Chapter 48
Chapter Forty-Eight
The fourth prince, Yuan Ye, looked at Xiao Liunian, the guest opposite him, who was drinking alone.
"Shouldn't you introduce yourself before discussing business?" Yuan Ye asked.
"Xiao Liunian." Xiao Liunian picked up the teacup and smelled it first. Judging from the aroma of the tea, it was not fragrant and there was no need to drink it.
Xiao Liunian held the cup in his hand, shaking it back and forth, admiring the ripples created in the tiny world within.
Just as the water in the teacup was being shaken so violently that Yuan Ye was almost dizzy, she snapped out of her shock.
"I've heard that His Majesty in Jinling ascended the throne at a young age and possesses great talent and ambition. Now that I've met him, I can see that his reputation is well-deserved!" Yuan Ye's appreciation for Xiao Liunian was genuine.
This emperor is too audacious. He appeared in Gabe City during the war between the two countries, and he is not afraid of dying in Gabe City.
"The Fourth Prince is so young, yet he knows how to bide his time and secretly accumulate strength for the future. This kind of wisdom is extraordinary." Xiao Liunian exchanged polite greetings.
Xiao Liunian knew that he had gotten to where he was today because of one attempt after another. The natives of Tianji Star only live once, but there are many intelligent, abnormal, and naturally born monsters. Yuan Ye belongs to this category.
"Your court has been thrown into chaos by outsiders, your soldiers have been used as guinea pigs, and your people are suffering terribly. Your Highness the Fourth Prince must have long wanted to cleanse the court and eliminate the foreign enemies, but he has been unable to deal with the outsiders due to insufficient strength. Therefore, he has remained inactive for many years. I am willing to lend Your Highness a helping hand!" Xiao Liunian explained his purpose.
"What are His Majesty's conditions?" Yuan Ye did not doubt Xiao Liunian's abilities, but everything always comes at a price.
"I want Yuanchao to become a vassal state of Jinling, and I will subsequently send troops to garrison Yuanchao." Xiao Liunian wanted to ensure that the passageways for foreign invaders within Yuanchao were under his control.
"What if I disagree?" Yuan Ye asked.
"The fourth prince died suddenly from illness, and then I led my army to attack Gabe City, and the Yuan Dynasty was completely destroyed." This is what Xiao Liunian did before.
"Is Emperor Xiao so confident that he can kill me?" Yuan Ye asked rhetorically.
Xiao Liunian answered with actions instead of words, his inner power emanating from within him.
Yuan Ye sensed a force approaching and began to use his internal energy to resist, but Yuan Ye's power was like a leaf being instantly burned to ashes in front of Xiao Liunian.
Xiao Liunian withdrew his power, while Yuan Ye, opposite him, slowly calmed his breathing by supporting himself on the table with both hands. He was powerless to fight back against such overwhelming strength, and so was Yuan Chao.
"This is an agreement I have drafted. The Fourth Prince can take a look." Xiao Liunian took out a written agreement.
Yuan Ye took the document and examined it word by word. From Yuan Ye's perspective, the agreement was very sincere.
"Is Emperor Xiao asking me to usurp the throne?" Xiao Liunian has already affixed his official seal and personal seal to this agreement, so only the King of Yuan Dynasty can affix his seal on the other side.
“Since the prophecy has already appeared, wouldn’t it be a waste of someone’s good intentions to deny it? Besides, the Fourth Prince is the King’s son, and it is only right that he inherits his father’s throne. How can there be any talk of usurpation?” Xiao Liunian has never believed in the concept of usurpation.
Yuan Ye affixed his personal seal, agreeing to the cooperation.
Yuan Ye and Xiao Liunian split up into two groups. Xiao Liunian went to deal with the foreign invaders, while Yuan Ye went to plan the succession to the throne. The next morning, Xiao Liunian wanted to give Gabe City a makeover.
"Mumu, did he really agree?" The system felt that the host was too trusting. What if Yuan Ye used Xiao Liunian to seize the throne and then refused to acknowledge the agreement?
"If he breaks his promise, then lead the army into Gabe City!" At that time, Xiao Liunian could only send Yuan Ye away. Xiao Liunian's tone was as calm as ever.
