Conferred God: Started from Swallowing the Heaven-Repairing Stone

Chapter 210 Su Daji (asking for monthly ticket!)

Marquis Su was very worried, because the dragon vein was not only the foundation of Su City, but also an important pillar of the Su State. If it was destroyed, even if they could withstand the attack of Da Shang, they would have no future.

Although the situation was critical before, no one was worried that Ao Bing would really destroy the dragon vein. They just thought he was scaring people.

Because the cost of destroying the dragon vein is too high, they don't believe that Ao Bing will do this for Da Shang. But judging from the conversation just now, Ao Bing seems to be very confident and doesn't care about the consequences of destroying the dragon vein.

This discovery made Su Hou panic, because he couldn't imagine what would happen to Su State after the dragon vein was gone.

He was afraid, so the first thing he did when he came back was to urge Youhu to ask the demon tribe to send troops to help as soon as possible.

At the same time, he was not joking when he said before that he wanted to surrender to the Shang Dynasty. If the demon tribe reinforcements did not arrive, he would really surrender in order to save the Yousu Kingdom.

He knew one of the hiding places of the remnants of the demon clan, which was the biggest card in his hand. With this as a condition, Da Shang would definitely accept his surrender.

But this move would definitely offend the demon clan to death. Therefore, unless it was absolutely necessary, Su Hou would never do this.

He also wanted to play both sides between the demon race and the human race and expand himself as much as possible. Therefore, before he was really at the end of his rope, how could he completely turn to one side?

"We really can't delay any longer. I don't know if you have noticed that the formation is drawing spiritual energy faster."

"Today, the spiritual energy in the city is less than one percent of what it was before, and it is gradually unable to meet the daily cultivation needs of the monks in the city. Moreover, this situation will become more serious as time goes by."

"Of course, if that's all, it's not a big problem. After all, my Su City has accumulated a lot of cultivation resources over the years. Even if the spiritual energy is exhausted, it will be enough for us to use for a long time."

"But the power of this formation is far beyond our imagination. It not only extracts spiritual energy, but also the mana of the cultivators, as well as the spiritual energy contained in the cultivation resources stored in the treasure house."

"The soldiers guarding the city are protected by the country's destiny, so there is no problem for the time being. But if you go outside and take a look, you will know that even if the cultivators in the city try their best to retract their magic power, it is still constantly flowing out."

"As for the treasures and magic weapons in the treasury, their spiritual energy is also fading. If this continues, they will become ordinary objects sooner or later."

A Su state official said, his eyes full of fatigue and worry. The situation in the city is far worse than they thought.

If we delay any further, I'm afraid that before the resources are exhausted, those monks whose cultivation is constantly depleting will probably rebel first in order to preserve their cultivation.

"broken!"

Su Hou and others were all shocked when they heard this.

The monks are the ruling class of Su City. If they rebel, the consequences will be disastrous and the city will be destroyed at any time.

Will they rebel?
If their problem cannot be solved, then the answer is yes. In order to preserve their cultivation, they will definitely rebel and kidnap everyone in exchange for Ao Bing's reward.

Ao Bing is the direct descendant of the saint and the heir of Emperor Yu. For cultivators, it is not shameful to surrender to him.

Is that surrender? It is clearly a reversal, a return to the right path, and a commendable thing. How can it be shameful?

Su Hou and others are also cultivators and understand their thoughts too well. As long as they are given a reasonable reason, they can do anything for the sake of cultivation.

"Ao Bing will be punished by heaven for his actions!"

Suddenly, someone cursed loudly. This is called impotent rage. If you can't solve the problem, you can only curse the person who caused the trouble, hoping that he will suddenly die, so that the crisis can be resolved by itself.

"What's the point of scolding? If you scold from night to morning and from morning to night, can you scold Ao Bing to death?"

"The most important thing now is to find a way to urge the reinforcements to arrive as soon as possible, whether it's the reinforcements from the demon tribe or our own reinforcements. In short, we need to force Ao Bing away first."

"Otherwise, if the power of the formation increases again and starts to drain the mana of the soldiers defending the city, then in my opinion, we should just surrender."

"Because I'm afraid I'll be tied up by my men and offered to Ao Bing, which would be disgraceful."

When they heard someone scolding Ao Bing, the reactions of the people present were strange. Some were dissatisfied, some were angry, some were surprised, there were all kinds of reactions, but no one agreed.

Because their mentality had changed, they regarded joining the Shang Dynasty as their last resort. Therefore, they dared not speak ill of Ao Bing anymore, lest he find out and settle accounts with them later.

"The demon tribe's reinforcements will definitely arrive."

At the location of the dragon vein, a firm voice was heard from the Golden Immortal of the Fox Clan.

He had been paying close attention to the situation outside, and knew that if he did not make any more guarantees, given the temperament of these people, they would most likely sell them out secretly and surrender to the Shang Dynasty.

It is true that they have the same blood, but Yousu is a human and Youhu is a demon, so they are not of the same mind after all.

"Report, there is news from outside that during the meeting of the princes, the emperor and the princes learned that the Su family was colluding with the demon clan. They were extremely angry and ordered all the princes in the world to attack them together."

"All the princes present at the meeting have agreed and have now dispatched troops to respond and attack Yousu together."

Just at this moment, the anxious voice of the guards suddenly came from outside.

"shut up!"

"Are the princes crazy? Why would they waste their own strength to help the Shang Dynasty attack Wo Su? It's good enough that they don't help Wo Su attack the Shang Dynasty in return."

"This must be fake news!"

"You must know that now that Su City is trapped and cut off from the outside, how could there be any news coming in? This must be fake news deliberately sent by Ao Bing, intending to disrupt our army's morale and force us to surrender."

"Pass the order down, have all the soldiers take up their posts and guard the city. Reinforcements will arrive soon."

Su Hou reacted quickly. Regardless of whether the news was true or false, he would classify it as false news. Otherwise, the monks in the city would cause chaos after learning about it.

"Father, it's bad. News has come in from the outside world. The nine major cities and the hundred secondary cities all claimed that they were attacked by nearby princes."

Suddenly, the son of Su Hou rushed in and shouted anxiously.

"Shut up, rebellious son!"

Su Hou was so angry that he wanted to kill this rebellious son on the spot.

Even if the news was true, shouldn't the news be blocked first and then told to him secretly? How could it be made public in front of so many people?

"Father, this news can no longer be concealed. When the news came, I don't know what went wrong. Almost half of the people in the inner city saw it."

Su Hou's son knew what his father was angry about and quickly explained.

"what?"

Upon hearing the news, not only Lord Su, but all the nobles present felt dizzy, as if the sky had fallen, and they were unable to recover for a long time.

"It's over!"

"It's all over!" "I feel so sorry for my ancestors."

"The country left by our ancestors is about to be destroyed in my hands. I feel so ashamed of them."

After a long while, Su Hou came back to his senses and burst into tears. He knew that the Su Kingdom was really finished this time. If the Great Shang attacked, he might be able to resist it with the help of the demon tribe.

But all the princes in the world joined together to attack it. Not to mention the help of the demon tribe, even if the remnants of the demon tribe came, they would not be able to escape the fate of destruction.

Things have come to this point, and the destruction of the State of Su can be said to be imminent.

"Don't worry, father. There is good news. Although the situation in various cities is critical, some soldiers have been drawn out to support us. Together, they are a huge force."

"The princes of the world came to attack the Su State because they saw that the Su State was in trouble and were ready to take advantage of the opportunity."

“But as long as our reinforcements can repel Ao Bing’s troops, and the demon tribe’s reinforcements arrive, then the princes of the world will know that the Su Kingdom is not to be trifled with.”

"At that time, they will withdraw their troops and watch the conflict between Yousu and Dashang. After all, compared with Yousu, the wealth of Dashang is more attractive to them."

While Su Hou was crying, a young girl wearing sacrificial clothes, with a graceful figure and beautiful face walked in and spoke to him in a cold voice.

"Meet the Lady!"

Seeing the visitor, the nobles in the hall bowed and said.

This woman was Daji, the daughter of Marquis Su. Because Youhu was a matriarchal clan and Yousu was their descendant, they had inherited some of their habits to a certain extent. Therefore, women had a very high status and often served as priests. Their status was second only to Marquis Su.

Therefore, all the nobles present had to bow to her when they saw her, and they were accustomed to her interfering in government affairs.

Su Daji is the priestess of the Su Kingdom and the de facto number two figure. Isn't it normal for her to interfere in government affairs?
Such matriarchal clans were not uncommon in this era. The tribe of Wu Ding, the revivalist of the Shang Dynasty, and his wife Fu Hao was a matriarchal clan, with Fu Hao as its leader.

Wu Ding married her for the purpose of marriage. After all, marrying Fu Hao would bring a powerful tribe as a dowry, which was a huge profit.

Just like Ao Bing's previous life, Emperor Xin wanted to marry Daji, not because of lust, but simply out of interests.

