The Demon Swordsman 3
Ch. 156 - Misfortune, Hell, Torture

Being told to speak out all of a sudden, Xin Chen briefly fell silent before he finally got up. Staring at the twenty-nine people around him, pondering on what he had seen during his time in the Wei Empire.

"Failure."

Xin Chen finally spoke.

"Hell," he said restrained.

"And torture."

Xin Chen stopped staring at them, throwing his gaze deep into the dark trees behind the hideout. Do not rule out the possibility in there there is an infected who is stalking them. What central outsiders feel is just like them. Fear of seeing infected. But there is not a single settlement given by the central government. They just make sure themselves are safe and away from threats. While the threat is, out there it has been good friends with its people. They took their lives one by one.

"If an Empire is destroyed, the wrong thing is its leader, not its people."

Shi Long Xu clapped his hands tightly.

"That's what I want to hear from a young man like you. This clean thinking was still far from the elites who only thought of their own entrails!"

Shi Long Xu looked fiery.

"I've seen from all over the Empire, not one bit proud of what my father did. My face was like burning the hottest fire in shame, it was possible that he enjoyed the warm soup at home while the people out there were screaming for his help."

"People like him who gave sweet promises in the beginning to this Empire, but until now it was not seen the results of his work was not a leader. But only a dreamer who's a hobby of bragging. Cheek."

The man did not lie, his face was real red when he said that. The embarrassment of his father while he always met people outside the center.

"All we need now is a little crazy defector. Who are not afraid to tear down this stupidity and build a more just place. They can underestimate us, we can lose and die horribly, but at least after this last rebellion, I'm not so ashamed that I tried to stop my father's doing."

Shi Long Xu circled around the surroundings, the flames in his eyes still burning blindly.

"Tell me, on behalf of those who suffer outside the center and expect justice. Are you willing to be with me to stop this ridiculous government?"

"You want to kill His Majesty?" One of the voices sounded.

"If needed."

Shi Long Xu's reply drew criticism and protest. Shi Long Xu had known the consequences of his actions and considered this for four months. His decision has been unanimous and his plan has matured.

"Are any of you ready?" press it again.

Shi Long Xu expected enthusiasm from the people in front of him, but there was no sound among the thirty people.

"alright. If so, I announce whoever comes with me I will reward you with a hundred million gold pieces."

Still so quiet.

Shi Long Xu stared ahead, maintaining his usual calm demeanor.

"If any of you want to retreat, I open the exit wide. On one condition, if my plan is uncovered then your life will not be at peace!"

Unexpectedly after saying it dozens of men in front of him retreated, after bowing their respects to him. Let them say they were his followers, but none dared to defect to the Emperor. That man is a terrible figure. From their faces alone it was obvious that the dozens of men did not dare to play with fire with Shi Long's Father. One by one they left and did not turn around again, one of them looked down for a long time and said, "Not that we do not want to support you, we actually understand very well what you feel. It's just ... This effort looks very impossible, and very dangerous for those of us who already have children and wives. I'm sure you understand our situation."

"I'm sorry, my Lord." The others put on a guilty face and finally passed.

Shi Long Xu smiled, it seemed like there was almost nothing left but him and Ying Xue. He had anticipated this, fighting only the two for the sake of something that others thought was impossible. Deposing his father from office is not as easy as turning the palm of the hand. But he believes nothing is impossible. He had a strong ambition towards the change of this Empire.

But the situation that is seen now others have no voice with him. They have families and other things to fight for.

Shi Long Xu was about to turn around. But he was so surprised when he saw one person still sitting sweetly on the rock. His face was without burden.

Shi Long Xu's originally turbid face turned bright.

"There's still one sane person who doesn't just think about his own stomach ..."

"Or maybe he forgot where the exit is?" Ying Xue was still hesitant to consider the young man siding with them. Recalling so unfriendly Xin Chen was as he invited in the hallway earlier.

"Brother Chen, are you really willing to come with us?"

"No."

Shi Long Xu closed his eyes, seemingly unable to hope for more.

"It depends on you."

He stood up, staring straight at Shi Long Xu. Ying Xue looked wary, she knew better how dangerous the young man was. Perhaps in Shi Long Xu's eyes, the blue-eyed man was just an ordinary young man with a hint of sword skill.

Repeatedly Ying Xue trembled. The animal instincts in his blood seemed to force him to fear the young man. There was an incredible power within the body of the figure in front of them.

"I could kill thousands if necessary as well as dirty my hands in this serious matter. But there's a price I'm asking. Not just money, but a deal."

Shi Long Xu's expression looked winding, he was sure Xin Chen was an expert in negotiation affairs. Seen in his style of speech.

"Then what are you going to ask?"

"You're the son of the Emperor, aren't you?"

Xin Chen waited for a few seconds until Shi Long Xu replied yes.

