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Chapter 791: Chapter Eighty-five: Huang Yuan Follows Behind

Hearing Gong Quan lower his head, Zhu Xiao’s face lit up with a smile. He was about to say something smug, but a wave of dizziness from losing a large amount of essence blood made him sway in mid-air.

If not for Zhu Chen and Zhu Xuan reacting quickly to his instability, Zhu Xiao might have stumbled and fallen to the ground.

Close to the end of his life and having spent a lot of his essence blood, Zhu Xiao’s body could no longer handle the incredibly pure Fire Spirit Energy within him. The bells tolling his death rang, his mood for smugness naturally vanished.

Under the help of the two, he regained his balance. Zhu Xiao coughed up a mouthful of warm, bloody sputum and weakly said, “Cough… Zhu Chen, quickly catch up to Zhu Liu and tell him there’s no need to mobilize the troops.”

“And what about you?”

“Not to worry, although Gong Quan’s abilities are mediocre, his character is trustful. Since we have come to an agreement, he won’t back out.”

As he spoke, Zhu Xiao coughed up another mouthful of blood, patting Zhu Chen’s shoulder, he said, “Go … go on.”

Zhu Chen turned around to leave. At a distance, Gong Quan, who heard Zhu Xiao’s words, dispersed his Underworld Ghost Bluet, gazed towards the hazy valley, and hurled out loudly, “Withdraw the Ice Field.”

Hearing their Spirit King’s command, the Spirit Masters inside the Ice Field stopped outputting spiritual power, dispersed the chilly air enveloping the Dark Orchid Valley, revealing a ravaged valley underneath.

Zhu Xuan, supporting Zhu Xiao, flew forward, landed on the cliff and looked at the rampaging Spatial Storm. Zhu Xiao laughed, “No wonder Gong Quan agreed so quickly. This scale of a storm would contain at least thousands of Divine Jades. Even two tenths of that could increase the number of Spirit Masters in Han River Village by hundreds, what a bargain for him!”

Gong Quan sneered, “Humph”. He turned his head away, unwilling to see Zhu Xiao acting cheap and smug. Thinking to himself, if not for Zhu Xiao using Han River Village as a bargaining chip, these thousands of Divine Jades would all have gone to the Water Tribe.

“At most in half a day, this storm will stop.”

Zhu Xiao called upon a Spirit Master and commanded, “Quickly return to Feiyan City, get the Feiyan army to come to Dark Orchid Valley. This time, we can’t let those bastards from Hou Tu City sniff anything out!”

Before his words fell, a gloomy voice echoed around the mountain rocks, “Brother Zhu Xiao, those words of yours really hurt this old man’s heart. The Four Imperial Tribes are mutually linked. However, this spatial storm erupted in Han River Territory, and when you divided the Jade, you forgot about the Earth Spirit Tribe of Hou Tu City. This is truly heartbreaking.”

Gong Quan and Zhu Xiao’s expressions changed dramatically. Turning their heads, they saw dozens of Spirit Masters emerging from inside the rocks. Leading them was the city lord of Hou Tu City – Huang Yuan!

“You old thief, your sense of smell is quite sharp!” Zhu Xiao was seething with rage. “You must have been hiding in the cliffs all this time, watching the old me and Gong Quan fighting each other. Waiting for the Ice Field to be removed before you dare to make an appearance.”

“Brother Zhu, your words… I was merely leading my grandson here for some training when we saw Brother Gong’s Ice Field and became curious. We thought there must have been some sort of fierce monster giving Han River Village trouble. That’s why we gathered some hands to come and help. We did not expect to see such a heartbreaking scene.”

The city lord of Hou Tu City, Huang Yuan, at this moment, appeared to be just an old man curled up, with his hands wrapped in his sleeves, lowering his eyelids, as if wronged greatly.

But Gong Quan and Zhu Xiao, who knew him well, wouldn’t buy it. If they really believed this cunning and venomous old fox to have a weak disposition, it would prove them truly foolish.noveldrama

“Put away that nauseatingly hypocritical face of yours.” Zhu Xiao said with hatred, “Speak straight about how much Hou Tu City wants to take. Stop pretending.”

