The Honored Sir's pupils shrank abruptly when he heard it, as though he was in utter disbelief. Just as he tried to open his mouth and struggle...
His thorax was cleanly penetrated by the oncoming Phoenix Bone Scythe!
Holding the knife in her hand, Helian Wei Wei simply looked at him emotionlessly.
The Honored Sir's face gradually turned pale, but his expressions suddenly became agitated.
The golden lights lingering around his body grew fainter, as though they were being sucked away from him.
Phoenix howled roaringly above the Hall of Great Strength, it was the same sound it made when Sakyamuni's showered his Light of Buddha at Hell in the past.
All the Buddhas stared with their eyes wide open. Some of them attained the ranking of Buddha late, so they never saw Phoenix in action.
They had simply regarded the astounding power of Phoenix as a myth.
However, after seeing her today, they realized that they had underestimated her lethality!
She could manipulate the air currents with her palm, as Buddha spirits circled along the edge of her sharp scythe, creating a thunderous wave of energy that shook the Great Hall.
Amidst the growling winds, the Honored Sir could not defend himself and was flung out a few meters away.
This was the first time that the Honored Sir fell from his noble Golden Lotus Buddha's Throne in such a shameful way, being stabbed by Phoenix.
Blood was dripping furiously from the corner of his mouth. When he coughed, he spat out a mouthful of blood. However, he still glared spitefully at Helian Wei Wei, refusing to resign himself to this miserable fate.
With the scythe in her hand, Helian Wei Wei slowly walked toward him. Her cloak was blazing like fire, as if it could burn everything in this world into ashes. She looked down at the elderly, whose Light of Buddha had started to dim, and smirked as she jeered, "Didn't you used to hate my Evil Face? This is my Evil Face, my bones. The existence of Phoenix is to cleanse Buddhism. Since you found out about my destinies and knew about my Evil Face's purpose, you became afraid. You're scared that I will pull you down from your ranking of Buddhism one day, so you figure out a plan to utilize my destiny and allow Golden Lotus to take away my Dharma fate."
She continued, "You didn't want me to stay in Buddhism, and hoped that I would disappear completely. It doesn't matter even if everything is exposed, because you have your backup plans, no matter what happens. Unfortunately, you only knew about this. You didn't know that my Evil Face can deprive you of your ranking of Buddhism, and also sever your Buddha Soul. Of course, it's natural that you didn't know, since the only one who knows about it in this world is Sakyamuni. When he brought me up to Buddhism, I've promised him that I'll never kill a Buddha, unless Buddhism has strayed from its path. However, now... "
Helian Wei Wei lowered her eyes and coldly glared at the Honored Sir underneath her foot. When she saw that he tried to escape using the Art of Soul Evasion, she gave him another powerful stab!
After his last Light of Buddha was slashed, the Honored Sir helplessly watched his Buddha Soul breaking into fragments with trembling lips.
He never knew that Phoenix's Evil Face was her bones.
They were rebellious bones that were born in Hell and antithetical to Buddhism.
He had planned meticulously and predicted his fates, but he never knew that he would fail.
He was the Honored Sir, the one who kept Sakyamuni away from Buddhism's ranking for hundreds and thousands of years.
He was actually defeated by a lower three path's creature.
The Honored Sir looked at Helian Wei Wei, no longer hiding the viciousness in his eyes. He said as blood squirted out of his throat, "You... Ahem, you think you can live happily after killing me. Ahem, you're destined to never find love since the day you were born. If...if you behaved, stayed at Buddhism, and obeyed the orders, I wouldn't do anything to you. But unfortunately, you've such a strong pride and it made things turn out, ahem, turn out like this. It's still the same, you won't find happiness. Everything and everyone will approach you with an agenda. Those people with no agenda will never stay with you. You and Emperor, both of you, ahem, are destined to not last forever!"
After growling out his last words, the Honored Sir's ribs were instantly smashed into pieces.
His eyes widened in terror.
It was not Helian Wei Wei, but Baili Jia Jue. Looking down with his charming eyes, he exerted a powerful force, as his eyes turned golden like Tian Dao's gold.
Bang!
The Honored Sir's body was chopped through the middle, and his twisted face remained briefly mid-air, before falling onto the ground and becoming a murky splat of blood.
Helian Wei Wei simply stood there with her Bone Scythe remained unsheathed. Suddenly, she thrust the scythe and sliced upward!
