Chapter 652: Chapter 80 Signs of the Impending Storm Chapter 652: Chapter 80 Signs of the Impending Storm Long Hu took the initiative and, after wrapping up her conversation with Feng Yan, she sought to pry intelligence from Gui Ling’er.
It made Long Long marvel at her grace and adroitness in dealing with all sides, maintaining an impeccable royal demeanor to the fullest.
Indeed, every fox is a natural-born genius in the art of enchantment.
In this way, I would just have to sit back and wait for her to procure the answers for me.
Before Long Long could catch his breath, the Dragon Clan in the Eastern State suddenly received shocking news.
The Xuanwu from North State and the Vermilion Bird from South State had a secretive meeting in Central State plotting mischief; they were discovered by the imperial guard, and all the implicated parties were executed without exception.
The news was so explosive that everyone was at a loss for a reaction at first.
The only certainty was that the North and South States would not take this lying down.
Storm clouds were on the horizon, and suddenly it seemed a storm was imminent; the whole Eastern State was caught unprepared, and the Dragon Clan was thrown into chaos-both the Xuan Gui emissary group stationed here and the Vermilion Bird emissary group requested immediate departure to prepare for war.
Qin Beiwang was really caught in a quandary, as the Dragon Clan had not yet agreed on a pact with any feudal lords!
“Long Long!” he urgently called for Long Long and hurriedly said, “Go and try to keep Feng Yan and Gui Ling’er here!
Of course, you probably can’t…
but confirm what their situation is before they leave!”
Left with no choice, Long Long could only go to Feng Yan and ask:
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“Your Highness, has the Dragon Clan provided unsatisfactory hospitality in any way?”“Why?” Feng Yan came over, hooked his chin with her finger, and teased, “Are you going to miss me?”
“Please maintain your dignity, Your Highness!
Cough cough.” Long Long nimbly dodged and then asked in a low voice, “I just heard the emissaries who secretly met with the Xuan Gui in the capital were killed by the guards.
Is it true?”
“Mmm, it’s true,” Feng Yan replied with a meaningful smile.
“Though I don’t know who did it, those who died happened to be the most hawkish elders of our family.”
The hawks are dead?
Long Long pondered for a moment and quickly realized: Feng Yan had mentioned previously that the Zhu Niao Clan was divided into two factions, one supporting watching from the sidelines and the other supporting aiding Xuanwu in fighting the Qilin.
The former, represented by Feng Yan, came to the Eastern State to persuade the Dragon Clan to form an alliance for mutual protection; the latter secretly went to North State to meet with the Qilin…
“But that’s not right,” Long Long feigned disbelief.
“Even if the hawkish elders of your clan are foolish, they wouldn’t be stupid enough to have a secret meeting with the Xuan Gui in the capital, would they?”
“Who knows?” Feng Yan said intriguingly.
“Perhaps they didn’t die in the capital-just got discovered there.”
“Was it you?” Long Long was shocked.
“Worthy of Your Highness, such decisive action…”
Before he could finish, Feng Yan covered his mouth.
“Don’t talk nonsense!” she warned coldly.
“Even if I wanted to eliminate dissidents, why would I frame the Qilin?
Killing them in North State and cutting off my clan’s inclination to ally with Xuanwu wouldn’t that be better?”
“Your point is well made.” Long Long broke free from her arms and nodded.
“So you’re saying, Your Highness, that you indeed arranged for assassins to ambush in North State, but someone beat you to the punch in Central State.”
“I never said that,” Feng Yan replied with a teasing smile that seemed to say “keep guessing.” “No matter, now that the hawkish elders were assassinated, with an intention to stir up war between our clan and the Qilin Clan, I must hurry back to persuade my clan.
You promised to help convince the Dragon Clan.
Please fulfill your promise soon, or else the next time I come, it won’t be an alliance treaty I’m bringing to the Dragon Clan, but a marriage proposal.”
