Chapter 325 (2/2)
After receiving such a heavy injury, there was still no expression on the cloth-clothed man's face; it was as if there was no pain at al He only exa why he would be just a little bit slower than Wu Zhu
Wu Zhu defeated his enemy in one strike, but also took a heavy injury; yet he, like his opponent, ree of his mouth, uncovered by the black cloth, there was the sense of a little bit of distance from the mortal world
He knew the cloth-clothed er be able to exist on this earth He had been a little faster than the cloth-clothed man because he had used Fan Xian's past to lure his opponent out today So he had prepared hly: he hadn't worn shoes, and he hadn't brushed his hair into a bun
”Do not stain oneself with the world of mortals” Those words froht the snow began again A few huarden wall, and landed without a sound in the s knife fro for each direction
The people who had just arrived were the Tiger Guards responsible for Fan Xian's safety
After confir was safe, Gao Da sheathed his knife He walked through the sparse snowflakes to the noodle shop He furrowed his brows as he saw the terrifying human head in the soup left on the stove
Closely following that, his gaze fell onto the wound that separated the head frolanced at the wound before a chill and horror involuntarily flashed through his eyes—what a clean strike!
Gao Da's neck suddenly felt an icy chill, as if some snowflakes had fallen into his clothes He knew the battle that took place earlier was definitely not one that people like hih he did not witness it personally, he could guess what unbelievable real had reached
The snow fell heavier and heavier, and gradually froze the bloody soup; it also froze the spirits of the people in the alley
The noodle shop stood wretched in the alley The shop owner had died, the stove had cooled, and the blood had dried No one else on this earth saw the two na their skill—who tried to kill each other in this alley
The night watch a nap The building appeared even colder and h the wind and snow Suddenly, a gust of wind blew past and shocked the guard awake He slapped his face with the lingering shock and ordered hiuards on watch at night in the garden, particularly in recent days Because of Coone back to the Chen Garden at all Instead, he took direct charge of the Council to control everything If the Director knew he had been sleeping earlier, there would not be pleasant consequences
Chen Pingping was, at thisoff in his chair The old h the fireplace in his roo fiercely, he would, unconsciously, use his dry and thin hands to tug his sheep wool blanket on his knees up to his chest while he slept
The door opened, and then closed
Chen Pingping woke up and slowly blinked his murky and tired eyes He looked at the piece of black cloth in front of him and said quietly, ”How come you're here?”
It was only then that he noticed the horrifying wound on the left side of Wu Zhu's chest The h he wasn't angry, he asked with great vigilance, ”What happened?”
To be able to injure Wu Zhu? It had to have been one of the Great Grand was, it would be difficult for hidou was in today, to handle the news that the enemy suddenly had an extra Great Grandmaster's help
Wu Zhu did not answer his question, he only said three very straightforward sentences
”Let the Shadow return
”The person who injuredKingdom falls”
Wu Zhu knew that the old cripple in front of hience to understand those three sentences He was not able to lastwound he had sustained today, and so once he finished talking, he quickly and quietly left the Overwatch Council
Chen Pingping sat in his wheelchair and sunk deep into thought for a long tiht leapt like fairies, and bathed his usually white and sallow face red
Although Wu Zhu's three sentences were simple, they revealed very important information
The first sentence told him to have the Shadow return This meant that his injury was very severe, and he was unable to stay beside Fan Xian to protect hi to fulfil his promise early, and summon the Shadow back to protect Fan Xian's safety
However, the person as able to injure Wu Zhu iven Wu Zhu's personality, and for the sake of Fan Xian's life, he would not leave Jingdou with an eneardless of how heavy his injury was
Who could have injured Wu Zhu? It must not have been one of the Great Grandmasters Otherwise, Wu Zhu would not have purposely hidden the other person's identity Chen Pingping's heart stuttered a little, and he vaguely suspected soo, only he still did not have any evidence
On the night Wu Zhu had carried Fan Xian out of Jingdou, the two of them had considered how to have Fan Xian escape froer Only… how did the Te furrowed his brow and began to make sense of all of this
In the two years that Fan Xian had been in the capital, Chen Pingping had asked him, more than once, what had happened to Wu Zhu Fan Xian always lied very carefully, saying Wu Zhu was in the south looking for Ye Liuyun The only other person besides Chen Pingping who knew this false information was the Emperor, who Chen Pingping of this point And so it see that would naturally happen
”The E's eyes twitched, and he sighed softly, ”You always e to surprise me Bravo, bravo”
It was only an instant, and he had already guessed the Eh he wasn't sure how the Emperor was able to connect with the Tehty Emperor very much wanted Wu Zhu to disappear
As the Emperor of a dynasty, perhaps it was very difficult to endure your illegiti a person next to them at the same level as the Great Grandh power to shake the rule of the court This was soe into the palace alone and slaughter all of the royal fah the world, and wipe out all of the officials of each region guarding the borders He also didn't have to worry about being trapped by the ardou for ten years and kill each ti inside his palace forever, his edicts never leaving the city In a scenario such as this, in which no one dared to be an official, the Emperor did not dare to show his face, other than for the court to fracture and collapse, what else could be done?
