Chapter 109: Fate's Arrangement
Additionally, because Xue Ye had mobilized the Royal Knights on a large scale to guard the imperial palace, it provided an opportunity for the dark guards to contact Deputy Commander Jin Wen.
Things couldn't be accomplished overnight. During their interaction with Jin Wen, the dark guard concealed his identity and didn't directly reveal his purpose, instead proceeding with a gradual plan.
After three months of getting acquainted, that dark guard and Jin Wen went from being strangers who met by chance to becoming relatively familiar friends.
When men build friendships, it's naturally inseparable from alcohol.
After their friendship deepened, the dark guard, who was similar in age to Jin Wen, heard Jin Wen inadvertently complain about the royal family several times when he was drunk.
These drunken ramblings were all recorded in the intelligence reports and presented to Lin Rong.
Drunken nonsense and speaking the truth after drinking were always fifty-fifty.
If one didn't have corresponding thoughts in their heart normally, how could they unintentionally blurt them out while drunk?
Jin Wen harboring resentment towards the royal family gave Lin Rong more confidence in his plan to win over and defect the Deputy Commander of the Royal Knights.
Currently, the dark guard and Jin Wen were only familiar friends at the drinking table; their relationship wasn't deep enough yet.
After some more time passes, and their relationship becomes even stronger, when the time is right, he would have the dark guard reveal his identity and purpose, and then they could see what choice Jin Wen would make.
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Ten thousand meters in the sky, above the clouds.
The Nine Bend Vine Dragon transformed into a colossal azure true dragon, carrying Lin Rong and the old butler towards the south.
On the dragon's head, between a pair of dragon horns.
Lin Rong sat there, looking down at the scenery on the ground.
Heavy snow fell in winter, and the ground was covered in an unchanging snowy landscape. Although beautiful, prolonged viewing could easily cause visual fatigue.
It wasn't until two days later.
The Nine Bend Vine Dragon carried them to a place in the south where it wasn't snowing, and the scenery on the ground finally changed.
Lin Rong, who had been sitting on the dragon's head boredly watching the scenery, vaguely sensed the presence of countless Blue Silver Grass in a certain distant location.
"Soon, half a day's journey, and we'll arrive at that Blue Silver Forest."
Half a day later.
In a azure forest.
Lin Rong controlled the Right Leg Bone of the Blue Silver Emperor, which he had absorbed, to release its royal aura. He ordered the Blue Silver Grass to guide him and the old butler to find the Blue Silver King deep within the forest.
The two quickly traversed the ancient forest. After walking for an hour, they arrived before a giant plant.
It was a special plant formed by countless intertwined vines. Clear, crystalline blue vines climbed over each other, forming a thick, ancient tree about ten meters tall.
"Who are you?"
In the center of the vines, a pattern resembling a human face appeared.
This human face vaguely revealed a confused expression as it looked at the child leading the two before it and asked:
"I don't sense any royal bloodline from you, yet you possess the aura of the Blue Silver Empress."
"May I ask, what is your relationship with our King, the Blue Silver Empress?"
While asking these questions, the Blue Silver King's face noticed the Nine Bend Vine Dragon coiled around Lin Rong.
Even though the Nine Bend Vine Dragon had restrained its Dragon Might, the Blue Silver King still felt a faint, inexplicable pressure emanating from it.
Lin Rong heard this but did not answer the Blue Silver King's question. Instead, he stepped forward and said casually:
"In the Blue Silver Grass tribe, only one Emperor can exist in the world at the same time."
"Only when the old Emperor falls can a new Emperor be born."
"Months ago, the complete demise of the Blue Silver Empress removed the restrictions in your bloodline. Why do you still ask?"
"I don't have the blood of the Blue Silver royal family flowing through me, yet I possess the Spirit Bone of the Blue Silver Empress. How do you think I obtained this Spirit Bone?"
As he said this, the Nine Bend Vine Dragon, following its master's command, locked its Dragon Might onto the Blue Silver King before it and unleashed it with full force.