“Wait!
When did I ever promise you…” Long Long was speechless.
This manner of not listening and being domineering-it seems leaders from any realm share similar traits in personality.
Nevertheless, Feng Yan did provide some valuable information: the hawkish elders of the Vermilion Bird Clan did not hold a secret meeting with the Xuanwu Clan in the capital.
That is to say, someone clearly framed them.
It’s highly unlikely to be the Xuanwu Clan, since forming an alliance with the Vermilion Bird would be more advantageous; nor would it be possible for it to be the Qilin faction or insides of the Vermilion Bird, because if that were the case, this murder would have occurred in North State.
By that logic, haven’t all the feudal lords been ruled out?
Surely it wasn’t our Dragon Clan who instigated this… Wait a minute!
Long Long suddenly slapped his forehead: could it be Shi Yao and the others who were playing tricks?
Now that I think about it, although my nominal master claimed to be a remnant of the Jiaolong, he hasn’t revealed any concrete details to me at all!
How many Jiaolong remnants are there currently?
How many Cultivators?
What about the resources?
Where is our base?
I know nothing!
So we Jiaolong remnants, are we the Hell Path of the Eastern Emperor Realm?
The more Long Long thought about it, the more his head ached.
That’s the problem with the Eastern Emperor Realm-conflicts often intertwine with family and politics, everyone is scheming against each other, and what’s worse, there are just too many traitors, making it extremely difficult to clearly distinguish them.
He went to find Gui Ling’er, only to see the two of them walking out of the room arm in arm.
Upon seeing him, they were momentarily stunned.
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Long Hu quickly threw him a look, then smiled at Gui Ling’er:
“You see, I told you, here he comes in a hurry, doesn’t he?”
“Humph.” Gui Ling’er also showed a smile that was not quite a smile, “I was talking to no avail at first, and now you come to ask for my help?”
Long Long: ???
“Actually, you can’t really blame him,” Long Hu began to mediate from the side, “Long Long is naturally cautious.
If he said too much, the clan would inevitably have opinions about him.”
“Cough cough, indeed.” Long Long also quickly caught on, displaying an expression of regretful realization, “Who could have known that the Qilin Clan would be so bold as to publicly kill two ducal envoys in the imperial capital!”
“What’s there not to know?” Gui Ling’er’s face turned cold as she said indignantly, “That demon queen even dared to poison the emperor; what’s the big deal about killing a few ducal envoys?”
Long Long and Long Hu then both exhibited righteous indignation.
“In any case, this tragedy that occurred in the imperial capital will only deepen the various demon clans’ dissatisfaction and hatred for Qilin rule within the Eastern Emperor Realm,” Gui Ling’er concluded, “Your involvement in the cause of supporting the rightful emperor is still timely.”
“If you wait until everything is settled and then come to claim a share, it won’t be that easy!”
With that, the young Xuan Gui walked away with her head held high.
Long Long and Long Hu looked at each other.
After a long moment, Long Long sighed and said:
“What do you think?”
“Qi Weihong is definitely dissatisfied with you,” Long Hu said with a bitter smile, “If Qi Qiaosong had died at the hands of an assassin that day, the throne would have undoubtedly been his.
So this Qilin prince believes that your Dragon Clan’s support for the new emperor and negotiation with Xuanwu are just delaying tactics, aiming to buy time until you can get a higher price from the White Tiger and Qilin factions.”
“That’s complete nonsense,” Long Long scoffed, “It seems that Qi Weihong doesn’t have the appearance of a wise ruler after all!”
“Don’t be hasty,” continued Long Hu, “The reason Xuan Gui there has been aloof and not actively seeking our alliance seems to be due to other factors.”
“Other factors?”
“Mhm.” Long Hu frowned in confusion and said, “Long Long, have you noticed something…”
“Since we left the imperial capital, the Qilin and White Tiger camps have never attempted to draw us in again?”
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