As long as she’s well, that’s enough!
The strangeness lies in his identity, his mission is laid out there, not allowing him to retreat even half a step!
Disheveled white hair brushed against the hanging palace tassels in the Heaven Deceiving Hall. His long and solitary silhouette strode away with great steps, as if in doing so, he could isolate the scene within the hall from his world!
Exiting the Heaven Deceiving Hall, Shi Wujue’s world-shocking face was dark as ink, and the hand hidden beneath the black brocade was clenched into a fist!
Caring? Not caring?
How could one truly not care?
So people, all their lives, may never encounter a person who seems like they can make their lifeless heart suddenly co alive, needing only a glance to last for eternity...
And yet he, so fortunate, encountered such a woman in a life full of intrigue and sches. But how unfortunate he was, because that woman was precisely his carefully designed target!
With eyes tightly closed, Shi Wujue couldn’t help but look up, suppressing a sigh of helplessness hidden in his heart, white hair swirling behind him in a beautiful lancholy.
"Hall Master!"
Amidst Shi Wujue’s contemplation, a soft call ca from behind him.
At the very mont that voice sounded, Shi Wujue had already composed his expression, reverting to his usual sinister arrogance. He turned back, looking at Duo Shu standing respectfully behind him, frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Didn’t I say nothing is to be reported to the Heaven Deceiving Hall? What’s so important that it requires your presence here?"
Duo Shu was montarily startled upon hearing this, glancing at the Heaven Deceiving Hall’s gate behind him, he sighed slightly.
Is the Hall Master afraid of disturbing the rest of the people inside?
However, this is already outside the Heaven Deceiving Hall, and the matter he needs to report is indeed related to the people inside!
"Reporting to the Hall Master, soone at the City Lord’s Mansion seeks an audience with the Southern Emperor!" Duo Shu straightened his expression and responded in a deep voice.
"Seek an audience with her?" Upon hearing this, Shi Wujue’s face imdiately darkened, "Who is it? The news of her arrival in Linyuan City should not be widely known. Who has such ability to discover she is at this hall’s residence?"
Feeling the pressure from his lord, Duo Shu bowed lower respectfully, "Reporting to the Hall Master, it’s Dugu Jieao!"
"Dugu Jieao? That stubborn old man from the Hidden World Clan?" Upon hearing this, Shi Wujue’s brows furrowed even tighter, "How did he know?"
"Hall Master, down at the Dark Market Auction House in Licheng City, the Southern Emperor once had a confrontation with Dugu Jieao. As for the specific reason, it seems that soone from the younger generation of the Hidden World Clan suffered losses at the hands of the Southern Emperor. Ultimately, it was only with the intervention of the dical Immortal Wu Xi that Dugu Jieao self-destructed two spirit bodies to ensure his safety. So, although the Southern Emperor and her party have been concealing their identities, given Dugu Jieao’s capabilities, if he didn’t know her identity, he would never have surrendered and self-destructed his two spirit bodies. When the Hall Master brought the Southern Emperor back to the City Lord’s Mansion, unless there was soone who had been paying considerable attention to her whereabouts beforehand, they would never have sought her out and bluntly revealed her identity!" Duo Shu lowered his voice and reported all the information he knew.
On hearing about the causes and effects, Shi Wujue showed a thoughtful expression, and after a while, with a less than pleased expression, he asked, "Then what exactly is the reason he seeks her out this ti? Did you find that out?"
"Reporting to the Hall Master, my subordinates have found out it seems to be about the Nirvana Martial Contest to be held in Linyuan City in three days. Back in Xunyang City, the Southern Emperor was protected by dical Immortal Wu Xi, allowing her to escape from Youming Xiying. It’s assud that she has a close relationship with the dical Immortal Wu Xi. This ti, the Hidden World Clan’s Nirvana Martial Contest, it seems dicine King Valley is sending their descendant to participate. And the Southern Emperor ..." Every ti Duo Shu ntioned the Southern Emperor, his expression beca quite odd.
To be honest, his younger brother Duo Ao died outside Xunyang City! Fufeng Tianlan’s reckless behavior was one thing, but fundantally, Duo Ao ultimately died at the hands of Gu Changsheng!
Hatred?
Of course, there’s hatred!
But, after following Shi Wujue for many years, no one understands Shi Wujue’s temper better than Duo Shu. If he dared show a hint of hatred toward Gu Changsheng at this mont, Duo Shu was certain that the next mont, he might just be asking for the guillotine!
The Imperial Family of the Ancient Country, one is more decisive than the other, and in this matter, Shi Wujue as the king, although more rational than Fufeng Tianlan, if he is determined to protect soone, anyone daring to have any improper thoughts about that person would be making an enemy of him!
To make an enemy of Shi Wujue is to face certain death!
"Nirvana Martial Contest, huh! And they chose Linyuan City, hehe..." Upon hearing this, Shi Wujue sneered imdiately, a cold light flashed in his narrow eyes as he spoke with a chill, "Those old stubborns of the Hidden World Clan still don’t give up! Sending younger disciples into the world, choosing Linyuan City for the Nirvana Martial Contest, this is truly a case of ’Sima Zhao’s heart, known to all the world’!"
