Chapter 43: The Balance of Terror
Grey Rose heard very clearly, the woman sitting on the throne as white as snow on the stage was the heroine of the stamen, the king of the Forbidden Mountain.
Although she is wearing an eye patch, the flawless jade face, graceful posture, and star-like eye waves all show that she is a beauty who is the best in the world.
She is not only a rare beauty in the world, but also obviously a strong person with superior strength, the coercion like the top of Wanyue, even when the people in the audience sit upright as usual, they also move their eyes with her raised hand, and inadvertently swayed out.
Grey Rose had never felt such a terrifying coercion when facing Emperor Kangjing before.
It's no wonder that the two old powerhouses with unfathomable strength who can easily bind Grey Rose and Bai Huizi with a wave of their hands will be in awe of the people in the audience.
This confirms the extraordinary status and amazing strength of the heroine of the stamen from the side.
And at this moment, Huo Xu was only a stone's throw away from the throne, standing beside such a woman who was beautiful, powerful and prominent, he was not restrained, and there was not even a trace of awe and fear on his face.
It can be seen that the heroine of the stamen treats him well, even more kindly than to her relatives and close subordinates.
After a long time, the relationship between the two has reached such a harmonious point?
This guy doesn't know how to do ecstasy, right? Gray Rose wondered.
In addition to being stunned, Gray Rose also felt ashamed in her heart.
She and Huo Xu were clearly identified with each other when they entered the enchantment, one was the protector and the other was the protected.
can make people, a few hours later, the strength and weakness are translocated, she has become a prisoner, but he has become someone else's guest, if she wants to get out, I am afraid that she will have to rely on Huo Xu's face.
"Bonner, since these three are friends with Huo Xu, let them go."
Sure enough, before Grey Rose and the other three woke up, Hua Xiyan ordered them to be released.
Picking out two middle-aged powerhouses from the crowd, Hua Xiyan ordered: "Fusheng, Fushi, you two take them to the Bamboo Pavilion to rest, so that they can be entertained, don't be lazy." ”
"Yes!" Floating life, floating world, holding fists in response to fate.
Bonner snorted coldly at Layton, swung out a beam of energy to lift the energy cord on his body, and then waved his hand gently at Gray Rose and Bai Huizi's polite jaws.
It can be seen from the color of the light group that Fang Cai has mastered that Hunting, Jayne, and Bonner, like them, are all high-level masters, and the strength of the three is between the best.
When Hunting and Jayne captured Grey Rose and the others, they didn't use all their strength, so Bonner only needed to urge a little Yuan Force to free the two girls from the shackles of the energy cord in an instant.
With the consent of the heroine of the stamen, Huo Xu walked to the side of the stage and smiled at Gray Rose as if nothing happened: "Counselor Rose, don't worry, the people here have no ill will towards us, you go to rest first and wait for me in the Bamboo Pavilion." ”
Gray Rose moved her lips in embarrassment, but she was speechless.
Like a drowning man grasping a life-saving straw, Layton got up in embarrassment and approached the stage, if it wasn't for Bonner's stop, he would have jumped on the stage and hugged Huoxu.
"Huo Gongzi, we are all here for you, there are some things······ Well, you know it in your heart, but don't forget to remind the ······ on the stage Heroine. ”
Rayton looked at Huo Xu Dao with a declining face, and the awe-inspiring aura of angrily denouncing the heroine of the flower stamen as a beast during the day had already disappeared without a trace.
Lu met a large number of strong people, the strength of each strong man can easily abuse him into scum, that shock is definitely straight to the depths of the soul, after repeated shocks, Layton has been ashamed to claim to be a prince.
What's more, being pinched by others, for the sake of that last bit of dignity, he is not qualified to pretend to take care of integrity here.
Glancing at Layton, Huo Xu said sympathetically: "Don't worry, the heroine of the flower stamen seems to have no intention of revealing your scars." He knew what Layton was worried about.
Grey Rose: "······"
What scars?
"Let's go, let's go." The gloomy face suddenly turned red, and Layton diverted the topic, turning around and walking towards the floating and floating world without looking back.