Countless beams of Light of Buddha shone above the Hall of Great Strength, and fell on every Honored Buddha, like a rain of merciless blades.
In the blink of an eye, every Buddha Soul within 3,000 miles was utterly destroyed!
Honored Sir was completely atomized as well, every drop of his kindness and evilness disintegrated into ashes with a howl from the Phoenix.
The Buddhas' excruciating expressions seemed more terrifying than the ghosts in the Sea of Blood. After their souls were extracted and destroyed, their Buddha's bodies transformed into ashes.
With a powerful gust of wind, everything vanished and nothing remained.
The Son of King of Hell stood there coolly, and instantly looked outside the hall.
On the 999 stairs of Heaven, Light of Buddhas was still faintly visible on the heads of the Little Shamis that were meditating to protect the temple.
Mythical birds flew above the icebergs, as Bodhi rose from the earth. It was a miracle, where all the Buddhas returned to their ranking, and the Dharma fate of Sakyamuni would soon achieve oneness.
Buddhism started from the heart.
So, it turned out that Phoenix's existence in Buddhism was never for killing.
In fact, she was the only one who could help the True Buddha achieve oneness.
"Amitabha." All the Little Shamis were smiling at Helian Wei Wei, while looking bright and kind.
Meanwhile, Little Monk ran toward them and put his arms around Helian Wei Wei's waist. He was very petite, so he looked up to stare at Helian Wei Wei with bright eyes, "Lord, I knew you would come back!"
Helian Wei Wei smiled gently with a languid expression, saying, "Uhm, but I'm leaving now to the human world."
"Go then." Little Monk smiled and said. "I'll recite scriptures for you at Buddhism and pray for Buddha to look after you. But it's so weird, why am I still like this when all of my friends have become Buddhas?"
Seeing that Helian Wei Wei remained silent, Little Monk looked at his small hands and smiled again, adding, "I must not be working hard enough. I'll read the scriptures properly, and also clean the place that you lived in every day. You can still come back if you want."
Nobody uttered a word when they heard Little Monk, but they clearly knew that if Phoenix were to leave now...
It would be impossible for her to return to Buddhism.
She had used too much energy, and she was pregnant.
If she wanted to return to Buddhism, she must give up her children.
The Phoenix would never do this.
She wanted to take control of her own life, and do what she desired.
This was what Little Monk wanted to say, but he was too young and his intelligence was too shallow to understand what destiny was.
"I'll remember that you're in Buddhism." Helian Wei Wei lowered her head and rubbed Little Monk's head. Then, her last trail of memory of her escaping from her shell had returned. It was a small face that could tolerate everything in this world, how familiar indeed. She uttered quietly, "Sakyamuni..."
Little Monk did not hear clearly and asked, "Lord, pardon me?"
"Nothing." Helian Wei Wei pulled her hand back and looked toward Baili Jia Jue. Seeing that he was staring at the Little Monk who was hugging her waist, she could not help but smile. No wonder I felt a chill on my back just now, it seems like His Highness is getting jealous again.
Little Monk wanted to add something.
However, he was cut short by a cool and deep voice. "You don't need to read scriptures?"
Little Monk dared not argue with the Emperor, so he simply replied softly, "I want to send off my Lord, I can read my scriptures later."
"She's mine, does she need you to send her off?" asked Baili Jia Jue as he dragged Helian Wei Wei to his side. Then, he stared emotionlessly at Little Monk and continued, "If you keep procrastinating, when will you become Buddha? People around you have all become Buddhas, but you're still so small. Do you ever wonder why?"
Little Monk was agitated, but he contained his fury in silence as he glanced at him. Then, he muttered to Phoenix, "Farewell, my Lord. I'll go and read the scriptures now, I'll become a Buddha, I promise!"
After that, Little Monk ran away holding the Buddhist scriptures in his arms. Biting the tip of the pencil, he began to read the scriptures diligently.
Helian Wei Wei looked at his back with a faint smile on her face. Beneath the bright rays of light, everything seemed so serene and tranquil.
The Son of King of Hell touched his chin and tut-tutted, saying, "A Buddha indeed has a million faces, I think the Honored Sir can never speculate that Sakyamuni's Dharma fate has turned into Bodhi, and his real body is actually a kid."
Baili Jia Jue stood right beside him and spoke calmly with a smile, seeming gentle and graceful but his eyes were cold, "Kids are normally a hassle, especially this kid. I used to find him quite annoying. Turns out, there's a reason for it."
