Chapter 420: Chapter 420

The tragic sights and scenes witnessed by Qian Fugui were taking place across multiple realms in the East Border, with the air above numerous commercial hubs reeking of bloodshed.

Merchants of the Qin Dynasty’s Saint’s Court were being subjected to inhumane torture.

Batch after batch of citizens from the Qin Country were being transported to the Thousand Beasts’ Saint’s Court, served on the dining tables of high-ranking members of the alien races. This included babies, still in their swaddling clothes.

The human race was declining!

Human Warriors from the Jade Flower Saint Terra and Purple Sky Saint Terra sought to stop this but were sternly ordered by their superiors to stand by and watch their kin being slaughtered.

"Such a ludicrous scene is happening within our own human race!"

In an academy, a young man, handsome with delicate facial features and clad in simple clothing, indignantly voiced out, slapping down his Saintly Book with a SNAP.

His name was Liu Zhiyan, an ordinary scholar.

"In Ancient Times, when alien races ruled the continents, humans were deemed lowly, facing the threat of extermination at any moment!"

"Our ancestors worked together, paying a price in blood, to establish our domain and secure the position we enjoy today, allowing the human race to hold their heads high!"

"But now, to think that humans are colluding with alien races! Are the high-ranking members of the Purple Sky Saint Terra and Jade Flower Saint Terra blind? Have they forgotten the deep-seated grudges and blood debt of the human race?" Liu Zhiyan said, his tone filled with regret.

As a human, seeing his own people captured brought him immense sorrow.

"They are not blind. Instead, the high-ranking members of the Saint Terras have accepted benefits from the alien races. Faced with profit and power, they have long abandoned their original principles!"

A ripple in the Void revealed an elderly man stepping forward. His hair was white as snow, his complexion ruddy, and he had a beard. Dressed in simple attire, there was little distinguishing him from a common old man from the countryside. However, an aura of profound righteousness and honor emanated from him, along with the refined charm of a scholar. His wise eyes, in particular, shone with a light that bespoke a mission of saving the world and compassion for all people!

"Principal!" Liu Zhiyan stood up, cupped his fists, and bowed respectfully.

The etiquette they observed was not contemporary courtesy but a form of salutation from primordial times, appearing exceptionally solemn and imbued with a strong sense of ceremony. And understanding etiquette, possessing that sense of ceremony, was precisely what distinguished the human race from the alien races!

"Zhiyan, you have been different since you were young. You bear a deep concern for the world and exhibit the air of an ancient worthy minister. Remaining in the Jade Flower Saint Terra, you cannot fulfill your ambitions. You should pack your belongings and go to the Qin Dynasty’s Saint’s Court!"

The old man, named Kong Zhaoxi, was the principal of the academy and possessed a Saint Realm cultivation.

The so-called academy was a school established by the Jade Flower Saint Terra in various regions to cultivate and discover talent, who were then sent to the Saint Terra.

However, Kong Zhaoxi, as the principal of an academy under the Jade Flower Saint Terra, had an enlightened heart. He strictly adhered to the moral code of the human race and was unlike the others in the Jade Flower Saint Terra. That was why he did not make things difficult for Liu Zhiyan.

"But... Principal, the Saint Terra has blockaded all passage to and from the Qin Dynasty’s Saint’s Court. Even if I wish to go, there’s no way for me to get there!" Liu Zhiyan was tempted, but considering the current situation, he could only shake his head helplessly.

"So you do wish to go to the Qin Dynasty’s Saint’s Court... Very well. I shall assist you one last time. This is my pass token; take it with you." Kong Zhaoxi stroked his beard, took out a jade plaque from his robes, and handed it to Liu Zhiyan.

"But, Principal, if you give me the pass token, won’t the Saint Terra reprimand you?" Liu Zhiyan hesitated slightly. Given the current hostile relations between the Qin Dynasty’s Saint’s Court and the Jade Flower Saint Terra, his using Kong Zhaoxi’s pass token to go to the Qin Dynasty’s Saint’s Court was, to put it bluntly, tantamount to treason. Should it be discovered, Kong Zhaoxi would inevitably be implicated.

"I am just old bones. What is there to worry about?" Kong Zhaoxi waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "Zhiyan, you are the disciple I am most proud of. You must always follow the way of being a human and the way of being a minister!"

