Chapter 52: The Demon King's Enthronement Ceremony
Since the real Demon King's Crown exists in Ouyang Xiaoleng's body, and the most important part of the enthronement ceremony is crowning, he will summon the Demon King's Crown from his body in front of everyone, and then he will be crowned by Ouyang Yong, the Great Elder of the Demon Realm.
Ouyang Hongye was worried that the Demon King's Crown was the only key to the Black Fire Purgatory, and those who had taken refuge in Qingyun were very likely to ambush in the crowd of people participating in the ceremony, waiting for an opportunity to grab it. Therefore, he laid out most of the troops he could currently mobilize around the Tianquan Palace, and also arranged guards at each exit, and on the Tianquan Palace, he, Qianqi, Mochizuki, Fenghuo, Yanming, and Thorns and others sat in battle.
They suspected that Qingyun had been setting up eyeliner in the city for quite some time, and recently, this scheming light seemed too honest, which made Ouyang Hongye even more uneasy. It was always as if there were a pair of eyes in the dark watching their movements, and the invisible hands would reach out at any time to destroy what they had gained. On the other hand, he has been busy arranging everything for the ceremony for several days, and he has not had time to meet Ouyang Xiaoleng, Xia Qiu still has no news, and it will definitely have an impact on him. His various worries were tangled together, and he could only pray that the whole ceremony could go smoothly, and the ceremony kicked off under his complicated mood.
After the bell on the observation deck rang eight times, the ceremony officially began, and the trumpeters standing on both sides of the red carpet leading from the Tianshu Hall to the Tianquan Hall raised their heads at the same time and blew the ivory horn in their hands. In the sound of the trumpet, Ouyang Hongye and Yan Ming were the first to enter the Tianquan Palace, followed by Ouyang Yong and Lion King Cheng, two elders and Mochizuki and Fenghuo who supported them, followed by Amber Dragon King and Qianqi father and son, and Ouyang Xiaoleng walked last.
Today, he looked extraordinarily calm, his pace was slow and steady, the fish hem behind the white dress gracefully crossed the red carpet, his angular cheeks raised high, with the arrogant royal temperament, which couldn't help but attract all the eyes of the princes standing on both sides.
The sound of the horn stopped after they entered the Heavenly Power Hall, and the entire hall was instantly silent, and everyone held their breath. Today's Chenji Palace is so different, as if from the moment they stepped into it, they were shocked by the strong atmosphere of the ceremony. First of all, it was unexpected for most people to be able to hold the ceremony as scheduled, and when they saw that everything in the palace almost reproduced the heyday of the demon world, it made people feel as if they had traveled back to sixteen years ago in an instant.
For those who have experienced that great war, the sad memories of the last ceremony are also the prelude to the darkness, Qingyun attacked this place when the entire royal city was immersed in the joyful atmosphere of the New Year's celebration, and in the following years, no grand ceremony has been held in the demon world, and even everyone is reluctant to mention the word "grand ceremony", because the mention of it will bring back the terrifying and bloody memories. And now, the long-dormant Demon Realm King City has ushered in a new king, and this incident alone will give people a hope that it will be like spring returning to the earth and all things will recover.
Ouyang Hongye first walked to the Demon King's throne and stood still, and said to all the princes and nobles standing below: "At this moment, I think most of you have the same complicated feelings as I do, for sixteen years, we have not been willing to advance the two words of the ceremony, we are not willing to mention the raid, and we are not willing to mention the name Qingyun. What we lost sixteen years ago was not only stability, prosperity, glory, and companionship. But we survived, even if we lived secretly, in order for us to live, our first king, the second-generation demon king fox Ouyang Xueye, sacrificed himself. Believing that we will find a way to revive the Demon Realm, he is willing to exchange his life for a hope, and what we do later is not worthy of his sacrifice. For sixteen years, we have been suspicious, depressed, suspicious, depraved, including myself, we have wasted too much time, and before we are ready for anything, the demon world has ushered in a new crisis, the person we don't want to mention, Qingyun he is back, challenging us with all kinds of behaviors. It's time to wake up, and we need to pick ourselves up again and stick together. And before that, we need a new king, who has inherited the bloodline of the demon king fox, and who will guide us to rebuild the demon world and resist another war that Qingyun may start at any time in the name of the will of the gods. Although he is young, he has already unlocked the power of the Silver Fox Divine Monarch through the Blood Alliance, and has just solved the danger of destruction in the Demon Realm. He has been affirmed by the two elders and has also received the support of the Amber Dragon King, and I believe that no one will question his ascension to the throne of the Demon King. Ouyang Hongye paused for a moment, and found that there was no opposition below, so he continued, "Then, the Demon King's enthronement ceremony has officially begun!" First of all, the Great Elder of the Demon Realm, Lord Ouyang Yong, crowned the new generation of Demon King Fox. ”
Ouyang Xiaoleng raised his hands to his chest, and silver light burst out from his chest, and in that light, the Demon King's Crown was slowly released from his body and stayed in his hands. The Demon King's Crown shows its form in the present world, it is made of a bone of the Heavenly God and the Silver Fox God, the silver crown is pure ice and snow, bright than the moon, and the crown is embedded with a divine stone. With the appearance of the Demon King's Crown, the power of the Silver Fox Divine Monarch in his body was also released at the same time, revealing the body of the Demon King Fox, the long silver hair and fox ears, the taller and burier body, and the more blue pupils, overlapping with the image of the original Demon King Fox Li.
