It doesn't matter what the lord is.

The most unpredictable existence among the twelve pillars, it always likes to give people love and hatred for no reason.

"Forgotten memories..."

After Shi Yuan finished speaking, Alayya clenched her hands and frowned slightly.

Nopres took two steps towards Shiyuan, and at this moment, accompanied by a dull "painful groan", Lid slowly opened his eyes, supported himself on the ground and miraculously completed his "resurrection". Before Nopres could finish his "what the hell", Fulei had already revealed a look of surprise, took the initiative to pull Lid up from the ground, and shook his shoulders.

Reed felt that he was fine at first, but Frey shook him so hard that all his bones seemed to be broken.

"Are you awake? Are you okay? Are you alive? Are you in any pain?"

Fulei asked four questions in a row. Lid just smiled reluctantly and pretended to be confused, asking: "Your Highness the Third Princess...? Where am I?"

Nopres looked at Reed, with a look of shock and greed on his face: "It actually has the power to resurrect the dead. That Abyss Dragon..."

His eyes quickly passed over Reed, Shiyuan and Alaiya, and then looked at Fulei. And Reed was also secretly looking at him.

Compared to people like Shi Yuan, Yu Qingzhao, and Ying Bai who never show their emotions, the changes in Nopres's expression can roughly tell what he is thinking. The second son of the Dragon King is very powerful, but his character is not even a little bit worse than his sister's. Before he even saw the Abyss Ancestral Dragon, he looked at Lid, Shi Yuan, and Alayya with a murderous look.

What made Reed interesting was that his gaze did not soften when it shifted to Frey.

Although his expression quickly returned to normal, Lid still exchanged glances with Shi Yuan, and both sides confirmed that the other was not mistaken. This is quite interesting.

Shi Yuan said:

"Foyagot is the most special of the twelve pillars of Kungu. If the Abyss Dragon really has its blood, it must be a very remarkable existence. It can bring the dead back to life, reverse time, and destroy the world. However, judging from the structure here, the Abyss Dragon may be trapped in a deeper place, and no one knows if there are any traps on the road. The five of us are the key to unlocking the ban. Without any one of us, we may not be able to see the Abyss Dragon."

Nopres then let out a breath and said lightly:

"Then we will work together and see the Abyss Ancestral Dragon first."

50. Put the King under house arrest

Eternal Kingdom, the royal capital.

The King of Chao, who was already sitting on the throne, looked at the letter in his hand and gave a disdainful smile to the eunuch beside him. "She wants to cooperate with me? She wants to drag the Tiance Mansion to fight against the dragon clan together?"

The eunuch did not dare to answer. He was the one who handed over the letter, but he did not know what was written in it. The king looked at the letter in his hand and felt more and more annoyed. He said with sarcasm:

"When Lord Lingwu went south, the northeast of Yongtian Kingdom was completely occupied. It had long been Lord Lingwu's land! That woman took advantage of me, and now she wants to drag me to fight the dragon clan with her? I would rather see her and the dragon clan fighting each other. Lord Lingwu died on the border, just like her ancestors, guarding the territory of Yongtian Kingdom forever.

The eunuch had no choice but to kneel down and nodded:

"Your Majesty is wise."

The king threw the letter aside and asked, "She only gave me one copy of this letter?" The eunuch shook his head.

"The letter was presented to the Prime Minister's Office, and the Prime Minister's Office handed it to Your Majesty." The King tapped the armrest twice and said to the eunuch:

"Just tell the Prime Minister that although I don't trust that woman, I have to show some appreciation in the face of national crisis. Sending 500 imperial guards to support is also a contribution. In addition, I heard that many officials support the move to the south recently. I think we can discuss this matter carefully. Although it is spring in the north, it is still a bit cold..."

The king said this with a sigh, and then added calmly:

"Remember, don't tell anyone about my attitude towards that woman. The Prime Minister is a smart man, but he is too soft-hearted, which is not a good thing.

If he knew that I had no intention of joining forces with the spirit warriors to resist the dragon race, he would probably lecture me again."

The eunuch nodded and retreated respectfully.

