There is a way to stop this from happening?
The most direct way is of course to rush out and say that Yan Shuang is not the demon star host.
However, doing so would be seeking death. Because the Divine Dragon Holy Temple capturing the demon star is still an absolute secret of this world. On what basis do you know about it? It seems your relationship with the demon star is not shallow. Come with us to the tribunal for a trip.
Then use force to fight their way out?
That is even more impossible to imagine. Although Yan Shuangs martial arts are very high, the twelve giants of Tianye City joining hands would make it hard for Yan Shuang alone to resist them, not to mention the unfathomably deep Fang Qing Shu and the two Holy Temple adjudicators.
Or Suo Lun could directly rush out and reveal his identity, saying that he is Suo Lun, then immediately take the initiative to leave Tianye City and never target the Silver Wolf Legion again, and ask them to let Yan Shuang go?
That would be even more naive. The tribunal has already made its move. Do they think they can arrest when they want and not arrest when they do not want?
Yan Shuang looked at the two adjudicators and said, I will not go to the tribunal.
Instantly an incomparably powerful force surged from the two adjudicators and instantly suppressed the entire venue, almost making it impossible for people to breathe.
Are you resisting the will of the Divine Dragon Holy Temple? The leading adjudicator said.
Yan Shuangs gaze turned towards Fang Qing Shu and she said, Young master Fang Qing Shu, I have one thing that I want to offer to the Divine Dragon Holy Temple. I wonder if it would be convenient to hand it to you.
Fang Qing Shu was startled and smiled gently, May I ask Miss Yan, what gift is it?
Yan Shuang said, It is the imprint left by the ancient divine dragon in this world, a rubbing of the ancient dragon seal from a stone tablet. I obtained it unintentionally in the Heavenly Demon Mountain Range. It is also the fundamental reason why my cultivation suddenly became so powerful.
As soon as these words came out Fang Qing Shu was startled and the two adjudicators trembled.
What did the Divine Dragon Holy Temple rely on to maintain its supreme authority? It was the divine dragon faith.
And what was the divine dragon faith? It was the infinite power bestowed by the ancient divine dragon upon heaven and earth. Every persons dragon bloodline and every inch of dragon power between heaven and earth was bestowed by the ancient divine dragon.
Therefore every imprint of the ancient divine dragon in the world was incomparably precious and was regarded as a sacred object by the Divine Dragon Holy Temple that must be worshipped and revered for generations.
No one had expected that Yan Shuang would have such a fortuitous encounter and that she would now offer such a sacred object?
In this way she would not only clear herself of the suspicion of being the demon star but also explain the reason for her sudden powerful cultivation.
Becoming powerful because of obtaining the power of the dragon seal stone tablet was not only not anti dragon power but was the grace and blessing of the ancient divine dragon.
In this way she would not only be innocent but would also be regarded as the human closest to the ancient divine dragon because her heart was sincere and thus she received the divine dragons grace.
Now that Yan Shuang was actively offering the divine dragon stone tablet this was even a great merit and would earn the immense gratitude of the Divine Dragon Holy Temple.
In this way the tribunals arrest of her would completely become absurd.
Seeing everyone shocked, Yan Shuang repeated, May I ask, can I donate this sacred object through young master Fang Qing Shu?
Of course you can. This is my great honour. Fang Qing Shu said, Moreover Miss Yan Shuang will become the best friend of my Divine Dragon Holy Temple.
Then he turned to the two adjudicators and said, If Miss Yan really has the imprint of the ancient divine dragon then she has completely cleared the suspicion on her. In that case this arrest operation must be cancelled. You two come with me to receive the divine dragon rubbing that Miss Yan Shuang is donating.
The two adjudicators looked at each other and then said, We do need to go together. If this dragon seal sacred object is real then Miss Yan Shuang will of course have cleared any suspicion.
Fang Qing Shu suddenly turned to Tu Ling Duo and said, Miss Tu Ling, as the official representative of the Rage Wave Kingdom, why not also come to witness this sacred moment.
Tu Ling Duo smiled and said, It would be my honour.
A smile appeared on her face but a trace of coldness flashed deep in her eyes.
The mission she came for this time was to disintegrate Yan Shuangs Silver Wolf Legion so that Suo Lun would have nowhere to borrow strength. But Tianye City was not within the territory of the Rage Wave Kingdom, so wanting to disintegrate an army would also require paying no small price.
Therefore they chose the method with the smallest cost, borrowing the power of the Divine Dragon Holy Temple and arresting Yan Shuang in the name of capturing the demon star.
Once Yan Shuang was arrested and locked in the Holy Temple tribunal for a few months her Silver Wolf Legion would naturally become meat on the chopping board and be divided up by the remaining twelve giants of Tianye City.
No one had expected that this seemingly certain situation would be vividly turned around by Yan Shuang.
This woman was truly remarkable. She was so wise and so decisive, offering such a sacred object as the dragon seal stone tablet on the spot.
If Tu Ling Duos expression still had some cover, the faces of the twelve giants of Tianye City looked very ugly. Tonight they had completely torn faces, yet they had not expected Yan Shuang to escape death. The meat that was about to enter their mouths had flown away just like that.
