Chapter 1143: Chapter 198: Interlude (1/Leave Request)_2
Then the retainer and the remaining elite Imperial Guards of the royal mansion gathered, surrounding Wu Liangbi and his n.
The grand sche collapsed at this juncture.
The situation changed too quickly before, he didn’t have ti to think deeply. Now, just reminiscing a bit, he felt that the most crucial part of his group’s plan was broken from the start, and every subsequent step seed to fall into the opponent’s arrangent, trapping themselves instead.
Their arrangent, the opponent’s response, was almost too skillfully coordinated. Unless the plan had been known in full from the start, it would be impossible to achieve this level.
Plus the tea now.
The timing of the wait was perfect.
At this thought, the conclusion was already evident, Wu Deze’s scalp tingled slightly, and his back muscles tensed uncontrollably, his clothes were already drenched with sweat—
They thought they had made complete preparations, entering here from a hidden place, all actions and conspiracies, the prior spies, and intelligence, had they really been watched all along?
No secrets.
Everything was under control, like puppets in hand, or chess pieces on a board.
He looked up ahead, a figure in white sat there, the hem of the clothes fluttered in the wind, the wide sleeves swayed gently, dark patterns flowed, that pale face made the eyes appear colder like winter stars, as if feeling his gaze, those eyes looked back.
Cold and aloof, Wu Deze did not see his own reflection in them as if he, Hu Xuan’er, and the entire royal mansion were not in his eyes, his body slightly tensed, then he heard that person speak softly:
“Does the tea not suit Brother Wu’s taste? Or was my preparation too early, and the tea has cooled?”
Wu Deze’s body went taut as his mind reacted.
The tea in hand was just drinkable now. So might this an their path and even the speed of their advance were within the other’s grasp? Was asking about the tea’s temperature a reminder?
Is this a threat?!
Hu Xuan’er thought of this at the sa ti, feeling a heaviness in her heart, but she remained calr than Wu Deze. She took a sip of tea, placed the white porcelain cup on the stone table, gently rubbed the rim, and spoke proactively:
“Is there anything Mr. Xingyuan would like to tell us over tea?”
“If there’s a ssage for any lord, please speak directly.”
She regarded him as a retainer under the Second Prince Gu Mu, probing and negotiating with her resources and value.
Wang Anfeng coughed lightly, a smile appeared on his face.
When he smiled at this ti, it was like a spring breeze, the faint coldness between his brows dissipated, and he said warmly:
“Can’t I invite Miss Hu for tea if there’s nothing?”
“??!”
The words were said kindly, and confusion appeared in Hu Xuan’er’s eyes. ‘Wang Xingyuan’ seed montarily taken aback by her expression, then discreetly glanced at the shocked Wu Deze beside her, looked away, shook his head with a smile, and said:
“Oh, I mistook you for an old friend, that’s why I waited here.”
“My apologies, if that’s the case, then there’s nothing more to say.”
“Please, both of you may leave. Otherwise, I’m afraid I might order you both to be captured.”
Hu Xuan’er felt a slight sense of relief; the person before her exerted trendous pressure, and despite her unrest, she offered no excuses, rely stood up and smiled, saying:
“It appears I don’t have the fate to share a drink with you, sir.”
“In that case, sorry for the disturbance today, I’ll let you rest in peace.”
“Wu Deze, let’s go.”
Wu Deze silently rose, both of them gripping their weapons, retreated so distance, then employed their movent technique to leave the area. Fortunately, the road ahead bore no strange ambushes, and Hu Xuan’er felt a slight relief.
Standing on the desolate street, there ca a feeling as though severed from the world.
Hu Xuan’er sighed slightly and said: “This matter is my oversight, I will explain to the lords later, Wu Deze, you don’t have to bear any responsibility, as for those who fell, I’ll find a way to rescue them.”
She walked forward a few steps but realized the person behind hadn’t followed. Briefly stunned, she turned to see Wu Deze with a complicated expression, looking up at her, his eyes unfocused, voice deep:
“The contingency plan was arranged by both of us.”
