312 Starting a war (1/2)

Chapter 312: Starting a war

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Fang Wenshi was wary about New Moon Hall's proposal to work together, ”New Moon Hall? Sounds familiar, where are they from?”

Fang Wenshi was in the Iron Mountain Camp when Golden Roc Fort and Bighead Kingpin declared war on New Moon Hall, but he could not remember much until Gu Shenwei mentioned the vicious women who looked like black birds. He shuddered as the color drained from his face. ”Those women are even more vicious than the Golden Roc Fort killers...”

Fang Wenshi swiveled around, remarking, ”I think it's better to stay away from them.”

”How could they defeat Golden Roc Fort if they are less vicious than killers?”

Fang Wenshi turned toward Dragon King, ”Are you thinking about revenge again, Dragon King?”

Gu Shenwei shook his head but he was lying. Hatred was already a part of him, and it would never diminish. His experiences after returning to Jade City only made his hatred grow. ”You said it yourself, countless people die in a power struggle. I am only trying to help the Great Snowmountain to find the sharpest saber.”

”I'm afraid this saber might be too sharp.” Fang Wenshi screwed up his face. ”Hegemony is a great cause to undertake in a long time. But you would need at least three to five years to establish your grounding. Now, if you really want to make it big, you will need about seven to eight years or even ten years. Of course, you are still young, there is no need to rush into things...”

Gu Shenwei silenced the military counselor's doubts with his reply,”I'm afraid if we don't work with New Moon Hall, the Great Snowmountain will have yet another strong enemy.”

Fang Wenshi shuddered again, he could never see these demonic female killers as part of the conquering strategies that he'd studied. ”I suppose... that is the only way out. But you must promise that they will operate in secret, Dragon King. If they show up in public, I am afraid the Great Snowmountain will lose the support of the Central Plain as well.”

Fang Wenshi had experienced firsthand how the Barren Sect women killed people at night and were appropriately terrified of them. However, after seeing Maid Lotus in the morning the next day, he was stunned into silence. How could this quiet and demure girl who smiled warmly be one of those women killers?

Fang Wenshi could not recognize Maid Lotus even though they had met before. He was at a loss for words, but every misgivings of his vanished when he met her. He then remembered his status as the military counselor of the Great Snowmountain, and coughed slightly, before solemnly welcoming the messenger from New Moon Hall.

The Xu siblings still recognized Maid Lotus and were shocked at her change. They were not aware of the feud between Dragon King and Maid Lotus and had assumed that she was in hiding, only to have returned again, so they were very friendly toward her.

Xu Yanwei tried to reiterate the idea of saving Shangguan Ru to Maid Lotus when Dragon King was not paying attention, but unknownst to her, her actions were having the opposite effect instead.

Gu Shenwei had planned to observe for a few more days and wait for his injuries to recover fully before launching a counterattack toward the enemy, but something unexpected happened and kickstart the war in advance.

He did not consume the pills given by Maid Lotus but took an antidote prescription from Doctor Sun to remove the remaining poison, he also used his Internal Strength to slowly dissolve the tangled state of his Dantian.

Just when he was halfway through fully restoring his kung fu, both Xu Xiaoyi and Lin Xiaoshan simultaneously brought back a piece of news: Monk Lianye was dead.

Lianye had died three days ago. He was tracking Shangguan Hong at that time, and Gu Shenwei thought that the monk was not in danger. He even reminded him not to return so soon.

The monk had three major wounds on his back. His corpse had been thrown into the frozen border river in between the North and South Cities and was accidentally discovered by someone three days later.

Two monks from the Four Truths Temple was killed one after another had shocked the entire city. But this time around, few assumed that Dragon King was the murderer. It was evident from the wounds on the monk's body that this was not Dragon King's style, and there was no Black Blood Flag or Red Raven Flag around the scene.

But the Great Snowmountain was deeply embroiled for what happened next.

Initially, several assassinations in Tianshan Sect had happened in a single night. Even a few senior members who were always hidden in secret had not been spared. Mr. Hong who had no kung fu skills managed to dodge a bullet because he was being closely protected.

Following this, the target turned to the military counselor of the Great Snowmountain afterward.

Fang Wenshi followed a regular routine in his daily life. He would wake up and enjoy a wonderful meal, before heading to North City, accompanied by 10 guards. Even though he had not taken breakfast for a few years, his lifestyle demands had not changed.

The residence of the Special Emissary from the Central Plains was where the peace negotiations were held. It had now reached the critical juncture: whether the Great Snowmountain should withdraw from the west of Jade City, where should they withdraw to, etc. Neither side could manage to convince the other.

Fang Wenshi thought that the odds were in his favor, firstly due to the public support from the Special Emissary from the Central Plains, and secondly, that campground had originally belonged to the Gu family's manor. Now that the Gu family was all dead, and Yang Huan was the son of the Gu family's close friend who sought to avenge the Gu family, the land should naturally fall into Yang Huan, Dragon King's possession as he had the right to it.

He hoped to propose the second reason the next day but was kidnapped not long after he left North City.

The 10 guards should not be blamed as they were conscientious and almost never leave the military counselor alone. However, they had no choice but to obey when the military counselor was insisted on visiting a confidante.

The short intimacy between Fang Wenshi and Xu Yanwei had ended long ago. After enduring a dull and insipid life for more than 20 years, he was in need of someone's consolation and even his willpower could not tame down this intense fire within him. He could only pretend to refuse as he gave in to his desires.