Chapter 1430: Faking Death
Long Tian looked down at Nong Sanniang and replied, "Don"t resist. I know that the Nong family’s secret technique is difficult to deal with, and also that you’re very talented, but the attack just now seriously injured you. Even if you manage to escape, you still won’t be able to partic.i.p.ate in the next battle."
Nong Sanniang wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth as she stared up at Long Tian. "I just want to know if the person who defeated me has an innate gift of s.p.a.ce."
Even disregarding Nong Sanniang, everyone else wanted to know as well.
A smile appeared on Long Tian"s face. "Yes."
Everyone was shocked; so he really did have an innate gift of s.p.a.ce.
Lu Yin frowned; Long Tian had an innate gift of s.p.a.ce? That was truly unique.
Long Xi"s expression remained calm. There was actually a trace of ridicule in the depths of her eyes, but no one noticed it.
Bai Shaohong"s expression changed completely as he looked at Long Tian. "No wonder you didn’t reveal your innate gift during the Yuanlun Festival. It turns out to be something so terrifying."
Long Tian looked back at Bai Shaohong. "I"m sorry Brother Bai, but my innate gift is rather difficult to master, and it’s easy to kill my opponents if I’m not careful."
Bai Shaohong’s gaze grew sharp.
"Also, Brother Bai, your innate gift still hasn’t been revealed," Long Tian continued.
Bai Shaohong smiled. "It’s nothing worth even mentioning."
"Really?" Long Tian also smiled. An innate gift that was not worth mentioning? Only an idiot would believe such a claim.
Nong Sanniang no longer had any plans to resist, and Crown Prince Gui Qian had already been killed. At the moment, Xia Taili was the only person who was not part of the two teams that were fully present.
Everyone turned to look at Xia Taili.
Xia Taili’s hair was in disarray, and the Divine Martial Armor had disappeared from her body. It looked like she had accepted her fate. “This is too much. There are too many people here to go against."
Long Tian smiled as he said, "Don"t worry, we won"t hurt you."
He raised a hand and the White Dragon Survey’s the Sky trapped the girl. With that, Long Tian turned to look at Wen Diyi.
Wen Diyi attacked, and the seven-fold Literary Prison appeared and wrapped around the White Dragon Surveying the Sky.
After that, smoke appeared as Yun Tingting raised her hand. The cloud of smoke shot forward and enveloped the Literary Prison.
Three different trapping techniques had been used to completely block Xia Taili.
Xia Taili"s power vessel that looked like an aquatic plant was able to defend and protect her, but it had no attacking power that could overcome the techniques that had locked her in place.
Long Xi walked over to Xia Taili and extended her hand. "Give it to me."
Xia Taili blinked and acted ignorant. "What?"
Long Xi casually replied, "Give me your cosmic ring."
Xia Taili exclaimed, "You want to steal my cosmic ring? You must be dreaming! This is too much! Since when did the White Dragon Clan become a bunch of thieves? Long Xi, you"ve really fallen! You taught you to do this?"
Long Xi remained perfectly calm. "Cosmic ring."
Xia Taili angrily retorted, "Long Xi, don"t forget that you’re a princess! How can you act like a bandit? What does the White Dragon Clan get out of this? You’re still trying to bully me! I’m just a weak girl, and I don’t have anything good in there. Just go away! Go away!"
Long Xi just stared at the other girl. "I’ll give it to Xia Shenfei, so just give me your cosmic ring."
Everyone was staring at Xia Taili. No one could know if she had any power vessels in her cosmic ring that could attack and break through the trapping techniques that bound her.
The truth was that she did have such a thing. She had believed that these people had forgotten about such a possibility, and had not expected Long Xi to be so cautious. Xia Taili gritted her teeth and glared at Long Xi. "Just you wait! I won"t give up! I’ll remember this!"
She then turned to glare at Lu Yin. "And you, you shameless b.a.s.t.a.r.d! You dared to take advantage of me, and I’ll tell my big brother what happened."
Everyone turned to stare blankly at Lu Yin; he had taken advantage of the girl?
Even Long Xi was frozen for a moment, and she instinctively turned to look at Lu Yin. Her eyes gradually grew colder and sharper.
Lu Yin felt somewhat speechless. "Please don’t confuse things. Didn’t I just make use of your power vessel to escape the creatures that were chasing us? Brother Wen can vouch for me."
