Chapter 863 – Winter’s Wild Spear and Tea (1/2)

Chapter 863 – Winter’s Wild Spear and Tea

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

The magistrate of Feng City, who had arrived at Fengyang City yesterday for the tea party, was now receiving many congratulations from the people within the county office.

Hearing this news, the group in the tea house looked at each other speechlessly, a chill running through their hearts.

No could have expected that the Prince of Xiang would truly succeed in entering the Divine Domain during his seclusion.

From the moment he crossed that threshold, so long as he did not scheme or compete against the venerable Daoist, his status in the Great Zhou Dynasty would be unshakable.

Whether in the Imperial Court or the military, the Prince of Xiang had immense power, and now that he had entered the Divine Domain, he had unquestionably become a truly powerful minister.

Chen Changsheng recalled how Xu Yourong's assessment of the Prince of Xiang had been very poor. She had said that although the prince possessed outstanding talent, he was licentious and brutal, never once striving for the Divine. It now seemed that all this had naturally been an act.

That the Prince of Xiang had kept up this act for so long meant that he had grand schemes, meant that he was incredibly ambitious.

As the most powerful prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, if he still had ambitions, his goal was glaringly obvious.

Chen Changsheng was somewhat concerned for his faraway senior brother deep within the palace.

At this moment, another announcement resounded through the street.

The Prince of Xiang's entry into the Divine Domain was unexpectedly not the entirety of the reason for this update of rankings.

Three months ago, the Mount Li Sword Sect Master had used his heart to cleanse his sword and successfully entered the Divine Domain!

This news instantly swept away the oppressive mood in the tea house, a cool breeze coming off the river.

Tang Thirty-Six looked at Chen Changsheng and said, ”Congratulations.”

There had once been many grudges and disputes between the Orthodox Academy and the Mount Li Sword Sect, even a hostility that was very difficult to resolve, but those were all matters of the past.

Everyone in the continent knew that between the Imperial Court and the Orthodoxy, the Mount Li Sword Sect was undoubtedly supporting the latter. They were Chen Changsheng's allies.

The Mount Li Sword Sect Master's entry to the Divine Domain was naturally an excellent matter for Chen Changsheng and the Orthodoxy.

Although one expert of the Divine Domain could not alter the difference in the strength of the two sides, the news could at least lessen the shock brought by the Prince of Xiang.

Chen Changsheng thought to himself, so such a major event has taken place at Mount Li. No wonder Luo Bu and Guan Feibai were in such a rush to get back.

Everyone was happy, with only Zhexiu showing no emotion.

Tang Thirty-Six understood why this was and said consolingly, ”You're thinking too much. In any case, even if the Sect Master of the Mount Li Sword Sect hadn't entered the Divine Domain, you still wouldn't be able to beat him.”

After delivering its message, the Red Goose had probably taken some food and water in the county office and rested for a while. Now, it took flight once more, swiftly flying along the mountain roads of the county city towards the river. Presumably, once it reached a more open area, it would flap its wings, break through the clouds, and travel to more remote and distant lands to deliver the Imperial Court's will.

The people of the city looked at that red silhouette flying low through the air like a lightning bolt and began to clap in excitement. Countless gazes followed it, including those of Chen Changsheng's party in the tea house. They watched as the Red Goose flew over the river, flapped its wings, and quickly flew past those chains and high up into the sky.

Suddenly, countless crossbow bolts shot out from the forest on the opposite shore!

The Red Goose was caught utterly unprepared. Struck by a crossbow bolt, it dropped into the river and quickly vanished from sight.

Everyone who saw this was stunned.

Chen Changsheng's expression turned somewhat grave.

He could clearly see that these crossbow bolts had not been targeted at the Red Goose.

Those crossbow bolts emanated a terrifying Qi. They had probably been launched from divine crossbows.

Even the most important Red Goose would not require such a dense rain of crossbow bolts, much less ones fired by divine crossbows.

And the information carried by this Red Goose had no relation to any urgent military intelligence.