Demon, don't come any closer!

Chapter 56 The world is shaken again

This is outrageous!

These remnants are truly audacious and reckless.

The Prime Minister of Chu looked at the proclamation in his hand, his palm trembling uncontrollably.

His deep purple brocade robe, with its intricate and majestic embroidery, accentuated his dignified and noble bearing.

But at this moment, Prime Minister Chu appeared extremely disheveled. His eyes, which had seen the vicissitudes of life, were no longer calm as before. How dare Lin Fangmin, a mere nobody, write down the nine major crimes of the Great Chu in the proclamation.

The rebellion in a remote place was not something the Prime Minister of Chu would normally take seriously, as all his energy was being consumed by the hundreds of thousands of Chu troops at the front lines.

Even though the Qin state's Black Ice Guard was behind it, it was only a county, and the Chu prime minister didn't take it seriously. He thought it would be quelled in a few days, but he never expected that the rebellion would not only not be quelled, but would become even bigger.

Lin Fangmin, the prefect of Jinhai County, took the initiative to welcome the rebel army into the city and personally poisoned and captured Huangfu Deguang. This had a very bad impact, as he was the prefect of a county, which was considered a high-ranking official even in the Great Chu.

Even so, the influence was still under control, but the destructive power of this manifesto that spread throughout the world was simply too great.

Looking at the proclamation in his hand, Prime Minister Chu exerted a little force, and with a burst of light, the proclamation dissipated inch by inch.

The Prime Minister of Chu knew very well that now that the tyrannical Qin had conquered five states and was using all its strength to attack Chu from the south, the people of Chu were already restless. Now that another rebellion had broken out and prefects had defected to the enemy, chaos was bound to break out in various places. In addition, with the Black Ice Guard stirring up trouble, rebellions breaking out in various places were inevitable.

The Great Chu state was already teetering on the brink of collapse, and now it has been stabbed in the back again.

We must send a high-ranking official to personally handle the rebellion. We absolutely cannot let it affect the autumn harvest, otherwise the frontline supplies will be running out and the Great Chu will be in grave danger.

The Prime Minister of Chu muttered the name Dou Changsheng for a long time, and finally sighed, "If only such a talented person were willing to serve the country with utmost loyalty."

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A thin mist drifted through the forest like a veil, and thousands of tall bamboos stood upright, their joints verdant, with glistening dewdrops hanging from the tips of their leaves, about to fall. The forest was silent.

The sound of rustling footsteps rang out, and a young girl in a pale yellow dress, holding a proclamation in her fair hands, slowly walked to the pavilion with its upturned eaves. She bent down slightly, looked down at her toes, raised her hands high, and her voice, like that of a nightingale, rang out: "Madam."

"This is a manifesto that has just spread throughout the world."

"Dai Viet has been restored."

The manifesto rose into the air and hovered in mid-air. Each character detached automatically, as if it had come to life, and moved around in a hurry, arranging itself into neat characters in mid-air.

A cool, detached voice rang out: "Just a joke."

"A group of foreign demons and monsters have become the people of Da Yue."

"Don't worry about it, everything in Da Viet is none of my business."

"In the future, we don't need to worry about these messy things anymore. Wouldn't it be better for us to play music, compose poetry, drink wine, and live a carefree and happy life?"

The girl remained silent for a long time before slowly saying, "The tree desires stillness, but the wind will not cease."

"For hundreds of years, the restoration of the kingdom has been a distant dream."

"The Ghost Tribe is having an increasingly difficult time. If it weren't for the fact that the Great Chu is concerned about the Lady, the Ghost Lord alone wouldn't be able to support the Ghost Tribe. They would have been besieged by the Golden Jade Guard long ago."

"Now that Dai Viet has been restored, if we miss this opportunity, there will truly be no more chances."

