Chapter 1472: Chapter 1458: Last Minute Efforts Chapter 1472: Chapter 1458: Last Minute Efforts Qing’er’s letter was, of course, full of concern for him, as well as her own worries; advising him not to be too anxious.
Yang Tao’er, curious, snatched it away just as Li Mo, who had seen Hu Nanyue off, returned.
Qing’er was reading a letter from Yuan Jingxing, and after finishing, she said, “This guy says he can help you delay for a while, so you should really consider it.”
“What’s the use of just delaying? If he really wanted to help, he should think of a way to steal the Dragon Slayer Sword or the Sacred Spirit Stone; otherwise, it’s all useless talk,” said the Red Demonic Spirit.
Li Mo muttered, “It seems that Su Zhanze is in charge of the affairs within the county city, while Chen Yu and Xiang Zi handle the matters outside the city.”
“With Su Zhanze around, he’s just a puppet with no real use.”
“Forget about stealing the Dragon Slayer Sword or the Sacred Spirit Stone,” Li Mo said as he sat down, hungry. “But having delivered the Demonic Pearl is better than nothing; maybe it will have an unforeseen effect when the ti cos.”
Yang Tao’er was carefully reading another letter and comnted, “Wow, this handwriting, it’s really enviable, just like it was carved out. Soone cares a lot about you.”
Ye Chen didn’t speak, but he had already made up his mind, if he had said he would face Su Zhanze on the fifteenth, then it wouldn’t change.
Li Mo muttered, “Yuan Jingxing is not without status either; after all, his father-in-law was Jiang Ouyang. Although Jiang Ouyang is dead, he left many loyal followers who have since sided with Yuan Jingxing, who still holds so clout in Immortal City.”
Yang Tao’er said coldly, “But Su Zhanze seems to value Chen Yu and Xiang Zi more.”
Li Mo shook his head, “No, Yuan Jingxing didn’t want to get involved in those things with Su Zhanze, but when Qiao Haoyu was alive, Su Zhanze, to get help in guarding Immortal City and to prevent Qiao Haoyu from causing chaos, had Yuan Jingxing basically in charge of the internal city affairs and the city’s defenses.”
Yang Tao’er said coldly, “What’s the point of us discussing this?”
Li Mo, admiring the Demonic Pearl for a while, said, “It’s considered a treasure after all.”
Ye Chen had remained silent all along.
Yang Tao’er handed the letter back to Ye Chen and said, “She wants you to hurry over and save her.”
This girl still had the mood for jokes, truly not knowing what to say to her.
He had done almost everything that could be done; there was nothing left to hesitate about, hesitation was not his style.
Yang Tao’er muttered, “They can’t help us; what’s the use of seeking them out then?”
“Hurry up and eat your food; didn’t you say you slled? You’re not afraid of stinking other people to death,” Ye Chen couldn’t hold back any longer. His head felt like it was about to explode as she chattered on endlessly like firecrackers going off.
Yang Tao’er glared at him; his words were truly unpleasant, nothing like when he had asked her for help before.
Li Mo pushed the Demonic Pearl toward Ye Chen.
It didn’t matter how powerful the Demonic Pearl was, but it was quite heavy. If he lost, he would let down the people of both the Immortal and Demon Realms.
At first, he had thought of revenge, but now fear had suddenly set in because he was worried about the outco; if it wasn’t what he hoped for, how many innocent people would die tragically? Just the thought made the idea of revenge seem unworthy of ntion.
Finally, Yang Tao’er shut her mouth, but she was clearly upset.
Ye Chen quickly broke off a chicken leg and offered it to her.
Yang Tao’er angrily said, “I don’t want it.”
“Hey, don’t be so mad!”
Yang Tao’er wouldn’t give him the ti of day.
“I’m a bit confused right now, so I wasn’t mindful when speaking. You’re a magnanimous person; you won’t mind, right?”
Yang Tao’er stood up and went back to her room.
Suddenly, it was just Ye Chen, Li Mo, and the Red Demonic Spirit left.
Li Mo said, “Otherwise, let’s just delay for a while.”
Ye Chen asked, “Why should we delay?”
“That way, we have more ti to prepare.”
But Ye Chen said, “Everything that needs to be prepared has been done; there’s nothing left to prepare unless I’m scared of him.” He toyed with the Demonic Pearl on the table. After a mont of thought and realizing there was virtually no turning back, he affird to himself that everything was ready and there was nothing to shrink away from. Let the storm co.
Even if given another month, what else could he possibly do?
Nothing; there were no other options for him now, just one path—to forge ahead with courage.
“Fine, don’t try to persuade ,” Ye Chen said.
“Alright, I’ll always support your decisions.”
“Have there been any changes in the Immortal and Demon Realms recently?”
“No, they’re consolidating, likely in the final stage. It seems the letter you sent had an effect. No news of Su Zhanze lately either. It’s mostly left to Chen Yu and Xiang Zi to handle things.”
