Yu Qi put away the Jade Box, surrounded by the golden dragon of national fortune that circled and hummed softly, as if celebrating this hard-won victory.
He gazed at the golden dragon, his heart filled with deep emotion. The battle had been fraught with danger on all sides; without the Jade Box and the golden dragon to assist him, the consequences would surely have been devastating.
Yet this golden dragon of national fortune could not be easily invoked; the slightest damage to it would shake the foundations of the state and pose a grave peril to the Daxia Empire. Still, to deal with the vastly strengthened Wu Chou, he had been forced to take a desperate gamble and stake everything on a single throw. Fortunately, Wu Chou was ultimately slain.
Chapter 363