Saint Emperor Devourer of Heaven

After the border troops finished cleaning the battlefield, Anning led a million soldiers, driving a million holy spirit horses in triumph.

Inside the city, the people lined the streets to welcome them, the atmosphere was fervent, as if all the gloom of the past six months had been swept away in these few days.

As soon as the soldiers returned to the city, Anning issued an order to close the city gates tightly, forbidding any general from leading troops out of the city to engage in battle under any circumstances.

The border city's defense strategy returned to its previous tactics, relying on the solid city walls to defend against the Wuan army.

This allowed them to resist more with less, ensuring the city could be held for a longer period.

"Commander Zhou, this princess will have people build a new large-scale military horse base. Select some people to be responsible for the breeding and training of warhorses."

Anning arranged the affairs, and then summoned the two civil officials of the border city, entrusting them with the task of building the base.

The two men vowed to complete the task successfully, but they felt uneasy in their hearts, always feeling that there was some kind of sharpness hidden beneath the princess's deep gaze.

This sharpness made them feel very uncomfortable, and they couldn't help but feel guilty.

These two were the very civil officials, surnamed Zhen and Wen, who had deliberately leaked the news that the Haihe tribe had come to propose marriage to Anning.

"What are you standing there for? Go do your job."

Anning's expression was very calm. The two civil officials could not analyze any information from her expression or eyes. Hearing such an order, they hurriedly lowered their heads and quickly retreated.

Immediately, Princess Anning also left, striding towards the city lord's mansion, followed by several half-step Overlord Saint realm experts, the most trusted death warriors sent by King Ning to protect her before going to the battlefield.

Returning to the city lord's mansion, Anning didn't even have time to see King Ning before going straight to the small courtyard where Jun Wuxie lived.

"Sister Yan Ning."

She saw Xu Yan Ning sitting at the stone table under the locust tree in the courtyard, facing a certain house, propping her cheek with one hand, gazing quietly.

Xu Yan Ning heard the sound and came back to her senses, turning her head to see Anning, a smile on her face, "Sister Anning, come and sit down."

"Sister Yan Ning, Young Master Yue, he..."

Anning sat down next to her, her eyes looking at a certain house in front, hesitating to speak.

"His spirit and energy were greatly depleted in this battle, and he needs time to recover. Sister Anning, you can come again tomorrow, he should have recovered by then."

"No, I will wait for him to come out here." After Anning finished speaking, she turned her head to look at Xu Yan Ning up close, thinking to herself, Sister Yan Ning is really beautiful, especially her baby face, which looks like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, with both the涩涩youthfulness of a young girl and the娇媚charm of a mature woman.

Even as a woman, she wanted to hug her in her arms and cherish her.

The lethality of such a woman to men can be imagined.

"Sister Anning, why are you looking at me like that?"

Xu Yan Ning was also sizing up Anning up close. She had to admit that Anning was a very beautiful woman, completely worthy of the title of the number one beauty in Qingzhou.

However, she didn't feel amazed in her heart.

Anning's beauty should only be on par with her, but compared to those women she had seen, there was still some gap.

Xu Yan Ning had seen too many beauties, still the kind that was so beautiful that it was breathtaking. Peerless elegance and captivating beauty were no longer enough to describe them.

When she was in the Lower Realm, which of the women beside Lord Jun was not a celestial beauty with immortal charm?

"I just think that Sister Yan Ning is very good-looking, no wonder Young Master Yue takes you with him wherever he goes."

Although she said this with a smile, there was a trace of inexplicable bitterness hidden in her words.

Xu Yan Ning smiled and sighed: "He takes me with him, not because of my beautiful appearance. When it comes to appearance and temperament, among the women beside him, I don't even have the courage to compare..."

"Ah?" A curious light flashed in Anning's eyes, "Are there many women around Young Master Yue? He once said that he was a wanderer, a home in all corners of the world, and had many confidantes, but they were all separated."

