Chapter 1142: Chapter 198: Interlude (1/Leave Request)
Wu Deze felt a cold stream coursing through his veins.
He looked at the young man in white in front of the stone table, his expression indifferent, and the Parthian soldiers with crossbows drawn behind him. On either side were two servants in cyan robes. Because of the sudden change, his mind was sowhat confused, but he quickly cald down, looking at that white robe, with one thought after another erging.
This is, Wang Xingyuan?! How could he be here?!
No, how long has he been here?
Why is he here?!
A string of questions rose in his heart, each bringing a bigger problem. With a formidable enemy before him, Wu Deze did not dare to think further, and could not help but take a deep breath, looking ahead, gripping the short dagger in his right hand, and taking out poison with his left hand.
His heart was restless, and his gaze flickered.
The armor on the waist of the Parthian soldiers had rather coarse fur hanging down, giving it a sowhat rugged appearance.
The well-maintained strong crossbows glead with a cold, clear light under the night sky.
The Qi-Breaking Crossbow, specifically crafted to break the Inner Gang Qi of martial artists, is essential equipnt for the army to deal with Jianghu martial artists. Though there were less than a hundred here, the narrow space and three consecutive shots with the strong crossbows could wound any famous Jianghu masters.
But Wu Deze’s attention was not on those strong crossbows.
He wasn’t afraid of those soldiers. Even though the Qi-Breaking Crossbows modeled after Great Qin’s arsenal could have fifty percent of the power, enough to strike terror into ordinary martial artists, it was not made by the Mo Family, and with his Internal Strength Martial Body, he could ignore even double the number of strong crossbows.
However, the two expressionless servants on either side brought him unprecedented pressure.
Earlier, separated by a distance, he could still be proud in his heart, thinking that with his Fifth Rank Martial Body, even facing these so-called top blacklisted experts was not sothing to shrink from, unlike Hu Xuan’er, who belittled herself.
But now that they were no more than ten paces apart, the coldness rising from the depths of his heart left him without any fighting spirit, and he was clearly aware of an old, oft-discussed issue.
The height of Martial Body and life-and-death combat are not the sa issue.
He subconsciously glanced at Hu Xuan’er beside him, his gaze inquiring. Although they had disagreents, finding each other unpleasant, having a conflict now would be akin to courting death.
Hu Xuan’er noticed Wu Deze’s gaze, pursed her lips, her expression also solemn, her palm within her sleeve clenching slightly, then slowly relaxing. Suddenly, she smiled brightly, saying:
“Since the young master invited, naturally, we should not be rude.”
“Brother Wu, let’s drink with the young master.”
Wu Deze slowly nodded.
The two released their hands from their weapons and walked to the stone table step by step, then sat down calmly, without any hint of restraint. Even Wu Deze, who previously seed quite irritable, sat down decisively, then raised his hand to drink tea, without any concern for any possible tampering.
The opponent had already prepared so well, holding the initiative, if they truly intended to leave the two of them behind, they should not have given any verbal warning earlier but instead ambushed the two blacklisted experts to attack with a thunderous strike as they passed by.
That way, even if their Martial Bodies were stronger than these two blacklisted experts, they would still suffer serious injuries from the ambush, possibly even being killed on the spot.
And now that Wang Xingyuan hadn’t done so, it obviously showed no malice, at least not intent on taking their lives imdiately. Although he had guessed this, Wu Deze’s heart remained heavy, but after drinking the tea, he realized the tea was warm, just at the right temperature.
Slightly startled, he looked down, seeing the tea leaves unfurling in the cup.
An unexpected chill ran through Wu Deze’s heart.
It was early spring now, and Jiangnan Road of Great Qin had ward, but in the remote, harsh climate of Parthia, it remained winter-like. Hot tea would quickly turn cold outside, yet it was just right for drinking now, and an almost unbelievable thought surfaced in his heart.
Had the opponent known all along that the two of them would co here, rather than it being chance? So they could arrange everything beforehand, ambush with manpower, control the timing, and prepare the tea, warm enough for them upon arrival.
Wu Deze was deeply shaken, imdiately filled with doubt again.
But in that case, it didn’t make sense again.
This Scholar hadn’t shown anything or said anything earlier. If he had detected their presence earlier, why didn’t he inform the Second Prince, instead of waiting here? At that mont, he suddenly rembered sothing.
According to what those retainers said earlier, they were saved by Wang Xingyuan, aning that the most crucial part of the plan was also thwarted by the seemingly weak scholar before him?
His heart skipped a beat, setting aside his earlier confusion and pondering the events of the day anew.
Everything had gone smoothly at first. They quietly infiltrated the place using previous spies and intelligence, and though the poison and traps were detected early, they were re supplents and didn’t affect the bigger picture.
Until the two Sixth Rank Martial Artists who were supposed to capture the retainers were defeated.
The remaining retainers were thus able to be sent out, undoing their previous setups, while the two blacklisted Martial Artists seized the mont of weakness at the hall, attacked with restrained power, and instantly crushed the two combat forces.
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