After Grey Rose, Bai Huizi, and Layton leave the scene, Hua Xiyan tells Huo Xu to return to her.
Her eyes once again drifted into the boundless northern night, as if waiting for someone who was bound to appear.
And her mind seemed to get out of control, and she went crazy for a while, and finally opened the valve of memory, touching the heaviest scar in the depths of her soul.
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"Sister!"
Twelve-year-old Hua Fushu leaned on her sister Hua Xiyan, raised two shallow eyebrows slightly, her clear eyes were full of laziness, and she said coquettishly: "Shu'er is still young, I don't want to be the king, my sister is obviously doing a good job, why do you force me to take the position!" ”
"Nonsense!" Hua Xiyan suddenly changed color, but after a while, her expression eased, and one hand gently brushed the top of her brother's head.
No way, the eldest sister is like a mother!
Grandma is old, so for the past twelve years, Hua Fushu has been brought up by her.
"Shu'er, you have to remember that the Hua boy is not qualified to enjoy leisure.
Since 20,000 years ago, the Xihe people have been enchanted here, and the flower tribe has been extinct, but the internal strife is still frequent, almost every one of our ancestors has fallen in the civil strife, and every succession to the throne has been completed in the bloody storm.
Not to mention far away, let's just say that in the year you were born, in order to save the suffering Flower Stamen tribe and suppress the rebels, your father and two uncles did not hesitate to die with the top powerhouses of the other party, how tragic!
Now you are a Yuanshi, a twelve-year-old Yuanshi, I have never seen you for eternity! Although the foundation is still shallow, you have an infinite future, and it is time to take up your own mission.
Shu'er, don't be afraid, Sister is going to marry after all, but before you become a strong man, Sister will do everything in her power to be your most reliable guardian! ”
"Sister says this every time, annoying!" Hua Fushu struggled in his heart for a long time, and finally pouted and nodded: "Okay, Shu'er will go to worship the ancestors tomorrow morning." ”
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"If I hadn't forced Shu'er to practice his position, he might have survived until now!" Thoughts jumped out of the past, Hua Xiyan's heart was dripping blood, but she was full of hatred and pain, and her face was as deep and quiet as the boundless night.
Four orange lights appeared in the night sky, as fast as a meteor, and instantly swept over the square.
It wasn't until the four figures landed smoothly under the Yuanjing stage that Huo Xu realized that there were four more powerful people on the scene, three of whom were on par with Bonner, and the other was so strong that it was not inferior to the heroine of the flower.
The light cluster that that man had just controlled was extremely dark, indicating that he was a true peak primer!
This peak Yuan Zai is about forty years old, with a tall figure and a brightly colored brocade robe, which is particularly outstanding among a group of green shirt powerhouses.
He didn't do any courtesy, his expression was arrogant, his eyes like a torch looked directly at Hua Xiyan, and he said lightly: "Wan Shanqing has always seen the heroine of Hua Rui." ”
The other three strong men were dressed in gorgeous brocade shirts, rushed to the stage and hastily clenched their fists, immediately lowered their hands, and said in unison: "The central envoy Lu Lian (the western envoy Kuangda, the northern envoy Murphy) see the heroine of the stamen." ”
His eyes hurriedly swept over the faces of the four strong men, Hua Xiyan waved her hand and did not make a sound.
Every time she saw the four of them, she was used to being silent for a while.
Wan Shanqing's face was as picturesque as it was deeply rooted in her mind.
Compared with three years ago, this face has hardly changed, the only change is that Wan Shanqing knew what it meant to be respectful three years ago, and now he always looks at the sky with his eyes, as if he is another king of the Huarui tribe, completely forgetting his vassal status.
She will never forget that on the day when Shu'er was about to leave for the ancestral tomb to worship her ancestors, it was Wan Shanqing, the chief envoy, who hurried over, claiming that the remnants of the rebels had been found in the western foothills, so that she could not walk with Shu'er.
In hindsight, it became clear that the so-called remnants of the rebels were unfounded······
Another unforgettable face for her belonged to the lieutenant envoy Lu Lian.
