Chapter 547
Chapter 547: Meeting Old Friends
Translator: StackThatCoin Editor: Hitesh_
Wu Qi walked along the street in An He City, with his head hanging down, pondering about the great calamity that Yu He had told him about .
The root cause of this possible calamity could be traced back to what had happened in the Dark Abyss . Together with many of his civil and military officers from Zhong Province, Feng Lingling had discovered that King Bai Shan and Patriarch Miao Ying were in collusion . As a result, both of them had given out an order to exterminate them . After going through a bloody battle, apart from Reverend Li Yang who managed to escape with a mystic technique after Fairy Xuan Die had risked her life to save him, Feng Lingling and a few important ministers of Zhong Province, including Yu Miao, who Wu Qi had a grudge against, also managed to escape from the Dark Abyss .
After all, as the Prefecture Overseer of Zhong Province, a first-grade province, Feng Lingling did own many excellent life-saving treasures . As for Yu Mu, since he was able to take up the post of the Master Oracle of Zhong Province's Directorate of Celestials, the life-saving methods he had mastered were no fewer than Feng Lingling . Nobody knew what had happened during the battle, save for those who fought through it . Nevertheless, it was a fact that Feng Lingling, Yu Mu, and a few of their peers had successfully escaped from the Dark Abyss, and safely returned to Zhong Province . No tiding could be more terrible than this .
When Feng Lingling returned to Zhong Province, he immediately dispatched the most urgent warning message to the capital city of Great Yu . King Bai Shan was in collusion with Heaven Immortals of outer heavenly realm, and they were hatching a sinister plot; they had also assaulted Great Yu's important ministers, which clearly illustrated their intention to rise in rebellion, a crime too wicked to be pardoned .
Not long after the warning message was dispatched, an imperial edict was sent straight into the hand of the current Human Emperor of Great Yu from the Heaven: Why had the Prefecture Overseer of Zhong Province, Feng Lingling, attacked Nine Yin Celestial Lady Lord's palace with an army? The Great Emperors of the Heaven requested an explanation from the Human Emperor!
When the Heaven's imperial edict was sent into Great Yu's imperial court, many important ministers in the court were having a headache because of it, King Bai Shan had struck in a carefree manner . He told the Human Emperor that his son, King Zhang Qiu, had developed lust after women, and when he was fishing and hunting for one who could warm his bed, he unintentionally found Patriarch Miao Ying's disciple, Goddess Miao Xin . It was indeed a treacherous behavior that went against the Human Emperor's interdiction, but King Bai Shan had severely punished him, and had planned to keep him in captivity for ten years, so as to serve a warning to the others .
But at the same time, and in a great rage, King Bai Shan complained to the Human Emperor, "Feng Lingling has falsely accused me of colluding with Heaven Immortals of the outer heavenly realm! Who doesn't know that I, King Bai Shan, am loyal only to the Great Yu Imperial Clan? How is it even possible that I will commit such a crime? His accusation comes with concealed intentions! He has brought up a false accusation against a member of Great Yu Imperial Clan . Such a tendency is not to be encouraged . In order to preserve the Great Yu Imperial Clan's dignity and face, we must punish him with the execution of all the members of his clan!"
King Bai Shan furiously pointed out that Feng Lingling had provoked the Celestial Lady Lord of the Heaven for no apparent reason . And when he realized that he had picked the wrong target, in order to escape from the responsibility, he had shifted the blame on King Bai Shan . He also mentioned that should this matter not be handled in a serious manner, and if Feng Lingling was not brutally punished, he would personally make Feng Lingling pay the price, even if that would cost him his life .
Both parties claimed to be in the right, but who was actually telling the truth? Especially when the matter involved a Celestial Lady Lord of the Heaven, if it were not handled properly, would the Heaven seize upon it and make a fuss?
Yu He told Wu Qi that the case was being fiercely debated in Great Yu Imperial Court for months, yet no final decision had been made .
Yu Clan had a very strong backing in Great Yu's Directorate of Celestials . Thus, they did not worry about the final conclusion of this matter at all . Whether Feng Lingling was able to continue holding the power in Zhong Province or it was given to some other lucky fellow, none of that would shake Yu Clan's status, and the people of Yu Clan would not be punished . Nevertheless, judging from the talk that was going on in the Imperial Court, it seemed that Feng Lingling was soon going to be out of luck!
Once Feng Lingling was pulled down from his high seat, the Feng Clan would face a thorough cleansing from top to bottom, and the clans of all the officers who served in the three hundred provinces under Zhong Province would be washed with blood, so that the people from the new Prefecture Overseer's own personal clique could take over the control . An incident like this had happened more than once in the history of Great Yu . The official clans of Great Yu had long had a profound understanding of such a cruel purge .
Should that really happen, no doubt Feng Clan would be completely wiped out . Zhu Linggong, who had recently been appointed as the County Governor and City Lord, was bound to be thrown to the ground once again as well . Yu He hinted to Wu Qi that only by becoming his ally would he be able to protect himself . In return, he needed Wu Qi to support him with the army in his hand . And with that, both of them would be able to support each other and march to greater heights!
After all, as one of the sons of Yu Clan, Yu He also had the wild ambition to climb higher . Only by obtaining a higher position would he then be given more advanced mystic techniques, talismans, and a supply of better resources, as well as a more powerful beast soul that he could merge with .
The reason why he had selected Wu Qi as the target to form an alliance was Wu Qi's background . A man who came from the wilderness could never have any relationship with the official clans in Zhong Province . On top of that, Wu Qi had shown an excellent latent talent, and his charisma was extraordinary . A man like him was destined to have a great development in the Military Court . Yu He was a clever man . Therefore, he had come to Wu Qi and offered a request to form an alliance .
'In any case, there is no loss . So, why should I turn him down?' Wu Qi thought with a smile on his face . When he was in the Directorate of Celestials just now, he had promised that as long as Yu He could keep him safe from the storm that might break out in the near future, he would do his very best to assist the latter to gain a higher status and greater benefits . In the same way, Yu He would muster all his power to pave a golden path to the greater heights for Wu Qi .
It was nothing more than an exchange of interests, and Yu He was very experienced in such a trade . However, he could never dream that Wu Qi was at least one hundred times more seasoned than him in carrying out a business like this .
Wu Qi let out a few cold laughs . Suddenly, he spun and walked out of An He City, then strode towards a vast expanse of mountains off in the far distance .
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