Snow was falling on the border city.
Li Dalong stood atop the city wall. He stroked the Heaven-Piercing Coffin. His plain clothes, which were clean and tidy when he arrived, were now yellowed.
Xu Cuihua curled up, looking frail and weak, leaning against Li Dalong's shoulder. Snowflakes fell on her long eyelashes.
On the wall, at the posts originally manned by soldiers, stood the old people who had come from Merit City.
For a full three hundred days, the Wu Clan members outside the border city had grown increasingly numerous. They had gathered six Division. They also became more and more restless with the passage of time!
At this moment, beneath the border city wall, countless Wu Clan members advanced, pressing towards the border city like a tide, this lone, stubborn rock!
The six High Priests of the Divisions flew through the air. Standing before them was a robust and handsome man, wearing a long purple robe, on which were embroidered shining suns, moons, and stars. Between his eyebrows, a purple lightning bolt flickered.
"In the name of the Divine Bird Totem Apostle, Lei Dong, I salute the most admirable enemy of our Wu Clan."
Lei Dong respectfully nodded towards Li Dalong.
Behind him, countless Wu Clan members pressed forward like dark clouds.
But in the eyes of Li Dalong before them, there was still not the slightest fear. His gaze remained fierce. His hands were still powerful. The Heaven and Earth spirit energy above his head was incredibly strong!
Lei Dong held a high position and great power. Above the Wu Clan Divisions, there were the Great Shamans. The Great Shamans were not a single person; each of them believed in the totem of the Great Shaman, and were further divided into Apostles, Elders, and even higher levels, managing all the Divisions under them. In his lifetime, Lei Dong had traveled to many places and seen many, many people.
Azure Cloud region had clearly already been abandoned by the Azure Dynasty, yet Li Dalong still chose to live and die with Azure Cloud region. This point alone was worthy of his, an Apostle's, admiration.
As Lei Dong's voice faded.
Behind him, the High Priest of the Beast Division said regretfully, "Brother Dalong, leave. There is no longer any meaning in your and your wife's guarding this place. Today is the day of the agreement between our Wu Clan and the Azure Dynasty. Azure Cloud region is already the land of our Wu Clan. Now, eleven border regions are already our Wu Clan's territory. The Azure Cloud region has become an isolated city. If you continue to stay here, then you will be the invaders."
"Don't you understand yet? Your persistence is meaningless. The Azure Dynasty has never cared about the twelve border regions. You are all expendable! You will not have any support. Even your children have not come, isn't that so?"
Lei Dong smiled. "Your Excellency has another choice. The Azure Dynasty has abandoned you. The Li family is now free. You, Li Dalong, can very well surrender to our Wu Clan. You humans have an old saying, 'Those not of our race must have different hearts.' This was also the most fundamental reason for the war between your Li family and Spirit Jade Division, but this is not without a solution."
"The descendants of the Li family number in the hundreds, do they not? All it takes is for the descendants of your Li family to intermarry with our Wu Clan, just one child. This child will then have the blood of our Wu Clan, cultivate our techniques, and believe in our Divine Bird Totem, then they will be one of our Wu Clan."
Hearing this, the expressions of the six High Priests changed.
In recent days, they had felt Li Dalong's terrifying power!
They had even sent Nascent Soul experts to probe, but in just the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, they discovered nothing. Li Dalong's coffin blocked all of their senses. When the death aura in the sky dissipated, their priest stood behind Li Dalong like a stringed puppet.
Li Dalong alone was already enough to make them fearful. However, according to what they knew, Li Dalong was still not the strongest member of the Li family. On that day, outside the Heaven-Defying Grand Array, the strongest individuals from the three Divisions had gathered. The experts from those three Divisions had said... that was the closest they had ever come to death.
No one knew exactly how strong the Li family was.
If they really became a part of the Wu Clan... then all the Wu Clan Division present would have to worry about whether their totems would be seized by the Li family. After thousands, tens of thousands of years, the Li family would usurp their position!
But Lei Dong paid no attention to the High Priest's worries. He needed this force, these claws and teeth of the Li family. He was certain that their Divine Bird Totem could become the most fervent belief of the Li family!
Lei Dong's expression was impassioned. "Your Excellency, stand behind our Wu Clan. I guarantee you, you will become the most trusted members of our Divine Bird Totem!"
"Our Divine Bird Totem is not the Azure Dynasty. We will not abandon any of our clansmen, we will not abandon our land like the Azure Dynasty did!"
"Your Li family will fight alongside us. Your glory and military exploits will be engraved upon the Divine Bird Totem. Your memory will live on forever!"
Looking at Lei Dong's frenzied actions.
This time, Li Dalong finally reacted. He suddenly raised his head and looked around at the Nascent Soul experts floating in the air.
He smiled honestly at Lei Dong.
"Alright, then I have one condition. Give the Azure Cloud region to me, and let it be my Li family's territory. How about it?"