MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again-Chapter 1377 - 352: Searching for Qin Hong

Lu Hong, at ease now, quickly arrived at one of the cities controlled by Da Qin and entered the City Lord Mansion directly.

At this moment, the City Lord inside the mansion was busy handling the day’s paperwork when Lu Hong’s sudden arrival startled him.

Just as he was about to call for the guards, a gold token was thrown at him, jolting him into alertness.

"How dare you!"

The City Lord was about to scold but glanced at the golden token left on the table and was instantly shocked.

"What?! Da Qin Golden Dragon Token?!" The City Lord was immediately silenced. The Da Qin Golden Dragon Token symbolizes the Emperor of Da Qin, and it can be said that the person holding the token represents the Emperor and has the privilege of making decisions before reporting them, with the authority to command over a hundred thousand troops during war to execute any orders.

The City Lord trembled as he picked up the Golden Dragon Token and inspected it closely to confirm its authenticity.

Subsequently, the City Lord immediately held the Golden Dragon Token and knelt before Lu Hong, saying, "This official Hu Xiang greets the lord!"

"I am Lu Hong." Lu Hong took back the token and stored it safely, revealing his name.

Hearing this, Hu Xiang was overjoyed, "You are the Emperor Master?!"

Lu Hong nodded, "From the time Yanyang waged war on Da Qin until now, tell me everything that has happened."

Upon Lu Hong’s request, Hu Xiang didn’t hesitate and started speaking, "Reporting to the Emperor Master, after Yanyang declared war on Da Qin, the Da Qin Two Guards, under your leadership, invaded Ming Ze to buy time for Da Qin. However, the two guards eventually returned to Da Qin, and you also lost contact in Mingze Domain. During the stalemate between Yanyang and Da Qin, Ming Ze suddenly led a million Martial Arts Sect army into Da Qin’s territory. The Ming Ze army was unstoppable, advancing swiftly to the outskirts of the Da Qin Imperial City. Fortunately, a letter from His Majesty caused Yanyang to turn against Ming Ze, leading to a grand encirclement battle. That battle was extremely tragic, with Da Qin sacrificing a million soldiers, and the Yanyang army also suffered heavy losses. However, the Ming Ze army was entirely wiped out within Da Qin’s core. Ming Ze then became more restrained, and as a result of the battle, Da Qin and Yanyang temporarily allied and began a counteroffensive against Ming Ze. But when we invaded Mingze Domain, we faced tens of thousands of Martial Emperors from Ming Ze. Such a number of Martial Emperors was beyond what Da Qin and the Yanyang allied forces could manage, forcing a temporary retreat. Just as we feared a counterattack from Ming Ze due to their many Martial Emperors, we received assistance from three other Great Domains: Zhongding Domain, Shuize Domain, and Tuzong Domain. This time, the Five Domains joined forces to annihilate the Sky Family of Mingze Domain. Yanyang, lacking in military strength, did not choose to occupy Ming Ze’s territory recklessly and withdrew. As a result, Da Qin took over the Mingze territory, while the other three domains had no intention of claiming any part of Mingze, seemingly just there to help."

Hearing this, Lu Hong couldn’t help but nod. It seemed that the various powers of the Dark Continent weren’t fools. The sudden emergence of so many Martial Arts Sect and Martial Emperor-level masters in Ming Ze clearly indicated an alliance with the Ancient Titans. For them, such a force was more terrifying than any Great Domain, prompting them to set aside disputes temporarily to snuff out the threat from the Ancient Titans in its cradle.

It’s worth noting that with the essence blood of the Ancient Titans, as long as you have the people, they can directly create Martial Arts Sect and Martial Emperor-level soldiers for you.

"So how is the population of Ming Ze now?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Xiang sighed, "After numerous wars, the population of Ming Ze is less than one-tenth of its original size. Especially with the Three Domain Alliance, they would carry out indiscriminate slaughter of the populace in nearly every city they advanced into. According to our reported statistics on record, the vast territory of Ming Ze now has less than three hundred million people. In this vast Lanfeng City, there are only seven hundred thousand people residing, not even enough to fill the main city. The imperial decree from His Majesty mandates us to stimulate population recovery, so I busily match men and women within Mingze Domain every day, urging them to marry and have children. However, those obstinate people are always making demands and expressing dissatisfaction, saying this doesn’t fit, that doesn’t work, causing great trouble for this official."