Before Shu'er set off to worship her ancestors, the thoughtful Lu Lian was pinned on high hopes by Hua Xiyan, who ordered him to be the chief servant and solemnly entrust him with the safety of his younger brother.
However, in the past twelve years, her younger brother has always stayed close to her within a few breaths, and has never been far away, and there have been rumors of rebellion in the tribe, so for the sake of prudence, she ordered one of the strong men of the older generation who supported her to be crowned, the Left Envoy of the Night Sky, to accompany her.
She also instructed her fiancé and two guards to stay by Shu'er's side at all times, never leaving her left and right.
And yet, disaster struck!
Including Hua Fushu, a group of more than 100 people except for the Chinese envoy Lu Lian, the rest were all killed.
When Lu Lian came back, he broke an arm, saying that after the group flew to the ancestral tomb, they were confused by the miasma in the mountains, and they were swept away by the strange natural strange force, and fell into the abyss of death under the cliff.
And he, Lu Lian, was very lucky, he was able to fall into a gap on the cliff and save his life.
Since then, Hua Xiyan has never mentioned this matter on her face, but she has secretly investigated many times behind her back, and today, the truth is almost out.
She knew very well that her brother had died at the hands of someone else!
The anger of revenge burned her soul again and again, but she had lost the freedom to be happy and revengeful, and she could not be emotional.
Just like her grandmother has repeatedly admonished, before she can overthrow her opponent in one fell swoop with strength or luck, she has to learn to endure for the sake of the Hua family and the Hua Rui tribe.
It's bound to be a long battle!
"It's rare for the seven envoys to be on the same scene, but if the left envoy is still alive, and the eight envoys gather here this night, it can be called a grand event of the flower tribe!"
As soon as Hua Xiyan opened her mouth, she tactfully mentioned the past, without any emotion in her tone:
"Back then, the left envoy was extremely strong in the night sky, and he was accidentally swept away by a strange force and flew into the abyss of death, a seven-star primordial ruler actually failed to escape from the abyss of death, so he fell, and the deity still can't figure it out."
The general envoy plus the left envoy, the right envoy and the eastern, southern, western, northern, and central envoys are eight envoys in total
When the voice fell, Wan Shanqing's expression did not change, but he just carried his hands behind his back and squinted his eyes slightly.
The envoy Lu Lian rolled his eyelids and said in a flirtatious tone: "It's a pity that the abyss of death is not filled with water, but magma from the ground. ”
As soon as these words came out, the more than 2,000 strong people in the audience did not change color.
For the first time in three years, when they learned of the cause of Zuo's death, they inevitably muttered in their hearts.
The night sky died from the magma melting, and so must His Highness Fu Shu······
Huo Xu's gaze was so sharp, from the time the four strong men landed, he already knew it in his heart until this time.
Obviously, these four guys with superior strength are not good.
They didn't take the heroine of the stamen in their eyes at all, and disdained to claim to be a subordinate, looking at the posture, I was afraid that they had already completed the plan to start a new stove, and they had to have a showdown with the heroine of the stamen.
And although the rupture has evolved to the point where the vassal side can behave rudely in front of the heroine, it has not broken out bloody conflict for a long time, and the reason is definitely that the strength of the two sides is in a terrifying balance, and no one dares to act rashly.
In terms of strength alone, the handsome uncle Wan Shan Qingruo, who claimed to be the chief envoy, faced off against the heroine of the stamen, and won five or five times.
The central envoy, the northern envoy, the western envoy to the right, the southern envoy, the eastern envoy, half a catty to eight taels.
Even the other more than 2,000 powerhouses on the scene probably belonged to two camps, and the number of people on both sides was about the same.
"I thought that the trouble of the heroine of the flower stamen was limited to the unstable power base, but now it seems that her position is in jeopardy!" Huo Xu thought secretly.
Although he has received many favors such as medicine and release from the heroine of the stamen, Huo Xu does not seem to have a better choice than to be a visitor.
As a teenager from the outside world, his strength is low, and he is not qualified to wade into troubled waters.
