Chapter 646: She Alone Killed Through Four Countries (Part 9)
Don’t believe me? Look at how your so-called army of 500,000 was annihilated!
Qi Huang knew that the other party was short-sighted, so she took out the Recording Mirror and sent it to the Emperor of Beiling Kingdom below with her Spiritual Sense. Inside, it was playing the scene of her suppressing hundreds of thousands of troops with a wave of her hand. The power to destroy heaven and earth was comparable to the arrival of the apocalypse. Hundreds of thousands of lives were instantly buried in the yellow earth, and not even a single person who was barely clinging to life could be seen.
Ah!
The Emperor of Beiling Kingdom’s eyes widened in disbelief, and bloodshot veins burst out of his eyes due to fear.
The other ministers and generals were also terrified, their bodies trembling like dogs drowning in the cold winter. Some even urinated themselves.
“Now you are all surrounded by me, the National Preceptor. I’ll give you a chance, immediately prepare a letter of surrender, and I’ll tell you what to write. If you don’t agree, I will erase this Imperial Palace from the map today.”
Qi Huang immediately made her demands.
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The Emperor of Beiling Kingdom’s face was pale, and his lips trembled, making him unable to speak. It was unclear if he was simply stunned by fear or if he was still unwilling.
“Your Majesty, surrender! Her strength has already reached the Heavenly Punishment Realm, and we have no power to resist.”
Diao Pei did not want to see any more casualties of his countrymen and so he advised him kindly.
“What? Heavenly Punishment Realm? This Xihui Dynasty is a small, remote country, where did a cultivator of the Heavenly Punishment Realm come from?”
“Yes, there are only six cultivators in the entire Cultivation World who have reached the Heavenly Punishment Realm. Even some Immortal Families do not have cultivators of the Heavenly Punishment Realm stationed there. Where did this person come from?”
“No matter where she came from, or whether she is truly a cultivator of the Heavenly Punishment Realm, with such terrifying methods, our Beiling Kingdom has offended this great deity. If we do not surrender, we will await destruction of our nation.”
“Your Majesty, surrender! If the green hills remain, there will be wood to burn!”
Everyone fears death, and the ministers and generals began to persuade the Emperor of Beiling Kingdom.
“Sigh…”
The Emperor of Beiling Kingdom sighed deeply, then cupped his hands and bowed, “National Preceptor, I, on behalf of the Beiling Kingdom, surrender to the Xihui Dynasty. Please instruct me on how to write the letter of surrender.”
“Very good, knowing when to quit is wise. Have someone prepare brush, ink, paper, and inkstone,”
Qi Huang smiled with satisfaction, then took out the Thousand Li Sound Transmission Device and contacted Lin Ran.
Lin Ran had not yet emerged from the grief of losing her Master. She was contemplating how to inform Broken Cloud Peak of this matter when Qi Huang contacted her again.
Lin Ran nervously picked up the Thousand Li Sound Transmission Device and answered, then said with some fear, “What is it? Don’t tell me you’ve killed another one of my relatives.”
“I am not interested in your relatives for the moment, but I have killed the million-strong army of the four enemy countries.”
Qi Huang was a bit speechless, as if she liked to kill innocent people.
“What? How long has it been? You’ve killed a million enemy troops?”
Lin Ran asked in astonishment. In her heart, Qi Huang’s cultivation level was at most mid-to-late Shentong Realm, so it was impossible for her to slaughter a million enemy troops within a few days.
“Stop wasting time. I, the National Preceptor, have already entered the Imperial Palace of Beiling Kingdom. Their Emperor has surrendered and is waiting to write the letter of surrender. Hurry up and state your demands.”
Qi Huang urged impatiently.
“Ah? You entered the Imperial Palace of Beiling Kingdom alone?”
Lin Ran’s brain seemed to have crashed. She even suspected that Qi Huang had some mental issues.
Qi Huang, too lazy to waste words, instantly appeared before the Emperor of Beiling Kingdom, then handed him the Thousand Li Sound Transmission Device and ordered, “Show our Xihui Dynasty’s Empress your sincerity of surrender.”
“Yes, yes, yes, yes!”
The Emperor of Beiling Kingdom nodded repeatedly, then tremblingly picked up the Thousand Li Sound Transmission Device and said, “That… Respected Empress of Xihui Dynasty… I… No… I am Qu Tianying, the Emperor of Beiling Kingdom. I deeply regret starting this war, and I am extremely sorry for the harm caused to the people of Xihui Dynasty. I now sincerely surrender to you, and I hope you can overlook my shortcomings and spare my life. Please state any demands you have; I have pen, ink, paper, and inkstone ready.”
Lin Ran was completely stunned. She never dreamed that one person could defeat an entire country. How outrageous and how fortunate this was!
If it weren’t for Junior Sister Qi, the Xihui Dynasty would be finished. She was the great hero of the entire Xihui Dynasty.
