43. Valley of Legends
In the Emerald Forest, the farthest rear from the Panlong's Back, the loss on the front-line battlefield doesn't seem to have affected here, but for some well-informed people, the news of the unprecedented retreat of the Panlong's Spine is no secret.
And in the Elders' Courtyard of the Heavenly Zen Temple, Lady Gianna, who was rarely dressed in Queen Lordaeron's formal attire, stepped into the elders' meeting hall under the protection of the panda people's guards, and the moment the Queen entered the room, she heard a familiar voice.
"Believe me, wise elders, the Federation officials are always concerned about the war situation in Pandaria, we are willing to be allies of the pandaren, our kindness is very sincere, as long as you need it, my friends, the legions of the Federation will immediately appear on the battlefield of Pandalia to help our pandaren friends defend against those damn mantis demons!"
Councillor Maxwell's breathless voice echoed through the room:
"Of course, I know what you're worried about, the demons in this land are indeed a problem, but the Federation's war technology is at least 30 years ahead of all of Azeroth! Our soldiers don't need to fight those terrifying monsters in melee combat, we have excellent weapons that can be fired from a long distance and can quickly clear the battlefield, and with your permission, the Federation is happy to share this powerful new weapon with our panda friends! ”
"But with all due respect, Councilor Maxwell."
Just as Mr. Councilor was skillfully lobbiing the representatives of the Golden Lotus Sect and the Traveling Scholars Organization in front of him, a calm female voice sounded behind him, and Queen Gianna, who was dressed very dignified, said to several elders of the Pandaren regime:
"I admit that the Federation's military technology is indeed surprising, but the Federation's soldiers lack experience in fighting the Zerg, and no matter how good the weapon is, it needs people to manipulate it, which is a fatal weakness for the panda people who are in urgent need of real help!"
The queen sat in her chair, and she spoke eloquently:
"But the empire is different, my pandaren friends, oh, especially Mr. Zhou Zhuo, you should have finished reading the "General History of the Empire" I brought, and you should also know that just a few years ago, in the southern frontier of Kalimdor, in the Great Desert of Silisus, the outstanding soldiers of our empire defeated the Qila Zerg Empire that was manipulated by the ancient gods..."
"Look, aren't you in the same situation now as we were back then? Mantis Demons have been determined to be insect civilizations, and the most important thing is that there are traces of the ancient gods behind them, in this case, the empire is the best choice for panda friends! Moreover, the base camp of the Mantis Demon, the Dread Wasteland, is closer to the Kalimdor continent, and our Armada only needs 2 days of sailing to land behind the Dread Wasteland and open up the second front of the war between the Panda People and the Mantis Demon! ”
As soon as Gianna's words fell, Councillor Maxwell said in a deep voice:
"What the Armada can do, so can our Black Ark fleet! And unlike the Empire, we don't covet anything from our panda friends, and what we need is very simple, just some trivial trade pass... That's all, I think this is a testament to the sincerity of the Federation. ”
"That's all?"
Queen Gianna chuckled:
"Who doesn't know the behavior of the merchants of the Federation, once the Panda people open trade with you, I am afraid that in less than 10 years, all the merchants in Pandalia will be unemployed, and this will also become the next market for the Federation to plunder raw materials and dump goods, I think for this, the dozen or so small princely states in the South China Sea that have been ruthlessly destroyed by commercial violence may have something to say."
Seeing that the conversation between Queen Gianna and Councilor Maxwell was getting more and more angry, several panda people elders who looked at each other knocked on the table helplessly, ending the quarrel between the two, and finally Zhou Zhuo, the traveling scholar who had the best relationship with the foreigners, explained:
"The Panda people are grateful to the Federation and the Empire for their concern for the Pandaria form, and we are grateful for your help, but the problem is that we don't need your help for the time being..."
"Huh?"
"Huh?"
