Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me-Chapter 1796: Battle Against Betrayal and Oppression

Let him surrender to Jiang Chen? That is absolutely impossible to say, so the Master of the Heavenly Palace ignored King Wu’s opinion and directly collaborated with Taiyi.

It was because of this matter that the master-disciple pair of King Wu and the Master of the Heavenly Palace almost fell out, and entered into a cold war.

This time, the Master of the Heavenly Palace looked on indifferently, even hinting at allowing all clans to humiliate the Human Race, perhaps as a lesson to King Wu, his disobedient disciple.

Betrayed by the teacher he respected the most, King Wu naturally felt hurt. Since the opening of the Immortal World, he has been drinking to drown his sorrow, as he struggles with whether to betray his teacher and join Jiang Chen.

He did not wish to become a sinner of the Human Race, so he could not stay in the Immortal World for long. But if he just left, how could he repay the kindness of his teacher’s nurturing support?

The reason why their lineage of the Human Race has reached today is all due to the Master of the Heavenly Palace’s support. If they were to leave just like this, wouldn’t it be akin to beasts?

But if he doesn’t leave, then he must cooperate with the Demon Clan, becoming an eternal sinner of the Human Race, worse than beasts.

King Wu is not a fool; observing the Master of the Heavenly Palace’s recent actions, it’s not hard to see he simply regards the Human Race as a tool for strengthening himself, without genuinely intending to empower the Human Race.

Realizing this, King Wu felt deeply pained. But he comforted himself, perhaps he was overthinking it, his teacher absolutely did not mean this.

Perhaps there was still a sliver of luck in King Wu’s heart, so he remained willing to trust the Master of the Heavenly Palace, and thus had not decided to leave.

Because if King Wu’s speculation were true, the consequences would be too severe—his lineage of the Human Race—its faith would instantly collapse, and many people would be unable to bear it.

The spiritual pillar in his mind was merely using them. King Wu himself almost couldn’t bear this result, let alone those clansmen who worship the Master of the Heavenly Palace as gods.

Even if King Wu were to reveal this, they wouldn’t believe him. They would unwaveringly continue knowing it was wrong.

Precisely because the consequences are so serious, King Wu always held onto a sliver of luck.

Perhaps as his teacher said, he was compelled by circumstances, thus collaborating with Taiyi. Later, when the timing is right, he will turn against Taiyi, help the Human Race to eliminate the Demon Clan, avenging the blood feud of the past.

With luck in his heart, King Wu began to numb himself, no longer dealing with matters of the Human Race, spending his days drunk, trying to alleviate his inner distress through such means.

Yet his reluctance to see the Master of the Heavenly Palace also explained that, subconsciously, he did not trust the Master of the Heavenly Palace.

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Everyone looked toward King Wu, but King Wu was indifferent to their stares.

He would not see the Master of the Heavenly Palace, and it was even less possible to bow to him. One thing Jiang Chen said was truly right: the Human Race must rely on itself. Relying on others means living under the gaze of others, living especially hard.

Just like this time, having offended the Master of the Heavenly Palace and lost his protection, the Human Race immediately fell into peril.

"Fight!"

"Fight fiercely!"

"If the Demon Clan dares to come, then we fight the Demon Clan."

"If all clans dare to come, then fight them all together."

"Unless the other side voluntarily surrenders, there is absolutely no possibility of negotiation. Even if there is only one person left in the Human Race, it is still the case."

Suddenly, King Wu threw the wine jug in his hand fiercely and said to everyone.

The Human Race in the Immortal World seeking peace can only go to war with the Demon Clan, rather than accepting their conditions. Because once the Human Race accepts the Demon Clan’s conditions, it is tantamount to showing weakness. Then the other clans will never miss the opportunity to tear at the Human Race.

Hence, the only choice for the Human Race is to wage war against the Demon Clan and all the clans, making them hurt and fear, so they dare not covet the Human Race.

"Your Majesty, the Demon Clan is manageable, but the other clans are powerful. Recklessly going to war against them worries me that losses will be heavy."

After hesitating for a moment, one person still spoke.

"Agreeing to their terms, does that make the losses any less severe?"

