abnabooks Chapter 2333 Urgent Report from Shen State
Chapter 2333 Urgent Report from Shen State
Chapter 2333 Urgent Report from Shen State
The capital of Shen, the royal palace.
From the moment he woke up in the morning, Prince Shen, He Chunhua, felt his right eyelid twitching incessantly, and he couldn't calm it down no matter how many times he practiced his exercises.
A twitching right eye is a bad omen.
Before dawn, he would face east and practice breathing exercises for half an hour, using a secret technique called "Rising Yang Technique." After the sun had risen for more than ten breaths and the light was bright, he would forcefully draw in a few more strands of true solar fire into his meridians, carefully guiding and absorbing it before finally ending the practice.
In recent years, with the concentration of spiritual energy in heaven and earth rising, the world has seen an explosive increase in spiritual techniques and supernatural abilities, with many ancient techniques making a comeback. He Chunhua also carefully selected several to practice, and with the help of elixirs and secret medicines, his cultivation progressed extremely rapidly.
He's almost fifty, but he looks and feels younger than he did seven or eight years ago. He looks like he's only in his early thirties, handsome and dashing, with the air of a king.
Queen Ying Hongchan also joined the ranks of cultivators under the blessing of the medicine. Not only did her skin become as rosy as a baby's, but the white hair at her temples turned black, and the fine lines at the corners of her eyes and neck disappeared, which made her very happy.
He Chunhua finished his practice and had just changed his clothes when an urgent report from the Northwest arrived.
"Report! Strange occurrences have been reported in the Panlong Wasteland and Hongya Road in the Northwest!"
Upon hearing the words "Panlong Wasteland," He Chunhua's heart skipped a beat, and he grabbed the urgent report to read it.
Panlong Wilderness remains the northwestern border of the Shen Kingdom, and has been relatively peaceful in recent years. With the Shen Kingdom's rapid growth, people are grateful it doesn't provoke other smaller kingdoms; who would want to provoke it?
The reason it was called a "wasteland" is because the increase in spiritual energy concentration has led to rapid environmental improvement. Grass has grown in the Panlong Desert, water has appeared, and the barren land has been covered in green. So now it has been changed back to its original name, the wasteland.
But the urgent report mentioned that the land in the northwest, north and northeast of the wasteland had turned black!
It's important to understand that the desert hasn't been transformed into a wasteland for very long. Although grass and flowers grow on the surface, the soil below remains relatively barren. The Panlong Wasteland has slightly worse soil than other places, and it's still not fertile black soil.
However, the corruption in these wastelands is progressing at a visible speed, even faster than the walking speed of humans!
The original gravel soil on the wasteland was swallowed up by the black soil, and hissing blue smoke would rise from the boundary between the two. Sometimes the sand would even roll like boiling water, and then suddenly flames would shoot into the sky.
The vegetation and buildings on the ground are not significantly affected for the time being; grass roots continue to grow and flowers continue to bloom.
However, the blackened soil is not fertile humus. When people picked it up to examine it, they found that it had a faint burnt smell and a rancid oil smell. It was not only a bit pungent, but also made them dizzy if they smelled it for too long.
Furthermore, black soil is prone to hardening; it will crack into pieces if you hit it with a hammer.
He Chunhua, the former governor of Blackwater City, had never seen anything like this before.
The urgent report also included the insights of the local mountain spirits, namely that the poplar tree spirit believed that this was caused by the invasion of the wasteland by other powerful forces!
He Chunhua knew that the Panlong Desert was a very strange place. The local mountains and marshes could not control it, and they could not even extend their senses into it. It was a huge, black hole-like existence.
Now, how dare an outside force invade the Panlong Wasteland? He Chunhua found it utterly unbelievable.
He had learned his lesson twice in Panlong Ancient City and already knew that the ancient city and Dafanghu were closely intertwined.
What kind of existence is the Great Pot? It has even swallowed Narakuten's clones!
"Which faction is so blind?"
The second part of the intelligence report stated that the Red Cliff trade route had been blocked.
Block?
The section of the Red Cliff Trade Route within the Shen Kingdom was almost entirely covered by black soil. Countless people have witnessed, one morning, a colossal ancient city suddenly appearing on this road!
The city walls are ancient and simple, and the buildings peeking out from inside are antique and exquisite, a rare sight in the world.
Moreover, its area is about twice as large as the expanded Blackwater City, and it looks like a fairyland in the morning and evening mist.
This ancient city, which appeared out of nowhere, immediately attracted adventurers from the surrounding area.
However, everyone who entered that ancient city never returned!
There were no survivors.
The reason it is said to have blocked the Hongya trade route is that many monsters have emerged from this ancient city. They are ferocious in appearance and powerful in their cultivation, and they often attack passing merchants indiscriminately without any reason!
They eat people, and there are many eyewitnesses to these acts.
This incident quickly caused panic in Blackwater.
The Blackwater City authorities also expressed their intention to negotiate with the Ancient City, but as of the time this urgent report was sent, the Ancient City had not responded.
At the end of the letter, Blackwater City appealed to the capital for help.
"What's going on?" He Chunhua fell into deep thought.
The inexplicably darkened wasteland, the suddenly appearing ancient city, and the man-eating monsters within the city... the emergence of such extraordinary power is indeed beyond the control of the local officials of Blackwater City.
He Chunhua sensed that the newcomer had ill intentions.
What are their motives? Do they harbor ill intentions towards the Shen Kingdom, or are they after that being in the Panlong Wasteland?
Ancient city, ancient city... He pondered for a long time, then suddenly ordered someone to find a report from the Northwest region from two or three years ago.
The king gave an order, and the officials in the Qin Zheng Treasury immediately began searching for a while, finally finding three items:
The Shen Kingdom, along with Wuzhou and Chongning Kingdom in the northwest, was mysteriously destroyed five years ago.
Wuzhou, a city with a population of nearly 100,000, collapsed overnight, and almost all of its residents perished.
Chongning was several times larger than Wuzhou, but it didn't last three to five days; half of the city was crushed.
There is also some information about Shaocheng.
Several months ago, this city suffered a great calamity. An ancient city suddenly appeared out of nowhere nearby, and the city lord and officials were all devoured by monsters that emerged from the ancient city. Subsequently, Shao City was forcibly closed, allowing entry but not exit, with only passing bird demons glancing down from the sky.
It is speculated that the common people of Shaocheng were enslaved by this suddenly appearing ancient city, hence the name "ghost city".
Shaocheng is several hundred miles away from Panlong Wasteland. He Chunhua had also ordered people to keep an eye on it, because it was Lingshan's territory, and Lingshan would most likely take action to deal with this kind of anomaly.
Unexpectedly, this strange ancient city appeared on his own territory.
Wherever it goes, it leaves behind desolation.
Regardless of its origin, it will not be a good thing for the State of Shen.
Thinking of this, He Chunhua could no longer sit still and quickly walked towards the Naraku Heavenly Temple.
He was now the king of a country and no longer needed to secretly offer sacrifices to the gods. Narakuten had become the chief deity of the Shen Kingdom, and his temple, located in the royal palace, occupied a vast area and was exquisitely built.
At this moment, the temple was filled with incense smoke, which made the statue of the deity appear to have its eyes half-closed, giving it a solemn and dignified appearance.
This is the largest Narakuten Shrine in the capital, located near the west gate of the expanded royal palace. It is open to the public for two days each month. On those two days, people are allowed to enter the palace to worship, and the place is bustling with people and filled with the fragrance of incense.
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