In the face of this unexpected answer, Queen Gianna and Councillor Maxwell's eyes widened at the same time, according to the information they received, the battle between the panda people in the Four Winds Valley, Kunlai Mountain and the front line of the Mantis Plateau was already very critical, but now seeing the panda people's unflustered actions, they seemed... Do you really still have hole cards? Or did they find it in advance... Reinforcements?
"With all due respect, friends..."
Congressman Maxwell wanted to say something, but the door to the conference room was pushed open again, and this time it was a slender man in black armor..."Old Acquaintance".
"Pandaria doesn't need the help of the Empire and the Federation!"
Deathlord Irel crossed her waist, she looked at the queen and councillor in front of her with a master's attitude, she wagged her tail and said:
"Nor do we want the hands of the Federation and the Empire to reach into the land of Pandaria, which does not currently belong to you and will never belong to you! It has only one destined owner... That's the Pandaren civilization! ”
Councilor Maxwell expressed an eerie calm after seeing the Death Lord appear, and it was clear that Mr. Councillor was a little unwilling to accept this result, but he was not unacceptable.
Although the Federation has broken away from the Darkblade's government and become an independent civilization in the world of Azeroth, the relationship between it and the Darkblade is still very ambiguous, and the Supreme Council is not willing to part ways with the Darkblade, at least until the Darkblade's forces completely break away from Azeroth, the Federation will continue to exist as the "friend" of the Darkblade.
The most important thing is that since the High Lord's command appears here, it means that the Pandarian civilization may continue to follow a similar path to the Federation, and according to the business policy of the High Lord, even if the Federation does not force it, maybe in the next few years, this market will still be open to the Federation.
But the empire... It's different.
"Dark Blade!"
At the moment when she saw Iriel, Gianna subconsciously grabbed her cane, and a cloud of cold mist also burst out on her fingers, but in the face of the unkindness of the ** division queen, Irel did not show too fierce response, on the contrary, this hoof girl looked at Gianna with a calm gaze, and after a few seconds, she said a little bored:
"Imperial, I advise you to pay more attention to your internal affairs, if I were you, before the turmoil caused by Varian is over, I don't have time to make trouble everywhere, I'll just say it, the current situation in the empire is very delicate, do you remember the last war in the northern frontier? Miss Gianna, if you take another wrong step..."
Iriel's eyes narrowed, and a glimmer of malice flashed in them:
"Well, Kalimdor will soon become a second whispering port... And all this, there is no more Lothar to sacrifice himself to save you. ”
"Go, take your generals and soldiers who escaped death, and go back and forth from here!"
The Death Lord unceremoniously pointed to the door of the conference room:
"The Darkblade Legion is now in charge of the war in Pandaria, until this war is over..."
"It's nothing to do with you!"
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"Snow Fury! You're supposed to keep an eye on the northern part of Pandaria, but now the Demon's unexpected break has disrupted everything, and the Fury you're watching over has fled! This shouldn't happen at all. ”
After the large army of Panlongji withdrew from the danger zone, in the White Tiger Temple, which was closest to the battlefield, Yulong, one of the supreme gods, asked loudly:
"Also, the Shadow Trace Zen Monastery was suddenly closed by Zhu Talan? What the hell is going on? ”
And in the face of Qinglong's questioning, the mighty Heavenly Venerable of the north, White Tiger Xue Fu, said in a weak voice:
"It was my negligence... Xuanniu Temple was attacked by the mantis demon of the mantis plateau yesterday, and the soap said that he could handle everything, so I didn't intervene, but no one expected that the mantis demon, who has always hated demons, actually opened the seal of fear so decisively in this invasion... And when I was fighting the Wrath, the Hate who had escaped from the Shadow Trail Monastery joined in. ”
"I'm sorry, even though I hit the Fury hard, I couldn't stop the two of them, as for the Shadow Zen Temple..."
