Chapter 565: High Priest: "Sir, let's be honest!"

Loulan.

A mysterious and powerful country, although located in the Western Regions, it is the strongest country among the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, but even Dayuan, Xiaowan, Gaochang and other Western Regions countries have little knowledge of Loulan. Now, this strongest country in the Western Regions has been conquered by the imperial army from the Central Plains.

The 50,000-strong imperial army, led by the imperial prince, Wushuang Jun Tianxuanzi, was like a tiger descending from the mountain. They defeated the Loulan army in one battle and occupied Loulan.

into the night.

The starry sky in the Western Regions is no different from that in the Central Plains.

The stars, like tiny gemstones, seem to be scattered in a disorderly manner, but in fact they follow some mysterious trajectory, dotting the clear night sky. In two days, it will be the full moon. The bright moon, which is just a little short of being full, and the starry sky complement each other, creating a quiet and distant atmosphere.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"Husband, husband, wake up!"

"Son, get up! Didn't you say you wanted to eat naan?"

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Although the stars and the moon created a quiet and distant atmosphere, casting pieces of peaceful and harmonious moonlight on Loulan, the people of Loulan could not resonate with it. Loud cries were heard from the buildings with Western characteristics. In the battle in broad daylight, the Loulan army was defeated by the powerful enemy.

Of the 20,000 Loulan troops, except for the 3,000 elite soldiers dispatched by the high priest to guard the Chiyou Sword and the God of War, the other 17,000 Loulan soldiers were all thrown into the battle with the imperial army. After a bloody battle, 10,000 of the 17,000 Loulan soldiers were killed, and 3000 to 4000 of the other 7,000 soldiers were injured to varying degrees.

According to statistics after the war, only 5,000 to 6,000 soldiers were left in Loulan, including the 3,000 soldiers who did not join the battlefield. As a small country in the Western Regions, Loulan was a country full of soldiers. In total, every Loulan family lost a man. Even if the male heads of some families survived, some relatives died on the battlefield because the Loulan people intermarried for generations.

In the quiet night sky, every family in Loulan was crying and wearing mourning clothes, making the oasis where Loulan was located filled with a faint mist. The only thing that was not affected was the magnificent and magnificent temple standing in the center of Loulan.

In the darkness of night, a window of a Loulan house not far from the temple suddenly opened.

An old Loulan woman in her forties or fifties, with wrinkles all over her cheeks, looked indignant. Even though there were still traces of tears on her cheeks, she still stared at the temple with a fierce look that could be described as treasonous.

"It's all that bitch's fault. She didn't even consider her own worth before she dared to use all the men of Loulan to fight against the battle-hardened Imperial Wushuang! What was the result? In just one hour, half of the men of Loulan were dead. Since they were all going to surrender, why didn't she surrender earlier?"

"Everyone else is dead, but this bitch is still alive and well. She can even climb into Wushuang Jun's bed with her beauty. In the future, if Wushuang Jun can inherit the throne of the empire, she will have a chance to become the empire's concubine. She is obviously the one who deserves to die the most, why doesn't she die!"

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The curses were uttered in Loulan language, and the hatred was fully revealed. Although the word "that bitch" was not explicitly mentioned, anyone who was not a fool could tell who the old woman was scolding.

"Mom, stop scolding me." A young and beautiful Loulan woman appeared behind the old woman, took up one of her wrinkled hands, and pulled her back into the room. "How can this be considered scolding?" The old woman said indignantly, "Could it be that what I said is not true?"

Hearing the old woman's words, the young woman from Loulan was speechless.

In the daytime battle, Loulan lost half of its men and gained nothing, so it could only surrender to the empire in disgrace. Although, in order to save the remaining half of the men and the remaining Loulan people, the high priest used his holy body as a sacrifice. However, in the eyes of most of the surviving Loulan people, the high priest clearly stepped on the corpses of the Loulan people in exchange for endless wealth and glory.

All this dealt a fatal blow to the high priest's prestige in Loulan. Even if the Qin army withdrew now, it would be impossible for the high priest to continue to have prestige in Loulan second only to the Queen Mother of the Nine Heavens.

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Temple.

Originally, there were only a few armchairs in the temple, where the high priest received foreign guests and decided matters of all sizes in Loulan. Now, under the shrine where tributes were offered to the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, there was a soft and comfortable bed. On the bed covered with a bed sheet with mandarin ducks playing in the water, the high priest opened his mouth full of crystal-clear jade teeth like woven shells and bit Tianxuan's shoulder fiercely.

The high priest used all his strength to eat this bite, wishing he could tear off the flesh on Tianxuan's shoulder and swallow it whole. However, Tianxuan's Wuji Sheng Gang had reached the state of yin and yang, making him invulnerable to swords and spears. Even though the high priest used all his strength, he still couldn't cause any harm to Tianxuan.

A mouth full of silver teeth is like a piece of cowhide that is difficult to tear no matter how hard you try. It is of no use.

"Don't waste your efforts."

After a while, realizing that the force on his shoulder was gradually loosening, Tianxuan stretched out a hand and placed it on the delicate head of the high priest, whose hair was disheveled but whose beauty was not diminished at all. He exerted a little force and pushed the high priest's head away.

"My Wuji Shengqi is invulnerable to swords and spears, and immune to all poisons. Even peerless divine weapons like the Hongming Knife and the Xuanyuan Sword cannot break my protective qi unless they fall into the hands of a peerless master whose cultivation is not inferior to mine, let alone your teeth."

"Hehehe."

When the high priest heard Tianxuan say this, a look of despair first appeared on his pretty face, and then turned to ridicule.

"Your Majesty, you have worked so hard to absorb the essence of the Snow Girl to cultivate this Wuji Sheng Gang! It seems that you also understand that you have too many enemies, even the one next to you, who may plot against you at any time, so you have to create such a turtle shell!"

Hearing the high priest's words, Tian Xuan felt a trace of anger in his heart. His right hand stretched out like lightning, mercilessly strangling the high priest's snow-white neck with whom he had just had the most indescribable relationship. Although the high priest had a good martial arts, in front of Tian Xuan, she was no different from a weak woman who didn't know martial arts.

As long as Tianxuan exerted a little force, he could break the high priest's neck and send her to death.

"High Priest, if you want to live and don't want all the people of Loulan to die, remember, it's one thing to understand some things in your heart, but it's best not to say them out loud!" As he spoke, Tianxuan slowly loosened his right hand that was strangling the high priest's snow-white neck, sparing her life.

“Ahem.” He was only a step away from death, but the high priest did not look happy about escaping death. He coughed dryly a few times, and after catching his breath, he raised his neck again, knelt on the bed, and said in a cold tone, “Your Majesty, that’s what I said. But, even if I say something nice, you won’t believe it. So, let’s be honest!”

(End of this chapter)