Until it met its beloved female cicada, it feared that the next time reversal would cause it to lose its companion, so it sought the God to grant the female cicada the same ability to reverse time, but the God refused.
The cicada then pleaded for the God to take back its time-reversing power, but the God refused again, because from the beginning... the God had warned the cicada that time reversal would come at a price, and even the God’s beloved pet cicada would have to take responsibility for its own choices.
The cicada had endless life but didn’t want to watch its wife disappear forever due to its own immortality, because without the accompaniment of the female cicada, the longer the life... the lonelier it would be.
From then on, the cicada was dejected and never sang again...
Later, the God promised the cicada that when its life was about to end, the God would transform the cicada and its mate into jade cicadas, allowing them to be together forever.
Later on, the God entrusted this pair of jade cicadas to the Monarch of Tianfeng Kingdom, his loyal follower, for safekeeping. One day, the Queen of Tianfeng Kingdom accidentally knocked over the pair of jade cicadas enshrined by the Monarch, and when picking them up in her hands, an event of time reversal occurred.
Due to this, the Queen of Tianfeng Kingdom helped the Monarch avoid several assassination attempts, and during the early great war when Tianfeng Kingdom destroyed Hanye Kingdom, the Queen used the time-reversing ability of the jade cicadas to foresee several plans of Hanye Kingdom in advance, causing Tianfeng Kingdom to defeat Hanye Kingdom decisively.
The Queen stated that for this... she lost her three children, her parents, and her siblings, and later prematurely lost her husband. She believed the jade cicadas were cursed, and thus had them sent far away, one to the east... one to the west, forbidding the Imperial Family of Tianfeng Kingdom from ever touching the jade cicadas again.
Just when everyone thought the jade cicada was nothing more than an ancient legend of Tianfeng Kingdom, the Great Shaman of Tianfeng Kingdom found one of the jade cicadas.
The grandfather of Sal Khan and the Great Shaman had been studying it but could not successfully achieve time reversal. The Great Shaman speculated... perhaps it requires gathering both jade cicadas to enable time reversal.
If Tianfeng Kingdom had these two jade cicadas, even if they lost a battle... with the ability to reverse time, they could be invincible, and the Monarch could also attain eternal life. How could this not be tempting?
Ever since one of the jade cicadas was lost, three generations of Monarchs of Tianfeng Kingdom have been searching for it within the boundaries of Tianfeng Kingdom...
Also because for many generations, the Monarchs of Tianfeng Kingdom did not know that beyond the snow mountain where the God resides, there is such a land.
Now that it is known that another jade cicada had once appeared in Zhou, that the late Emperor of Zhou once had an identical one, even if it was not buried in the tomb of the late Emperor of Zhou, it should still be in Zhou.
Therefore, for Sal Khan right now, finding the other jade cicada... and taking hold of the territories of Zhou and Yan, to establish a foothold on this land, is equally important.
Because of this, upon knowing that Li Tianfu and others had acted against Zhou and returned in defeat, Sal Khan immediately sent envoys to Zhou and also dispatched envoys to Yan...
"Your Majesty, I am not the Great Shaman, and do not have the ability to communicate with the God, so... I cannot be sure." Looking at Sal Khan, the Disciple of the Great Shaman said, "But Your Majesty, based on what the soldiers said, I think... if the war breaks out in weather suitable for elephant activity, we could be invincible, but in winter... it’s hard to say."
"You might as well speak frankly, if it’s winter... we cannot win!" Sal Khan’s voice was cold and hard.
With his head bowed, the Disciple of the Great Shaman pounded his chest with his fist: "Our Tianfeng Kingdom is protected by the God, the darling of the God, and the God granted our Tianfeng Kingdom the giant elephants... Our Tianfeng Kingdom is meant to be invincible in battle, but... the God has chosen a master for this land, and the master is not our Tianfeng Kingdom, so I daresay winter might be hard."
Sal Khan extended his hand to warm himself by the fire, and after a while, he closed his eyes: "Is there any way to disrupt the alliance between Yan and Zhou, to form an alliance with Zhou, or to form an alliance with Yan to attack only one country?"
"Li Tianfu, the Emperor of Xiliang, and Zhou... they are irreconcilable." The Disciple of the Great Shaman said.
Sal Khan raised his eyes: "In that case, when the envoys sent to apologize to Zhou and Yan return, if the two countries decide to go to war, then let Li Tianfu personally go to Yan, and no matter what methods she has to use, she must form an alliance with Yan. And yesterday... that King Yan of Xiliang, Li Zhijie, still hasn’t been found?"
The Disciple from Dadu nodded: "Yes, still not found, either he died on the battlefield or he has escaped."
"Li Tianjiao being alive is a threat, and although on the surface, the several great families of Xiliang fear and submit to Tianfeng Kingdom, behind the scenes they still support Li Tianjiao, hoping that Li Tianjiao will regain the throne!" Sal Khan gritted his teeth, his eyes getting colder and darker, "So even now, we know nothing about the whereabouts of Li Tianjiao, Yun Poxing, and others!"

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