"Dou Changsheng is a capable man. He has neither connections nor strength, yet in less than a month, he forced Lang County to rebel, captured Lin County, and now he has taken over the coastal prefecture. He has issued a proclamation to the world, which will surely cause a sensation in the Great Wilderness."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a cold voice: "How can a few counties compare to dozens of prefectures?"

"Even if we can overcome the Chu state, how will we face the tyrannical Qin state?"

"The unification of the human realm by the tyrannical Qin Dynasty is an inevitable trend. The six states could not stop it, and now only the Chu state remains, which is even less likely to succeed."

The girl said in a deep voice, "Although the previous attempts to restore the country were grand in scale, they couldn't stop the Yue Kingdom when it was still around. How could we possibly stop the ferocious Chu army after the country was destroyed?"

"This time it's like throwing an egg against a rock, but if we don't do it now, people's hearts will grow cold."

"If we continue to endure and persevere, Da Yue will truly perish."

The cold voice said indifferently, "No dynasty lasts forever. The Great Yue Dynasty has a history of 38,000 years. Even if Qin and Chu were combined, it wouldn't amount to a fraction of that. We should be content."

"The reason it was able to restore itself back then was because it was located in a remote area, with scattered populations and numerous tribes."

"But ever since the Mermaid Empress unified the aquatic races and established a centralized empire, even the Dragon Clan has been defeated and forced to flee to the underworld. The once mighty overlord of the East Sea and a powerful clan of the Great Wilderness has fallen to such a state. All the races have learned their lesson."

"Therefore, various kingdoms and empires began to be established one after another. The enfeoffment system and the prefecture-county system that are now being argued about within the Qin Dynasty are a microcosm of this transformation."

"Now that the world has shrunk, there is no longer any fertile ground for the restoration of Da Yue. Everything we are doing now is just a flash in the pan."

"Of all the nations under heaven, seven are the most powerful, and each one has a righteous god behind it."

"Is it only found in the Yue Kingdom?"

"But the five states of Wei, Han, Yan, Zhao, and Qi all perished precisely because the gods tacitly allowed the unification of the human realm and would not permit the environment of the Warring States period of fighting among the states to emerge."

"The unification of the world by the tyrannical Qin dynasty is a foregone conclusion. The gods will not interfere; only mortal power can achieve this. Someone must be able to overthrow the Qin dynasty's million-strong army."

Is that possible?

"If I live a quiet and secluded life here, I can still protect a princess of a fallen kingdom."

"If you leave, the Golden Jade Guards will not let you go, and the Black Ice Guards will also be watching you. In the future, it will be the Black Ice Guards, who are constantly making promises to you now, who will kill you."

"You're still young, and I don't blame you for getting excited over a few empty words and boasts."

"But I want to tell you that sacrificing for your country is not glorious, because you are just a pawn, and your death will be in vain, not the heroic sacrifice you think you are making."

After a pause or two in her cool voice, she slowly said, "I've been too lenient with you all these years. It's my fault for not learning from my mistakes and thinking you would be an exception."

"Go to the back mountain and study sword forging properly. You'll be so busy every day that you won't even have time to eat, and you won't keep having these wild thoughts."

"That's how your mother went through it back then. After a few years, she settled down, got married and had children, and stopped thinking about restoring the country."

Strands of green silk appeared, instantly binding the girl, and then flew towards the back mountain.

The woman, who had been diligently grinding the ink, couldn't help but plead, "Madam."

"She's still young and doesn't understand things."

The cold voice said unhappily, "You and your daughter have exactly the same temperament."

"It's been like this for hundreds of years, passed down through generations, and hasn't changed since your ancestors."

"No matter how much affection there is, it will eventually run out. My patience is running out."

"There are more and more flies outside. It's time to go out for a walk, or they'll think my sword is dull and can't kill anyone anymore."

The lady is still the same—sharp-tongued but kind-hearted!

He couldn't help but offer some words of advice: "Madam."

"I'm so sorry, Dai Viet!"