Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 1087 - 1087 34 Am I poisoned 8000 words

Chapter 1087: Chapter 34 Am I poisoned? [8000 words] Chapter 1087: Chapter 34 Am I poisoned? [8000 words] “Since Master Ling has spoken, we shall follow his advice and leave it at that.”

Emperor Falcon’s mind was the quickest at that moment.

Emperor Crane followed suit, “I have no objections and will fully cooperate with Master Ling.”

Emperor Falcon: “Whatever the Master says, we will do.”

Griffin Emperor: “I completely agree.”

Emperor Peng: “Me too.”

Only the Snake Emperor sighed without speaking.

Peacock Demon Emperor frowned and said, “This battle has had a profound impact and significance. There is no doubt that the Snake Clan has suffered great losses. However, before coming here, Dragon Lord had a special talk with me about this matter.”

Golden Emperor immediately turned evasive again and muttered, “What did the Lord say?”

Peacock Demon Emperor hesitated briefly and glanced at Feng Yin unintentionally.

Feng Yin coughed and said, “Regardless of the current outcome, the disaster began with the Snake Clan. Regardless of the Snake Emperor’s or the clan’s original intentions, the impact has been made. I suppose the Demon Kings must be quite displeased with the Snake Clan, right?”

Peacock Demon Emperor gave a bitter smile and said, “Not just the Demon Kings, but looking at the entire upper echelon of the Demon Races, many Demon Emperors are expressing strong dissatisfaction, especially the Bear, Tiger, Leopard, Lion, and Jiao clans… their resentment is even greater. If they were to arrive, the destruction and losses might even exceed what we have now.”

Feng Yin also gave a bitter smile: “I can imagine. It’s all within reason, within reason.”

“It is within reason.”

Peacock Demon Emperor said, “Balance is crucially important for any race, any creature, any group.”

She glanced at Golden Emperor and said, “Snake Emperor, regardless of your intentions, you have only attracted the animosity, or even hatred, of the entire Demon Races! To be fair, we are all happy to see talents emerge in the Snake Clan, or in any clan of the Demon Races. The emergence of such talents is beneficial and positive for the Demon Races as a whole. Therefore, it is best for such a talented individual to be as strong and exceptional as possible, even defying heaven – the more, the better! But this ‘the more, the better’ has a limit for a single clan!”

“This limit is… not to have too many!”

“You can have one genius, or two, even ten or eight geniuses would be tolerable for us! But any more than that, and it would become unbalanced, sparking jealousy and covetousness from other clans, and eventually turning into enmity and hatred!”

Peacock Demon Emperor looked intently at Golden Emperor and emphasized heavily, “And you, Golden Emperor, have gone and produced more than four hundred, four hundred young geniuses at once! You’ve not just exceeded ten, but you’ve brought forth four hundred young geniuses all at once, intensifying the dissatisfaction and conflicts among the other clans to a breaking point! And you, not knowing better, continued on your path, even taking them as your god-children… what were you thinking?”

“No, this isn’t about what you want to do anymore. It’s about what we think you’re doing, and since it’s us thinking about you, can you really expect us to harbor any goodwill? All of this is of your own doing, and it has nothing to do with the Demon Races!”

Golden Emperor wore a face full of misery.

At that time, he was truly blinded by greed and unaware of the consequences.

After taking the young snakes back, he even indulged in daydreams about the Snake Clan dominating the Demon Races for many days.

It wasn’t until he began to realize the truth and Master Ling pointed it out to him in person that his beautiful dreams completely shattered. But by then, it was already too late.

“I was shortsighted and presumptuous…”

Golden Emperor mumbled.

“Ha, shortsighted and presumptuous?”

Peacock Demon Emperor shouted angrily, “Golden Emperor, do you even know who you are? You are the ruler of the Snake Clan, the pinnacle of your people. How can you not have a clue in your head? We, the Demon Races, are not even human. Even in the human world, if a sect had disciples each with the potential of a Nine Colors Supreme, they would be attacked by all once they grow to a certain extent and get discovered.”

“Moreover, our Demon Races inherently follow the principle of survival of the fittest.”

Peacock Demon Emperor sighed, “Why don’t you look at the human court? Among the loyal, the cunning, the capable, and the incompetent officials, there has to be a certain proportion, and political parties must maintain a relative balance. No emperor is a fool; do you think they can’t differentiate between loyalty and treachery, wisdom, and stupidity?”

“Not at all; what emperors seek is always a balance, be it a relative balance or a balance of terror. It must be maintained, or else if one party becomes too powerful, the emperor is finished and can only be controlled by others.”

“No one is preventing your development, nor stopping your clan from growing stronger, but even strength has its limits. Or let’s say you could develop in secret; consider that in the current Demon Races, a single clan only has at most four or five Emperor Ranks. How could you not provoke universal wrath with a potential future of four hundred Emperor Ranks in your clan? Who else should be attacked if not you? If the Snake Clan is destroyed, it will have been your own doing!”

Peacock Demon Emperor said reproachfully, “I bet you’re still resentful that your clan was bullied by the flying races, but have you ever thought about how these very clans would fare once your four hundred plus Emperors have grown up, seeing as they’re natural enemies?”

“And… if Emperor Falcon and Emperor Peng hadn’t come, your clan would have lost the courage to fight a desperate battle from the start due to your inherent talent suppression. If instead, it had been the Tiger Emperor, the Lion Emperor, the Leopard Emperor who came, and the Snake Clan had resisted fiercely, it would have triggered an even more brutal massacre… as it stands, might the Snake Clan already have been wiped out?”