"Shang Empire? Why are you talking about the Empire?" Shi Long Xu frowned, his thinking was quite sharp in seeing Xin Chen's intent.

"Or are you actually from there and trying to stop the experiment you developed with the greatest researchers?"

"Frightly so." Xin Chen folded both hands, the night air blowing wiggling the flames around them.

"You must know about his cooperation with a man named Qin Yujin. Whatever their purpose, it's a bad thing. You can imagine, the people outside the center are not only found here. Except in another Empire? Until you can't breathe because you see death every day."

"But we're just three. So far no one has dared to take the decision to go against Ayahanda."

"Then let me be the first to do it." Xin Chen said as he continued.

"Actually I'm pretty sick of seeing that one sneak you call that father playing with this empire like shit. I have a friend, he's from here. You know, she escaped to our Empire because her mother was experimented on and raped to death. It's worse ... His body was dumped in the gutter, pathetic."

"I'm so sorry about your friend's mother. But ..." Sentence restrained.

"You sure you want to get involved with this? You are a person of the Shang Empire. And most likely, if you're caught you won't be sent home. Even dead bodies won't be returned there."

"Death doesn't like me. But if you doubt this. I can cancel it. Maybe it'll look for the box another way."

Despite saying so Xin Chen was still slightly hopeful, Shi Long Xu had greater access to the Emperor's palace. He could get the thing or even find out the information from the workers in the palace. If he, around until the end was sure not to meet.

"Can't ..."

Xin Chen let out a disappointed breath.

"I can't let one person who is willing to fight with me go in vain. I'm finalizing your deal. But you have to help me."

"Then, what's the plan?"

Shi Long Xu smiled meaningfully.

"We're talking inside."

*

There was one night in which Shi Yong Gu-Ayahanda of Shi Long Xu was unguarded in super-tight surveillance. That was the day he performed a unique ritual derived from the Shi clan, a day to honor the spirits of their deceased ancestors.

The ritual was performed with his wife in the Fangzhu River. The place where the ashes of the corpses of the descendants of the Shi clan were sown. They believed the Fangzhu river would bring their spirits to the best place. The river itself is very clear and clean. Not far from the location there is a very beautiful waterfall. The place is guarded and should not be entered carelessly.

Shi Long Xu knew the secret way to the place. He could make sure the road was safe from danger.

Shi Long Xu explained that the night before the ritual was performed, there would be a direct examination conducted by the head of the bodyguard.

"The problem is here." Shi Long Xu who had explained at length pointed at the rounded red dot on the palace map.

"They're going to clean our entry points, and I'm making sure these guys are going to block the driveway. You won't be able to move without getting rid of them first."

"But we are quite making a fuss, make them late before going to the ritual ceremony. And that's our chance. In the morning I prayed there. He will be with his two best guards. Those two people have special abilities in combat."

Shi Long Xu elaborated in detail about the two people. From his fighting style to the skill of each of them.

"And around this river, tens or even hundreds of people would stand guard at least eighty meters away from the location. If you fail just once, hundreds of these people will surround you. If we had a lot of fighters, I'm sure this plan would be neater. We're just three and we're all time-chased."

Shi Long Xu and Ying Xue themselves had their respective duties, especially Shi Long Xu who was about to steal the box. This was no longer the playful plan of a hunted rebel like him. It's all about life. They have to be very serious.

"I'll add the money to you if you survive from there. For the rest, leave it to me. I'll make sure the seat of the Empire is in my hands. So that the power in this Empire will fall completely to me."

Xin Chen smiled.

"By the way," he said a little hanging. "Have you heard of something like Uniting the Three Empires?"

Honestly Shi Long Xu did not even know if there was a sane person who thought so. But his mind started to gravitate to the meaning in the sentence, he nodded slightly in astonishment.

"No madman has said it yet."

"To be honest is like a madman who says he wants to take down this imperial leader and build a new Empire that is in line with his expectations. While a sane person says it's impossible."

"Ahahhaa," Shi Long Xu's laughter was so great. Ying Xue was shocked, she never saw her master laugh after that. "What an interesting logic!"

"But if one day a madman says he wants to unite the three empires, will you stand by him?"

It seemed that Shi Long Xu was starting to catch who the madman Xin Chen was referring to was.

"I'm sure that crazy person isn't an ordinary person. He was born with a great mind. I'm a hundred or even a billion percent going to make sure I'm the first one standing by his side."

Xin Chen's smile widened, he extended his hand greeted by Shi Long Xu tightly. Both seem familiar. Perhaps due to Shi Long Xu's upbringing being almost the same as Xin Zhan, Xin Chen became familiar with the male figure.

"I'll make sure you get to your destination" Xin Chen said before leaving the hideout as the sun began to rise.

"And I'll make sure you get to your destination, too."

Early morning came, Shi Long Xu stared at the door leaf until Xin Chen disappeared from there.

"And just pray, I am still there until the day that this Empire has improved."