The Legend of the Destroyer

Ch. 71 - Good News and Bad News

General Chen drew closer to Elder Shen Xuan and said, "So are you here to tell me about your mission experience watching the black flow of your teacher or something else?"

Hearing General Chen's question made Elder Shen Xuan glance at Chen Shui. Chen Shui who knew the intent of the sight nodded and immediately walked out of the room along with a servant who had brought the machete earlier. Now in the room there was only Emperor Chen, General Chen and Elder Shen Xuan alone, the three of them sat down and started to enter in serious mode.

Elder Shen Xuan exhaled slowly, "I'm here to deliver good news as well as bad news, so where did you guys want to hear first?" Ask with sharp eyes.

Emperor Chen and General Chen glanced at each other, looking at each other's faces was very bad because it turned out that there was bad news following the good news, "Good news first," They answered together.

"The good news is that I managed to get information about the existence of the 2 seals of the underworld, so there are 3 that we know now, the first seal on the purwo pedestal, so there are 3, the two were in the territory of Luu Empire or rather the seal was on an island in the Sea of Death, I don't know which island but there are 7 islands there, I don't know which island, the third is in a very deep abyss called Fanzui Gorge, I have been traversing this abyss for almost 1 year but I can only feel its existence but not find its existence, he said, that was through the thing that the teacher gave me, "Elder Shen Xuan explained with a complicated expression. His expedition searching for the underworld seal for 5 years only resulted in the uncertain location of 2 underworld seals alone, but indeed it was a good news because indeed the existence of the underworld seal was almost impossible to find even if it deployed thousands of people though and it was very well realized by Emperor Chen and General Chen.

Hearing that makes them both excited not to play because for more than hundreds of years they searched never found 1 of the seven seals, even the location of the seven, all they knew was that one of the seals on the purwo pedestal was not those who found it but an old man who could be considered as the teacher and address of Elder Shen Xuan.

They were naturally very familiar with Elder Master Shen Xuan because it was the old man who had them search for the underworld seal, after all, they still did not know how long the old man had lived because he had only known Ancestor Emperor Chen, who knows the reason the old man told them to look for the seal of the underworld is only the ancestors and if asked then the old man will answer Find everything we just talked first.

They trusted the old man so much because their parents had told him the story so often, they even had to respect him like respecting an emperor in general. After a while they finally got back serious, they were now preparing to hear the bad news.

Elder Shen Xuan smiled slightly as he shook his head, "The cultivator of the black stream knows about the underworld seal that is on the purwo pedestal, but it is not, I'm even very sure they know the location of all the seals because it's impossible for them to just look for 1 seal without looking for another because the seal is related to each other" he explained.

As if struck by lightning, they were both surprised not to play, even the mosquitoes that were sucking their blood were surprised. The two of them were now wearing ugly expressions, of all the bad news they had heard never been so bad was the worst news they had ever heard, even this cannot be called bad news anymore but rather dilapidated news that is too dilapidated, the underworld seal that they had been searching for for for hundreds of years was not fruitful at all but how could the black flow Cultivator find the location of the seven seals? Let alone the location, the shape of the seal they do not know at all, even those on purwo pedestal they do not know how the shape or appearance.

"In a moment, how could you know that even you were so sure that the Cultivator of the black stream knew the location of the seven seals of the underworld?" General Chen asked in astonishment. If asked to believe it or not he will definitely believe it, but he will not immediately swallow all the news raw without supporting evidence.

General Chen nodded his head in agreement with General Chen, "Which he said is true as well, I am also curious how can you be this confident without any solid evidence, he said, you're supposed to be carrying evidence supporting the information you're saying isn't it?"

Elder Shen Xuan was actually not sure that saying this was true or not but also himself could not hide it because sooner or later they would also find out about this. "Black flow cultivators attacked Alas Purwo during these few days," The reply was short, dense, and clear.

"What?!" The two of them stood up while hitting the table in shock at the news they heard.

Emperor Chen rubbed his face roughly, "This is bad, hopefully they don't target the existing cities."

Upon hearing the information, General Chen immediately walked out of the room, he was quite surprised by what he heard. As was the case with Emperor Chen, his expression was even worse, as information of this magnitude would sooner or later be known to the public, after all, and if that happens he will definitely have trouble dealing with the confusion, if only one city might itself along with the entire imperial army could still overcome it but if chaos occurred in every city even the villages, it was a disaster for him.

Elder Shen Xuan understood what Emperor Chen was feeling, however, being an Emperor is very difficult and this is when the title of Emperor is at stake because Emperor Chen must be able to handle his people while overcoming his enemies, 2 it will backfire because if you only focus on 1 thing then everything else will be destroyed.

"This is very sudden, if there is a war I am very afraid we will starve because the food supply can only last for a few months, and even then it will be reduced every expenditure, "Emperor Chen thought hard, saying, his brain is really hurting right now, "Do I have to give the soldiers food rations to the people? That is impossible, because the number of soldiers is also quite a lot, especially those who are on the front lines, surely those soldiers need more food supplies" he continued, holding his ailing head. If he had to choose then he would definitely choose his people but what about the soldiers? not that the soldier is also his people.