The Son of King of Hell was speechless. Hold on, Great Demon King, you're crossing the line if you want to kill him simply because of this.
However, the Little Monk was very afraid of the Great Demon King. What a poor kid, he doesn't even know how he annoyed him.
"Let's go." Helian Wei Wei looked up and landed a kiss on Baili Jia Jue's lips.
Only then, his eyes turned softer and his smile became more normal. Nonetheless, they could still sense the dangerous aura from him.
Especially when he walked forward while holding Helian Wei Wei, thousands of demons followed behind him, brandishing their claws while being unimaginably obedient to him at the same time.
The sky had turned onyx black. All his affection seemed to be reserved for one person. For everything else in the world, they would suffer his endless murderous and demonic aura...
He did not notice the deep sadness in Helian Wei Wei's eyes when she lowered her head.
That was the first time that Helian Wei Wei had shown this expression.
She always had ample confidence for everything she did, but she began to have scruples after seeing the last calculation of the Honored Sir before he died.
No matter what, she must hide it from him.
Perhaps from now on, she should nurture the relationship between the babies and him.
Basically, Helian Wei Wei always made prompt actions after she thought of it.
After returning to the carriage, she asked the man who was reading a book, to lean over and listen to the sounds in her belly.
However, he leisurely glanced at her and spoke with a serious face, "You're not in a good condition now and shouldn't have any intimacy, so stop seducing me."
Shocked by his reply, Helian Wei Wei was completely speechless...
She simply wanted to let him listen to the babies, when did she try to seduce him!
Speechless, she realized that she would never understand His Highness' divine mind.
"Are you sad because I didn't kiss you?" Baili Jia Jue put the old scroll in his hands aside, and pinched her chin with a smile on his face.
Before Helian Wei Wei could say anything, the Son of the King of Hell in the same carriage could not endure it anymore, and bared his teeth at Baili Jia Jue as he said, "Excuse me, there's a child here. Please don't teach me weird things, and kindly don't show your affection in front of a bachelor!"
Baili Jia Jue looked at him calmly and said coldly, "Why are you still here?"
What do you mean by asking why am I still here?! The Son of King of Hell was enraged and bellowed, "You haven't done what you promised me! You said that if I follow you to Buddhism, you'll go to the Underworld and fight my dad!"
"I did say that." Baili Jia Jue laid back lazily, and hugged Helian Wei Wei to his side. He stared at the King of Hell's Son and added, "But did I say I will fulfill it?"
The Son of King of Hell was completely bent out of shape about it, pointing a finger at him and furiously saying, "You are sly, and shameless!"
"Demons are always sly, you people from the Underworld are not much different from us." Baili Jia Jue carried the Son of the King of Hell up and threw him out.
As he watched the carriage speeding toward the capital, the Son of the King of Hell rolled on the ground. However, he was not furious. He merely smiled devilishly as he carried the huge ax on his shoulder, muttering to himself, "Since you don't want to visit the Underworld to find my dad, I'll make my dad find you. He treats you as a love rival anyways, jokes on you for being more good looking than him."
The Son of King of Hell felt absolutely sassy after saying that, so he took out his small mirror and coolly set his hair.
Since this was the official's road, a lot of people used it to enter the capital.
Those people were already exhausted after their journey, but they did not expect to see a child being thrown out from the carriage in front of them.
More astonishingly, the child was flung so forcefully that it might have hurt his brain. He simply kept looking at himself in the mirror, as if he wanted a flower to appear on his face.
What a poor child, what a waste of that face, sigh.
The people shook their heads and continued walking.
The capital was totally different from the past, as the security checks were very strict now.
It seemed that it was because the Retired Emperor was ill and the Third Prince still had not returned. The Seventh Prince was too young, so the state affairs in the palace were taken over by the four ministers in the cabinet.
Ever since the Third Prince revamped the ministry, very few people dared to abuse their power anymore.
This time, some ministers appeared again for some unknown reasons.
Could it be that the rumors are true, claiming that the Third Prince can't make it back after going to the dangerous ancient tomb that nobody is courageous enough to enter, to prevent the demonic aura from invading the capital? Is that why the ministers start to act so brazenly like this?
The commoners knew nothing, but they were forced to pay a fee to the officers for no reason whenever they entered the capital. If they don't pay, they would not let them in the Capital.
Baili Jia Jue's carriage was also stopped.
The two shadow guards that drove the carriage exchanged glances with each other and ordered calmly and emotionlessly, "Step aside."
