First emperor of the human race

Chapter 169 Dangerous
At the same time, the residence of the high priest.

"It's snowing on the mountain."

Li Ji raised her head and murmured. She stretched out her jade hand and watched the large snowflakes fall on the warm jade palm, and then melted into water.

This is a heavy snow that covers the entire Central Desolation, and most of the races in the Central Desolation will enter the "hibernation" period.

Over the years, winter has been the most "peaceful" time in the Central Wilderness, and it is the same for the entire Eight Wildernesses.

There is no war, no killing, no scrambling, only the creatures who are constantly fighting against nature and struggling to survive.

Under the shroud of extremely bad weather, this winter, many lives are destined to disappear and meet death.

"Owner."

The high priest uttered a black robe, stood behind Li Ji, and said in a hoarse voice: "These days, there have been reports from confidantes. The beast king sent people to spread rumors all over the country to hurt my prestige. People everywhere have already complained to the high priest. How dissatisfied."

"He used the last defeat in Eastern Border as an excuse to continue to expand his influence, and my reputation continued to decrease. I'm afraid it will be difficult to keep the position of high priest."

In the voice of the high priest, there was some guilt and some resentment.

Silong's killing of millions of orcs gave Silong great prestige and military exploits in the Great Xia Dynasty.

But for the High Priest, it was indeed the most humiliating failure, and the biggest fault was that the Beast Lord had tampered with the strength of his troops. He neither sent domestic legendary masters to assist him, nor did he send domestic elite troops.

That war operation, on the surface, was to attack the eastern border, but in fact, it used the hands of the high priest to clean up the disobedient army in the country, solve a group of diehards in the orc empire who are not easy to disarm, and at the same time achieve the pressure of reducing military expenditure .

Moreover, this defeat can be used to greatly damage the high priest's domestic prestige, and at the same time, through this defeat, the people's anger within the Beastman Empire can be accumulated, so as to prepare for the Beast Lord's war in the spring of the coming year.

No matter how hard the high priest tried at the beginning, he could not win that war. The Beast Lord had countless opponents to make him fail.

This is a move planned by the Beast Lord long ago, and it serves multiple purposes.

Beast Lord already counted on this day, no matter whether Li Ji will betray him or not, he will do something to the high priest this winter.

"Has he learned to be smart?"

Li Ji raised her eyebrows, not surprised, but smiled and said: "I remember, this is Guo Jia's strategy, right? He will learn what he has learned and use it now."

"Master, there is one more thing, which is very important and cannot be optimistic!"

The high priest didn't smile, his tone was unusually serious.

"You say it."

Li Ji opened her mouth, she was still standing in the snowy season, she didn't feel cold.

Li Ji, who has initially started to practice the inheritance of supernatural powers from her previous life, although her strength is not yet strong, her mysterious and powerful inherited supernatural powers are enough to allow her to resist bad weather.

After all, the inheritance of 10 years ago is much, much better than the present.

The winter of that year would not be like it is now, with many creatures dying every year.

"Just now there is a news from the insider of Dengtiantai that the three new strongholds of Dengtiantai in the country have been wiped out."

The words of the high priest are very heavy. Although the Tiantai is the military force of the Great Xia Dynasty, it is now the most important support force for the high priest and Li Ji's subordinates.

Originally, Dengtiantai was established not long ago, and there were not many strongholds in the orc empire. Now three strongholds have been wiped out, which is a great blow to Dengtiantai.

"How did he know about these strongholds?"

Li Ji Liu frowned, and said softly: "Is there a ghost inside?"

"probably not."

The high priest shook his head, with a gleam of coldness in his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "I've already removed all the eyeliners. It shouldn't be the ghosts from the people below. Otherwise, it would be more than just losing three strongholds."

"I think it should be the Beast Lord's people who touched the traces of the inside of the Tiantiantai, which led to the destruction of the stronghold."

The high priest took a deep breath and said with a wry smile: "After all, this is the Beastman Empire, and it is difficult for humans to use their hands and feet here. The risk factor of going to the roof is extremely high, and according to the previous situation, the Beast King has been vigorously guarding against Da Xia. The dynasty has also stepped up its efforts to clean up foreign nationals and internal responders in the country."

