Chapter 329: The Fall Of Cloud Ridge
Translator: Irene Editor: TYZ/KLKL
Scarlet Sand Forest was a small city at the border between Jadeite Forest and Blood of God. Beyond this city, there was Fire Prairie, a territory of God Nation now.
She Yu was leisurely sipping her tea. Beside her, Jadeite Forest’s decision maker, Gongwen You, had a relaxed look on his face as well.
The recent vicious attack by the God-subduing Peak on Blood of God’s diplomatic mission had caused the diplomatic mission to suffer heavy casualties. Jadeite Forest was severely embarrassed by this incident. The higher-ups of Jadeite Forest were extrely infuriated. Not only did they want the Elders Guild to give an explanation for the incident, they also requested that soone be dispatched to escort the Blood of God’s diplomatic mission.
As such, Gongwen You was being dispatched to escort the diplomatic mission.
At this mont, a report was being sent to him.
After he read the report, a vexed look appeared on his face. After a long while, he sighed and passed the report to She Yu and said coldly, "Your henchn have succeeded."
After She Yu read the report, she sighed as well, "What a pity, the brave warriors of God Nation. However, it’s still worth celebrating. We shall use tea in place of alcohol and toast to this victory."
Gongwen You stayed calm and did not move.
She Yu was not angry. She finished the cup of tea herself and said leisurely, "This ti around, our partnership is flawless. Mr Gongwen has indeed worked very hard. Without Mr Gongwen, this victory would not be possi..."
"Enough!" Gongwen You interrupted She Yu and flew into a rage.
She Yu rely smiled, "Does Mr Gongwen feel that you have let down the Avalon of Five Elents? After all, you are born of Avalon of Five Elents, it’s hard for you not to think of the good old days. However, the Avalon of Five Elents is outdated and the Elders Guild is obsolete. They are fundantally old and decadent. Take a closer look, do you see how lazy they are? The God Nation’s warriors did not even et any resistance. Oh! They have much more important things on their minds now. That future empty crown is much more important than establishing a lesser Avalon of Five Elents."
Gongwen You stared at She Yu, resembling a furious lion that was going to pounce on its prey at any mont.
She Yu smiled sweetly and continued, "Jadeite Forest is no longer part of the Avalon of Five Elents. Mr Gongwen, where does your loyalty lie?"
Like a punctured balloon, Gongwen You imdiately cald down and replied, "Forget it, I’m going to have a bad reputation this ti around."
"Why does Mr Gongwen say that? I can see that Mr Gongwen has worked your heart out for Jadeite Forest. You’re a ritorious servant of Jadeite Forest."
Gongwen You regained his composure and replied, "Pardon for being unreasonable. It will be better for us if the Elders Guild continues to be like this."
"As long as God Nation and Jadeite Forest continue to collaborate with sincerity, it will just be a matter of ti before the Avalon of Five Elents collapses. The God Nation is willing to build an everlasting friendship with the Jadeite Forest." She Yu said grimly.
"An alliance with God Nation does not really benefit Jadeite Forest. The Avalon of Five Elents doesn’t need to be too powerful nor too weak. As long as everyone is harmonious, then our business can thrive." Gongwen You shook his head.
She Yu raised her eyebrows and replied, "The Elders Guild might not think like this. If they knew the operation this ti around is being supported by Jadeite Forest, I’m afraid..."
Gongwen You burst into a laughter. However, his portly face was filled with disdain, "Are you trying to threaten ? So what if they know? Are they going to attack Jadeite Forest? Right now, they are the ones who are begging us, not the other way around."
"I wouldn’t dare," She Yu smiled, "No matter what, God Nation and Jadeite Forest have a pleasant collaboration this ti around. In the future, our relationship might even be closer."
This ti around, she had completed her mission flawlessly.
Sending a diplomatic mission to Jadeite Forest was a sham. Their real motive was to capture the attention of the Avalon of Five Elents.
"Pretending to advance along one path while secretly going along another" was a simple stratagem that always worked.
Another thing that made her even more happy was that Ai Hui was safe and sound.
