
The pounding of the heavy spear echoed in tandem with a heavy voice, echoing the fierce shouts of the commando in training in armor. Some more than five hundred thousand soldiers, conducting coordinated training in unison in a wide, vigorous latitude, no matter the water rushing from the sky.
Under the invisible pressure, the soldiers stood full of strength unconcerned with trembling legs. The bright rays covering their bodies helped the foundation of their bodies to stay afloat upon the suppression of a tall man who stood giving direction.
An old-fashioned man with a handsome appearance accompanied by jet-black armor. Seen in his 30s and still very powerful to provide training to the troops. Who would have thought, that man with a ferocious look was a rare advanced professional cultivator.
His cold and sharp gaze without ripples of emotion saw a group of iron-clad men. For many years he trained them, confining himself as the commander of a specially arranged army for the Tang Family.
A beautiful woman emerged from the thick red mist like a blossoming flower. Her clothes were blood red, having a hemisphere in a skirt showed one of her beautiful leg piers. Her face was beautiful, accompanied by enthralling jet-black eyes and full of seductive fox aura. He walked over, a smile blooming on his red lips, approaching the man with a flirtatious and seductive look.
The woman flirtatiously placed her hand on the chest of the Commander. His gaze looked directly at the man who was taller than him, but the man's face was so cold that he was more and more seductive to this stiff man.
"Tang Wei, all day long you've been here with those fools, you've bored me." The woman put on a sad expression while looking at the play of her sharp clenched nails on the surface of Tang Wei's chest.
Then looked up at the man who was just silent without even glancing at him, growing colder as if asking him to stay away, the woman chuckled. "Indeed the famous Commander Tang. When everyone adores you, admires your strength and your face, you lock yourself up with fools. It's a pity, if talent like you is wasted just to train an army. Why don't you take a student and ask him to train your troops, while we go have some fun?"
Tang Wei glanced at the woman who was still smiling from temptation. His gaze was extremely sharp, he shifted the woman's hand and no longer looked at her. "Are you so free?"
The woman pouted, draping her arms around Tang Wei's shoulder from behind while her legs were on tiptoes. "I'm so happy, I'm bored. Big Brother Huai did not give me a job to look for pure energy due to Big Brother Qi's direction. I'm bored to dry." He placed his head on Tang Wei's shoulder and inhaled Tang Wei's neck which had an intoxicating scent to him. His irises turned red.
Tang Wei who had previously acted cold was somewhat surprised and clenched fists. He looked at the woman sharply and pierced.
The woman's smile grew wider. "You know I really want those eyes."
"Mo Shenxi, after all this time, are you getting tired of Tang Jin?"
"Tang Jin? Even though he is nothing compared to you, he is the Head of the Tang Family also your stepbrother. You're right, I get bored easily. So, if you ask for my help to get rid of Tang Jin, I will .... Of course in return." Mo Shenxi smiled very pretty, but that smile made anyone who saw her feel that soon there would be a bloody massacre.
Tang Wei rolled his eyes. "It would be better for you not to interfere." Obviously he refused. If he agreed to cooperate with Mo Shenxi, it would be tantamount to escorting himself to the abyss of hell.
Mo Shenxi was a direct demon under Huai Mao, the woman was very fond of handsome men and hypnotized anyone she liked without restraint. Even if Tang Wei was hit by his hypnosis, Tang Wei could not be free from the darkness either.
Seeing Tang Wei leave from before him, Mo Shenxi did not let down a smile at all. Not knowing what was provoking him, his head turned the other way feeling someone coming. He said to Tang Wei who was away. "Unfortunately, you're gonna have to stay here longer with me."
Tang Wei looked back, looking at Tang Jin's hurried presence with a sour look like he was in trouble. Tang Wei frowned, silent on the spot while Mo Shenxi standing next to her looked at the approaching Tang Jin.
"Is all the troops ready?" Tang Jin immediately asked as he approached. When his gaze was directed at Mo Shenxi who was winking one flirtatious eye, he slightly smiled then looked at his half-sister seriously.