“What worries me the most is”

The high priest looked at Li Ji and said, "Maybe the Beast Lord has discovered that we have a close relationship with him before we ascended the platform, which has exposed some of our relationship with Daxia."

"Does he have evidence?"

Li Ji looked at the high priest, with a serious look on her pretty face.

This matter is no small matter, if the beast king catches evidence of their contact with Deng Tiantai, it will be very detrimental to them.

Even if the Beast Lord didn't do it himself, but just released the news, the high priest and Li Ji would die without a place to bury them.

Under the premise that the Orc Empire and the Great Xia Dynasty are now hostile, contacting Tiantai is treason!It will lead to the wrath of orcs across the country!
"uncertain."

The high priest shook his head and said, "But I have received the news. I suspect that the Beast Master already has evidence of our connection with Dengtiantai. Even if he doesn't, at least he has this guess."

At this time, outside the courtyard, a trusted voice sounded: "High Priest, there is news from the beast palace."

The high priest was taken aback, put on his hood, covered his face, opened the door and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?"

"The Beast Monarch decreed to invite all officials to participate in the Seventh Prince's Hundred Days Ceremony, among which the High Priest and the First Prince are on the invitation list."

"When?"

"The imperial decree issued this morning said that the Hundred Days Ceremony will be held tonight."

"I see, you can step back."

The high priest returned to the courtyard with an extremely ugly expression on his face.

Before he could speak, Li Ji said flatly: "The Beast Lord can't bear it anymore, he's going to make a move."

Obviously, the Beast Monarch purposely followed the Hundred Days Ceremony as an excuse to call the high priest and the eldest prince into the palace.

If they didn't go to celebrate, it would be unjustifiable both emotionally and rationally, and the Beast Lord would also take this opportunity to publicize and attack the reputation of the two of them, and alienate their confidantes.

If they went there tonight, their lives would be in danger, because the Beast Lord didn't notify the two of them in advance, and deliberately made an order this morning, and his intentions were very obvious.

The Beast Lord didn't want to prepare the layout for the high priest and Li Ji, so he wanted to catch them off guard.

"If my guess is correct, there are already a large number of masters gathered in the beast palace at this moment, just wait for us to enter, and then kill them in one fell swoop?"

Li Ji took a deep breath and said, "This is also in line with the Beast Lord's temper."

For the brutal and bloodthirsty Beast Lord, he is absolutely too lazy to play tricks on those who can be directly killed.

As for the consequences of killing Li Ji and the high priest, he has already considered it and made corresponding plans.

"Then shall we go to the banquet?"

The high priest looked at Li Ji and asked in a deep voice.

"This"

Li Ji hesitated for a moment, this was obviously a dead end, if she went, she would probably die, if she didn't go, the beast king would probably take advantage of this opportunity to wantonly divide their rights and prestige.

Li Ji and the High Priest have not been to the Beast Palace for the past half month, they just don't want to meet the Beast Lord face to face, just to avoid the Beast Lord's killing situation.

But now it seems that blindly escaping is no longer feasible.

Li Ji had to admit that she underestimated the determination of the Beast Lord and the strength of the imperial power. She was full of confidence to compete with the Beast Lord, but she was always at a disadvantage.

"Am I really wrong? Should I have left the Beastman Empire half a month ago?"

Li Ji's beautiful eyes are a little confused, her stubbornness does not mean she is stupid, the current situation of the Orc Empire is dangerous for her and the high priest, and murderous intentions are hidden.

Seeing that Li Ji didn't answer, the high priest didn't speak either.

The two were silent for a while.

This dilemma is here, how to break it now?

This choice is not easy, because it determines their life and death and the key to victory or defeat against the layout of the orc empire.

Just at this time.

The confidants outside the courtyard suddenly went back and forth, and he lowered his voice and shouted into the pavilion: "High Priest, there are guests! It's a few humans!"

(End of this chapter)