Chapter 62 Hostage Exchange (1/2)
Chapter 62 – Hostage Exchange
A letter from Tian Feng arrived in Tong's hands which Tian Feng refused the demand of one million gold. However, he apologized for Feng Ji's actions, which he disobeyed Yuan Shao's order and betrayed Yuan Shao's original intention. Tian Feng offered a chance for the renegotiation for trading between the families, hostage exchanged and truce for both families.
Tian Feng had set a date for hostage exchange. It was December 15th at Anping County where Tong had fought Guo Dian there.
Tong frowned as he read the name of the sender of the message, Tian Feng.
This person was a heavy weight class strategist which was on par with Ju Shou. Unlike Feng Ji who made judgements based on his own emotion and greed, Tian Feng had higher EQ and was more mature. He was also an opportunist who was not shy away from any underhanded tactics for the sake of his lord.
Just like in this situation, he did not allow Tong to take advantage of the Yuan family. At the same time, he remained neutral in the conflict between Tong and the Yuan family, but he retained his purpose for the best interest of the situation and the future of Yuan Shao in the long run.
Unlike the greedy Feng Ji, the instinct of Tong told him that he could not push Tian Feng too far. He was afraid that Tian Feng would not hesitate to kill Zhang Jiao to protect Yuan Shao's reputation.
Tong took the letter and consulted it with his two uncles and Hua Shi.
”I think getting your father back should be your priority. Don't be greedy.”
”We have too many enemies already. Don't create a new one.”
”If he dies, we die too. Get him back ASAP!”
The three of them gave out their thought instantly. It was unanimous decision that they should reconcile with the Yuan Clan.
However, Tong did not like to play the game normally. He asked Zhang Bao for an errand.
”Second uncle. I need you to make a trip to Luo Yang and get an audience with the Emperor.”
”YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT!!??”
Zhang Bao panicked because Tong asked him out of the blue.
”I want you to take the elite troops and 100,000 gold with you. Once you get there, tell the officials or the guards that you've come to pay tribute to the emperor. Make sure you report that Julu Governor Guo Dian attacked our family unjustly to rob our tribute. And don't forget to act humble and offer my father as a candidate for the new governor.”
Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang opened their eyes wide. Tong wanted to buy a position from the emperor himself? And what did Tong mean by acting humble but shoving up a relative for an official rank? From their understanding, it was more like acting shameless instead.
”Dealing with Tian Feng will not be simple. It's best that we have an extra card on our hand. And the official title as a governor can help us.”
The two uncles nodded. Seeing that both of his uncle agreed, Tong unloaded 100,000 gold for them to transfer to Luo Yang.
”Oh, I almost forget. Second uncle, if you can find Ma Yuanyi, tell him to come back and don't enter Luo Yang.”
”Huh? Why?”
”I don't want him to get caught plotting a rebellion.”
”Ah, we forgot about him. I'll do that.”
Ma Yuanyi was Zhang Jiao's spoke person. He had been sent to various regions to spread the Taoist teaching and gather Taoist followers. However, the Imperial Court would notice him in the future and connect the story with the Yellow Turban Rebellion, so Tong had to summon him back as soon as possible.
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After Tong and the rest settled the plan, Zhang Bao made the preparation for the trip to Luo Yang.
Meanwhile, Tong dragged Hua Shi with him to his warehouse. He wanted her to buy him another cooking utensils to make more beer.
However, she only bought one cooking utensil because she spent one of her two shopping tickets to buy another skill.
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[Supreme Nightsight] Cannot be leveled up
- Host can see in the dark.
- Host's vision can be zoomed in or out. The maximum distance is two kilometers
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Tong was reminded by Hua Shi that he should buy more skills when he could because it was limited merchandise. If the skills were all sold out, then he might have to hunt down other reincarnators or might have to wait for them to die, so that the new skills could show up in the shop.
Tong looked at the skills that remained in the listing of the system shop. Afterwards, he picked two skills which were the most useful for him right now.
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[Create Food] LV.1 (0/10,000)
- Create a food product or raw food ingredient.
- 1kg of food can be created from one usage.
Skill Cost: 1 Lifespan
Skill Restriction:
- Host cannot create a food that host has never eaten before.
- The amount of food increases by 10 times after each level up.
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[Aura Mastery] LV.1 (0/10,000)
- Host emits an aura that will give status effects to allies and enemies.
- The skill can be turned on and off.
- The active skill [Calming Aura] will be applied to the host once the skill is equipped.
Skill Cost: 1 Lifespan per one second of aura activation.
Skill Restriction: