674 Release (1/2)
Red Kit was a practical man; if there was a tiger standing in the way, he would always choose to take a detour around even if he were able to defeat the beast.
”Save your energy for more important things.” It was a principle that he often talked about. He never expected that one day, the detour that he always took would be a trap.
He had never put Shangguan Fei in his eyes. This so-called champion of the warrior contest had trembled with fear on the competition field and abased himself while trying to ingratiate himself with the Khan. All of it had left Red Kite with the impression that he was an indecisive wimp.
There was no need to make any further inquiries. Red Kite had determined Shangguan Fei's preference at first sight. He didn't mind taking advantage of it to bypass Han Wuxian, the 'tiger' blocking his way.
As the Khan's wing guard, he was confident that he could defeat this strange woman with his own power, but wouldn't it be safer and more efficient to let the other side make way herself?
And so he had fallen for the trap.
Red Kite felt so ashamed with himself afterwards. He could have defeated Han Wuxian with dignity, or at least he thought he could. But instead of having a straightforward fight, his carelessness and his lack of resolution to fight with all his strength had caused his wrists to be bound by the woman's hair and then loosen grip of his scimitar. Then after his acupoints were struck, he fell to the ground, lying prostrate as if he could not resist the temptation of the beauty and had automatically gave up.
Heaven and Earth knew that Red Kite would never prostrate in front of a woman.
The contest ended and the crowd dispersed. Han Wuxian raised her head and sniffed the air several times before pointing out the direction of the Dragon King with absolute certainty. ”This way, the Dragon King is not far from us.”
Soon after, the Dragon King came walking towards them alone from the direction Han Wuxian had pointed out, surprising Shangguan Fei. With admiration in his voice, he asked, ”Can you really smell where the Dragon King is?”
Han Wuxian turned her back to the Dragon King and carefully combed her hair like a valiant soldier cleaning his weapon. ”When a man becomes a real king, he'll smell different from the rest.”
”Really?” Shangguan Fei had never heard of such a magical thing, and he breathed in hard himself, trying to smell this unique scent. ”Maybe one has to have a unique nose like Fairy Han's to smell it, right?”
”Hehe, lovely kid, would you like to learn my 'sniffing skill'?”
Shangguan Fei was actually interested, though not because he wanted to use it to look for the Dragon King. ”Fairy Han's 'sniffing skill' is so useful. The Norland is in chaos right now, and many people are fighting for the throne of the Khan. If one could 'smell' the result in advance…”
The Dragon King had arrived, so Shangguan Fei hastily shut up and said, ”Dragon King, we've carried out your orders and captured this wing guard named Red Kite. Please let us know if there's anything else we can do for you.”
As he said this, he kept winking at the Dragon King. He had given out a fake order under the name of the Dragon King because he had no other choice. Without using the name of the Dragon King, he had no other method of forcing Han Wuxian to seize Red Kite alive as the other side was already addicted to killing.
The Dragon King didn't show an unexpected look as if everything had gone according to plan. Shangguan Fei's nervous heart calmed down, as now he could rest assured that his little lie would not be exposed.
Gu Shenwei still remembered Red Kite. After staring at him for a while, he said, ”Unseal his acupoints.”
This order was a bit strange. Both Shangguan Fei and Dhuta Kingkong were surprised. Although Han Wuxian did not care, she also did not act right away. ”You said that the disciples of the Waning Moon Hall would show up, so why didn't I see any of them?”
”There was one. She was probably too afraid to meet her former Hall Leader and fled in fear.”
”Former? I am the Hall Leader even at this moment. That little girl Lotus doesn't have to guts to take my position yet.”
”Hmm, either way, the disciples of the Waning Moon Hall are all afraid of you.”
Shangguan Fei secretly nodded. It turned out that the Dragon King was so good at lying that he could casually make up lies on the spot without mincing words. It seemed that he still had a lot of things to learn from the Dragon King.
It was hard to tell whether Han Wuxian believed it or not. ”Next time the Dragon King will fight openly and I'll hide and capture people,” she stated flatly.
”All right.”
Shangguan Fei had discovered a rule. The more charming Han Wuxian's smile was, the heavier her killing intention was in her heart. She seldom smiled in front of the Dragon King. When he realized this, Shangguan Fei couldn't help but take a few steps to the side.
Red Kite's acupoints had been unlocked but without a saber in his hand, he could only vigilantly looked at the Dragon King, not knowing what the other side was going to do with him.
”You can leave now.”
”What?”
”You are very lucky, as I'll spare your life this time. Go back and tell Silver Condor that you've already used one of the three chances.”
Red Kite was tongue-tied, but he wasn't the only one surprised. Shangguan Fei had finally devised a clever plan and caught a big fish, and didn't want to let go free so easily. ”Dragon King, he's a wing guard of the Khan and must know a lot of secrets. It'll be very useful for us to keep him.”
Gu Shenwei shot a stern look at him and Shangguan Fei immediately shut his mouth.
Dhuta Kingkong felt that it was time for him to tell the truth. ”Wait a moment, Dragon King. May I have a few words with you privately?”
Gu Shenwei didn't move. Dhuta Kingkong embarrassedly looked at the Dragon King's subordinates before beckoning for his dozen or so sabermen to retreat before whispering, ”Dragon King, this man can't be released. At least have him reveal the whereabouts of the head of the Khan first.”
”Don't you have it?” Gu Shenwei pretended not to understand.