"If you want to mobilize them to go to the Xie Clan, that's not the right time."
"Xie Ran is here, I don't know what the motive is." Tang Jin felt frustrated considering how Xie Ran defeated Tang Yueha and Xie Chen then humiliated him so badly in the academy. His strength was unusual, even making City Lord Ye's Son crazy with enchantment magic.
Tang Wei raised next to the eyebrows. Despite not knowing Xie Ran and having never met, he had heard a lot about her.
"Only a girl is blue." According to him Xie Ran was just an innocent girl who did not understand the world. Although strong, but if without experience and always being rash, he would still be a fool.
"Indeed, it seems I think too much." Tang Jin sighed. "In the near future, I want more of our troops and go to the Xie Clan as soon as possible. Yueha did not manage to get the Emperor, the Emperor intends to fight us, if that happens, we will lose a lot."
"I've already announced the addition of members, but the ones who signed up are completely useless, only a few have the qualifications. I'm going on a trip looking for another member out of town."
"No need, just take them and place them in a different place than the elite troops. The number of troops would have to go over a million more in order to balance the imperial power."
Tang Wei frowned disapprovingly. "I don't take the trash."
"At least in war there must be a fishing rod." Tang Jin did not want to know. He has made a decision and cannot be challenged.
Mo Shenxi who saw the difference in opinion between the sister and brother smiled mysteriously. "The decision of the Head of the Family is a bit bold, but I like it." Then looked at Tang Wei next to him. "There's no place for weak people, they should be honored to be the bait for the Tang Family's victory."
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Xie Ran enjoyed the Tang Family's quite friendly service. Cheng Hua had arranged the rooms and other facilities for him meticulously, until the servant who served in the guest-only western residence.
Tang Yueying drove him around until he finally arrived at the western residence. Since then, Xie Ran has not said much but responded to every common question that was thrown simply. So far, everything feels good. Too smooth ....
Indeed, Xie Ran does not believe in various smoothness in each step. It had entered the tiger's nest, it couldn't possibly be as simple as it looked. They seemed to treat him carefully as if he was a perishable treasure. It was as if the treasure broke, then it would stab all of them unexpectedly. But if taken care of properly, it will be very profitable.
To them, Xie Ran was a double-edged sword.
But Xie Ran did not think about it anymore. After ushering in Tang Yueying's departure because it was dark, he returned to the room to calm his mind after a long time of listening to the rant that made him dizzy all day.
Entering the room and closing the door behind him. When stepping to rest because of fatigue, his steps came to a halt when he felt the presence of someone. Even though it was quiet as if it was uninhabited, it still knew who was coming.
Xie Ran turned his eyes around. Looking at the attractive eyes that he wanted to gouge so much, accompanied by an alluring handsome smile leaning in front of the door with both hands folded.
"Did all Emperors always like to come and go?" muttered Xie Ran screeched as he was about to ignore Zhong Guofeng's presence.
Zhong Guofeng did not pry into Xie Ran's innuendo, he instead walked towards the chair and sat down while putting his head on the hand that stood on the table.
Xie Ran was just about to yell out of annoyance at Zhong Guofeng's shameless actions. Why do you like to linger in the ladies room? Really made him dizzy. If Qu Xuanzi saw him, he could not imagine what would happen to poor Zhong Guofeng.
"Aren't you looking for me?" Zhong Guofeng reprimanded. His smile did not fade, it was increasingly amused to see how sweet Xie Ran was.
"When?" Xie Ran never felt like he was looking for her.
"Last noon," Zhong Guofeng replied. His gaze did not shift at all, as if nothing was worth glancing at other than Xie Ran.
"You left all of a sudden, I originally thought that you intended to show yourself in front of Tang Yueying. If he sees you, my plan could be messed up." Xie Ran explained indifferently then ruffled his waist. "Why are you here?"
"Missing you."
Xie Ran blinked his eyes feeling something was wrong. "We just met this afternoon."
"Although it was only half a day ago, it still feels like years. We've only met after so long today."