Snow Fury replied with some uncertainty:
"Zhu Talan should urgently repair the sealing array in the Zen Temple, they paid a terrible price in last night's death match to re-seal the madness, this is probably a blessing in misfortune, in addition, gather your mind, Yulong, you were affected by the anger of anger..."
Seeing the scars on the white tiger's body that had not yet healed, Qinglong could probably guess how terrible the battle of Kunlai Mountain was last night, the White Tiger Temple built at the foot of Kunlai Mountain had collapsed by a quarter, and it was precisely because of the white tiger's obstruction that the anger that broke the seal failed to infect the entire Kunlai Mountain.
And the white tiger's reminder made Qinglong immediately realize that his nameless anger seemed to be a little weird, and it was shocked:
"When will the Demon be able to influence Tianzun? Are they powerful again? ”
"I don't know, Yulong, but that's the most terrible problem..."
Snow Fury's voice became muffled:
"There's very bad, very bad news... The soap is missing, and according to the descriptions of the warrior monks of the Xuanniu Temple, it fought the broken Fear of Evil until dawn, but after the Xuanniu Temple was completely destroyed, it also disappeared along with the Fear of Evil... It's quite possible..."
"You mean, the soap was... Contaminated? ”
Yulong's voice became trembling at this moment, it couldn't imagine what kind of terrible disaster a Heavenly Venerable who had been corrupted by demons would bring to Pandaria, but now the unexpected disappearance of Soap seemed to prove this terrible conjecture.
"And where did they go?"
The red spirit, who had not spoken, was a little strangely weak like Yulong, and in the face of its question, the white tiger hesitated for a moment, and then looked at the mountain range where Kunlai Mountain and the Jade Forest converged with white thunder light, and it whispered:
"I don't know, but I can feel it... They may have gone to the Misty Boardwalk... Yongchuntai, the place where Shao Hao sacrificed himself, I don't know why the fear drove the soap there, but... There is not much time left for us to hesitate. ”
"Wow"
The door of the death realm suddenly opened at this moment, and the great lord holding two bottles stepped into the main hall of the White Tiger Temple, facing the gaze of the three heavenly lords, the great lord waved the two bottles in his hand, and in the bottles tightly wrapped by the power of death, there was a black and green mist shining:
"Anger, and hatred... It's all here, White Tiger, I've solved your troubles, so... What about my pay? ”
"Here you go!"
The White Tiger felt that the evil energy of Kunlai Mountain had become extremely weak, and it knew that the strange elf in front of him had indeed done what he promised, and a contract was a contract, so the mighty Tianzun didn't bother to speak, its sharp claws fell from the knife, and a small piece of soul fell into the hands of the Great Lord in the form of a perfect sapphire.
Tyrion was very satisfied with this, the strength of the Four Heavenly Venerables was one step stronger than the other wilderness demigods, which meant that the death demigods cultivated by their souls would be stronger, and the Great Lord put away the gem and looked left and right, he frowned:
"Where's Xuanniu? Isn't it going to pay me what I deserve? ”
"No, Tyrion."
Yulong whispered:
"The soap was infected by the Horror, and it was driven into the Yongchun Terrace, the only area of Pandaria that was still shrouded in mist, and it was difficult for us to enter it..."
"Is that so?"
The Great Lord rubbed his chin, and he whispered:
"It's okay, since it's not to hide from debts, since it's inconvenient to come now, then I'll go find it, and take a look at the fearful one... Also, the madness is in the Shadow Zen Temple, and that place is a little weird right now... My subordinates told me that the place was shrouded in a strange barrier, and I knew you would open it for me, wouldn't you? ”
"We will, and we're also worried about the current situation of Zhu Talan and his Shadow Trace Faction."
The red spirit flapped his wings and said:
"But the main problem now is not here, because the mantis demon and the demon appear at the same time, the entire dragon spine has fallen, we must rush to send the panda people who have lost their hometown to a safe place before the mantis demon further occupies the land..."
"We've got to get the soap back first, and then... Open the Valley of Legends. ”