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Peace City, Swordsman Training Hall.
Duanmu Huanghun furrowed his eyebrows and thought pensively. Even though his questions had hit the nail on the head, he did not feel any sense of achievent. Identifying the problems was easy, but solving the problems was difficult.
Which path should they take?
Duanmu Huanghun understood how important this question was to them more than anyone else. Both he and Shi Xueman were from aristocratic families, however, their situations were completely different. He had seen more dark and treacherous plots and experienced more failures than Shi Xueman.
The others were seizing the mont to train, digesting the beneficial effects of the Eight Treasures Porridge.
Everyone knew that an opportunity like this was hard to co by. If not for Ai Hui, they would not have enjoyed such exceptional Eight Treasures Porridge. Amongst them, only Bangwan and Iron Lady were capable of eating such a delicacy without the help of Ai Hui.
Take a look at Venerable Volcano. He had paid such a huge price for just one bowl of porridge. Before he left, he even bade farewell to Ai Hui personally and promised that he would definitely help him if he was to encounter any troubles.
Yu Jin stayed motionlessly in her training state. The aura emitting from her body beca increasingly concentrated.
In conclusion, Lou Lan’s Five Elental Eight Treasures Porridge had two obvious beneficial effects.
The first obvious effect was that it helped in healing old injuries. Veterans like Tian Huzun and Yu Jin, who both had been through hundreds of battles, had accumulated countless internal injuries inside their bodies. These old injuries were usually situated in the depths of their bodies, or places that elental energy was hard to reach, making it very difficult for them to heal them. Not only would these internal injuries affect their fighting capabilities negatively, they would also obstruct their training progress.
The second obvious effect was that it improved elental energy’s connectivity within one’s body. Apart from Shi Xueman and Duanmu Huanghun, the rest had rather ordinary elental energy connectivity. If not for the abundance of blood crystals obtained during the Battle of Central Pine City and Lou Lan’s elental soups, everyone’s fighting capabilities would not have reached their current level.
Improving one’s connectivity with elental energy would help him or her greatly in terms of future developnts. This effect would be on full display during one’s everyday training.
In terms of mind and sky palace, Ai Hui and Shi Xueman were the only ones who benefited from the porridge. There were little improvents in this aspect for the rest.
Suddenly, a soldier ran hurriedly into the training hall and ca before Lord Yu Jin. He hesitated, thinking whether he should speak or not.
Yu Jin opened his eyes and asked indifferently, "What’s the matter?"
"Sir Yu Jin, Cloud Ridge City is in trouble!" the soldier answered hastily.
"Cloud Ridge City?" Yu Jin was slightly surprised, but she maintained his composure and asked again, "What happened?"
"Blood elentalists have been discovered in Cloud Ridge City!"
Yu Jin widened her eyes abruptly. She quickly stood up as an ominous premonition arose in her heart.
Blood elentalists had been discovered in Cloud Ridge City?
Ai Hui, Shi Xueman and the rest stopped what they were doing. They could see the worry in each other’s eyes.
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Cloud Ridge City.
Yu Jin stood beside the Cloud Ridge City’s mayor and listened to his account of the incident.
"... When our n discovered them, they did not run away. They probably knew they couldn’t put up a fight and all of them self-destructed and died. Subsequently, I’m afraid that there might still be blood elentalists lurking around the city and so I ordered a thorough search of the city. To our surprise, we did find so in the city. However, they are rather strong-willed and self-destructed the mont we found them. None of them were alive. We have yet to discover the reason why they are here..."
Yu Jin’s face turned ugly and interrupted the mayor, "Where are the locations that they self-destructed?"
"There are several places..."
"Lead the way!"
Suddenly, at this mont, they heard soone yelling, "Look at the sky!"
Yu Jin raised her head abruptly and her facial expression changed drastically.
A demonic color of blood was spreading throughout the everlasting sea of clouds above Cloud Ridge City. The color of blood was spreading extrely fast. In the blink of an eye, half of the sea of clouds was blood red in color.
"Blood poison!"