Lin Rong walked forward step by step, continuously approaching the Blue Silver King.
The immense Dragon Might, combined with the royal pressure released by the Right Leg Bone of the Blue Silver Emperor, left the Blue Silver King with no desire to resist.
"Are you here to have me become your Spirit Ring?"
The Blue Silver King seemed to accept its fate, its aged voice sounding somewhat desolate.
"I am willing to Sacrifice my Spirit Ring to you, but I beg you to spare the many Blue Silver Grass citizens in this forest."
"That's right." Lin Rong walked up to the Blue Silver King, reached out to touch the translucent blue vines, and said with a hint of praise:
"Compared to that Blue Silver Grass who only knows about love, you are much more responsible."
"Don't worry, my target is only you. I have no interest in the other Blue Silver Grass."
"However, you don't need to Sacrifice yourself. I can absorb your Spirit Ring on my own."
After saying this, Lin Rong's tone changed, carrying a hint of seduction as he leaned towards the Blue Silver King's face and said:
"The Blue Silver Empress is dead, and the bloodline shackles have been broken. In the final moments of your life, do you wish to become the true Emperor of the Blue Silver Grass tribe?"
The true Emperor of the Blue Silver Grass tribe?
Upon hearing this, the Blue Silver King was profoundly shocked. Its voice, laced with apprehension and expectation, asked:
"Is this true?"
But it immediately thought of something and refused:
"No, I cannot forcefully seize the cultivation of the forest's citizens to break through. I cannot do that."
Lin Rong chuckled at its words and explained:
"Don't worry, I don't have the Blue Silver Domain, so I can't do what you just said right now."
"Besides, who says only by breaking through to the hundred-thousand-year cultivation level can one become the Emperor of the Blue Silver Grass tribe?"
"You might as well take a look at this. Take a good look at what this is."
As he spoke, Lin Rong took out a warm jade bottle, uncorked it, and poured nine drops of crystal-clear blue blood into the air.
The moment the Blue Silver King saw these nine drops of blue blood, an extreme craving, originating from its bloodline, surged from the depths of its heart.
"This, this is..." The intelligent and perceptive Blue Silver King immediately recognized the source of these blue blood drops, but it hesitated to speak.
Extremely complex emotions swirled within it: regret, grief, secret joy, excitement...
"You don't need to feel guilty or blame yourself," Lin Rong said, trying to persuade the Blue Silver King.
"For a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast to transform, if it cannot reach the Divine level, its lifespan is no different from ordinary humans."
"Over countless years, have you ever heard of any of your Spirit Beast predecessors breaking through to the Divine level?"
"If it cannot break through to the Divine level, in a hundred years, that Blue Silver Empress will be nothing more than soil buried underground."
"Therefore, from the moment the Blue Silver Empress chose to transform, you were destined to be the next Emperor of the Blue Silver Grass tribe."
Seeing that the Blue Silver King was wavering, Lin Rong decided to add more fuel to the fire.
"He who wishes to wear the crown must bear its weight."
"As the Emperor of the Blue Silver Grass tribe, the Blue Silver Empress occupied the sole position of Emperor. When did it ever fulfill the responsibilities of an Emperor?"
"For the selfish pursuit of immortality, it abandoned your Blue Silver Grass tribe, took human form, and chased after the illusory goal of reaching level 100 and becoming a god."
"Such an Emperor, undeserving of their position, ultimately met a fate of utter destruction, which is its own karmic retribution."
"Know this, fate never fails those who are loyal."
"My appearance itself is a part of destiny, and you are merely complying with destiny's arrangement. You don't need to carry any psychological burden."
"Come, absorb these nine drops of Royal Blood Essence, and you will be the undisputed Blue Silver Emperor!"
The Blue Silver King's human-like face trembled as it opened its mouth. Finally, it made up its mind and swallowed the nine drops of blue blood offered to its mouth.
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