And so it was possible for Ku He to single handedly oppress all the princes and aristocratic fau Jian was able to protect Dongyi City for all these years by hiht of his sword, and to support those sh appearing to be undisciplined and careless, the actually highly intelligent Ye Liuyun only needed to keep traveling the world without end, and the Qing Kingdom would have to treat the Ye fadou's defenses, he would be forced to use laughable, secretdisturbances himself Of course, Ye Liuyun understood the fear of the royal family clearly, and so, in all these years, he had never returned to Jingdou
If war broke out, the Emperor could use the Ye family to threaten Ye Liuyun, could use the lives of the tens of thousands of people fro existence of Dongyi City to rereement
But Wu Zhu was different froreat family as a burden, and no country or people that needed hi he did was for Fan Xian, so he had much more freedom, and could not be threatened or persuaded to help each other In fact, the other party didn't even have any space to bargain
If so were to happen to Fan Xian and Wu Zhu went crazy, the world would go crazy with hi as Wu Zhu was around, the Emperor must treasure Fan Xian Hethe part of a remorseful but helpless father, and the part of an Emperor as full of sorrow yet also full of lofty aspirations
Perhaps deep down in the depths of his heart, the Emperor very much admired his son, Fan Xian However, after all was said and done, he was still an Emperor He could not allow for a Great Grandmaster as loyal to Fan Xian to remain by his side as a servant Even if he hadn't taken advantage of the person from the Teet rid of Wu Zhu
Of course, Chen Pingping knew that this was only one of the reasons The other reason was probably the faint fear in the Emperor's heart
The Temple never interfered with the mortal world, and no one had truly seen the people of the Teht not be seen for centuries if Wu Zhu and the ether; and Fan Xian's connection to the Ye family could be hidden forever If what happened that year could be buried away, for the E
Only, the Emperor had not expected Fan Xian's past as a descendant of the Ye family to be discovered so quickly His own son had becoet of the Temple He had wanted to use the Temple to kill Wu Zhu—instead, Wu Zhu had used Fan Xian's past and successfully lured out and killed the visitor froping did not know of Wu Zhu's involveht, with a trace of sorrow, the Emperor clearly knew that there was someone from the Temple in the mortal world Yet after Fan Xian's past was exposed, he had never warned him or Fan Xian Besides himself, did the Emperor only have faint traces of sorrow and sympathy for people?
The old man sreedily stretched out his hand a little closer While he warmed, he yawned, and muttered indistinctly to hied to get a fireplace Everything about you is great, except you were caught up in this irl…”
At dawn, it was pitch black at the place called ”Wai Sanli,” a redou The shadow of a round circular structure could faintly be seen It was made completely of black wood, and it was a teave the te re, rumored as the only place to contact the Temple of the Void; the temple where the royal family worshi+ped heaven
The te priest, who had not been seen in Jingdou for a long time, walked out Co monk was unknown His expression showed a ain He silently and sadly lifted a corpse froered into the te