RNP 166. The Great Battle Ends
166. The Great Battle Ends
Inside the Black Mountain Fortress, there is a special council hall.
Normally, this place is the highest-level command and military meeting place in Black Mountain Fortress, but after the outbreak of the poisonous fog, the right to use it has been given to many powerful figures of the Gama Empire.
Very few people are able to enter this place, so the spacious council hall is mostly silent.
Today is different; it's the most bustling day since the council hall was built, with over a hundred experts above the Dou Wang level gathered here.
However, most of these powerful individuals were hesitant and nervous, many of them extremely tense even while standing, let alone sitting down.
After all, most of these people were subordinates of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, and they had just directly confronted the most prominent person in the Heavenly Serpent Mansion recently.
Xiao Yan sat in the head seat, and no one dared to object.
Jia Xingtian initially intended to invite Yang Lingyan, the next successor of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, to the first seat. However, before Xiao Yan and Yang Lingyan could say anything, the two Dou Zong elders of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion who were specifically responsible for protecting Yang Lingyan had already expressed their opinions.
Seeing the two men glaring at each other, as if they would take action immediately if Xiao Yan didn't sit in the seat of honor, Jia Xingtian immediately changed his mind.
However, he still had some doubts in his heart. He didn't understand why the two were so nervous. After all, no matter how strong Xiao Yan was, he was just an elder. The one they were protecting was the true successor of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion. Yang Lingyan would most likely be the true leader of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion decades later.
Jia Xingtian could never understand how deeply Xiao Yan's gaunt figure, who had won the Ten Thousand Beasts Gathering and fought against several Dou Zun powerhouses in Tianlan City, had left on the people of Tian She Mansion.
Yang Lingyan's safety was no small matter in the Heavenly Serpent Manor, so the two Dou Zong guards were both veterans of the Heavenly Serpent Manor. In the hearts of these veterans, Xiao Yan, who had pulled the Heavenly Serpent Manor from the mire to the clouds, was even more important than the Manor Master Yang Yue, and had reached the point where he was comparable to the Ancestor Yang Zhishuang.
After the Dou Zong members had all taken their seats, Yang Lingyan sincerely said to Xiao Yan, "Brother Xiao, this matter will definitely not end like this today!"
Xiao Yan nodded in agreement. The incident involving Wu Huai indicated that something far more complex was going on, and a purge of the Heavenly Serpent Manor was warranted. However, Xiao Yan didn't concern himself with the aftermath; that was Yang Yue's problem to worry about.
Xiao Yan believed that Yang Yue and Yang Lingyan had no ulterior motives towards him, and he was at ease dealing with them.
Apart from Huo Zhi Zi Yan and a few others, most people in the hall were still very nervous. After all, the Heavenly Serpent Mansion was a top power in the Northwest Region, and its status was vastly different from that of the Jia Ma Empire. Therefore, these people still felt inferior to the people from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.
A silence fell over the hall. Yang Lingyan asked, "Brother Xiao, is there anything you need me to do?"
Xiao Yan told Yang Lingyan the whole story of the poisonous fog outside Black Mountain Fortress. Three days had passed since Little Fairy Doctor left, and the poisonous fog had now spread beyond Black Mountain Fortress. After being diluted by the air, the destructive power of the poisonous fog had decreased significantly, but it still had a terrifying killing power for ordinary people below the level of Dou Zhe.
Fortunately, the Heavenly Serpent Palace has enough manpower, and with the help of many powerful figures in the Heavenly Serpent Palace, the evacuation of ordinary people can still be carried out normally.
Moreover, after Xiao Yan expressed his opinion, almost all the powerful figures in the Jia Ma Empire agreed to relocate the population. One reason was that they had indeed discovered the extraordinary lethality of the poisonous fog to ordinary people, and that honestly relocating ordinary people was the safest method.
More importantly, the strength and background that Xiao Yan displayed made these powerful figures in Jia Ma tremble. They were too busy currying favor with Xiao Yan to dare to disobey his orders.
At this moment, the group of Jia Ma glanced at the calmly seated Queen Medusa with admiration in their eyes! After all, in their eyes, Queen Medusa was the truly intelligent one, who followed Xiao Yan's advice from the very beginning.
Many powerful figures from the Heavenly Serpent Mansion regretted their actions against Xiao Yan, so when they received Xiao Yan's orders, they did their best to complete the task. In just three days, nearly one-third of the Jia Ma Empire's territory was completely relocated.
Therefore, the losses within the Gama Empire were minimized during this great upheaval.
Afterwards, through some "accidental" publicity, Xiao Yan's achievements were spread, and the role he played in this matter became known to ordinary people throughout the Jia Ma Empire. Xiao Yan's reputation in the Jia Ma Empire reached its peak.
For a long time, in the Jia Ma Empire, having the surname Xiao was a source of great honor. Many families even specifically sought to marry women with the surname Xiao so that their descendants could also bear the surname Xiao. Some even built shrines in honor of Xiao Yan, offering prayers and offerings day and night.
However, these are all things that happened later, and Xiao Yan himself was unaware of them. For a long time, he never returned to the Jia Ma Empire, and the real Xiao family had long since completely left the Jia Ma Empire.
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The fact that the Jia Ma Empire was able to host Yang Lingyan, the direct descendant of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, was a great honor for everyone. That very evening, they arranged for a grand banquet to be held at the Black Mountain Fortress.
Many prominent figures from the Gama Empire traveled thousands of miles to the Black Mountain Fortress to participate in this grand event.
So in the end, what was clearly just a military fortress became comparable to the capital of Gama at night.
Xiao Yan and Yang Lingyan sat together in the center of the banquet. Looking at the table full of delicacies, Xiao Yan seemed uninterested. He was not particularly fond of such a banquet.
Just as Xiao Yan was feeling listless, two familiar figures came to his side.
One of them was a woman who attracted many eyes from the moment she arrived. She wore a vibrant, form-fitting brocade robe, its exquisite workmanship perfectly outlining her beautiful curves. Beneath the robe lay a glimpse of her dazzlingly long, snow-white legs, stirring a burning desire in many. A silver sash cinched her slender waist, emphasizing its delicate shape. This woman exuded a captivating allure, and under the gaze of her long, narrow, almond-shaped eyes, many unconsciously lost their composure.
"Little brother Xiao Yan, I've missed you so much these past few years!"
Upon seeing who it was, Xiao Yan smiled and teased, "Sister Yafei is getting more and more beautiful. I didn't expect you to still remember Xiao Yan from Wutan City."