Unlimited priesthood

Chapter 88 Mission
Three days later, in the Eastern Continent, in the Kingdom of Earth Dragon.

Inside the palace, Feng Qingming sat alone at the table, looking at the pile of spirit crystals and letters with a headache.

Eighty years ago, the Dongfang family, which suffered a crushing defeat in World War I, withdrew from the Fenglei Mountains, but did not extinguish their ambition to establish a kingdom. They simply abandoned the Fenglei Kingdom and chose another location on the Eastern Continent to establish the Dilong Kingdom.

This process was extremely arduous, because the bet not only cost them 30 billion crystal coins, but also severely damaged Dongfang Bai, caused the three kings to drop in rank, and the Earth Dragon Beast fell into a deep sleep, taking decades to barely recover.

If it weren't for the Dongfang family's immense strength and the support of the Holy City of Spirit Control and the previous Guardian Chapter, they wouldn't even have been able to establish this Earth Dragon Kingdom.

Even after the establishment of the Earth Dragon Kingdom, they did not relax, because they did not stay far from the Wind and Thunder Mountains and the newly established Martial Kingdom, but rather established the Earth Dragon Kingdom outside the Wind and Thunder Mountains, on the border of the Martial Kingdom.

If they had a choice, they really wouldn't want to be neighbors with the Kingdom of Wu.

Unfortunately, they had no choice. The loss of 30 billion crystal coins, the previous investment in the Wind and Thunder Kingdom, and the time wasted made it impossible for them to establish a kingdom elsewhere. They could only be neighbors with the Martial Kingdom.

As everyone knows, being neighbors with the Wu Kingdom is a painful thing. Not only do you have to face the Wu Kingdom's dumping of goods and economic offensive, but you also have to guard against the loss of population under your rule.

Feng Qingming considers herself a master of development and management. When Dongfang Bai was still alive, she helped him develop his power, strengthen the Dongfang family, and establish the foundation of the Heavenly Mandate Kingdom.

But now, facing the Wu Kingdom, she felt utterly exhausted and had no way to cope. To be precise, her coping strategies were simply ineffective and impossible to implement thoroughly.

"Blinded by greed!"

Looking at the secret letters, she finally couldn't bear it any longer, and in a fit of rage, she threw the communication crystals all over the ground.

"what happened?"

Just then, someone entered the room. Seeing her distraught expression, he shook his head helplessly and bent down to pick up the spirit crystal from the ground.

It is Dongfang Bai!
Compared to back then, he has matured a lot, even growing a beard, exuding an air of composure. Clearly, that crushing defeat back then brought him a lot of growth.

He picked up the spirit crystal, came to the table, looked at the distraught Feng Qingming, and gently comforted her, "Don't get upset and hurt yourself over such trivial matters."

"This is no small matter!"

Feng Qingming turned around and said angrily and helplessly, "I have already issued a clear order to prohibit the inflow of Wu Kingdom goods, but those people don't care at all. They are smuggling despite the ban, and they even use those smuggling channels to help Wu Kingdom receive refugees who have escaped from our territory!"

"..."

Dongfang Bai remained silent for a moment, looking at the contents of several secret letters: "A group of people can be appropriately punished."

"discipline?"

Who should be punished?

These words made Feng Qingming even angrier: "It's not just those small merchant guilds and minor nobles who are doing this, but also powerful forces like the Spirit Control Family, as well as our relatives, the nobles and even the royal family of our Earth Dragon Kingdom!"

"Look, look!"

Feng Qingming picked up a spirit crystal: "Your little brother Dongfang Jie, his caravan has smuggled tens of millions of Wu Kingdom goods in the past six months, and even openly traded with Wu Kingdom. Can we punish him?"

"..."

Looking at the spirit crystal in her hand, Dongfang Bai also fell silent.

"I don't understand, I don't understand!"

This made Feng Qingming feel even more helpless. Looking at the secret letters on the table, she said, "Why is it that Li Taiyi can unite the people of Wu Zhi Kingdom even when he is not there, while we can't even control our own people?"

And what about those nobles? Couldn't they restrain themselves and curb their greed and tyranny?
Do they realize that by doing this, they are helping the Kingdom of Martial Arts grow stronger, that they are handing it a butcher's knife—a butcher's knife prepared for them, for us, for everyone!

After saying that, she raised her head and looked straight at Dongfang Bai: "Is it because we dare not kill people, dare not kill people like Li Taiyi, right?"

"..."

Dongfang Bai was silent for a moment, then shook his head and changed the subject: "The teacher sent word that the Holy City of Spirit Control has formed a delegation, and two generations of Destiny Spirit Control Masters will go to the Kingdom of Martial Arts together."

