Chapter 447 - 313: I Want Cuiyu Territory, Sacrifice, and Defy Fate_2

["Young Yi, where’s Aniruddha?" Alice asked in confusion.]

["So it was called Ah Ni." The young samurai’s bloodied face broke into a bright smile, "It was the most terrifying opponent I’ve ever encountered. I will remember it."]

["Ah Ni is dead?! You actually slew the Arhat!!"]

[Alice gazed up at the young man before her, the sky casting a pure white light over him. He was the Divine Messenger who had come to save her, and a bright arc formed at the corner of her mouth.]

["Young man, you saved me, saved the Cuiyu Territory. I, as the lord, will bestow upon you a title, a fief, and..."]

[At this moment, her heart was racing. Scenes of returning to the royal city flashed through her mind—those sisters who always mocked her territory, and the mother who always said she wasn’t as capable as her brother. What expressions would they have upon seeing this samurai comparable to the ’Arhat’?]

["Lady Alice, wait, please don’t misunderstand."]

[Luo Yi suddenly chuckled.]

[He, of course, didn’t know what was on Alice’s mind, only thinking how naive Lady Alice was.]

["What?" Alice was taken aback.]

[Luo Yi slightly bowed, looking down at Alice’s exposed shoulder. His sharp gaze pierced through the messy strands of hair, scrutinizing the Lord of the Star Moon Race from head to toe—every part exquisitely like a sculpture in the Divine Hall, from the snow-white skin peeking through the slightly open collar to the slender waist adorned with a Moonlight Stone belt.]

[The handsome men and beautiful women of the Star Moon Race, perfectly fitting the "aesthetic" of the Human Race.]

[But alas, to the Giant Troll, this was just a small, ugly monkey. This appearance that mesmerizes human nobles is nothing but a "bony frame with hardly any meat."]

Cook aspired to become the great "Ancestor of the Giant Trolls," disdaining to waste energy "favoring" the ugly Alice, even planning to toss her to the old cripples in the tribe for their amusement.]

["I’m not here to save you; I’m here to give you a choice." Luo Yi’s eyes also saw past the beautiful facade, speaking calmly, "Lady Alice—are you willing to become my subject?"]

["What?!" Alice’s smile froze on her lips, which trembled slightly, "I’m... sorry, I didn’t quite understand..."]

["Alright." Luo Yi slowly straightened up, the Black Scale Sword in his hand already resting on Alice’s swan-like neck. He enunciated clearly, "I—want—Cui—yu—Territory!"]

["You?!" Alice’s chest heaved violently, the crimson blush spreading from her neck to her earlobes.]

[This was the "inherent defect" in the black-haired Human Race, who, though clearly despicable commoners, had vile blood running through their veins. Once these mere commoners raised their banners and shouted, "Princes and marquises, are there truly predetermined natures?"]

[Even their own race’s king would be overthrown by them— "decapitated as a sacrifice for banners"!]

[Alice could understand her fellow Star Moon Race members betraying the Cuiyu Territory because they were also nobles.]

[But young Yi, having joined her guard, should have been loyal to her for life! Yet now he had betrayed her!]

[She could not understand.]

["Anya!!" Alice screamed shrilly.]

[Captain Anya, who had rushed over, abruptly halted. When she saw the Black Scale Sword across the lord’s neck, she simply opened her mouth but chose silence.]

["Lady Alice, quickly choose," urged Luo Yi.]

["The Chenxing Clan will never submit!!" Alice raised her head, her long hair wildly dancing in the wind, her bloodied lips curving defiantly, "I possess the noble Star Moon Bloodline, how could I possibly submit to someone like you..."]

["I understand your meaning." Luo Yi’s gaze turned cold, his wrist rotated, and the sword edge glinted with icy light—]

["Wait." Alice realized that Luo Yi would actually kill her. She hastily clammed up, gently pushing aside the Black Scale Sword with her hand. She took a deep breath, suddenly blooming into a smile as radiant as early spring: "Young man, I am willing."]

["Wouldn’t that be too difficult for one as noble as the Chenxing Clan?" Luo Yi was momentarily stunned, "Lady Alice, rest assured, my sword is swift. If it cuts your throat, it will be in an instant, and you won’t feel a trace of pain."]

[Alice almost burst with anger at the young man’s stupefied appearance.]

[You little...]

[Alice gritted her teeth, temporarily swallowing her pride. Once her mother’s warriors arrived, she could... She lowered her noble head: "Lord, Alice is not yet three hundred years old and doesn’t wish to die..."]

[Before she finished speaking, Luo Yi had already turned to face Miss Delilah, who had been waiting for some time.]

[Miss Delilah began announcing to the Spirit Realm Farmers the change of ownership of the "Cuiyu Territory." The various clans within the territory were accustomed to it, remembering the new lord, Luo Yi, at least according to the rumors that the "black-haired Human Race" lord didn’t enjoy consuming intelligent life.]

[They did not need to sacrifice their young ones to present to the lord who loved tasting novelties.]

[Miss Delilah and Eve recruited Black Iron Guards from other races, repaired houses, while Captain Anya gathered the remnants of the Star Moon forces to maintain order.]

[Meanwhile, Luo Yi, led by maid Alice, entered the lord’s castle built upon the Spirit Vein. Luo Yi intended to monopolize the "Spirit Seed" cultivation of the entire Cuiyu Territory’s Spirit Realm.]

[After becoming a samurai, refining Source Blood became exceptionally slow. He needed more Spirit Seed cultivation.]

[The Spirit Seed planted in Cuiyu Territory was one after another of emerald green Spirit Seeds, scientifically named Cyan Jade Spirit Seed.]

[In the medium Spirit Realm, the Spirit Seed matured twice in one year. Maid Alice had been managing this for thirty years, stockpiling a considerable amount in the caverns.]

[Although the Tier One Spirit Seed had a weak effect on a "samurai," the abundance of Spirit Seeds and Exotic Beast Flesh sufficed to make up for this shortcoming.]

[Luo Yi stayed in the Lord’s Castle, refining Spirit Seeds to temper his Five Viscera and Six Bowels.]

[In just two weeks, the Godslaying Momentum fully penetrated the kidneys, birthing another anomaly. Although power hadn’t increased, the kidneys filtered impurities from the blood, resulting in Luo Yi’s body undergoing Washing Marrow, accelerating the consumption of Spirit Seeds.]