King Wu retorted.

"Why doesn’t Your Majesty bow to the Master of the Heavenly Palace? You are his disciple; if you bow to him, with his support, the other clans wouldn’t dare provoke the Human Race anymore."

Spoke the elder, advising King Wu to humble himself to the Master of the Heavenly Palace. Anyone but a blind man could see that the Human Race’s crisis, said to come from the other clans and the Demon Clan, actually came from the Master of the Heavenly Palace.

If he didn’t nod in agreement, who in the Earth Immortal World would dare provoke the Human Race?

"Bow to him?"

"What if he wants me to cooperate with the Demon Clan, then what would you do?"

If possible, King Wu indeed wanted to bow to the Master of the Heavenly Palace, but he knew he couldn’t.

"Listen to me, let’s go to war with the Demon Clan now. I refuse to believe he will really sit by and watch the Human Race and other clans tear each other apart."

King Wu genuinely intended to wage war against the other clans, not merely speaking in jest. Of course, he also understood this battle likely wouldn’t happen.

Before even going to war with Jiang Chen, within the Earth Immortal World, the Demon Clan was about to wage war against the other clans, frantically tearing each other apart. Would the big figures in the Immortal World look on without acting? They would surely come forward to mediate.

Even the Master of the Heavenly Palace wouldn’t sit idly by; he just wanted to teach the Human Race a lesson, not truly annihilate them.

Presently, though the Human Race’s relation with him is unfavorable, it still counts as his power. If the Human Race suffers heavy losses, it’s his power that is lost; how could the Master of the Heavenly Palace sit by and let this happen?

Apart from the Human Race, the other clans are also his power. He doesn’t want to see the Human Race’s power suffer, nor does he want to see the other clans’ power suffer, and especially doesn’t want to see the power of both simultaneously suffer.

So, if the Human Race shows determination at all costs, vowing mutual destruction with the other clans, the one most anxious must indeed be the Master of the Heavenly Palace.

Understanding the Master of the Heavenly Palace’s mindset, King Wu dared to declare mutual destruction with the other clans.

Of course, if the Master of the Heavenly Palace truly does nothing, being able to mutually destroy with the Demon Clan and the other clans might actually be a good thing for the Human Race in the Immortal World.

At least, by dying on the battlefield against the Demon Clan and other clans, they could still be revered as heroes of the Human Race, rather than ending as sinners.

King Wu suddenly understood: staying isn’t feasible; leaving isn’t either. In that case, dying in battle seems to provide an explanation to himself and the Human Race.

As for his teacher?

The war between the Human Race and other clans—wasn’t it incited by him? Surely, mutual destruction with the other clans would make him extremely delighted.

Thinking this, King Wu became excited and quickly ordered:

"If you still regard me as your king, then follow my orders and muster the army now to attack the Demon Clan."

"Even if it means mutual destruction, you must destroy the Demon Clan. If the other clans dare assist the Demon Clan, don’t hesitate; adopt the stance of mutual destruction and annihilate the other clans too."

King Wu truly wished to die; he wanted not only his own death but also the death of his lineage of the Human Race with him. The Demon Clan, they were mortal enemies of the Human Race. Other clans, they were mortal enemies of the Human Race too. Dying in the war against them wouldn’t make this life in vain.

Moreover, dying like a hero on the battlefield is better than becoming a sinner of the Human Race.

Besides, if a great war erupted with the other clans, perhaps some would die, but definitely not all.

Because Jiang Chen wouldn’t sit by and watch them all die in the war against the other clans, regardless of what mistakes they made before, once they disregarded everything to charge against the other clans, those past matters could be concluded.

Their merits would be sufficient to erase their crimes.

"Your Majesty, isn’t this too much?"

The Human Race experts present were not fools; from King Wu’s increasingly excited tone, they could easily guess his intention.

All at once, everyone’s faces changed. King Wu wanted to die, but they may not wish to die. They had struggled to cultivate to this level; was it really to perish together with the experts of other clans?

"Only in this way can we avoid becoming sinners of the Human Race. If you do not wish to die, then stay here."

"And those unwilling to become sinners of the Human Race, join me in attacking the other clans."

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