The officers had never seen such rude people, so he took out his sword and shouted, "You want me to step aside? You have some guts! I'm in a good mood today, so I won't argue with foolish people who can't read the situation like you. Hand in your money and I'll let you pass. If you don't, go back to wherever you came from. I don't want to arrest people anymore, I'm so tired of doing it every day!"
After that, the officer walked toward the carriage with a whip in his hand.
Inside the carriage, Helian Wei Wei was sitting in Baili Jia Jue's embrace. She unconsciously raised her beautiful brows after hearing what the officer said.
On the other hand, Baili Jia Jue simply looked indifferent. He stopped flipping the pages, and rested his fair fingertips on one side, but his eyes were scathingly cold.
He really hated being disturbed.
This was something that Helian Wei Wei knew all along.
However, this man became more possessive with her, and had to hold her in his arms even while he was reading. He hugged her from behind with a nonchalant gaze and lazily asked her to flip the pages.
He truly is a master. Helian Wei Wei pinched his hand and smiled gently, as she liked to toy with his hands. They were always noble and slender, with a comfortable temperature.
Baili Jia Jue also enjoyed being held by her like this, it felt like holding the paws of his pet kitten. Although he never raised cats, he had raised a Phoenix before. It felt good to be relied on by his pet.
Now that they heard the ruckus outside, Helian Wei Wei stopped playing and peered outside.
Baili Jia Jue was slightly upset. Thus, he grabbed her hand again and merely uttered a word to the people outside nonchalantly, "Scram."
The surrounding crowd of people took a deep breath when they heard him...
They were astounded by the courage of the speaker.
They knew that officer, he was a subordinate of the four ministers and was simply doing his job as ordered. Even most of the foreign officers did not dare to challenge him due to his prestige, and were forced to meekly pay their money as told.
But the man in the carriage actually asked him to scram?
"Ahh, my bad temper is acting up again. Who are you asking to get lost?" The officer did not expect them to be so ignorant. Furthermore, the carriage did not belong to any of the masters in the capital. He suddenly lost his temper as his anger rose to its boiling point, and said, "I kindly let you go, but you're too stupid to accept my offer! Soldiers, destroy this carriage, arrest everyone inside, and lock them up in jail!"
The officer yelled while raising the whip in his hand, and he was nearly slapping them.
In the next second, he was picked up from behind by the shadow guard, and dropped forcefully on the floor with a loud thud!
The officer's face contorted in pain, and he could feel that it was covered in blood. Hence, his voice grew angrier as he roared, "Send the army, send as many soldiers as possible! Bring my uncle here too! Kill all of them, kill all of these ignorant fools!"
When they heard it, the shadow guards exchanged looks again and simply stood quietly without rebutting, as though they were waiting for something.
Until another word echoed mercilessly from the carriage.
"Kill."
Only then, they began to make a move. When they unsheathed their swords and slashed with such fluid shadow-like movements, four to five people convulsed and instantly fell onto the floor.
Only the officer was left standing, with his face turning ashen white in terror as he stared at the carriage, utterly mortified.
The owner of that sound did not show himself at all.
However, it was even more horrifying because he did not reveal himself.
He initially assumed that the two people standing before him were just some common warriors that knew a little martial arts. However, after the previous incident...
He realized that they were not easy opponents.
However, these two powerful people still had to obey the orders of the person in the carriage.
Who on earth is that person...
"What audacity!" In the midst of the chaos, a ferocious man in armor walked over. He looked like he was from the military barracks. He stared angrily at the carriage that was about to break into the city, then he looked at his wounded nephew on the ground and his eyes narrowed in an instant, "How dare you attack the officers of the imperial court in public, are you rebels or are you just tired of living? I'm giving you a chance to survive now. Get out of the car and come with me right now. If not, I will take your lives!"
As he spoke, he slammed his long knife onto the ground. With a loud bang, splits appeared in the ground one after another!
The people outside the city were terrified by the sight of this scene. They hurriedly hid aside as they looked at the man with their faces full of fear.
As they hid, the carriage was now the only thing left in the middle of the road. The sight of it was hard to ignore.
Two shadow guards stood still at both sides of the carriage.
The people in the carriage had no intention of getting out at all.
The general of the city guard was completely furious by now!
"Well, very well, it seems like you've chosen the forfeit instead of the toast huh? Archers standby, shoot all these lawless people to their deaths!"
