1. The chase on the steppe of Sivir
The Shewell Grasslands are close to the frozen land of the north, where you can see many animals that are suitable for living in cold and difficult places. There is even a legend that the Frost Dragon is often seen here, and it is natural for people to be in awe of this legendary species when they measure their own tiny. The wise species are in awe of the mysterious, because most of them believe that it is a revelation from God, and they are in awe of the powerful, because this is the aspiration of most species in the world. Such grasslands are full of many dangers, which also makes the people in the south of the grassland always feel that the frozen country in the north is extremely mysterious, and they are curious about how people survive in such a frozen and eternal land.
Curiosity is curiosity, most people in warm areas are still not willing to go to this kind of place to explore, not only because the cold is difficult to meet their survival needs, but more importantly, this grassland, most people will not go to the northern country, it does not mean that no one goes, but they are all stopped by this grassland without exception.
This grassland is a cruel hunting ground, and because of the harsh conditions, the competition between species for survival is extremely fierce. If anyone enters this grassland, they are almost swallowed up by the danger hidden under this green grass. Even if he is not devoured by the animals of the steppe, he will be drowned by the swamp formed by the thawing permafrost. Of course, there are many people who hope that those powerful pinnacles in the southern world can solve their doubts, but the strange thing is that whenever the power of people reaches a certain level, they will invariably keep silent about the northern country.
There was once a legend that a certain tyrannical character was trying to save a friend who was chased and fled into the Siwell grassland, although his friend did not go too deep into the grassland, and because he was too strong and unspeakable, he reluctantly rescued his friend, but he was also seriously injured and dying. And the premise of all this is that when he entered the grassland, he would not have dealt with the group of guys who were chasing his friend, that is, he entered the grassland without any harm. In this way, it is even more desperate for everyone to want to see the northern customs, after all, the customs are just customs, but human life is only once. Curiosity kills a cat is not a funny joke.
However, things are always relative, and while the people in the southern world fantasize about the excessive ice in the north, the people in the northern world do not fantasize about the beauty of the southern world.
The bitter cold wind is the most trustworthy companion of this grassland, and when people wonder that the grassland can be formed under these harsh conditions, the grass on this grassland is always mocking the fragility of people's vitality with their strong vitality. People use equipment to resist the cold, but they are strong enough to endure it.
The cry of the wind was the eternal sound of Sever, though it was occasionally mixed with the terrible and painful wails of some beast or monster.
"Wow-" A baby's cry broke the peace of this grassland, it was really incredible, there could be a baby's cry on this grassland. "Quick, we must kill them before they enter the grassland," came an anxious roar. It turned out that this cry came from the edge of the grassland, and it seemed to be a bloody footage of some kind of chase and killing.
Let's zoom in and see if it's really a bloody story of hunting. "Xianggong, is there really no way?" A woman in military uniform, with a sword in one hand, covered in blood, asked a man who was also covered in blood. "No, I think we have fought for the Empire all our lives, but we have suffered this misfortune because of some inexplicable prophecy of the Holy Court. Although the man was covered in blood, one of his hands always supported the woman in military uniform next to him, and when he looked at the woman carefully, it turned out that under the military uniform, it was a pregnant woman who was almost ten months pregnant.
The fugitive couple were the founding fathers of the newly established empire, the Xizhi Empire, both of whom were generals of the Empire, and both of them had been seriously injured in the war for the Empire, and the doctors of the Empire had said that it was extremely difficult for them to have children. Because it was wartime, the general couple of the empire did not take this matter to heart, and still fought for the empire.
When the empire was finally established and they were named the Duke of Tianxun and the Lady of the Women, they found that the huge Guogong Mansion was a little too deserted. In recognition of their achievements to the empire, the imperial family made a list of the world, sought medical advice, and finally the lady was pregnant with a child.
However, the doctor warned that because the wife had been seriously injured during the battle, there would be a certain risk when she gave birth, and that it would be impossible for the lady to conceive children in the future. Despite this, it is relatively complete for the entire Guogong Mansion. But there are unforeseen circumstances, just more than nine months later, when Mrs. Lady was about to give birth to a child, the Holy Court, which almost never made a voice on the mainland, suddenly came to the Xizhi Empire, and among the people who came were the Holy Lord and Deputy Holy Lord of the Holy Court, and even the court masters and deputy court masters under the jurisdiction of the Holy Court were summoned to the Xizhi Empire one after another. Because of the power and mystery of the Holy Court, and because the Holy Court is the only spokesperson of the divine realm in the human realm, the Xizhi Empire naturally received them with the highest standard of national gifts.
