"The human race has an old saying: a petty man judges a gentleman by his own mean standards!"
Tuoba Kui settled into his seat and said with a smile, "Our entire Demon Race is also deeply pained by the Devil Race's defeat!"
"Oh, spare me!"
Tuoba Kui sat back down as well and said irritably, "Brother Ao just said it himself: the Demon Race and Devil Race aren't true allies. There's plenty of fighting between us, and in the past, there have even been several racial wars that wouldn't end until one side was dead. After our Devil Race suffered such a major defeat, not only would your Demon Race feel no pain, you're probably grinning so hard your noses have gone crooked!"
What he said was the plain truth!
"Impossible!"
Ao Qin denied it. "At least where the human race is concerned, our two races want exactly the same thing!"
"All right, all right, let's stop with the pleasantries!"
Tuoba Kui said impatiently, "Brother Ao, you came here in person today, so you must want something. Just say it!"
"Brother Tuoba, whenever you wage war on the human race, you always give our Demon Race a heads-up. Why was this time different?"
Ao Qin asked.
"Does my Devil Race need to explain how we conduct our affairs to the Demon Race?"
Tuoba Kui asked in return.
"Of course not, but I can still take a guess."
Ao Qin still wore a smile. "You feinted at Lingxi but went for Chishui. If I'm not mistaken, you were after the Heavenly Devil Tyrant Body in the Devil-Sealing Well in Chishui Royal City, weren't you?"
Many Devil Race experts in the hall cried out in surprise and suspicion.
Even Tuoba Kui's expression changed slightly.
The Heavenly Devil Tyrant Body was a closely guarded secret of the Devil Race. Even its experts knew very little about it!
Back then, an extraordinarily gifted genius had appeared among the Devil Race, and he was later proven to possess the Heavenly Devil Tyrant Body!
The Devil Race valued the genius and trained him with its finest resources, allowing him to swiftly become a God Realm expert.
A God Realm expert with a Heavenly Devil Tyrant Body possessed terrifying combat power!
But a Supreme Divine Physique had also appeared among the human race in the same era!
It was an era that belonged to the two of them!
The Heavenly Devil Tyrant Body and the Supreme Divine Physique had clashed countless times, and the Heavenly Devil Tyrant Body had always held the upper hand.
But the human race was cunning and skilled at setting up formations. In the end, the Heavenly Devil Tyrant Body fell into an ambush and was held firmly in a grand formation by the Supreme Divine Physique. He fought until his strength gave out and was then sealed by the formation.
The battlefield of that earth-shaking battle was the area where Chishui Royal City now stood!
The Heavenly Devil Tyrant Body could not be completely destroyed, only sealed away!
The human race had also paid an extremely heavy price to seal the Heavenly Devil Tyrant Body.
The human race's Supreme Divine Physique had nearly perished in both body and soul. Three human God Realm experts responsible for operating the Devil-Sealing Grand Formation had died, along with more than twenty human Quasi-Gods!
Of course, the price the human race paid was worth it!
The Heavenly Devil Tyrant Body had appeared earlier and was stronger than the human Supreme Divine Physique. If he had not been sealed away, the human race would surely have been wiped out by the Devil Race!
Countless years had passed, and no new Heavenly Devil Tyrant Body had appeared among the Devil Race.
Legend had it that as long as one could obtain a Heavenly Devil Tyrant Body, even if it was only a decayed corpse, it could grant a Devil Race expert that invincible physique!
Even if it was only a legend, the Devil Race would rather believe it was true!
Unfortunately, God Realm experts had always appeared in the Chishui Kingdom in the past, making it difficult to find a suitable chance to break open the Devil-Sealing Well in Chishui Royal City.
A Devil-Sealing Grand Formation still stood in Chishui Royal City. As long as a God Realm expert was present, the formation could be activated at any time to repel a surprise attack by a large force of Devil Race experts until Human Race reinforcements arrived.
Now, at last, no God Realm expert remained to guard the Chishui Kingdom, which was why the current Devil Master had planned this campaign to draw attention east while striking west.
