Beastmaster of the Ages Chapter 1427 - Troops at the Doorstep

Chapter 1427 Troops at the Doorstep

Swordsage, I want to clarify something. According to our initial agreement, we wont touch the saplings, but the three billion divine herbs from the Supracloud Sanctuary is for our three factions to evenly split, right? Wu Lingcang asked.

Thats right. However, the legacy and everything about the Supracloud Sanctuary is ours. Dont worry, Im an upright person and would never cut your share short, the Northdipper Swordsage said. It seemed like he was getting a good deal. If he hadnt insisted on such terms, he probably could have forged the alliance even sooner. However, that still depended on the value of the saplings, which was still unknown. It was a gamble.

Naturally, we trust your word, Swordsage, but theres a small issue here, Mu Qingqu from Lazuli Pavilion said.

What is it?

Before our alliance arrived, the Supracloud Sanctuary betrayed Li Wushuang and cut ties with her. You might not know this, but the only reason your assault on Li Wushuang and her forces was so successful was due to the Supracloud Sanctuary activating their formation and preventing them from retreating. In fact, some of the Supracloud Sanctuarys characters even left their formation and tried to claim credit from us, One-eyed Wang Hong said in a mocking tone.

Im aware of that. The Supracloud Sanctuary only changed their tune because they fear our alliance. That doesnt change the fact that theyre already considered to have sided with the celestial orderians. Dont worry. We just have to keep attacking, the swordsage said.

Since you already said that, we can do as we please without worry.

Thats right. Theres no way a dog can switch sides just because it bit its owner.

A dogs still a dog at the end of the day.

The three of you are correct, the Northdipper Swordsage said with righteous fury. Lets lead our troops to them right away.

Yeah!

The four went to make arrangements for the next battle right after the previous one had ended.

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On the way, the Wind Swordlord asked, Swordsage, based on my understanding of Yun Tianque, the fact that he has turned against Li Wushuang and stopped her troops from entering shows that hes completely cut off relations with the celestial orderians and learned his lesson. Wouldnt an attack on them now be bad for our reputation and be criticized? He had deliberated this for a long time before bringing it up.

Why overthink it? We have numbers on our side, so well just have to quickly end it. Historys written by the victors. All we have to do is to defeat them and label them as traitors. It isnt like Yun Tianque has any significant standing among the Myriad Solar Sects anyway.

I see.... The Wind Swordlord looked into the distance and sighed. At the end of the day, did Yun Tianque change course because he wanted the three billion divine herbs for himself?

Old friend, the key to feeling better is to not overthink things, the swordsage said, the seven bright holes on his face turned toward the Wind Swordlord.

Understood.

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Apart from those that remained to clear up the battlefield or guard the saplings, the other six hundred thousand elites pushed onward with their beasts toward the floating island in the sky and completely encircled it. Roars of great beasts shook the air. Many of these elites were solarians and each of them was on par with the stronger elites of the Supracloud Sanctuary. More of them would also come in time.

Traitors and dogs of the celestial orderians, deactivate your formation and come out to face judgment!

Youve embarrassed your ancestors! You arent fit to be part of the Myriad Solar Sects!

Skyclouds, voidstags, lowly races like you can never be treated as our equals!

Come out to beg for forgiveness now and accept your punishment! Otherwise, well exterminate all of you to make an example once we break into your formation!

Hundreds of thousands of people self-righteously cried out at them even though they knew that the Supracloud Sanctuarys actions had heavily benefited their side by cutting off a route of retreat for Li Wushuangs troops. They didnt think the act would absolve the Supracloud Sanctuary of their mistakes, however.

Well give you another ten breaths of time! If you stay cooped up, well attack! Dont force us to sentence you to an even harsher punishment! The Northdipper Swordsage wanted to cripple the elite fighters of the Supracloud Sanctuary, softening them up for the Azuresoul Palace to eventually take over. If that went as planned, the skyclouds and voidstags would fall, marking the start of the slow death of their sect. It wasnt dissimilar to what had been done to the Xuanyuan Dragon Secta slow but sure genocide, justified in their minds by the horrid deeds of those they sought to wipe out. They didnt fear baseless karmic retaliation, only that their own righteous wills would notice the fundamental inconsistency in their actions and affect their future cultivation. After all, there were tens of millions of skyclouds and voidstags in the sect, and the decision to wipe them out wasnt one to be flippantly made.

Come out!