At that time, in order to receive them, the Imperial Ministry of Rites could be described as a mess, you must know that the master of the Holy Court was equivalent to a noble figure like an imperial emperor, let alone the Holy Lord himself. Within a few days of their arrival, the kings of other major empires also came to the Xizhi Empire one after another, and it turned out that they were all invited by the Holy Court. This act of the Holy Court is incomprehensible to many, and as the spokesmen of the Divinity, they have never interfered in the activities of the worldly empire. Even when many empires were in turmoil, they helped the people in disasters for free, and helped the empire stabilize society and contribute to the construction and prosperity of the empire in the early days of the new empire, and they never asked the empire to pay any price for doing these things. The Holy Court is worthy of the word "Holy Court" in the major empires, both officially and privately.
This time, when the Xizhi Empire was newly established, and all parts of the empire were full of vitality, why did such a big move of the Holy Court come about? In a few days, this puzzle was solved. They had come to announce the prophecy, and this prophecy was still going to kill someone, and the person who was going to kill was the unborn child of the Duke of Tianxun and the Lady of the Women. For a while, the people of the Xizhi Empire who were blown up by this news lost their ability to think. The Duke of Tianxun and the lady were even more bombed and almost collapsed, because they did not understand how their children could have plunged the mainland into a situation of no catastrophe! What would it be a catastrophe for heaven and earth to come to this world in advance?
For these, Tianxun Gong felt inexplicable, but he still felt chills all over his body, because this was said by the Holy Court, because the Holy Court had specially come to him for this, and the Holy Court had also proposed many compensation methods to make up for them. The premise is that the prince and the lady must give up the child. In the words of the Holy See, they are responsible for the safety of the entire continent, and there is nothing they can do about it.
Will the Guogong family give up their children? In a big sense, they should give up, but the couple who have been fighting for many years seem to have cultivated their character of fighting against the fate of heaven and earth on the battlefield. They fled, and the great empires sent armies to hunt them down, or rather the child in the womb of the Lady.
After a period of tracking, it was discovered that the husband and wife of Tianxun had actually fled to the Xiwei grassland. Just when people thought that they were killing themselves, the Holy Court was full of concern and said that the unborn child must be killed before he entered the grassland, and the Hewell grassland was the only way for the child to live.
Since then, there has been an uproar, and at the same time, people finally feel the strangeness of this child, because this unborn child is actually guiding his parents to his only way of life. After several days of tracking, the armies of various countries finally caught up at the edge of the steppe. Guogong and his wife are the ministers of the Xizhi Empire, which is very important to the Xizhi Empire, they can give up Guogong as a born child, but they are unwilling to give up Guogong and his wife, but they also know that other empires may really take this opportunity to hunt down and kill Guogong and his wife, and those countries will not let go of any opportunity to weaken the strength of other countries, and this is an opportunity. Therefore, the Xizhi Empire has worked harder than any other country to track down the Guogong couple, and they need to kill the unborn child at the same time, they also need to save the founding hero of their empire, the two generals of the empire.
It's a pity that they didn't succeed, because it was the Bika Empire, a close neighbor of the Xizhi Empire, that caught up with the Guogong and his wife, and the neighbors had many grievances, and they were ruthless to the Tianxun Duke and his wife, and almost succeeded in killing them several times, although they didn't succeed, but they were extremely seriously injured. That's where the previous scene went.
"Are we going to die here?" the lady showed some reluctance.
"Perhaps, there is the Shewell Prairie ahead, and even if we die in the Prairie, we will not die at the hands of this group of bastards. Tianxun Gong tightened his wife's hand.
"Do you think our child is very powerful, and he has been turned upside down before he is born. "I have to say that Mrs. Lady is a very strong character, and in such a situation, she has not forgotten to reduce the pressure on her husband.
"Haha, that's, don't look at who his father is......" seemed to realize that something was wrong, and immediately added, "This is our child, of course it's extraordinary, it's just ...... Alas!" Thinking of sadness and incomprehension, his tone became a little unwilling and helpless.
"Ah-" Suddenly, a cold arrow shot from the right front, because the right hand had to protect his pregnant wife, and he couldn't easily dodge, and this arrow was really tricky, and he completely calculated the inconvenience of his wife's pregnancy.
"Don't go, stay all!" Apparently the archer wasn't going to shoot a second arrow.
"I've always been not too serious about that prophecy, but I didn't have anything to say when I was invited by the Holy Court, but along the way, I'm sure that your child will definitely bring disaster to this world, I think you also feel very incredible about this child, in other words, everyone will think so, not yet born, but always cry to warn you when you are in danger, I can't help but think what kind of evil your child will be if he is born. He slung his bow over his shoulder and pulled out a strangely shaped dagger.
