Chapter 264 Devastating Victory

Xiao Youqi narrowed his eyes, his expression becoming somewhat dangerous.

"What do you mean?"

"Nothing in particular!"

Lu Jian stroked his beard and smiled, "I just have a word of advice for the Grand Governor: in this world, Imperial Dynasties are like flowing water, while the noble families are like iron."

"Even without the Great Jin Dynasty, the Xiao Family will still be the Xiao Family!"

"However, if the Xiao Family chooses the wrong side, whether it will continue to exist is unknown."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Youqi fell into a long silence.

Seeing this, Lu Jian continued, "We have cooperated very happily over these years. Now, the Southern Wei wishes to continue cooperating with the Grand Governor. As long as the Xiao Family is willing to defect to the Southern Wei, Your Majesty is willing to title the Xiao Family head as King, granting the Xiao Family two provinces of land as a state within a state, and the imperial court will not interfere."

Xiao Youqi raised an eyebrow and said, "The Southern Wei only has four provinces in total. Even adding the places you have usurped over these years, it is only seven provinces. Can you really bear to grant my Xiao Family two provinces?"

One must know that this means actual control over two provinces, with all resources and population under the Xiao Family's command.

Lu Jian smiled, "As long as the Grand Governor agrees, our White Deer Academy and the Southern Wei army will immediately march north. After the Great Jin Dynasty royal family is destroyed, we will contend for the world against that Heavenly King Xue!"

Just as the various major forces were surging with undercurrents, Princess Yunshu's procession finally left Qingzhou and headed towards Baoxiang Pass.

Inside the carriage, Princess Yunshu and Luo Jin sat facing each other.

Her stunningly beautiful face was full of confusion, "Aunt Luo, what does Great Hero Yan mean? Why are we still going to perform some marriage alliance? Shouldn't we be rushing back to the capital?"

Luo Jin tucked a strand of hair from her forehead and shook her head, "I don't know. Let him do whatever he wishes!"

She recalled the Empress Dowager's instructions when they left the capital: everything on this trip should follow Yan Chu's wishes. Presumably, the Empress Dowager had already anticipated this?

Seeing that Luo Jin was clearly hiding something from her, Princess Yunshu did not mind. She rested her delicate chin on her slender hand, looking through the lifted silk curtain at the retreating scenery outside, her black gem-like eyes containing a hint of a smile.

Regardless of all that, as long as she didn't have to marry some old monster, that was better than anything!

On a hillside dozens of miles away, under a large tree covered in white snow, the tower-like, tall Tuoba Hong suddenly spoke, "They are here!"

Southern Court King Helian Clan Chief saw the procession ahead even earlier than him. Those luxurious carriages, with the obvious Great Jin Dynasty royal insignia on top, could be recognized at a glance as Princess Yunshu's procession.

"Strange, why is the Third High Priest not seen? The others in our Northern Mang delegation are also not here!"

"Could this be a diversionary tactic by the marriage procession? Is the real Princess Yunshu still behind? Why didn't the Third High Priest tell me?"

"Forget it!" Golden Peak of the Great Black Heavenly Demon Cult stood up, brushed the snow off his body, and said grimly, "Making me wait here for five days—regardless of whether she is the real princess or not, let's just capture this group and interrogate them thoroughly!"

As his voice faded, he transformed into a cloud of black smoke and disappeared into the sky. A massive Aura unique to a Celestial being descended upon the procession ahead from dozens of miles away.

Inside Princess Yunshu's carriage, Luo Jin was originally deep in thought, but suddenly her expression changed. Her entire body vanished from the carriage like a phantom, and at the same time, a cold voice rang out above the procession: "Protect the Princess!!"

Cui Yiting and the others among the guards also felt the terrifying Aura ahead. Immediately, everyone stood on high alert, appearing outside Princess Yunshu's carriage, facing the enemy as if they were confronting a great foe.

Long before Helian Clan Chief and the others had noticed the procession, Yan Chu had already appeared high in the sky, looking ahead with faint killing intent in his eyes.

"He is the Blade Demon Yan Chu!" Golden Peak arrived nearby in an instant, and Tuoba Hong's voice rang out from behind.

"Hehe! Good!" "This Seat loves nothing more than torturing and killing young Prodigies, especially a peerless Prodigy who hasn't appeared in a thousand years!"

Golden Peak's tone was filled with killing intent. Having waited here for several days with nowhere to vent his pent-up anger, he saw his target and attacked without hesitation.

He splayed his five fingers, and thick black clouds surged from between his palms. Half the sky instantly turned into a pitch-black night, and not a single ray of light could penetrate through.

The people in the procession, covered by the giant palm, suddenly went blind. Both their eyes and their Divine Sense perception were stripped away, as if they had become cripples.

"Be careful! This is the Great Black Heavenly Demon Cult's Black Heaven Obscuring Sun Technique!" At this moment, Luo Jin's voice rang out in everyone's hearts.

She emitted a soft white light, only able to illuminate the ten zhang around her, and she looked upwards nervously.

The Great Black Heavenly Demon Cult was the head of the seven Demonic Path sects, and its Sect Master, Ding Xun, was ranked second on the Heavenly Rankings, taking the Great Black Heaven as his title.

The Black Heaven Obscuring Sun Technique could turn a region into a Great Black Heaven. Within this region, the opponent was the Dominator, and all the enemy's perceptions would be stripped away, leaving them at the mercy of the opponent.

But just as Luo Jin's voice fell, a scream echoed across dozens of miles. The darkness receded like a tide, and the sunlight shone down once again.

The next moment, everyone felt a terrifying high temperature, as if it were about to ignite the air itself.

"Ah!!!!" Golden Peak was seen clutching his right hand with his left, with a blue flame burning above it. The high temperature in the surrounding world was emitted from that flame.

"Ah!!! What kind of fire is this?!" Golden Peak felt a pain that dug deep into his marrow.

Black light surged all over his body, frantically pouring towards the flame, but it seemed to turn into fuel for the fire, crackling and fueling it even more, igniting his entire arm.

The fire burned through his skin, into his bones, flesh, and blood, and even his True Qi was ignited, beginning to spread towards his Qi Sea Divine Treasury.

Boom! Yan Chu released a Ten Suns Sacred Fire, and countless fire energies from the world were absorbed by him. A massive fist light blasted towards Golden Peak, who was struggling on the verge of death in the air. Mingyi Heavenly Fire, Heavenly Fire Spreading Across the Plains!

"Presumptuous!" Although Tuoba Hong was shocked by the sudden change in Golden Peak, his movements were not slow at all. With a loud roar, his mountain-like, towering body blocked the front, and he blasted a golden fist light to counter.

Boom! He came as fast as he went! Tuoba Hong was punched by Yan Chu deep into the ground. The thick frozen earth on the ground was smashed, creating countless cracks hundreds of meters long, and raging flames gushed out from the cracks.

"Ah, this?!" This all happened in the blink of an eye. In just a few breaths, these two Celestial beings, Golden Peak and Tuoba Hong, had been severely injured by Yan Chu.

Helian Clan Chief, who had not yet attacked, was completely stunned. These were two Celestial beings, not two pigs. Although he had never met Yan Chu, Helian Clan Chief had heard his name. How could he be so strong?

Boom! Yan Chu did not give Golden Peak time to react. With a flash, he appeared above him like a mysterious wind, his tall figure directly overshadowing him.

"Spare me!!!" Golden Peak felt a chill run through his entire body. For the first time in his hundreds of years of life, he felt death so close.