Chapter 403 - Breaking All Pretense (1/2)
Translator: StarReader
Editor: Elitecoder
There was a damp and dark tunnel littered with checkpoints made of sealed heavy doors and two Radiant Stage experts standing guard at each one of them.
Their moods were heavy as their eyes narrowed.
A guard holding a set of keys approached. With a flash of a badge, the gate opened.
The badge read Emperor’s Approval.
Gate after gate, the guard had to pass through 18 of them to reach the end.
It was a small dark room with a pint-sized figure resting on a simple bed, chewing lazily on something.
“What does the old coot want this time?” Taking another bite, a tender voice came, filled with disdain, “You come to me for help yet lock me up in this hellhole whenever you’re done with me. For three hundred years I’ve kept my word, the only saving grace you have from my rage! And these things, I have never eaten worse garbage in three hundred years! Aren’t I a Divine Dragon?”
Whoosh~
He threw away the thing at the guard.
With a bang, it flashed past the guard’s face, wind biting his face. It made a meter-deep hole in the wall behind him and even shook the whole place, yet the thing was still intact.
The guard was scared out of his mind.
This place was made of a 7th grade material, Crystallized Black Tungsten, turning it into a fortress. But to this guy, it was like paper.
A casual flick and the place got ventilation.
The guard made a shaky bow, “Sir Gu Santong, please calm down. I am only conveying the emperor’s orders to handle a tough opponent.”
“I’m not going!”
Gu Santong snorted, “I’ve only promised to defend the imperial family. There’s nothing in it related to putting me to work. Do it yourself!”
The guard begged again, “Sir, His Majesty is requesting you in person. This man is an exceptional expert. How could anyone match him? Moreover, His Majesty promises to improve your meals.”
“Improve? By how much?” Gu Santong raised an eyebrow.
The guard picked up three fingers, “3rd grade ingredient every day, with 4th grade on holidays.”
Gu Santong’s eyes spun and then he shook his head, “4th grade everyday and 5th grade on holidays. No, make that 6th grade!”
“It’s a deal!” The guard let out a carefree nod.
The promise was still within His Majesty’s limits. [I need to get this young master out of here fast.]
Gu Santong hopped around in joy. He’d finally sleep with a full belly from now on, “Oh, and who’s the one you’re after? You’ve never asked me to act before.”
“Ha-ha-ha, His Majesty will tell you when the moment comes. We are just guards transmitting his orders. We cannot fathom His Majesty’s mind. “
Gu Santong didn’t care. As long as he had his fill, he’d capture anyone…
Back at the feast, the emperor had just declared a marriage bringing joy to the kneeling Yongning. Next to her was Yuwen Yong on his knees as well.
Though he was a nervous wreck.
Just before this exchange, he had seen Zhuo Fan and Yun Shuang being all lovey-dovey and now he had asked the imperial father for her hand. He was out to steal another person’s girl. It wouldn’t make a difference to your average citizen, but that right there was the Best Steward Beneath Heavens!
Zhuo Fan’s rage was still very much ingrained in his mind, back when the guy flattened his home.
Of course he’d be trembling. But a sneak peek at Hell Valley’s side, catching the nod of a figure, he relaxed.
[I just hope it’ll go like he said and Zhuo Fan won’t put my princely head on a pike…]
Luo Yunchang was testy, not over Yun Shuang, but while glaring at Yongning. She has had her eyes on the heart-throb Zhuo Fan for years, yet this broad was just gonna take him from her? She wouldn’t have it!
Zhuo Fan finally spoke.
“Your Majesty!”
He did a full salute, but his tone was icy, “Please withdraw your edict. I and miss Shuang’er are perfect for each other long since we’ve gotten together. It wouldn’t be right for us to marry another!”
[What?!]
Everyone was slack jawed. They guessed the two had been on good terms, knowing each other well after only a month, but how did they get entangled to such a degree so fast?
Luo Yunchang was puzzled. The two had only displayed their affection today. When did they get to do the horizontal mambo? And how come she didn’t know?
Yun Shuang froze, her eyes red and confused, [What is he up to?]