603: Chapter 603 Soul Clan Remnants, Luring the Tiger Away from the Mountain

Star Palace.

Hun Tiandi read the letter in his hand carefully and stood up abruptly. A cold aura spread out from his body.

The desk in the hall exploded, and a sharp light flickered incessantly in his eyes.

It pierced through the hall and surged above the nine heavens. Thunder crackled and lightning snakes slithered across the sky, echoing throughout the imperial capital.

"Protect the Emperor!" The guards outside the hall noticed the abnormality and cried out in alarm.

"Stay back, all of you! Withdraw a hundred feet away!" Hun Tiandi's cold voice echoed outside.

"Yes!" The guards took the order and quickly retreated to maintain a perimeter.

The citizens of Chang'an City all looked up at the sky, sighing in amazement.

"Who has provoked His Majesty to such anger?"

"Hmph, no matter who it is, offending His Majesty will certainly lead to no good end!"

In an instant, countless citizens outside the imperial capital spoke respectfully. In the Da Zheng Imperial Dynasty, Hun Tiandi was the heavens, the pillar of stability.

As long as he was there, no one would dare to invade Dazheng.

Phew!

Hun Tiandi took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in his heart. A faint smile appeared on his cold face: "I didn't expect that there were still remnants of the Hun Clan. This is an unexpected harvest!"

In this life, no matter what, he had to save the remnants of the Hun Clan. It could be considered a small compensation for the Hun Clan of his previous life.

"Someone, summon Hun Xiutian for an audience!"

"Yes!" A guard quickly departed while Hun Tiandi waited internally.

If the information was true, he believed Hun Xiutian would know some inside information; furthermore, the plan would need to be modified.

"Your Majesty, Lord Hun Xiutian has arrived!" the guard said respectfully.

"Let him in!" Hun Tiandi said indifferently.

Soon after, Hun Xiutian entered the Star Palace. His aged face frowned as he looked at the shattered table, his heart filled with doubt.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!" Hun Xiutian bowed slightly.

"Dispense with the formalities. How is your cultivation recovery?" Hun Tiandi asked.

After absorbing the energy of the gate of deathly silence, his strength had recovered to the level of a Half-Saint, and his foundation had been reforged.

The Hun Clan's gate of deathly silence was created by an ancient Dou Di expert. It could swallow all things in heaven and earth and was quite bizarre; it could even be called a pseudo-divine ability that surpassed Dou Techniques.

In order to successfully cultivate it back then, the Four Elders of the Hun Clan had forged it for hundreds of years before it could unleash that heaven-swallowing power.

The space within the gate was filled with the aura of death.

Even a Seven-Star Dou Sheng expert would perish from the erosion of death energy if they were sucked in and couldn't break out.

Even after death, their blood essence, Dou Qi, and even soul power...

...would become nourishment to sustain the gate of deathly silence, making it increasingly formidable.

In ancient times, many experts fought over the gate of deathly silence, but it was eventually seized by the Hun Clan.

"Well, once we reclaim the other three gates of deathly silence in the future, I believe your strength will not only recover but even taking a step further is not impossible!"

Hun Tiandi nodded in appreciation.

"I wonder, for what matter has Your Majesty summoned this subject?" Since Hun Xiutian returned to Dazheng, he had never been summoned proactively.

Compared to this time, something major must have happened.

"First, look at this letter..." Hun Tiandi pointed a finger, and the letter floated through the air to Hun Xiutian, landing in his hand.

Hun Xiutian's face was full of doubt as he looked down at the letter. Dense black gas swirled around him, emitting a chilling aura.

"Remnants of the Hun Clan? How is this possible?" he muttered in disbelief.

His hands were trembling. He hadn't expected that apart from the portion of Hun Clan citizens he had secretly taken away, there were actually clansmen who survived that great war.

"Back then, in order to condense the Emperor Pill, the Clan Leader did not hesitate to slaughter the Hun Clan citizens. When the blood energy was insufficient, he even blood-sacrificed billions of living beings in the Central Plains..."

"The Third Elder and I discussed preserving the sparks of the Hun Clan, so we secretly took away two hundred thousand Hun Clan citizens and hid them away. I didn't even participate in the final battle!"

Looking at the letter in his hand, Hun Xiutian decided to stop hiding the truth.