Wen Diyi spoke up, "That’s right, don"t try to cause any misunderstandings."
Everyone’s attention reverted back to Xia Taili. What a pity that this was the case. Things would have been more interesting with such a scandal.
Long Xi"s expression was far more unhappy when she turned back to look at Xia Taili. "Hurry up and give me your cosmic ring."
Xia Tai snorted. "Just wait! A whole group of people are bullying me; my big brother won"t let this go!"
With that, she finally removed her cosmic ring and threw it on the ground before stomping on it with both of her feet.
Long Xi made a random gesture and collected the cosmic ring. She then turned around and walked away without even taking another look at Xia Taili.
Long Tian glanced at Xia Taili and Nong Sanniang one last time before taking the lead and leaving the area.
Bai Shaohong and his team also started off in the same direction.
Before long, both teams were gone.
Xia Taili just kept cursing and muttering to herself.
Close by, Nong Sanniang had also been trapped within a White Dragon Surveying the Sky and a Literary Prison. The difference between the two girls was that Nong Sanniang had been badly injured and needed to treat herself.
"Don"t be upset. From their position, this was the right move to make, and we were just unlucky," Nong Sanniang said in a helpless manner. She was very open about the situation. "At least it’s better than death."
When this was said, Xia Taili subconsciously looked over at Crown Prince Gui Qian’s corpse. That guy had been truly unlucky.
Huh? No, Xia Taili noticed something as she stared at the. "Sanniang, look. Isn"t the blood from corpse a bit too red?"
Nong Sanniang turned to look as well, and her expression changed. Sure enough, the blood was too red. While it was true that blood was red, it would gradually darken after leaving a body, and would no longer remain a bright red.
"Crown Prince Gui Qian, get out here! You aren’t dead!" Nong Sanniang shouted loudly.
Xia Taili felt horrified. The prince had managed to be cut in half, and yet had not died? This really lived up to Specter Abyss’s reputation.
Suddenly, the severed corpse of Crown Prince Gui Qian that lay some distance away moved, and the two pieces started moving closer to each other. Finally, as the two women stared in horror, the two pieces merged together, and Crown Prince Gui Qian"s closed eyes opened. His gaze was steady.
What?
Xia Taili screamed as though she had just seen a ghost.
Nong Sanniang"s face also went pale. "So, you really weren’t dead."
Crown Prince Gui Qian moved his arm. "It"s easy to fake death."
"Bulls.h.i.t!" Nong Sanniang said angrily. She would also have wanted to play dead, but she did not have the ability to pull it off.
"You- how did you pull that off? Bai Shaohong isn’t stupid." Xia Taili felt like everything was off kilter, as if she was looking at a ghost.
Gui Qian casually replied, "My body was just cut in two. It wasn’t a big deal."
Xia Taili and Nong Sanniang went silent. Not a big deal? If it was that easy to fake death, then no one would ever die.
Bai Shaohong"s attack had not only cut the prince’s body in two, it had also severed s.p.a.ce itself. Even if someone wanted to reconnect the two severed pieces, it would be impossible. It was no different from the concept of someone being burned to ashes and then hoping to be resurrected. Crown Prince Gui Qian’s accomplishment was equal to such an impossibility.
It could only be said that everyone had underestimated the power of Specter Abyss. Everyone had long feared Specter Abyss, and even the four ruling powers had suppressed that organization. The younger generation had not understood that sense of fear before, but at this moment, the two women were able to understand a bit. Even Bai Shaohong had been deceived by Crown Prince Gui Qian’s act.
"Alright, now we need to make a deal." Crown Prince Gui Qian looked at Xia Taili. "I know you have a map of where everyone’s heading. Give it to me, and I’ll promise you one thing."
Xia Taili rolled her eyes. "You must be an idiot. You want to follow them?"
He lightly responded, "I’d have to be dreaming to want to follow two Junior Progenitors without being discovered."
"Glad to hear you know that much," Xia Taili retorted.
Crown Prince Gui Qian grew more serious. "I promise you that I will help Xia Shenfei at the destination they’re all headed for. This is what I will promise."