Ouyang Yong took the crown of the demon king he handed him and held it high to those princes, the last time they saw this crown was on the succession of the first king Xue Ye.
"I, Ouyang Yong, as the number one elder of the demon realm, have been oracleed to crown the son of the first king of the snow night!"
Under everyone's complicated gaze, Ouyang Yong slowly turned to face Ouyang Xiaoleng and put the crown of the demon king on the top of his head. Just when everyone was still skeptical about this result, or was shocked to witness the true appearance of the Demon King's Crown, Ouyang Yong took the lead in kneeling down on one knee slowly and solemnly, and said loudly: "May my king lead the demon world to glory again!" Long live our king! Long live the return of the demon king fox! ”
As the Great Elder of the Demon Realm, Ouyang Yong's move meant that he recognized Ouyang Xiaoleng as the third-generation Demon King Fox, and then Ouyang Hongye, Wangyue, Fenghuo, and Yanming also knelt down one after another, shouting: "Long live my king!" Long live the return of the demon king fox! ”
The princes standing below were still a little hesitant, but when the Amber Dragon King and the Thousand Riders also knelt down, they began to waver, and when the second elder of the Demon Realm, Lion Wang Cheng, knelt down, the other princes were completely shocked by this powerful momentum and had to kneel down, shouting in unison: "Long live my king!" Long live the return of the demon king fox! ”
Ouyang Xiaoleng sat down upright on the throne of the demon king, took the wine glass handed by the demon servant standing next to him, and raised his hand to signal the people below to also raise the wine glass handed to them by the demon servant. Then he toasted everyone: "To the first king Ouyang Li and Ouyang Xue Ye, the moment of the re-emergence of the demon world is coming, to everyone!" ”
"To the king!"
Everyone drank the wine in their glasses with him.
The musicians from Dongyao were already ready in a corner of the main hall, and with a glance from Ouyang Hongye, their performance began. All of their instruments are made from materials found in the sea and lakes, from the melodious horns of conch horns, the dreamy harp of red coral, and the unique beats of drums made of thousand-year-old fish skins and bones...... The whole hall suddenly became lively, everyone talked to each other, toasted each other, and everyone was infected by the cheerful atmosphere.
Until the ethereal song sounded, everyone became quiet, looking for the owner of the song, it was a beautiful song that only a mermaid can make, each note has vitality, as if telling the thoughts from distant time and space, and beat in the depths of the listener's soul again and again. The mermaid dancers dance lightly from both sides to the song, and their slender bodies are graceful and soft, and each dance step seems to be gently swaying in the water, which makes people can't help but be enchanted.
Then the jade cicada slowly walked to the hall, she was the master of the song, she sang and danced, and spun into the other dancers, undoubtedly the youngest and most beautiful of the dancers. The princes below couldn't help but be fascinated, and some couldn't even hide their saliva, every movement of the mermaid dancers was so graceful and light, so delicate, they were the most favorite pets of men, and when the song was over, they began to disperse to toast the princes and nobles watching the dance.
Until the moment the jade cicada entered the main hall, she never thought that the person she had been thinking about was the descendant of the demon king fox who was about to become the lord of the demon world in the mouth of the Amber Dragon King. When she saw that it was him sitting high on the throne of the Demon King, she couldn't help but hold her breath, she felt that she must have sung a few wrong notes, because her brain had been in a blank state. His young and beautiful face exudes a kingly temperament, and his gray-blue pupils are as deep and sad as that, which is different from the radiant man in her impression, which makes people dare not look at him directly. When the dance was over, she involuntarily moved closer to him, but was stopped by Mochizuki, and Chiki saw it and hurriedly walked over.
"She's my friend." Qian Qi said as he pulled the jade cicada aside.
The moment he sat down on the throne of the Demon King, Ouyang Xiaoleng seemed to suddenly take on a new look from the inside out, it was an indescribable feeling, for many years he was protected by Ouyang Yong and Ouyang Hongye in order to avoid the contradictions within the royal city. As a descendant of the demon king fox, he is so cold and arrogant, but he has an unrecognized status, and an identity that is rejected by other princes and nobles, until today, he can finally unload the helplessness he once carried. He sat here, wearing a crown on his head, looking down at his subjects, and the part of his body that belonged to the king seemed to be completely released and awakened.
He didn't pay attention to the next exquisite performance of the musicians, and the charming dance of the mermaids, just mechanically clinking glasses with the people who came forward to congratulate, when he was at the pinnacle of power, he had a trace of loneliness and loneliness in his heart, he was always searching for Xia Qiu's figure, looking forward to her sudden appearance, he wanted to share the glory of this night with her, because this glory also belonged to her, but she did not appear until the end of the ceremony.