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Beneath their wary gaze, held both confusion and apprehension as to what were the ident.i.ty of the two people that could brought out their Imperial Advisor as the welcoming party like this . For them, it was not uncommon that both empire received each other from time to time, but to the extent that their Imperial Advisor had to receive them personally?

Except for the Jiu Emperor, there was never a precedence for things like this ever happening before!

Could it be that one of them was the Crown Prince of the Jiu Empire?

But even the Crown Prince would never be able to have the honor of their Imperial Advisor coming out to greet him!

"Please don"t mind them . They are just curious about your ident.i.ty . " Liu Sheng Duhai said as they walked through the mountain pa.s.s and entered a long narrow valley between the mountain rocks .

The w.a.n.g mountain on the Liu Empire"s side seemed to extend even more than on the Jiu Empire"s side . Along the way, several outposts were strategically located after each set of distance, making the mountain pa.s.s secure as a fortress .

However, through the eyes of Shen Lu, he was able to notice something amiss . Each outposts would have two barracks at least, but one was always empty .

"Why are one of the barracks always empty?" he asked, feeling curious .

"Oh?" Liu Sheng Duhai nodded in approval of the latter"s attentiveness .

"As you know, this w.a.n.g mountain is owned by our two empire . Decades ago, it was settled between our Emperor and the Jiu Emperor that the Liu Empire could own up to 80% of the w.a.n.g mountain range with two conditions . Can you guess?" he answered and posed another question for Shen Lu .

"Hmm . . one of them was probably earning the rights to share the outpost? That could be the reason why one of the barracks was always empty on each outpost . Still, on my previous question, if that was the case, then why is it empty now?" Shen Lu replied as he cupped his chin while Duan Li was just listening to their conversation while looking around .

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"You are correct . The Jiu Empire holds the right to own half of the property on each military outposts that we have here, except that only during emergency purposes where our two empires are being invaded would the Jiu"s military be allowed to reside here . The second reason is because . . " Liu Sheng Duhai then retold the incident that led to the agreement known as the "Red and Blue Concordat" .

It was a significant agreement signed with the blood of both the Jiu"s and Liu"s Emperor at that time, signifying the Will of both empires with the Heavens themselves as the witness!

One of the important resources for both empire, known as the w.a.n.g metal used in forging high quality armors and weapons, coincidentally resides in the core of the w.a.n.g mountain range owned by each parties .

However, it just so happened that the w.a.n.g mountain on the side of the Jiu Empire held 80% of the total reserves . In order to even that out, the Liu Empire reached out .

As a result, the Jiu Empire made a deal to sold 30% of its w.a.n.g mountain to the Liu Empire, finally balancing the total reserves to half for each of them .

At first glance, it appears that the Liu Empire held the advantage after the deal, but under the agreement, not only that the Liu Empire had to pay an exorbitant amount to buy the lands, they also had to tribute 10% of its output to the Jiu Empire!

In addition, due to the reduction of the border that the Jiu Empire had to guard after the agreement, they now only had to expend less soldiers and Knights to guard the Mountain ranges, resulting in an even less expenditure in the military to focus on other developments!

With the three factors combined, it was obvious on which side had earned more from the deal . But in recent years, the Liu Empire had managed to obtain a breakthrough in their forging method, able to produce more output with a significant material reduction in the process!

"I see . . . " Shen Lu nodded in comprehension .

After walking a bit more along the valley, they finally reached the end of the path and encountered one huge iron gate with 50 meters in height!

The sight immediately dazzled both Duan Li and Shen Lu!

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"What a gate . . by the looks of it, not even Nascent Soul realm experts could destroy it that easily . . . " Duan Li remarked inwardly with a hint of approval .

He could sense that not only that the iron door was extremely durable, it was even infused with layers of runic formations both offensive and defensive!

It seems like they took their security to the next level . .

Seeing that it was their Imperial Advisor, the Knights in charge of the gate took no time to open the gate .

BOOMMM!!

The huge iron door opened, and the sight before them took Duan Li and Shen Lu by surprise once more!

A huge farmland, as vast as the ocean was laid before them!

"Woaaa . . . " they both gasped .

They had heard the rumors that the farmlands of the Liu Empire was huge, but not like this!

All the way to the horizons . . .

They couldn"t even see the ends of it!

Liu Sheng Duhai chuckled upon seeing their reaction . "Our Liu Empire is known for its cold weather and only this part of the region is suitable for farming and agriculture . Due to its importance, we had sealed access to these lands and put up borders around it . Only those authorized may enter!" he said .

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They then took flight to the sky and glided forward with Liu Sheng Duhai as the flight lead .

Whooshh!!

"Anyway, regarding the details of the emergency, let me brief you both on the situation more . . " Liu Sheng Duhai began to explain .

Several days ago, their scouts had managed to identify large swathes of army belonging to the Xian and Yuan Empire heading straight into their direction .

It was impossible for the scouts to have misreported it as they were carrying banners from each empire, and when they sent their envoys, all were captured except for the one that managed to escape .

Since then, they were able to determine that the goals of these armies were to attack both the Liu and Jiu Empire for sullying the honor and t.i.tle of an Emperor!

However, after they gathered their intelligence reports more, it appeared that things wasn"t as simple as that .

Somehow, both the Xian and Yuan Empire had always set their sights on both the Liu and Jiu Empire as they occupied quite the fertile lands and the monsters weren"t too strong either, perfect for establishing another colony .

The only reason they hadn"t done so was that they were always preoccupied with their defensive wars against the powerful and aggressive Song Empire!

Last year, there were rumors that both the Xian and Yuan Empire was dealt with a huge crushing defeat that collapsed their government and caused civil war to break out for a while between the government and the military . It was only after an agreement was made between them that peace was restored, but the impacts from both the wars and infighting caused their empire to become weak and their sustainable resources to provide for their people receded .

Therefore, within both of those empire, two military dictator rose to lead the army and broke off from the control of their empire to lead and fight battles as they wished .

Apparently, the army that was coming this time was lead by the two dictator themselves, waging wars under the name of their Emperor .

Last night, two envoys came forward to explain the matter to the Liu Empire and that both the Xian and Yuan Empire had nothing to do with the impending invasion and that the army was acting on its own discretion .

However, they also stated that their empire no longer had the capacity to stop them, and that they could not afford to spare any men to help the Liu and Jiu Empire against them .

In other words, they meant that whatever happens after this, none of it was their fault!

"They dare . . . " Duan Li"s face darkened upon hearing the full story . Even Shen Lu"s face that was always cheerful and bright turned solemn .

" . . . " Liu Sheng Duhai could only remain silent as he understood their feelings . After all, he was also feeling the same thing as well .

"In your capacity as the Imperial Overseer of the Jiu Empire, our Emperor, Liu Gongsun Xiaojian, will receive you personally in the Imperial Palace of our capital city, Ethereal Winter!"

"Eh?" both Duan Li and Shen Lu was shocked .

"W-Why are you guys making a big deal out of this? I have to meet the Liu Emperor? I"m not ready!" Duan Li replied in a panic stutter as Shen Lu nodded repeatedly by the side .

"We have to abide by the principles of propriety in this world . In reality, the Liu Emperor should have received you personally, but that would meant that the Supreme Knight as well as several Imperial Knights would have to meet you at the border as well . Imagine the chaos that would"ve made . " Liu Sheng Duhai replied as he pointed to a facility on the ground .

"We"ll take the Airtrain from here on, our expressway is much faster than the Jiu Empire"s . So we"ll be able to reach the capital city in one hour . "

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