Li Wu led Wang Xiaohai and Lin Cun through the streets full of flames, and it took them five or six hours to reach their destination.
"Why not ride a horse?" Lincun was a little confused. "It takes so long to walk."
"There are fires and high temperatures everywhere. I'm worried the horses will be frightened. If they run into the flames out of shock, we'll be finished," Li Wu said. "The capital is full of thugs. I don't know where these people came from. Important officials have been assassinated one after another, even the emperor. Fortunately, they can't enter the palace now. If they really sneak in, the consequences will be unimaginable!"
Li Wu led Wang Xiaohai and Lin Cun to a large courtyard surrounded by a high wall. There were traces of firewood burning outside the wall, but since the wall was made of stone, only the corners were burned slightly black. Li Wu knocked hard on the bronze door knocker several times, and soon the tall double-leaf bronze door opened a crack, and a voice came out:
"Who's knocking at the door? It's the middle of the night!"
"It's me, Li Wu. I have something urgent to discuss and need to see Princess Shu." Li Wu said quickly.
"If there's anything urgent, we can talk about it tomorrow. Dawn's only two hours away." The voice behind the door sounded a bit impatient. "Do you think you can handle disturbing the princess's sleep? There's been a lot going on tonight. I wonder which idiot threw a few torches into the yard."
"I really have something urgent to do. I am Li Wu, the martial arts champion and a friend of the princess." Li Wu urged.
"Okay, I'll go in and ask the housekeeper. You guys wait outside the door." The door closed suddenly, blocking the three people outside.
"Is this Zhou Shuyi the princess of the Zhou Kingdom?" Lin Cun said to Wang Xiaohai.
Lin Cun had no intention of assassinating the princess. The identity and status of the Zhou princess were not even as good as the prince. He did not intend to kill the prince, so there was no need to kill the princess.
"I had a rough guess. After Li Wu said her name, I guessed that she might be related to the royal family." Wang Xiaohai replied.
"That's right, I didn't lie to you two. If Zhou Shuyi can help, there is indeed a way to bring you two into the palace." Li Wu said.
After waiting for about five minutes, the door of the princess's mansion was opened a crack again.
"Mr. Li, the housekeeper invites you. As for the others, please wait outside the mansion." A man's voice came from behind the door, and then the door opened a little more, just enough for one person to enter and exit.
Li Wu hurried in, and then the vermilion lacquered door closed again. The door knocker was only three centimeters away from the tip of Lin Cun's nose as he wanted to look inside.
"It's so mysterious and troublesome!" Lincun said, "If my realm and strength hadn't been suppressed, I would have shattered this country with a single slap!"
"There aren't so many ifs in this world," Wang Xiaohai said. "If you want to become the Divine Emperor's son-in-law, you must abide by the rules, unless you want to quit right away and find a place to sleep for thirteen days until it's over. I suggest you do this, so I have one less competitor."
"I will not quit. I finally have such a chance to compete fairly with other gods. How can I admit defeat? I want to prove to them that under the same conditions, the true gods of the star domain are not necessarily weaker than the true gods of freedom or even the gods of the planes!" Lin Cun said.
This is also the reason why the arena was filled up so quickly - the gods will not show weakness easily.
"If you quit, I can help you prove it to them." Wang Xiaohai continued to persuade.
"Don't try to persuade me. I won't quit unless I'm in a situation where I'm certain to die." Lin Cun looked up at the stars in the sky. The starlight shone on his face, giving him a sense of determination and conviction. "Tell me, are the stars in the sky real or fake?"
"It should be true." Wang Xiaohai said, "There's no need for Emperor Xuanyuan to tamper with the stars to deceive us. It's meaningless. He can just prevent us from seeing the stars, and it won't affect the mission."
"That's true." Lin Cun agreed with Wang Xiaohai. "I really can't understand why Emperor Xuanyuan would suddenly want to recruit a son-in-law, and it seems to me that he has set a time limit. I think he should carefully select someone over tens of millions of years, and not be so hasty!"
"He won't tell you what he's thinking unless you ask him in person," Wang Xiaohai said. "There sounded like footsteps. Someone was coming towards the gate."
"Maybe they'll invite us in," Lincun said, straightening his clothes and combing his hair. "As a god, you must always maintain your demeanor and neatness."
"I don't care much about my image." Wang Xiaohai said, "You should be careful when you enter the mansion. Remember to be on guard."
"What do you mean? Are you saying there might be danger in the princess's mansion?" Lin Cun paused. "What kind of danger could there be? We don't even know her, and she was brought here by the martial arts champion—"
The door of the princess's mansion creaked open completely.
"Please come in, both of you!"
A soldier wearing silver armor and holding a halberd made a gesture of invitation.
Wang Xiaohai and Lin Cun walked in without any hesitation.
Behind the door is a long porch with a glazed tile roof, carved stone pillars, and blue brick railings. Outside the railings are planted all kinds of exotic and beautiful flowers. At this moment, several extinguished black torches are lying quietly among the flowers, telling the story of a few hours ago.
After walking through a porch that was several dozen meters long, Wang Xiaohai and Lin Cun arrived at a training compound.
There was the sound of orderly footsteps, the rustling of roof tiles, and then—
Dozens of crouching archers stood up from the roof tiles, aiming their arrows at Wang Xiaohai and Lin Cun. The bowstrings were fully drawn, and the arrows were trembling slightly, ready to be fired at any time!
The corridor behind the two men was also blocked. A team of soldiers holding spears and shields placed their shields on the ground and placed their spears on the shields, meaning to prevent Wang Xiaohai and Lin Cun from retreating!
"What do you mean?" Lin Cun asked Wang Xiaohai.
"I think we're surrounded!" Wang Xiaohai said. "It looks like this is a trap. Could it be that Li Wu, the martial arts champion, is so anxious at the door because he's afraid we'll see through his plan and not dare to enter? He thinks every minute he delays increases the chances of us seeing through it."
"You're right." Lin Cun's tone didn't sound alarmed. "But I think you've seen through Wu Zhuangyuan's scheme a long time ago. You deliberately didn't expose it just to get me to take the risk with you. After all, two people facing danger is always better than one!"
"What did you say? Am I the kind of person who lets my friends take risks?" Wang Xiaohai said.
"But I'm not your friend," Lincun said.
"So I let you take the risk with me, haha!" Wang Xiaohai admitted that he had seen through Wu Zhuangyuan's plan a long time ago.
A tall man appeared in front of the sight, surrounded by soldiers. It was Li Wu.
"You two haven't even started fighting yet, but now you're fighting among yourselves?"
Li Wu also held a saber in his hand, and the soldiers around him were holding one-handed shields and spears.
"Why do you think we are bad guys?" Lin Cun asked Li Wu.
"Nonsense! Those who assassinated Gao Gong and the Emperor in the capital were all highly skilled in martial arts and elusive," Li Wu said. "You were able to easily defeat me, yet you didn't reveal your origins. It looks like you're in league with these assassins. I may be a martial arts champion with muscular physiques, but I'm not stupid. I have brains, too, okay? You two still have time to surrender now. Don't force us into a fight!"
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