Chapter 800 - Back Then (2)
Before heâd finished speaking, a rainbow bridge descended from the heavens, forming smack dab in the middle of the Beast Region.
A man standing on the bridge came into view. He clasped a folding fan in his hands as he strolled leisurely downward.
âYellow Emperor, what have you decided?â the man skipped the customary greetings and started directly with a question. The robed man frowned, but after a momentâs hesitation bowed slightly.
âDivine Emissary.â
The man the Yellow Emperor had just called âDivine Emissaryâ nodded indifferently, and took a few steps forward.
The onlookers all knelt on one knee and greeted him reverently.
âAt ease.â
The emissary subtly raised his right hand into the air and lifted the kneeling men and beasts from the ground.
âBefore I descended to the lower realms, I never considered that it might be your wedding day. Coming here now is obviously ruining the atmosphere. But⊠even though Iâm ruining the atmosphere, I still have to ask. What have you decided?â
The red-robed woman lifted her veil and glanced at the man beside her. It was obvious from her uncertain expression that she had no idea what was going on. What exactly had happened between her man and the divine emissary?
The Yellow Emperor was silent for a while, then sighed lightly. âDivine Emissary, youâre forcing my hand.â
âOh?â the Divine Emissary raised an eyebrow, eyes glinting with cool laughter. âIt seems you wonât agree, but do your words represent the will of the Immortal Region?â
Silence.
âI can see that youâre not so sure either,â laughed the Divine Emissary. âFortunately, I just stopped over in the Immortal Region for a bit and brought some of the higher-ups here with me.â
Swoosh.
He waved his fan, and a group of seven or eight men and women appeared before their very eyes.
Seeing them, the Yellow Emperor frowned even more deeply. His heart filled with inexplicable foreboding.
âYellow Emperor,â they said, bowing to him.
âIf youâre here to congratulate me, you couldâve just waited at the Immortal Region. Weâre having the wedding banquet there; what need was there to come all the way here?â
âWeâŠâŠâ
Sensing the Yellow Emperorâs grave demeanor, they suddenly found themselves unable to speak.
They subconsciously glanced at the Divine Emissary, who laughed lightly.
âRepeat what you said to me back in the Immortal Region. Thereâs no need to worry about what heâll do to you. With me here, even if his methods are extraordinary, heâs nothing but an ant.â
âDo you dare say that again?â the armored warrior bellowed in fury, but Xingtian stepped forward and smiled sinisterly at him.
âWhat gall, Changxian. Are you trying to disrespect the Divine Emissary?â
âXingtian, do you know what theyâre really trying to do here?â
Changxian roared. Heâd always been by the Yellow Emperorâs side, so he understood many things that outsiders were unaware of.
The people of the God Realm wanted the Yellow Emperorâs life.
After his outburst, he fixed his gaze back onto those higher-ups from the Immortal Region.
âGo on. What exactly was it that you said to the Divine Emissary earlier? If what you say displeases me, Iâll have your heads.â
Changxian wasnât normally a vulgar person, but now that the Yellow Emperor was threatened, his loyalty made it impossible for him to talk to them calmly.
Gulp.
One of the higher-ups felt his adamâs apple bob nervously. He stealthily glanced back at the Divine Emissary, only to find that he was looking directly back at him.
He steeled himself and began to speak. âPleaseâŠ. Yellow Emperor, please abdicate in exchange for eternal peace and prosperity in the Immortal Region.â
Since someone had started, the others hardened their faces, bowed, then said one after the other, âYellow Emperor, please abdicate in exchange for eternal peace and prosperity in the Immortal region.â
âYellow Emperor, please abdicate in exchange for eternal peace and prosperity in the Immortal region.â
âYellow Emperor, please abdicate in exchange for eternal peace and prosperity in the Immortal region.â
âŠâŠ
Bamp.
It wasnât just them. The honor guard knelt motionlessly on the ground as well. Given their status they shouldnât have known about something like this, but now even they repeated those same words...
âDivine Emissary!â
The Yellow Emperorâs tone had grown fierce, but the Divine Emissary still only smiled calmly.
âYellow Emperor, this is the will of the majority. What else do you have to say for yourself? From what I know of your Immortal Region, youâve always been fastidious about democracy. This group includes over half of your high-ranked decision-makers, so you must abdicate.
âThe will of the majority?
He looked coldly over the crowd, lips curled into an inquisitive smile as he looked them over, these officials he himself had promoted.
âTell me the truth. Did the Divine Emissary push you to say these things or is this the outcome of your own deliberations?â
âOur⊠our own deliberations.â
âLord, this has to be just these cowardsâ decision, the people of the immortal region couldnât possibly discard you like this,â said Changxian hurriedly.
âThatâs most likely not the case,â said the Yellow Emperor gravely, voice tinged with bitterness. âThe Divine Emissary has been here for a full fifteen minutes; thereâs no way the leaders of the Immortal Region havenât sensed him yet. That they havenât shown up yet makes their position clear. My future⊠My future in the immortal region has been thrown awayâ
âLord!â
âNo need to say anymore,â said the Yellow Emperor with a smile, reaching out to cut Changxian off. âTheyâve done well. The Immortal Region is newly formed, and is still small and insignificant amongst the nine provinces. I arrogantly provoked the God Realm. That was my mistake. If I had broken through earlier, things would be fine butâŠ. I havenât. Since thatâs the case, I ought to pay the price and exchange my life for eternal peace and prosperity in the Immortal Region. Itâs truly not such a bad deal.â
âLord!â
Changxianâs face brimmed with anxiety. The Yellow Emperor reached out and patted his shoulder.
âFive hundred years ago we fought the war against Chiyou,â he said, "Of the generals who followed me into battle, only you remain. When I think of the battlefield from back then, it seems as if it were just yesterday.â
âMy Lord, following you has been my great fortune,â said Changxian.
The Yellow Emperor nodded back with a smile, then turned the red-robed woman beside him.
He reached out his hand and caressed her peerlessly beautiful face. His eyes were like deep pools, his gaze filled with doting and love.
They didnât speak, but their eyes communicated far more than words possibly could.
A full fifteen minutes passed before he took his hand from her cheek.
He solemnly adjusted his robes, gaze pointed and expression grave, and walked towards the Divine Emissary.
RoarâŠâŠ
Countless savage beasts materialized behind the Divine Emissary, their eyes glinting with bloodthirsty light.
They opened their jaws wide, drop after drop of viscous falling from their mouths and onto the ground.
He looked the leaders of the Immortal Region over coldly, then passed them by. Then he brushed past the emissary and the crowd.
HeâŠâŠ
The Yellow Emperor, Xuan-Yuan.
Step after step, he pressed forward, each movement decisive. Nevertheless, his bleak silhouette was indescribably forlorn.
In the end, heâd been abandoned.
He then came to a stop, looking intently at the ferocious beasts, and stood his ground.
The savage horde sensed his presence, and attacked in a roaring swarm.
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