Volume 5: The Ancient Glorious Empire Chapter 56: The Supreme Conference of the Human Alliance
Chi Yan's appearance has undoubtedly changed a lot compared to the little girl she was back then.
She looks very young, but has extraordinary spirit, like a female general who has fought on the battlefield, killed countless enemies, and possesses great power.
No, not like, she is.
She is a big shot who ranks among the pillars of the Kandra Empire.
Fang You felt relieved and distressed. He never thought that one of the nine pillars of the Kandra Empire was actually cultivated by himself.
However, looking at the mysterious and vast halo of laws lingering around Chi Yan, Fang You was in trouble again.
He just saw that the Seven-Star Evil was trying to devour Chi Yan, but was directly shattered by the thick light of the protective law.
If his laws are at the entry-level elementary school student level, then the protective laws that Chi Yan unconsciously spreads are at least at the college student level.
It is so mysterious and obscure that it is difficult to look directly at.
But after thinking about it, Fang You still walked forward step by step.
He walked slowly, his heart was in his throat, his mind fixed firmly on the changing laws before him.
Soon, the rhythm of the law changed!
But it was not what he imagined, like a huge wave crashing down, but it slowly dissipated like a receding tide, returned to the girl's body, and disappeared.
Deep in the nebula, space rises and falls, time stagnates, and the girl curls up in it, like a fossil in the amber of time and space.
Her body was incomplete, her clothes were torn, and she looked like a dead object without any sign of life.
If she was just a myth or a demigod, this would be the death of a god.
But Chi Yan is a high-ranking being. As long as the rhythm of the laws with her mark still exists, it means that her light of life is still there.
Some high-ranking people with strong life-preserving abilities can be reborn as long as a drop of blood remains.
Chi Yan's abilities mainly focus on attack, destruction, and annihilation. Her injuries are not just on the physical level, there are deep injuries of the laws.
Fang You thought for a while, took out a piece of tender sprout from the core part of Idora's Tree of Life, shaped it into a bed, and placed it under Chi Yan.
Suddenly, the gentle power of the law of life within it spread out, nourishing Chi Yan's broken body and cleansing it of filth.
The bed of life is also withering and deteriorating at a speed visible to the naked eye.
——It cannot cleanse the filth on it, but can only transfer it using itself as a carrier.
“But it’s not enough.”
Fang You then took out three large water jars filled with the water of life. As soon as the water was taken out, a rich force of life rushed towards him, enough to make any demigod stare in amazement.
—When did the water of life, which is used so sparingly drop by drop and in small jars, become usable as bath water?
Under the water of life, the girl Chi Yan, who seemed like a dead object, slowly began to smell a hint of life.
This rich life force wrapped up the mutilated girl, forming a huge milky white cocoon of light. From the shadow of the cocoon, one could vaguely see that the girl's damaged limbs were slowly growing out.
Chi Yan received treatment.
After a long time, when the cocoon of life light cracked and turned into light particles and dissipated, Chi Yan's body was no longer incomplete.
Fang You took out an epic robe and put it on her.
but……
"She is still far from being cured. She has only recovered superficially. The internal trauma has only recovered a little."
"The water of life is indeed a miraculous medicine for healing. The amount of water in these three large vats is more than enough to pull back many myths and demigods from the brink of death, but for Chi Yan... it is not enough."
She is too high.
Her injuries were too severe, perhaps it was related to the unspeakable evil god.
If he wants to recover completely, he either has to rely on Chi Yan himself, or he has to find a red-level healing treasure.
There is no need to rush, but can Chi Yan wake up now?
Hopefully there won't be any surprises.
…
No accidents happened. About half an hour later, Chi Yan's eyelashes trembled slightly until they opened completely.
Her eyes were filled with confusion, reflecting Fang You's figure.
After a while,
"Teacher...?"
"teacher!"
Wow, it seems I’m not dreaming.
But I didn't know where I was and what happened. It seemed like I had slept for too long.
Looking at Chi Yan who was as bewildered as a kitten, Fang You rubbed her hair as usual and took the opportunity to explain the current situation to her.
Then, Chi Yan became even more confused.