He had thought success was all but guaranteed, only for something unexpected to go wrong!
"So even you knew about this, Brother Ao."
After a brief moment of thought, Tuoba Kui sneered. "I'm beginning to suspect that our operation failed because the Demon Race tipped off the Human Race!"
"Brother Tuoba, you can eat whatever you like, but you can't just say whatever comes to mind!"
Ao Qin immediately said, "Everyone knows that our Demon Race hates the human race more than the Devil Race! We have no reason to sabotage your Devil Race's operation against the humans!"
"You have a reason!"
Tuoba Kui said, "If our Devil Race regained the Heavenly Devil Tyrant Body, the Demon Race's slight advantage over us would disappear!"
It had to be admitted that the Demon Race was indeed slightly stronger than the Devil Race overall!
"But I can swear that our Demon Race truly had nothing to do with this!"
Ao Qin said seriously, "Besides, I came here in person to discuss joining forces with your Devil Race to attack the human race. Our Demon Race is willing to cooperate with you. We can launch a direct assault on the Chishui Kingdom and join forces to break open that Devil-Sealing Well!"
"Oh?"
Tuoba Kui was puzzled. "What does your Demon Race stand to gain?"
"We'll help you break open the Devil-Sealing Well, and you help us break open the Demon-Suppressing Tower at the Great Xia Divine Martial Institute!"
"Deal!"
Devil Master Tuoba Kui accepted Ao Qin's proposal without hesitation!
Although breaking open the Demon-Suppressing Tower at the Great Xia Divine Martial Institute would be more difficult, Tuoba Kui did not think his side was getting the worse end of the deal!
As long as they could regain the Heavenly Devil Tyrant Body, any price was worth paying!
Lin Heng was a little surprised.
There were less than two months left before his birth. His mother, Liu Ling'er, had been pregnant for so long, yet the king, Lin Changqing, had not visited her even once.
That was far too heartless!
Even if it had only been an accident brought about by drunken misconduct, he should have shown at least a little concern!
From conversations between Liu Ling'er and the palace maids of Heartwarming Pavilion, Lin Heng learned that her intervention that night had not exposed her identity.
He thought his mother was quite capable of keeping a low profile. Anyone else with such immense strength and such glorious military achievements would probably have announced it to the world long ago!
Still, keeping a low profile was the right choice!
After all, she was pregnant, so it was only natural that she did not want to stir up trouble.
Liu Ling'er had not truly become a god yet and was not invincible. Drawing the eyes of the world too early was no good thing.
No, something still wasn't right!
Lin Heng thought of something else out of the ordinary!
After spending some time learning about the Divine Firmament Continent's cultivation system, he had discovered that it was extraordinarily difficult for a Martial Emperor Realm expert to get drunk!
Had Lin Changqing really gotten drunk and muddleheadedly done that sort of thing to Liu Ling'er?
Lin Heng had his doubts.
It was worth mentioning that Lin Heng, still in the womb, had gained only a very small amount of the Supreme Divine Physique's power. It had only given him the divinity of the Supreme Divine Physique, not enough for him to directly attain it.
Liu Ling'er continued to absorb Spiritual Qi and passed a large amount of it on to him, but this could only fill his body with spiritual vitality.
Lin Heng did not care!
He had already accumulated plenty of cultivation resources!
Time flew like a shuttle!
In the blink of an eye, only about twenty days remained until Lin Heng's birth.
Lin Heng was just about to take the third lotus seed and let his mother Liu Ling'er directly attain a Divine Soul Pearl when the king, Lin Changqing, finally came to Heartwarming Pavilion!
This time, Liu Ling'er still did not go to greet him. She remained comfortably in bed.
King Lin Changqing entered the bedroom with Xi Zhaoqu, the newly appointed chief of internal affairs.
"How dare you, Consort Liu! His Majesty has arrived. How can you show him such disrespect?!"
Xi Zhaoqu shouted angrily, his voice somewhat shrill.