419 Your Sister’s Backyard Caught Fire? (1/2)

Two days have passed since the ambush in the valley.

After a thrilling multi-party battle, the next two days were actually pretty calm. Golden City had no reaction to the defeat and the subsequent exit of Shengjing Sect team, but also didn't care about the death of around a thousand of elite warriors of Flaming Valley. After his surprise attack, the king of Harmony River also withdrew, and thus, his hunting action came to an end.

However, everyone knew that this was just the calm before the storm. And when the next storm broke out, it was difficult to predict who would have the upper hand, so people were all quietly waiting for the change.

At the same time, Wang Lu was not idling either. In these two days, he took Lan and Xiang Liang to travel all over the territory of Golden City, visiting the big and small fortresses, seeing many people, and speaking many words. Of course, most of the talking was done by Wang Lu. Xiang Liang and Lan were just watching from the sideline. Incidentally, they also experienced the various food all over Golden City—in addition to eating, they didn't have more things to do.

For these inexplicable actions, the two people were silent. Lan was already accustomed to Wang Lu's unpredictableness, while Xiang Liang stemmed from his high professional quality.

He was a qualified soldier, and the soldier's instinct was naturally to obey. Although the lead disciple of Royal Soldier Sect should be placed more in the commanding position, Xiang Liang was obviously more accustomed to the former. Shortly after he got along with Wang Lu, he discovered that Wang Lu was a natural leader. Perhaps he was stronger than Wang Lu in terms of tactical arrangements and execution, but Wang Lu was expert in other things. And professional things should obviously be given to professionals.

Of course, if the choice of Xiang Liang fell into the ear of his Elders, he would surely be scolded. However, Xiang Liang's habit was so difficult to change.

Fortunately, Wang Lu's inexplicable behavior didn't last long. The next night, among the street hawkers in a certain bustling city in Golden City, Wang Lu, with a satisfied smiling face, looked for Xiang Liang and Lan who were tasting the street snacks. The battle efficiency of the two people was quite high. When Wang Lu arrived, the table was already filled with wine cups and dishes. In front of Lan, there were hundreds of bamboo skewers without the meat, while Xiang Liang was playing with golden colored meat in high spirit.

Wang Lu asked the two of them, ”How are the snacks?”

Lan somewhat embarrassedly put down the half-eaten skewered meat on the table, seemingly at a loss. Xiang Liang did not hesitate to nod. ”They're very good. They're rich in nutrients and have reasonable texture. Moreover, they're very simple and fast to cook. If the conditions are met, they could be promoted as the military provision for basic servicemen unit, which should be able to effectively enhance the morale.”

Wang Lu wasn't alarmed by Xiang Liang's response, but just pulled a stool to sit down before grabbing the meat in front of Xiang Liang and beginning to talk while eating it.

”Plus today, I have met with the majority of the towns and cities in Golden City territory. And the information that needs to be integrated has basically been processed.”

Golden City's organizational structure was very interesting. The master of Golden City is the supreme ruler, and below him, there were dozens of sub cities. Each of this sub city had a separate administrative unit, similar to feudal vassals. However, the master of Golden City was able to suppress this group of vassals with his strength and majesty. Thus, the overall political environment of Golden City was unprecedentedly stable.

Thus, Wang Lu's contact with the leaders of these sub cities was not meant to instigate them—no matter how professional he was, it was impossible for him to cause the organizational structure of Golden City to collapse just by relying on his mouth. All he had to do was one thing: look for information.

And mentioning about information, Wang Lu's complexion was somewhat odd. ”According to the contact with the city masters, the situation of Golden City is pretty weird. For the other four forces, no matter how bad is the relationship between the masters and their blood spirit follower, they are at least allies that have the common goal. Only the master of Golden City whose contradiction with Shengjing Sect team like a vengeful son toward his father's killer. Some time ago, the master of the city even gave Jianglu the ultimatum to bring back your head within ten days. Otherwise, he would seal Qiong Hua, as the king of gold spirit, forever.”

Upon hearing this, Lan and Xiang Liang were extremely surprised. They have heard that the relationship between the master of Golden City and his followers was not harmonious, but they didn't expect that the two sides were as incompatible as water and fire.

”According to the time, today is the deadline. I wonder if Senior Sister Qiong Hua would be kept in the golden cage forever as the City Master's concubine.”

If Wang Lu was telling this to the Lady Boss, the latter would surely chime in and asked for an in depth discussion regarding this. However, Wang Lu's two audiences did not cooperate. Xiang Liang puzzledly asked, ”This is very unreasonable. Qiong Hua is the number one in this world and thus the most powerful weapon of Golden City, so it's completely illogical to completely abandon her.”

Wang Lu said, ”The master of Golden City is by no means an unenlightened ruler, so he certainly has his reason for doing that. But unfortunately, there are too few clues, so I can't guess what's the significance of this move, but at least, I can put forward a conjecture. Senior Brother Xiang Liang, if we assume Senior Sister Qiong Hua is forever trapped in Golden City, then what do you think the situation of the five spirits power struggle would evolve to?”

Xiang Liang frowned. ”If Senior Sister Qiong Hua is removed from the picture, then...

Wang Lu said, ”Then there's no need for the other four forces to form an alliance. Senior Brother Xiang Liang, how about we go and destroy Senior Sister Zhou and Senior Brother Zhan?”

”Huh?” Although Xiang Liang had good mental qualities, but upon listening to Wang Lu's suggestion, he somewhat could not keep up with his thinking. Several days ago, Wang Lu was like a family with those two people, but now he wanted to turn on them as fast as closing the book.