The one who should be worried about breaking the contract is Yuan Ye.
Xiao Liunian quietly left the Fourth Prince's residence to find Mu Yi, Xu Sheng, and Lan Sa.
"Mumu, do you have any plans?" the system asked.
"No!" Does murder require a plan?
"You're not going to just storm our door?" Such a brave act has only been quiet for a short while, and you're already going to do it again? Host, you really don't value your life!
"Young boss!" Xiao Liunian arrived at a shop and entered to see Lan Sa and his two companions.
Xiao Liunian placed the map and action plan on the table and began to formulate the murder plan.
Based on the map of the invaders' distribution drawn by Xiao Liunian himself, he decided to adopt a strategy of luring the enemy out and then annihilating them one by one. Although this strategy was simple, traditional and not new, it was sufficient for Xiao Liunian.
The invaders mainly concentrated in three locations.
The first part is within Gabe City. These people mainly entered the court and controlled the court. The national advisor that Xiao Liunian killed before belonged to this group, but the Yuan Dynasty soon had a new national advisor.
The second part is located in a mountain a hundred miles southwest of Gabe City. These people are mainly responsible for drug research and development. The Yuan Dynasty army's strength to this point is largely due to their contributions.
The third part describes a desert 300 miles northwest of Gabe City, where an intruder's passage to Tianji Star exists. The task of the intruders in the desert is to guard this passage.
"After nightfall, deal with the city first, and keep it a secret." Xiao Liunian handed the map to Lan Sa, along with counterfeit weapons and masks to conceal their identities—all necessities for framing someone.
The cat, who was lying in the space enjoying the sun on the beach, looked at Xiao Liunian's arrangements, including the detailed map, the prepared masks, and the weapons to frame him, and exclaimed: "They're really comprehensive!"
Xiao Liunian and his three companions split into two groups. Lan Sa, Mu Yi, and Xu Sheng were responsible for two locations together, while Xiao Liunian and the cat who had stopped sunbathing were responsible for three locations together.
"Mumu, can the three of them manage?" the system asked curiously.
"The three of us can work together. One can manage, and the other can lure the enemy outside the city. I'll go then." Xiao Liunian never intended for Lan Sa and the others to kill both of them; killing one would be enough.
The targets that Xiao Liunian assigned to the three of them were of slightly lower strength; if they couldn't be killed, they could at least be kept alive.
"Let's go!" The cat clenched its fist.
"Let's go out for a stroll first, and start our operation tonight. They should still be at work during the day and won't be home." Xiao Liunian pressed down on the cat's clenched fist. They hadn't even had a proper chance to explore Gabe City. Today was a good opportunity to go and see if there were any unique toys to buy to amuse the cat.
"So there's a 996 work schedule here too!" Cat Cat vaguely remembered such a term and thought that these people had high cultivation levels and didn't need to do much work.
"You know a lot!" Xiao Liunian seemed to have come across this phrase online, but back then Xiao Liunian was probably even busier than the 996 work schedule.
"Want something to eat?" Xiao Liunian collected a bunch of toys on the street, then found a secluded corner and threw them all into his spatial storage when no one was looking.
"Mmm!" It takes a lot of effort and is tiring to have to cooperate with the host from time to time and try out the claw feel of each toy.
Xiao Liunian found the most famous restaurant in Gabe City, ordered a table full of the restaurant's signature dishes, and then began to focus on feeding the cats, occasionally taking a few bites himself.
At the dinner table, the system's status was "living to eat," while Xiao Liunian's status was "eating to live."
After lunch, Xiao Liunian took the cat back to the shop. In the prepared room, the cat took a nap, and Xiao Liunian prepared for the hunt that night.
First, he activated his cultivation technique to get into the best state, then checked his weapons, and finally, after pulling the cat, which was curled up in a ball, into a sleeping position, Xiao Liunian also began to take a nap.
Before setting off that evening, Lan Sa originally planned to have a few drinks together before the mission, but Xiao Liunian refused, and the system also expressed its refusal in the space.
It's best not to make promises before setting off, what if something goes wrong? Although the host is incredibly powerful, the chances of something actually going wrong are slim, but it's better to just let it go, better safe than sorry.