Two words ca out of Yu Jin’s clenched teeth.
On the third day of the Avalon of Five Elents’s Five Elental Eight Treasures Porridge Feast, nineteen blood elentalists self-destructed in Cloud Ridge City.
The blood poison was spreading throughout the city with a terrifying speed. The sea of clouds above Cloud Ridge City had turned into a sea of blood. Yu Jin imdiately ordered the entire city to evacuate quickly, preventing a large-scale disaster from taking place. The healers who arrived at the scene in haste had failed to purify the blood poison. Eventually, they found out that this was a brand new version of blood poison. This version was far more potent and it had a greater destructive power.
To prevent the blood poison from spreading to other places, Tong Gui and Yu Jin joined hands and smashed open the Cloud Ridge Mountain, allowing the lava within it to erupt for three straight days and flood the the blood poison-infected Cloud Ridge City. The Cloud Ridge City had disappeared completely.
Upon witnessing this sight, the citizens of Cloud Ridge City burst into tears.
Eventually, this disaster was known to many as "The Fall of Cloud Ridge".
Ai Hui and the rest looked at the sky and watched the Cloud Ridge Mountain erupt. The Armageddon-like scene silenced everyone.
Just like this, the Cloud Ridge City disappeared from the map.
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During the Elders Guild’s ergency eting, the atmosphere was extrely sombre.
"According to our investigation, this attack was planned. The blood elentalists ca through stolen trading caravans and avoided our detection.Right now, there are two questions. Did the Blood of God co up with a new thod of disguise? And did Jadeite Forest play a part in this incident?
"Definitely! We have investigated the places where the blood elentalists self-destructed. All of these places are vital areas. Clearly, the attacks have been ticulously planned. Without help from Jadeite Forest, the Blood of God would not have known so many details. Furthermore, those stolen trading caravans are tightly linked to Jadeite Forest."
"I suggest we do a thorough investigation on the trading caravans. If the Blood of God can infiltrate the Avalon of Five Elents that easily, then we have ourselves to bla. Resources might be important, but I don’t want us to be fearful everyday just because of resources."
"I support that idea!"
"I second that!"
...
"So how are we supposed to negotiate with Jadeite Forest now? Start a war?"
The other Elders remained silent. They obviously knew that Jadeite Forest had sothing to do with this incident, however, they did not dare to open their mouths and say they wanted to wage war on Jadeite Forest.
What would happen if they waged war on Jadeite Forest? If Jadeite Forest beca a turncoat and joined the side of Blood of God, the Avalon of Five Elents would have zero chance of winning this war.
If they didn’t wage war on them, should they just let the incident go like this?
"We can’t start a war with them."
The Great Elder began to talk. His eyes were filled with the vicissitudes of life. "We don’t have the evidence to prove that they played a part in this incident. Even if we did, we can’t start a war. We will ignore Jadeite Forest first, and we must retaliate against the Blood of God. Send the God-subduing Peak to the front line. We must secure a victory to redeem our reputation."
The other Elders nodded their heads in unison.
The Great Elder continued with a deep voice, "Our real issue is, since Cloud Ridge City has been destroyed, our plan for a lesser Avalon of Five Elents has failed. What should we do now?"
The tal-attributed Peace City and the water-attributed Cloud Ridge City were the cornerstones for the plan of establishing the lesser Avalon of Five Elents. By building another three cities, a lesser Five Elental Cycle could be established. The conditions for building a lesser Avalon of Five Elents were extrely strict. One missing city would result in the failure of this plan. Every city’s elental attribute and location was supposed to be fixed.
The loss of the water-attributed Cloud Ridge City implied that the Five Elental Cycle could never be achieved. This also ant that the plan of setting up a lesser Avalon of Five Elents had completely failed.
Cities like Peace City and Cloud Ridge City were chosen based on their ideal strategic locations. Other than these two cities, the remaining three cities’ locations were perfect as well.
Such places were hard to co by.
All the Elders beca silent once more.
That’s right, the main issue they faced now was the failure of the plan to establish a lesser Avalon of Five Elents.
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