"Don't you think it's strange that I have killed countless people with a bow in my life, and after catching up with you today, I will abandon the bow and use a dagger instead," Li Bo slowly approached the Tianxun couple, as the top martial arts masters in this world, the couple knew that their hope of escape was very slim. So they gave up their futile struggle and stood there, listening to Libo's seemingly careless words.
"Because my bow and arrow are only used to shoot those who are heinous, so it should not be stained with your blood, I heard the people of the Holy Court say that this child's ordinary weapons may not be able to kill him, which makes me curious, is it not just a baby, and it is not yet born, although according to the date, this child should have been born a few days ago, but how can ordinary weapons not kill? Do you know, for this prophecy, the Holy Court took out five artifacts and gave them to five martial arts masters, and I am one of them, this dagger is naturally one of the five artifacts, and it also means that you are facing the pursuit of five martial arts masters who all hold artifacts, of course, this also means that your children can only be killed with artifacts, although I am very confused about this, but I have come all the way, I have to say that your children are powerful, every cry warning will always trigger the anger of heaven and earth, and there will be a scene of ten thousand demons dancing。 Libo stopped and stood across from them.
"My husband and wife are really honored, and they actually alarmed the seniors, but my husband and wife are just unwilling, that is our only child! What a prophecy, we don't believe it. As soon as the words fell, the husband and wife attacked blatantly, and they knew that they didn't have a chance when they encountered Li Bo, who had an artifact in their hands. "Ding-huh-", only to hear the sound of weapons connecting and the sound of weapons piercing into the human body, Li Bo was already standing a hundred meters away. "Wow-" A baby's cry came, and then slowly weakened. The sword in the hand of the Duke of Tianxun had broken two knots, and the strangely shaped dagger was stuck in the belly of the lady. Everything seemed to be over, and the pursuers behind caught up at this time. Seeing this scene, they also stopped.
"Ah-" A terrible roar came from the throat of the Duke of Tianxun, "Madam, how are you, Madame-" Two lines of bloody tears flowed from the general, who had never shed a tear in the battlefield for many years.
"Minister, I think I'm going to go first, we still haven't been able to protect our children. "Mrs. Woman's breath is dying, and her mouth is bleeding uncontrollably.
"Kill them, for the sake of the stability of the world, up-" The shout was still falling, but it suddenly stopped, and only a "poof" sound, an arrow had pierced his neck.
"It is a heinous crime to use the language of the Holy Court to play some kind of conspiracy, and my arrow is dedicated to killing such villains. Li Bo's cold words immediately calmed those who were about to move. Not to mention his own powerful force, his prestige among the people alone is enough to make the imperial families carefully consider it.
"The general of my Xizhi Empire was killed by you villains, and anyone who dares to challenge my Xizhi dignity, my Xizhi Empire will do its best to crusade against it. Hmph!" A domineering voice sounded in the back, and you didn't need to look to know that the pursuers of the Xizhi Empire had also caught up.
The leader is the fourth brother of Emperor Xizhi, Prince Wei, who has made great achievements for the establishment of the Xizhi Empire, and it is he who spoke just now. "Brother Lu, although the child can't be saved, the next generation of my royal family respects you as a father, and the emperor's eldest brother also said, we can't keep the child, but we must keep the two of you. Prince Wei slowly approached what he called "Brother Lu", that is, Tianxun Gong.
The name of the Duke of Tianxun was Lu Xun, and his wife was called Li Mulan. "The dagger is only for the child, it seems that the younger brother and sister are not in great danger to their lives, the imperial doctor, come over quickly......" Before Prince Wei finished speaking, Lu Xun interrupted him, although Prince Wei's words moved him, but he knew that it was impossible for his wife to live, if it was an ordinary dagger, it might be possible, but the unknown dagger was an artifact.
Maybe because this legendary weapon was too slim, he didn't really revere the word "artifact", but in the moment he fought with Li Bo, he understood what an artifact was, not only his own weapon was destroyed just now, but also his own hand. Through the broken sword in his hand, a strong force rushed straight to his left hand, and his left hand was almost abolished, and this was still when Li Bo tried to control it and did not do his best. And this is only indirect contact with the artifact, and his wife was stuck in the stomach with a dagger, how could he be lucky.
He interrupted the prince with a wave of his hand, and turned to look at the Siwell steppe not far away. The couple were led here by their children, although they didn't understand why, but they always felt that there was a glimmer of life for him, but the reality was cruel in front of him. "It's almost, it's almost there, why—" Luson muttered to himself as he stood there confused.