Wan Shanqing's sharp gaze was fixed on his face at this time.
The arrogant Wan Shanqing noticed a strange boy standing next to Hua Xiyan, and couldn't help but stagnate.
Seeing that Huo Xu's appearance was somewhat similar to Hua Fushu's, Wan Shanqing's mind was irrepressibly turbulent, but he quickly eliminated the possibility of Hua Fushu's miraculous survival in his heart.
The boy's clothes reveal where he came from!
"This person is from the outside world, right? The heroine of the stamen took him in, and the system was not compatible! Wan Shanqing's voice was low, but it was aggressive.
Sitting elegantly, her blue eyes were tranquil, and Hua Xiyan said calmly: "His name is Huo Xu, he is indeed from the outside world, and he was chased by beasts into the mountains." The deity keeps him, and he has his own deity. ”
"Ancestors and ancestors in the spirit of heaven, take a closer look at the current head of the tribe!" The envoy Lu Lian raised his hand to look at the sky, pretending to be sad and indignant and extremely pious:
"It is not right for her to take charge of the throne as the heroine, and now she has put the blood feud between the Huarui tribe and the Xihe people behind, and treated an outside thief who trespassed on the forbidden land of the tribe, why!
This made the countless ancestors who fell into the hands of Xi and the strong blind! Let our juniors save their faces! ”
Lu Lian suddenly attacked, his voice was like thunder, and his words were extremely inflammatory.
This person's appearance can be called inferior in the Flower Stamen tribe, and his appearance is not amazing, but he is the youngest of the Seven Envoys.
At the age of his early thirties, he is already a high-level yuanzai, and if this is placed in the Xihe Empire, it will definitely be famous all over the world.
Of course, the top powerhouses here are all cultivators, leaving aside the old envoys from the east, south, west, and north, just Hua Xiyan, Wan Shanqing, Bangna, and Lu Lian, all of whom were under the age of twenty-one when they entered the ranks of Yuanzai.
Xi He's strong man's promotion age record was put in front of the strong man of the Hua Rui tribe, it was simply a joke, and even the record set by Huo Feng when he was promoted to Yuan Zai was not worth mentioning.
Huo Xu naturally would not be intimidated by the targeting of several top powerhouses, he raised his eyebrows, and muttered in his heart: "Take me to do something, you are too anxious!" ”
This kind of scene, I haven't seen too much in my previous life!
He is a small yuan, light as dust, and has no grudges with Wan Shanqing, Lu Lian and others in the past, and has no enmity recently, Lu Lian is just playing the trick of Xiangzhuang's sword dance against him.
Their real intention is to force the heroine of the flower stamen to slap herself in the face and damage her prestige.
The edge game is this kind of gameplay, which is mainly based on taking advantage of the situation, and gradually encroaching on the other party's majestic boundary, but not to the point of flipping the table.
But the more this is the case, the more the heroine of the stamen will be hard topped, there is no room for compromise at all, once she retreats, what will she do to win the trust of the people in the future, and order her subordinates?
Seeing that Lu Lian was rebellious, Bonner, the Eastern Envoy, and the Southern Envoy on the side were already furious, and Bonner just wanted to attack, but was stopped by Hua Xiyan waving his hand.
Looking at the audience, her eyes slowly flowed, and Hua Xiyan said tepidly: "The enchantment is an insurmountable moat, and the Hua Rui tribe and the Xihe people have long belonged to two worlds isolated from each other.
For 20,000 years, all the suffering of the Hua Rui tribe stemmed from civil strife, caused by those brutal rebels, and had nothing to do with the Xihe people.
So, why can't the deity be kind to an innocent Xihe boy? ”
"That's two different things!" As soon as he spoke, Wan Shanqing suddenly paused, his eyes were deep, and two clusters of fire-like lights lit up, and an incomparable coercion suddenly enveloped Yuanjingtai and the entire square.
"Our distant ancestors have been slaughtered by Xi and the strong, this revenge has been passed down by blood, engraved in the hearts of everyone on the Juanhui Mountain, and no matter how long it is, it can't be erased!"