As soon as he walked out of the palace hall, the eunuch saw Wu Mi standing at the door. Wu Mi was standing alone in a secluded place, and seemed to have caught a cold and was coughing with his mouth covered. When he saw the eunuch, he didn't put on airs and smiled at him in a friendly manner.

The white-robed minister, who was second only to the emperor and above all others, showed such respect to him, so the eunuch naturally smiled sincerely in response, cupped his hands and said:

"Master Wumi has caught a cold? We can help contact the Imperial Hospital. There are several doctors there who are used to treating this disease. I guarantee they will cure it." Wumi shook his head.

"Thank you very much. I have been staying up all night for several nights in a row, sleeping too little and eating irregularly, so I am bound to get sick. Even if I take medicine, it will only work for a while. After the effect of the medicine wears off, I will still feel the same. Has your majesty read the letter?"

The eunuch thought for a while and replied:

"I have seen it. His Majesty said that we cannot ignore the people and we must cooperate." Wu Mi showed a complicated smile on his face and replied:

"Is there anything else?"

The eunuch met Wu Mi's gaze, looked away with a guilty look, and replied:

"His Majesty also said that the army is insufficient in number, and the new army was completely defeated due to the failure of Fan Qing in the battle. He really cannot spare the energy to support the Lord of Lingwu. If Lord Wumi is interested, he can dispatch some people from the imperial army..."

Wumi still smiled and asked:

"How many?"

The eunuch paused. He could feel that Wu Mi's aura had changed, and replied hesitantly: "A hundred people should probably be enough..."

Umi nodded.

Seeing that he was not angry, the eunuch became happy and added:

"Lord Wumi is loyal to his country and is a role model for us. However, we still want to advise Lord Wumi to take care of his health. Some things can be let go. His Majesty also said that the topic of moving south can be discussed again. The scenery and climate in the south of the Yangtze River are beautiful. Lord Wumi's illness will probably be cured naturally if he goes there."

Ummi laughs heartily.

The eunuch also laughed. Wu Mi said softly:

"My illness may not be so easy to cure."

The eunuch was puzzled. Wu Mi looked into the distance and saw several soldiers comforting a little girl who had lost half an arm. The little girl was cute.

But his right arm only reached the elbow joint. He also looked stupid and silly. He would cry whenever he saw people and his crying would never stop.

Wumi smiled and said:

"That little girl escaped from the dragons. Of course, she didn't escape, she was released by the dragons. They chewed up her parents and swallowed them right in front of her, then bit off half of her arm. They enjoyed watching her staggering away in pain. They asked her to tell the king that in Yongtian, everyone except for food is a slave."

The eunuch looked at the little girl with hollow eyes, swallowed his saliva, and asked nervously: "Then why doesn't Lord Wumi take her to see His Majesty?"

Wu Mi pointed over there. At the entrance to the hall, the king's personal soldiers were guarding the door. They looked at the little girl's missing arm and the blood on her body with disgust.

Wumi spoke, only a few words:

“They won’t let me.”

The eunuch didn't know how to answer.

Wumi did not make things difficult for him, but once again showed a generous and gentle smile and said: "Please tell His Majesty that my attitude was wrong in many things in the past."

The eunuch blinked and said quickly:

"Well, let's not talk about the past. Your Majesty has no grudge against Lord Wumi. It's better to say that Your Majesty has high hopes for Lord Wumi!" Wumi nodded and turned to say goodbye.

The eunuch watched Wu Mi walking further and further away, and always felt that there was something different about the Prime Minister today.

That evening, the general of Tian Ce Mansion, the new commander of Jin Yiwei, and the generals of the imperial guards gathered at the Prime Minister's Mansion for a secret talk.

On the same night, the Tiance Mansion and the Jinyiwei directly surrounded the palace on the grounds that "Dragon Clan assassins had attacked the palace of the king's capital". Although the imperial guards did not participate, they did not stop it either.

In the early morning of the next day, news came from the hall that Prince Chao was seriously injured. One of Prince Chao's personal eunuchs came to the court with Prince Chao's edict, claiming that state affairs would be temporarily handed over to the Prime Minister's Office for handling.