"Report to the Prince, Madame Lady—her internal organs have been—completely shattered, no—no—no—" The Imperial Physician said with some uneasiness. Although Tianxun Gong interrupted Prince Wei's words, Prince Wei did not give up that glimmer of hope, and still called the imperial doctor to check, but he didn't expect such a result.
Prince Wei turned his head coldly to look at Li Bo, as if he felt the murderous aura of this prince, Li Bo frowned, and said lightly: "Although I hate your eyes, I tell you that the Holy Court clearly said that this son cannot be killed unless he is an artifact, and I have tried my best to control the power." But an artifact is an artifact after all, and I can't control it. Prince Wei also frowned after hearing this, he knew that maybe he shouldn't be blamed for this, you must know that when he saw the injuries of his younger siblings at the beginning, he only thought that his younger siblings' children could not be saved, and his younger siblings should be fine, but he never thought that this inconspicuous dagger was an artifact.
"That's an artifact, oh my God, an artifact!" Li Bo's words drew excitement from many people, as well as greedy eyes from many people.
"Mr. Li, since you have completed the mission of the Holy Court, should you take the artifact back and let me wait—" A flattering voice was interrupted as soon as he remembered.
"Shut up, don't think I don't know your minds, I never kill innocent people, today I killed two, what is the use of weapons stained with this kind of blood, what is there to see, it is better to be buried with Mrs. Woman. You are messing around, although my bow is not as good as an artifact, but it is not something that a villain like you can bear!"
"Well, it's really impressive. The voice seemed to be thousands of miles away, but it seemed to be next to the ear, ethereal and real.
"When you come, come out! The Holy Court did not call you to come to the play. Li Bo looked up at the sky and said lukewarmly. People looked at the sky with Li Bo's eyes, and were stunned to find that there were suddenly four more people in the sky above them. They had never heard of a person who could fly in the air, not even the peak of the martial arts, but now suddenly there were four people standing in the air like this, what kind of realm was that? Listening to Li Bo's indifferent tone, it seemed that he was no stranger to this, and there was no trace of awe, could it be that he was also at this level? It didn't take long for Li Bo to fly up and join the four people.
Shocked, people almost lost the ability to think at this time, except for the Tianxun Gong Lu Xun who was in a state of lost soul and kept muttering to himself. Just as everyone was looking at the five people in the sky who surpassed the legend, Lu Xun numbly picked up his wife and walked towards the Shewell grassland. Perhaps only five people in the sky noticed this scene. The five of them turned around together, flew down, and stood where Li Bo had stood not long ago, quietly looking at Lu Xun. At this time, the others also reacted, and the only one who was more anxious was probably Prince Wei, who wanted to stop it, but was shocked to find that he couldn't move, and he couldn't even speak. When I look at the others, I see that they seem to be in the same situation as myself. He could only watch as Lu Xun slowly approached the grassland, then entered, and then disappeared.
"No—" Prince Wei was finally able to call out, but it was too late. He looked angrily at them, only to find that they were all gone. Prince Wei gritted his teeth, said "camp on the spot, wait here", and kept looking at the grassland and did not move for a long time.
Prince Wei camped in order to give an explanation to the people of the Xizhi Empire, and to express his concern for the courtiers for the emperor's elder brother. What's more important is to pay tribute, but there are also some prayers, hoping for a miracle, Lu Xun can return from the Shewell grassland alive, but Prince Wei is an important minister of a country, he is also very sober, this miracle is impossible. However, it is not only Prince Wei and other soldiers of the Xizhi Empire who are camped here, but also soldiers from other countries, the difference is that they do not have any noble purpose in camping here, although they are also waiting, but what they are waiting for is that the grassland can show its anger as soon as possible, and push the corpse of the Tianxun Duke and his wife out of the grassland, you must know that the corpse of the lady is inserted with an artifact.
There has never been an artifact in this world, and I haven't even heard of it, so it's worth the wait for a while just to camp here for the sake of a possible artifact. The Shewell Grasslands are inaccessible to humans, even so strict that even human corpses cannot be contained. So it's very likely that you'll get something in return for waiting here.
After camping on the spot, the various empires are quickly sending messages to the country, please send a large number of troops and masters to arrive, in the hope of gaining an advantage in the artifact grab. The advantage of an empire that obtains an artifact is that it has an extremely terrifying military deterrence, and it has countless benefits in the future imperial hegemony and the survival and development of the empire. Under the condition that the Holy Court does not interfere in the world, it is undoubtedly equivalent to having the power of the overlord of the world, and when the time comes, what kind of world-beating martial arts will it be.
