Chapter 207
Chapter 208 – Let Me Try That
The group returned to Shangdang City in peace . All of them were summoned to the government hall to report everything they experienced .
Lu Bu"s intimidation managed to squeeze the information from Li Feihong and his bodyguards . To their surprise, he did not mad about them losing to a monster . However, Lu Bu still beat them up until their faces turned into pig heads as they had attempted to conceal this information from him .
His past experience with Tong taught Lu Bu that sorcery and superpower existed in this world . Thus, facing a monster and returned alive was a good achievement that was worth praising .
Lu Bu also did not care about the Emperor Seal or the Emperor Sword . The lives of his men took priority .
On the other hand, Ju Shou, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, and Zhang He had ugly faces when they heard that the monster took the Emperor Seal away .
"Does the monster want to rule the country?"
"Is she attracted to the jade?"
Those were the questions they had in mind . Alas, n.o.body could answer their doubts .
Lu Bu clapped, "Anyway, we should not bother dwelling about that snake monster . Feihong also told us that she tried to talk to the group first, so I believe she has come in peace . Since she didn"t kill us, that means she didn"t want to be our enemy . We should be focusing on the war at hand . I"m going to pursue Liu Ping Army . Governor Ju, help me prepare the provision and other supplies . "
Lu Bu"s rare wisdom pulled everyone"s attention back from the monster, which made his subordinates looked at him in shock .
"Does Fengxian have a monster fetish?" Zhang Liao thought .
"Boss is smart?" Gao Shun puzzled .
"He can think?" Li Feihong doubted .
"What are you looking at? Go prepare my troops, you sc.u.ms!" Lu Bu roared at his officers .
…
October 26th .
The preparation to mobilize was completed . Li Feihong managed to squeeze the time to report a brief of events to the clan chat .
Li Feihong: Jinyang Army, Zhang He, and Ju Shou have repelled the Imperial Army .
Li Feihong: w.a.n.g Kuang is dead . Jinyang Army is chasing after Zhang Yang .
Li Feihong: Anything happens in the north?
Li Feihong: Where is Julu Army right now?
Dong Bai: We haven"t fought with Liu Ping yet .
Dong Bai: We"re two days away from Nie County .
Dong Bai: BTW, our scouts spotted Liu Ping and his men in the city .
Dong Bai: We"re digging traps and laying an ambush in the perimeter ATM .
Ding Yuan: The border is clear . Xiangnu didn"t interfere with our fight .
Ding Yuan: Jinyang is still peaceful .
Zhang Bao: Yellow Turban Army is at Zhongshan right now .
Zhang Bao: Liang is negotiating with the governor of the city .
Zhang Bao: I think Zhen Yi will surrender .
Zhang Jiao: Well done, Bao .
Zhang Jiao: I"m reporting too . Julu is still peaceful .
Zhang Jiao: My spy reports said Yuan Shao and Liu Yan are gathering troops .
Zhang Jiao: They probably plan to mobilize in spring .
Li Feihong: What about Tong?
Zhang Tong: I"m fine .
Zhang Tong: Just survived the siege at Liyang yesterday .
Zhang Tong: I secured Xu Huang . Another general getto!
Li Feihong: HAx.x.xX
Dong Bai: Reeeeeee
Hua s.h.i.+: Poor Cao Mengde .
Hua s.h.i.+: You have stolen three of his five elite generals .
Hua s.h.i.+: How can he survive without them now?
A smile appeared on Li Feihong"s pig face which terrified his bodyguards . He was happy that everyone had a positive att.i.tude even though the situation was stressful .
The clan chat was being used as it was supposed to be for the first time . Instead of spamming nonsense to kill time, everyone exchanged their intelligence and the movements in other locations .
Li Feihong believed that once Tong recruited more members or dragged in Jia Xu and Ju Shou into the group, the chat would be livelier .
From the info of Dong Bai in the clan chat, Liu Ping and his men had reached Nie County which located between Jinyang and Shangdang City .
"We"re also busy . My scouts detected a trail of enemy cavalry units . They are heading north . "
In his hands, the scouts from both Shangdang Army and Jinyang Army had given him reports as they spotted Zhang Yang"s troops . They were moving to the north with their cavalry units .
"Are you done, Feihong? We"re moving . " Zhang Liao called him, pulling him back from his thought .
Lu Bu did not waste any time . As soon as he had learned that the scouts found traces of the Imperial Army remnants, he ordered the chase with his entire 50,000 men . He planned to rush north to Nie County within two or three days .
Zhang Liao and Li Feihong were in the middle of the mobilization . They had to leave Shangdang City now .
"Sorry, sorry! I"m coming!"
Zhang He and Ju Shou sent them off at the north gate . Shangdang Army did not move along with Jinyang force as they had to remain in Shangdang to appease the citizens and maintain the order in the city .
Cleaning the aftermath of a battle was hard work .
Still, both of them gazed at the departing army in solemn even though they did not like Lu Bu . As servants of the same lord, they prayed for Jinyang Army"s victory .
The struggle at Shangdang was over, but the battle of Jinyang was about to begin .
…
South of Jinyang City, forty kilometers north of Nie County .
Friday in Xiao Wu"s outer appearance was digging trenches along with Julu soldiers, who could not stop sneaking glances at her . Although she wore customized iron armor for female, her busty body still attracted everyone"s attention .
Fortunately, all of them knew about her status as Tong"s concubine, so no one was stupid enough to lay a hand on her . Secondly and most importantly, they knew about one terrifying secret of Xiao Wu that stopped them from the silly thought .
