279 Intent to Kill (1/2)
”Protect the district leader!”
”Quickly use your spiritual spells to request backup from the county!”
”Where is the Eagle Lieutenant?”
...
Although it was midnight, such a commotion shook the entire government office.
In the small courtyard with the presence of the district leader and district minister, there was a small array. Spiritual inscriptions glittered. Of course, against the demons from the Divine Lotus Sect, it could only give them a small sense of protection.
The commotion in the government office ensued as constables gathered in front of the office with their bows ready.
Alas, all of these were for show. All of them knew that the enemy was where the Eagle Lieutenant was but none of them dared to offer their assistance.
”The demon from Divine Lotus Cult!”
The district leader wore simple clothes. Seeing this scene, he clenched his fists so hard that his fingernails went into his flesh, and bit his lips till they were bleeding. ”This country is not like a country anymore! For the people, I must destroy this demon one day!”
”Please mind your words, Sir!”
Beside him, there was an old housekeeper. ”The previous region leader said the exact same words. Afterwards, he was assassinated by the people of the Divine Lotus Cult, which was a huge insult to the Da Qian Imperial Court... Afterwards, both sides engaged in many more killings and many innocent people were harmed in the process. The civil war destroyed 17 cities and killed as many as a few thousand, and the royal family of Da Qian knew that it was no longer sustainable...”
If they continued to fight, havoc would ensue everywhere.
After all, the Divine Lotus Cult did not need to care about the lives of others but it was different for the Imperial Court; at least on the surface, they had to care.
If Da Qian were to carry on with the losing war, they would bring themselves to their self-destruction. Therefore, they had to give in.
Li Zhun knew who was behind it and felt depressed. ”Dream masters... They are an evil tumour of this world! We need to eradicate them to obtain peace!”
...
”Did the district leader study too much and become foolish?”
Hearing what Li Zhun had just said, he almost spat out blood.
If it was another dream master who heard this, District Leader Li would probably not live to see the next day.
”... However, this is also true for other regions with exceptional martial arts and powerful organisations!”
”Furthermore, dream masters are much more powerful than the average person, Wu Zongs and spiritual knights. They can even create things from nothing and actualise spiritual lands, resources and even tribes, which is unbearable.”
”If we have a new king fortunate enough to eradicate the dream masters, the next would be to wipe out the spiritual knights. After that, it would be to ban all martial arts and there would be peace everywhere.”
Strictly speaking, the power of dream masters had caused them to receive the most hatred from people.
Although they had a high status due to their power, it was not a good thing.
Thinking about it, Fang Yuan's eyes glistened.
Of course, it was none of his business as to what the dream masters or the Imperial Court would do.
Looking towards the direction of the commotion, he gave off a cold look. ”Meng Lian... She's looking for trouble! Does she really think that I am weak? Look at how many people she brought along with her!”
All of these were just distractions.
He had created the illusion that he was about to escape so that he could remain in hiding and see what he would do next.
He was extremely clear what he had to do.
The Divine Lotus Cult was persistent and he did not know what Meng Lian did to locate where he was hiding.
”There are about 10 Wu Zongs, 3 spiritual knights and Meng Lian herself, a dream master... Now that she had brought along 6 Wu Zongs in white robes and 2 spiritual knights, there are 6 more!”
All of these should be the people of the Divine Lotus Cult that they could gather in the region.
If she were to lead them to their deaths, Meng Lian would not be able to answer to the cult.
”What a risky move!”
Fang Yuan watched as Bai Lian and her people entered the government office and killed the Eagle Lieutenant. He was expressionless as he could finally account for all the manpower that the Divine Lotus Sect had in this region.
If Fang Yuan was still at the cultivation level when he first arrived at Da Qian, he would not be able to go head-on against all these people and would have to hide.
But now?”
”Let's head to Fang Yuan's mansion to take a look. We can find some objects with his spiritual aura. Even if we have to execute the Blood Searching Technique, we cannot let him run away!”
Meng Lian walked out of the government office with her hands stained with the lieutenant's blood. She paid no attention to it and continued to give out orders to the people around her.
”Yes, Ma'am!”
A few Wu Zongs in white robes replied.
At this moment, a lotus print appeared on Meng Lian's forehead. Suddenly, it exploded as flower petals fell down and covered her in an attempt to protect its owner.
”Water and Fire sword essence, explode!”
At the moment of the appearance of the lotus flower, a red and blue glow suddenly appeared above her head and exploded!
”Whoosh! Chi! Chi!”
Numerous streaks of red and blue struck around and blood spurted everywhere!
The 3 Wu Zongs protecting Meng Lian were sliced into pieces!
The 3 other Wu Zongs shrieked and flew back as they sustained severe injuries.
Only the spiritual knight had a self-activated protective talisman which protected him from the strike. However, his hand was still bleeding.
The Water-Fire Dual Sword Array at its full potential did not disappoint Fang Yuan. It took many lives in an instant.
”It's you! Fang Yuan!!!”
Meng Lian looked at the silhouette before her and gritted her teeth in anger. ”How dare you go against us?”
If Fang Yuan did not appear before her, she would never have thought that this dream master without the backing of an organisation would be so cruel.
With just a sword essence, 3 Wu Zongs were sliced up!
This was akin to a harmless rabbit transforming into a big bad wolf!