"Somewhere from where he learned that cheap sentence," Xie Ran muttered so softly that Zhong Guofeng did not hear it. Xie Ran then put on a forced smile. "Is there anything to say? What's your reason for coming?"
"I've said it, just wanted to see you."
"Don't tell me when something happens, I don't give anyone insurance." Xie Ran was speechless. If the two saint beasts heard it, he could not help but pray for Zhong Guofeng to return whole.
Zhong Guofeng chuckled at Xie Ran's reply which he thought was very funny. He was not afraid of those two stupid guards. Although powerful, he had already distracted them in such a way.
"So, in a day's time you've become the honorable Miss Xie. This place is quite decent compared to your place in Kan Xie." Zhong Guofeng looked at Xie Ran's room with consideration. Although this place is quite good, but not better than the place. For him it is still below standard, but at least worth wearing.
"You've checked my past?" Xie Ran raised his eyebrows.
"It's not hard to find it," he retorted a short shoulder raise. Just looking for information, the middle world is his, what does he not know?
Xie Ran seemed to have thought of something. "Because you are the Emperor of Men, then you must know everything that ordinary people are forbidden to know." Xie Ran tried to make sure. "You know Tang Zhi?"
"Chairman of the Xie Clan?" Zhong Guofeng chuckled. "You know better about him."
"I think you know things I don't. You know my past with just some information regarding the Xie Clan, you must know the history of the Tang Family that made you want to get rid of them."
He said, "I'm honestly not too interested in getting rid of the Tang Family."
Xie Ran frowned. Previously Zhong Guofeng desperately wanted the Tang Family to disappear, why did it now change?
Zhong Guofeng continued, "But since I have to defend my position from bullies, I have no other choice." His roar started to get serious, yet it did not leave his charming smile. "Sucks it, I have to fight a dead man, which is very unpleasant."
Xie Ran was stunned for a while. Tang Zhi is dead? He knew that Huai Mao was disguised as Tang Zhi to enter the Xie Clan, but he did not think that Huai Mao actually stole Tang Zhi's identity from the Tang Family. The more he came here, the more conjectures in his mind.
"Tang Zhi is just an empty shell that one uses. I'm sure you've heard of it, Huai Mao, the Devil of the Hell Cat type, just one look I've known it's him." His gaze became sharp filled with coldness, while his smile became hideous.
Xie Ran felt the temperature inside the room drop just like that. He did not know how Zhong Guofeng knew, but he was sure that Zhong Guofeng's strength was above Huai Mao so he could recognize him just like that. Ordinary people would not dare to oppose a demon like Huai Mao who devoured everything in a monstrous scheme.
Zhong Guofeng looked at Xie Ran who looked very seriously thinking, he coughed briefly before continuing on normally, the cold temperature in the room subsiding instantly. "Seeing from his ability, it seems like he is very strong, you are no match for him."
"I know." The current Xie Ran was indeed no match for him. But it was different if with Xie Ran 'the other one'. He doubted Zhong Guofeng did not know that. "You can talk to me about it, there's no way you didn't know the enemy before coming here, right?"
Zhong Guofeng instead of being surprised even smiled broadly filled with happiness. Ranran always understands and understands everything makes it look very interesting, even increasing.
"Before I had 'taken' some people for interrogation. They were from the Tang Family as well as the Xie Clan who had been working for a long time, but had been fired a few years ago. In the time when the Tang Family was under Tang Shen's orders, the Tang Family was in normal times without upheaval or change. However, Tang Shen suddenly died, no one knew the cause. But the one who benefited was Tang Jin. You know what I mean." Zhong Guofeng did not need to be too detailed as Xie Ran was already smart to guess the situation.
The one responsible for Tang Shen's death was only Tang Jin who was now the Head of the Tang Family and controlled the border once tyrannical. Xie Ran had guessed it from the start. Since Tang Yueha was the only daughter of Tang Shen who had lost everything, Tang Yueha had been made the main piece for Huai Mao to reach the empire.
