Nine Princes Struggle for the Throne: The Mad Prince

Chapter 205 Qin Wu's Dissatisfaction with the Immortal Sect

Upon returning to her palace, the Western Zhou Empress immediately summoned the ministers who had accompanied her.

"Your Majesty, what did the Emperor of Eastern Qin say?"

The old general immediately asked the Empress of Western Zhou upon seeing her.

The situation is urgent, and we must resolve the issue of troop deployment from Eastern Qin as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if Eastern Qin were to suddenly make a move, Western Zhou would not be able to withstand Eastern Qin's military might.

"The Emperor of Eastern Qin said it was the order of the Divine Martial King, meaning he didn't want to get involved in these matters."

The Western Zhou empress had a cold expression.

She never expected the Emperor of Dongqin to do this, to allow the Divine Martial King to run rampant.

"Don't care? Doesn't the Emperor of Eastern Qin fear offending the Immortal Sect and causing them to settle scores with Eastern Qin?"

The old general had not expected that the Emperor of Eastern Qin would allow the Divine Martial King to act so recklessly.

You must know that the Immortal Sect has long had its rules, and they don't believe that Dong Qin would dare to violate the Immortal Sect's rules.

It should be noted that the last force that dared to defy the rules of the Immortal Sect has been wiped out more than 300 years ago.

He truly couldn't understand where the confidence of the Eastern Qin came from; he didn't believe that the Eastern Qin Emperor was unaware of the terror of the Immortal Sect.

"I don't know, but this trip to see the Eastern Qin Emperor wasn't without its rewards. The Eastern Qin Emperor said that the people from the Immortal Sect have already arrived here, and he seems to know where they are."

"What we need to do now is to find the residence of the people from the Immortal Sect immediately and see what they have to say."

The Western Zhou Empress also wanted to know where the Eastern Qin Emperor got his confidence from, that he was not afraid of the Immortal Sect's purge.

On the way back, she kept thinking about this question, considering countless possibilities, but none of them seemed possible.

Now we can only find people from the Immortal Sect and see what they have to say.

"Yes, we will immediately find a way to locate the people from the Immortal Sect."

The old general didn't say much. Since they knew that the Immortal Sect was in Dong Qin, they should go to the Immortal Sect and ask them to put pressure on Dong Qin.

Otherwise, given the attitude of the Eastern Qin Emperor, he probably wouldn't care about King Shenwu. If King Shenwu went mad and sent troops directly, then Western Zhou would be in big trouble.

Moreover, getting the Immortal Sect to intervene is their only option right now.

"Your Majesty, now that the Divine Martial King has returned to his residence after leaving seclusion, shall we pay him another visit?"

One of the ministers hesitated for a moment before speaking.

To be honest, he was a little worried that the Immortal Sect wouldn't step in this time. Otherwise, why would the Eastern Qin Emperor, knowing that the Immortal Sect was present, ignore the actions of the Divine Martial King and let him run wild?

"Visit the Divine Martial King? Are you sure you're not joking? Everything here is his doing. Do you think he'll pay any attention to us?"

Another minister said, somewhat displeased.

In his view, visiting the Divine Martial King now would only result in humiliation, with no other possibility.

He didn't want to offer his help only to be met with indifference.

"I know this is the work of the Divine Martial King, which is why I'm going to pay him a visit."

"Do you know that the Eastern Qin Emperor knew that the Immortal Sect's people were in the capital, yet he still ignored what the Divine Martial King was doing? What does that mean?"

"This means that the Eastern Qin Emperor is not afraid of those Immortal Sect members in the capital at all. So even if we find the Immortal Sect members, what can we do?"

The minister said coldly.

In his view, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites was a fool. If it weren't for his family's immense power, how could he have climbed to that position?

The speaker was the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites. Both of them were ministers sent by the Ministry of Rites to accompany the Western Zhou Empress on her mission.

The two of them really didn't get along.

"Right Vice Minister, what do you mean? Are you implying that I am stupid?"

The Left Vice Minister said somewhat angrily.

The Right Vice Minister did not answer, but his eyes said it all.

“Alright, the Right Vice Minister is right. The Emperor of Eastern Qin clearly knows that the Immortal Sect is in the capital, yet he still does this. This means that he is not afraid of the people from the Immortal Sect who are coming now. Even if he finds the people from the Immortal Sect, it may not be of much use.”

