Chapter 2878 Various Forces
After playing all the way, An finally returned to his hometown after a hundred years. To him, everything seemed like yesterday. He left without saying goodbye because he was afraid of the heavy responsibility. Now that he is back home, he feels that his master will not blame him because he is always reasonable and kind. The Qihe people are all bald monks with good tempers. An also introduced his old friends in his hometown to the two new friends, seemingly not realizing that a hundred years have passed and his old friends cannot survive, not to mention that the Fire Nation had carried out a large-scale purge of the Qihe people a hundred years ago, and most of the monks had been killed.
So An introduced all the way, but completely forgot that things had changed in the past hundred years. Waiting for him were only ruins and dry bones that no one collected.
The Fire Nation was serious about its expansion, and it also knew that the magical power was its biggest obstacle. So after realizing that the magical power was missing, it decisively launched a war and wiped out a large number of the Qihe people.
An had no intuitive understanding of the changes in the past hundred years, and he didn't even think that the Fire Nation was scary. His behavior was always out of tune with his contemporaries. But now he finally realized that peace was over, war was already burning, and a hundred years had passed. Now as the Avatar, he had to face national hatred and family feuds, had to take responsibility, and could no longer play around. He had to master the four kinds of control techniques as soon as possible and comprehend the true Avatar.
The Avatar is passed down from generation to generation, and can use four kinds of power. Through learning, they can enter the Avatar state and control the light power with mortal bodies. Under the Avatar state, all enemies are chickens and pottery dogs.
The Avatar is back, but the news has not spread. Only a few residents in the areas helped by An know that the Avatar is back. They have to be prepared, because when necessary, they have to counterattack the Fire Nation, regain lost territory, and rebuild their homes. They have to wait for the Avatar to summon them to participate in the final war.
The exiled prince is still thinking about catching the Avatar to make merit and dreaming of returning to the capital. He has been frustrated along the way, but he is indomitable and continues to follow An. Even when An was caught by the governor of the Fire Nation's provinces, he had to rescue him. Because he does not allow the Avatar to fall into the hands of others, the Avatar can only be caught by himself.
The prince and the Avatar gradually became familiar with each other in this strange relationship. In fact, both parties are kind people, but the prince is too eager to get his father's recognition and forgets his original intention. What he has to do is not to cater to his father, but to tell his own story well. Only in this way can he truly replace his father and become the new Fire King.
Fortunately, there is an uncle who has been accompanying the prince. And the uncle is not only the brother of the Fire King, but also the elder of the White Lotus.
The White Lotus is a long-standing secret organization. The elders are usually some old guys. Their task is to secretly help the Avatar maintain order. Their tasks include and not only educating the Avatar, collecting intelligence, maintaining order, etc. When An appeared, the branches of the White Lotus in various places have been restarted. In the past hundred years, because there was no Avatar, the White Lotus has been in a semi-dormant state. Now that the Avatar is back, the White Lotus must be prepared to help when the Avatar needs them.
However, the elders of the White Lotus believe that the Fire Kingdom is now powerful and the Avatar is too weak, so it is better not to show up next to the Avatar, so as not to be too big a target. Moreover, the White Lotus Sect also took into account An's escapist character. If the White Lotus Sect showed up, it might cause An to escape for the second time, so they kept their troops in place and let An find a teacher to learn water control by himself.
At this time, Shentong was heading towards the North Pole, where there was a city of the Shuishan tribe and a master of water control from the Shuishan tribe, who would definitely be able to teach An water control.
The White Lotus Sect still had a clear understanding of the current situation and knew that it was not the time to fight back. More people had to know that Shentong was back so that they could unite everyone to fight against the Fire Nation. So they waited and watched, and when all the forces were united around Shentong, it was time to fight back.
Although Wang Shu was a member of the Fire Nation, he was also very clear about the reasons for the Fire Nation's war and knew that the Fire Nation did not want to be limited to the archipelago, but he knew more clearly that the expansion war not only brought titles and honors, but also brought sadness. Young soldiers of the Fire Nation were constantly dying, and tragedies were continuing. Even his own son died in the war. That's why he supported the prince's idea and the prince's concept of cherishing every life. If Taiji ascended the throne, he would definitely be able to change the Fire Nation.
Both the supernatural power and the prince need time to grow up before they can be firm in their own ideas, and they also need to be constantly frustrated before they can be firm in their own ideas. What worries the uncle even more is the princess. His eldest niece is not a worry. According to new intelligence, this eldest niece has actually formed her own guard, which is composed entirely of extreme fire control techniques. Their philosophy is "fire control masters are supreme." This thing is extremely poisonous in the eyes of the uncle, because once the fire control masters provoke hostility towards ordinary people, no one knows what will happen next.
But the princess's ideas are obviously favored by the unsuccessful fire control masters. The intelligence said that every time the princess went to the wine shop to give a speech, there were huge crowds of people, and many unsuccessful fire control masters were very excited.
The uncle thought that many fire control masters' parents were also ordinary people, and the fire control masters' relatives were also ordinary people. The princess wanted them to kill each other.
The princess is not stupid. In this case, she admits that ordinary people who cultivate the art of controlling are valuable. She mainly targets ordinary people in high positions, and thinks that these ordinary people are liars and thieves who stole everything that should belong to the art of controlling. Ordinary people do ordinary work, while art of controlling should manage the country and set directions, because art of controlling is a noble existence that communicates with heaven and earth and is in contact with a higher realm.
"Princess, don't do stupid things." Uncle Wang knew that the princess's current behavior was simply to make enemies with ordinary officials in the court, and to make enemies with them would also make enemies with the emperor. In his memory, the princess and the prince admired their father very much, and the princess was more like her father, more ruthless, and not as gentle as the prince. But the princess did not have the wisdom to find another way. She would only be a follower of her father, and it was impossible for her to do so many things like now. "Is it really affected by the mysterious Duran?" There is little information about this Duran, and Uncle Wang's spies did not find any clues. They only knew that Duran's swordsmanship was very powerful and did not seem to know art of controlling, but he did become one of the princess' most trusted people.
Recently, the atmosphere in the capital is very tense. The princess is promoting the "supremacy of the magician" and wants to reach out to take down the officials and wealthy businessmen of ordinary people, snatch resources from them for redistribution, which will inevitably lead to civil unrest. However, the princess has made up her mind and has been calculating the property of these people, and then find a reason to take action, rob the wealth and then distribute the money to the magicians, and win over more magicians, so that a new story can begin.
The Fire King certainly knows this, but he thinks his daughter will not succeed. He thinks he knows his children. His daughter's talent for magic is naturally strong, but she doesn't have this ability. He still thinks that his daughter can only imitate him. She will only think about making achievements and will never rob the rich to help the poor in the country.
This underestimates the princess, but now the Fire Kingdom is busy attacking the Water Kind Clan, and the princess knows that it is not the right time. According to Duran's analysis, this battle will fail, and then they will be able to take the opportunity to expand their power.
They will definitely lose, because the Water Kind Clan will directly summon the gods, and the strong ships and cannons cannot defeat the gods.