he stared at her closely.
Qin Yutong's eyes were a little red, and he bit his lips tightly, and then said: "Your Highness may not know that after the fall of the Shengming Central Empire eight hundred years ago, our ancestors suffered extremely miserably, and many families were killed to the point of annihilation.
The living people were turned into the lowest slaves, sold into brothels and raped and humiliated, sent into mines to die from exhaustion, and used as food for raising wild beasts and mounts. In that dark era, from
If you buy a slave girl in ragged clothes at the slave market, she may have been the proud daughter of a once famous family."
"We must resist, do not be slaves, and do not want to be ravaged. Every resistance ends in failure, and more people die. Our hatred is accumulated from generation to generation in our resistance.
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"As long as we can destroy the Lingxiao Palace, even if we will be surrounded and killed by the imperial army at dawn tomorrow, it is still a worthwhile thing."
Zhang Ruochen sighed softly, patted her shoulder and said: "There is nothing wrong with taking revenge and holding on to grievances. However, we cannot regard this as the goal of life. We live to welcome a better world, not
Let yourself step into the abyss of death and live in darkness forever. Do you understand?"
Qin Yutong was thinking about the meaning of Zhang Ruochen's words. What does it mean to welcome a better world?
In her opinion, if she captures the Lingxiaotian Palace, she will definitely suffer crazy revenge from the imperial court. The following days will be more difficult, bloody battles will come one after another, and in the end, she may also die here.
Of course, so what?
When preparing to attack the Lingxiaotian Palace with His Highness the Crown Prince, Qin Yutong was already determined to die.
"After passing the order, all the saints and half-saints of the old Shengming tribe will gather outside Xuanyuan Hall. In addition, each major family and organization will also send a representative. The prince has something important to announce," Zhang Ruochen said.
Qin Yutong spread the news, and all the monks who met his status came to Xuanyuan Hall one after another, and there were actually more than a thousand people.
Not only humans, but also semi-humans.
Eight hundred years ago, there were 300 half-humans attached to the Shengming Central Empire. Nowadays, there are still many half-humans who are loyal to the Shengming.
After the prince's edict was issued, they immediately came in droves.
"Long live His Royal Highness!"
"Long live His Royal Highness!"
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It has to be said that Zhang Ruochen completely established his authority during the battle at Lingxiaotian Palace. Even if he did not reach the prestige of Emperor Ming in the past, it was still enough to intimidate the heroes below.
Zhang Ruochen stood outside the dilapidated palace gate, overlooking the crowd, his eyes passing over each figure, and suddenly, he saw a familiar figure.
It was a woman, standing in a black holy mist. She was tall and slender, but very hazy, and her true body could not be clearly seen.
Even so, Zhang Ruochen recognized her at a glance, it was Han Qiu.
Han Qiu's beautiful face emerged from the black holy mist and smiled evilly at Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen's expression did not change and he raised his voice: "The palace of King Ling Xiao has been captured and King Ling Xiao has been killed. What do you think we should do next?"
Those saintly figures knew that Zhang Ruochen must have some arrangements, so they all remained silent.
The figures under the Holy Realm are mixed, and some people said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should proclaim himself emperor immediately, rebuild the Shengming Central Empire in Shengming City, and fight against the First Central Empire to the end. My subordinates are willing to follow the Crown Prince to the death."
"Next, we should go to Wuding Mountain, destroy the Demon Cult, and help His Highness the Crown Prince get back the Saint of the Demon Cult."
"That's right, that's right. How could our sage's crown prince marry a tree? Destroy the demon sect, destroy the fire tribe, and kill the phoenix tree."
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After the commotion passed, Zhang Ruochen said: "With Shengming's current strength, can he fight against the First Central Empire?"
Down below, it suddenly became quiet.
Eight hundred years, exactly eight hundred years, it was the first time in Shengming's old team that they could stand up straight and speak. Everyone was still in excitement, but Zhang Ruochen poured cold water on them.
In fact, everyone is very clear that now they are challenging the First Central Empire, which is undoubtedly an egg against a stone. However, now is the time when morale is high, how can they say "to increase others' ambition and destroy one's own prestige"?
Zhang Ruochen continued: "The most important purpose of this Crown Prince's edict is to gather everyone together. I don't want to see everyone continue to hide in Tibet or be enslaved, and I don't want to lead everyone to die.
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"If you want to live, you must live well and with dignity."
"The collapse of the Shengming Central Empire is the fault of my Zhang family. It is my Zhang family that has caused trouble to you. However, today I, Zhang Ruochen, have come back. I will re-establish the Shengming Central Empire, spread out my protective umbrella again, and provide everyone with a dignified world."
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"But the new Shengming Central Empire is not in Shengming City, but in another place."
Zhang Ruochen mobilized the power of space, pushed forward with both hands, and opened the world door of Qiankun Realm. Immediately, a light door with a height of hundreds of feet appeared outside Xuanyuan Hall.
The saints, half-saints, family heads, and organization leaders present all walked into the light gate and stepped into the world of heaven and earth.
"Oh my god, it turns out to be another world. The concentration of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth exceeds that of Kunlun Realm, and it is definitely not comparable to the barren Ruins Realm."
"I'm not mistaken! It's the sacred tree that connects the sky. Hasn't this legendary spiritual root of heaven and earth been cut off? How could it grow in this world?"
"The Fountain of Life, the Fountain of Life, if you can continue to practice in this world, everyone's life span will definitely increase."
"Is the Shengming Central Empire going to be established here? Great! My Cai family wants to build a holy city."
"This world is so vast and rich in resources, does it all belong to our Shengming Central Empire?"
"By cultivating here, my family master will definitely be able to break through to the Holy Realm. I won't leave anyway, even if you kill me. It would be even better if you could move all the clan members to this world!"
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In the Qiankun Realm, all the monks, including those in the Holy Realm, were about to go crazy with excitement. Many of them sat cross-legged under the Heaven-Connecting Sacred Tree and started practicing.
Outside Xuanyuan Hall.
"Wow——"
A black light spot appeared out of thin air.
The black spot rotated rapidly, becoming larger and larger, and finally turned into a black hole with a diameter of three feet.
Han Qiu stood in the center of the black hole. The power of darkness emanating from her body seemed to be able to swallow up all the light around her. She said: "You dare to connect them all into the world of heaven and earth. Aren't you afraid that there is a court among them?"
An undercover agent to spread the news?"
Zhang Ruochen looked very indifferent and said: "Do you think the undercover agents of the imperial court will attack the Lingxiaotian Palace with me with the determination to die? Besides, the Qiankun Realm and the Heaven-Connecting Sacred Tree are not secrets. The highest authority in the imperial court,
Didn’t you already know it? Even if it is passed back to the court, so what?"
Hearing this, a sneer appeared in Han Qiu's eyes, "I have already said that Huang Yanchen is a bitch, and she is not worthy of you at all. Next time we meet, I will definitely kill her for you."
There was no emotion on Zhang Ruochen's face, and he was as calm as water.
Han Qiu put away the coldness and evil spirits on his body, walked out of the black hole, held Zhang Ruochen's wrist with a slender jade hand, and fell into Zhang Ruochen's arms, saying softly: "Before, I killed a total of
I have received five court saints, what kind of reward is His Highness going to give me?"
******** took her into his arms, Zhang Ruochen did not push her away like before, and said: "You should know that I have never been a stingy person. If you do things for me, you will definitely get the best results if you do something for me.
Good training resources. Since you have chosen to come back, don’t leave anymore and report to Dragon Protection Pavilion!”