High Martial World: I Gain Passive Skills Daily-Chapter 141 - 106: Unprecedented and Unrepeatable (Double-Length)

Chapter 141: Chapter 106: Unprecedented and Unrepeatable (Double-Length)

The King of Qi, naturally, is the Eldest Prince of the Great Zhou, Zhou Yanwei’s elder brother with a different mother, the best candidate for Crown Prince.

Previously, it was because the King of Qi went north to kill the barbarians that the Civilization Officials lacked supervision, giving Zhou Yanwei an opportunity.

Now, the King of Qi is unexpectedly captured by the Night Barbarians. If something goes wrong, Zhou Yanwei would naturally be the most likely candidate.

However, this matter is still uncertain, because the Empress has a younger son, the Third Prince, who is only two years old.

Zhou Yanwei is older, but the Third Prince is legitimate. If Ji Chengtian is biased in any way, bypassing Zhou Yanwei to cultivate the Third Prince is entirely possible.

Ji Chengtian is only forty-two years old now, in his prime, and can completely start cultivating anew.

Although Chen Kuang actually thinks Ji Chengtian might not want to establish a Crown Prince at all, so he doesn’t care at all...

After all... he is searching for the Elixir of Longevity.

If one could achieve immortality, why would anyone cultivate a successor?

Naturally, holding power alone is more enjoyable.

But even so, for Zhou Yanwei, the King of Qi’s mishap should be very much well-received.

Chen Kuang thought this inside, but the expressions of the three showed no happiness. On the contrary, they looked particularly heavy.

It seems... the breach of the Northern Defense Line is far more serious than the capture of the King of Qi.

Zhou Yanwei clearly knows what others might think, explaining solemnly:

"The troubles of the world are greater than familial and national strife."

"If the Northern Defense Line is torn, it is not only a catastrophe for the Great Zhou, but for the entire Central Domain, and even the Human Race, it could be the beginning of a great calamity..."

Chen Kuang knows he is not exaggerating.

Because the Liang Kingdom is largely situated in the southeast direction of the Central Domain, far from the Northern Plains, relatively affluent and peaceful, in Chen Kuang’s memories, the impression of the Night Barbarian invasion is not deep.

But some orally transmitted histories and events are still somewhat understood.

The Night Barbarian Race and the Human Race are ancient, unending enemies.

Ultimately, there is only one reason.

The Night Barbarians survive by consuming humans.

Even if they can use other meats or demonic creatures to fill their stomachs in normal times, before long they would waste away and die. Therefore, the Night Barbarian Race must loot humans for food.

In ancient times, with the Human Race flourishing and Human Emperor Shuo holding sway over the Human Race, the Night Barbarians did not dare act wantonly, confined to a corner, driven to the Ancient Ice Glacier beyond the Northern Plains to fend for themselves.

But after the "War of Hunting the Sky," the Human Emperor fell, the national fortune withered, and the chaotic world waged wars endlessly. The Night Barbarians took the opportunity to return, scavenging corpses in the chaos, and when they grew to a certain scale, began to plunder the Central Domain wantonly.

Initially, the Night Barbarians were not called Night Barbarians.

In ancient times, they had another name—

Demons.

To this day, the Night Barbarians have developed and grown in the Northern Plains, comprising seventy-two tribes, supporting the Night Barbarian King Ah Huse, eyeing the Central Domain, ready to seize it.

Yet the reason the Night Barbarians are still unable to cross Xunmi Mountain.

Firstly, because Xunmi Mountain is simply too high and vast, stretching before the Northern Plains, blocking the advance route of the Night Barbarians.

This must have been the consideration of the Human Emperor back then.

Secondly, the countless cultivators and ordinary armies, constructing a solid Northern Defense Line with flesh and blood.

In fact, within it, cultivators are not the main force.

Relying on "Power Formations" to fight, ordinary armies are the main force against the Night Barbarians.

Cultivators are very strong, but ultimately their numbers are too few.

The Night Barbarians’ birth rate is terrifyingly high, and their cannibalism is not merely about eating flesh and drinking blood. They can directly absorb Spiritual Qi, completely transform humans into their nutrition, growing in a short time to a power equivalent to an Innate Realm cultivator.

Two fists cannot defeat four hands; no matter how strong the cultivator, when facing thousands of enemies, there will also be moments of exhaustion.

A year before, there was a rumor of a Grandmaster Realm cultivator trapped in the deep Northern Plains, drained of Spiritual Qi, and finally eaten alive.

In contrast, Power Formations only need well-trained ordinary people, plus a low-level cultivator who has practiced the Power Formation as the core, to exert power far exceeding that of the core cultivator.

For example, Li Hongling’s Black Armor Army is the best among them.

She mainly practiced Power Formations.

If she hadn’t been cut down by Chen Kuang halfway, she would definitely have led the Black Armor Army to rescue the King of Qi.

The national border of the Great Zhou closely aligns with the Northern Plains, being the first and most important line of defense.

If this line of defense is completely torn apart, the citizens at the border of the Great Zhou will be unimaginable, and if the Great Zhou cannot hold, the countries behind it will also suffer...

"However, even in this situation, Ji Chengtian still wants to divert military strength to annihilate the Liang Kingdom."

Chen Kuang shook his head secretly: "His desire for immortality is too strong."

But thinking about Su Yu, it seems that the desires of kings throughout the world are largely the same.

"The Northern Defense Line is of great importance and cannot be delayed. Our Celestial Department takes the mandate of heaven as our duty, a sect advocating worldly engagement, naturally cannot stand by."

Qi Sibai followed up and explained a few words: "The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of every man, and we cultivators are even more obliged."

He mentioned the mandate of heaven, causing Chen Kuang to curiously ask: "Didn’t you say before that your mandate was the Demon Sword? Now that the mandate is gone, what will you do next?"

Qi Sibai was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized: "Brother Chen misunderstood."