Protect Our Chief

This was precisely the Saint Gu Worm that had been passed down from generation to generation in the Saint Gu Worm Race—[Celestial Silkworm]. It was said that every time the Celestial Silkworm died, it would be reborn, and under the rearing and sacrificial refinement of the current Saintess or Gu Saint, it would rapidly reach the stage of a Tier Nine Gu Insect.

It was also for this reason that the Saint Gu Worm inheritance of the Saint Gu Worm Race had never been cut off.

Not far behind Saintess Dai, there was a young woman also wearing a profound black Gu Master Skirt, her head slightly lowered as she listened quietly, not saying a word.

She was none other than Wang Luojing, the fifth younger sister of Wang Shouzhe, the current Clan Leader of the Changning Wang Family.

Wang Luojing’s figure was slightly petite and Lainglong; on her pretty and pure face, cuteness outweighed seductiveness. If she were put on Earth and dressed up a little, she would absolutely look like a junior or senior high school girl.

But in reality, she was already one hundred and twenty-five years old. It was precisely because her cultivation speed was relatively fast that her physical functions had always maintained a very youthful state.

Ever since she reaped great battle merits in the new recruit training camp of the Divine Martial Dynasty and successfully elevated her bloodline to the Great Celestial Pride B-class Middle Stage, Wang Luojing’s cultivation speed had advanced by leaps and bounds.

Now, her cultivation had already advanced to the Heaven-Human Realm Eighth Layer; the Purple Mansion Realm was only a matter of time.

Her mindset was different from that of the Barbarian Gu Clan; she was unwilling to tattoo all kinds of patterns on her body to enhance combat strength.

"Luojing." Saintess Dai turned around to look at Wang Luojing, a strange gleam flashing across her deep eyes. "Do you know why I am willing to strongly support you as the next Saintess?"

"To report to Your Highness." Wang Luojing said in a low voice, "Because of my late Master Zhou Changfeng."

"No. Back when I was still a Quasi-Saintess, I was already greatly criticized for taking in the Daqian People Changfeng as my disciple. Who would have thought that once Changfeng gained a bit of strength, he would, while I was in seclusion receiving the Divine Techniques inheritance, steal half of my ’Saint Gu Worm True Skill’ with the secret assistance of the rebel Wabak." Saintess Dai said with a sigh. "That in turn caused me to flare up with rage, leading to half the inheritance failing. He is also the main culprit that has caused me to be unable to break through to the Divine Power Realm to this very day, so that at just over six hundred years old, I must already undergo a transfer of inheritance."

"By rights, I should never have been able to forgive him in this lifetime. But in that letter he wrote before his death, he explained the reason and also spent his whole life in destitution because of it, never even breaking through to the Celestial Human Realm, using this to atone for his crime."

"That I could forgive him and accept you under my tutelage is already an act of great tolerance and magnanimity."

Wang Luojing said calmly, "Then, Your Highness, what you mean is...?"

"Just like the story I told just now." Saintess Dai said with a sigh. "Our Saint Gu Worm Race is now facing the same kind of predicament that our ancestors once experienced."

"Only, what the ancestors faced back then were poisonous insects and Fierce Beasts. Now, what we face are the far stronger Great Qin and Daqian. Great Qin is still slightly better at the moment; its territorial borders are still separated from our Saint Gu Worm Race by towering mountains shrouded in miasma, but sooner or later they will expand to our lands."

"Daqian, on the other hand, is extremely warlike, its territory and strength expanding very quickly. Especially this generation’s Emperor Longchang, whose expansionist ambition is immense. After he long ago annexed the most fertile lands of our Saint Gu Worm Race, he still wasn’t satisfied and is trying to completely conquer our race."

"Every time we resist, at least several hundred thousand outstanding clansmen die on the battlefield."

Wang Luojing remained silent. Although she felt some sympathy for the Saint Gu Worm Race in her heart, the rules of this world were like this: the strong would continuously expand their territories, conquering or annexing the weak.

Daqian’s vast territory today was indeed fought out bit by bit. In fact, if Daqian could not strengthen itself, it would sooner or later be jointly annexed by Southern Qin and Western Jin.

"Luojing, the reason I strongly support you as Saintess is because, back then, besides bringing Zhou Changfeng’s letter, you also brought a letter from your Wang Family’s Wang Shouzhe." Saintess Dai said calmly. "Just as, in the Saint Gu Worm Race’s most critical moment, the Gu God descended and changed the fate of our race, so too has the Saint Gu Worm Race reached a point where change is inevitable."

"Your Wang Family and the current Emperor’s Son An are indeed different from Emperor Longchang and the other Daqian People. They kept their original promise and, in just a few decades, brought earth-shaking changes to the Saint Gu Worm Race. This allowed me to see the true path forward for our race."

"Your Highness, I understand." Wang Luojing said calmly. "Rest assured, whether it is I, or my Fourth Elder Brother, we will, from different positions, bring new life to the Saint Gu Worm Race, allowing it to enjoy long-lasting peace, as well as common prosperity and common development."

Saintess Dai nodded.

In fact, she had not been idle these past few decades, and had always been paying attention to the tremendous changes the Wang Family had brought to the Saint Gu Worm Race. At the same time, among the Gu Masters who accepted the Wang Family’s arrangements to "work," quite a few were her people.

Bit by bit, she came to understand the things Wang Shouzhe had done in the past, and in the end, fortunately—

The reputation of the Wang Family and Wang Shouzhe was very good; whenever there were various benefits, they would bring their allies along to develop and strive together.

Likewise, Emperor’s Son An’s prestige and credibility were excellent, which reassured her greatly.

It was precisely all these reasons that prompted Saintess Dai to make up her mind, uniting several heavyweight Elder Gu to ultimately strongly support Quasi-Saintess Jing as the next generation Saintess, to lead the Saint Gu Worm Race toward a new future.

If the one executing this plan were Emperor Longchang or Prince Kang, she likely would never have dared to gamble so boldly. Wang Shouzhe was right: before Emperor Longchang died, there would inevitably be a war between the Saint Gu Worm Race and Daqian; when that time came, things would not end well.