Published: November 30, -0001
“What on earth is going on? Speak the truth to me.” Shangguan Xi'er was furious, her delicate face knitted in a frown, and a cold light shot out from her eyes. Boom! The entire palace trembled under this aura, almost turning to dust.
How could she not be angry? These days, she had been overwhelmed with the issues between the Law Enforcement Hall and the Xuanyuan Empire.
Initially, the Heavenly Dao Organization had drawn the water to the east, shifting the target to the Xuanyuan Empire, which directly led to many powerful figures in the Law Enforcement Hall being enraged and harboring grievances against the Xuanyuan Empire.
In fact, in their fury, certain branches of the Law Enforcement Hall had recklessly attacked the Xuanyuan Empire's stationed forces, resulting in a standoff between the two sides, with the atmosphere extremely tense.
For this reason, Feng Shaoyu had specifically sought her out.
To prevent others from noticing her connection with Feng Shaoyu, she had no choice but to permit the Law Enforcement Hall to act while secretly soothing Feng Shaoyu, urging him to consider the bigger picture.
At the same time, she was urgently searching for the whereabouts of the Heavenly Dao Organization to prove that the Xuanyuan Empire was not involved in this matter, hoping to ease the conflict between the Law Enforcement Hall and the Xuanyuan Empire.
Yet these days passed, and the initially aggressive Heavenly Dao Organization suddenly went silent, as if they had never appeared, leaving no clues behind. Numerous high-ranking members of the Law Enforcement Hall approached her, declaring their intent to strike against the Xuanyuan Empire and annihilate it. She was already overwhelmed with troubles.
But who would have thought that such an incident would explode at this moment?
How could she not be furious?
Before Shangguan Xi'er, the person delivering the information trembled in fear, shaking uncontrollably as he recounted the events between the Mo Family and the Xuanyuan Empire in the Third Heaven of the Martial Domain in detail, then knelt on the ground, his expression one of terror.
“What? The ancestral land of the Mo Family was almost destroyed by the Xuanyuan Empire? The ancestors of the Mo Family revived and thwarted the Xuanyuan Empire's attack, resulting in significant losses to the Mo Family's forces in Chuzhou and exhausting eighty percent of their combat strength? And the Xuanyuan Empire lost numerous important stationed forces across multiple states in the Third Heaven?”
After hearing the subsequent information, Shangguan Xi'er gasped in shock.
How could things have escalated to this point?
The Mo Family was a clan she had fostered, completely under her command, and she could utilize them with great ease. Otherwise, she wouldn't have allowed the Mo Family to take a high position in the Law Enforcement Hall or even rival the Ji Family, turning them into a stationed force against the Demon Tribe.
But now, with eighty percent of the Mo Family's forces destroyed, such a severe loss meant a complete break with the Xuanyuan Empire.
Moreover, she was also troubled by the situation on the Xuanyuan Empire's side. She couldn't interfere with Feng Shaoyu's forces, but with such a significant incident occurring, could Feng Shaoyu still keep his subordinates in check?
Once the Xuanyuan Empire and the Law Enforcement Hall fully erupted into conflict, everything she and Feng Shaoyu had painstakingly arranged would be completely ruined.
“How did things develop to this extent?”
She trembled, her expression filled with boundless killing intent.
“Your Excellency, the development of events is somewhat strange. Both the Xuanyuan Empire and the Mo Family claim that the other struck first…” the informant said, trembling as he shared every detail of the incident.
What?
Shangguan Xi'er furrowed her brows, immediately sensing something was off.
“The Xuanyuan Empire says the Mo Family attacked first, assaulting their stationed forces in the Tianjue Mountains, killing the Fire Blade Martial God and other powerful figures, and plundering a large amount of Celestial Star veins and spiritual herbs. Yet the Mo Family claims it was the Xuanyuan Empire that acted first, with the Fire Blade Martial God and other powerful figures secretly ambushing the Mo Family's Grand Elder and elders, leading to the Mo Family's retaliation?”