The Northdipper Swordsage, Wind Swordlord, Wu Lingcang, Wang Hong, Mu Qingqu, and the rest stood in front of the army of six hundred thousand, coldly watching the situation. All of that was within Tianmings expectations. It was the natural conclusion of Li Wushuangs defeat and retreat. The Supracloud Sanctuary had been the alliances main target to begin with, as wiping them out would allow the Azuresoul Palace to take over the continent as a puppet of the swordsage. Eventually, the Gujian clan and House of Dongye would be driven out of the sect until it was nothing more than a true branch of the Empyrean Sword Sect, fully controlled by the stonesword race. The ambition of the swordsage had to be curbed no matter what; Tianming wanted the Azurecloud Continent to be his main base.

Yun Tianque and a hundred thousand cultivators appeared within the formation before the huge army. They tossed out the corpses of wargodeans for them to see. Then, all of them spoke in unison, We of the Supracloud Sanctuary speak on behalf of the people of the Azurecloud Continent. We thank the alliance for sending aid and saving us from our plight!

Those words came as a shock to those listening. Yun Tianque, stop playing games. Were here to help the continent, not your sect. You betrayed us for the celestial orderians, serving outsiders and dishonoring the Myriad Solar Sects. Weve come to exterminate you as an example. You have to pay the price for going against everything your ancestors and comrades stood for, said Wu Lingcang of the Divinemight Empire.

The crowd cheered when they heard his words, shaking the entire sect with their sheer volume. However, Yun Tianque didnt change his tune at all. You claimed that we were killing those on our own side, so I expect you to give specific instances of when we did such a thing. Was it when the grade-eight divine herb appeared? Or was it when the Rain Swordlord died?

Wu Lingcang was speechless, having no words to refute them. The entire time, nobody from the Supracloud Sanctuary had actually joined the fights.

Its true that you werent directly involved in the fights, but you are doubtlessly accountable for bringing the celestial orderians and the traitors that have joined them to the continent and thereby endangering it, Mu Qingqu said.

Bringing them in? Thats funny. The Supracloud Sanctuary isnt powerful enough to resist the pressures the wargodeans and Blueblood Starocean applied to us. Not to mention, nobody else came to our aid when they were forcing us to invite them in. Those two first-rate sects wanted the divine herbs of our continent for themselves. How can a second-rate sect like mine be expected to resist? Weve been oppressed and used from the very beginning!

You cant imagine the joy we felt when we heard that the alliance of the Myriad Solar Sects was finally here to save us. We even activated our formation to cut off the enemys retreat, thereby aiding the alliances army. We also killed many wargodeans, as you see here. We were so happy and just about to welcome your side with gratitude, yet you sent troops to our doorstep and threatened to annihilate us the moment you arrived. Such a heartless, cruel display has truly chilled us. Did we drive away a wolf only for a tiger to come? Are you after the divine herbs that we and my descendants have rightful claim to as compensation just like those outsiders and traitors?

Yun Tianques impassioned speech resonated with the countless members of his sect. Many of them even teared up. The key point was that his arguments were airtight and indisputable. There was nothing the alliances army could say to refute his reasonable explanation. Not to mention, the goal they had in mind when all of them marched to the sect was far too blatant. The Northdipper Swordsage had been too reductive in his analysiswhile it was true that victors wrote the history books, the true account of history would always remain, especially with so many witnesses to this event. That was exactly what Yun Tianque had been aiming for.

A commotion broke out on both sides. Even some from the alliances army began to question whether their motivations were really no different from that of opportunistic bandits. The decision of the Supracloud Sanctuary to betray the celestial orderians had been the correct move to make. Otherwise, the alliances army wouldnt even bother coming up with justifications and would have engaged in combat the moment they arrived.

Everyone turned to the swordsage, the light from the seven holes in his face illuminating Yun Tianque. Yun Tianque, you claim that you were forced to cooperate under duress, but is there proof of that? As far as I know, you took the initiative to approach the Tumulus Pill God and Lan Sha at the Voidsky Realm, as many witnesses can attest to. You cant fool us. All you did here was change your mind when things got out of hand. Nobody believes that you were genuinely planning to cut ties with the celestial orderians.

Thats right! the crowd shouted, glaring hatefully at Yun Tianque.

Unperturbed, Yun Tianque said, Swordsage, I dont have any hard proof, but I do have witnesses who can show that weve stood with the Myriad Solar Sects from the very beginning! They had been planning this from the very beginning. There was no way they would let anyone take away their divine herbs!