Night King: My Life Journey
Ch-347's chat. The cunning of emperor Liang
Liang Empire was a fairly vast empire and included in the ranks of the strongest empire in the blue continent, Liang empire was also an empire rich in resources and treasures. But unfortunately, the emperor was so greedy and mad about wealth, and only concerned with himself, that the people of the empire lived in pressure and misery.
The emperor's ambition to rule the entire western continent grew even greater when he found a valley full of precious crystals, the valley he found was later named as the crystal valley. The size of the valley itself was truly enormous, so if it managed to gather all the crystals present there, then the Liang empire would probably become the richest empire on the blue continent.
However, the vast and large valley not only stores valuable crystals, in it there is also a great danger that can threaten the lives of anyone who enters it. High-level monsters, poisonous mist and all sorts of other dangers were ready to wait for anyone who dared to come and set foot in the valley.
With the existence of many such dangers, of course, the emperor was forced to delay becoming the ruler of the western continent, as well as the richest emperor in the blue continent. Even so, the emperor was not out of his mind, as his ambition to rule the western continent had given him all sorts of evil ideas in his mind.
The emperor then ordered one of the families to mine all the crystals in the valley, but the emperor did not tell him about the dangers in the valley, he instead said that the order was an honor for the family, as they would be very meritorious to the Liang empire.
The emperor also made sweet promises to them, so that they would believe that the emperor would not use them. And so foolishly the patriarch did not know the other purpose behind the emperor's words, until they all came to the crystal valley. At first everything went smoothly and they managed to obtain quite a number of crystals, until finally they were all killed from absorbing the poisonous mist.
The event of the death of one great family was sealed by the emperor, he even said that they had built a residence there, in order to work quietly and not have to return to the imperial capital, the emperor also said that he always sends their needs at the end of each month, so that they can really work quietly.
Everyone believed the word, for indeed at the end of each month the emperor sent several chariots into the valley to deliver the needs of the workers, but they did not know that the chariot was just an empty carriage and there was nothing in it.
Several months passed, the emperor finally sent another family there to help with the family's previous work. The Zhu family, but not all members of the Zhu family agreed to go to the valley, among those who disagreed were Zhu Lien and Ling, the patriarch's daughter of the Zhu clan.
The two of them had tried to convince their father to refuse the emperor's order, but their father did not listen to him and instead agreed to come to the crystal valley. The reason for that was, because the emperor gave the promise of making the Zhu family the largest noble family in the imperial capital, then if they refused, then if they refused, then they would be banished from the imperial capital and would be considered traitors.
But in the end, all the members of the Zhu family who had come to the valley were killed by the monsters that were there, then for the Zhu family members who were in the capital, he said, all of them suddenly died and were savagely killed, of course the one who did so was the emperor himself. To cover his tracks, the emperor caught a man he then made a scapegoat for, then he punished the man in front of the entire town, for everyone to believe that the one who killed the Zhu clan member was that man.
After the terrible incident, the only remaining members of the Zhu clan were Zhu Lien and Zhu Ling. And from then on, Zhu Lien and Zhu Ling decided to become rebels and determined to avenge the emperor's actions, which caused the death of all members of his family.
(Flashback End)
In the depths of the wilderness that was still in the Liang imperial domain, Zhu Lien and Zhu Ling were seen resting by the river, while replenishing their already rumbling bellies.
"Yes, I had indeed heard his name while visiting the capital, from the story I heard, he is a very great man, he is even capable of facing thousands of soldiers alone" Zhu Lien replied.
Zhu Ling suddenly let out a long sigh, then placed the grilled fish in his hand. "Huhhh, if only he were here, I would have instantly betrothed him to big brother!" zhu Ling said.
"Our kuk!" Zhu Lien choked on his sister's words. "What did you say? How could a great man like him want to be with a woman like us!" zhu Lien said.
"Haha! Although brother said that, but brother's face was met red" Zhu Ling laughed at his brother, who also seemed to be hoping for what his sister said.
"But if you don't want to, then I will happily replace you!" continued.
"As far as you go!" Zhu Lien was very upset by the words of her sister, she then stood up and walked to the riverbank. "I'm gonna take a shower, so you better take care of this place" he continued.
"Look down, there's no one in this forest but the two of us!" zhu Ling replied, then took the grilled fish, then ate it voraciously.
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Almost a month had passed since one of the higher-ups of the Liang imperial palace decided to come to the eastern continent. Since he reached the eastern continent, he always went to the royal cities to find information about the night king, even the imperial capital he also went to just to find information about the night king.
His search was quite fruitful, because while in the imperial capital, he managed to get information about the king of the night, capitalizing on the information he had obtained in the imperial capital, the capital, he then went to the Golden Phoenix sect to meet Lin Feng, who was none other than the king of the night itself.
His arrival to the Golden Phoenix sect earned good reception from Jin Feng Huang, as he displayed a special badge of the Liang empire, the, which meant that he was not an indiscriminate person in the empire and Jin Feng Huang had to treat him well.
"Master Bai, if I may find out, what exactly has happened to the Liang empire, thus making a higher-ups like you come all the way to my sect?" jin Feng Huang asked the Liang imperial higher-up, whose name was Bai Jia Xing.