403 By the Order of City Lord Wang! (1/2)
Kong Dao respected his godfather Duan Muque from the bottom of his heart. His primal, beast-like instincts could sense that Duan Muque indeed was like a father to him, hiding his concern and care for him in his heart beneath his stern fatherly demeanor. He believed his instincts. Even so, he didn't dare make requests of him easily.
That was why he had contacted the President's Office instead to inform the office that he was going to make a trip out of Mars. He submitted his request to Earth's administrative office. The person taking his voice transmission was a woman with a very melodic, soothing voice. He felt it vaguely familiar, but he couldn't place the voice and whom it belonged to. He didn't think much further on it. After ending the transmission, he contacted the Martian military.
After a series of preparations, when Kong Dao finally boarded the space cruiser headed for Earth, he had more than three hundred men with him. They were all cultivators from the Martian military. Their cultivations were at the Foundation Establishment realm; they were no weaklings. The Martian military also despatched a Core Formation realm priest to escort the party and guard Kong Dao.
After all, Kong Dao was the Martian military's representative in the new city. He also came from a unique background, and his reason for visiting Earth was because of Wang Baole. All these resulted in the Martian military's enthusiastic support.
As a safeguard, Kong Dao had also contacted the military on Earth. He had everything prepared. When his cruiser landed on Earth, he saw a party of three hundred sent by Earth's military awaiting him. They were also all at the Foundation Establishment realm.
They had been instructed to support Kong Dao and complete the mission!
There were three people in the team who caught Kong Dao's attention. Amongst them was a young woman. She was dressed in a smart uniform and looked sharp. Her extraordinary beauty sent the hearts of everyone around her racing. However, the purity in her eyes and her natural aura inspired shame and sheepishness in those around her. It was as if all impure thoughts fled before her sight.
This woman was… Zhao Yameng!
She was the assistant to the President's Office. Her presence here sent a clear message about the Federation President's attitude towards this matter. Behind her were two elders whose cultivation levels were extremely high and at the Core Formation realm.
Kong Dao wasn't unfamiliar with these two elders. He knew that the Federation had a Priest Association which had recruited many Core Formation realm cultivators. These cultivators reported to the Federation President. The presence of these two elders also spoke volumes about the Federation President's stance.
Kong Dao was heartened and excited by the support that he had gotten from the military on Earth and from his godfather, but he still harbored slight uncertainty. The support that they were showing exceeded his expectations. He had thought that his godfather would simply give his approval. He himself had made separate preparations for that. It seemed that he had no use for them now.
Six hundred Foundation Establishment realm cultivators and three Core Formation realm cultivators—this was a force none of the political forces in the Federation would like to trifle with. The political forces behind this small army were also forces not to be underestimated.
The Zhuo family was indeed shocked by the sight of the army. Zhuo Yixian, especially, began to grow nervous. Kong Dao had brought his army to their home. There was a complete absence of tact in his words. They were blunt and direct to the extreme!
”I am Kong Dao, Martian military colonel, a mayor of Divine Armament New City, and a Secondary Rank Three Noble. I am here by the order of the City Lord of Divine Armament New City, Wang Baole. I have come to take Zhuo Yifan away. I seek the cooperation of the Zhuo family to release him immediately!”
The master of the Zhuo family and many others hadn't known about this fiasco involving Zhuo Yifan. They had only found out about Zhuo Yixian's deal with Chen Mu after Zhuo Yixian had imprisoned Zhuo Yifan. Regardless, what had been done was done, there was nothing more to be said about it. Despite the current complications that had arisen, the Zhuo family was still a noble family with a reputation to consider. There was no way they would simply do what others ordered them to and release someone just because someone else said so. In accordance with the rules of society, there should have been a series of negotiation before both parties reached a satisfactory agreement. It would have taken a few days before a settlement was reached.
As a result, when faced with such a forceful Kong Dao, the elder who was in charge of handling this matter on behalf of the Zhuo family immediately refused to comply with Kong Dao's orders coldly.
As soon as he made his refusal, before Kong Dao could make things difficult for him, a quietly angry Zhao Yameng chose to strike. Her attack couldn't be considered fierce, but the Core Formation realm priests behind her had struck at the same time, their cultivation erupting and heightening the tension and chaos of the situation instantly.
The Zhuo family, who had intended to maintain a forceful attitude, immediately softened their stance. The elder from the Zhuo family was clearly wary of Zhao Yameng. Kong Dao found that curious but couldn't care to think further on it. Before he acted, he sent a voice transmission to Wang Baole asking his permission.
After all, things would change once he gave the orders to attack. He wanted to know how Wang Baole would make his choices.
Wang Baole had been following the matter closely. After receiving the voice transmission and getting a clear picture of what was going on, he didn't hesitate. His voice over the voice transmission ring was ice cold.