anwhile, King George was slowly drinking tea in another gazebo within the palace. A golden armored imperial guard troop quickly arrived and greeted him. "We greet King George. We await your orders."
Even the Left Guard General was under King George’s faction. Placing so of his n in the guards was too easy.
King George stared at the golden fish swimming about in the lake nearby. He smiled and said, "Invite Sharky here."
How many years has it been since soone dared to provoke him like this?
The last ti seed to be a few years ago. There were so guards who acted arrogantly because they were the crown prince’s personal guards. In the end, didn’t they all turn into heads inside of wooden boxes?
Regardless of whether it was his status or the fact that he was a grandmaster, he definitely wasn’t soone that anybody can humiliate.
Furthermore, many of his subordinates were furious at Cheng Xiong’s case. They needed sothing to appease them. It was this kid’s fault for being so unsightly.
Those guards exchanged a look. They said with worry, "Sharky is now his majesty’s baron, and he is also the crown prince’s secretary. Would it be..."
King George said indifferently, "It’s fine. You all just need to bring him here."
Seeing that they didn’t have to do the deed themselves, those guards sighed in relief. They cupped their hands and left to carry out the order.
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anwhile, Sharky had just left the eastern palace, yet he was stopped by Piao Duandiao and Jiao Sigun, the guards of the Crown Prince.
"What’s wrong?" Sharky was curious when he saw the two want to say sothing, but hesitated.
Piao Duandiao hesitated for a long ti. When he saw that no one noticed them, he said with a lowered voice, "Sir Sharky, you really have to be careful in the following days."
"Why would you say that?" Sharky asked.
Jiao Sigun said, "Do you know why the two of us were able to beco the eastern palace’s lesser guard leaders?"
They continued, "With our qualifications, we have no right to rise up to beco the guard leaders of the eastern palace so quickly. The two guards before us, regardless of whether it was their qualifications or cultivation, were top notch within the imperial guards. They were also high-spirited back then and wanted to do sothing great."
"In the end, there was an instance where their attitude towards King George was... a bit arrogant. They berated him directly. King George didn’t say anything at the ti, yet the next day, they didn’t report for the morning roll call. Everyone looked for them. Eventually, they found two headless corpses."
"The subordinates who criticized King George with them all had their heads removed as well."
"This matter created a huge disturbance. However, it soon ended without anything being settled."
Sharky was stunned when he heard all of this. No wonder everyone in the eastern palace was shaking like quails. So there was this type of thing!
He really couldn’t tell at all. King George looked like a refined and scholarly person, yet he was actually this vicious.
No wonder he could fight against the emperor for so long, as expected of his own blood brother. The viciousness and paranoia ran in the family.
He suddenly noticed that the two guards were looking at him with a strange expression. He was shocked. "Why are you looking at like that?"
The two said, "Those two didn’t leave King George as badly burned as what you did back then. Good luck."
Then, they left with a sigh, as if this man was beyond saving and already a dead man.
Sharky had to admit that even though these two were quite the amusing bunch. But he wasn’t all that scared, because offending King George was part of his plans.
The Right Guard General Guo Zhi just happened to be on his patrol when he arrived at the imperial prison. He imdiately smiled when he saw Sharky. "Young Master Sharky, what help did you need this ti?"
"You have already heard from the Emperor that I need to release the assassins." Sharky replied.
"Yes, young master, I know, but how?" Guo Zhi asked, but he didn’t know how to solve this problem.
"We just need to wait for soti, and then you will see the magic, but first let visit them, while you guys go away from here for soti," Sharky said.
Guo Zhi probably guessed at what he wanted to do, and he accepted.
Sharky sorted out his thoughts, and then walked straight into the prison.
Within the deepest level of the prison, there were a few people who were whispering among themselves.
"Elder, Sun Luzhen, why hasn’t anyone saved us even after all this ti?" The one who spoke was Gu Yueyi. He had unreal expectations during these days, yet the higher his hopes climbed, the more restless he beca.
"How can it be that easy to rescue soone from an imperial prison? Just wait patiently." Elder Sun Luzhen opened his eyes and said. Even though he was covered in blood, his eyes were still bright.
"What if he never planned to save us? What if he lied to us?" When Gu Yueyi said this, his face beca more and more pale. He felt like this was more and more likely to be the case.
"Cease your complaints." Sun Luzhen still kept his composure in the end.
Solitary Fire also said, "Indeed. We set our resolution to die during this assassination to begin with. If he can save us, then we will be thankful. If not, then that is to be expected."
Gu Yueyi’s expression changed. He thought to himself, the two of you are already so old, so you’re obviously content with life. I’m still young!
A clear voice sound. "I didn’t expect you guys to be prepared."
Their group was shocked and pleasantly surprised. They all turned around and saw Sharky nearby. All of them sighed in relief and bowed to him.
Even though they gave no thought to their personal lives, living was obviously better than dying.
Sharky chuckled. He was just waiting for soone, and then he would release them. Suddenly there was a burst of noise. Several jailers were pushed down the stairs.
