Protect Our Chief

In the clay pot, the Light Cocoon formed after the Celestial Silkworm devoured five drops of Former Saintess Dai’s Essence Blood emitted a powerful aura.

As the inheriting Saint Gu of the Saint Gu Worm Race, this Celestial Silkworm had been nurtured by several generations of Gu Saints, making its strength far superior to ordinary Tier Nine Gu Insects.

At this moment, once transformed into a cocoon, its power was unrestrained and fully blossomed. A mighty and terrifying pressure enveloped the entire sacrificial altar, carrying a ferocious aura as if from the ancient Barbaric Wilderness.

The members of the Saint Gu Worm Race below the altar involuntarily displayed expressions of awe and reverence.

"Jing, come here."

Former Saintess Dai wearily beckoned to Wang Luojing.

"Yes."

Wang Luojing quietly walked over.

"As I taught you before, drip your blood, chant the incantation, and complete the pact," Former Saintess Dai advised. "Be careful, you have at most only two chances to form a pact. Do not recite the incantation incorrectly, not a single tone must be wrong."

She wasn’t worried that the Celestial Silkworm would reject Wang Luojing, only that Wang Luojing was unfamiliar with the ancient language of the Saint Gu Worm Race and might misrecite the spell.

"Rest assured."

Wang Luojing performed solemnly, took the thick needle from Former Saintess Dai, and prepared to form a pact with the Celestial Silkworm.

Seeing this scene, Wang Luojing’s supporters all displayed expressions of joy.

Jing was finally about to become the Saintess~~ With her, the future days of the Saint Gu Worm Race would surely improve, no longer needing to fear war with Daqian.

Even Emperor Longchang, who usually mumbled constantly to himself, couldn’t help but secretly sigh at this moment.

That fellow Wang Shouzhe really had some skills. Who could have thought that kid would silently and early on conquer the Southern Border without shedding a drop of blood?

Hmm~~ This is largely thanks to my careful teaching, instructing him while playing chess that he should not focus on a single city or place, but should look at the bigger picture and plan the grand strategy.

Sure enough, Shouzhe learned quickly.

The child can be taught, and I feel deeply gratified.

But at that moment.

A loud shout came from below the altar: "Wait! I oppose passing the inheritance of the Saint Gu to Wang Luojing!"

Everyone was startled in unison, only to see that the one who spoke was Elder Ga, with a face as dark as ink, his eyes flashing with a cold gleam.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Ga stood with hands behind his back, unmoving like a mountain, clearly having long been prepared, waiting for this moment to make trouble~

"Ga, have you gone mad?" Elder Chan shouted in rage, "Quasi-Saintess Jing becoming Saintess was a decision made by all the Elders of our Saint Gu Worm Race together, and has already been reported to the ancestors. What right do you have to oppose?"

"All of this is a conspiracy by Wang Luojing and the Qian Kingdom. They pretend to help our Saint Gu Worm Race but harbor malicious intentions." Elder Ga’s eyes were sharp as he surveyed the surroundings, his voice clear, "They use money and extravagant lifestyles to erode the will of the young people, using seductive words to destroy our Saint Gu Worm Race’s food production."

"Their goal is to utterly enslave our Saint Gu Worm Race, making us slaves at work, dogs of war."

"Peers, open your eyes and look! The army of the Qian Kingdom is eyeing us like a tiger at Gu God Village, just a few hundred miles away. Emperor’s Son An has even deeply infiltrated our Saint Gu Worm Race, controlling the succession of the Saintess."

"Don’t you find this humiliating?"

"Do you want to let generations of our kin become slaves?"

Elder Ga’s series of highly inciting words caused many upper echelon leaders, who controlled one area, to fall into deep thought, while some young people outside the observation platform became somewhat passionate, agreeing with Elder Ga that it was all a conspiracy by the Qian Kingdom, and Jing was unfit to serve as the Saintess.

Emotions gradually became agitated.

Under the instigation of some with ulterior motives, the crowd below the altar quickly began to shout slogans: "Saintess Dai, why are you selling the Saint Gu Worm Race to the Qian Kingdom, come out and explain!"

"Expel Emperor’s Son An! Expel Emperor’s Son An!"

Elder Chan and the other elders supporting Jing all looked somewhat embarrassed. Now that Saintess Dai had just lifted her pact with the Celestial Silkworm, she was severely injured, unable to use martial power to control the situation.

Elder Ga’s opposition at this time clearly targeted this very fact.

Saintess Dai’s already pale face became even more unsightly.

Seeing the situation suddenly take a drastic turn, the personal guards of Emperor’s Son An quickly took action, protecting Emperor’s Son An and Wang Shouzhe.

"Heh heh, Shouzhe, oh Shouzhe, did you capsize your own boat this time?" Emperor Longchang’s voice echoed in Wang Shouzhe’s ear, "Let me teach you a lesson: the people’s hearts in any country can never be unified. There will always be those who will do things beyond your expectation for the sake of power."

But despite the jeers, Emperor Longchang wasn’t worried at all about being unable to secure the Southern Border Barbarian Gu Race. After all, Daqian’s hundred thousand elite army was camping nearby, at worst directly pushing through with martial force.

The young people’s fighting spirit within the Barbarian Gu Race was already very weak, and they were completely lacking food to support their resistance against the army.

Shouzhe did a splendid job with this move.

"Your Majesty, if you promise me one thing, no matter what happens in a moment, don’t let your emotions get too stirred," Wang Shouzhe’s whisper echoed in Emperor Longchang’s ear.

"Huh? What would make me excited?" Emperor Longchang sneered dismissively, "You underestimate me, this trivial scene won’t even make my heart race."

He thought the current scene was just a minor issue; with his formidable strength as Emperor Lingxu, protecting everyone to safely leave was not a major problem.