Blue Phoenix Chapter 34 - Hatred through the Years

Li Meilin was pale as she walked through the camps full of guards everywhere, sweat was pouring down her back, and her mouth went dry as she feared that she was going to be exposed. Fortunately for her, the clothes she was wearing had been worn by the beast-woman before, something which had helped mask the human scent which wafted from her.

She was looking for clues to figure out what was happening with the lords, and why they brought so many guards along with them. Unfortunately, the majority of the guards kept guessing that they were going to war, something which frightened Li Meilin the most.

“What do you hope will happen?” Li Meilin forced her voice to be calm as she spoke with a guard wearing a dark green uniform. Looking at the uniform, Li Meilin was incapable of telling from where this beast came, but to her, it made no difference as long as she could get information.

“War. I want to go to war with those weak humans. They have thought themselves the strongest creatures on this continent for far too long!” the guard grumbled and as he spoke other guards close by nodded their heads in agreement.

“The human who chased us away has hidden himself away for a millennium already. It is time for us to reign. It is time for us to get revenge on those petty humans who chased us away from our homes those many years back!” another guard said, his killing intent billowed forward and made it impossible for Li Meilin to breathe for a moment. She feared that her heart would stop beating any second.

Li Meilin was an Emperor. She was far stronger than the experts around her; however, she was currently undercover. Although she could handle some of the guards around her, she would eventually be overrun when she ran out of wu wei, and it was a situation she really did not want to find herself in.

“Humans and beasts lived just fine together before,” a third guard suddenly broke in. “Who told the humans to suddenly hunt us all down and force us to leave the homes where we had lived for eons? It is their own fault that we will get o

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