Xia Taili felt moved. At this moment, Bai Shaohong"s team was complete. While Long Tian was missing someone from his team, there was no guarantee that the missing person would rejoin them. On the other hand, w.a.n.g Su"s team was missing two people, and Xia Taili’s older brother"s team was missing one person. If Crown Prince Gui Qian helped her big brother, it would be no different from w.a.n.g Su"s team missing three members, while Xia Taili’s brother’s team would be complete. He would hold a complete advantage.
Nong Sanniang frowned. "Crown Prince Gui Qian, w.a.n.g Su brought you here. If you’re willing to betray others so easily, who will ever be willing to trust Specter Abyss in the future?"
Crown Prince Gui Qian was completely indifferent. "I forced w.a.n.g Su to bring me here. That’s the only reason she didn’t bring someone else. Besides, what happens in the future has nothing to do with me."
Nong Sanniang continued to press, "Since you’re willing to betray w.a.n.g Su right now, what guarantee can you offer that you’ll help Xia Shenfei in the fight after getting the map?"
Xia Taili grew wary. "That’s right."
The prince looked up. "Even if I don"t help Xia Shenfei, I’ll still be seen as an enemy by Bai Shaohong and Long Tian. The enemy of an enemy is a friend."
Xia Taili started considering the matter.
The prince waited quietly.
After a while, Xia Taili gritted her teeth and gave the map to the prince. She had not kept the map in her cosmic ring, but in her hand. “Remember, you promised me that you’ll help my brother. Even if you aren’t able to help my brother, you still have to act against Bai Shaohong. Show them they messed up."
Crown Prince Gui Qian agreed, "Don"t worry, Bai Shaohong already killed me once."
With that, he started following the map and headed in the same direction as Long Tian and the others.
As she stared at Crown Prince Gui Qian"s disappearing back, Nong Sanniang asked, "Do you actually believe him?"
Xia Taili rolled her eyes. "Only an Idiot would believe him. Still, he’ll definitely cause some trouble for Bai Shaohong, and that’s good enough."
Nong Sanniang nodded.
Bai Shaohong had not considered that Crown Prince Gui Qian could resurrect himself from such an injury. Actually, the prince’s primary target after he had recovered was not Bai Shaohong, but Lu Yin. The prince had not revealed what he had seen Long Qi do in the palace, not even when everyone had attacked him. He wanted to deal with this matter on his own.
At this moment, Lu Yin was also in a bit of trouble because Yuhua Mavis had been exposed as a trespa.s.ser.
When Long Tian asked about Lu Yin’s relationship with Yuhua Mavis, all that Lu Yin could say was that he did not know the woman. As for the help he had received from Yuhua Mavis with exposing the Guan brothers as Redbacks, Lu Yin was forced to swallow a bitter fruit.
This was all Guan Hai"s fault, as even when he had been dying, he had tried to drag Lu Yin down as well.
"Brother, what are you trying to say?" Long Xi asked coldly.
Long Tian’s team had already traveled a ways towards their destination, and Long Tian had started talking as they traveled. "I just don"t want the White Dragon Clan to end up getting involved because of that woman. You should already know how despicable those trespa.s.sers from the Forsaken Land are. If not for them, the Perennial World would likely have a few more Progenitors."
Long Xi frowned. "This isn’t the time to talk about this."
Long Tian stared at Lu Yin for a moment before redirecting his attention forward.
Lu Yin felt guilty, and he subconsciously glanced over at Long Xi, who happened to be looking at him at the same time as well.
Long Tian was unaware, but Long Xi knew that Lu Yin was not actually from one of the White Dragon Clan’s branch families. However, she had not once asked Lu Yin about his origins, not even when they had first met.
Long Xi was the princess of the White Dragon Clan, which meant that she was part of the four ruling powers, and thus held a respected status. This was why she had never cared about Lu Yin’s background, as an ordinary cultivator was not worth her attention. Her reaction had been completely normal.
However, Lu Yin was fully confident that she would conduct a thorough investigation into his background as soon as they returned from the Dominion Realm.
Lu Yin had acted in a brazen manner from when he had joined Humility"s Gate. He had arrested traitors and Redbacks, which were accomplishments that ordinary people could not pull off. There had been too many coincidences for it to just be a matter of luck.
Lu Yin might not be able to escape Long Xi’s interrogations after returning from the Dominion Realm, and that gave him a headache.
Even at this moment, Long Xi was staring at Lu Yin with a complicated expression that held a hint of wariness.
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