Three hundred million sounds like a lot, but one must know that a domain spans a vast area. At its peak, the population could exceed tens or hundreds of billions. A small city on the Dark Continent could house over ten million inhabitants, and now, Lanfeng City, being a suburb, should have a population exceeding a hundred billion, but it only has seven hundred thousand. This shows how the Five Domain Alliance massacred Ming Ze to such an extent that it’s almost vacant. Taking over such desolated land doesn’t provide much benefit. Without people, even if the territory has endless resources, they cannot be extracted.

This is probably one reason why Yanyang did not compete with Da Qin for Ming Ze. Yanyang’s population isn’t any better off than Da Qin’s. Back then, Zhao Family’s Martial God of Zhongding Domain crippled half of Yanyang, and later, internal conflicts among the Yanyang Emperor and the Mosian Family depleted another half. Finally, the wars against Da Qin and Ming Ze left the young forces of the Great Domain drained. Occupying Ming Ze’s lands and cities would make it difficult to deploy much military to guard them, so it might be better not to bother.

As for Da Qin, it would arguably be better off as well, because Da Qin’s population is also drastically declining.

After hearing Hu Xiang’s account, Lu Hong once again asked, "Where is your Majesty now?"

"This..." Hu Xiang hesitated with the same enthusiasm as before when it came to Qin Hong’s whereabouts. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Lu Hong’s brows furrowed slightly, "Why? Has something happened?"

"To report to the Emperor Master, I actually don’t know much. I only know that twenty years ago, on the eve of the Sky Family’s annihilation in Ming Ze, hundreds of Martial Gods from the Sky Family launched a suicidal revenge attack on His Majesty. Although all the Martial Gods of the Sky Family were annihilated in that battle, His Majesty seemed to have suffered serious injuries. Since then, all affairs of Da Qin have been managed by the Left and Right Ministers."

"Twenty years ago?!" Lu Hong was taken aback by the time: "It’s been over 20 years since the end of the Ming Ze war?"

Hu Xiang nodded, "If calculated from the time Yanyang began to attack Da Qin until now, a full fifty years have passed."

Hearing Hu Xiang’s answer, Lu Hong was speechless. He had been comprehending Jin Wudi’s Sword Dao for fifty years. The key issue is that, although Lu Hong grasped Jin Wudi’s Sword Dao and could indeed wield the Sword Qi, the power of this Sword Qi was worlds apart from Jin Wudi’s terrifying might, not at all on the same level.

Now if Lu Hong wishes to injure someone with Sword Qi, it’s likely only effective against people below Martial Arts Sect Level; those at Martial Arts Sect Level can already defend against Sword Qi damage. If Lu Hong wants to enhance his Sword Qi to reach a level similar to Jin Wudi’s, he would need to practice the Wenyang Sword Qi of the Sword Dao for at least a thousand years.

And by then, the chance would be long gone.

So, although Lu Hong also cared about this Sword Dao, he didn’t practice it immediately.

Upon awakening, the first thing he did was rush back, but he didn’t expect that so much time had passed.

"I understand, so the Left and Right Ministers might know where your Majesty is, right?"

Hu Xiang nodded, "That’s what I think as well."

Afterward, Lu Hong bid farewell to Hu Xiang and headed straight to the Da Qin Imperial City.

After spending seven days crossing space continuously, Lu Hong arrived in the Da Qin Imperial City and sought out the Left Minister, but unfortunately, the Left Minister didn’t know Qin Hong’s current whereabouts either and informed Lu Hong that the Right Minister was equally in the dark.

This left Lu Hong in a difficult position, as his disciple was injured, and he didn’t know where he had gone to recover, making it very difficult to find him.

"Emperor Master, if there’s anyone who might know His Majesty’s location, it’s likely to be Qin Huaidao."

Upon the Left Minister’s reminder, Lu Hong recalled this person.

Qin Huaidao, Commander of the Hidden Guard, was a force established by Qin Hong and was also Qin Hong’s most trusted confidant in Da Qin.

How did he forget this guy?

Soon, the Left Minister sent someone to fetch Qin Huaidao.

As Qin Huaidao walked into the Imperial Palace’s administration hall, his eyes were immediately drawn to Lu Hong, showing a hint of vigilance.

Lu Hong was curious about where the vigilance and trace of hostility came from, so he asked, "Do you have a problem with me?"