Chapter 303 - Outplayed (1/2)
Translator: StarReader
Editor: Elitecoder
Whoosh!
Huangpu Qingtian and Lin Xuanfeng were leading their men to the earth exit when they spotted a light trailing the sky.
A figure landed with a boom and Huangpu Qingtian frowned, “Liu Yizhen, what are you doing here? I thought I told you to stick to Zhuo Fan! Don’t tell me…”
Bitter, Liu Yizhen bowed, “Eldest young master, I was exposed.”
“What? Then how are you still alive?” Huangpu Qingtian’s brow pursed, his suspicion raised, “A vile and insidious man like Zhuo Fan actually let go of not just Cai Xiaoting but you as well? He just discovered and released two spies. What the hell is going on in that mind of his?”
Sighing, Liu Yizhen’s heart went cold. He could tell the two held no hopes for his return. They had thrown him away from the start.
Who told him to climb aboard? He had no choice now but to go with them…
Taking a deep breath, Liu Yizhen bowed, “Eldest young master, Zhuo Fan sent word for you.”
“Speak.” Huangpu Qingtian’s eyes were grave.
Liu Yizhen mulled for a bit before, “Zhuo Fan said your schemes are as clear as day and should not bother yourself with them.”
“That’s it? With his temper, that doesn’t sound like him.” Huangpu Qingtian mocked.
Bowing again, Liu Yizhen continued, “Eldest young master is right. But as his true words are crass and rude, unfitting for the eldest young master’s ears, I altered their wording. The meaning is the same.”
“Ha-ha-ha, are you afraid I’ll take my anger out on you?” Huangpu Qingtian read him like a book, “It’s fine anyway. I don’t feel like listening either. It’s ironic how he thinks himself all-knowing, surrounded as he is by a thick fog he can’t even see.”
The two next to him were clueless, but Huangpu Qingtian’s overconfidence deterred any questions.
Then Liu Yizhen turned nervous, bowing again, “Eldest young master, Zhuo Fan has one more thing to say.”
“I don’t want to hear it. It must be some pointless boasting, trying to throw me off my game. Let him sink into his delusions!” Huangpu Qingtian brushed him off.
Liu Yizhen cupped his hands, “Eldest young master, Zhuo Fan does intend to shame eldest young master, but I have to make this report.”
“Eh?” Huangpu Qingtian turned grave, “Speak.”
“Eldest young master, the fourth Brimming Sacred Pill you are using to entice him has long since been in his hands. He was mocking you saying how ignorant you were of it all…”
“What?” Lin Xuanfeng cut in, “Impossible, eldest young master had the fourth pill placed in my care from the start. How can it be with him?”
“Young master Lin, I didn’t believe it either, but then he showed me four vials. I had never seen them the entire time I was with his group. He also said that you all know what he can do…” Liu Yizhen trailed off…
Huangpu Qingtian squinted, the seed of doubt planted. Lin Xuanfeng was panicking, “Did he steal it with that weird art of his?”
Lin Xuanfeng’s hand flashed with the Brimming Sacred Pill vial.
Lin Xuanfeng only then eased a breath, “Ha-ha-ha, the punk is messing with us. We still have it!”
Huangpu Qingtian was too deep in thought to care. Then his face changed, “Fool, don’t take it out!”
Lin Xuanfeng froze for a second, enough time for the vial to vanish.
“Z-Zhuo Fan!” Lin Xuanfeng stammered.
Not far off, Zhuo Fan’s cackle came from among the trees, “Ha-ha-ha, thanks a bunch, young master Huangpu. I shall accept your generosity!”
Lin Xuanfeng blinked, still frozen on the spot. Liu Yizhen was still out of it from shock, [Zhuo Fan has been behind me all this time?]