The Spirit World

Chapter 946 Heavenly Palace (IX)
What is painful is that the first to receive the flames of war were the local Justice Department.

The Zhengfa Division of Zhongyun Mountain is preparing for a local celebration. It is said that the daughter of a high-ranking official is going to marry far away, and she falls in love with a young man who has practiced in Bailing Mountain at first sight.

This is a long story, but we only know that the young man was handsome and had the background of Bai Lingshan, so the talented man and the beautiful woman hit it off and prepared to get married.

In this case, the Zhengfa Division of Zhongyun Town in Zhongyun Mountain naturally could not sit idly by and watch. On one side was a young man who came from Bailing Mountain to practice cultivation, and on the other side was a lady from a prominent family. It was only natural that the director of the Zhengfa Division would give him face and attend.

Therefore, it was not unjust for them to be punished after the event.

At first, a hunter went up the mountain to report that the mountain was on fire.

It wasn't a big fire, but it couldn't be put out by one person.

When hunters see red clouds floating around the town, they know they are doomed.

It wasn't that he knew it was doomed from the beginning, but he knew it was doomed when everyone was discussing whether the fiery red light in the distance was a divine blessing to the newlyweds.

The vanguard of the guard team of the Zhengfa Department came to report that they were stopped outside the wedding banquet. They were told that the director of the Zhengfa Department was in a good mood today and that people should not act rashly on such a happy day.

It's not that they can't do anything wrong, but the captain of the guard team is also at the wedding banquet. The priority of this team member is not very high. It is a bad idea to want to walk through such a huge wedding banquet in the town to report a fire.

Even unlucky.

It is not auspicious to do anything at this time.

Then... was it true that no one from the Zhengfa Department discovered this huge forest fire that burned down the entire Zhongyun Mountain and triggered a huge war?

Is it true that no one from the Justice Department noticed it?

It’s not that no one from the Justice Department noticed it, but the Justice Department staff were not allowed to enter the wedding banquet and leave without permission. They were anxious and restless in their seats, and they had done the most they could by kindly reminding the director about the "glow in the sky" while drinking.

A dog was barking at Zhongyun Mountain, and was "asked to leave" the wedding banquet.

If nothing unexpected happened, someone would have been able to stop this seemingly imminent "wildfire" because at that time, the wildfire was not very severe and there was still room for recovery.

Even if it catches fire, it won't be full of holes.

It's not that accidents are impossible. Firefighters were "accidentally" assassinated on the road. The fire was raging and the number of missing people could only be determined after the fire.

It's not that it's impossible to find out, but there are too many dead and missing people, and we can only find some clues by looking in the family tree.

The rest died.

By the time everyone knew it was a wildfire, it was already too late to put it out, but the firefighters from the Justice Department still had to go and put it out.

It's not that it can't be extinguished. When countless amounts of water have evaporated, when the terrifying necromancy formation has been discovered, and when everything on the mountain has been burned to ashes, the fire can mostly be put out.

When someone told the director of the Justice Department to quickly ask for help from other mayors in the surrounding towns, the wildfire had burned a large area and was not impossible to put out. But he knew he was going to be doomed, so he simply made himself doomed even more severely.

It's not that he would inevitably fail, but that he would lose all his face. This fatal mistake would lead to the execution of his entire family. This terrible mistake would make him face all kinds of torture.

To be beheaded or to be tortured to death is a terrible question for ordinary people, but for him, he chose the former. The laws of the empire were enough to kill him hundreds of times, so he would no longer be a citizen of the empire.

He ordered the rescue team to put out the fire while restricting the people in the town from leaving. This matter could not be concealed, but there was still some time before the truth was revealed. He disguised himself as a farmer and escaped. But his wife and children still had to die. His purpose of dragging everyone to be buried with him was to surrender to the Shadow Hunter.

The Shadow Hunter looked at him in confusion, and also looked at the mountain fire in confusion, paying tribute to his "earth-shattering" deed.

After all, no shadow hunter could pull off such a huge scheme, this was his "merit".

It’s not that no one benefited from it. Amobius on Zhongyun Mountain completed the soul-summoning formation and escaped with the soul-summoning flag.

The emperor of the empire learned about this matter and investigated it again and again, becoming more and more angry towards the principality.

It’s not that I can’t help but be angry, but at this time only the Principality can save this mistake.

That is to wage war on the Principality.

If the principality is smart, it must understand that this war is unstoppable and must be accepted. If it is rejected, it will receive greater retaliation.

The entire Zhongyun Mountain was burned to ashes, but it was all caused by a weed, by the dereliction of duty of an imperial official, by a small spark, and a small failure.

The empire must have been utterly disgraced.

However, if it was said that the principality had planned in advance and destroyed the mountain, then the mountains of rare treasures and thousands of civilians were burned to death in the fire.

The empire's reputation must still be there. If it declares a war of revenge against the principality, the empire's reputation will definitely double.

It's not that they can't lose face, but the casualties of the Empire are obviously more tragic than those of the Principality. The Zhongyun Mountain in the Principality is called [Lockless Mountain], which is not within the territory of the Principality, but the border between the Empire and the Principality.

When the Empire and the Principality signed an armistice, Zhongyun Mountain, a high mountain that originally belonged to the public boundary line, was "intentionally" assigned to the Empire.

The Empire "deliberately" gave it to the Empire, because it was originally within the Principality, but before the truce, the Empire stationed troops here, saying that it was to protect the residents around Mount Lockless and help them rest. After that, it became the property of the Empire.

It’s not that the Principality doesn’t want to get it back, but that it can’t.

When the peace agreement was signed in [Tamocha], it was the envoy of the principality who died, and the imperial envoy [Ning Ji], who was highly expected, was suddenly recalled by the emperor of the empire to protect his safety, and another envoy was sent to sign the agreement.

And the first guardian of the empire at that time was Ning Ji.

It’s not that he couldn’t return to the empire for “safety”, but after that, Ning Ji, who originally wanted to return Mount Locles to the Principality, was sent to the far north and there was no news of him since then.

Mount Lokles became Mount Zhongyun, and the mountain could be destroyed and "remembered" step by step.

It’s not that we can’t think about them, but the people of the Principality have been expelled from Zhongyun Mountain, so we can’t think about them even if we want to.

Therefore, this fire must have been set by the principality, and the empire sent troops only to avenge the thousands of civilians who were ruthlessly burned to death by the principality, otherwise it would be difficult to quell the public anger.

It’s not that this war is unavoidable, it’s just that the empire doesn’t need to avoid it.

So now, this war has come, and it becomes a matter of course.

It wasn't just a weed being burned by the flames, but the wolf's ambition being ignited.

(End of this chapter)