673 Rebuke In The Face (1/2)
It was a starless night.
A shrill eagle's cry could be heard in the sky!
A black bolt of lightning swooshed down and as Ling Tian stretched out his arm, a black eagle with talons like metal landed on Ling Tian's arms. This was the eagle that Ling Tian had trained since it was young and it was used to send messages. This eagle before him was different from his ordinary messenger falcons. It was extremely intelligent and its speed was twice that of an ordinary falcon.
The eagle's little beak pecked Ling Tian's s.h.i.+rt in a friendly and loving manner.
A couple of years ago, Ling Tian went hunting in the mountains and found an eagle's nest with nine eggs inside. Being unable to find the parent eagle, Ling Tian guessed that the parent eagle must have been killed by the other hunters and thus he brought the eagle eggs back and tried to get a mother hen to incubate these eggs. Who would have thought that he would actually succeed and nine baby eagles were born? These nine eagles were now the trump card of Ling Tian's intelligence fleet.
Even up to now, Ling Jian and the others were still joking about an eagle flying out from a hen's nest. After Li Xue found out about this incident, she naturally mocked and criticized Ling Jian badly for it.
Only Ling Tian and Li Xue who came from the present day would know that apart from the mother eagle, the second-best alternative would be a mother hen. Even a phoenix would probably not be as effective as a mother hen! There were many scientific principles behind this and it was naturally too difficult for them to explain the matter. Even Ling Tian and Li Xue weren't completely sure of the scientific princ.i.p.al themselves, not to mention attempting to explain it to someone else!
Ling Tian smiled and stroked the feathers of the eagle. The eagle raised its head proudly as it let out a few cries. Ling Tian then untied a piece of paper from the leg of the eagle and unrolled it. Upon reading the note, Ling Tian's expression changed and he turned around. ”Inform Ling Jian to gather all the appointed members. Prepare to leave!”
Ling Chen who was standing behind Ling Tian silently acknowledged the order.
Li Xue asked lazily, ”Are they from the Yu Family or Above Heavens?”
Ling Tian shook his arm slightly and the eagle shot into the sky with a shrill.
Ling Tian then turned to look at Li Xue with a smile, ”Surprisingly, they belong to both families.”
Li Xue let out a sigh, ”My heart is too soft and I really do not wish to kill them. Why do they have to force me to kill them? Could it be that they truly do not wish to remain alive? Why do they always have to make the kindhearted me kill?”
”Is it not so? Miss Li Xue is the most kindhearted person in the world!” Ling Tian played along and displayed a look of grief. ”It is truly too much for them to force the kindhearted Miss Li Xue as such!”
”Why are your words so full of sarcasm? Is this miss not kindhearted?!” Li Xue glared at Ling Tian.
Ling Tian hurriedly replied, ”Of course not. Everyone knows that Miss Li Xue's heart is the kindest and she is almost as kindhearted as Buddha himself!” After being tricked by Miss Li Xue again, how would Ling Tian dare to go against her? He would naturally agree with everything that Li Xue said!
”That's more like it. However, all of these people are also too foolish. Isn't it just surrendering? They only need to kneel on the ground and kowtow a few times in order to save their lives. Why can't they understand that?” Li Xue frowned and continued her act.
”The Buddha is merciful.” Ling Tian lowered his head and chanted solemnly.
Li Xue finally could not hold her laughter back in and burst out into chuckles. As she rolled her eyes at Ling Tian, Ling Tian was entranced by her beauty and could not help but be tempted in his heart. ”Beauty, are you ready?”
”I am always ready! What do you mean by whether or not I am ready?” Li Xue asked doubtfully before seeming as though she was enlightened. ”Isn't it just killing a few sc.u.m? Do I really have to get ready to deal with them?”
Ling Tian stammered for a moment before chuckling, ”I am asking, are you ready for something else?”
”Almost ready. Eh? How did you know?” Li Xue answered instinctively before looking at Ling Tian with her eyes widened. I prepared this matter in secret and was about to give him a surprise. How does he know about it?
”Err?” It was Ling Tian's turn to be puzzled as he rubbed his head, ”I know about what? Do you have something else you are hiding from me? What is it!”
”Then why did you ask me if you are ready? Don't tell me you don't know?” Li Xue asked with doubt.
”Err... I am saying, if you are ready, I shall go to your room to spend the night!” Ling Tian laughed like a lecher. ”How about that?”
”You! You... go and die!” Li Xue's face flushed red and she grabbed a piece of flesh on Ling Tian's arm. She then formed the shape of scissors with her fingers and threatened, ”If you dare to come, I shall snip it off! You can try it if you don't believe me!”
Ling Tian immediately felt his back turning cold as he felt a gust of cold air blow past his thighs, ”No no no, I wouldn't dare.”
”I also think that you wouldn't dare!” Li Xue snorted. But for some reason, she also felt an uncomfortable feeling in her heart when she heard that Ling Tian did not dare.
Noticing Li Xue's emotions, Ling Tian suddenly said boldly as though he was ready to sacrifice his life in battle, ”Who says that I don't dare to? Hmph hmph, just wait! This young n.o.ble shall see who comes out on top!”
Li Xue's face turned red and she grunted before falling silent. She suddenly felt as though her whole body was burning up. As an individual who cultivated the Divine Ice Formula, this was an extremely rare phenomenon.
In order to cover up her embarra.s.sment, Li Xue asked, ”How do you intend to deal with all of them after this incident?”
Ling Tian replied indifferently, ”They ma.s.sacred countless innocent villagers without even sparing the animals. Such an action cannot be tolerated by the heavens! I naturally do not plan to leave anyone alive! I shall kill them all as living sacrifices to the dead!”
”Kill them all as living sacrifices?” Li Xue asked and she forgot about her previous embarra.s.sment, ”Are you just going to kill them so easily? Don't you have any other special means?”
Ling Tian was taken aback and he looked at Li Xue, ”What do you mean?”
Li Xue let out a sigh and said, ”Young n.o.ble Ling. You are going to be the ruler of the world in the future, how can you not understand such a simple logic? You could naturally do as you wanted in the past without thinking of anything else. However, the war for hegemony is about to come to an end soon. After wiping out Above Heavens and fighting a final battle with the Yu Family, the entire world will be in your hands. Why are you still acting so recklessly based on your own personal whims?”
Ling Tian took a couple of steps forward and asked, ”You want me to use this incident to deal a blow to Yu ManLou?”
”Not just Yu ManLou.” Li Xue said with a tinge of exasperation, ”You should be considering the will of the commoners at this moment! For the Yu Family to perform such an act that cannot be tolerated by the heavens, wouldn't it be a waste to just settle for killing them? You will be helping the Yu Family to silence all of the culprits! You should catch them all alive and announce this matter to the public during the ceremony! At that time, whether or not you want to behead them or skin them alive will be up to you. While the outcome will still be their deaths, we would be able to make use of this incident to deal a blow to Yu ManLou and incite the rage and compa.s.sion of the commoners. We would also be able to display how our Divine Prefecture Empire cared dearly for the commoners and will punish any lawbreakers with thunderous methods. The benefits from this would be far greater than just killing a couple of fellows. Not to mention the fact that these experts are from the Yu Family. Even if they weren't, you must blame the matter on the Yu Family! Your political sense is just too greatly lacking!”