"Alright, I won’t say any more. I must be on my way!" Kong Zhaoxi patted Liu Zhiyan’s shoulder, turned, and left, soon disappearing from sight.

Looking at the pass token, Liu Zhiyan clutched it in his palm, vowing silently, Principal, rest assured, I will definitely follow your teachings...

From that moment on, the world gained a great figure. Of course, at present, he was just an impoverished young scholar, but his greatness arose from making the right choice.

While the Thousand Beasts’ Saint’s Court was rampantly capturing merchants from the Qin Dynasty, startling news reached their ears.

This news was that the Qin Dynasty had invited the Elixir Pavilion to resurrect the Elixir Saint of the Eighth Epoch!

"Damn it! Why announce it now? Not earlier, not later, but precisely at this moment!"

Inside Beast Emperor City, Xiong Lie, who was enjoying a feast, saw the newly arrived intelligence. His expression fluctuated; even he, not adept at strategy, sensed that something was terribly wrong.

Resurrect the Elixir Saint! And then there were Shui Xiong Huang’s instructions!

Xiong Lie sucked in a sharp breath. Forgetting the delicacies before him, he hurriedly flew towards the rear mountain of the imperial palace to find Shui Xiong Huang, who was in seclusion, and report the recent events.

"Bastard!" Upon hearing this, Shui Xiong Huang was also infuriated. A terrifying pressure surged forth, crushing down onto Xiong Lie, forcing him to kneel, unable to move.

"Before I entered seclusion, I never instructed you to capture people from the Qin Dynasty’s Saint’s Court! The Qin Dynasty’s Saint’s Court possesses the method of resurrection. Until relations completely break down, how could you dare to move against them?" Shui Xiong Huang angrily interrogated, his eyes radiating dangerous glints, brimming with endless coldness.

Truthfully, the Myriad Beasts’ Saint’s Court had not yet decided how to acquire the resurrection method, so they had only implemented a simple economic blockade.

But now, with Xiong Lie’s wholesale slaughter of Qin Dynasty merchants, they had undoubtedly offended the Qin Dynasty’s Saint’s Court to the extreme. If the Qin Dynasty’s Saint’s Court truly resurrected the Elixir Saint, how would they deal with the aftermath?

Without a doubt, the resurrection method was of utmost importance! In every epoch, the Myriad Beasts’ Saint’s Court had lost countless powerful experts, their souls scattered!

"Elder, please calm your anger first. Let’s focus on solving the problem!" Xiong Lie, still kneeling, said in a trembling voice.

"First, suppress the news! Also, stop eating the citizens of the Qin Dynasty!" Shui Xiong Huang frowned. He had no good solution for the moment, as the events had already transpired.

After a moment of contemplation, he decided to return to the Myriad Beasts’ Saint’s Court to see if a solution could be found.

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Meanwhile, the Jade Flower Saint Terra and the Purple Sky Saint Terra also received news that the Qin Dynasty intended to resurrect the Elixir Saint, and both realized the gravity of the situation.

"If the Qin Dynasty successfully resurrects the Elixir Saint, then no one in the entire Primal Continent will dare to offend the Qin Dynasty’s Saint’s Court!" Inside the Jade Flower Saint Terra, Zheng Guiqiong muttered to herself, her exquisite features now pale with distress.

It was conceivable: if the Qin Dynasty’s Saint’s Court held the resurrection method, they would possess an invulnerability token and a protective talisman, especially since all the major Saint Terras had powerful experts who had fallen.

"Issue an order! Suppress the news! We absolutely cannot let the Qin Dynasty’s Saint’s Court know that the Thousand Beasts’ Saint Terra is capturing their merchants!" In the Purple Sky Saint Terra, Shu Qingyun hastily ordered. He was regretting it terribly; if he had known earlier, he shouldn’t have accepted benefits from the Thousand Beasts’ Saint’s Court.

Kong Zhaoxi’s deduction was correct: the Jade Flower Saint Terra and the Purple Sky Saint Terra had accepted benefits from the Thousand Beasts’ Saint’s Court, which was why the Thousand Beasts’ Saint’s Court was able to capture people within the territories of the two Saint Terras.

Shu Qingyun sat on his chair, praying silently in his heart: Hopefully, the resurrection method the Qin Dynasty controls is false, otherwise...