As he spoke, Wen Xing's expression turned grave.
He set down his wine cup and said, "The Spirit Emperor is old now. Undercurrents are surging, demons are dancing in chaos. Southern Border backs onto the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, easy to defend and hard to attack. They have long harbored ambitions of carving out their own domain."
"If they obtain the Insect Scripture, their strength will surely soar. Once the Emperor falls, they will inevitably invade the Southern Regions!"
"That is why, after hearing of your strength, we rushed here so urgently. We need a young man capable of holding the field steady, someone to disrupt this gathering. We absolutely cannot allow the Insect Scripture to fall into the hands of the Southern Border Three Tribes!"
As the governor of Lingnan Circuit, Wen Xing governed several million people. Upon hearing of this matter, he had been unable to sleep through the night.
If Southern Border truly obtained the Insect Scripture, the consequences were easy to imagine. The entire Southern Regions would become a sea of fire and blood.
He could never allow Southern Border to grow stronger. Such a fence-sitting force had to be strangled in the cradle.
Having heard the full story behind the matter, Zhang Chu finally understood. No wonder even these government officials, governors, and military commanders had come.
This Gu God supreme art was actually this formidable!
"The Demonic Cult will come too?" Zhang Chu suddenly asked.
The question caught the others off guard. How had they suddenly turned to the Demonic Cult?
Still, Hong Yue nodded. "They certainly will. Wuchang's appearance earlier was because of this matter."
"And it will not only be the Demonic Cult. Some hidden sects and secret experts of the Jianghu will also gather in Southern Border. These people may not