The Rise of Dragon Temple - Chapter 204

After a moment of silence, Joseph said to Dongfang Muyu, “Dongfang Clan leader, what about the Sacred Temple? Have you found out which Sacred Temple my mom went to five years ago? Can you tell me more about it?”

Dongfang Muyu frowned and thought for a moment, then she answered, “The Sacred Temple… the Sacred Temple is the name in the ancient books. I’m not certain if you have heard of “sacrifice and military power affects one’s country”. This means war and sacrifice. In the ancient books, Sacred Temple is the place where people worship. Every Scared Temple worships different things.

Dongfang Muyu frowned more deeply and then continued, “However, there is a rumor saying that all the Sacred Temples are found at the place where it has the most luck. According to the ancient books, every Sacred Temple also has a treasure of fate. It mostly consists of metallic items, such as a mysterious iron sword, and a shield. However, since this land has been inherited by many people, tons of battle had been fought and most of the Sacred Temples were destroyed.”

“In particular, in recent years, with the advancement of science and technology, more of more Sacred Temples are being destroyed. It is basically very difficult to find any more Sacred Temple in Frogua. It had been thousands of years and there then been countless natural disasters occurring. It is near to impossible to find a perfectly untouched Sacred Temple. Your mother should have found one five years ago and taken one of the treasures. When we finally found out about it, the Sacred Temple had been destroyed and we couldn’t find anything out of it…”

Joseph nodded and continued to ask, “Is there any else? Why did you guys only find out that place after five years?”

Dongfang Muyu shook his head and frowned more deeply. He replied, “I’m sorry, but even the Nine Greatest Clans has no idea about this. It seems that our subordinates suddenly found out that there was a shock wave a few months ago, and thus we stumble across it. Then we paid a huge sum of money only did we figure out that your mother had gone to that place five years ago and this is really as much as we know.”

Joseph nodded and said, “Well, give me the address of the Sacred Temple.”

“Sure, it’s in the northern region of Frogua. It’s between the border of the deserts and the grasslands. It is next to the ancient city that is being surrounded by the desert. I’ll send you the coordinates in a moment. But Lord, there really is nothing there.”

“The northern region? The ancient dynasty, the place with the most battles fought in history?” Joseph frowned deeply. Then he stood up, took a deep look at Dongfang Muyu and said, “Leader of the Dongfang Clan, I’ll be leaving!”

“Goodbye, Lord Dawson…” Dongfang Muyu struggled to stand up and bow to see off Joseph and Master King. Joseph nodded and left with Master King.

When Joseph and Master King walked far away and completely left the residence of the Dongfang Clan, Dongfang Muyu and Zhuge Jiannan became silent. Concurrently, the two clan leaders stood facing each other.

After a moment, Zhuge Jiannan looked at Dongfang Muyu with a complicated expression and said, “Mr. Dongfang, are you confident? After all we the Nine Greatest Clans seem powerful to the outside world but in reality, we are just puppets for the mastermind behind all these.”

Dongfang Muyu shook his head and said, “I don’t know, I’m not certain, but I can’t just sit here and do nothing. I have to decide. 300 years ago, our Dongfang Clan retreated from the war. 100 years ago, we retreated again. But this time, I don’t want to back down again. I don’t want to think so much about whether if my choice is correct. Let’s risk it. If all of our Dongfang Clan’s troops died in the Outer Region then our Dongfang Clan is really dommed. So it doesn’t matter…”

Zhuge Jiannan took another deep look at Dongfang Muyu, and his heart was more complicated. Compared with Dongfang Muyu, he gave it more thought. Dongfang Muyu could make a decisive choice, but he couldn’t.

After a moment of silence, Dongfang Muyu looked at Zhuge Jiannan and asked, “Mr. Zhuge, in fact… you should make a choice. If those forces really fight headon with Frogua’s military then one side is surely getting demolished. Can you really rely on the Heavensupporting Sect?”

Zhuge Jiannan squinted his eyes and sighed deeply. He shook his head and said, “I don’t know. Everything is different now. The foreign troops could infiltrate Frogua. Things aren’t the same as before.”

Zhuge Jiannan paused for a moment before he looked at Dongfang Muyu and asked, “Then, Mr. Dongfang, if you really choose to join the fight then aren’t you afraid that the Spiritual Cave Academy go against you?”

Dongfang Muyu chuckle and did not answer. To the outside world, he seemed very powerful and graceful but in reality, he was being controlled all this while.

“Mr. Dongfang, take care!” Zhuge Jiannan gave a fist salute to Dongfang Muyu and turned to leave.

When Zhuge Jiannan left, he was also very worried and he seemed very gloomy. Three of the Nine Great Families, which had existed for hundreds of years, had been destroyed in just a few days. Now the strongest clan has chosen to join the fight and Zhuge Jiannan wasn’t certain if the other clan would also choose to join the battle. The Nine Greatest Clans had fallen.

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After Zhuge Jiannan left, Dongfang Muyu dragged his severely injured body to the highest position in the hall. Standing on it, he looked down at the mountains and rivers in the distance.

“Did I make the wrong choice? I don’t know. But… I don’t think I will regret it. Although I’m high and mighty, I live like a mouse. I have to hide around and I can’t be caught in public then what’s the point of living? I’m at the late stage of the Royal level. Am I really going to die without anyone knowing?” Dongfang Muyu looked at the distant mountains and rivers and muttered to herself.

“Dad…” Just as Dongfang Muyu was thinking about something, he suddenly heard a crisp voice. The next moment, a girl in an ancient green dress with a hairpin on her head came to him. The girl was very beautiful, with fair skin, a slim waist, and she was tall.