At the moment, Friday was lifting a large boulder at the size of a modern bike with her left hand . She did not hold it above her shoulder or carry it behind her back .
She lifted it with her finger grip like a bowling ball .
"Friday, I need a few more over here," Shouted Hua s.h.i.+ who was arranging the rolling boulder traps .
"OKAY, CATCH!"
Friday hurled the stone toward Hua s.h.i.+"s direction .
*BOOM*
It landed precisely on the spot where Hua s.h.i.+ wanted to place the stone right in front of her .
However …
"YOU STUPID b.i.t.c.h! DON"T YOU f.o.o.kING TOSS THE STONE!!"
"You"re welcome!"
"I DID NOT THANK YOU!"
"I meant, sorry . I missed!"
"DAFUQ DO YOU MEAN YOU MISSED!? IT LANDED LIKE 2CM AWAY FROM MY b.o.o.bS! I CAN EVEN FEEL THE WIND HITTING MY FACE!"
"I was aiming at the spider on your chest!"
Hua s.h.i.+ looked down . There was indeed a baby forest spider on her cloth . Strangely, it seemed to tremble in fear .
As usual, the two mental wives of Tong continued playing dangerous pranks on each other on a daily basis . Usually, it was Hua s.h.i.+ who bullied Friday in the little Dong Bai body at home . However today, Friday had the upper hand as she was in her adult form, so she paid back her debt with interests .
Although the pranks were always risky and deadly in ordinary people"s eyes, to them who literally had been to h.e.l.l, a near-death experience was nothing but a fart with an extra golden nugget .
The two psychopaths continued working "peacefully" as they were finding an opportunity to get back on the other .
Meanwhile, Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu kept their distance from the women as they contributed to the ambush preparation .
"Do you think Zou s.h.i.+ will turn into one of them?" Zhang Ji asked his nephew .
Zhang Xiu shook his head, "Give up, uncle . She has a similar aura as theirs, and she hangs out with these girls . It"s a matter of time when she will turn into one of them . "
Tears welled in Zhang Ji"s eyes as he gave up to his fate . He remembered how scary Zou s.h.i.+ was when she was angry or when she demanded something from him .
"I wish I"m single for life . " Cried Zhang Ji .
…
October 26th, 7 PM .
In the restricted tent where Hua s.h.i.+ and Friday rested together, Hua s.h.i.+ sat cross legs and meditated as Friday instructed . Friday was teaching Hua s.h.i.+ a method to gain demonic wings .
Since Friday knew that Tong had infected Hua s.h.i.+ with his s.e.m.e.n and blood, she would likely to turn into a demon like Tong soon . In preparation for such event, Friday imparted her knowledge to Hua s.h.i.+ to prevent her from losing control to her [Sins] . She had begun teaching Hua s.h.i.+ after Tong left for Ye City as they had nothing to do at night .
"You"re sure I can grow wings? Why am I not feeling anything?" Asked Hua s.h.i.+ .
"It normally takes years to get the first pair . Besides, you"ve only been infected for a year . It usually takes 20 years to get your first wing . " Friday gave her instruction while she was also meditating alongside with Hua s.h.i.+ .
"But didn"t Tong get his wings this year? He is only 17 if I remember correctly . "
"I"m surprised, too . I think somebody or an otherworlder had stimulated his [Sins] to the point that all of them awakened . It"s fortunate that he didn"t go berserk . "
"Berserk?"
"Our [Sins] are our heart devils . Everybody is born with at least seven or eight of them . Once our demon blood matured, they will appear and attempt to take control of our body and soul . When we lose control of our body, that"s when we go berserk . Imagine a lunatic taking over your body and use it as he sees fit . "
Hua s.h.i.+"s body trembled as she was afraid of losing her body to an unknown being . As she simulated the scenario where she lost control of her body, she recalled the event when Tong acted weird .
"I think he went berserk . There was a day that he looked into my eyes and my consciousness blurred . By the times I woke up again, he has already inseminated me to the point that my stomach bloated . "
Friday squinted her eyes . If it were the usual time, she might have thought that Hua s.h.i.+ was bragging . However, the topic of the conversation was related to Tong"s wellbeing . She could not ignore it or treat it as a joke .
"What happened to him that day?"
Hua s.h.i.+ laughed, "He summoned me to his bedroom while he was sitting on the bed and looking at his crack . I thought he was addicted to s.e.x, but he flashed his red eyes at me and boom! My mind went blank . "
Friday also laughed, "Ah, that"s probably [l.u.s.t] . You"re lucky that it was his [l.u.s.t] and not [Wrath] or [Gluttony] . Or else, you would have been dead . "
"But hasn"t he awakened [l.u.s.t] first? I thought it was his strong trait . "
"There"s another trick I haven"t told you yet . There"s a shortcut to tame our [Sins], but we"ll have to allow them to take over our body first . Once we regain our sense, the [Sins] that has attempted to take our body will be weakened to the point that it"s so easy to tame . "
"Hey! Why haven"t you told me this before!? I would have used that method instead of sitting all day doing nothing . "
"Listen, hoe! I literally turned into a monster during the berserk period! I even wasted over a million year to get my wings this way . "
"But Tong regained his sense in a night . "
"That"s . . . odd . But hey, you and Tong are different . Do you really want to gamble?"
Hua s.h.i.+ smirked and looked at her stomach, "After this child grows up a bit, let me try that . "