The royal capital was under martial law, and all eight city gates were closed, with only people allowed in but not out.

Wumi convened a court meeting and said only one thing: draft an order in the name of the royal family, and have Tiance Mansion organize another human coalition to keep the dragon clan out of Yongtian Kingdom as much as possible. The situation cannot be allowed to deteriorate further, so that all enemies from all sides of humanity will come to attack, and the dragon clan must be taught a lesson first.

As expected, this court meeting did not go smoothly.

Most of the officials who were eager to move south were unwilling to support the coalition army because the coalition army needed money, but the treasury was now short of money and needed them to donate. No one was willing to donate. Wumi raided the homes of seven officials for corruption in three days, and killed officials of the "Ten Ministers and Ten Generals" level.

Mountains of money and grain were transported out in carts.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Xiaolu helped Wumi put on his coat. Wumi smiled at him and said jokingly: "It seems that I will be infamous for eternity."

The little deer said gloomily:

"Hey, you are a wise man. When a statue of a treacherous minister is made, you kneel here and I have to kneel beside you. Other people put two boys beside the statue, but we just kneel here."

Wumi tightened her coat and said:

"Kneel down if you want... Let the White Guards go ask Fang Shisan from Yunyang if he is willing to come to Tiance Mansion to help."

51. The Tide of the Times

It has been a long time since humans and dragons have fought each other.

How long has it been? So long that the children who experienced the last war have now grown old and died, becoming only dry bones in the grave.

It was a tragic war, and it even led to the decline of the royal family. At that time, the royal family of Yongtian Kingdom still had authority. Although they could not mobilize the troops of the world, they could still gather most of the living forces of Yongtian Kingdom. Under such circumstances, humans also had the natural advantage of the national defense formation, and they barely drove the dragons out of their own land.

But now the Kingdom of Eternal Heaven is very weak.

The struggle for supremacy and the emergence of many talented people are the luck of the times, but not necessarily the luck of the people. The game between the various parties means that the civil war cannot be ended in a short period of time, and naturally production cannot be restored. The national strength and people's strength are being rapidly consumed, and many problems caused by the war cannot be solved in the first time.

When the two territories went to war, even if the generals of both sides had plans to cease fire after receiving the order from the Tiance Mansion, it would be difficult for them to integrate their forces to fight against the dragon tribe in the first place. Because the generals of each side did not know each other's thoughts, they would definitely fall into the wrangling of "letting the other side withdraw first".

The winning side would have to leave people behind to guard the land they had just captured, while the disadvantaged side would have to spend a lot of effort to treat the wounded. Moreover, wars between territories were often not one-on-one duels. When extended to the game of three, four, five, six, seven or eight territories, the situation would become more complicated.

But the more difficult the situation is, the more someone needs to step up and take charge of the situation.

If everyone turns a blind eye to the fact that things are getting worse, then things will only get out of control.

Lingwu Lord went to the northeast to resist the dragon tribe, not because she had strong feelings for Yongtian Kingdom or its people. In her own words, "Now I want to go to the capital, it's easy as pie."

"The king of Chao can't stop me, and the minister in white can't stop me either."

"But I can't go to the capital yet, because I want to be an emperor for all eternity, not the next Ji Yingtian."

Before the founding of Yongtian Kingdom, the giants went south, and Yu Qingzhao led his army north to meet the enemy, and almost all his subordinates died. Ji Yingtian easily took the capital, enfeoffed the generals, established Yongtian Kingdom, and also started the long internal friction of the thirty-six territories. For the Lord of Lingwu, if she easily took the capital now, and Wumi led the Tiance Mansion to lead the army north, then what is the difference between her and Ji Yingtian at the beginning?

She could not allow such a stain on her crown.

Similarly, Wu Mi also staked his entire fortune on this fight against foreign enemies.

Many civil and military officials of the Yongtian Kingdom royal family felt that since the Lingwu Lord was able to fight against the Giants with the power of a territory, it would not be difficult to hand over the Dragon Clan, which is also one of the six middle clans, to her.

