Chapter 380 (1/2)

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Chapter 380

For a moment, Long Yi raised his head and looked up as if he managed to sense something. His lips curled upwards and a light flashed in his eyes as a meaningful smile appeared on his face.

“Everyone, stop.” Staring at Long Yi’s group, the General instantly shouted in his hoa.r.s.e voice as he jumped down the city walls together with his bodyguards.

“General.” The soldiers who were surrounding Long Yi immediately saluted the General with respect as they withdrew their weapons.

Long Yi looked at this General in amus.e.m.e.nt and said with a smile, “We meet again.”

This General nodded his head and his gaze swept past Long Yi. His gaze lingered longer on Leng Youyou and Barbarian Bull compared to the rest.

“You all, come with me.” The General said with indifference. After he finished talking, the General turned around and led Long Yi’s group to the city lord mansion inside the city.

In general, the city lord mansion in a conquered city would be occupied by the highest ranked military officer in command of the troops stationed in the city. Seeing as this General led them to the city lord mansion, Long Yi and his group a.s.sumed that he was the highest ranked military officer in this first tier city currently.

The moment he entered the luxurious hall, the General instructed for an attendant to pour tea for Long Yi and the rest. After the attendant left, the General waved his hand, signalling for the rest of the people in the hall to leave as well. Seeing that everyone had left, the General sat on the sofa as he stared at Long Yi.

“What should I call you now?” Long Yi smiled and looked into the eyes of this General.

“When there is no one else around, you may address me as Ha Lei.” When he spoke, a slight fluctuation could be detected by Long Yi in the eyes of this General.

The moment the words ‘Ha Lei’ exited the General’s mouth, Leng Youyou and Barbarian Bull were shocked. At the same time, they raised their guards as they stared at him in alert.

Long Yi laughed heartily and said, “Ha Lei ah Ha Lei, you finally admitted your ident.i.ty. I’m truly interested in how you managed to escape from Lost City that time…”

Lifting his helmet with one of his hands, Ha Lei revealed his face to the group. Instead of seeing his familiar face, Long Yi only managed to see that his face was covered with a black scarf. Only his eyes and mouth were visible from the outside. Picking up his cup of tea at the side, he raised it to his mouth and slowly took a sip. There was unexpectedly a hint of n.o.ble air and gracefulness in his bearing which managed to surprise Long Yi.

“As for how I managed to escape, I have my own methods.” Ha Lei unhurriedly said. Putting down his teacup, he looked up and asked, “The mission of the Lightning G.o.d Forbidden Area was completed by you, right?”

“What makes you so sure that it was

me?” Long Yi was startled and answered his question with a question of his own. He neither admitted nor denied the accusation made by Ha Lei.

“Among everyone under the heavens, only you, Young Master Ximen, could possibly accomplish this mission.” Ha Lei replied in his hoa.r.s.e voice with a smile on his face.

“Since you think so highly of me, how about you join me in my adventures?” Long Yi stared at Ha Lei and said. He still had a smile on his face but an invisible pressure instantly enveloped Ha Lei.

The pupils of Ha Lei shrunk and he was struck dumb with amazement. Never in his wildest imagination would he have thought that Long Yi would be able to become so strong in the spans of six months. He had only not seen Long Yi for six months! In this six months, even Ha Lei himself didn’t manage to do much, however, Long Yi was able to increase his strength explosively. Just the aura which spilled out of his body was comparable to the strongest being on this continent. Luckily for Ha Lei, Long Yi immediately retracted his aura which saved Ha Lei from being shamed in front of the whole group of them.

“Young Master Ximen must be joking…” Ha Lei awkwardly smiled, clearly, he hadn’t expected Long Yi to speak such words.

“I’m not joking, you can think about it. You are a wise person, and a wise person should have sufficient insight to think about the future.” Long Yi said with a smile.

“Is there anyone who can foresee the result of this war? The winner and loser of this war are still unknown…” Ha Lei laughed. His eyes showed that he was suspicious of Long Yi.

“Since that is the case, I will not force you. General Ha Lei must have many important matters to attend to. As such, we shall not inconvenient you any longer, I guess this is where we part ways.” Long Yi stood up and stared at Ha Lei.

“Then, I also will not force Young Master Ximen to stay. Young Master Ximen, bon voyage.” Ha Lei stood up to send Long Yi’s group off.

The moment he stepped out of the city lord mansion, the smile on Long Yi’s face vanished. He seemed to be lost in thought as he thought about what just happened inside the city lord mansion. Just a moment ago, the reason why he had tried to attract Ha Lei was merely to prove his doubts. In fact, Long Yi was never thinking of providing Ha Lei with shelter. Thinking about Ha Lei’s character, he was a person who Long Yi would never allow to stay by his side.

After strolling around the city, they found a restaurant and ordered for a private room. After sitting down, Long Yi asked, “Youyou, do you think that Ha Lei is a part of the dark force behind Long Zhan? Isn’t it strange for a person like Ha Lei to be involved with the army?”

“It’s very normal, a.s.signing some people of the dark

dark forces into his army is a justifiable move by Long Zhan.” After thinking for a little while, Leng Youyou replied Long Yi with her a.n.a.lysis of the situation.

“Is that so? Don’t you think that by a.s.signing the dark forces to his army is somewhat questionable? I think it is too excessive for Long Zhan to a.s.sign the dark force into his army. Does Long Zhan actually trust them so much? Could it be that he had gone senile? How can he let other people a.s.sume the position of military leaders.h.i.+p?” Long Yi said as his eyes sparkled as if he found some clues.

“It is reasonable to put it that way too. Does husband mean to say that the dark forces behind Long Zhan aren’t as respectful and submissive to Long Zhan as it appears on the surface?” Leng Youyou said after thinking a bit.