Xu Yan Ning was stunned, then pursed her lips and smiled.

She knew that Lord Jun must have said it to Anning before, the purpose should be to keep Anning at an emotional distance from him.

However, after a long time of getting along, the deeper the understanding of each other, such words can't deceive people after all.

"Sister Yan Ning, do you think I'm very stupid, that I would believe what he said?"

Anning's eyes dimmed slightly, and said: "Actually, I know what he meant by saying that. I didn't understand it at the time, but I understood it later. Now, I don't believe what he said at all. He is a person who values ​​love and righteousness, how could he do such a thing, if they really separated, it was also a last resort, just like he came to Qingzhou, it was involuntary..."

"Speaking of which, I sometimes think I'm quite ridiculous. Sister Yan Ning, say, I am such a princess of the Great Gan in Qingzhou, in the eyes of the people of Qingzhou, I have status and position, and also have a face that fascinates many young talents in Qingzhou. Therefore, I have been quite proud these years, until I met him, everything changed."

"I don't know when it started, but my heart began to desire, to desire to be treated tenderly by him, to desire to be pitied by him. Now that I think about it, it's just my unrealistic dream. I finally recognized myself, I know I am not qualified to ask for anything, and there are other grievances between me and him. Now, I only ask that he spare my father's life in the future, and I will be satisfied. In the future, if he needs me to do anything, I will do my best to help him complete it..."

Xu Yan Ning looked at her dim expression, the trace of sadness hidden in her pupils, and couldn't help but feel a little heartache.

"Sister Anning..."

She hugged her, not knowing how to respond to her, and only said: "If you want to save King Ning's life, you should strive for it with practical actions. He who tied the bell must untie it, where the crux of the grievance lies, that's where you should start. However, you are not the person involved, so you are not the one who tied the bell, King Ning is."

"Thank you, Sister Yan Ning, for reminding me, I will try my best to persuade my father, although it will be a bit difficult, but I will not give up!"

Anning said this, she had already had such an idea in her heart, but she felt that with her father's character, it would be very difficult.

Besides, the war in the border city has been very tense, and many ideas can only be shelved.

But now the opportunity has come, the people of Qingyun are on their way, they will soon arrive at the border city.

Regarding the Qingyun's station, she has already sent people to build it, the location is in the mountains around the city lord's mansion, where the scenery is very beautiful and the environment is quiet.

Next, they didn't talk about heavy topics anymore, but talked about the private words of girls, and as they talked, the two girls' faces would blush from time to time.

...

At the same time, the envoy sent by King Ning, carrying his intimate letter, arrived at the Wuan army's camp hundreds of miles outside the border city canyon.

Arriving in front of the camp, explaining his identity and intentions, King Ning's envoy felt a strong killing intent from the Wuan army.

He was escorted into the central army tent.

Two Wuan soldiers pushed him, King Ning's envoy staggered a few steps, almost not standing steady.

He stabilized his body, looking at Ashina Zan, who was sitting upright above, his face slightly pale, his eyes cold, raised his hands to his chest, and bowed slightly, "Great Gan Envoy, greetings to His Highness Ashina Zan!"

"Bastard, how dare you not kneel when you see our Wuan Great Emperor and Commander!"

A general in the tent scolded coldly, his voice like thunder, causing King Ning's envoy's ears to bleed.

But he maintained his saluting posture, as if he hadn't heard it.

Ashina Zan didn't speak, his pair of cold eyes staring at King Ning's envoy.

In such an environment, King Ning's envoy was under great pressure.

But he did not show any fear.

"You are so bold, your courage is commendable, you actually dare to come to our Wuan military camp!"

Ashina Zan's voice was cold, his face was not good, lacking blood, it was because after returning, he was so angry that his heart was attacked, his qi and blood reversed, and he spat out several mouthfuls of old blood, damaging his heart meridian.

