Chapter 197: The Intention to Kill in Dark Night
The moment Fairy Purple Phoenix finished speaking, Lyu Liang shuddered at the gazes from all around. At the same time, there were two intense murderous looks behind him, which made him really restless. There was no need to check, as he’d already known that they were from Liu Jiawen and Yang Ying…
‘To Go or not to go?’ Lyu Liang thought about it within a flash of lightning and braced himself to step forward after a sigh in his heart. Meanwhile, he hurried to secretly transmit a voice to the girls, in case there would be a misunderstanding!
After getting to the high platform, Lyu Liang went up to Fairy Purple Phoenix while keeping his head down. He bowed to her, saying, “Junior Lyu Liang, I may not deserve your concern. It’s just that fortune has given me much more opportunities.”
Fairy Purple Phoenix was now giggling cheerfully. She drew out a golden handkerchief from between her plump b.r.e.a.s.t.s, handed it to him and said, “Haha. I like people like you who don’t rest on their laurels. This golden silk handkerchief is a Pure-yang magic treasure. Its defensive power is awesome. And now it’s yours! I’m several years older than you, so you can see me as your sister. There is no need to be so reserved now.”
After finishing speaking, Fairy Purple Phoenix directly took Lyu Liang’s hand and pressed the golden silk handkerchief into it while scratching in his palm secretly. Meanwhile, she secretly transmitted a voice to him, “After the wushu test today, please come to my mansion, childe. I have another important thing to talk with you!”
Lyu Liang had no idea how he’d come down the platform. Anyway, he already found his back being wet with sweat after returning back to his own camp. Besides, there were more than two murderous looks at the moment…
Lyu Liang suddenly got that the so called “a narrow escape from death” did not literally happen in b.l.o.o.d.y fights…
Within almost two hours before the eighth match between Xu Mubai and Zhu Yan, Lyu Liang did nothing but explain to his own people. The male friends were all okay with that, while his female friends, especially the young ladies from the Remote Antiquity families led by Liu Jiawen, were totally hard to deal with. It was only easier to convince Yang Ying.
At last, Lyu Liang just replied with ‘yes’ numbly as various unequal treaties were coming along. It was until right before the wushu test started that they finally let go of that ingenuous fellow with a broken heart.
“Dude, other than their concerns, if I identify the golden handkerchief right, it’s an Innate Spirit Treasure of defensive nature. The trace of the original owner has already been erased. Well, she gives you a precious treasure while expecting nothing in return. You don’t really think that she is such a wastrel who just has a crush on you, do you?” As soon as his companions were done comforting him, White started to talk sense into him, too.
Lyu Liang was suddenly taken aback. He had been trying to explain the situation to his friends and didn’t have time to think about something otherwise. Now that White spoke it out, Lyu Liang instantly understood the cause and effect with his intelligence and said, “It must be the Dreamy Crystal Vessel! That’s why she’s invested so much to lure me! If I go there tonight, she would probably bring up recruiting me. Senior, should I go there tonight?”
White replied sneeringly, “Come on, you’ve already figured it out. Why do you ask me? Just think about how to explain to the several young ladies!”
Lyu Liang started to have a headache now. Certainly, he could go there and leave right away. After all, Fairy Purple Phoenix was an inspector from the Heavenly Alliance and it was just inappropriate not to go. Before they became hostile to each other, he had to continue to pretend.
As for how to explain to Liu Jiawen and her friends, Lyu Liang sighed bitterly and decided to do it step by step. He knew that they all had a soft heart, though they talked sharply, which was more like warning and joking. They would understand his difficult position.
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Moments later, the eighth match of the wushu test started. Lyu Liang and one of the two partic.i.p.ants were Damon and Pythias; the other one was Lyu Liang’s best friend, so he didn’t know whom he wanted to win.
Inside the gourd, the two people smiled at each other first and then started to fight violently.
That was the first time that Lyu Liang was able to get to know the real power of the two most trustworthy people at his side.
Xu Mubai’s magic treasure to attack was a silver sword and the Field Domain were also silver whirlpools. Zhu Yan just activated a Field Domain with dark red flames burning there. “It must contain the essence of h.e.l.lfire,” thought Lyu Liang.
Maybe because the two fighters usually had a good relationship, they wouldn’t have a life-and-death battle anyway.
The only thing that was amazing was the divine weapon in Zhu Yan’s hand, called “Demon Broadsword-Fantasy Moon”. It seemed that Zhu Yan just waved it slightly, but Xu Mubai was always on the alert and mainly took a defensive stance.
The entire battle lasted less than one hour and came to an end with Xu Mubai admitting defeat with a smile.
During the ninth match, Lyu Liang was unable to watch the test even when he really wanted to, as Fairy Purple Phoenix began to have a conversation with him by secretly transmitting her voice without a break, which was all about Lyu Liang’s history and her admiration of his reputation.
In consideration of her ident.i.ty, Lyu Liang had to answer continually. When she flirted and hinted openly, he could only answer her in an ambiguous way. With one being really in the mood to talk and the other one wishing to leave all the time, they kept talking from sunup to sunset, which caused Lyu Liang to directly miss the match involving Liu Jiahao. He only knew that Liu Jiahao had won in the end.
When the following match was Yang Ying versus the Six-armed Demon, Lyu Liang wanted to watch it whatever happened, as he’d always been curious about how a delicate looking woman became the first force in the Ghostly Fire Palace.