Suddenly Tianye City Lord Ji Gang smiled and said, Yan Shuangs niece offering such a sacred object is a great honour for our Tianye City. Then may I ask if I, as the city lord of Tianye City, have the honour to go together and witness this great moment?
Fang Qing Shu nodded and said, Of course. With all four parties present it is even better to eliminate any suspicion of private transfer. Miss Yan Shuang, what do you think?
Good. Yan Shuang said, then she directly walked outside.
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On the way to the Silver Wolf Legion camp Suo Lun and Yan Shuang rode together in one carriage.
Lan Ling, you said you had seen me before in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains? Yan Shuang said.
Yes. Suo Lun said.
Yan Shuang said, Compared to then, have I changed a lot?
Suo Lun said, Like two different people.
Yan Shuang said, That is because my father is no longer here!
Suo Lun was startled. He had not expected Yan Shuang to say this huge secret so directly. This was completely related to the life and death of the Silver Wolf Legion.
But for this result he was not too surprised. After all he had already guessed it. However his heart still felt very uncomfortable and he felt incomparable heartache for the woman before him.
No wonder such a huge change had appeared on her. To a large extent she was the same as him. He had to shoulder the mission of saving the Suo family while she had to shoulder the mission of preserving the Silver Wolf Legion.
The difference between the two was that she was a woman and had once been an innocent and flawless girl.
Why do you not seem very surprised? Yan Shuang asked.
Suo Lun said, Because many people have already guessed this result. They just did not dare to confirm it.
Yan Shuang said, Actually donating the dragon seal stone tablet is nothing because the special energy on it has already entered my body. What is most fatal now is that my fathers matter can no longer be hidden.
Tianye City Lord Ji Gang coming along this time was not to witness the donation of some stone tablet creature but to reveal the truth that Silver Wolf Yan Yan had already died and then publicise it widely.
Yan Yans fame was truly too great. With him around no one in the Silver Wolf Legion dared to have second thoughts and no one outside dared to provoke him.
His record of winning every battle was truly too astonishing. Those who had once been his enemies now had grass growing on their graves. So although he had never been city lord for even one day he was actually the uncrowned king of Tianye City, the true wolf king of the pack.
But if he was dead then the other head wolves of Tianye City would definitely bare their fierce fangs and pounce madly to bite.
Yan Shuang said, Do you know what consequences there will be once the truth that my father is gone is made public?
Suo Lun said, Inside the Silver Wolf Legion the military morale will collapse and even split. Outside more than ten hungry wolves will pounce madly to bite.
Yan Shuang said, Everyone says my Silver Wolf Legion is a mercenary group but it is no longer simply a mercenary group. Do you know that even if I do not accept a single business every year how much revenue there will be?
Suo Lun shook his head and said, I do not know but it should be a lot.
More than twenty thousand gold coins. Yan Shuang said.
When this number came out Suo Lun was immediately startled. More than twenty thousand gold coins every year. Not to mention supporting three thousand troops, even supporting ten thousand troops would be more than enough.
One must know that under normal circumstances the feudal lords of cities like Coastal City and Tianshui City only had annual revenue of just over twenty thousand gold coins. Moreover this money still had to pay royal taxes and support ten thousand troops.
While the Silver Wolf Legion, a mercenary group of three thousand people, had fixed annual revenue of more than twenty thousand gold coins.
Yan Shuang said, Tianye City is the largest trade city in the southern Central Continent. Underground trade from the Western Liang Kingdom, the southern barbarians, the Rage Wave Kingdom, the Yan Empire, the Night Orchid Principality and other countries all takes place here. Every day the trade volume here is astronomical and every day gold and silver seas flow.
Suo Lun had already fully seen the prosperity of Tianye City. And there were even more and larger trades that could not be seen.
Yan Shuang said, The elders council of Tianye City collects taxes on these trades and takes shares on certain trade routes. These revenues alone are over one hundred thousand gold coins every year and this income is divided among the thirteen giants of the elders council. My Silver Wolf Legion has the greatest power so we take two tenths every year.
Suo Lun said, So annexing the Silver Wolf Legion is not only annexing these three thousand troops but more importantly seizing the annual revenue of more than twenty thousand gold coins.
Correct. Yan Shuang said, My father was not only the wolf king of the Silver Wolf Legion but also the wolf king of Tianye City. Now this wolf king has fallen and my little wolf king does not have enough prestige, so the other head wolves want to come and fight for the position of wolf king. Whoever bites my little wolf king to death will be the new wolf king.
A city like Tianye City completely followed the law of the jungle, naked and brutal.
Yan Shuang continued, Originally I threw out the bait that I was about to marry, which delayed their attack. The greedy various forces all sent their own descendants to my side, trying to obtain the Silver Wolf Legion by conquering me. But after tonight this delaying tactic has already failed. Because both sides have completely torn faces and next will be a life and death battle.
Then Yan Shuangs gaze turned towards Suo Lun and she said, Lan Ling, what do you think I should do next? Once the truth that my father is gone is made public the Silver Wolf Legion will face a crisis of destruction. Should I first deal with external threats or first stabilise the internal situation?
