manynovel Chapter 180 Returning from the Expedition
Chapter 180 Returning from the Expedition
As the Guili docked, Liuxing and a group of Qianyan Army Guili people, who had received the news a day ago, were waiting at the dock early. When they saw Zhu Yuncheng, the people and the Qianyan Army burst into cheers.
Looking at the six stars who saluted him, Zhu Yuncheng said: "Tianquan Star will settle the 3,000 Qianyan Army and Kaiyang Star who followed me to the expedition. Each soldier will be given 10,000 Mora, 3,000 catties of rice, and 300 pieces of cloth."
"Yes." Tianquanxing saluted, and when he looked up again, Zhu Yuncheng, Ganyu and Orobasi had disappeared.
In a restaurant not far away, eight immortals and three demons gathered in front of a table filled with delicious food and wine.
At this time, Zhu Yuncheng and Gan Yu pushed the door open and saluted the three demon gods in front of them: "Master, Emperor, Guizhong, Kitchen God, I am back."
Gui Zhong came to Zhu Yuncheng and Gan Yu and circled around them, "Nothing is wrong, that's great."
"It's good that you're back. In the past two years, Guili has had many things that need to be decided by you, the Human King, and Ganyu. Don't go out again in the future, okay?" Liu Yun was worried in his heart, but he didn't say it directly. Instead, he warned in a roundabout way.
Zhu Yuncheng knew what Master Ao Jiao meant as soon as he heard it, and nodded: "Master, I know."
The Emperor looked at the white-haired, golden-eyed young man hiding behind Zhu Yuncheng and asked, "Who is this?"
"Oh!" Zhu Yuncheng moved aside and pulled Orobas to the front, "Emperor, this is Orobas."
"Orobas, the demon!" Gui Zhong was surprised, took a few steps back, and looked at Orobas, "Is he, really?"
Orobas didn't dare to face the three demons present and lowered his head.
"It seems that you have experienced a lot in the past two years. Sit down and talk slowly while eating." The Kitchen God interrupted Zhu Yuncheng.
So the fairies and demons sat down and ate while listening to Zhu Yuncheng telling about what he had done on Inazuma. Of course, Zhu Yuncheng still concealed the two months of happiness with the Lei Dian sisters, and the affairs of Istaru and Nibelungen.
This made Ganyu look puzzled, but she didn't say much.
"So, you have sealed the demon power in Orobas' body, and he has become the same as an ordinary human." After hearing this, Gui Zhong looked at Zhu Yuncheng with expectation in his eyes, "Can you seal me too?"
Liu Yun was puzzled: "Gui Zhong, I don't understand why you want to do this."
Gui Zhong: "Because this will help end the Demon God War sooner. We don't know how many Demon Gods are left in Teyvat right now. If there are eight, then after I'm sealed, there will only be seven, right? This way the Demon God War can end, and there won't be a situation like six months ago where 400,000 Thousand Rock Army soldiers died in one go."
"Four hundred thousand Qianyan soldiers were killed?" Zhu Yuncheng's hand trembled as he picked up the food. He didn't understand what kind of battle could cause the death of four hundred thousand modern Qianyan soldiers equipped with semi-automatic rifles and cannons. He asked, "Gui Zhong, what did those four hundred thousand Qianyan soldiers experience?"
Gui Zhong explained, "Just six months ago, Xumi launched the fourth campaign against Wuyuchou Forest. Unlike the previous three campaigns, this time Xumi's army suddenly had many more monsters contaminated by the power of the abyss, as well as armor and mechanical creations made with the power of the abyss. More than one million of them directly broke through the defense line of Wuyuchou Forest... If Huang Yu hadn't led the 400,000 troops of the Layered Abyss to outflank them in time, the estimated loss would have been more than 400,000."
Listening to Gui Zhong recounting the brutality of that battle, Zhu Yuncheng felt incredible and thought to himself: That's not right. According to the history of the game, it should have been after the Demon War that the Red King began to come into contact with forbidden knowledge. How come he started to come into contact with it so early this time? It seems that with my arrival, many things have been brought forward.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuncheng thought of the 400,000 Qianyan Army soldiers who had sacrificed their lives. A full 400,000 of them. The entire Guili population was only a little over 3 million, and one-sixth of them died at once. It is conceivable that when the news of the sacrifice was passed back to Guili, the families of those sacrificed soldiers were so desperate.