Obviously, compared to the lead officer on the ground, this man was much more powerful. Once his order was given, whizzes were heard all around!
Hundreds of soldiers within and beyond the city wall raised their bows and arrows!
Every single arrow was pointed at the carriage in the middle of the road!
"Shoot!" The general of the city guard gave the order ruthlessly. He was a violent person by nature, and the other party had injured his nephew. If he did not kill these people personally, it would be hard for him to tame the hatred in his heart!
Whiz, whiz, whiz!
Hundreds of arrows were fired at the same time, each of them carrying the howling sounds of wind.
The general of the city guard smiled as if he had foreseen the tragic death of his enemy!
Even the commoners could not bear to witness this blood splattering scene as they all turned their heads away.
But no one could have anticipated that at the very moment before the arrow reached the carriage!
The air suddenly moved and the carriage seemed to be covered in a layer of thin light.
Everyone in the War Dragon Empire knew that it was a martial spiritual force that could only be generated by Gold League warriors!
Those arrows appeared to be blocked and remained stagnant in the air as they were unable to move forward.
Then, a loud bang was heard!
All the arrows were smashed into pieces by the strong force!
In the midst of all the dust within and outside of the city, all eyes widened.
The injured officer on the ground looked at the general of the city guard and stammered, "Un-uncle, who are these people? How could they be so powerful?"
"You're asking me? How would I know!" The general was unusually short-tempered, but soon he smiled coldly, "It's just a Gold League warrior. Gold League warriors were hard to come by in the past, but since the Grand Tutor came to the Capital, most of the Wooden League warriors had advanced into the Gold League. There is nothing to fuss about!"
As he spoke, the general pointed his long knife to the sky and a new troop was now positioned on the wall.
But this time they were no longer ordinary officers but real soldiers, furthermore these soldiers looked stronger than ordinary soldiers. Every one of them wore demon masks and they looked down murderously. Countless dark shadows swarmed out from the city diffusing a heavy scent of bloodlust. Their appearances made Helian Wei Wei smile slightly from inside the carriage, "It seems the Capital's city guard army has changed in our absence."
Baili Jia Jue was playing with her hands as he casually raised his gaze. His deep-set pupils gleamed coldly, but he still had no intention of going out. Instead, he held Helian Wei Wei's waist and leaned back with an air of extreme luxury and laziness as he waved off the scene outside the window with his long sleeves.
"Your martial Qi is quite good, but do you think that you could go against disciples of the Grand Tutor's Manor with that alone? How many lives do you think you have?" The general of the city guard thought that the opposing party was merely provoking him. He mocked and raised his knife at the same time as he led thousands of soldiers to tear down the carriage!
At this exact moment.
Not far from the city, a sudden gust of explosive dust arose!
It was an uproar of at least a thousand horsemen trampling on the mud and every sound of that shook the earth!
"General, something's off." The soldier nearest to the general of the city guard came close and said in a low voice, "It sounds like there are incoming soldiers and horses, but who would dare enter the city at this time."
The general of the city guard's eyes narrowed. Just as he was attempting to see a little more clearly.
The black cavalry charged at lightning speed as if they had emerged out of the horizon. Each of them carried a long knife and had a face mask on. Like shadows in the night, they came like a whirlwind!
"They are the third, third..." Before one of the soldiers could finish speaking, the black cavalry had raised and dropped the knives in their hands.
No living soul remained in the paths they trod.
Until there were no more offenders around the carriage.
The black cavalry then came down from their horses, all of them went down on one knee and lowered their gazes toward the carriage. Their voices were deafening as they proclaimed, "Welcome back to the Capital, Master!"
These three thousand shadow guards had never left the Capital compound. Every time Baili Jia Jue left the Capital, they would go into hiding. Once Baili Jia Jue entered the Capital, they would gather in a short time and followed him within tens of meters' range, always standing by to kill any enemy at any time.
This was why Baili Jia Jue had established the Shadow Army back then. No matter what happened within or beyond the palace, his military power would remain untouched.
For those who were ignorant yet triumphant, they were totally clueless about this.
"You, which army do you belong to? How dare you take action without the permission of the Grand Tutor!" At this time, the general of the city guard finally sensed that the other party was of a certain standing. So what if they had a powerful background, any foreigner who entered the city had to pay. Furthermore, it was no longer a simple issue that could be solved by money. Since these people dared to disobey the Grand Tutor, they should be punished to death!