He directly informed Hun Tiandi that there were indeed citizens of the Hun Clan still in existence.

"You did well. Back then, to attain the path of the Dou Di, I did not hesitate to slaughter all the way, creating boundless karma..."

"This is also the fundamental reason why, even though I clearly succeeded in advancing to Dou Di, I still lost to Xiao Yan. Boundless karma must eventually be repaid!"

Hun Tiandi sighed. With karma upon one's body, under the will of heaven, even a Dou Di expert must bow their head.

Once the Hun Clan migrants were rescued, they would be sent to live in the Underworld!

"Whether it is true or false, I will rescue the remnants of the Hun Clan!"

"Use your soul blood to condense a jade; I have a great use for it," Hun Tiandi said calmly.

Hearing this, Hun Xiutian took a deep breath and bowed respectfully: "This is a salute on behalf of the Hun Clan remnants!" Then, he forced out ten drops of soul blood, which appeared before him.

Hun Tiandi took out a large piece of jade from his storage ring, pointed his fingers like a sword to cut it, and blue flames appeared on his palm to refine it into a jade pendant.

In the center, he placed a drop of Hun Xiutian's soul blood. If there were Hun Clan remnants nearby, the Hun Yu would light up.

"The Heavenly Mansion Alliance proposed a prisoner exchange; it probably won't be that simple..."

"Correct, a plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain!" Hun Tiandi sneered.

"You may withdraw for now. Cultivate well; your assistance will be needed in the upcoming battle!"

"Yes!" Hun Xiutian slowly withdrew from the Star Palace.

Xiao Family!

In the main hall, Xiao Lin and the others were discussing the plan. Xiao Ding spoke: "Clan Leader, we will use the Hun Clan remnants as leverage for a prisoner exchange to draw Hun Tiandi away from the Black-Corner Region!"

"Exactly. In his home base, he can utilize too much of his foundation. Only by luring the tiger away can we find an opportunity to kill him!" Xiao Li said coldly.

"Mhm, then the location for the trade will be the Central Plains," Xiao Lin nodded slightly, knowing this was the best choice.

"However, the Hun Clan remnants are in the hands of the Lei, Gu, Xiao, and Yan Clans, all mining in the ore veins. Even if the Xiao Clan agrees to the exchange, I'm afraid the other three clans won't agree!"

Xiao Ding raised a critical issue. After the Battle of the Two Emperors back then, nearly a million Hun Clan remnants were discovered in the Hun Clan.

The clan leaders of the four clans decided at that time to execute them all, as the Hun Clan had brought them endless threats.

However, they were stopped by Xiao Yan. If they were experts of the Hun Clan, they might be executed.

But the rest were just ordinary Hun Clan citizens at the level of Dou Practitioners and Dou Masters. If they were all killed, how would that be different from Hun Tiandi, whose hands were stained with blood?

With the four clans taking the lead, they divided the Hun Clan citizens and drove them all to the ore veins to mine until they completely perished.

Of course, Xiao Yan didn't do this just for a good reputation. After advancing to the supreme level of Dou Di, he knew the horror of karma and sin.

Even as a Dou Di, he was unwilling to have karma burdened upon his body.

"My Xiao Clan cannot control the other three clans. As long as we hand over the Hun Clan remnants managed by the Xiao Clan to exchange for Qing Lin, it will be worth it!" Xiao Lin decided with finality.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li heard this, looked at each other, and slowly nodded.

"Someone, summon Jin Shi for an audience!" In the Star Palace, Hun Tiandi ordered someone to call Jin Shi.

"Jin Shi pays respects to Your Majesty. Long live, long live, long live Your Majesty!" Jin Shi bowed respectfully.

Since joining the Da Zheng Imperial Dynasty, the Gold-Eating Mouse Clan had essentially ascended to heaven in a single step. Jin Shi was even below one person but above ten thousand, even taking charge of the Earth Web.

"Jin Shi, mobilize the Earth Web immediately to find the remnants of the Hun Clan in the Central Plains, especially within the Lei, Gu, Xiao, and Yan Clans—in deep mountains, old forests, ore vein caves, and within the Star Realm..."

Hun Tiandi gave Jin Shi a very important task.

"Yes, but how does this subject determine if they are remnants of the Hun Clan?" Jin Shi asked in confusion.