Empress: Your Majesty, please respect yourself, I don't want to be promoted

In a private room of an inn in Xingping County.

Jiang Chengdao sat opposite an extremely ordinary-looking young man wearing linen clothes.

Facing the majestic Holy King, it would be a lie to say that there was no pressure at all.

Although the young man's face looked calm on the surface, his hands under his sleeves were tightly clenched, his breathing was faster than normal, and his body was tense. Obviously, he could not completely avoid the powerful pressure that Jiang Chengdao unconsciously exuded.

"alright."

Jiang Chengdao raised his hand, supporting the side of his face with one hand, and placed the other hand on the table in front of him. He tapped the table back and forth with his five fingers wearing gauntlets, making a series of soft sounds with a strong rhythm.

"Let's stop talking, Holy Envoy Qiu, didn't you say that His Highness the Holy King Qingxuan has something important to discuss with me? Where are the others?"

Qiu Ming swallowed and cupped his hands towards Jiang Chengdao.

"Your Highness, please wait a moment."

After saying that, he suddenly reached into his arms and took out a jade Qinglong Token engraved with countless inscriptions. Then he suddenly closed his hands and closed the Qinglong Token in front of his chest, muttering something in his mouth.

Uh-huh!

As the Holy Realm's unique spell was activated, the Green Dragon Order gradually disappeared, and a layer of green light film emerged on the surface of Qiu Ming's body, covering his entire body in just a moment.

"oh?"

Jiang Chengdao observed the changes on Qiu Ming's body with great interest, but there was not much surprise under his mask.

"Is it the spirit summoning technique unique to Saint King Qingxuan?"

Obviously, he is very familiar with this technique.

As soon as he finished speaking, Qiu Ming put down his hand, opened his eyes at the same time, and met Jiang Chengdao's eyes.

At this time, his expression was extremely calm, and his movements were natural, without any of the nervousness or embarrassment he had just now, as if he had become a different person.

After a moment, he spoke slowly.

"Long time no see, Holy King Cangming."

The words he spoke, whether in tone, timbre, or aura, were completely different from those just now.

Jiang Chengdao's expression remained as usual.

"Long time no see, Holy King Qingxuan."

That's right, Saint King Qingxuan.

One of the four great sage kings of Central Continent, the master of Qingxuan Realm, like Jiang Chengdao, is the strongest person standing at the pinnacle of tens of millions of creatures in Central Continent.

Although Qiu Ming still looks like Qiu Ming on the outside, he is one of the few beings who can be on an equal footing with Jiang Chengdao on the inside.

It is extremely rare for the Holy King to meet outside the Holy Realm. It has only happened once in the countless years of Central Continent.

Jiang Chengdao personally poured a cup of tea for Saint King Qingxuan.

Qingxuan Saint King looked at his visor and spoke again: "After so many years, you still don't want to see people with your true face. I am a little curious about your identity before you were selected by Jiuyou to become the Saint King. ?Why have you hidden it until now?"

Hearing this, Jiang Chengdao narrowed his eyes slightly under his mask and asked instead: "You specially sent Qiu Ming to look for me, and used his body to use his body to summon spirits to find me, just to ask about my past. His identity?"

"of course not."

Saint King Qingxuan said calmly: "This is just a casual question I asked on a whim. If you don't want to say it, just leave it alone."

Jiang Chengdao shrugged his shoulders.

"Let's get down to business."

He obviously had no intention of continuing the conversation on the topic of identity, but straight to the point: "I wonder why you are looking for me?"

The meeting of the Holy Kings was an extraordinary event in itself.

Even if it is not outside the holy realm.

After all, no holy king would go to other holy realms to chat.

Therefore, the moment Jiang Chengdao finished speaking, the atmosphere between the two suddenly became extremely serious.

Saint King Qingxuan pondered for a while before speaking: "Saint King Cangming, before getting down to business, can you tell me why you serve the Emperor of Great Xia wholeheartedly? For this reason, you even did not hesitate to mobilize more than half of the Holy Realm. The combat power was so great that the evil-suppressing formation was loosened, almost causing a catastrophe."

Hearing this, Jiang Chengdao suddenly raised his eyebrows.

Before he could speak, Holy King Qingxuan added: "Although the Supreme One has the qualifications to command the Holy King, as far as I know, before you intervene, she is just a powerless puppet emperor who will be deposed soon. She has no ability to force us to obey orders, and we have no obligation to serve her."

At this point, he paused for no reason.

Then, his eyes suddenly condensed and he stared into Jiang Chengdao's eyes solemnly.

"As Holy Kings, our duty is to maintain the evil-suppressing formation built by the saints with supreme holy power, suppress all the evil spirits in the formation, completely eliminate the possibility of them causing harm to the world, and ensure the peace of Central Continent. , As for the chaos and changes in the Central Plains dynasty, what does it have to do with us?"

"Could it be that you have forgotten the mission and important responsibilities that we shoulder?"