The general of the city guard's eyes were red with rage. He roared and swung at the carriage from a close distance!
However, before he even got close to the carriage, he was intercepted by a figure that dropped from the sky. The man was very tall, almost two meters in height and was blocking all the lights. He was also carrying a weapon that looked like an iron rod on his shoulder, "You bastard, who do you think you are, how dare you touch our Boss' carriage! You want money? D*mn you, you were still a crawling baby when my boss began training in the martial arts and earning his keep in this Four-nine city!"
The voice made Helian Wei Wei smile the moment she heard it, then she spoke lazily to the person outside the carriage, "Da Xiong, why are you here?"
"Boss, it's not just me, all our comrades are here. We caught up with you the moment your carriage arrived at the Capital!" Da Xiong laughed as he answered.
More than a dozen dark figures dropped to the ground, each of them extraordinarily skillful and varied in appearances. There were tall and short ones, thin and bulky ones too, even the weapons they used were not the same.
The only common thing among them was that their weapons were rare!
Hearing that all her troops had arrived, Helian Wei Wei turned to Baili Jia Jue and said, "My turn this time." The eagerness in her voice could not be concealed.
His Highness pinched her hand, "What do you mean, are you not worried that you might hurt your pregnancy?"
Helian Wei Wei agreed after some thought so she asked the people outside, "Da Xiong, did you bring the sniper gun?"
"I've been carrying it all along." As Da Xiong spoke, he gestured to the black gun on his shoulder.
Helian Wei Wei squinted her beautiful phoenix eyes and said, "Let's blow off the city gate directly then. Let the people live, they will be useful later."
"Alright!" Obeying her command, Da Xiong lifted the sniper gun, squinted his left eye as he made a three-point alignment through his viewfinder and placed his index finger on the trigger.
A loud bang was heard!
Amid the rising sparks, the general of the city guard was so stumped by the explosion that he was at a total loss.
The gate behind him collapsed and the flag swayed with the movement of air in an instant. The ten or more soldiers standing on the city wall had also fallen from the impact of the explosion. Gravel rolled on the ground continuously, creating an unbelievably deafening noise.
Amidst the thick streams of smoke, the bystanders were using their long sleeves to clear the dust before them, but shock remained in their eyes!
The general of the city guard who was closest to Da Xiong looked stupefied. His mouth hung wide as he shook his head slightly, his ears were still buzzing. He looked at the long, black gun in a daze and his legs went limp as he almost lost all his senses.
Why had no one ever told him...
That there was such a weapon on the Divine Mainland?
What on earth was that!
Dynamite?
But it looked different from dynamite!
Dynamites had to be buried first before igniting them later!
While the general of the city guard was still berating himself for everything that had just happened.
Dozens of dark figures seemed to be clearing a path for the carriage. Every man held guns in their left and right hands. They shot at the feet of the soldiers who were trying to come forward, causing sparks to fly around. The general of the city guard was caught by the throat once he looked up.
At that moment, he only had one thought on his mind, "Who, who are you guys?"
As he spoke, blood spluttered from his throat.
The man did not speak, he merely brought along his men and advanced into the city on Helian Wei Wei's orders!
Of course there were informers.
A soldier on horseback crossed the Eastern City and headed straight to the Grand Tutor's Manor!
At this moment, a celebration was being held in the Grand Tutor's Manor for all the money they had collected these days.
"Grand Tutor, you are brilliant to have come up with this money earning method. Everyone has to pay to enter the city regardless of their identity or status. What a profitable business!" The great general Ao Jiang who was supposed to be standing guard in Yun Nan was munching down on his meat while not forgetting to hold onto the heavy bunch of silver in his hand.
One of the officials who looked like a scholar put down the gold chain in his hand and said worriedly, "What do you think would happen if the Retired Emperor knew what we were up to?"
"Old Wei, why are you so timid! When you entered the palace, you yourself saw the state of the Retired Emperor, he wouldn't live long!" Ao Jiang knew that there were no outsiders here so he did not hesitate in speaking his thoughts. He sneered and said, "The Seventh Prince is very powerful but he is still a child. How would he understand the politics within the courts? Moreover, our Grand Tutor is still in control of the palace so no one could deliver the news to the royal family. The Hei family might have sensed our intentions but they are businessmen now, their army is thousands of miles away from the Capital and is too far to do anything. Why are you even worried?! We should focus on earning as much as we can now!"
