Published: February 8, 2025
Ye Zhongming's proposal left Afo, Gray Mountain, and the newly initiated member Shankan speechless.
This young, powerful, and fearsome man stated that he wanted to go to the Royal City alone because he couldn’t wait for the cold season to pass.
Where is the Royal City?
That is the core of all posthumous children!
Indeed, the posthumous children are backward and weak; survival has always been their primary concern. Faced with the increasingly harsh living conditions on the Blue Continent and the ever-stronger magic creatures, the posthumous children had no choice but to retreat into the mountain's belly to avoid potential attacks, becoming the laughingstock of the proud sons and daughters of the Temple of Dawn.
This is all true, and it truly exists.
However, the posthumous children have existed on the Blue Continent for countless years. They have fought against the magic creature armies of the Night Demon Plain and the Temple of Dawn for a share of the world. Even if they are weak, the Royal City, as the core of their existence, will never be weak!
Ye is indeed very strong; the three chieftains never doubted that he alone could fight against a large tribe with a high chance of winning.
But the posthumous children don't just have large tribes; they also have super tribes. Each of the seven kings represents the existence of a super tribe, and the lairs and headquarters of these super tribes are located in the Royal City of the posthumous children!
If Ye Zhongming were a native posthumous child, it would be different. As long as he didn’t do anything outrageous, no one would care if he went to the Royal City. At worst, he would just be driven out.
But Ye is precisely an outsider whose origins Afo cannot clarify. The two companions with him were regarded as spies from the Temple of Dawn. Is it only Dabu who thinks this way among the posthumous children? No, absolutely not! Once Ye Zhongming’s differences are discovered, many posthumous children will have the same thoughts as Dabu, treating him as a person from the Temple of Dawn to be captured or killed, then sent to the Royal City to receive a reward from the king zun.
Even the kings would do this; they would kill Ye Zhongming.
They cannot be certain that Ye Zhongming is indeed from the Temple of Dawn, but do they need to be sure? No, they don’t need to be sure; as long as they believe so in their hearts, they can kill such an unknown individual, maintaining stability and avoiding turmoil and losses. Any rational ruler would do this!
If Ye Zhongming had followed his previous plan and developed step by step, using the more than one hundred days of falling sand during the cold season when the Royal City could not respond as a buffer, rapidly growing his strength, turning the Cloud Apex Falling Alliance into a somewhat unstable super power, then they would have the qualifications to negotiate with the Royal City. Under such circumstances, the Royal City would typically acknowledge their status. If they didn’t strive for a seat at the king zun's joint meeting, such acknowledgment would be even easier!
At that time, stabilizing the internal situation and developing their power while waiting for Ye’s strength to grow to the point where he could stand shoulder to shoulder with the king zuns, the Cloud Apex Falling Alliance would have the opportunity to govern the entire posthumous children!
Then, whatever Ye Zhongming wanted to do, he could do it. The tribal alliance would follow him, whether in life or death, destined to write the most glorious chapter in the history of the posthumous children!
This was the thought of the chieftains; this was the plan they wanted to adhere to!
But now, Ye has changed his mind. He wants to go to the Royal City alone. Isn’t that seeking death? He is strong, but he cannot possibly be stronger than the king zuns. All seven king zuns in the Royal City are above level seven, with the three most powerful among them having already broken through to level eight. That is a height that commands awe. Ye’s strength is around level five. Considering all external factors, he can barely contend with a level six warrior, but against seven level sevens? That is truly impossible!