Chapter 49 Coveting the Queen's Position
Just when Lu Changjing had comprehended the method of practicing the Soul-Picking Technique and began to incubate the Soul-Picking Hook, he received news that an envoy from the mountain barbarians had arrived.

Therefore, in order to avoid suspicion, as the king of a country, you must receive the mountain barbarian envoys at the morning court tomorrow.

"The Mountain Barbarians are one of the ten barbarians in the southern part of Shenzhou. Even among the ten barbarians, the Mountain Barbarians can be ranked in the forefront."

"They have always made a living by hunting, and they live proudly in the mountains and forests. Their ancestral land is in the Fulong Mountains. This mountain range is ten thousand miles long and is almost entirely occupied by the mountain barbarians. This shows how powerful they are."

"Although the Shanman tribe has a population of only tens of millions, they have nearly ten Grandmasters and about three hundred Grandmasters. They are best at fighting in the mountains. Our dynasty has entered the Fulong Mountains many times before, trying to wipe out the Shanman tribe, but we were unsuccessful and had to make peace with them in the end."

"This clan has three major clan-protecting magical skills, namely Green Demon's True Body, Shadowless Arrow Technique, and Divine Scripture. Green Demon's True Body is a low-level body-refining magical skill, Shadowless Arrow Technique is a mid-level magical skill, and Divine Scripture is said to be a high-level magical skill. The three can be effectively combined and can be called a magical skill system."

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Before the morning court session, Cao Wenzhen told Lu Changjing in detail about the situation of the mountain barbarians to prevent him from revealing any flaws during the morning court session.

After explaining for more than an hour, they set out for the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The dragon chariot was ostentatious, and it was accompanied by eunuchs, guards, palace maids... There were nearly a hundred people accompanying it, and the scene was extremely astonishing.

At this moment, all the civil and military officials in the court had arrived, and the mountain barbarian envoys were also waiting outside the palace, waiting for Lu Changjing to arrive.

"Greetings to Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

After sitting on the dragon throne and accepting the worship of all the ministers, he summoned the envoys from the mountain barbarians into the palace.

Soon, a group of people walked into the Hall of Supreme Harmony. They were basically dressed in standard mountain barbarian attire.

They wrapped their heads with green turbans, wore long gowns with large collars, had snakes and insects hanging around their necks, and wore green straw sandals on their feet.

Although there was armor, it was also green and basically made of animal skins. A wild and barbaric aura swept through the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The old man in the lead was short and dark, with sunken eyes, and looked like a typical mountain dweller.

But this old man is the third elder of the Shanman tribe, named Zhai Fang Yingfa, and he is a grand master of the tenth level of meridian forging. His Qi training had reached the tenth level of meridian forging many years ago.

His body refining skills have also reached the level of a fourth-order body refining master. Once he displays the Green Goblin's true form, he can transform into a green giant several meters tall and burst out with astonishing combat power.

This reminded Lu Changjing of the Hulk in a movie in his previous life, which was quite similar.

If Lu Changjing was not mistaken, his spiritual attainments should have reached the Grandmaster level, but only the first-level Grandmaster level.

Even so, his strength is still among the top three in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. He is definitely not comparable to Lu Changjing at the moment, and even Cao Wenzhen is not his opponent.

But what annoyed all the civil and military officials in the court the most was that Zhai Fang Yingfa was wearing a yellow dragon robe that was casually dragged on the ground and looked a bit dirty.

In the Da Ning Dynasty, only the emperor Lu Changjing could wear the yellow dragon robe. Now that Zhai Fang Yingfa was wearing such a robe, the meaning of humiliation was self-evident.

This made many ministers look a little ugly. They had not yet shown any sign of intimidation to these barbarians, but they did not expect that these barbarians would show them a sign of intimidation first.

"Greetings to Emperor Daning!"

Entering the Hall of Supreme Harmony, several mountain barbarian envoys saluted lazily, without much respect on their faces.

Lu Changjing waved his hand, but before he could signal them to stand up, these barbarian envoys stood up on their own, clearly not taking him, the Emperor of Daning, seriously.

"I wonder if you all have something to discuss in Baiyujing?" Despite this, Lu Changjing still asked in a friendly manner based on Ning Zhongyu's personality.

I thought they would exchange a few pleasantries, but I didn't expect these barbarian envoys to be polite at all. After hearing what Lu Changjing said, the barbarian envoy with a pigtail tied in a bun immediately came out from Zhai Fang Yingfa's side.

"I heard that Emperor Daning will favor his concubines in three years and will no longer be a monk emperor, so our king plans to marry the Seventh Saint to you, to be your queen, and to give birth to a prince for you."

As soon as the words fell, the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony fell silent, followed by a thunderous roar of rebuke.

"No, a mere barbarian saint girl is not qualified to be the queen of Daning and the mother of the vast territory."

"Forget about being a queen. I don't think she's even qualified to be a concubine. A concubine is enough."

"This barbarian tribe is quite greedy. Not only do they want the position of queen, they even dare to covet the throne."

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Faced with the rebukes from the civil and military officials in the hall, the expressions of several mountain barbarian envoys suddenly changed, and some of them could not withstand the overwhelming momentum.

Among the several mountain barbarian envoys, except Fang Yingfa, the head of the three tribes' old village, who is a grandmaster, the others are only middle-level and high-level grandmasters. How could they withstand the purple aura that fills the hall?

"Humph……"

Seeing that his companion behind him was about to make a fool of himself, Zhai Fang Yingfa's expression changed slightly. He snorted coldly and released a rolling aura that collided with the aura of many ministers around him.

"when……"

There was a faint sound of swords and spears in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and a gust of wind appeared out of nowhere.

Seeing this scene, many ministers snorted coldly and wanted to increase their momentum.

But at this time, Lu Changjing's voice came from the dragon throne: "This matter still needs to be discussed in the long run. The position of Queen is related to the safety of Daning. Let's wait until the court and the people have discussed it."

"Besides this matter, I wonder if the envoys have anything else to do. If not, then please withdraw from the court."

These words eased the tense atmosphere in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The two sides looked at each other and then slowly put away their momentum.

The Shanman envoy with a pigtail came out again: "In addition to this matter, our king also invited Emperor Daning to go hunting in Zama Blood Forest. Recently, many blood beasts have appeared there, which are the treasures for warriors to practice."

"Our king is willing to split the blood beasts we obtain from hunting with Daning 90% and will definitely not let the Emperor of Daning suffer any loss."

The leader of the Shanman tribe is called the Shanman King, whose status is similar to that of the emperor of the Daning Dynasty.

Zama Blood Forest is the ancestral land of the Blood Barbarians, one of the Ten Barbarians in the South. Its territory is not inferior to the Fulong Mountains, and may even be larger.

The Blood Barbarians have always been famous in the southern land for their bellicosity, and can be said to be the most warlike tribe among the ten barbarians.

Now that the Mountain Barbarians have invited Lu Changjing to go hunting in the Zama Blood Forest, there is obviously something fishy going on. There may be a conflict between the Mountain Barbarians and the Blood Barbarians, and the conflict is not small.

Otherwise, how could the Mountain Barbarians dare to go to the Blood Barbarians' ancestral land to hunt? This would be almost the same as declaring a war.

(End of this chapter)