"Ouch~?"
She didn't seem to understand.
The bloody, murderous, and majestic spirit of the battlefield gradually faded away as she woke up. She jumped and danced in the dimensional palace, as happy as a child who was hundreds of years old.
Her face was as childish as that of a young girl, and she always looked innocent when not in battle, which made Fang You wonder: Chi Yan, is she really the ninth pillar of the sky, Chi Tianzhu?
Thinking about it, he asked directly.
There is no need to hide anything when facing your own disciples.
Chi Yan scratched his head, "It seems so. Back then, I was named the Ninth Pillar of Heaven and given the title of Sky-Splitting Light."
She was talking about something ordinary.
"That……"
"Back then, did the Kandra Empire control 18 god-killing weapons and launch an attack on the unspeakable evil god? What exactly happened in that battle?"
This is the biggest mystery in history!
But the girl tilted her head, as if she was thinking about it, but also as if she hadn't thought about it at all, "Chi Yan doesn't know."
Fang You: “!!!”
Chi Yan stared with innocent eyes, "But I really can't find that piece of memory..."
What can Fang You do? Of course he can spoil her.
…
One day later, Xinhuo Base, outside the medical room.
Beep, beep.
The green light came on and the alloy door opened to the side with a hiss.
Yin Ling, who was tall and dressed in a white coat, was staring at Chi Yan, who was also dressed in a white coat but was being studied. Her eyes were enough to make any normal person shudder.
"Don't worry. Miss Chi Yan is in very good health. Her physical strength is incredible, but it's not balanced... The difference in strength between her left and right arms is huge, which is obviously not in line with common sense."
"Moreover, her soul has been severely damaged, which may have caused her memory loss and sometimes confusion in her behavioral logic."
Chi Yan blinked his big eyes and didn't show any sign of discouragement when he heard Doctor Yin Ling say this.
Oh, maybe she didn't understand?
That's okay.
"How can she recover?"
"It's hard to say." Yin Ling propped up her chin. "You can use some medicines and treasures to warm the spirit, and then slowly recuperate, relying on your own strength... Or, Master, you can leave Chi Yan here, and I will continue to study. Who knows, I will find out something one day."
Still no.
If he stayed here, he would be in trouble. Even if not, the simple Chi Yan could be easily led astray.
He was not surprised that Yin Ling could not give any reliable recovery methods. The higher the position, the harder it was to kill, but also the harder it was to recover.
Chi Yan’s status is too high.
Every drop of blood drawn from her body at this moment is a precious treasure, and is also a poison that low-level awakeners cannot withstand.
He suspected that Yin Ling had just drawn many tubes of blood from Chi Yan.
The idea of using drugs to assist Chi Yan and allowing him to rely on his own strength to replenish his soul is still feasible.
Chi Yan is at the high level of the ninth realm, a quasi-god-level life form.
Analogous to ordinary ancient gods.
After the fall of ancient gods, they can still be reincarnated. Yi Yue Luxi and Qian Xiaocao are examples. What's more, Chi Yan has not fallen yet. Sooner or later, she will be able to regain her former glory, put on armor, and become the Chi Tianzhu with great power.
Even now, Chi Yan still retains many memories of the Chi Tianzhu period.
She is still the mighty Ninth Pillar.
……perhaps.
Chi Yan needed to recuperate now. Although she lived a long time in her "previous life", she probably didn't have much free time. Besides practicing, she had to fight. Fang You took her to wander around the Xinhuo Secret Realm.
This secret realm is ten times larger than Xinhuo Academy.
The day and night rotate inside, the continent slowly expands, and the laws become more and more perfect. Perhaps one day, this can evolve into a special world.
The infrastructure construction within the secret realm is also quite complete. A series of skytrains connect various parts of the secret realm. Taking these trains, you can reach any place within ten minutes, and even pass through the gate of the secret realm to reach stations outside.
The small town located on the seaside is the only town in the secret realm. Many exquisite villas have been built here, and various flowers and exotic plants have been planted in the city. The fragrance of plants and flowers is refreshing.
The permanent population in towns is too small to fill the various jobs a town needs.