"Hall Master, how should we handle this? Should we expel them?"
Shi Wujue shook his head and said, "No need! If they are unwilling to give up and insist on stirring up trouble, the hall shall grant them the chance! If they dare to covet the Sand Sea Divine Ruins, the hall shall grant them what they desire! As they rush to pave the way for the hall, how could the hall rudely refuse their kind intentions..."
"The Hall Master is wise!" Duo Shu imdiately complinted upon hearing those words, "It’s only those old stubborn fools from the Hidden World Clan who would boldly covet the Divine Demise Land, without considering their own status. The opportunity left behind by the Moon God is by no ans easy to obtain! It’s simply a fool’s dream!"
"Greedy people can’t swallow what they covet like a snake trying to eat an elephant!" Shi Wujue coldly laughed upon hearing this, turned around, and glanced at the Heaven Deceiving Hall with a slightly complicated expression as he continued, "She herself is just as insatiably greedy... The Tears of the Goddess, the Supre Treasure of our clan, even the hall has never seen it and does not know if it truly has the power to revive the dead, yet she believed and insisted on demanding to reunite with both parents..."
Duo Shu’s expression changed unpredictably upon hearing this. After a mont of silence, he still opened his mouth to speak, "Hall Master, if it weren’t for the Southern Emperor insisting on reviving the Southern Border’s Sovereign Leader, he wouldn’t have headed north within our strategic layout, right?"
"Indeed..." Shi Wujue sighed upon hearing this, "The rumor of the Tears of the Goddess was leaked by the hall’s ancestors. The vast chess ga set against her, ultimately, I’m not sure when it started. It’s been so long, even the hall can’t count it, and how could she possibly escape..."
Calculating against a mind with a mindless heart, no one can escape!
Thinking of this, Shi Wujue gazed at the Heaven Deceiving Hall, sowhat lost in thought...
Duo Shu stood behind him like this. After a long while, he couldn’t help but break the silence and said, "Hall Master, should I go and drive Dugu Jieao away?"
Shi Wujue returned to his senses upon hearing this, thought of Gu Changsheng’s body, and nodded, saying, "Drive them away! Inform them on behalf of the hall that they can hold the Nirvana Martial Contest on the hall’s territory, but the ti and place must be decided by the hall! If they don’t agree, imdiately bring people and expel them from Linyuan City! Hmph! To dictate in front of the hall, Hidden World Clan? They’re not worthy!"
"Yes!" Duo Shu nodded in agreent imdiately upon hearing this, but after thinking about it, he spoke again, "Only Hall Master, since we’re intent on leading them to tread the path to the Divine Demise Land, we can’t let things get too strained. If they inquire about the world, how should I respond?"
"The world..." Shi Wujue pondered for a mont upon hearing this, glanced at the Heaven Deceiving Hall, and confidently said, "When the people inside are completely restored, that’s when the Hidden World Clan’s Nirvana Martial Contest will be held!"
Duo Shu’s eyes flashed upon hearing this. As expected!
Just as he had predicted, his master is truly whole-heartedly considering the Southern Emperor...
Now, he’s even a bit worried, worried that his master might ruin the millennia-long strategy of the Ancient Country due to personal romantic feelings...
However, he absolutely dared not bring up this concern in front of Shi Wujue, only replying, and turning to leave.
"Hold on!"
Just as Duo Shu was about to retreat, Shi Wujue raised his hand to stop him and spoke earnestly, "Duo Shu, send word to Fufeng, tell her to keep a low profile for a while, don’t cause trouble for the hall in Northern Mongolian!"
"But Hall Master, the Southern Emperor has already reached Linyuan City, if we cannot find..."
"Whether that thing is in Northern Mongolian or not, it will fall into our hands sooner or later, it won’t delay major plans! Right now... it’s more concerning if anything happens to Gu Changsheng, then the whole plan will be spoiled!" Shi Wujue interrupted before Duo Shu could finish speaking.
Duo Shu was made speechless by such forced reasoning from his master, and under helplessness, he could only leave worriedly!
Delivering orders to Fufeng Tianlan is what Duo Shu least wants to do, fearing that he might accidentally reveal his hatred, just like he refuses to enter the Heaven Deceiving Hall to et Gu Changsheng!
These two people are the pivotal figures in his brother Duo Ao’s tragic death, causing him to recall it with gritted teeth every ti, yet feeling utterly helpless!
However, there will always be a way, won’t there?
When his master confirms that rumor, when the matter of the Divine Demise Land is settled, whether it’s the Southern Emperor or Fufeng Tianlan, they must pay the necessary price for his brother’s death!
A gentleman’s revenge, even ten years is not delayed!
When even a woman with severed limbs and a tongue cut out can endure, is Duo Shu not capable of more than a woman?
Thinking this way, Duo Shu walked towards the outer building of the City Lord’s Mansion, and all the guards he encountered along the way bowed respectfully, with utmost reverence!
anwhile, Shi Wujue’s gaze suddenly changed the mont Duo Shu departed, his elongated eyes fixed on Duo Shu’s departing back, his expression complicated until Duo Shu disappeared from view before Shi Wujue lowered his long lashes, nearly murmuring, "Duo Shu, actually, the hall has never dared to ask you, do you hate her..."
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