Chapter 638 - 265: The World Has Long Suffered Under Yuanchu Mountain
"Your Highness!"
"So you’re the Seventh Prince."
Chu Lingguang was full of surprise. What shocked him even more was that Yun Hong was also a Royal Disciple. No wonder he was able to cultivate on Yuanchu Mountain.
’But to think that even a Royal Disciple like him only managed to become an Outer Disciple... It just goes to show how difficult it is to enter Yuanchu Mountain to cultivate.’
"Commander Chu, your military achievements are spectacular. You turned the tide for our Great Yuan royal family. On their behalf, I, Yun Shu, thank you."
The Seventh Prince stood up and bowed to Chu Lingguang.
Chu Lingguang’s expression shifted slightly. He said with a self-deprecating laugh, "Whether you thank me, Chu Lingguang, doesn’t matter. What matters is the suffering of my ten thousand brothers. Over seven thousand of them are now wandering ghosts, and more than two thousand have returned to their homes crippled and maimed. Penniless, I wonder if they’ll think back on the Turkic battle and want to eat my flesh and drink my blood!"
As he spoke, Chu Lingguang’s eyes turned crimson.
’He had considered that the Court’s actions might have been forced by Yuanchu Mountain. But even so, the Court shouldn’t have been so weak and incompetent. They’ve chilled the hearts of the soldiers.’
"The royal family will give you and your soldiers a satisfactory answer on this matter, Commander Chu. Please, give us some time."
Yun Shu said apologetically.
"Hmph. I’m afraid the soldiers don’t have much time."
Chu Lingguang snorted coldly.
"Rest assured, Commander Chu. Once the soldiers return to their homes, the royal family will do everything in its power to compensate them. Great Yuan will not mistreat a single one of its soldiers. I, Yun Shu, swear it to the heavens!"
THUD!
As he spoke, Yun Shu knelt, faced south, and kowtowed.
Chu Lingguang was moved. The Seventh Prince was a man of high status and immense power, with a stellar reputation. He was rumored to be the emperor’s favorite son, a possible heir to the throne.
’Could it be that the Court truly had no other choice?’
"Your Highness, why have you sought me out?"
Chu Lingguang asked, his hands clasped behind his back.
"I wish to discuss with you, Commander Chu, how we might take down Yuanchu Mountain together!"
the Seventh Prince said.
His voice was low and powerful, but on the snowy peak, it was quickly swallowed by the frigid wind. In Chu Lingguang’s heart, however, it was like a clap of thunder, echoing endlessly.
Everyone had always tried by any means necessary to enter Yuanchu Mountain to cultivate. No one had ever thought of taking it down. Even Guo Wei and Eunuch Liu lamented their inability to enter Yuanchu Mountain to cultivate.
Even Qin Yu and Yan Zhen had been just like him in the beginning, holding Yuanchu Mountain in high esteem and treating it as a sacred land for cultivation. They had striven together to achieve great things for the Court, always at the forefront, all for the sake of one day entering Yuanchu Mountain to cultivate.
Even after being treated unfairly following the Turkic battle, and though Chu Lingguang had sworn to get justice for his soldiers, he had never dreamed of taking down Yuanchu Mountain.
After all, Yuanchu Mountain had stood for countless years, unshaken.
Guo Wei had said that dynasties rose and fell, but for thousands of years, Yuanchu Mountain had always remained. Who could possibly replace it?
’What gives the Seventh Prince the right to speak of taking down Yuanchu Mountain together?’
"Your Highness, speak no more of this nonsense. Let us pretend I never saw you today."
Chu Lingguang turned to head down the mountain.
He would get justice for his ten thousand soldiers, but as for taking down Yuanchu Mountain... even with the help of his Favor Points, Chu Lingguang didn’t have that kind of confidence.
Of course, the main reason was that, at this moment, he didn’t fully trust the Seventh Prince.
He worried that the Seventh Prince was trying to trick him.
The more he experienced, the more suspicious Chu Lingguang became of others.
Besides, this was the first time he had formally met the Seventh Prince.
’What if he’s also one of Yuanchu Mountain’s people, here only to set a trap for me? Then who is the Wolf Demon?’
"Qin Yu!"
However, seeing that Chu Lingguang was about to leave, the Seventh Prince quickly called out.
Chu Lingguang froze.
His mind raced.
Then he continued walking forward.
"Commander Chu, don’t you want to know where Qin Yu is now?"
the Seventh Prince asked again.
Chu Lingguang had a bad feeling. He looked at the prince and said, "Your Highness, why do you bring him up?"
"Commander Chu, you led ten thousand men on a suicidal mission across the Hundred Thousand Mountains to raid the Turkic Camp. Qin Yu was worried about you, and he came to see me about it."
the Seventh Prince said.
"Why would he go to you?"
Chu Lingguang asked nervously.
"He said he was going to help you and asked me to transfer him out of the Demon Suppression Bureau. I agreed and told him four words: ’Make the battle swift!’"
As the Seventh Prince finished, his voice was resolute.
"You know Qin!"
Chu Lingguang was completely caught off guard.
"Mm. Can you trust me now?"
The Seventh Prince nodded, looking at Chu Lingguang with urgency.
Chu Lingguang racked his brain. ’The Seventh Prince knows the Wolf Demon is Qin Yu. That means either the prince figured it out himself, or Qin Yu told him. The latter seems more likely, because even the experts from Yuanchu Mountain couldn’t detect Qin Yu. Otherwise, Zhang Xuan wouldn’t have treated him that way.’
’So, Qin Yu trusts the Seventh Prince.’
’The Seventh Prince’s words weren’t baseless.’
"Taking down Yuanchu Mountain is easier said than done."
Chu Lingguang lamented.
"The world has long suffered under Yuanchu Mountain."
The Seventh Prince continued, "Great Yuan is nothing but a puppet for Yuanchu Mountain. Although I am a Prince, I don’t even have access to the most basic Qi Refining Skill. Even for my father, the Emperor, to enter the Qi Refining realm, he had to rely on Yuanchu Mountain’s charity. Every year, the Court finds Spirit Herbs and Medicines for them, raises Spirit Beasts for them, cultivates talent for them, finds mines for them, and locates Spiritual Springs and Spirit Liquids for them. But after giving so much, they won’t even give us a single complete Qi Refining cultivation Skill. Worse, if they ever found out the royal family possessed such a Skill, it would bring about our complete annihilation. That is how the previous Dynasty fell."
"Commander Chu, can you understand how I feel?"
The Seventh Prince stared intently at Chu Lingguang.