"At that time, Tang Zhi was already no longer Tang Zhi who was known as the woman who was obsessed with the Xie Clan Leader, Xie Yun. I've seen before, that Xie Yun was exposed to a strange magic when in the banquet and that time he brought Tang Zhi. I'm sure, she was hypnotized from Huai Mao disguised as Tang Zhi. No one is aware, nor will I be aware of not interacting with him."
As soon as Xie Yun was called, Xie Ran lowered his gaze, clenching his hands in a daze. At first he thought Xie Yun was taking Tang Zhi on his own terms, but it turned out that he had been poorly thought out.
"So so," he murmured. Only with Zhong Guofeng's brief explanation could he understand something.
Huai Mao had deliberately utilized the Xie Yun-obsessed Tang Zhi, becoming himself then hypnotizing Xie Yun to gain a position in the Xie Clan and get rid of all the obstructions. But the question was, why did Huai Mao leave Xie Ran pretending to be a fool?
"If you want me to help kill Huai Mao, I can help." Zhong Guofeng offered.
Xie Ran shook his head. "I want to kill him with my own hands. You're forbidden to touch it."
Zhong Guofeng nodded in agreement, "Good." Then he saw the necklace that Xie Ran was wearing. He only realized that Xie Ran was wearing a necklace that was rather attractive to him, even though it only looked like an ordinary little jade. All this time he did not pay attention to the inconspicuous necklace, but now it is different. "Good necklace," he said.
Xie Ran glared at her at a glance then switched on the necklace around her neck. He did not hide anything, thinking it was useless if Zhong Guofeng took interest in the pendant.
"My mother's last gift was very interesting." Xie Ran slightly pulled the corner of his lips involuntarily. Looking at the pendant, it made him think of Qu Xuanzi. What is that guy doing?
When Xie Ran winked, he was aware of his own unreasonable thoughts. He took off his grip on the pendant and was his normal demeanor.
Xie Ran's strange demeanor did not go unnoticed by Zhong Guofeng. The man narrowed his eyes, looking like someone suspicious before finally normalizing his countenance when Xie Ran looked at him.
Zhong Guofeng coughed briefly then spoke, "When heading towards the Tang Residence, I accidentally saw one of your friends in the shop."
Xie Ran's eyes showed a brilliant glint like a child excitedly finding his toy. "Who?"
"I don't know her name, but she's one of your girlfriends besides Xiaorong."
The smile on Xie Ran's lips was so wide that he got up from the chair and almost jumped up. "Why not say that from now on? I'll see him, where is he?"
Zhong Guofeng smiled amusedly as he stood up from the chair then walked towards Xie Ran. "Want me to take you?"
Xie Ran nodded. With Mei Liena, her plan would be completely mature. He also missed the chatty girl so much after not seeing her since the battle at the pagoda.
Zhong Guofeng wrapped his arms around Xie Ran's waist becoming closer. Xie Ran looked at him confusedly, but he finally understood how Zhong Guofeng had slipped away from the guardianship of the Tang Residence.
Xie Ran felt his legs no longer touch the ground as Zhong Guofeng raised Xie Ran's short body to be level with his height. Immediately after, his form became a fog that shot out the window accompanied by the wind that blew.
The night in Dongzhou City was quite crowded, many people passed through the yellow lights that lit up on various sides of the city as night lighting.
At one of the restaurants, Mei Liena had just finished dinner and then left after putting one silver coin on the table. Walking out of the restaurant, he stretched his body as if he had woken up because he was tired all day walking.
Throughout the day he wandered, searching for high-grade lingzhi for his brother's treatment but was nowhere to be found. Most stores only provide regular lingzhi, and the price is soaring. His journey in Dongzhou City was only temporary before going to the Night Shadow Sect to meet Pei Xi. Who knows if the man will help her.
After the battle at the Glass Pagoda, apart from the missing Xie Ran, the six companions parted ways on personal matters. Before that, they revealed their respective backgrounds honestly to visit each other if something was needed.
Pei Xi returned to the Night Shadow Sect to resolve the problem that Bao Jun had created there, while Zhong Xiaorong, Yan Yao, and Liu Chang went to Zichen City. Liu Chang is the son of the prime minister, he must solve the problems there after a long time of exile.