“When things went wrong earlier, you nearly hesitated, abandoning Brother Wu and the others.”
Hu Xuan’er frowned and emphasized:
“That’s because that Wang Xingyuan was too dangerous.”
Wu Deze was silent for a mont, then said softly:
“He knew our direction and speed of action.”
“He set traps in the direction we left.”
“This operation, led by you, the direction we just left was also your decision.”
“He knows you, yet he is wary of …”
Wu Deze’s voice was calm, but with each word, a hint of coldness seeped into his tone. The doubts in his heart gradually found explanations through this self-muttered conversation and turned into an icier resolve.
By the end, his right hand had already tightened around the dagger, and his eyes, full of vigilance, were fixed on Hu Xuan’er.
“Who exactly are you?!”
……
Wang Anfeng watched those two leave before withdrawing his gaze.
Playing with a few ancient coins in his hand, he felt quite relieved. Although he had projected calm earlier, he had no confidence at all. After all, while his martial arts were quite strong, he had just started delving into mystical arts.
All the arrangents beforehand relied on the tracking dicine from dicine King Valley left on Hu Xuan’er, supplented with mystical arts and speculation. As for the perfectly tid warm tea ant to intimidate, he had deliberately added a corresponding substance to his eye, staring at the unique faint purple of the dicine in the dark night.
When they were about to approach, he had Gu Qinghan heat it with inner strength.
He stared for at least a mont, making his eyes a bit sore. When conversing with those two, he had to let his gaze wander into the distance to prevent tears from forming.
However, at least no mistakes were made.
Otherwise, the facade he painstakingly maintained in front of these two subordinates would have crumbled. At this mont, with his martial arts not yet recovered, he still needed this disguise to hide himself.
Unfortunately, if it weren’t for his martial arts not being restored and needing Hu Xuan’er to eventually contact her Fourth Rank master who possesses a divine weapon remnant, he should have directly acted to capture her.
However, if that person truly ca, he probably wouldn’t even appear here.
His martial arts would take at least another month to recover, making it difficult to confront the opponent directly during this period. Even now, he was avoiding using martial arts, relying on cunning to hide himself and achieve his goals.
Wang Anfeng felt a bit lancholic.
In the past, he was never good at this kind of thing. He would always crack, but over this month of concealing himself, he had gradually beco adept at this kind of mysterious subterfuge and bluffing.
One month, just one more month.
Fourth Rank.
Wang Anfeng slightly narrowed his eyes, raised his hand to pinch his brow, and recalled the divination he just calculated to predict how many people would co and their position. It was his estimation, but the number was indeed an application of mystical arts.
Pondering auspiciousness and reckoning stellar luck.
This was the first ti he had accurately predicted sothing.
Feeling slightly pleased, with nothing else to do, he re-analyzed the recently calculated divination, doing the math in his heart as he slipped his right hand into his sleeve, pulling out three Copper Coins to play between his fingers.
Heaven and Earth, Li Huo position.
Hmm, the result is…
Five people?
Wang Anfeng’s expression stiffened, his eyes slightly widening.
Weren’t there supposed to be two? Ah, it turns out I made a mistake here.
Hm, can it be dissected like this?
Wait a mont, let’s try again, closing my eyes and concentrating fully.
A mont later…
Eighteen people?
Wang Anfeng: “…”
??!
Just then, Gu Qinghan approached upon seeing him open his eyes, expressing admiration, “Young Master, you indeed demonstrate great wisdom, able to predict both ti and number accurately without error. It’s impressive, truly impressive. How do you manage it?”
Wang Anfeng’s expression froze montarily, gathering the ancient coins in his hand.
With a blank expression, he said:
“The hermit has his own ingenious plans.”
Gu Qinghan gave a thumbs up, full of sincerity, saying:
“High! Truly high!”
PS: Please allow a small leave today, with only this update.
The recent plot has felt insubstantial, giving a sense of shaky foundations, which might cause problems. I fear I need to self-reflect and reorganize my current outline and detailed plan, reinforcing the weak and overlooked areas.
Sorry.
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