636 Women (1/2)

The torches around the tent instantly ignited like how the best killers sprang into action when their target was unprepared.

The giant tent had been completely reconstructed, and there was no longer any trace of the banquet. The tent, which could hold hundreds of people, was empty. There was a newly-built platform in the innermost section of the tent which had five steps. Purple drapes hung from the ceiling, and there seemed to be a large bed hidden behind it.

One of the close slave girls of the Khan was standing on the first step and coldly looking at the Dragon King.

The torches were lit but the one who had kindled them remained unseen.

Gu Shenwei slowly walked forward.

The slave girl again asked, ”Please choose a name, Dragon King.”

Gu Shenwei stopped when he was ten steps away. ”Please call the Khan out so that we can talk.”

”The Dragon King should choose a name first,” insisted the slave girl.

Gu Shenwei started moving forward again, which caused the slave girl to turn a little flustered. ”Please stop, Dragon King.”

There was no response. The Dragon King had already come up to her. The slave girl suddenly tore off her loose clothes and waved her left hand across the air while revealing her breasts.

Gu Shenwei didn't care about either the visible or invisible weapons. He gently blew out, the invisible knockout powder flying back towards its owner and the visible breasts slowly falling.

There was no pause in his steps.

With a gentle tug, the drapery drooped down like quicksand. And for a moment, Gu Shenwei's right hand's yearning for the hilt reached its zenith as if danger were imminent.

It was a false alarm. The scene in front of him was frightening but not dangerous.

There was indeed a bed behind the curtains. Although it was not as large as one might imagine, it was wide enough for six or seven people to lie down side by side.

Four nearly-naked slave girls sat on the bed with a yellow copper plate in the middle. On top of the plate was a slightly raised head with closed eyes and a blank open mouth.

The slave girls looked at the Dragon King with blood on their mouths and faces.

”The Dragon King has not yet given the Khan a name,” said one of the slave girls. Then the four of them glanced at the head on the plate at the same time.

Gu Shenwei also looked at the head. ”I don't think that he can hear me.”

A slave girl raised her right hand and shook it over the head, replying, ”The soul has just arrived. He can hear everything in the tent.”

”His power is also not entirely lost. We swallowed it so now it is ours.”

”I can feel him struggling in my stomach, but this time he won't be able to torture us anymore.”

Gu Shenwei had seen deaths far more terrible than this, but none of them had disturbed him in the same way as these slave girls' words. They spoke in a relax and casual manner as if what they had done was normal.

Without speaking anymore, he looked across the bed, moved to the opposite side of the bed, lifted the bedclothes, and saw the mutilated corpse. But there was no sign of the posthumous edicts.

He was still a little too late.

”Where is she?” Gu Shenwei went off the stage and softly asked.

The slave girls exchanged a glance and did nothing to stop him from beginning to end. ”She's waiting for us to complete the ritual and become one of the sisters.”

Gu Shenwei couldn't exactly describe what he was feeling. It was a combination of resentment, sympathy and a little bit of anger. The five slave girls were descendants of the enemies of the Khan, who had been sent here to let him vent his desire and hatred. They had finally avenged themselves but still couldn't escape from their fate of being used.

And this time they had been used more thoroughly and had lost almost all of their humanity.

Gu Shenwei turned back and saw her.

”You won't choose a name after all.”

Lotus appeared without a sound as usual.

”That's meaningless.” Gu Shenwei tried his best to feel her emotions, hoping to find something warm in them.

But Lotus was like a statue made of metal which deflected all his probes. No one knew whether the inside of the shell was empty or full, cool or warm.

”Right, it's pointless. It's just a wishful thought of mine. Forget it.”

”Hmm.”

”You knew it was me since long ago?”

”Not long ago. Shangguan Yun guessed that you had the ability to make big moves in the Royal Court, but he doesn't know much about you. I added a little speculation myself.”

”That coward was quick to react. He thought it would be safe to hide in your place, though I'll let him off for now. The funny thing is, he has been trying to buy me over and at one point he thought he had succeeded.”

”There's nothing funny about that. A lot of people are trying to buy you over.”

”King Rizhu, King Kuari, King Shengri, and even your Queen Ju.”