“Although the beauty of the Divine Jade can comfort us, how can it heal the sadness of brotherly discord? The three tribes of Han River are becoming more and more selfish; I am heartbroken.” Huang Yuan lifted his head, looking at Gong Quan and Zhu Xiao, and sighed, “Even though you two don’t regard the Earth Spirit Tribe as brother tribes, this old man still considers Han Water Village and Feiyan City as brother cities. Of the Divine Jade within this storm, Hou Tu City only wants six tenths. The rest, you may divide amongst yourselves.”

“Hahaha.” Zhu Xiao laughed out loud at Huang Yuan’s excessive demand: “Among the Four Imperial Spirits, your Earth Tribe is the most sinister and venomous. It’s no wonder you’ve become the second largest tribe of the Four Imperial Spirit Realms. But don’t forget, at this moment, Gong Quan and I share the same enemy. With you and these weird fruits, why would you get six-tenths?!”

“Everyone says that the city lord of Feiyan City despises the Water Tribe the most. It seems that there’s quite a bias. Brother Zhu being able to make it up with Brother Gong really brings blessings to Han River. Harmonious coexistence like this can indeed be called formidable chaos.” Huang Yuan laughed, “But Brother Gong has just experienced a big battle, losing a lot of essence blood and spiritual power. Brother Zhu is nearing the end of his life and has spent much of his essence prime.”

Shaking his head, Huang Yuan spoke as if he was regretful, but his gloating tone was not concealed. His voice was gloomy as he looked at the two, “It’s a pity I can’t see the true faces of the Divine Fire Totem and the Underworld Ghost Bluet. In my heart, it’s quite regretful.”

“Wow!” Zhu Xiao spat out a mouthful of blood in rage, pushed Zhu Xuan who was about to support him away and glared at Huang Yuan, “How dare you belittle me, Huang Yuan. Aren’t you afraid that Feiyan City will go to war with Hou Tu City?”

“Brother Zhu, how can you be so unwise? Feiyan City has just lost a Spirit King and is in urgent need of accumulation. Rash war will only lead to the devastation of Feiyan City. Not to mention invading Hou Tu City.”

Huang Yuan glanced at Gong Quan and chuckled, “Brother Zhu, wouldn’t you be afraid that after the war, Feiyan City would become a ruin?”

“Rather be shattered Jade than complete tile! Even if Feiyan City no longer exists, I will still cut your dog head off!”

Zhu Xiao was furious and about to order the Feiyan Army to charge and fight, when suddenly, his skull was pierced by a Mysterious Ice Spike that appeared out of nowhere.

This attack came too fast and too fierce, Zhu Xiao–entirely caught off guard–could never have guessed that Gong Quan, who was supposed to be on his side, would suddenly turn against him.

Zhu Xuan was even more unprepared. He had been carefully guarding against the people of Hou Tu City, but the real threat came from behind.

The betrayed Spirit Masters of Feiyan City were furious. They were about to turn around and kill the traitors from Han Water Village when they were hit by a sky-full of gloomy light. Behind them, the booming sound of the Earth’s movement could be heard.

This was because Huang Yuan saw Gong Quan’s move and ordered the Spirit Masters of Hou Tu City to attack the soldiers of Feiyan City. The Spirit Masters of Hou Tu City channeled the Divine Light into the rocks, and Mud Sharks and Earth Tigers leapt from the ground and charged towards the Fire Spirit Tribe.

In a mere ten breaths, Zhu Xuan and all the soldiers of Feiyan City were killed on the spot. Their boiling blood poured over the rocks of Dark Orchid Valley. The vehement resentment melted the stones.

“Brother Gong is truly a formidable hero.” Huang Yuan squinted at the body of Zhu Xiao, whose skull had been pierced by a Mysterious Ice Spike, and laughed softly, “This brawny Zhu Xiao probably died confused, wondering why Brother Gong would suddenly attack.”

“Isn’t this exactly what you wanted, Brother Huang? That four-tenths of Divine Jade is the price for Gong’s betrayal and Han Water Village taking the blame for killing the city lord of Feiyan City.” Gong Quan replied coldly, “Hou Tu City got the most Divine Jade without getting involved in the conflict. Excellent planning.”