Lin Ran knew this very well, but the problem was that this great hero was also the enemy who killed her father, her master, and her brother. This made her unsure whether to cry or laugh, her heart filled with extreme complexity.
“Do you believe me now? Hurry up and state your demands. I still have to attack the other three countries!”
Qi Huang urged again.
“You’re still going to attack the other three countries?”
Lin Ran felt as if she were dreaming. Attacking four countries alone, who would believe it if she said it?
“Of course, I promised you, and I promised the refugees of Xihui Dynasty that I would make all four countries sign the letters of surrender within ten days.”
Qi Huang reiterated firmly.
Lin Ran didn’t know what to say for a moment. Her heart was filled with mixed emotions of joy and sorrow, and her eyes gradually turned red. She choked out, “On behalf of the people of Xihui Dynasty, thank you.”
“It’s not too late to thank me after you’ve made your demands. They are still waiting to go home.”
Qi Huang reminded her.
“Okay!” Lin Ran calmed herself down, then made a series of demands to the Emperor of Beiling Kingdom, mainly war reparations and a promise not to invade the Xihui Dynasty again.
Qu Tianying breathed a sigh of relief. If it were only like this, the price of failure was much smaller than he had imagined.
Qi Huang, however, was a bit dissatisfied. Lin Ran was still too kind, and this would not achieve the effect of killing one to warn a hundred.
“She’s finished speaking, but I haven’t yet.”
Qi Huang had seen the tragic situation of the refugees in the past few days. She would not be merciful and directly added, “The two southernmost prefectures of Beiling Kingdom will be incorporated into our territory, and all civilians within the jurisdiction must be moved out within one month.”
“Thud!”
Qu Tianying felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his entire body collapsed on the ground.
“What? Not enough? How about three prefectures?”
Qi Huang threatened.
“No, no, no, I am willing, I am willing! Hurry up and write it!”
Qu Tianying understood the principle of the stronger party prevailing, so he quickly got up and asked the civil official writing the letter of surrender to add it.
“One last thing, during the 60th birthday of the previous Emperor of Xihui Dynasty, you sent the Minister of Rites of Beiling Kingdom as an envoy, right?”
Qi Huang’s gaze began to turn cold. She would never forget that Huangtian Capital was almost wiped off the map by Lin Tu because of a few words from this person.
Qu Tianying did not expect Qi Huang to bring up this matter and did not know how to respond for a moment.
The surrounding ministers and generals also looked at each other, their faces filled with doubt.
“Your Minister of Rites is truly a dragon among men. In the Imperial Palace of Xihui Dynasty, he showed off his elegance, spoke sarcastically, and depreciated the people of our Huangtian Capital to worthlessness. It truly makes me remember him fondly. I heard that this person is tall and thin, with a fair, beardless face and a pair of protruding ears, right?”
Qi Huang spoke eloquently, then suddenly looked at a short, stout minister with “hidden ears” and asked, “You have a pair of protruding ears, right?”
With protruding ears and a tall, thin build, you must be that Minister of Rites, right?
“No, no, no, Immortal Elder, how could I be him? My ears are so small that they are almost invisible, how could they be protruding ears? And my build is not considered tall and thin, is it? My belly is almost as big as a pregnant woman’s.”
The minister stammered his defense. Even a fool would know that Qi Huang’s tone was not friendly.
Everyone around was dumbfounded, thinking, aren’t you clearly lying?
“It’s fine, I’ll kill them one by one. When I’ve killed them all, I’ll eventually kill him, won’t I?”
Qi Huang said maliciously, and with a slight movement of her thought, the Cicada Wing Sword appeared in her hand.
The minister looked at the corpses all over the ground, his spirit instantly collapsed. He knelt on the ground with a thud and begged for mercy, “National Preceptor, spare my life! I am not the Minister of Rites, I really am not the Minister of Rites! He is the Minister of Rites, Hou Qing!”
The fat minister pleaded while pointing to a middle-aged man who was tall and thin, with a fair, beardless face and protruding ears not far away.
The real Minister of Rites quickly lowered his head, trying his best to act as if it had nothing to do with him.
“Is he talking about you?”
Qi Huang, to be safe, deliberately walked forward with her treasure sword and asked a burly, bearded general next to her.
“No, no, no, Immortal Elder, spare my life! He’s not talking about me, it’s him… he’s the Minister of Rites, Hou Qing!”
The general was greatly terrified and pointed to the Minister of Rites, Hou Qing, who was huddled together beside him.
“Let me see your waist token?”
Qi Huang walked forward, then brazenly picked up the man’s waist token to examine it, and found that the words “Beiling Kingdom Minister of Rites, Hou Qing” were indeed engraved on it.
“You cowards, you actually sold me out!”
Hou Qing angrily cursed.