Lord Wei still felt uneasy, especially since his eye started twitching non-stop from a while ago, "General Ao, do you think the Third Prince is still alive? If he returns to see the Capital in its current state, you and I will have to go to hell!"
"Sigh, I say, why are you scholars so cowardly?" Ao Jiang sneered, "Him coming back? Do you know where he went? It was the eternal royal tomb! No matter how skillful he was, he would have died there. Even if he did come back, we still have the Grand Tutor on our side. With his abilities, I am sure the Grand Tutor could expel him from the city!"
This Grand Tutor was always by Ao Jiang's side, but he had never seen Baili Jia Jue before. He had only heard that Baili Jia Jue was martially strong and very ruthless.
Even so, he was just a normal human being.
Even if he was of royalty in the human realm and was protected by his nobility that he would never die...
He was not enough to be his opponent either!
The Grand Tutor was still confident of his ability, he was only apprehensive of the Little Seventh Prince in the palace.
If not for that little child, he would have been able to possess the Retired Emperor and do whatever he wanted.
From the first time he laid eyes on the Little Seventh Prince, he had known that he was not an easy target.
Fortunately, Ao Jiang was in front of him at that time. Otherwise, his cover would surely have been blown.
So far, however, he could not see through what the child's true colors were.
The more mysterious he seemed to be, the more dangerous he was.
Nevertheless, that did not matter. As Ao Jiang said, he was just a child.
As long as they were not in close proximity to the palace, the Little Seventh Prince would not realize whatever havoc they were wrecking in the Capital.
As for the Baili Jia Jue that they often mentioned, he had never considered him seriously.
The Grand Tutor smiled and reached out his hand saying, "Come on, let's have another drink. Don't worry, Lord Wei. If someone comes, I will handle them myself."
"With your words, Grand Tutor, I now feel assured." Lord Wei smiled and was just about to lift his wine glass.
Suddenly they heard a report coming from outside, "Grand Tutor, General Ao, bad news, bad news! Someone is advancing toward the city with their cavalry!"
Crack!
Lord Wei's wine glass fell to the ground.
Ao Jiang also stood up and said gloomily, "No cavalry can enter at this time, are you sure you are not mistaken?"
"No, no mistake!" The soldier was out of breath, "I saw it with my own eyes, they have reached the Eastern City by now!"
Ao Jiang frowned, "How many soldiers do they have?"
"A thousand." The soldier replied.
Ao Jiang laughed, "What kind of cavalry has merely a thousand people! Grand Tutor, let's go and see who is so stupid to have forsaken a heavenly route and is insisting on breaking into hell!"
Ao Jiang's tone was arrogant. He grabbed his long knife and immediately led a large troop of soldiers to barricade the entire Eastern City district, blocking all the incoming carriages at the entrance of Meridian Market!
"You mean these are the rebels?" Ao Jiang gave a dismissive look at Da Xiong's team who was clearing the route, "How dare they think of revolting with only a few people? How reckless of them!"
As Ao Jiang spoke, he raised a single hand and countless archers lifted their bows and arrows!
A dense murderous aura was immediately triggered!
Ao Jiang originally thought that there were only a few rebels so his archers' arrows would take most of them out!
But he did not expect that before his archers could take action...
A loud boom sounded!
All those archers along with their bows and arrows were blasted into the sky.
The opponent's speed was extremely fast. With unknown weapons in their hands, thundering bangs could be heard!
Terrifying smoke and ashes permeated everywhere. Those people behaved like they were entering a no man's land, once they raised their hands they annihilated everything within their sights.
Ao Jiang who thought it was a sure win for him, could not help feeling a little flustered. Looking at the dark figures that were nearing him, he subconsciously dragged a soldier to block his front.
But in the next second, the soldier was shot dead.
Fresh blood was instantly splattered onto his face!
"What are they holding in their hands!" Ao Jiang called out!
Lord Wei, who had experienced several imperial court changes seemed to have seen a ghost at this point. His face turned completely pale as he muttered to himself, "That was the gun, the gun that could only have belonged to the Hidden Army. Why would the Hidden Army be here? The Hidden Army would never appear on its own, unless... unless their master was here too! Helian Wei Wei, Helian Wei Wei is here! No, oh no!" Lord Wei looked at the black cavalry who was gradually taking form in front of his eyes, his lips started trembling violently as he said, "Not just Helian Wei Wei, the, the Third Prince! The Third Prince is back!"
Lord Wei's mutterings made Ao Jiang's face turn awfully pale too!
