202 He Wrongly Assessed Our Relationship! (1/2)

Facing the setting sun of the fifteenth day of the seventh month, Wang Lu’s group, under the mask of the cover spell of Xiao Qi, easily passed through several sentry posts on the Grand Cloud Mountain, gradually approaching to tonight’s main stage.

Wang Lu walked behind Xiao Qi. Each step that he took was consistent in length, and his body’s center of gravity was also unchanged, completely ignoring the terrain under his feet. In addition, his magical power was reserved, circulating within his Jade Mansion without any outside exchange, as if it was isolated.

This was his new ability after breaking through the Xudan Stage. As his magical power in his Jade Mansion gradually condensed into a core, magical power quantity was no longer important. When fighting, in most of the cases, it was enough to rely solely on supply from the rotation of the Void Core within the Jade Mansion. Meaning that his power was genuinely self-sufficient. Looking from another point of view, no matter how bad the environment he was in, he has ample force to survive.

Behind Wang Lu was Liu Li. The girl’s temperament and Wang Lu was diametrically opposed. Her breathing perfectly blended with the surrounding, however, different from her previous high-level Foundation Establishment Stage circumstances, every blade and every grass in her body [1] seemed sharper than normal...This was her sword intent that spilled outside her body; as a deficiency of the low-level Xudan Stage, Liu Li still couldn’t perfectly control the new condensation of Void Core in her Jade Mansion. However, if changed to another point of view, when Liu Li decided to send out her sword intent, how much power could erupt from this excessively powerful Void Core?

Walking on the fourth place was the cat girl, her eyes glued at Liu Li in front of her. Her face was filled with envy, longing, but also with a hint of trepidation. It was her instinctive fear of dangerous thing as a spirit beast. Although her levels were many times higher than Liu Li on cultivation base, if they really fought… she did not have the confidence to win.

While indulging in flights of fancy, she suddenly heard Xiao Qi stopping and speaking.

”... Sure enough, as you expected, it’s loose on the outside but tight in the inside. Beast Master School’s power is completely concentrated in a few key points. The other places are almost deserted.”

It turned out that the sentry post that their group had just passed was the same sentry post they passed a few days ago. And previously, the head of the patrol here was a Xudan Stage disciple. However, now, they just left behind five spirit beasts with acute senses, and the patrol strength has largely diminished.

Wang Lu said, ”It’s very normal. At this critical time, if they spread their precious force across various places on the Grand Cloud Mountain, without any key points, it would mean that their preparation is inadequate. Before the fifteenth day, no matter how barbaric and uneducated the Beast Master School people are, they must have reached a tacit understanding with the nearby sects and powers, and the vast majority of unknown forces has been smothered out.”

Xiao Qi asked, ”Then what about us?”

”We would need to ask A Xia about it.” Wang Lu’s smile showed a bit of ridicule. ”For a few days, we drank and ate by the Green Lake, but Seventh Madame, can you guess what were A Xia’s day be like?”

Xiao Qi looked up and thought. ”Mostly not very good. Not only he suffered a heavy defeat in the valley, but he also lost his partner Ling Yan. But when he wanted to make a comeback, he can’t find our traces. He didn’t even have the opportunity to recoup his loss, so I think his days must have been uncomfortable.”

Wang Lu said, ”If you were A Xia, what would you do?”

”Me? There’s really no other choice than to admit my mistake with the Great Elder.”

Wang Lu laughed. ”And wait to die under the wrath of Tiger King? Actually, the correct course of action is to make the best out of the situation.”

”Make the best out of the situation?”

”For example, if it were me, I can claim the few intruders have already been killed by the Ten Thousand Beasts Array in the valley, however, their hidden strength is very alarming, resulting in both sides being greatly injured.”

Xiao Qi was startled. ”Tell that we die? Empty words mean nothing, who’s going to believe him? At least he should have several loots to be more convincing right?”

Wang Lu said, ”Empty words? However, conversely, if we want to question him, we need to come up with proofs that we are still alive. A Xia can claim there are no loots and not even the body because we come from a secret sect, whose body possesses a control system that, once killed, would explode and destroy the body as well as the magical treasures. Although there’s no evidence to prove his words; as long as we don’t appear, others would not be able to disprove it.”

”Isn’t this too far-fetched?”

”Therefore, these days, A Xia must have been miserable. Although it’s not clear how A Xia’s friendship with Tiger King is, since it was Tiger King himself who requested him to come from the Southern Heaven Region, if not necessary, he absolutely would not be too harsh on him, because if investigated, the fault would ultimately be in Tiger King’s hand. On the other hand, currently, the most important thing for them is to catch the immortal beast; there’s really not worth in spending too many thoughts on minor details. They sent A Xia to deal with us because they were worried that we might disrupt their plan. However, over time, common sense dictates that our opportunity to disrupt is getting less and less. And now, since we still don’t appear, it is determined that our chance is basically wiped out. Therefore, though A Xia’s cost of doing things is high, he has basically completed his task.”

”But such lies would always be exposed.”

”It’s also possible to not be exposed. At least, it’s better than dying on the spot under Tiger King’s wrath.”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qi could not help but shake her head. ”For his own selfish interest, he does not hesitate to let the key strategic point of Beast Master School be exposed to risk. Is this kind of person the one you said to be the swine teammate?”

Wang Lu laughed. ”If you look at it from my point of view, it’s actually a praise!” Then, he retrieved his smile. ”Therefore, for this extremely selfish person, even having many brilliant abilities, it’s also useless.”

Xiao Qi asked, ”Mm, then do you plan to make the move before nightfall?”

”No. That’s too early. The darkness before the dawn is the hardest to endure. This is the truth that everybody knows. Right now, Beast Master School is tight on the inside and loose on the outside. We’ll wait until both inside and outside are loose, then we’ll make our move.”

”Both inside and outside are loose, that is…”

”We have to wait for their spirit beast collar to be completed and their Ten Thousand Spirit Lock Termination Array firmly locked Emperor Essence, until every one of them thinks that they have succeeded… then we’ll snuff out their dream. Seventh Madame, your spell is the crucial point here. At least, it has to let us safely approach the edge of the Ten Thousand Spirit Lock Termination Array.”

Xiao Qi patted her monk staff against her chest as a guaranty sign. ”Rest assured, leave it to me.”