"Worthy son-in-law, you have rendered great merit this time. I shall remember it well. Before long, an imperial decree of reward will arrive."
"Peaceful People City was destroyed overnight. I, too, cannot bear it. But it is merely one Peaceful People City—ah, hahahaha! Worthy son-in-law, surely you do not lack for one such city?"
"Eastern Peace King shall return to the capital with me and swiftly marry Princess Quan. And as for you venerable ancestors, you must come visit Twin Sun Red Dragon City, so that I may fulfill my duties as host. Hahaha! I dare not boast of anything else, but I can certainly produce eight or ten thousand young maidens. Their bloodlines are guaranteed pure—all are direct-line daughters of the official and aristocratic families of our Blood Qin Empire."
A perfectly good Peaceful People City had become a vast lake dozens of li across, yet Ying Zheng irresponsibly washed his hands of it and left. Laughing and joking, he took Blackbeard and the others back to the capital, dumping every troublesome cleanup matter onto Lin Qi—without even considering the reprisals Heavenly Temple and the Miro Divine Cult might launch one after another!
Still, Lin Shan was ultimately one of their own ancestors. He left behind more than a dozen Tiger Clan elders to hold down Peace Province, determined not to leave until the storm here had passed. This time, Lin Qi had worked with Ying Zheng to slaughter every one of the more than two hundred demigods sent by the major powers. Heavenly Temple's Mingtuo Peak branch in particular had suffered grievous losses. If one claimed Heavenly Temple would not retaliate, no one would dare believe it.
Over the next few days, Lin Qi busied himself once more.
Peaceful People City had been smashed to ruins. Those officials