Fang You introduced some intelligent puppets, and at a glance they were full of the atmosphere of fireworks.
Xinhuo's current technological strength is far inferior to that of the Candela Empire, but when it comes to the art of life and enjoyment, it is still above Candela - the people of Blue Star love to have fun.
At this time, Chi Yan had a marshmallow in his left hand and a lollipop in his right hand, and he was enjoying the food very much.
"Teacher, who is this child?"
An Jianyou, who was wearing a black long skirt and a red hairband, had just taken half a day off when she spotted her tutor and a strange figure from afar.
The girl had a childish face, a bun on her hair, and was a little shorter than Yiluoxi.
He is a very cute child.
An Jianyou habitually reached out and touched Chi Yan's head, and Chi Yan habitually enjoyed the touch... Fang You lived in Bengbu.
One is Mother An, who is only in her twenties;
One is Chi Yan's sister, who is at least several hundred years old;
Ah, this...
But he thought about it and it seemed to be okay.
Chi Yan is the senior sister of Xinhuo Academy and an "ancient person" who returned tens of thousands of years ago. However, if the time of other mentors is used as a benchmark, An Jianyou is the senior sister of Xinhuo, and Heidao is the senior brother.
Therefore, he thought it was very reasonable that Chi Yan was An Jianyou’s junior sister.
I guess An Jianyou also finds it hard to imagine that Chi Yan is Liu Feng and Zhou Bao’s senior sister, right?
Back then, Chi Yan was a little older than Liu Feng and the others.
The youngest is Zhou Bao.
But due to his talent, Zhou Bao has been a muscular man since he was young. Apart from his childish face, he was already two to three meters, or three to four meters tall.
When he was promoted to the mythical level, he had already become a burly young man.
Liu Feng is an "ordinary" type, with an above-average height and a rather immature face. However, after becoming the dean of the college, Liu Feng intentionally dressed more maturely so as not to be looked down upon by outsiders.
He has served as the dean for more than a hundred years, receiving people from all walks of life and handling all kinds of matters, so he has naturally become much more mature.
On the contrary, Chi Yan has a longer life, but she is either practicing in seclusion or on the way to fight.
How did she get her invincible fighting power? Of course, it was her brain... ahem, she sacrificed all her leisure time to get it.
If the fans who worship the Ninth Pillar were to find out that the Red Pillar looked like this, it is unknown whether their faith would collapse.
An Jianyou seemed to have learned the skill of taking care of children without any guidance. After showing off her cooking skills, she even conquered Chi Yan.
Fang You did not assign any tasks to Chi Yan and let her continue to recuperate.
These days Chi Yan followed him or An Jianyou, jumping around in the base or in the Spark Oasis and the Burning Oasis.
He also took this opportunity to rest for a few days.
"Chi Yan is far from recovered, and his combat power has been severely damaged. He definitely cannot go to the front line at this time. However, with Qian Hong and the secret doll, Xin Huo already has two high positions, and can barely fight against the disaster."
In this era, disasters are getting worse and worse, the evil camp is becoming more rampant, and only those in high positions are barely able to dominate the battlefield.
Below the high position, we are all ants.
The organization's strategy is still to find god-killing weapons based on "universal training" and to develop means to harm those in high positions.
At the same time, enhance the combat power of the two existing high-ranking ones.
If Qianhong wants to improve, the path is very clear. Just kill the high-ranking evil god servants and absorb their divine power. There will be no bottleneck before the repair level reaches 89.99%.
After all, the secret doll Xiao Ling is not a real life. His secondary apostle recruitment certificate cannot work on the secret doll, and he cannot teach the secret doll any skills.
The combat power of the secret doll itself has reached its peak, and cannot be further enhanced by adding other accessories.
However, Fang You still came up with a bold plan.
——Use the skill “Ghost Master” to contract the secret doll and slowly increase its power.
This approximately works.
The difficulty lies in the contract.
Sister An, who is only at the seventh level of awakening, is naturally far from being able to contract a high-level secret doll. Even if she is squeezed dry, she still cannot do it.
So, Teacher Fang tried it himself.