Although Wumi was not a veteran of battles, he knew that these were two completely different things. Lingwu Iron Cavalry was strong in high mobility. They had room to maneuver when facing low-level giants, and could defeat them with repeated charges. But when facing the more mobile dragons, Lingwu cavalry would be passive. The flying speed of dragons was much faster than that of war horses. Even in Yongtian Kingdom, important matters must be delivered by dragon carts.

These things will make sense if you think about them a little, but the civil and military officials in the court are like blind and deaf people, turning a deaf ear to them. Since you can't wake up those who are pretending to be asleep, then just let them never wake up.

When Fang Shisan received Wu Mi's handwritten letter, Yunyang had already taken over Zhaoxin Territory. Zhaoxin Territory was not as weak as imagined, but now the rebels and Yunyang echoed each other strategically and exchanged what they had in private. There were still latent rebel soldiers inside Zhaoxin Territory, so it was naturally quickly conquered under internal and external troubles.

Fang Shisan asked the people around him to help read the letter, and then returned to Lingyun City to discuss the matter with He Yue.

"Whether we go or not, there are pros and cons. Wumi was able to put the king under house arrest, which shows that he is also desperate to do something. Although we have formed an alliance with the rebels and are directly opposed to the royal family in terms of power division, we don't have to worry about Wumi stabbing us in the back in this matter."

He Yue took the letter, and Fang Shisan analyzed it:

"Right now, Lid is still in the Dragon Clan, and his life or death is uncertain. If you can get to the front line, you may be able to get some secret information. But it is also very dangerous. Tiance Mansion leads the human coalition. This so-called human coalition sounds powerful, but it may not be that strong. I am worried that you will not be able to use it well, and there will be no one to take care of you on the battlefield."

Fang Shisan nodded:

"I am a little worried, but I still think I should go and take a look." He Yue put away the letter and asked:

"why?"

Fang Shisan replied:

"Because if it were me, Reed would definitely go." He Yue was speechless.

He put the letter aside and continued:

"The dragon clan is a big problem after all. My idea is this: we can provide people, money, and labor, but the territories around us must also give us their things. If they have the same idea of ​​defending against external aggression as we do, we will temporarily cease fire. If they hide their intentions and even want to use this time to suppress us, we will fight both sides at the same time."

Fang Shisan nodded and said:

"Let's call Jiang Lianqing back. She will take my place when I'm not around." He Yue looked at Fang Shisan who had his eyes closed and said with a wry smile:

"I sent the letter. People in Wanze Territory said that Jiang Lianqing is not with them now. She has been ordered to go to Xi Qin." Speaking of Xi Qin, Fang Shisan and He Yue were speechless for a moment.

The war between Nanchu and Xiqin did not stop because of the dragon invasion, or the lord of Xiqin had no intention of stopping. The 500,000-strong army of Nanchu was deeply involved, which was not a good thing for Yongtian Kingdom.

In the past, Xi Qin was just covered with a mysterious veil, but now this veil has become physical: layers of black fog linger, and no one dares to enter Xi Qin, and no one dares to leave Xi Qin. This black fog also enveloped the army of Nan Chu, and now the Saint of Nan Chu is desperately looking for a solution.

"Let Selaginella stay and take my place."

Finally, Fang Shisan said to He Yue:

"Let Xiluo accompany me to the front line. After the dragons invaded the capital, I also thought about how to deal with them. The compressed magic cannon that Yunyang was producing before has been improved. Not only has the range and power been improved, but it also does not need to be fixed on the city wall. We have to fight and give it a try. Only when people bleed can we make progress...

He Yue sighed, stood up and said:

"I understand. I'll talk to Shuang and arrange some more people for you besides Xiluo." He Yue stepped forward, put Wu Mi's letter back in her hand, and said:

"Fang Shisan, there are many people in the world who can lead troops to fight, but there is only one Fang Shisan. Don't be so stubborn, or you will die." Fang Shisan chuckled:

"If you stabilize the rear and send us supplies, I can win."