World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 425 - 227: Rock Queen!

Chapter 425: 227: Rock Queen!

Why would Turing Duo appear here?

After thinking through a swirl of information, Suo Lun came up with a rather vague answer.

She must have come for him; otherwise, with the status of the Turing Clan, she had no reason to come to this place.

But could she recognize him?

Probably not; the transformation Sorcerer Yaomeng had provided him was comprehensive and complete, altering eyes, aura, hair color, and significantly changing the skin of his entire body.

It could be said that no one, except those who were most close to him, could possibly see through his guise.

As expected, after Turing Duo looked at Suo Lun for a good while, she shifted her gaze away and then took out a map.

Young Master Hai Wuyan of Yingzhou Island opened the map.

Most of the map depicted the sea, with one large island and a cluster of smaller islands.

"This large island here is Yingzhou Island," Hai Wuyan said. "And these smaller islands, we call them the Thunder Archipelago. They’re three hundred li away from Yingzhou Island and about three times larger than the Archipelagos of Rock, originally they were part of Yingzhou Island."

Young Master Hai Wuyan looked towards the Yan Queen and said, "Although the Hai Family has broken away from the Yan Tribe, once a Yan member, always a Yan member, generation after generation. Now that Your Majesty is facing difficulties, we are willing to offer up the Thunder Archipelago as a place of respite for our brethren of the Yan Tribe."

The Yan Queen responded, "Please convey to your father my deep gratitude for his generosity."

Young Master Hai Wuyan said, "Your Majesty, originally, I had intended to marry your daughter, but to my surprise, someone else has won her heart first, and I have no desire to take what others love. However, my mother has been dead for many years, and my father has been alone ever since. And ever since giving birth, Your Majesty has not taken any husband. Our two families have been intermarrying for centuries; why not continue this matrimony tradition?"

Upon hearing this,

The Yan Queen, Suo Lun, and Yan Mo all showed a drastic change in color.

This Hai Wuyan, was he actually proposing for the Yan Queen to marry Hai Gang, the Island Master of Yingzhou?

Seeing this, Hai Wuyan coldly said, "Is my father unworthy of Your Majesty? Keep in mind, hundreds of years ago, my family was also one of the Yan Kings. We simply chose to leave Rock Island and find another place to settle to avoid internal war. Moreover, when we left, we took only a few hundred ships, less than ten thousand people!"

Unexpectedly, the Hai Clan of Yingzhou Island had such a history.

Then, Hai Wuyan turned to Yan Mo and said, "Brother Yan Mo, when our Hai Family left Rock Island, there were less than ten thousand of us, no better than stray dogs. After landing on Yingzhou Island, we fought for decades, lost four family heads, before we could finally establish ourselves in Yingzhou. Then, after decades of strife, we became the rulers of Yingzhou. Now, the Hai Family controls a territory of two thousand li, with millions of citizens and an army of over one hundred thousand. Could the Yan Clan ever have imagined this day when they exiled my family?"

The Yan Queen spoke firmly, "Hai Wuyan, do not misremember the past. When the Hai Family lost the battle for the kingship, we of the Yan Clan still named your family head as the deputy king, but it was the Hai Family who did not want to submit to others, thus they left with their ships and the Rock Pirates."

Hai Wuyan said, "Yet, in just a century, our Hai Family has grown more than a hundredfold. Our Thunder Archipelago territory alone is already several times larger than your Rock Island. It seems that some of the Yan Tribe ancestors’ rules need to be changed, as clinging to old customs can lead to a dead-end."

What Hai Wuyan referred to as clinging to old customs was the Rock Pirates’ sole mission of surviving through robbery.

The Yan Tribe must live within the Archipelagos of Rock and may not set foot on the mainland.

The Yan women must seek the seeds of the finest men of the Human Kingdom, among other things.

These rules made the Rock Pirates uniquely distinctive and powerful, but whether these rules were beneficial or detrimental was completely unclear.

The Yan Queen said, "But even if you become powerful, you’ve been abandoned by the Sea God and no longer enjoy the protection of the Sea God as Yan people."

Hai Wuyan retorted, "You continue to worship the Sea God without daring to make the slightest change. But has the Sea God protected you? No, it has severely punished you, making it impossible for you to live on Rock Island any longer and leaving you without a place to call home. That’s why you’ve come to the Hai Family of Yingzhou, begging us for a place of refuge. And all that we of the Hai Family ask for is a marriage alliance. A hundred years ago, the Yan Clan looked down on our Hai Family. Will you keep looking down upon us even now? Is my father truly unworthy of Your Majesty?"

Suo Lun listened, still unclear about what exactly had happened on Rock Island.

Hai Wuyan kept mentioning that the Sea God’s punishment made Rock Island uninhabitable and left all the Yan people without a refuge.

Then, Hai Wuyan turned to Yan Mo and said, "Brother Yan Mo, we are good friends, listen to my advice. After you ascend to the throne, you must make changes, get rid of some outdated habits and harmful traditions, or the Yan Tribe will surely perish."

Yan Mo didn’t speak, but Suo Lun could tell he agreed with Hai Wuyan deep inside.

Hai Wuyan continued, addressing the Yan Queen, "I know that you still hold a glimmer of hope for the Sea God, and that you will hold a grand sacrificial ceremony in the hope that the Sea God will grant you mercy, allowing you to continue to survive. I can wait, wait until the result of your sacrifice comes out. If by then the Sea God still has not shown mercy, if it still wants to destroy the life of Rock Island, then you must provide us with an answer. Either ally with us through marriage, in exchange for us bestowing Thunder Archipelago to you as a new home. Or, perish completely on the Archipelagos of Rock."

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