Zhu Yuncheng clenched his fist: "So, the Red King is not dead yet, right?"
The Emperor nodded and said, "That day when I was about to seal it away, a beam of light suddenly appeared from the direction of the desert and rescued it."
"It's the grass dragon, Apep. It seems that it has also been involved in this incident in advance. That's right, the Red King has just come into contact with the forbidden power, and Apep hasn't studied it thoroughly. If it is sealed by the Emperor, then wouldn't it be a waste of the opportunity to accumulate strength to counterattack the Heavenly Law." Zhu Yuncheng muttered in his heart, and then said, "Emperor, we must kill the Red King as soon as possible and can't let it come into contact with more power of the abyss."
"That's what I think, too." The Emperor nodded gently. "The Scarlet King has only been in contact with the power of the abyss for a short time, but he has been able to create technology that surpasses ours. If we let him continue, I'm afraid that one day, his strength will surpass mine."
Hearing this, Liu Yun was a little unhappy: "We have to go to war again just after we got back."
Zhu Yuncheng looked at his arrogant master who was grumbling like a child, and felt a little guilty towards her.
My master likes to be lively and chat with his friends and disciples. If he doesn't chat for a day, he will feel very lonely.
She must have been very happy about her return, but when she heard that she had to go to war again, she must have felt very disappointed and dissatisfied, which made her say such words.
Zhu Yuncheng responded like he was coaxing a child: "Master, it's not that I don't want to have a good talk with you, it's just that Xumi is too threatening to us. If it doesn't perish, we'll have to sleep with one eye open. After I conquer Xumi, I'll have a good chat with you, okay?"
Liu Yun knew that what he said just now was inappropriate, and seeing that Zhu Yuncheng gave him a way out, he immediately stepped down: "Remember, this immortal will wait for you to come back from conquering Xumi."
"Let's not talk about this for now, let's drink." The Kitchen God raised the wine glass in his hand.
At that moment, everyone except Orobas raised their golden cups and clinked them together.
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After eating and drinking, Zhu Yuncheng returned to the Human King’s Palace.
"Long live the Human King." Hua Hua appeared and presented a booklet. These were the things that happened when Zhu Yuncheng was not in Guili.
Zhu Yuncheng took it, flipped it open and ordered, "Ask Liuxing to come see me, um, that Chong Feiyu kid is dead!"
Chong Feiyu is the son of the contemporary Kaiyangxing.
After seeing this message, Zhu Yuncheng left the Human King Palace and came to Kaiyangxing Mansion.
Before I even entered, I heard crying sounds coming from inside.
Entering the mansion, in the hall, dozens of people were kneeling on the ground crying, while Kaiyangxing was sitting on a chair, holding the portrait of his son Chong Feiyu with his head lowered, as if he was asleep. However, his red eyes and tears hanging in the corners of his eyes proved that Kaiyangxing died of grief.
After two years of separation, the son who was healthy before the war came back with only a portrait. No one could accept it.
"Tread! Tread! Tread!"
At this moment of grief, footsteps were heard outside, followed by a loud voice shouting, "Acting Chief Instructor of the Qianyan Army, Huang Yu wants to see Master Kaiyangxing!"
Zhu Yuncheng frowned, turned back to open the door, and saw the young man in armor outside the door, "Acting Chief Instructor of Qianyan Army, who gave you this position!"
Huang Yu looked up and felt his scalp tingling. He saluted hastily, his armor rustling. "Huang Yu, I pay my respects to the Human King. Long live the Human King!"
Zhu Yuncheng had a blank expression on his face: "Let me ask you, who gave you the position?"
"Your Majesty, please do not mind my stupidity and grant me the position of acting chief coach of Qianyan Army." Huang Yu answered seriously and stated his purpose at the same time.
When I heard the news a day ago that the Human King was about to return, I thought about returning the things that Chong Feiyu left for me to Kaiyang Star. As a result, I saw the Human King as soon as I arrived.