When Lyu Liang was perturbed, Fairy Purple Phoenix suddenly stopped the voice transmission, who seemed to turn to someone else. Lyu Liang looked away subconsciously, finding that Huangfu Gang was nodding to him.
Lyu Liang understood instantly and thanked this temporary ally sincerely for the first time, for now he was finally able to watch Yang Ying’s match carefully.
As he looked with Human-Beast Unite, the match was just near its end.
The inky arrows were now all over the sky, almost filling every s.p.a.ce that was visible to people’s eyes. Yang Ying, who had been a delicate girl in front of Lyu Liang, was now like an iron Warlord dressing in a black suit of armor. She majestically controlled the arrows to attack the Six-armed Demon, who was only capable of defending at the moment.
That was the first time that Lyu Liang saw the heroic figure of Yang Ying. After being at loss for a minute, he gasped in admiration. Although he was not at the site, he also knew that the arrows with black smoke coming out must be the Power of Law in Field Domain with great aggressiveness.
After the time it took to burn three sticks of incenses, the Six-armed Demon howled unwillingly and then disappeared inside the gourd. As the Wine Sword Immortal announced that Yang Ying had won, that basically one-sided battle was over.
At the same time, the third day of the wushu test had also come to an end.
Everyone just directly went back to their cave residences. Only Lyu Liang laughed bitterly and started to think about all the possibilities for that night.
It was impossible not to go, because Fairy Purple Phoenix had deliberately warned him to come before people left, as if she’d wait for him until he showed up.
Lyu Liang thought about it over and over again, and decided to go there decently at last. If she just talked about something that didn’t matter to him, he would hang around for a bit. But if the conversation involved Civilization Mecha and the purpose to recruit him, it was another matter altogether!
Before setting out, Lyu Liang had deliberately told all the people on his side, including Huangfu Gang, with whom he’d just built an alliance, intending to be as open and aboveboard as possible.
But he missed one thing. He didn’t take Li Wuyi’s big mouth into consideration. That outspoken second brother told everything to his brothers in his puppet army the minute he was back.
In fact, Li Wuyi meant well and just said that Fairy Purple Phoenix had invited Lyu Liang for a chat and everyone should be prepared with some relative safety precautions…
Then the news was transmitted to every corner of the camp within less than one hour, as if it had wings. And it was described in various versions.
Some people said that Lyu Liang had a thing for Fairy Purple Phoenix, so he courted her actively, while other people said that Fairy Purple Phoenix intended to recruit Lyu Liang into the Heavenly Alliance in the Pangu Origin world. The most ridiculous version was that they two fell in love with each other at first sight and were preparing to get married…
When Lyu Liang heard these, he froze for a moment and then looked on the bright side, thinking that the condition now was okay. He showed respect to Fairy Purple Phoenix because she was an inspector of the Heavenly Alliance. If she brought up unreasonable demands with that ident.i.ty, he would reject her right on the spot.
No offending didn’t mean he would not turn against her. Lyu Liang was one who had been arrested by the Soul Detention Order, and had dealt with Bloodthirsty Shura in the Heavenly Alliance; he also got in touch with Immortal Generals in the Mortal World, which was much more dangerous than the current situation, but he’d never flinched then. What’s more, he had the Dreamy Crystal Vessel. He would escape with it if he had to. Anyway, his friends had already promised him that no matter who reached the top three, they would all obtain the Eternal Heaven Fire for him.
At the moment, Lyu Liang regained his pa.s.sion and strode out of his residence. Then he directly flew toward the mansion of Fairy Purple Phoenix.
At that point, the evening lights were lit and the moonlight was shining down its silver brilliance to the earth. Another night was coming…
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At the same time, a bunch of people who wore black clothes and masks were staying together inside a small yard in the cave residence area. All were listening to a black-robed man ahead of them.
“Tonight, Lyu Liang will go to the mansion of Fairy Purple Phoenix, so it’s a good opportunity to plant something on him! If Fairy Purple Phoenix died in front of Lyu Liang, we don’t need to do anything at all. The rage from G.o.d Ancestor Night Dragon alone would be enough to keep him out of this place!” The tall, strong man said in a low and powerful voice.
Then a man with a mask among them also shouted in a low voice, “Boss has been taking really good care of us. We must finish the task even if we have to end up with our souls flying and scattering later! And now, everyone needs to take a Free Immortal pill. Once we are dead, there would be no trace left behind!”
“Yes, sir!” They all growled with determined expressions in their eyes, which showed that they were absolutely a bunch of Men of Sacrifice, without any personal emotions!
Then, the black-robed men scattered without any further orders and disappeared in the dark successively. The black-robed man who had issued the orders and a delicate girl were left alone.
“That array unit, are you sure it is perfectly safe?” The black-robed man asked.
“Boss, don’t worry. It is a magical array unit of ancient times introduced by my Life-Soul! Unless the people of the Gongsun Family from Remote Antiquity, no one can break it and enter within less than four hours, even for the Tao Ancestor himself! By that time, we would have finished our task already!” The girl spoke with absolute confidence.
The black-robed man said deeply again, “Stay cautious. Lyu Liang always has some surprising moves. Even though we have the help of a big array unit this time, never take things lightly! If we fail to kill Fairy Purple Phoenix within two hours, do the final hit. It’s best to maim Lyu Liang at the same time, and even if he can make it to the end, Fairy Purple Phoenix would probably be dead anyway!”