Looking directly at Hua Xiyan, Wan Shanqing said word by word: "It is our common wish to sacrifice the blood of this Xi and the thief to our ancestors, please take the heroine of Hua Rui to the overall situation of the tribe first, and not to live up to expectations!" ”
"That can't be! The deity had just announced in public that Huo Xu was a friend of the deity. The mantis leaned forward slightly, and her right hand made a graceful arc in the air, landing on her white jade-like chin.
Staring at Wan Shanqing for a moment, her eyes flowed lightly, and then froze, Hua Xiyan said in a slightly accentuated tone: "This is the will of the stars!" ”
It's the stars again?!
The strange glint in Wan Shanqing's eyes dissipated, replaced by a trace of gloom that was not easy to be noticed.
"Huh." Lu Lian pursed his lips and sneered: "The heroine of the flower stamen claims to carry the will of the stars, but the stars have not appeared for a long time, and no one knows the truth of this statement.
For more than ten years, following the wishes of the heroine of the stamen, tens of millions of people have all believed in the stars and have an extremely pious attitude, but to this day, except for the heroine of the stamen, there is no second person who has been favored by the stars, and many people can't figure it out.
Some people suspect that the heroine of the stamen can wear the starlight at some point, which is a kind of ······ Illusion-inflicted visuals! ”
He didn't know the technique of summoning star power, and he actually used appearances to talk about things, calling it "wearing starlight".
The corners of her lips were slightly hooked, and two small dimples appeared on Hua Xiyan's face.
As if she had expected Lu Lian to say this, she smiled secretly, and said with a straight smile: "If the deity is not mistaken, this is the fifth time that the envoy has questioned the will of the stars of the deity."
Faith is very sacred, without any utilitarian overtones, and if someone suspects that the deity is wearing starlight due to illusion out of utilitarian considerations, then the deity can tell him unmistakably that this young man named Huo Xu can also ······ Clothed in starlight.
He was so young, could it be that the envoy doubted that he could use the illusion of concealment? ”
Before the words fell, Wan Shanqing, Lu Lian, Kuangda, and Murphy were all stunned.
Hua Xiyan straightened up, slowly leaned on the throne, and posed as a victor in advance.
"Questioned five times? Is that still a good place to sit in the position of the heroine! Huo Xu muttered silently in his heart.
He finally understood that the ultimate purpose of the heroine of the flower stamen brought him here was to use hard facts to prove that her magic skill of "wearing starlight" was not an illusion, so as to redeem the prestige that had been sharply degraded after being questioned repeatedly.
"Her pattern is still not big enough!" Huo Xu sighed in his heart.
I can't continue to be a spectator, because he has been swept up in the undercurrent on the rolling mountain, who is the enemy and who is the friend, there is no need to weigh it, and it is not up to him to choose, it has been clearly placed in front of him!
He never makes enemies easily, but when he has to make enemies with others, he is absolutely decisive and will not leave the enemy any life.
In public, Xiuxiu summoned the talent of star power, so that the heroine of the stamen regained her prestige as she wished, and then Wan Shanqing and others casually found a prevarication and ended up unscathed, is this possible?
In his Huoxu's dictionary, there is no such cheap thing at all!
"I am the messenger of the stars, so I can naturally wear the starlight, but I can't talk to the heroine of the stamen. The heroine of the stamen is the only one who carries the will of the stars! Huo Xu spread his hands and said with a serious face.
Hua Xiyan raised her eyebrows, and in an instant, the corners of her lips were hooked, and her blue eyes shone brightly.
Huo Xu's words are too powerful!
As soon as Wanshan Qingmei was raised, he immediately became angry, and he was about to open his mouth to scold, but he was preempted by Lu Lian.
"Little thief, you'd better prove that you have the ability to wear the starlight, otherwise, no one will be able to save you at that time, and you will die an ugly death!"
With a faint smile, Huo Xu walked straight to the open space of Yuanjing Terrace, raised his hand to look at the sky, and said: "When the starlight surrounds the body, please give me a wisp of starlight that contains a little Yuan power." ”