Although the Xizhi Empire stands on the commanding heights of morality, after all, the Tianxun Princesses and their husbands are the founding fathers of Xizhi, but compared with actual interests, morality is just something to spit on in the country's foreign affairs department. At the moment when this undercurrent was surging, and the bloody conquest that would be caused by the appearance of the corpse of the lady at any time, the Shewell steppe became extremely violent, and its power even spread to those countries who thought that the proximity to the grassland would be relatively advantageous to the competition. Their camp was destroyed. Fortunately, it was the terror of the steppe that was triggered, and before it reached the most terrifying time, the power was not enough to kill people, otherwise, those countries would have suffered heavy casualties.
Perhaps it was something unusual at the beginning, when all the armies of the countries began to retreat, and when they retreated to safety, people felt that something was too abnormal. It was supposed to be a bright night, and the night light sprinkled the earth, adding to the enchantment. However, when people cast their eyes on the grassland, they were shocked to find that the grassland and its surroundings were as black as ink, and there was not a trace of moonlight penetrating into it.
The grassland was wild and raging for three whole days, and during these three days, in addition to further realizing the inviolability of the Xiwell grassland, people were also in high spirits, and they could not control themselves in the excitement, because the artifact was likely to appear outside the grassland with the fury of the grassland. The grasslands finally calmed down, and the armies of all countries couldn't wait to start searching. A day passed, two days passed, and just as people were losing patience and cursing the Siwell steppe, a thunderclap suddenly came to mind in the sky, followed by a "bang", and a corpse fell from the sky. Just when people felt strange, they heard Prince Wei shouting loudly, "Brother Lu-", this shout was full of mournful emotions, and it can be said that the listener was in tears. But except for the people of the Xizhi Empire, the people of other countries are in good spirits, and the appearance of Lu Xun's corpse also means that the corpse of the lady's wife Li Mulan may also appear in this way, and the patience that had disappeared has returned to the people. The search is also more enthusiastic.
I don't know if the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, since the appearance of Lu Xun's body five days ago, people have never found the body of the lady appeared, and the similar scene of Lu Xun's appearance has never been in front of them. Although Prince Wei used a lot of embalming methods, but after all, he couldn't withstand the power of time, Lu Xun's body began to show signs of decay, and in desperation, Prince Wei ordered to leave a group of soldiers, and the others followed him to escort the body of Tianxun Gong back to Xizhi. Other countries are slowly starting to lose patience, but they are also leaving a large number of military personnel to be present.
After Prince Wei transported the body of Tianxun Gong back to Xizhi, the emperor ordered a state funeral and personally worshipped him, crying for three days. The Holy Church was also present at the funeral. Although the Hee-Ji royal family felt a little tired of the Holy Court, the Holy Court was a Holy Court after all, and in order to apologize, the Holy Court even promised the Hee-Ji royal family three chances to save the Hee-ji royal family from the crisis. This is a violation of the principles of the Holy Court, and those three chances are equivalent to the three chances of the Xizhi Empire to continue their lives, and its benefits are really unbelievable. The other empires could only look red.
Since the body of Mrs. Li Mulan never appeared, the royal family specially built a mound for her, followed the queen's etiquette system, and was buried next to Tianxun Cemetery. In order not to cut off the incense of the Duke of Tianxun, the empire specially selected a young talent from the Lu family to inherit the title of Duke of Tianxun, and married the princess, promising that "Xizhi is here, and the title will not be removed". It's really a momentary remark. It's just a pity to the people of the world that the body of the woman's wife Li Mulan has never appeared again after all, and the artifact that the world has never forgotten has never appeared again. The world seems to be slowly calming down, and the storm of prophecy is drifting away until it is forgotten.
A few years later, there were five men in black standing in the sky next to the Hewell grassland, and if you looked closely, it turned out to be the five of them. It seems that they are waiting for someone. Soon, not far from them, the space began to fluctuate slightly, and then two people appeared out of thin air.
"I've seen the Holy Lord, the Deputy Holy Lord!" the five of them said in unison. Unexpectedly, the two people who came turned out to be the Holy Lord and the Deputy Holy Lord of the Holy Court.
"What are our chances?" the Vice-Lord asked, a little anxious.
"According to the Holy Lord's speculation, tonight should be the time when the world's anger is the heaviest, and at the same time, the righteousness of the Xiwei grassland is the strongest, and we have a greater chance of succeeding in it. After thinking for a while, Li Bo replied respectfully.