Chapter 412: Another Reason
High on the mountain peak, people were gazing at the Everview Mountain path.
An old man and a young woman, both dressed in fine clothes. The old man looked solemn, while a hint of confusion lingered in the woman’s eyes.
“Father, did fate really abandon this Southern King? Is that why he ended up like this?”
Ying En voiced her doubts. Something felt off. This drought had been too unnatural. In just three months, the seeds in all of Qingshan City’s lands had dried up and died. Such a drought should happen once in a hundred years.
How could it be such a coincidence?
Ying Zheng replied calmly, “Everything follows its own rules. And heaven’s will is hard to predict. If heaven decided to end him, he wouldn’t have risen again even with limitless strength.”
Ying En secretly shook her head. “But just a while ago, I clearly saw fortune favoring the Righteous Army. Then suddenly, everything changed!”
“Besides, didn’t that princess of the old Jing Era take the punishment for him?”
Hearing this, the Old Dragon King asked, “Do you believe that was her taking punishment for him?”