Ye Chen nodded slightly and said, “It looks like he’s serious about wanting to defeat .”
“Ouyang Yue sent a ssage by carrier pigeon, saying she’s coming to join us.”
“Doesn’t this girl understand what I an? Tell them to stay put and not to co over,” Ye Chen said with a hint of urgency.
“Alright, I’ll relay the ssage to her.”
“As if I weren’t in enough trouble, you think this is fun?”
Li Mo said, “Indeed, if he cos over, it will definitely provoke Su Zhanze. He just wants to help.”
“Who can actually be of help now?” Ye Chen retorted.
The Red Demonic Spirit chuckled and remarked, “Purely adding to the trouble.”
Ye Chen called out, “Prepare the horses. We’ll head straight for the foot of Immortal City Mountain tomorrow morning without delay.”
“But I’m not sure if anyone will try to stop us,” Li Mo said, sowhat concerned.
The Red Demonic Spirit shook its head, acknowledging a fact it had co to realize on this journey, “Don’t worry. Su Zhanze wants to defeat Ye Chen in front of Guo Yuqing. How could he allow him to die on the way? It doesn’t align with Su Zhanze’s intentions.”
Li Mo murmured, “That’s right, no wonder we didn’t run into much trouble after coming back.”
“Fine, just don’t delay from reaching Immortal City by the fifteenth,” Ye Chen stood up.
“You’re full already? There’s still a lot of good food,” said the Red Demonic Spirit.
“Let the brothers eat,” Ye Chen added, “And those disciples don’t need to follow us.”
Li Mo said, “Okay, I’ll tell them to disperse as quickly as possible.”
“Alright then, let them wait for the news.”
Crane City, at the foot of the mountain.
The sky was only gradually brightening. Today was the day of his decisive battle with Su Zhanze.
He woke up early in the morning, was eating downstairs; it seed many people had not yet woken up, and the inn wasn’t very busy.
At that mont, Li Mo and the Black Demonic Spirit ca over, indicating they intended to accompany Ye Chen.
Ye Chen said, “You can stay at the foot of the mountain.”
Replying, Li Mo said, “Yes, our powers are not up to the mark, we can’t provide help. But if you leave in Crane City, knowing nothing, I’ll feel terrible. To spare myself the discomfort, I still want to accompany you.”
Ye Chen expressed understanding; he was to determine the victor against Su Zhanze today. Despite knowing this would happen and preparing ntally for it over the last few days, now that the day had truly co, he still felt sowhat panicked.
Yang Tao’er pushed open the door, glanced at them, seemingly relieved to see Ye Chen hadn’t left, then bounded down like an isolated sparrow.
Ye Chen asked, “You’re not also planning to co with , are you?”
“Don’t worry, if I follow you, I won’t be recklessly throwing myself into danger to save you like Yun’er did when she saw you were in peril.”
It was a truthful statent. Ye Chen said coldly, “So you still intend to follow us after all.”
“I want to see you get beaten black and blue,” she jeered.
“Cursed crow’s mouth—you wish to see beaten to a pulp before the battle even begins. I’m beginning to suspect you’re a traitor sent by Su Zhanze, otherwise why would you want to lose so badly?”
Yang Tao’er said coolly, “If I were really a traitor, you wouldn’t have survived till today.”
Li Mo pushed over so stead buns and rice dumplings, fearing they were out of Ye Chen’s reach, and said, “It’s actually good that the girl is following. If anything happens, we can rely on her.”
“A great battle, and you think we can rely on her if sothing happens? You’re kidding! You can’t expect to grasp at straws in an ergency; if we aim to drag others down with us, I’m sure that could be successful,” Ye Chen rebutted.
Yang Tao’er grabbed a bun, took a couple of bites, found it too tough, threw it aside, and reached for glutinous rice chicken instead.
Ye Chen asked, “Girl, you said that once Su Zhanze reaches a critical point, he could lose himself to madness. You weren’t lying to , right?”
Having treated Su Zhanze before, Yang Tao’er knew the most about his condition. She replied, “You doubt my judgnt?”
“No, not at all. But I know very well that if I can’t defeat Su Zhanze, my only option is to push him to lose control and descend into madness. If you got that wrong, I’ll truly be gone without return.”
“It seems you’re not as confident as you claim.”
“Right, suddenly facing the Dragon Slayer Sword and the Sacred Spirit Stone, I’d like to be confident, but I still have my fears,” Ye Chen admitted.
“You an to say you’re considering running away?”
“I’m not such a coward.”
“I think Su Zhanze must know you’ve co to Crane City. If you dare not show up, he’ll imdiately grab soone and co looking for you.”
“You know that too? I’m truly impressed,” Ye Chen mocked playfully.
“Didn’t you say he wants to defeat you in front of Qing’er, to beat you in an upright and fair fight?”
The Red Demonic Spirit smiled, “That’s Su Zhanze’s character, he’s finally caught such an opportunity.”
Ye Chen took a deep breath.
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