Ch 456: Seeing Shangguan Wanwan Again
Several members of the Blood Wolf Tribe watched Lang Yuankui’s furious outburst, a trace of fear flashing across their faces. Ignoring the lingering dizziness, they scrambled to wake their other companions.
Seeing this, Liu Dongyue immediately ordered, “You also quickly go and wake the others.”
Within two minutes, the other Demon Race members lying on the ground were awakened.
Before they could regain their senses, Liu Dongyue and Lang Yuankui directly ordered them to search for Li Hanzhou near the dunes.
But after searching for a long time, it was just like the result in Xiaohe Village.
They didn’t find a single trace of Xiao Han.
The Demon Race members returned to the dunes, dejected.
Lang Yuankui’s heart sank to the bottom.
He had thought that escorting Xiao Han back would be a sure win, but he hadn’t expected an accident to occur. A large piece of meat had slipped away.
But there was another problem: who had administered the poison?
Based on his speculation from the little demon who had narrowly escaped the poison and from Liu Dongyue, who was the last to collapse,
the poison could only have been administered by Xiao Han.
Otherwise, it couldn’t explain why Xiao Han hadn’t collapsed like them, and even managed to escape.
But how did Xiao Han do it?
He was under constant guard, and his cultivation level was sealed by his Binding Lock. To tamper with anything would be incredibly difficult.
Could it be that there was a traitor among them?
That’s too ridiculous and makes no sense.
They, members of the Myriad Demon Alliance, all knew each other well. That’s why the Myriad Demon Alliance allowed them to form teams, and how could they possibly show mercy to a human?
Lang Yuankui could only assume that Xiao Han had prepared a method to deal with them before actively appearing, playing them for fools.
Although Lang Yuankui was unwilling to accept it, he could only instruct his subordinates to continue searching for Xiao Han’s whereabouts.
Perhaps they could find him again.
Divine Palace, Dragon Court.
Crown Prince’s Mansion.
Li Hanzhou sat in the waiting room, while Pang Wang reported on the current situation in the Divine Palace before him.
“Reporting to Your Highness, honeycomb briquettes are now sold throughout the Divine Palace, and every commoner no longer has to suffer from the cold. They can afford to buy honeycomb briquettes for warmth. The complaints of the commoners have decreased significantly… In short, the situation in our country is far better than before.”
Pang Wang’s voice was full of excitement.
Honeycomb briquettes are now revered by the commoners as a life-saving supreme treasure, and Li Hanzhou, the creator of the honeycomb briquettes, could be considered the savior of all the people in the Divine Palace.
It’s no exaggeration to say that Li Hanzhou is already considered, and irreplaceably so, the next Emperor in the hearts of all the people of the Divine Palace; he has the support of the people.
If any prince were to attempt usurpation, the commoners would practically spit them to death without Li Hanzhou needing to lift a finger.
As Li Hanzhou’s subordinate, Pang Wang increasingly felt that following Li Hanzhou was the most correct decision of his life.
“I understand.”
Li Hanzhou nodded. Now that the Divine Palace was stable, all that remained was for him to regain his original body, obtain the Yin-Yang Fish, and find a ley line to resolve the natural disaster caused by the disappearing national fortune.
But doing so would be somewhat unfair to his senior brother.
He would have to find another way to help his senior brother regain his male form later.
Thinking about his clone’s journey in the Western Ting, it was truly tortuous and full of twists and turns. He was in extremely dangerous situations three times, nearly dying, but fortunately, he survived.
First, villagers in Xiaohe Village kindly took him in, and later he met Liu Dongyue, who helped him escape danger again.
However, the matter of the Four Great Demon Saints could not be left unsettled.
Li Hanzhou pondered for a moment, then looked at Pang Wang and instructed, “Get me two sheets of paper and a pen.”
As the saying goes, one shouldn’t accept gifts without returning the favor.
Since Huang Tian’s Four Great Demon Saints wanted him to be their guest, he could invite the Four Great Demon Saints to his home for a drink.
Several days passed in the blink of an eye.
While Li Hanzhou’s original body in the Dragon Court was preparing to deal with the Four Great Demon Saints,
his clone in the Western Ting Demon Race territory, having reached safety, used the pills he had received from Liu Dongyue to fully recover from his injuries in a secluded place. His strength had reached its peak.
Inside an inn.
Some commoner Demon Race members sat at an oily table, drinking and eating while discussing recent major events.
“That human, Xiao Han, is really cunning. He hasn’t been found yet!”
“It’s really strange. All of our Demon Race members have been deployed, and yet they haven’t found a single person.”
“In my opinion, that human probably died somewhere else, which is why he can’t be found!”
“Makes sense, but not much.”
“…”
Loud voices echoed continuously within the inn.
In a corner of the hall, Li Hanzhou, dressed plainly and wearing a straw hat, received a beef package wrapped in oiled paper from the waiter and calmly left the inn.
After eating the beef to fill his stomach, Li Hanzhou took out the map Liu Dongyue had given him and looked at it.
“Qingyan Mountain, less than a mile away.”
Putting away the map, Li Hanzhou walked towards the north where the wind and sand were swirling.
Shortly after, a small valley came into view.
After winding his way through the valley, Li Hanzhou finally found a tombstone on a relatively flat area of ground.
The tombstone was engraved with “Li Hanzhou’s Tomb.”
But in the distance, next to the tombstone, there was a woman’s figure with her back to him.
The woman was wearing a plain dress, her long hair flowing down. She was staring at Li Hanzhou’s grave.
But just then,
as if sensing his presence, the woman slowly turned around, glanced at the empty surroundings, and said, “Sir, is it you?”
“Shangguan Wanwan.”
The moment the woman turned around, Li Hanzhou recognized her.
Since their last parting at the Misty Rain Tower, this was the first time he had seen Shangguan Wanwan.
Looking at her figure, Li Hanzhou couldn’t help but reminisce about the days of storytelling at the Misty Rain Tower.
Shangguan Wanwan was still the same as in his memory, unchanged.
Li Hanzhou stepped forward, emerged from the woods, and said to Shangguan Wanwan with a smile, “You really haven’t changed a bit.”
As the voice reached her ears, Shangguan Wanwan looked up and saw Li Hanzhou’s figure.
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