The operation went very smoothly. Xiao Liunian killed the target at an extremely fast speed, with the same result as the former national advisor, leaving only a pile of ashes. The absorbed power will be used to deal with the group of people in the southwest mountains later.
After eliminating the target, Xiao Liunian quickly went to Lan Sa and the other two. As Xiao Liunian expected, one target had been eliminated, and the other had been lured out by the three and was on his way out of the city.
Lan Sa and the other two had initially harbored some doubts about the three of them acting together, but now they had no doubts at all. How could outsiders be so capable? The three of them had just finished dealing with one target when, according to Xiao Liunian's plan, they were now luring the second target out of the city and heading southwest.
Xiao Liunian quickly met up with Lan Sa based on the map location.
"Boss!" The four men scattered in four directions, waiting for the newcomer to arrive.
"Who exactly are you?" the person asked, stopping in their tracks.
Xiao Liunian ignored the newcomer's words and launched a deadly attack, gradually forcing the opponent to the southwest. Knowing that he was no match for Xiao Liunian, the newcomer seized the opportunity and quickly fled to the southwest.
"Chase!" Xiao Liunian said in a deep voice.
The four of them headed southwest.
The fleeing man occasionally glanced at Xiao Liunian and his three companions who were leisurely chasing after him, and instantly realized that Xiao Liunian had deliberately let him go, his purpose being the mountain in the southwest.
"They're really asking for death!" The fleeing man simply led Xiao Liunian and his group to the entrance of the mountain, since the four of them were practically courting death.
Xiao Liunian chased them to the entrance of the mountain and stopped, waiting for the people inside to come out.
"Thirteen, keep an eye on those three. If things don't look right, make them leave," Xiao Liunian instructed.
"Don't worry! If things get really bad, I'll move you too."
"How dare they chase after our people!" About ten people emerged from the mountains. Lan Sa, Mu Yi, and Xu Sheng couldn't discern the strength of these ten individuals, but their cultivation was definitely above their own. Ten people!
Lan Sa, Mu Yi, and Xu Sheng were on edge, every part of their bodies ready for battle at any moment.
Xiao Liunian disliked pointless back-and-forth exchanges with his opponents; he always struck with deadly moves. He hadn't yet shown Maomao a more exciting battle, and this was a good opportunity to demonstrate his skills.
'All things are equal'—Xiao Liunian hadn't used this move in a long time. Countless swords materialized, carrying a power strong enough to destroy everything, and rushed straight towards the ten people.
The moment Xiao Liunian made his move, Lan Sa, Mu Yi, and Xu Sheng also attacked, unleashing their strongest killing moves at the ten people.
The ten people in the mountains initially underestimated Xiao Liunian and his group of four, but when faced with the overwhelming force that came their way, they realized that they had underestimated them.
But in a battle between masters, the ten people had already lost the initiative in an instant and could only defend passively.
Xiao Liunian adhered to the principle that the attack could not stop as long as the enemy was not dead. While the ten people blocked Xiao Liunian's first attack, Xiao Liunian launched his second and third attacks in quick succession without any pause.
Xiao Liunian's habit, honed through years of combat, was to attack relentlessly until the enemy died, and he didn't care about the possibility of exhaustion.
The system's assessment is quite accurate; Xiao Liunian is indeed a crazy freak!
The three people beside him watched Xiao Liunian's attacks one after another and imitated him without thinking about what would happen when they were exhausted. The three of them attacked the ten people from different directions.
Lan Sa, Mu Yi, and Xu Sheng were all injured to varying degrees when they fought against the enemy. Blood flowed from their wounds, but the more blood they lost, the more excited they became, and every inch of their bodies seemed to be screaming for battle.
"As expected of the helper chosen by the host, this bloodthirsty and crazy appearance is somewhat similar to the host, except that the host's eyes have always been cold, as if doing something very ordinary." The system cat, which was ready to activate the teleportation function at any time in the space, transformed into a commentator and analyzed the behavior of the four people outside the space.
Finally, one of the ten people collapsed intermittently. Xiao Liunian sheathed his sword and unleashed the Dissolving Power Technique, causing the ten people to turn into dust and scatter in all directions with the cold night wind.
The moon, which had been hiding behind layers of dark clouds, began to slowly emerge from behind them.
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