Ch 141: The Great Zhou’s Plan
“Who could that have been?”
A Wuji Palace Elder frowned and said.
“Naturally, it was the Great Zhou Imperial Family.” At this time, Hong Tiandu didn’t even open his eyes, but calmly said, “If I die in the Divine Palace, Master will definitely attack the Divine Palace. Then, whether the Divine Palace is severely damaged or Master falls, it will be of great benefit to the Great Zhou Imperial Family. Because since the New Emperor ascended the throne, he has always been wary of the Jianghu forces. After all, when he usurped the throne, many Great Zhou Jianghu forces supported him.”
“Now he’s worried about someone repeating the same trick. As one of the top forces in the Great Zhou Jianghu, Wuji Palace, he naturally wants to weaken us, so he arranged this play.”
“What!”
The Wuji Palace Elder was somewhat surprised.
“Your understanding is not as clear as Tiandu’s.” The Wuji Palace Patriarch sneered, “So today, whether Tiandu wins or loses, the Great Zhou wants to keep Tiandu in the Divine Palace.”
“We risk our lives to win cities for the Great Zhou, but the Great Zhou Imperial Family is scheming against us behind our backs?” The Wuji Palace Elder was very angry at this moment.
“What does it matter if you’re angry?” The Wuji Palace Patriarch said leisurely, “We don’t have any evidence, and the people who made the move were also from the Divine Palace. How many seeds has the Great Zhou planted in the Divine Palace over the years? Who knows if the people from Duke Qing’s Mansion are from the Great Zhou? We can’t tell, so even if we confront the Imperial Family, it will be useless.”
“This matter won’t just end like this.”
The Wuji Palace Elder said angrily.
The carriage was still slowly moving forward.
On the way back to Great Zhou from Lingyan City, they had to pass through a mountain range. By the turbulent river, a Black-Clothed Man scooped some water from the river with his hand, drank it, wiped his mouth, and looked into the distance.
“Should everything be ready?”
He was a Great Zhou official named Zhou Ping. This time, he received orders from above to remind the experts ambushing here that the people from the Great Zhou Jianghu were about to return.
This was also part of the Great Zhou Imperial Family’s plan.
This martial arts competition was just a pretense. The Great Zhou Imperial Family wanted to use this opportunity to eliminate Jianghu forces and also wanted to tie the Divine Palace to this matter, letting the Divine Palace take the blame for the Great Zhou.
Therefore, on their way back, the Great Zhou had arranged ten experts, intending to kill most of these people from the Great Zhou Jianghu. Furthermore, the Great Zhou Emperor, Yun Po, had already ordered that Hong Tiandu must die.
If Hong Tiandu died, judging from Hong Ruhai’s temperament, he would definitely go to the Divine Palace to cause trouble. Then, the Great Zhou could sit back and watch the tiger fight, letting the two sides of the Jianghu fight, while the Great Zhou Imperial Family took advantage of the situation to sweep away the Jianghu forces and bring them under their control.
Therefore, on the way back, all ten experts arranged by the Great Zhou Imperial Family were from the Great Zhou Kingdom itself.
Yun Po wanted them all to believe that this was a plot by the Divine Palace.
He wanted them to know that it was the Divine Palace that did it, so it must have been their people from the Great Zhou.
Zhou Ping had just received a carrier pigeon message, and calculating the time, it was almost time, so he climbed over mountains and crossed valleys to this mountain recess, wanting to remind the ten experts ambushing here that people were coming and to have them prepare.
But when Zhou Ping approached the mountain recess, he vaguely felt something was wrong.
The air was filled with the smell of blood, and he could vaguely hear the low growl of wild beasts.
“What’s going on?”
Zhou Ping felt something was wrong. Among these ten experts, the weakest were at the peak of the Profound Connection Realm. With the aura of such strong individuals open, wild beasts wouldn’t dare to approach.
Zhou Ping leaped up with a lightness skill, landed on a tree, and looked towards the mountain recess.
However, the next moment, Zhou Ping was greatly shocked!
In the mountain recess, there were corpses everywhere!
They were the ten experts the Great Zhou had prepared.
At this moment, they were all lying on the ground, covered in blood, lifeless, and a large number of wolves were gathered around them, gnawing on the corpses.
“How could this be…” Zhou Ping could hardly believe his eyes.
Who did it?
How could anyone silently kill all ten experts?
“Damn it…” Zhou Ping’s mind turned, and he immediately reacted. They might have fallen for the Divine Palace’s trick.
Their plan might have been seen through by the Divine Palace.
Thinking of this, Zhou Ping didn’t have the mood to deal with these corpses anymore. He quickly left and went back to report this matter to the Emperor.
Otherwise, it would easily bring disaster to the Great Zhou.
And at this place, an hour ago.
A figure was sitting in the mountain recess, waiting for the arrival of the Great Zhou Jianghu people.
Their auras were extremely terrifying, especially the one sitting in the center. He was simply sitting there, saying nothing, and the aura emanating from him made the other nine people feel awe.
“What a lively scene.”
At this moment, a sudden voice appeared.
The ten people immediately opened their eyes, all showing expressions of shock.
Because someone had approached them, and they hadn’t even noticed. The person had to speak first before they realized someone was there. If this person had suddenly launched an assassination, wouldn’t they be dead by now?
“Who’s there!”
Nine people stood up abruptly.
Only the strongest one remained seated. His gaze was sharp, his sharpness like a blade.
At this time, a figure slowly walked from a distance. With each step he took, it was as if he was shrinking the ground into an inch. Originally, the person was still far away, but after two breaths, he was already in front of them.
Everyone immediately became vigilant.
“An Eunuch?”
Seeing the approaching person, they found that he was wearing the clothes of an Eunuch.
But judging from his official uniform, he was from the Divine Palace.
“Greetings, everyone.” Yuan Wuji said with a chuckle, “This servant greets you.”
No one responded, but their killing intent had already spread.
Being discovered by people from the Divine Palace, this Eunuch must die.
“What a grand array.” Yuan Wuji glanced at the ten experts, raised his eyebrows, and said, “Six at the peak of the Profound Connection Realm, three at the Heavenly Gang Realm, oh, and one at the Esteemed Immortal Realm.”
“What a pity, just an ordinary Esteemed Immortal Realm cultivator, hasn’t found his own path.”
Yuan Wuji shook his head.
“Arrogant Eunuch, die!”
The nine experts attacked at the same time. They knew that this Eunuch was so confident, he must be extraordinary, so they decided to kill him directly!
Just as the nine people attacked, Yuan Wuji’s figure instantly blurred, like a gust of wind, instantly appearing beside everyone. In just one breath, Yuan Wuji’s figure returned to its original position.
The nine figures’ expressions changed drastically. A bloodline immediately appeared on their necks, and then they all fell to the ground.
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