Also failed.
"I am already an Eighth Awakening Demigod. Although I lack An Jianyou's talent and am inferior to her in contracting evil spirits, my overall strength is stronger."
He couldn't sign the contract, so An Jianyou naturally couldn't do it either.
Under normal circumstances, he might have to enter the ninth realm before he could contract a secret doll of the same level and perform amplification. But by the time he reached the ninth realm, it would be too late.
He then prepared to use the reserve means.
Use the power of the world to increase your own status and reach a level sufficient for the contract. Once the contract is connected, the bridge will be connected.
"But the prerequisite is that I have to wait until I master the skills of the Netherworld Controller."
What's more, he had just unleashed the power of the world when rescuing Chi Yan not long ago, and now he still had some back pain.
This old waist is getting worse and worse.
…
The gear of Xinhuo is running at high speed, and other human forces are not slowing down either.
At this time, several months have passed since the end of the Black River disaster, and Xinhuo Academy has received invitations from the seven major countries to participate in the "Supreme Conference of the Human Alliance".
This meeting has existed since ancient times, dating back to the Kandra Empire.
The Human Alliance was also jointly created by the Kandra Empire and several powerful human forces at the time.
After the fall of the Kandra Empire, the Human Alliance existed in name only.
Many human forces were destroyed or severely damaged, and only one percent of human strength remained. Human power has shrunk to the extreme.
At that time, the overall national strength of mankind was not as strong as that of powerful fantasy creature countries such as the Siren Empire and the Elemental Spirit Court.
Later, with the help of some human demigods and myths, the Human Alliance regained its vitality. At that time, humans scattered in the oasis kingdoms of various regions relied on the Human Alliance as a platform for communication, trade, and mutual assistance.
It is also because of the re-establishment of the Human Alliance that the still relatively weak human race was able to survive and gradually grow stronger in an environment of great changes in the world and rife with evil.
Now, tens of thousands of years later, the combined strength of humanity has far surpassed that of all the fantasy countries, and can be called the "overlord of the strange world." The fact that there are traces of humans in many large areas of the strange world is proof of this.
As for the evil god camp? Those who do statistics never include the evil god camp in their statistics.
However, as human power increases, the number of super oases gradually increases, the pressure of survival eases, and the significance of the existence of the Human Alliance gradually deviates from its original intention.
Over the past ten thousand years, the members of the Human Alliance no longer help each other, and seats have gradually become a symbol of status and power.
The Supreme Council of the Human Alliance is convened mostly to distribute certain benefits.
The number of meetings has also decreased with the passage of time.
The last People’s Federation meeting was held last time.
This time it's different.
This time, with the evil god's disaster approaching, the Human Alliance regained its original intention. The scale of the meeting was unprecedented. More than 90% of the alliance members expressed their willingness to participate in the meeting, and dozens of new members were about to join the alliance family.
Xinhuo Academy was jointly recommended by the seven major countries in the Yunhui Realm and obtained a superior seat in the Human Alliance.
Fang You doesn’t care whether there is a seat or not.
But if one wants to fight against the evil god, it is necessary to unite all the forces that can be united. What's more, Xinhuo's current size is not even enough to be considered the tallest human being.
In the face of disaster, of course we have to let others hold on together and buy more time for development.
The venue for the Human Alliance’s highest meeting is in a vast projection space.
The seven great nations and the four overlords of the Broken Sea all have similar equipment, but the equipment used in the Human Union Conference is enough to connect the entire Ghost World. In addition to technology, the ability to hold such a conference also benefits from the cornerstone of the equipment - an extremely precious God-Demon-level treasure.
This cornerstone was not kept by the Holy Court, but was placed in the territory of the Neverwinter Empire, the overlord of the Northern Weird Realm.
In the vast space, wisps of divine thoughts came across the distant space and transformed into crowns who were either handsome men or beautiful women, or majestic and awe-inspiring, or shining with divine light.
There are great scholars among whom I talk and laugh, and all those who come and go are your Excellency.
If an oasis does not even have a Mythical Lord in this generation, it will naturally lose the qualification to attend the meeting.
