Chapter 998: Life Is Worthless
“So this is the Nanjiang Royal Court!” Ye Qing exclaimed with astonishment as he stared at the massive city floating above the Moon God Lake.
He had imagined how the Nanjiang capital city would look prior to coming here. Primitive, vast, noble, luxurious, mysterious and more. However, he never once imagined that it would be built atop a lake.
A gigantic thing like this should sink right to the bottom of the lake, but in reality, it was floating on the surface like a leaf and eliciting no ripples. It was so mysterious and anomalous that words could not describe how he truly felt.
Unfortunately, the Nanjiang Royal Court was not looking its best right now. Not even close. For starters, the Moon God Lake was covered in countless corpses. They were packed so tightly that one almost could not see its waters, which were completely bright red in color.
The capital city itself was in ruins. Rubble and broken walls were everywhere. Speaking of walls, countless heads were hung on it. Judging from their wide-eyed expression, they had clearly died painfully and unwillingly. The violence and brutality of that day was bare for all to see.
Ye Qing did not react much to the atrocity though. It wasn’t because he was cold-blooded, but because he had gotten used to it.
He and Feng Qingyou had departed for the Nanjiang Royal Court four days ago. Although the One Hundred Thousand Mountains of Nanjiang was mysterious and full of dangers, it didn’t really pose a threat to him or Feng Qingyou. The real problem was the Chu troops scattered throughout the mountain.
Although the Chu army had successfully conquered the Nanjiang Royal Court and crushed the Eight Tribes and Nine Fortresses, it didn’t mean that their work here was done. Although their operation was a massive success, it was mostly thanks to the element of surprise. Besides that, the forces of Nanjiang were as numerous as they were complex. It was impossible for the Chu army to have eradicated their enemies perfectly. Naturally, a lot of prey had managed to escape the net they weaved, not to mention that there were still some strong tribes out there.
If they wished to truly conquer Nanjiang, they must keep up the pressure and wipe out both the escaped preys and the threatening tribes. Only then could they say that the southern threat was pacified once and for all.