"For food business maybe we still have enough supplies and do not worry about it, because we can still hunt stealth or wild stars in the forests," Elder Shen Xuan provided the solution he had in mind, according to him it was the right move to overcome the food supply in case of war .

Emperor Chen looked at Elder Shen Xuan in disbelief, as the solution he had provided was helpful. "Your solution is very true, I was too panicked to the point of not being able to think clearly," Emperor Chen inhaled a deep breath of air, then exhaled slowly, "Alright, just assume that our food supply is plentiful, just consider it a lot, so now how do we overcome security in every city that exists in case of an attack, because the troops in every city are very limited."

"Tell me because maybe the solution you provided can still be done even if the chances of success are small," Emperor Chen seemed interested in the solution that Elder Shen Xuan was going to say, instead, because every solution given by Elder Shen Xuan was always right with the conditions.

"We're going to involve the white-flow Cultivator."

"God..." The originally excited face instantly became limp instantly, "I appreciate the solution you gave me, I used to think that way too but after remembering their rejection back then it made me not want to ask them for help anymore."

Elder Shen Xuan was well aware of Emperor Chen's disappointment towards the white flow Cultivators, especially at the big sects. It was no secret that Emperor Chen had once been flatly rejected when asking for help from the white flow Cultivator, back then Emperor Chen was young and before his eyes his father who served as Emperor begged to help him overcome the ancient dragon attack, but what did he get? All it gets is a rejection without respect.

"We will be petrified if the rewards given are satisfactory, that's what they say, are they crazy to ask us to give a reward because at that time the palace was destroyed by the attack of the ancient dragon, let alone giving a reward, feeding even my father's people to the point of giving away all of his own family's food supply," Emperor Chen looked at Elder Shen Xuan grimly, "If it wasn't for your teacher not being there back then, it would have been for him, then my father's sacrifice will be in vain, fortunately your teacher came after my father and we have resigned to the situation" he continued, sighing.

"There was only one sect that helped us back then, that sect was the Sacred Mountain Sect, while the other big sects were silent, not even asking," The full sense of disappointment was clearly drawn on Emperor Chen's face.

If anyone sees this then they themselves will surely be sad, a disappointment that can no longer be corrected even though it means being taken to death, if asked if he hates it or not? The answer is hate, but hate is only he is damned in the heart because he is an emperor who protects society, no matter how much he still he will help them if needed, he said, that is called the responsibility of the leader and it is a trust that he will live until the end of his life.

Elder Shen Xuan smiled slightly, he was amazed by the Chen Emperor Family because from the past until now they were people who always kept their promises and trusts, he admitted that Emperor Chen's leadership was far from good than his father's, and he was named the worst successor in the history of the Chen Family, predicate that he got because of his inability in matters smelling politics, even he was empty to ignite the fire of war because of the wrong words first, fortunately there was General Chen who helped him. Behind the bad predestination it turns out he is an emperor who is loved by his people even more than his father used to be, it is because of his kind nature and does not discriminate caste that makes him loved, he said, not only that, even he was sometimes drunk with his people regardless of reputation or dignified things, there was no history of any emperor who was as noble and as crazy as he was when socializing with his people.

Is that a carry? According to Emperor Chen his authority was nonsense, he only wanted to be respected by his people without having to show power or anything and it was proven that his people respected him a lot even though he was bad in some ways, especially in maintaining reputation.

'The leader whom his people love without showing who he is, probably only Emperor Chen gets the treatment" Inner Elder Shen Xuan closed his eyes.

"Alright, I think we should prepare everything from now on, especially the security of the city," Emperor Chen got up from his seat.

"You're right," Elder Shen Xuan smiled slightly then stood up.

There was a loud scream in front of the palace, which made them flinch, and they immediately walked towards the source of the scream. Upon reaching Emperor Chen and Elder Shen Xuan were startled by the thousands of soldiers neatly lined up in front of the imperial palace in cheering, in front of the soldier was General Chen who raised his sword high up, of course it makes people confused not play because the soldier suddenly gathered without cause.

"Long live Emperor Chen, live!" Thousands of soldiers shouted Emperor Chen's name.

"Gosh, I don't think we can hide this from the public anymore, hahaha." Emperor Chen laughed loudly as he patted Elder Shen Xuan's shoulder.

"I completely forgot General Chen, it seems like the rumors about him always standing on the front lines during battle are true, the proof is this, he said, he was able to make his troops excited even if death followed their steps later," Elder Shen Xuan also smiled even though it was barely visible.

"But I think it's good that it's also like this because we don't have to persuade the soldiers with much difficulty anymore, well even though this will make the people find out more quickly about the disaster that will befall them later," Emperor Chen smiled then shouted, "Life the Chen Empire! It's alive! "

'Emperor and General are the same,' Inner Elder Shen Xuan with a faint smile.