"Brother Luo, the last time we met was more than a hundred years ago."
"Haha, indeed. After more than a hundred years, Brother Ting is still as charming as ever."
"Alas, disasters have occurred frequently during this period. I heard that this Human Union meeting is to come up with a solution."
"Yes, this disaster has spread to many large areas of the Ghost Realm. As far as I know, several super oases have been destroyed. We urgently need to come up with a solution."
"Solution? I think it's difficult. Disasters are the laws of the operation of the strange world, just like the sunrise and sunset. How can we humans change disasters? We might as well take advantage of this meeting to fight for one or two more seats."
"To be honest, it is true that we, Baihu Island, are going to recommend Baiguo Oasis to join the alliance. This way, we will have one more staunch ally in the alliance and one more seat vote, which will give us greater influence in the future."
As for the disaster? Their White Lake Island was not affected, so naturally they had to give priority to their own interests.
Humankind has existed for so many years, how could it suddenly encounter a catastrophe?
Similar ideas also exist in the minds of some Super Oasis representatives. They want to expand their own influence and at the same time, cling to the thighs of senior congressmen.
The Seven Great Powers, the Four Overlords, and the Neverwinter Empire are all senior councilors.
Although there are differences in the number of votes between them, no matter which one, they are the supreme overlords for the super oasis like White Lake Island.
"I heard that a senior seat will be added to today's meeting."
"Oh, there is another high-level seat. Which country was promoted?"
"No, it is said that it is a new alliance, nominated by the seven nations of Yunhui Domain."
"The overlords such as Yuntu and Shuiman are indeed powerful, but they are not qualified to directly nominate a senior councillor."
The process of joining the alliance is that one must possess a level 7 oasis and be jointly nominated by three formal member states of the alliance before one can join the alliance.
Senior parliamentarians have greater power, and their every move attracts attention from many parties.
Although the Yuntu Kingdom is strong, doing this is not against the rules. Will the other overlords let them do as they please?
"No, you misunderstood . The one who nominated this force to join the alliance and obtain a senior seat was not one of the seven major countries of Yunhui, but... it was jointly nominated by the seven major countries and the seven overlords. This is very consistent with the rules."
Ah, that's okay.
But the seven overlords actually recommended an unknown force at the same time. This is legal but unscientific.
The delegates in the audience fell silent.
Elsewhere,
Bolai Zemeng was also in the meeting hall at this moment. He looked at the representative of Ranhuo, Qianqiu, raised his glass with a smile and said, "Our two families are in the same Falling Star Region. We must help each other in the future."
Their Falling Star City was one of the recommenders of the Burning Fire Chamber of Commerce. Bai Laizemeng originally wanted to use this matter to do a favor, but who would have thought that the Gu Yue Chen family would directly guarantee the Burning Fire Chamber of Commerce, and even the overlord Gu Yue Dynasty was willing to be the recommender, so this time, their Falling Star City was the one that benefited from it.
The City of Steel, the Black Stone Alliance, and the City of Sword and Flower also sent representatives as candidate allies/parliamentarians.
After all, we are here.
It’s no bad thing to listen more and communicate more.
The rules of the Human Alliance are very loose, and the current disaster requires all super oases to work together.
Inside the venue, the seats were clearly divided into different classes.
Ordinary allied representatives can only stay on the periphery, but this periphery occupies more than 4/5 of the space.
The representatives of the senior allies were in the inner circle. These overlords started with the seven major countries of Yunhui at the lowest level. There were not many of them, but each country had a minimum number of representatives.
In the central area, ten seats are arranged in a semi-arc.
These seats do not represent any one ally, but rather ten wise men of human origin.
Each of the ten wise men is represented by a mysterious symbol.
Among them, seven symbol marks were shining with a faint light, with traces of charm revealing from them, while the symbols connected to the other three seats were dim.
There was no representative from the Central Holy See present.
The one who chaired the meeting was a demigod from the Neverwinter Empire called "Earth Cold Demigod".
Without further ado, he dropped a bombshell announcement.
"One of the Ten Sages, the great Sage Cangtu paid a huge price and brought a prophecy of destiny to mankind."