"His Highness Ashina Zan is serious, when two countries are at war, sending envoys to each other has been the case since ancient times. As the envoy of the Great Gan King Ning, I am here according to the rules, what is there to be afraid of?"

"You don't know whether to live or die! You actually dare to contradict this prince, don't think that this prince really won't kill you because the two armies don't kill the envoys when fighting! Come on, drag him down and chop him!"

Ashina Zan coldly ordered, and immediately two talisman-armored soldiers entered the main tent to drag away King Ning's envoy.

"Hahaha!" King Ning's envoy was not flustered, but laughed loudly, "Your Wuan army was completely defeated in a head-on battle on the battlefield, and you have no tolerance under the battlefield. You are not as good as my Great Gan in both the arena and off the field! Has King Ning ever killed your Wuan envoy? Compared with King Ning, your Ashina Zan's gap is not just a little bit. I am not afraid of death today, my death can let the entire Qingzhou know that you, Ashina Zan, are a narrow-minded person, and it will be worth it!"

"Bastard!"

Ashina Zan was so angry that his chest heaved violently, his hands clenched tightly, and he changed his mind.

He gritted his teeth, let the two soldiers out, and stared at King Ning's envoy with a gloomy gaze, his killing intent undisguised.

"It seems that I misunderstood, His Highness Ashina Zan, after all, is still a person with tolerance."

King Ning's envoy said this.

"Hmph!" Although Ashina Zan knew that the other party was not sincere, he still felt a little pleased in his heart, "Speak, what exactly is King Ning's purpose in sending you here?"

"King Ning sent me as an envoy, especially to send a letter, please His Highness Ashina Zan to read it personally!"

He took out a letter, and immediately a general stepped forward, took the letter and walked to Ashina Zan, gently placing it on the desk.

Ashina Zan opened the letter, and was about to casually glance at it, but when his eyes fell on the content of the letter, there was a different color in his eyes, and he began to read it seriously.

After reading the letter, his gaze returned to the envoy from Prince Ning, and he sneered: "Prince Ning wants to discuss the ancient tomb and share the rights to explore it?"

"Indeed, Your Highness, Grand Prince Ashina Zan, that is Prince Ning's intention. If Your Highness agrees, please come to my Great Gan's border city in three days to meet with Prince Ning in person."

"Hmph, what if this Prince disagrees and insists on my previous demand, forcing you to relinquish the rights to explore the ancient tomb?" Ashina Zan said with a stern face: "This Prince still has an army of ten million here, while your border city has no more than two million capable of fighting! It won't be long before my Wuan army exhausts your forces and captures the border city!"

"Grand Prince Ashina Zan is right, you have ten million Wuan armored soldiers stationed outside the border city, while we currently have less than two million troops in the border city." The envoy from Prince Ning said, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, his face full of confidence and pride: "But we have Young Master Yue! He is the guardian deity of the border city. With him here, it is absolutely impossible for you to break through the border city! Furthermore, our border city reinforcements will arrive soon, and then the border city will be impenetrable!"

"Your Highness, you should know that although the ancient tomb has appeared, no one can say for sure whether something might happen over time. If we continue to stalemate, and the ancient tomb develops problems, becomes inaccessible, or suddenly disappears, then we will truly gain nothing. This is not a wise move. The best way forward is to jointly enter the ancient tomb and explore, relying on our own abilities to obtain the opportunities within!"

"Get out!"

Ashina Zan roared, his voice forming a wave that blasted forward, sending Prince Ning's envoy flying out of the main tent, crashing heavily to the ground, and spitting out blood.

The envoy from Prince Ning got up, looked in the direction of the main tent, a smile appearing on his face. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and turned to leave.

He knew that this mission could be considered a success.

Ashina Zan's anger-fueled roar indicated that his heart was unwilling to compromise but he was also helpless. Therefore, when making a decision in his heart, he used the envoy as an object to vent his anger.