Daji was a priestess of the Yousu Kingdom. As long as he married her, he would be able to tie the Yousu Kingdom firmly to his chariot. If Ao Bing was Emperor Xin, he would also marry Daji in order to increase his strength.

Marriage is the best way to form an alliance, and it has existed since ancient times. Emperor Xuanyuan has 3,000 concubines, most of whom are not human. Why is that?

Just for the sake of alliance, marrying a girl from a foreign tribe can not only reassure him, but also allow his son to take over his grandfather's territory legitimately, thus expanding the territory for the human race without spending a single soldier.

Why not use such means?

When Emperor Shaohao was young, he came from a matriarchal clan. This was also the case with Emperor Zhuanxu and Emperor Ku.

How did Shaokang recover? Thanks to his uncle's support!
Cheng Tang rose to power with the support of his wife’s family!

The ancestors of King Xibo were defeated by the Western Rong and had to flee in disgrace, moving their entire clan to another place. Why were they able to make a comeback?

It still depends on marriage!

These are all real examples, so many princes wanted to marry Daji.

Daji was not only beautiful, but her dowry was also extremely rich, making her the best candidate for a wife. However, she refused to marry someone else, which made countless princes and nobles beat their chests and stamp their feet.

"Is what my son said true?"

Su Hou, who was still crying, immediately perked up upon hearing this and asked subconsciously. Then, without waiting for Daji to reply, he said to himself:
"If the reinforcements arrive in time, then the Su Kingdom can still be saved."

"Prime Minister, go tell Youhu that the time left for Yousu is running out. If the demon tribe's reinforcements don't arrive, then in order to preserve the country left by my ancestors, I can only leave the city and surrender."

From Daji's words, Su Hou saw a ray of hope, so he forced himself to cheer up and looked at the Prime Minister of Su State with a sharp gaze. This person was the representative of Youhu in Su State.

Since Yi Yin, the power of the prime minister has been extremely large, even surpassing the power of the king. Therefore, the power of the prime minister is so great that it can compete with that of the princes.

Let’s put it this way, if the king makes a mistake, the prime minister can reprimand him directly. He is not a subject but a shareholder of the country. You can imagine how powerful he is.

It is precisely because the prime minister is a fox that the fox can interfere in the political affairs of the Su State and control the overall situation.

"Yes!"

At the critical moment of life and death, the prime minister was too lazy to argue with Su Hou. He just said yes and went to the depths of the dragon vein to discuss the matter of the demon clan reinforcements with the powerful fox.

"Open the treasury, take out a batch of cultivation resources and distribute them, and tell them that as long as they hold on for a while, reinforcements will arrive."

Su Hou knew very well that with bad news coming one after another, the current situation in the city must be turbulent. In order to prevent a major chaos from happening, he had to find a way to calm people's hearts.

At this time, any words are weak. Only tangible benefits can make them feel at ease.

Therefore, Su Hou did not hesitate and directly asked people to take out a part of the cultivation resources in the treasury and distribute them to the cultivators in the city.

Anyway, if these resources are left in the treasury, they will slowly become ordinary things due to the loss of spiritual energy. In this case, it is better to distribute them in time while they are still valuable to appease people.

Marquis Su issued several orders in one breath, and the nobles in the palace left one after another. Soon, Marquis Su and his daughter were the only ones left.

"Father, we still need to make plans early. The demon tribe cannot be trusted. Even if they really send reinforcements, they will not show up at the first time, but hide in the dark and wait and see the situation."

"If Ao Bing is defeated by our reinforcements and has to retreat, then the demon reinforcements will show up."

"On the contrary, if our reinforcements are no match for Ao Bing, the demon clan reinforcements will definitely withdraw immediately and won't care about our lives anymore."

"They even asked a strong man from the Fox Clan to secretly eliminate our family to prevent their news from leaking."

After everyone left, Daji said to Marquis Su with a serious face.

As a priestess of the Su Kingdom, she had been dealing with foxes for many years and knew the nature of these foxes very well. They were insidious and cunning. They could neither share wealth nor adversity.

If the Su Kingdom was really on the brink of national destruction, they would definitely abandon all the people of the Su Kingdom and flee alone at the first opportunity.

Even before escaping, in order to block the news about the demon clan, this group of foxes might even kill them.

"I understand what my son said. I will send someone to contact Ao Bing to discuss surrender."

Su Hou and Daji had the same idea, and they hedged their bets. If the demons came, they would continue to fight Ao Bing to the death. If the demons did not come, they would sell out the demons and surrender directly.

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