Eight golden armored imperial guards strut inside and viciously berated, "You blind things, you dare to stop us from bringing over the one King George wishes to et?"
The jailers all drew their blades and were about to stop them when they heard the disturbance. Who would dare to act so domineeringly in this type of place?
But when they heard the words King George, all of them withdrew their blades again.
King George’s prestige in the court was trendous, and he had always maintained a decent reputation. These jailers didn’t dare to offend him.
Those golden armored guards were satisfied when they saw the fear in their eyes. With King George behind them, they could walk proudly wherever they went.
They arrived in front of Sharky, their expressions so arrogant their noses were pointing at the sky. "So you’re Sharky?"
Sharky sized up the other party. Of course, it wasn’t their appearance, but rather their auras. The leader was at the sixth rank, while the rest were at the fifth rank. Together with the formation combat style imperial guards were familiar with, taking down a seventh rank cultivator wasn’t too big of an issue.
Furthermore, this was inside the imperial palace. There has never been soone who refused the invitation of an imperial guard.
"I am. May I ask what you all ca here for?" Sharky asked.
"King George invites you for an audience." The leader with the big nostrils casually cupped his hands.
Sharky looked at them, and said, "It’s good that you guys appeared here, I was just waiting for you guys.
"Why?" They didn’t understand why he was waiting for them.
Sharky didn’t reply, he rushed over to one of the guards and stabbed his forehead.
Bang!
A blast of blood gushed out of his forehead. Liu Chenyu was so shocked his eyes were completely wide open. He didn’t expect the other party to attack him, let alone go straight for a killing blow.
The imperial guards who followed him were all stunned. They hurriedly tried to draw their blades and surround Sharky.
But right at this mont, they felt a trendous suction force. All of their ki seed to have suddenly vanished into nothing.
Their center of gravity beca unstable. They staggered towards the center where Sharky was. Sharky’s finger thrusted out and instantly ended their lives.
All of this happened too quickly for anyone else to react. Those golden armored soldiers were already lying all over the ground like dirt.
Elder Sun Luzhen was shocked. The reaction ability and cultivation he displayed were shocking. He even wondered if he had the ability to dispatch all of these guards himself this efficiently.
Those surrounding jailers all looked Sharky with disbelief, "Young Master, what is the aning of this?"
They were scared badly by this scene.
Sharky chuckled and said, "Don’t worry, they are the culprits, who released the Devil Sect," Sharky said. He needed a scapegoat.
In the end, the only one who had the ability and motive to break out the prisoners was King George.
Furthermore, by using King George as an excuse, once everything was dealt with, the emperor could easily sort this entire thing out. Since it was related to King George, they won’t publicly fall out unless there was absolutely no choice.
That was why he deliberately infuriated King George just now, precisely so that he would send his people to act against himself. He just didn’t expect him to respond so well and send his n so quickly.
"Ok, you guys close your eyes, and forget about what happened here," Sharky commanded. Jailers nodded, and closed their eyes. They knew one thing, whatever Sharky said here, that’s the truth.
After seeing everyone working as his command, Sharky arrived at the golden armored guards’ corpses side and stripped off their armor and clothes. Then, he burned their bodies.
After completing all of this, he opened up the prison cells and ordered them to wear the clothes.
They nodded, and started wearing it.
Even though there were many people who were captured, many of them were wounded from the day of the attack. Then, after strict torture, more and more died in succession. Now, including Sun Luzhen, there were only seven left.
There were eight golden armor guards who entered, so it was perfect.
Sharky quickly helped them undo the Justice Envoy’s restrictions. They were already incredibly weak from the torture. It would take a long ti for them to recover their original strength.
When he saw that so of them were having trouble even walking, Sharky sighed. He took out so of the dicine.
Warm streams filled their bodies when they took the pill, allowing them to recover quite a bit of strength. Even the weakest one among them could walk again.
Sun Luzhen was the first to cup his hands towards Sharky. "Sir Sharky, you have shown us great favor this ti. We will engrave this gratitude forever. Even if there are mountains of daggers and seas of flas, as long as Sir Zu requests it of us, we will not show any hesitation."
Sharky replied with a smile. "There’s no need to speak so seriously. We still haven’t gotten out of danger yet, so let’s not lower our guard."
They all snapped back to reality and voiced their agreent. They were still in the palace, so it was still too early to feel happiness.
Sharky beckoned towards them and led them out.
They didn’t bump into anyone along the way because he already called all of them down beforehand.
All of them were moved when they left the imperial prison and saw sunlight once more. They thought that they were dead for certain, yet they were actually able to see the light of day again.
All of this was thanks to the young master Sharky! They looked at Sharky with gratitude.
"I’ll bring you guys out of the palace gates. You all have King George’s waist tokens. Together with this set of armor, it shouldn’t be too hard to leave." Sharky said with a lowered voice.
"Thank you, young master Sharky." All of them cupped their hands.
However, not long after they left, there was a soft voice that suddenly sounded. "Wait!"
Sharky’s entire body went rigid when he heard this voice. He felt as if he sunk straight into a frozen sea.
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