Time passed by and it had been a week since Lin Mu had ventured into the Kong Plane.
At the Capital of the Great Zhou empire, the ministers were all sitting in the imperial court. Not just the ministers, but several important members of the aristocrats, and even the sects were here.
The expressions of a few ministers were tense, and the man dressed as the imperial adviser was sweating visibly.
"What have we been called here for so urgently?" One of the sect ambassadors asked.
The sects actually had a few ambassadors from them assigned to the capital. These people would usually have no authority or a duty other than to listen to the exceedingly important announcements given by the Emperor or the imperial court.
Nearly every major sect had an ambassador posted at the capital. It was not often that they were called to the court as there were other ways to send of information. But if they really were called, it meant that the situation was gravely important.
"Yeah? Has something happened to the emperor?" One of the sect ambassadors asked.
"No… the emperor is still fine." The Imperial adviser spoke.
He was the person who was the closest to the emperor. In a way, he would be the emperor's secretary and would help carry out his orders and more. But since the emperor was currently sick and unable to work on his own, the adviser would do it in cooperation with the ministers.
"Then what is the reason for this?" this time a minister asked.
"I have called you all here to inform you that… The Vermillion legion has fallen." The imperial adviser said, his hands trembling.
As soon as his words were heard, the hearts of everyone shook.
"WHAT?!" the ministers screamed out.
Meanwhile, the sect ambassadors furrowed their brows. There were sect ambassadors from the Long Cloud sect, and others in their alliance too, thus had an inkling of what was happening.
"So it has started…" The sect ambassador from the Black Dune sect muttered.
"Indeed…" The sect ambassador from the Light Harmony sect nodded his head. "Do we even need to inform the alliance?" he asked.
"We may as well, as is our duty. Even if the elders probably found out about it already." The sect ambassador of the Long Cloud sect replied.
A few sect ambassadors that were standing around them and ministers heard their conversation and were surprised.
"Wait! You three knew about this?" A minister asked frantically.
"We did indeed." The sect ambassador of the Long Cloud sect replied.
"YOU KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND YOU DIDN'T THINK TO WARN US?!" The minister of law got agitate and rushed to take hold of the sect ambassador.
"You should behave minister of Law…" The sect ambassador stated.
"IT IS YOU WHO SHOULD DO THAT!" The other ministers blew up.
The aristocrats were now trembling and didn't know what to make of this.
"Wait! Please tell us more imperial adviser. If the Vermillion legion fell, what does this entail?" They asked.
While the nobles and aristocrat had an idea about the deaths happening all over the continent and some were even aware of the actions of the Gu Legion, they didn't want to assume the worst.
After all, even the Vermillion legion had the strange deaths and some people were even said to have lost their memories. So unless they had a straight answer, they didn't dare to believe it all.
"The Vermillion legion fell because they were attacked… by the northern tribes!" The Imperial adviser stated truthfully.
~Gasp~
Several loud gasps where heard and a few people simply fell to the ground in shock.
"H-how… how is this possible?" they wondered.
"It is your ignorance that you never listened to the alliance. Nothing can be done now." The sect ambassador of the Long cloud sect said before freeing himself from the minister of law,. "Let's go. Our work here is done."
"Mmhmm… they will either join and accept the reality, or perish to the annals." The sect ambassador of the Light Harmony sect said.
"Maybe it might be better too… the Zhou empire has lasted for far too long… haha~" The sect ambassador of the Black Dune sects said.
The words said by the ambassadors were treasonous and if these were normally spoken, they would have faced grave consequences. After all, even criticizing the emperor or the imperial court could only be done in moderation, especially not to their face.
If the same was said by the high elders of the sect, it would have been fine and the emperor would not be able to do much. But these were merely ambassador that barely had the cultivation base at the peak stage of the core condensation realm.
It wasn't that the sects didn't have someone stronger to send, but that the imperial court wouldn't allow Nascent soul realm and above individuals this close to the court. The danger would be a lot more, after all.
Each and every person in the court had heard their words, but they couldn't really bring themselves to oppose it either. The initial shock was still too strong. And seeing the condition of the imperial adviser, they knew the situation was really grave.
After all, the soldiers in the vermilion legion were among the best in the empire and if they had all fallen, then thing were looking bleak. While the main imperial army did have better experts in them, there was still a limit to what they could do.
Not to mention, even if they wanted to replace the vermilion legion's people with themselves, reaching the frontier was not an easy task and would take a long time.
Unfortunately for the imperial court, there was nothing they could do other than despair. Unknown to them, the alliance was already in preparation and they wouldn't truly be left to die.
At least, the common citizens wouldn't be forced to suffer like that. As for the ministers and aristocrats? They would be left to their own devices.
With the emperor in the current condition, the imperial court was a toothless tiger.
