404 In a Harmonious Family, Husband Ranks the Firs (1/2)
The girl's distant ethereal voice echoed in the hall. However, when it spread to the edge of the hall, it was blocked by an invisible force, unable to leak out even the slightest bit.
A quiet but heavily fortified prison barrier...
However, another different voice sounded up in jail.
”Yes, it's urging the tiger to swallow the wolf. A certain lead disciple who is good at imitating has slaughtered the people at the border outpost of Flaming Valley using the Ten Thousand Sword Art of gold-clad celestial general. After which, he ran to the periphery of Golden City territory to summon the celestial fire. Such a ridiculously simple trick yet has one hundred percent effectiveness, those groups of savages of Flaming Valley have officially torn up their face and declared war towards Golden City. Their vanguard army is in the midst of assembling, and the fisherman1 seems to be in sight.”
With that, a looming blue figure slowly condensed within the hall. A moment later, a man of great stature appeared beside the girl with a mocking and resentful look.
The girl was indifferent to this and just asked, ”What did the city master say about this?”
”What else? In this region, Golden City is accustomed to being overbearing, has it ever suffered grievances? It's already fortunate if it does not take the initiative to provoke others, but now that the Flaming Valley is already at our doorstep, how could the fight be avoided? The city master has already ordered the troops to be ready, to prepare for the all out fight with Flaming Valley. Tsk, this completely played into someone else's hand! If he wants to do exactly what the enemies want him to do, then so be it, but during this time, this group of mediocre fools still want to continue the internal strife and put you in a house arrest in the cool palace hall!”
The strong and stout man became more and more angry and could not help but punch the pillar in the hall. The pillar let out a buzzing sound, which drove the whole hall to tremble endlessly.”
”Calm down,” the girl lightly said, and along with that, the shiver in the hall abruptly stopped.
The big man shook his head and angrily said, ”Senior Sister Qiong Hua, you… alas, your self control is really good, even though you're being bullied by people, you're still not impatient. If later on Golden City and Flaming Valley end up mutually wounded, the other three would perhaps laugh at us to death!”
Qiong Hua said, ”That's normal. If Golden City is not in contradiction with the other four powers, and if the Golden City can sincerely cooperate with us, the struggle for the five blood spirits crown would have no suspense. And without the suspense, this immortal dream land is meaningless. Although immortal dream land will not necessarily create a balanced situation, it will also not make a situation that is too unbalanced either. Our difficult position corresponds with the huge advantage that we have, both are objective conditions we should not deny.”
”... Yes, what Senior Sister say is reasonable. But nevertheless, we have to respond to this scheme, right? Golden City has now completely lost their trust in us. Previously, according to Senior Sister's instruction, I took great pains to let Luanyu lead the gold-clad celestial soldiers, only to encounter the really unreasonable king of Harmony River. After this defeat, we and Golden City have indeed become estranged.”
The big man helplessly complained, but after listening to his complaint, Qiong Hua smiled instead.
”Being estranged is actually the best though. Regardless of which side, both of our sides have the strength advantage to suppress everyone else. If there's no infighting, even if there's no coordination in everything, our odds of success should be around forty percent.”
”Only forty percent?”
”In this five-way struggle, us Shengjing Sect taking forty percent odds is already unique. If we are not satisfied with this and want the support from Golden City, we will have to spend our energy and mind to deal with Golden City, which would suck us into a deep mire, unable to extricate ourselves. Thus, from now on, being estranged is an ideal situation. If we can get rid of Golden City off our back, we can fully display our ability, and we will still have a great advantage.”
With that, Qiong Hua finally stood up, but as she got up, the entire cool hall began to fall apart. However, just as the hall disintegrated, there was an even stronger force propping them back up. Qiong Hua's figure slightly flashed, and against her will, she was forced to sit down again.
The big man tried to reach out to support her but was stopped by Qiong Hua with a stern gaze.
”It seems like it's not my time yet to make my move… then, Junior Brother Jianglu, will you please lead our brothers and sisters to suppress the Eternal Tree over there.”
”Yes.”
”Also, the opponent is also the lead disciples of one of the Five Uniques, so don't try to be brave.”
Upon hearing this, Jianglu slightly bent forward, cupped his hands towards Qiong Hua and said, ”Jianglu will certainly not disappoint Senior Sister!”
Before his voice even fell, he turned into a wisp of breeze, disappearing without a trace from the hall.
Qiong Hua somewhat helplessly looked at the faraway Jianglu and then softly said to herself the other words that she held back.
”Those who try to be brave will die.”
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At the same time, Wang Lu was walking with his hands behind his back on the secluded riverbank of Harmony River.
This was the border area of Harmony River—although there shouldn't be a concept of boundary for a river that runs through, but in fact, if you want to approach the downstream of Harmony River where it connects with the Eternal Tree, you have to pass through some certain checkpoints. Otherwise, you would be lost in the boundless wave.
The special characteristic of Void Spirit root allowed him to be able to drive the spiritual energy on the riverbank to surge with each breath that he took. However, during this surge, the surrounding scene remained tranquil, showing that, at this time, Wang Lu's control of spiritual energy and magical power had reached such a high level, more skillful and with finesse.
This meant that the realm of Jindan was already very close.
And just as Wang Lu's mind gradually sank into the unique atmosphere of Harmony River and began to meditate, a voice behind him suddenly interrupted his contemplation.
”Hey, what are you doing?”