But he still refused to admit his fate, "It is impossible that he could make it back alive, someone must be putting up dramatic pretenses! Grand Tutor, Grand Tutor!"
On the surface, Ao Jiang seemed to be still in disbelief, but his heart had begun to feel tremendous unease. He dragged the Grand Tutor over, "Grand, Grand Tutor! Hurry, hurry up and cast some spells, stop them!"
The Grand Tutor had never seen this side of Ao Jiang.
He met the mighty general, Ao Jiang when he was in Yun Nan.
Ao Jiang had always been fearless, even when he was confronting the Retired Emperor in the palace.
How powerful was this Third Prince that he had the ability to terrify Ao Jiang like that?
Forget it, no matter how strong the opponent was, to him he was merely an ordinary mortal.
The Grand Tutor had no regard for Baili Jia Jue at all. The look in his eyes transformed in an instant and the dust in his hands trembled as he cast a spell into the air.
Vaguely, the air surrounding them appeared to be condensed as the temperature dropped by dozens of degrees all of a sudden!
Something seemed to be floating around the entrance of the market.
Da Xiong who had been enjoying the fight was stunned as he noticed a bloody face appearing before him. He took a step backward and when he looked closely again, he felt his back run cold, "Man, what is this!"
The others also felt the uncomfortable chills. They looked at one another, feeling like there was something creepy around them.
Once Ao Jiang saw that his opponents had stopped in their actions, he became lost himself. Then, he looked back at the Grand Tutor with surprise in his eyes, "Grand Tutor is still the skillful one after all!"
"That was just a piece of cake." The Grand Tutor cast another spell.
The air started to fog and turned dark. Hidden shadows seemed to be flying around within the fog.
Very few were unaffected, especially when the black fog began to spread. Da Xiong could feel that there were faces continually flashing before his eyes.
The faces were different from one another, but they were all as pale as corpses!
Boom!
Someone could no longer take it and fired the first shot!
But the shot did not hit anything, instead, it almost hurt their own comrades!
These were within the Grand Tutor's expectations. He stood there as his eyes glowed with vacant darkness.
Soon, very soon, they would not be able to withstand the ghostly aura and they would start to kill one another!
The same would happen to the Third Prince in the carriage!
The Grand Tutor thought about this gleefully, but as he was about to start his third attack, he was bounced back by an invisible force and fell heavily onto the ground!
"Puff!"
Fresh blood spewed out of his throat like spring water!
At that moment, his internal organs ached terribly!
Damn it!
The Grand Tutor raised his head and sucked the surrounding ghostly aura into his body, then only did he look toward the middle of the main road.
Could it be that there was someone here who was immune to the ghostly aura?
No, that is impossible!
"Grand Tutor!" Ao Jiang reached out his hand and helped the Grand Tutor up, his expression was disturbed, "What is going on? What is going on here?"
This Grand Tutor was an evolved evil demon, hence his strength was restored once he absorbed the ghostly aura, "It's nothing, just a little trouble."
The Grand Tutor's eyes had turned red at this moment as he stared fiercely into the crowd and tried to locate that mysterious force.
Right then, the carriage that was several meters away suddenly appeared in front of him.
A loud bam could be heard!
The carriage exploded from within and fine sawdust floated in the air as if it was controlled by someone. Layers of sawdust suspended in the air and it looked like a scene straight out of a comic book.
In the midst of the floating sawdust and above the broken carriage was Helian Wei Wei. Her lips were slightly curled, her fiery red windbreaker was dancing wildly in the turbulent atmosphere as her beautiful night rakshasa's wings flapped violently. There was a tinge of mysterious red on her gorgeous face as she maintained an undisguised chuckle.
Baili Jia Jue embraced her with his left hand as he sat casually. Even in front of the public's eyes, he had no intention of letting her go. Amid the billowing smoke, he remained untouched by the wind and the dust. As his noble coat sat on his shoulders, he looked like an emperor who held the power of life and death in his hands, and he emitted an oppressive aura!
Around him, the evil spirits in the black fog had started to shiver. Not only were they apprehensive in stepping forward, some even wanted to turn around and escape!
Baili Jia Jue did not give them this opportunity. His dark pupils barely squinted.
Dozens of demons and monsters appeared above the carriage. They wriggled their bodies within the clouds, they stayed in position but it was also clear that they were not to be messed with!
In just a split second, those disturbing evil spirits were swept away like the wind by these monsters, not even a shadow was left behind!