326 Break Off (2/2)

”Avenge me,” Luo Ningcha spat out these words, her tone brief and forceful, as though this was an order that could not be refused.

”No,” Gu Shenwei answered briefly and forcefully as well.

”What did you say?” Luo Ningcha sat up all of a sudden. She even forgot to cover herself with the quilt.

”I said no.” Gu Shenwei replied coldly as he put his saber on his belt.

Luo Ningcha was capricious, ”How dare you...”

”I dare to because I am no longer your slave, and the same goes for Maid Lotus. I won't do anything for you. You are a foolish woman, and you have always been. You are not worthy of my service.”

Luo Ningcha was dumbfounded. The last time she was so frightened was when she heard about the death of Bighead Kingpin. After that, she had never been this afraid even when facing the Supreme King.

Gu Shenwei was about to leave. He wanted her to wake up from all her fantasies, so he said, ”Continue to let your son grow up. I won't kill him until he reaches the age of 14.”

Luo Ningcha could not recognize the man in front of her. In terms of looks, he was similar to Slave Huan, yet he completely turned into another person when he started talking. She did not know what or how to feel and actually said these words with a pleading tone, ”Slave Huan, you are the only one in my heart. It's true, ever since I was pregnant, I did not let the Lord touch me again.”

Gu Shenwei looked at this woman: she was the most famous and beautiful woman in Jade City, his former master, the Miss who had brought him endless humiliation. His face was as cold as frost, then he said, ”That means nothing to me,” and turned to leave. She was no different from anyone who could be killed by a saber and he felt nothing within his heart for her.

Luo Ningcha collapsed on the bed and sobbed uncontrollably. She did not understand how had Slave Huan become so ruthless. What about the pleasure they had just now, was it all a dream?

Her world was extremely simple; it was built swiftly and, therefore, it collapsed as easily as well.

Xu Yanwei tiptoed into the room quietly and sat on the edge of the bed. Her resentment towards the Miss had disappeared, and her compassion for her overflowed excessively like a river. ”Men are all like this,” she consoled.

”But even him! Even he wants to betray me?” Luo Ningcha still could not accept what had just happened.

”Dragon King is a man as well, and men are never loyal to women. Especially for men like Dragon King! They kill, fight, and conquer. Only sabers, blood, territories, and titles matter to them. Women are not a part of it. Never.”

Xu Yanwei did not give much thought to her words when she tried to console the Miss. But she also felt that her words were quite reasonable after she finished talking. Dragon King was probably already ambitious back then when he refused to sleep with her , she thought to herself.

Luo Ningcha looked up at Xu Yanwei, who was immersed in her thoughts. Such an expression really did not suit her; however, she was moved by Xu Yanwei's remarks. ”But women will always have a way to take revenge for themselves. Right?”

Xu Yanwei herself already failed to keep up with her own train of thoughts. Startled from her deep thoughts, she said, ”What? Revenge? Our revenge as women is to see these men killing each other. Just wait for the winner to give us the most money. We don't need to do anything. ”

”You're right. Men will always kill one another, I am so stupid,” Luo Ningcha said as she suddenly came to a realization. ”Why should I beg him? If they can settle for peace negotiations today, they might start fighting again tomorrow. Go and kill, then. Kill everybody off.”

Xu Yanwei had nothing more to say, so she let the Miss rest on her lap as she continued crying.

Even the Miss could not have everything as she wished, Xu Yanwei thought to herself. Suddenly she doubted herself as well; was she getting on in age, why was she so sentimental all of a sudden?

Maid Lotus made no comment on what Dragon King had done. She seemed to have completely severed her own feelings and cooperated with Dragon King purely as the Managing Master of New Moon Hall.

Gu Shenwei carefully observed her every move but did not find anything unusual about Maid Lotus.

Fang Wenshi came running in during the evening with some bad news. ”We underestimated the Supreme King indeed. He must have planned to seek a marriage with the Stone Kingdom for a long time. I heard that all of Stone Kingdom was bought over by Golden Roc Fort, even the servants sweeping the palace floors are on Supreme King's side. The King of Stone Kingdom was weak and sick, and it's probably not by chance that he has no children. This is the day that the Supreme King has been waiting for after so many years of painstaking effort.”

Gu Shenwei thought about his Master Shifu. Tie Hanfeng had spent 10 years ”raising” a major Protector, only to kill and rob him of all his property when he retired.

Golden Roc Fort had their own style of handling matters, and the methods used by Tie Hanfeng and the Supreme King were similar, just that the scale varied greatly.

”The Stone Kingdom is very important.” Fang Wenshi was very sour about it. He did not count on Dragon King to marry the princess, but it was still a great victory as long as Golden Roc Fort's plan was ruined. He still could not bear to give up that piece of territory. ”The five kingdoms of Xiaoyao Lake; with the Stone Kingdom strategically located at the opening of imports and exports, taking down a kingdom would mean occupying all five kingdoms. This could save at least 10 years of time in hegemony for the Western Region.”

”I won't let the Supreme King have his way.” Gu Shenwei comforted the military counselor, as a rough plan already formed in his mind.

”It's good that we have the support of the Central Plain. The five kingdoms of Xiaoyao Lake are friendly with the Central Plain and this can help offset some of the influence from Supreme King. The Central Plain will send out another Special Envoy to Xiaoyao Lake. You can join hands with him and tackle Golden Roc Fort. Shangguan Fei is incompetent so there's nothing fearful about him. It's a pity I still have to handle the peace negotiations and cannot accompany you, Dragon King.”

He could not conclude too early whether Shangguan Fei was incompetent or not. Gu Shenwei then told the military counselor his plan. Fang Wenshi pondered for a moment after listening and actually nodded his head in agreement for once. ”I think this could work.”

Tie Hanfeng robbed and killed the major Protector that he had cultivated for 10 years. The final beneficiary was not himself though, but his disciple, Slave Huan. Gu Shenwei gained a lot of inspiration from this story.