Zhou Kui and Mei Liena returned to Ye City for a family reunion. It's just that Zhou Kui isn't really a family reunion, basically all his family is gone and he just opened a profession as a forging as well as making Xie Ran's order. He was sure that one day they would all reunite.
After their return to their respective places, the six of them made their own surprise to their families. As well as Zhong Xiaorong who is now no longer denigrated and got the title of Princess Xuelian at a young age. While Yan Yao made the Yan Clan increase rapidly and was now the first after the decline of the Xie Clan.
Mei Liena had been visiting all of them all this time. His family has bounced back and he can take care of his brother's crippled legs making him very happy and telling all of his friends. Only Pei Xi and Xie Ran remained which he thought was very far away to visit. Since Xie Ran was not clear of his whereabouts, he decided to look for Pei Xi in the Night Shadow Sect.
Looking at the inn he had reserved earlier, he immediately went inside to rest and continued on the long journey while searching for essential ingredients for his brother's medicine. However as soon as his feet entered the room, he felt the aura of the room change making him alert.
A whip emerged from his hand like a snake sticking out accompanied by a poisonous green mist that encompassed the whip. The whip was found from his wanderlust while traveling to Dongzhou City, he took it from the hands of someone he wanted to save but instead gave him this strange camhuk before the man died.
It was made from the bones of an elusive high level snake with a thick poison. Even Mei Liena had to be careful using it as it had yet to fully master the ability of the whip.
His steps walked slowly, wary of the powerful aura that appeared in the room preparing for battle. For a long time he had not fought, nor had he used his whip so far and wanted to know his abilities.
The sound of footsteps rang out in the ears, his hands swinging swiftly letting the long-stretched whip smash the table into ruins in a single slash. When he sensed the other movement, he instantly channeled spiritual power into the whip and launched an attack.
A red beam pierced through the whip accompanied by a powerful aura that made Mei Liena tensed. He took a few steps back and calculated the power of the invisible white figure in shock. Advanced professional strength!
Mei Liena was getting more alert. He did not know who had offended him so cruelly that he attacked him at night. The attacks gradually appeared in a row so Mei Liena could only dodge and slash the attacks with her speed. When he felt another movement from behind, he turned around and grabbed the figure to give him a punch.
But the figure was much faster to reply to his attacks. When the attack of the figure nearly slashed his neck, the attack was diverted to the side leaving Mei Liena confused. That person could have killed him, but had instead deliberately missed the attack. It's clearly a test. Mei Liena also took the opportunity to counterattack. His whip slid towards a figure that was still as fierce as the unknown until he finally got the snow-white arm and twisted it.
But Mei Liena also turned around because of the strength of the opponent until finally she could see a white figure behind the red light that blocked the view. His eyes were shocked full of shock, he landed a look at his smiling opponent with a familiar face. Just by looking at that, Mei Liena withdrew all the aura and kept her whip, as well as that person.
Being able to defeat him without a weapon, was indeed an advanced professional. Mei Liena laughed after recognizing the girl who had suddenly 'greeted' to the extreme with full of shock. The girl also laughed, she was none other than Xie Ran.
Mei Liena stopped her laughter and immediately grabbed Xie Ran with annoyance at having been played. "Take me scared, feel this!"
Xie Ran increasingly chuckled while avoiding the hand of Mei Liena who attacked him. He ran around the room laughing let alone recalling Mei Liena's panicked face after realizing his opponent was an advanced professional. Very pleasant ....
After a while of running around tired, Xie Ran stopped seeing Mei Liena bending over while holding her knees from exhaustion. Xie Ran walked over, patting her on the shoulder with a grin.
"That's it, just kidding," chuckled Xie Ran.
Mei Liena glanced at him then laughed. "Where did you learn."
Xie Ran shook his shoulders not answering Mei Liena, but rather sitting on a chair. Mei Liena walked over, sitting next to her before asking a question.
"Where have you been all this time? Eliminate without a trace without giving word." Mei Liena grumbled.
Xie Ran remained pepper her beautiful smile before finally turning into a mysterious smile. "Want to hear the story?"