"Where has His Majesty gone?"
Lu Qingxuan steadied himself and asked.
"Master Fu of the Skyscraping Divine Palace on Mount Luofu discovered three Demon Kings lying in hiding. His Majesty went with several Great Cultivators to hunt them down," the old palace eunuch said meaningfully.
"What exactly happened?" Lu Qingxuan asked.
"His Majesty came and went in haste. He didn't explain, only told you to help handle affairs of state."
"...Understood."
Lu Qingxuan glanced at the mound of severed heads before him and could not help sighing.
This had been meant to be a momentous alliance between the two races against the Ghost Calamity.
Instead, it had come to this.
With so many demons killed, Imperial Father's position could not have been clearer.
There was no need to weigh anyone's position anymore.
He had to do his part!
Lu Qingxuan took up the State-Guarding Imperial Jade Seal. His bearing changed abruptly, radiating a chill, murderous resolve.
His voice turned cold and merciless:
"Inspect our military supplies immediately. Reactivate every major defensive tower along the border between the Human Race and the Demon Race."
"Ask the Great Cultivators guarding the realm to come see me."
“Summon the generals of the Ministry of War at once. Tell them we're discussing the coming war.”
"Bring the Minister of Revenue and his two vice ministers to the palace. I need a clear picture of our resources, and they must join the discussion shortly."
"Issue a proclamation. Condemn the Demon Race's treachery in the harshest terms and declare that justice demands their destruction."
“Spread the word everywhere. Every corner of the Empire must know that we have begun a war for survival, a war of Creation and Annihilation!” “Yes!”
Meanwhile.
At the Archaeologists' Residential Compound.
Xu Yuan had just left with Lu Qingxuan and Zhang