Chapter 395 - Picking a Spot (2/2)

Hu Lianchai frowned, “Young miss, are you…”

“Ha-ha-ha, to be perfectly honest, old pal, we want to get rid of that insufferable prick!” Zha Lahan shouted, his face twisted with malice.

Hu Lianchai paled, “You can’t! Let’s say the rumors about him are inflated, but that doesn’t mean you can beat him. We still don’t know what he did to reach such a high position, all by himself too. Moving without the Imperial Tutor and young master’s consent will affect the plan. We can’t take responsibility for that. I just can’t take you!”

The three nodded, figuring as much.

Still, Touba Lian’er continued, “Then we won’t kill him, and will just teach him a lesson. Hu Lianchai, you’ve heard it as well, how brother isn’t confident in you Eight Wolf Wardens. We have to prove him wrong, to wash away this shame as Quanrong warriors.”

“What if the kid is as godlike as they say…”

“Enough ifs. Rumors always tend to exaggerate. When have you seen someone that strong around? Taking the attacks of two peak Radiant Stage experts at the 3rd layer of Profound Heaven Stage? That’s inhuman.”

Touba Lian’er cut him off with a strong objection, “Zha Lahan, with your innate power, you’ve lived among spiritual beasts deep in the mountains until twenty. Can you do it? Do you believe such a ridiculous thing actually took place on this earth?”

Zha Lahan shook his head with a smile, “Young miss, I don’t mean to brag but I have yet to find someone who can survive my strength. When I entered the Radiant Stage, I could handle a peak Radiant Stage body cultivator’s attack, while two would be somewhat harder. This is why I do not give credence to what Hu Lianchai says about the prick’s masterstroke. It is a fantasy, a made up fairy tale!”

“Yeah. I’ve met the guy and even though he is fast at cultivation, that doesn’t make him invincible. We’re only going to expose the charlatan for who he is and showcase the divine might of Quanrong!” Touba Lian’er’s face was filled with pride, “Not to mention that bastard was mean to me back in Beast King Mountain. He even stole my stuff. And I’m supposed to just let him get away with it? We, Quanrong, are no pushovers!”

Hu Lianchai nodded.

They were warriors who didn’t know how to retreat. Of course they’d be sure to vent their miss’ temper tantrum.

With no more preamble, Hu Lianchai nodded, “Alright, young miss, enter my beast holding ring. I’ll take you out.”

Eyes aglint, Touba Lian’er and the other two perked up.

In a flash of white, Hu Lianchai had them tucked away.

Hu Lianchai’s figure shimmered and he soon blended in with nature, moving around like a heat wave…

Meanwhile, in the Regent of Prosperity’s Compound’s garden, Zhuo Fan was sipping green tea under a pavilion. In front of him were a handful of rocks scattered around on the table.

Zhuo Fan was steadily looking at them.

“Steward Zhuo, what’s on your mind?” A soft voice broke his reverie, noticing Yun Shuang coming over.

The stones had names on them, to which Yun Shuang said, “I see, Steward Zhuo is brainstorming how to get out of this impasse.”

“Yeah, the four factions, including Quanrong, are now in a stand-off.” Zhuo Fan smiled, sipping his tea, and weighed a rock, “Neither side wants the deadlock to persist, looking for a palooka so hard in the head that he’d smash this stalemate wide open. But who’d be willing to become the eye of the storm, the public enemy number one, whose fate is to be torn to shreds?”

Yun Shuang looked at him at a loss, scratching her head.

Zhuo Fan smiled, “I didn’t want to do it, but Shuang’er, what I understood from your readings is that all these insidious players have one thing in common, they all want to make me the scapegoat. Such a fate is hard to change, even if I’m willing.”

Yun Shuang saw the look in his eyes and started to worry.

Zhuo Fan laughed at her look, “Relax, since I know heaven’s direction, I’ll just move against the grain. They want me to become the center of it all, that’s fine by me. They’ll just have to witness the second coming of Gu Santong!

“But unlike him, I’m not one to fall so easily, he-he-he…” Zhuo Fan snickered.

Yun Shuang sighed. She had yet to get used to seeing his evil grin, but felt at ease knowing Zhuo Fan had made up his mind.

Yongning took this moment to make her presence noticed, in her fashionable and cross-gender-cross-cultural-cross-age-cross-dressing scholarly getup, “Shuang’er, Zhuo Fan, to celebrate imperial father’s centennial jubilee, the imperial capital is holding a lantern festival. Let’s all go.”

“You sneaked out again?” Zhuo Fan was in no mood, “Not interested!”

Yongning deflated and turned to Yun Shuang. As the good sister she was, Yun Shuang knew what Yongning was thinking, “Steward Zhuo, the imperial capital is in turmoil and for two weak girls to go alone…”

“Fine, fine, you’re an asset I have to protect and keep close.” Zhuo Fan waved to her and shook his head.

The girls hid a sneaky smile.