Chapter 247: Seeking Treasure
Three months later, in the Supreme Pontiff Palace of Spirit City, Bai Yu looked at the letter in his hand, a slight smile playing on his lips.
“Tsk, they lost quite badly. After two months of fighting, they lost twenty-one cities. This Clear Sky Sect, right after emerging, fought quite fiercely.”
“However, since Little Angel’s letter has arrived, it’s time for me to make a trip to Heaven Dou. It’s perfect, Rongrong and the others are tired of staying in Spirit City. I’ll take them out to have some fun and experience battlefield life.”
After Tang San brought back the news of the Clear Sky Sect emerging to help Star Luo attack Heaven Dou to Star Luo City, the Xingluo Emperor immediately organized a ceremony to welcome the Clear Sky Sect.
After the ceremony, without another word, he immediately dispatched troops. The army marched for almost a month, arriving at the border between the two empires, officially engaging Heaven Dou in battle.
Of course, Star Luo’s deployment of troops could not be hidden from Heaven Dou. The Heaven Dou Empire also increased its forces at the border, attempting to stop Star Luo.
At first, those noble lords of Heaven Dou didn’t take this battle seriously, thinking that Star Luo would just skirmish and retreat like before.
Unexpectedly, from the moment the two armies engaged, Star Luo advanced irresistibly, seizing cities and territories, and by today, two months later, Heaven Dou had already lost twenty-one cities in a row.
At this point, the noble lords of Heaven Dou were displeased. Damn it, Star Luo didn’t play by the rules, coming to deceive, coming to ambush!
So they all wrote to Qian Renxue, asking her to invite the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to assist in the war.
At the same time, they generously contributed money and people, hoping that Heaven Dou would win this battle, or at least, drive Star Luo back.
After all, if Heaven Dou’s territory shrank, their income sources would also decrease. In such a situation, how could the nobles be happy?
Although the nobles unanimously petitioned Qian Renxue, wanting her to find allies to counterattack Star Luo, they didn’t expect their new Emperor to give them a big surprise.
During the imperial court meeting, she directly asked them, if she could invite Spirit Hall to participate, what would her beloved ministers think?
When this question was asked, everyone in the court fell silent. They wanted to find help, that was true, but this help was a bit too significant, wasn’t it?
If they really invited them, could their Heaven Dou send them back?
However, although many Heaven Dou ministers were worried, this was not a reason for them not to invite them. After all, if Spirit Hall were to participate, they could bite off a large chunk of Star Luo.
So, after much bickering, everyone reached an agreement: first, invite people from Spirit Hall to Heaven Dou City for a discussion, and then discuss how to assist at that time.
In the Supreme Pontiff Palace, after Bai Yu muttered to himself with the letter, he got up and left, returning to the Saint Child Hall.
“Bing’er, Zhuqing, why are only the two of you here? Where are the others?”
In the training ground behind the Saint Child Hall, Zhu Zhuqing and Shui Bing’er were sparring, both fighting quite spiritedly.
Hearing Bai Yu’s question, they stopped and said with some helplessness:
“They went to the back mountain. Xiao Wu doesn’t know which swindler she bought a treasure map from. They all went to look for treasure.”
“Except for Erlong who went to find Spirit Vulture Douluo, thus escaping, even Ah Yin was dragged along. They said Ah Yin’s Domain could help them.”
Bai Yu’s mouth twitched. He thought to himself that these guys were truly bored to death. Besides some free-range Spirit Beasts, where would there be any treasure in the back mountain of Spirit City?
If there really was treasure, would it be their turn to dig it up? It would have been dug out by Spirit Hall long ago.
“Forget it, if they want to play, let them play. Staying in Spirit City for the past two years has indeed been quite boring.”
“However, after tomorrow, you won’t be bored anymore. By then, I can let you experience what ‘excitement’ means.”
“Bai Yu, what excitement? Are you taking us out?”
After Bai Yu finished speaking, before Zhu Zhuqing and Shui Bing’er could ask, a voice came from behind him. It was Ning Rongrong and the others returning.
Bai Yu turned around, looking at the group who hadn’t found any treasure but were covered in dust, and a smile spread across his lips as he chuckled.
“Heh heh, didn’t you go digging for treasure? How was it? Any harvest?”
Xiao Wu’s face was somewhat indignant. She raised her hand and waved her fist.
“Treasure my ass! We dug for a long time, and all we found were ants and bugs! That guy, since he sells treasure maps, even if it’s fake, he should at least bury something!”
“It would be fun for the treasure hunters when they dig it up, wouldn’t it? But unexpectedly, there wasn’t even a single hair! Don’t let me see him again, or I’ll smash his head in!”
“Forget it, let’s not talk about that. Let’s talk about your business. What’s the situation with the ‘excitement’ you just mentioned?”
Bai Yu shook his head. People, oh, they just can’t be too idle, otherwise they want to try everything. Even knowing that the so-called treasure map was fake, they still insisted on trying it.
“Star Luo is attacking Heaven Dou, so the current Heaven Dou Emperor, Xue Qinghe, has written to me for help.”
“My relationship with him is quite good, so I agreed to this matter. Spirit Hall will send people to assist soon. You can discuss among yourselves who wants to go play on the battlefield.”
Upon hearing Bai Yu’s words, the women’s mouths dropped open, their expressions somewhat surprised.
However, they had known a little about this matter before, so they didn’t ask too many questions. Instead, they discussed whether or not to go.
Bai Yu was not in a hurry. He went out and asked the guards to prepare some food. Everyone ate and talked.
By the time Liu Erlong returned from Spirit Vulture, everyone had almost finished their discussion. In the end, everyone except Ah Yin wanted to go and see for themselves.
After all, they had never seen a large-scale battle between two empires before.
“Ah Yin, they’re all going, aren’t you? Before the war between the two empires ends, I might rarely come back. By then, you’ll be left here alone.”
As the others went to prepare, Bai Yu turned to look at Ah Yin, who was clearing the table, and asked.
Ah Yin shook her head and said softly:
“I won’t go. I’ll stay in Spirit Hall. However, a war between two empires is not a child’s play, Bai Yu. You must protect them well.”
At this point, Ah Yin’s tone paused, and she looked at Bai Yu with a strange gaze.
“Besides, it’s not like I’ll be left alone, right? Bibi Dong, won’t she also stay in Spirit City?”
Bai Yu’s mouth twitched. How could that be the same? His and Bibi Dong’s relationship still hadn’t been revealed. Besides the two of them, only Hu Liena and Ah Yin knew.
“Forget it, if you don’t want to go, then don’t. Anyway, with your personality, you probably don’t like such bloody scenes.”
Seeing Bai Yu a little embarrassed, Ah Yin couldn’t help but smile. Then, as if she thought of something, her smile faded, and she frowned.
“Bai Yu, you just said you were also going to participate in this war, right? But if you go, what about the matters of Spirit Hall?”
“I heard that Bibi Dong hasn’t come out of seclusion yet. If you leave, won’t there be no one to handle Spirit Hall’s affairs?”