Jiang Chengdao picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"I will never forget the saint's legacy, nor will I dare to forget it. Otherwise, Jiuyou would have abandoned me long ago."

Hearing what he said, Holy King Qingxuan immediately said: "In that case, why not withdraw the troops and return to the Holy Realm as soon as possible before it causes a catastrophe and the emperor has not accomplished anything?"

Hearing this, Jiang Chengdao smiled.

"So it turns out that Holy King Qingxuan came here this time to persuade me not to get involved in secular affairs anymore and to withdraw my troops back to the Holy Realm to ensure the stability of the formation."

"So be it."

Saint King Qingxuan did not deny it.

"The four holy realms are related to the safety and fate of hundreds of millions of living beings in Central Continent. There is no room for error. If the Cangming realm is lost, the other three realms will not be able to protect the formation even if they are impregnable. By then, if countless ancient evil spirits completely break through the evil-suppressing realm, Formation, Central Continent will face a disaster in an instant. Compared with this, the secular dynasty is insignificant, why should we care? What's more."

clatter.

The teacup fell on the wooden dining table with a muffled sound.

"The coming of the Supreme Being is not a good thing for Central Continent. Holy King Cangming, you must not forget that tens of thousands of years ago, the so-called First Emperor of the Eternal World, with the help of the four Holy Kings, What a cruel disaster it has brought to the people of the world."

"Behind his extraordinary achievements, there are countless bones. You have spared no effort to serve the Emperor of Great Xia. Aren't you afraid that when her wings are full, the catastrophe of thousands of years ago will happen again?"

At the same time that the conversation between the two holy kings to determine the future fate of Daxia was getting on track.

Xipingfang, in Ward No. 7.

Lu Chen frowned and looked at Cang Yue, who was lying unconscious on the bed, with an inexplicably ugly look on his face.

"That is to say."

He turned his head and looked at Liu Ruowei and Liyue, who was operating the instrument with both hands.

"Although the source of the blood plague in her body was removed, the symptoms gradually disappeared, and she did not contract the blood plague again, but due to the severe erosion of the blood plague in her body, her spiritual veins were greatly damaged and almost dried up, and her internal organs were also affected to varying degrees. Injury that cannot be healed on its own?"

Liu Ruowei nodded.

She hesitated for a moment, then inexplicably glanced at Jiang Chengwan who was standing next to Lu Chen, and then said: "Yes, Mr. Lu, based on my humble experience, if you want to completely cure this girl, you must use heavenly materials and earthly treasures." To nourish and repair the spiritual veins in her body, it must also be supplemented with precious medicinal materials such as Ganoderma lucidum and Shouwu to restore the injuries to the internal organs."

When discussing the condition of the blood epidemic, no matter how much Jiang Chengwan disliked Liu Ruowei, she would not interrupt her at this time.

Right and wrong are clearly defined.

After listening to Liu Ruowei's narration, she understood almost instantly.

To put it simply, it requires money.

Healing is definitely possible. After all, the biggest threat, the blood plague, has been killed by Lu Chen's knife. What's left is pure healing.

It sounds like healing an injury is much simpler than treating a disease, but could it be a small amount of money that Liu Ruowei can specifically mention?

The imperial court spent such a high price to save a little warrior who might not even be considered a casual cultivator?

does it worth?

Well, it wouldn't matter if there was only one ugly girl. Although the current treasury is still not very sufficient, this small amount of money still doesn't matter.

However, she was not the only one who contracted the blood plague.

The number of people infected with the blood plague in Xipingfang increased sharply every day. Even many Qingning Guard soldiers were infected, not to mention ordinary people.

At this rate, it is estimated that in another day, this temporary control area, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people, will be full.

Even if an ordinary person does not need many resources for individual healing, the total consumption is extremely terrifying. Even if Jiang Chengwan is so generous and just gives all the money in his bank account to Lu Chen with a wave of his hand, it may not be able to fill it up. Complete this hole.

Because of this, even after it was proven that surgical removal of diseased tissue in patients could stop the blood epidemic from corroding the human body, Lu Chen still couldn't let go.

It can be saved, but the cost is probably too high.

There are tens of thousands of households in Xingping County. Treating all these people will consume who knows how many resources.

At least it is enough to fight a medium-to-large battle. Such a huge amount of resources is used to treat people. In the eyes of most people, it is a complete loss of blood and has no meaning at all.

This is Liu Ruowei, or the biggest dilemma the Qingnang Bureau currently encounters.

On one side, there are countless people who have been tortured by the blood epidemic, and on the other side, there is a treasury that is stretched to the bottom. How will the empress, whose foundation is not stable, choose? She doesn't know. All she can do is to raise the problem. As for whether to save it or not. , how to choose is a matter for the court.

Jiang Chengwan did not respond immediately, but looked at Lu Chen.

"Lu Qing, what do you think?"

After Lu Chen thought for a moment, he responded in a deep voice: "Let's save the sick people first."

I'm still busy today, so I'll update this much first, and I'll try to return the rest after I finish my work tomorrow.