"But we still have to find them. We must tell the Immortal Sect about this. Even if they're not afraid of the Immortal Sect members now, aren't they afraid of the rest of the Immortal Sect?"

The Empress felt a headache coming on when she saw the two of them arguing again.

However, she leaned more towards the Right Vice Minister's opinion. As for the Left Vice Minister, if it weren't for the fact that now was not the right time, she would really like to fire that idiot.

"General, I'll trouble you to find the people from the Immortal Sect. As for the Divine Martial King, I'll go there myself."

After reprimanding the two men, the Empress spoke to the old general.

Only she can go to see the Divine Martial King; others are not of enough importance, and the Divine Martial King probably won't even bother with them.

"Yes."

The old general accepted the order and turned to leave.

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The Divine Martial King's Palace.

"Your Highness, this is a message just sent by the secret guards."

"The Empress of Western Zhou went to the palace to see His Majesty, trying to put pressure on him, but His Majesty ignored her. After returning, the Empress of Western Zhou sent people to find the Immortal Sect and even prepared to send us a visiting card, wanting to pay a visit to the Prince."

Yu Shu entered the study and reported to Qin Wu.

"Hmph, getting impatient now?"

Qin Wu snorted coldly.

"Yes, they're probably still scared. The Western Zhou can't withstand the might of our Eastern Qin now. If we send troops now, we won't even need to mobilize troops from other places; the border troops alone can destroy the Western Zhou."

Yu Shu also sneered; in her view, the Western Zhou were a bunch of fools.

They come to negotiate terms with us as soon as the domestic situation has stabilized. Where do they get their confidence?

"Now is not the time. No matter what we do, as long as we don't actually send troops, the Immortal Sect will not really attack us."

"But once we actually launch an attack, the Immortal Sect will have a reason to take action against us."

"Our strength is not yet enough to contend with the Immortal Sect, but I believe it won't be long before I no longer fear the Immortal Sect."

By the end of his speech, Qin Wu's face had turned icy cold.

To be honest, he hated the Immortal Sect from the bottom of his heart.

They were detached from worldly affairs, indifferent to the plight of the common people, and single-mindedly pursued immortality.

But they don't allow anyone to unify the Central Plains. Don't they know that only by unifying the entire Central Plains can the people of the Central Plains be spared the suffering of war?

Because of them, every time a country that had the potential to achieve unification was destroyed, the entire Central Plains was plagued by constant warfare for countless years.

Besides the Eastern Qin and Western Zhou, the four other states that were destroyed—Southern Qi, Northern Man, and others—were less warlike due to their strength, allowing their people to recuperate and thrive.

Other countries have basically never stopped fighting; they are fighting almost every year.

Even every few years or decades, there are changes of countries.

This resulted in most people in the world, except for a few countries like Dong Qin, living a precarious existence.

Now that Eastern Qin is powerful, they have resurfaced.

If it weren't for their intervention, Eastern Qin would have already conquered Western Zhou, and might even have taken over many territories by now, freeing the people of those places from living in fear.

Therefore, Qin Wu disliked this immortal sect from the bottom of his heart, and he also wanted to know why the immortal sect did this.

What benefit would they gain from doing this?

"Your Highness, since now is not the time to break ties with the Immortal Sect, what should we do next?"

Yu Shu inquired.

"Everything is ready in the West Sea. We'll set off soon. Let's go overseas first."

Qin Wu explained.

It's not the right time to break ties with the Immortal Sect, so he'll leave for a while.

Having memories of his past life, he knew that there were many treasures in the ocean.

No one in the world has explored the ocean before, and as the first person to try it, he believes he will return with a full harvest this time.

"Yes, Your Highness, I'll go prepare right away. By the way, Your Highness, if the Empress sends a visiting card, should we receive it?"

Yu Shu stopped in her tracks.

"Let the Princess handle this! I will not see her."

Qin Wu shook his head.

He doesn't want to pay attention to the Western Zhou Empress right now.

"Yes, the servant understands."

After receiving a positive reply, Yu Shu left immediately.

"Immortal Sect".

Qin Wu snorted coldly.