"So fast?"

Feng Qingming was also surprised to hear this: "Two generations of Heavenly Fate Spirit Masters, does that mean you're going too?" "Not only me, but Jun Cangming, Yin Nianyun, He Yanfeng, and their teacher, two generations of Heavenly Fate Spirit Masters will all be coming!"

Dongfang Bai shook his head, turned to look out the window, and said in a solemn tone: "Three days ago, he subdued the Golden-Winged Roc in the Angry Sea Tide and killed the Flame Emperor Shen Tu Yu."

That night, Shen Tu Lang received the news and rallied everyone to launch a strong attack on Wudu. However, he arrived in time with the Golden-Winged Roc King, which had evolved into an Emperor-type creature. More than ten monarchs and nearly a hundred fifth-tier spirit beasts were all killed by him, with none escaping.

It is said that on that night, he not only released the Golden-Winged Roc King, but also four other Emperor-type spirit beasts: the Earth Emperor, the Fighting Saint Ape, the White Tiger Star Lord, and a Wind and Thunder Divine Eagle, all of which were evolved from the three original monarchs.

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Feng Qingming was even more shocked: "Does that mean he now possesses five Emperor Beasts?"

"not only that!"

Dongfang Bai shook his head and said in a heavy voice, "He himself has a powerful secret method for cultivating spirit beasts. In recent years, he has traveled all over the continent, collecting all kinds of rare and exotic beasts to cultivate. Now, in addition to the five emperors, he also has a batch of monarch-type spirit beasts that may evolve at any time. Perhaps in a while, there will be ten emperors."

"How can this be?"

Feng Qingming asked in disbelief, "He can even mass-produce Emperor-grade spirit beasts?"

"do not know!"

Dongfang Bai shook his head: "But the Golden-Winged Roc immediately evolved into the Golden-Winged Roc King as soon as it came into his possession, as well as the four Emperor Beasts. All of this shows that he has the ability to cultivate Emperor Spirit Beasts."

Even if he can no longer train more, with the five Emperor Beasts he currently possesses, he will undoubtedly become the most powerful Emperor-level Spirit Master in the future. Even with our Destiny Beasts, it will be difficult for us to defeat him!

Dongfang Bai took a breath: "I heard that the entire Wu Kingdom is now preparing for war. Most of the spies we sent and the people infiltrated by various forces have been dug out by him, and even some of the Wu Kingdom's high-ranking officials have been purged by him."

The Holy City of Spirit Control judged that he would soon march on various countries and launch a war to unify the Eastern Continent, so our teacher sent a message telling us to prepare for the migration.

"what?"

Feng Qingming's eyes narrowed: "Unify the Eastern Continent?"

"Not bad!"

Dongfang Bai nodded: "It's possible that it's not just the Eastern Continent, but also the three major kingdoms and the Holy City of Spirit Control, which may all be his targets."

"this……!"

Feng Qingming paused, and it took her a long time to recover before she said with resentment and helplessness, "How can he be so domineering? It's not enough that he occupies the Fenglei Mountains, he wants the entire Eastern Continent too?"

"overbearing?"

Dongfang Bai gave a wry smile: "Because he has overwhelming strength. In this world, strength determines everything. Li Taiyi didn't understand this principle back then, but Li Qingshan now... I'm afraid no one understands it better or more thoroughly than him!"

"..."

These words silenced Feng Qingming, who finally spoke after a long while: "What about the Holy City of Spirit Control? Are we just going to let them run rampant and send troops to wreak havoc?"

“We will try to manage it, but until the very last moment, the Holy City of Spirit Control probably doesn’t want to fight to the death with him and those five Emperor Beasts.”

Dongfang Bai's gaze was deep and unfathomable: "If nothing unexpected happens, the Holy City of Spirit Control will cede the Eastern Continent to him, making his Kingdom of Martial Arts the fourth largest kingdom on the Spirit Control Continent."

This is also why our teacher sent me a message, telling us to prepare for the relocation. The Holy City of Spirit Control is prepared to sacrifice the entire Eastern Continent to quell his anger and satisfy his ambition.

"satisfy?"

Feng Qingming's eyes narrowed: "What if even this isn't enough?"

"Then we have no choice but to take the risk and fight to the death!"

Dongfang Bai murmured, his gaze gradually hardening: "Two generations of Heavenly Fate Spirit Masters, seventeen Heavenly Fate Emperor Beasts, can they suppress him to death?"

……

(End of this chapter)