Without doubt once the news that Yan Yan had already fallen spread Yan Shuang definitely could not suppress this army. The Silver Wolf Legion would definitely split internally and countless people would leave or even turn against her.
Moreover the twelve giants of Tianye City would definitely take the opportunity to pounce and bite. Under internal and external attacks at most one or two months and the Silver Wolf Legion would be completely destroyed.
At this moment the best result for Suo Lun was of course to take advantage of the fact that the war had not yet started for Yan Shuang to lead the Silver Wolf Legion out of Tianye City to Tianshui City to pledge loyalty to him and become the direct line army of the Suo family.
But such a grey and dejected retreat would be too humiliating and would be an incomparably huge blow to the morale of an army.
Yan Shuang said, Or withdraw from Tianye City and pledge loyalty to the Rage Wave Kingdom or the Western Liang Kingdom?
As soon as these words came out Suo Lun could not help but be startled.
Yan Shuang said, The envoys of these two countries had already found me three months ago. The price offered was ten thousand cavalry commander. Not only would they not disrupt the Silver Wolf Legion but they would supplement me with seven thousand soldiers and let me independently command a true ten thousand man legion. All officers within the legion would be appointed and removed by me.
These two kingdoms were truly generous.
Yan Shuang continued, And the highest bidder was the Night Orchid Principality. Once I led the army over they would promote me to count and separately allocate me a city as a fiefdom. Moreover I would marry the future crown prince of the principality and become the principal wife.
The Night Orchid Principality possessed two provinces, about nine million population, and an army of two hundred thousand.
The monarch Du Ban governed diligently and was ambitious, but unfortunately he was sandwiched between the three great powers of the Rage Wave Kingdom, Western Liang Kingdom and Yan Empire and had little room to expand.
Suo Lun discovered that even if Yan Shuang led the army out and withdrew from Tianye City he was still the one offering the lowest price and the least attractive.
Even the Night Orchid Principality was a behemoth in front of him.
Suo Lun said, Then has Miss Yan Shuang ever thought of pledging loyalty to the Rage Wave Kingdom, the Western Liang Kingdom, or becoming the crown princess of the Night Orchid Principality?
No. Yan Shuang said, Once that happens the independence of the Wild Wolf Legion would completely disappear. This is my fathers lifelong foundation and cannot be destroyed in my hands.
This answer was within Suo Luns imagination but it was not good news for him. Because once she chose to pledge loyalty to Suo Lun the independent title of the Silver Wolf Legion would also completely disappear.
Suo Lun said, So Miss Yan Shuang not only wants to preserve the Silver Wolf Legion but also wants to continue staying in Tianye City. In that case she would have to engage in life and death battles with the other evil wolves?
Correct. Yan Shuang said, I would rather die gloriously than flee in embarrassment and barely preserve my life.
Suo Lun closed his eyes and thought deeply for a long time, then said, Since miss has already made up her mind, I have three strategies that can at least preserve the Silver Wolf from defeat.
Yan Shuang said, Please speak.
Suo Lun said, The first strategy is rather than let the enemy publicly announce the truth that Lord Yan Yan has already fallen, you should take the initiative to announce it. Because many brothers in the Silver Wolf Legion were brought up single handedly by your father. This will arouse their loyalty and pity.
The second strategy is do not try to preserve the integrity of the Silver Wolf Legion. You must know how to give up. Those who want to leave must absolutely not be retained. Otherwise the Silver Wolf Legion will become a huge black hole that will waste all your energy and strategic strength, making you exhausted and revealing countless flaws. You only need to retain the most elite and most loyal force.
The third strategy, and also the most crucial one, is do not wait for the enemy to attack you but take the initiative to attack. You personally lead an elite force and secretly attack the other forces in Tianye City. Go and rob and kill their merchant caravans and go and slaughter their mercenary teams that go out on missions. And only fix on killing two or three forces so that the remaining nine forces do not dare to provoke you and watch from the sidelines. In this way you can tear apart their fragile alliance.
Finally Suo Lun summarised and said, In short two sentences. The first sentence: seek survival through struggle and survival will exist. Seek survival through compromise and survival will perish. The second sentence: when enemies and us fight, you fight your way and I fight my way. Never enter passive counterattack and never fall into the opponents rhythm and become exhausted.
Then what? Yan Shuang asked.
Suo Lun said, Kill Tianye City Lord Ji Gang, make the other side leaderless, thoroughly deter them, and let your new wolf king completely establish prestige.
Yan Shuang looked at Suo Lun in silence for a moment, then extended her hand and said, Your test has ended. I have seen countless young talents but none of them possess such great wisdom as you. You are exactly the person I need the most. Please come to my side and help me!
Suo Lun extended his hand and shook hands with Yan Shuang. Although she was wearing gloves Suo Luns heart still jumped slightly.
And at this moment the camp of the Silver Wolf Legion had already been reached.
Miss Yan Shuang, please lead us to see the dragon seal stone tablet. Outside, Fang Qing Shus voice sounded.