Chapter 537
“Whoosh!”
When Zhao Yunlong saw that his father, Zhao Kuo, had turned into a ghost, he was greatly alarmed. He quickly jumped down from his spirit beast mount and quickly walked to Zhao Kuo’s side. He asked worriedly, “Father, are you alright?”
“Alright?”
Zhao Kuo turned around with a furious expression and pointed a trembling finger at Zhao Yunfei under Xiao Chen’s sword. “Yunfei is already like this, and you say you’re alright?
You’re blind! ”
“Ah?
Yunfei?
Yunfei! ”
Zhao Yunlong’s well-intentioned greeting had been met with Zhao Kuo’s angry rebuke, which made him feel extremely wronged. However, when his gaze followed Zhao Kuo’s hand, passed through the gap between the guards, and saw Zhao Yunfei at Xiao Chen’s feet, he no longer felt wronged. Instead, he felt extremely angry.
“Xiao Chen?
You’re the one who hurt my Yunfei!
You deserve to die! ”
Zhao Yunlong saw the black-robed man pointing his sword at Zhao Yunfei and immediately guessed that it was Xiao Chen. With a murderous look on his face, he roared, “Mongrel!
Release my Yunfei or I’ll kill your entire family! ”
“Is everyone from the Zhao this kind of trash?
Threatening others and saying that you’ll kill their entire families? ”
Xiao Chen shook his head with a look of disdain on his face. A moment later, his expression grew fierce as he shouted, “I said it before!
I hate it when people use my family and friends to threaten me. Your father threatened me, so I cut off your son’s leg. Now that you’re threatening me, I’ll cut off your son’s other leg as well … ”
“Don’t!”
Zhao Kuo and Zhao Yunlong cried out at the same time. They were now completely convinced that Xiao Chen was not joking. The leg on the ground was more than enough to explain everything.
“Oh?”
Xiao Chen halted his wooden sword and stared expressionlessly at Zhao Kuo and Zhao Yunlong. Finally, his eyes met with Zhao Kuo’s and he asked, “Do you feel sorry for him?”
“Palace guards, stand down!”
Zhao Kuo shouted at the hundreds of palace guards surrounding Xiao Chen to retreat. Suppressing his anger, he spoke to Xiao Chen as calmly as possible, “Xiao Chen, what will it take for you to release my Yunfei?”
“Let go?
Why do you say that? ”
Xiao Chen pretended to be surprised. Then, with a serious expression, he explained, “I have no enmity with young master Zhao. Just now, when we entered the city, I saw that he was injured by Old Man Sun’s men on the ground, so I conveniently saved him. Then, I ordered Old Man Sun to carry young master Zhao to the Imperial Palace to find the Alchemy Saint for treatment. But you prevented us from entering the Imperial Palace. Now, young master Zhao’s leg was broken by itself. This is all your fault, delaying the best time for treatment. Even if I wanted to help, it would be difficult.
“This …”
Xiao Chen talked for a long time, and the content of his words made Zhao Kuo and everyone present speechless. No grudge?
Save someone?
Did he break his leg by himself?
Do you think all of us are blind?
You actually slandered the Sun Clan for injuring Zhao Yunfei. This clearly shows that you have ill intentions. You want the Zhao Clan and the Sun Clan to become enemies. Do you take us for fools?
“Pfft!”
Facing so many unfamiliar martial artists, Dongfang Qingwu was originally very nervous. When she heard Xiao Chen suddenly shirking responsibility and spouting nonsense, she was slightly stunned. Then, she burst into laughter. Her laughter was very pleasant to the ears, and it diluted the originally tense atmosphere a lot.
Da Huang had been in a state of vigilance. As long as Xiao Chen gave the order, he would absolutely not hesitate to rush forward and kill Zhao Kuo, the strongest enemy, immediately. However, when he heard Xiao Chen’s rascally words, he was also stunned. Then, he was shocked by Xiao Chen’s words. He couldn’t help but send a voice transmission to Xiao Chen and said in admiration,
“Big Brother, you are really good!
You can even lie and shirk responsibility at this time. I admire you so much that I almost can’t recognize you. Hahaha! ”
“Da Huang, this is called a stratagem!
I changed my style of speech to give the enemy an illusion so that they can’t see through us. False and real, real and fake. This will achieve the effect of subduing the enemy without fighting. Wait and see. The enemy will definitely give us a way out. Peace is precious. “Xiao Chen sent a voice transmission to Da Huang in a serious manner. He looked like a wise man.
“Is that so?
Peace is precious?
I don’t believe it! ”
Da Huang looked at Xiao Chen suspiciously. Then, he continued to look at Zhao Kuo, wanting to see if Xiao Chen’s guess was correct.
“This yellow dog should be the Lion King. How strange, he doesn’t have the aura of a wildbeast on him. Is it because he can transform?”
Zhao Kuo could feel Da Huang’s gaze on him, which made him feel a bit scared. He guessed that the yellow dog should be Xiao Chen’s The Lion King. He had been so angry that he had forgotten about the Lion King. Now that he thought about it, he was a bit afraid. If the Lion King had attacked him, then he would’ve suffered a great loss. “Worry makes one lose their mind.
Xiao Chen has the Lion King to protect him, and he also has Yunfei as a hostage, so of course he won’t be afraid of us. Let’s calm him down first. He doesn’t want to see His Majesty, so I’ll fulfill his wish. As long as we can save Yunfei, we’ll gang up on him and kill him and the Lion King!
Hehe … ”
Gradually, Zhao Kuo calmed down. He had a plan in mind, and that was to beat Xiao Chen at his own game. He would first agree to Xiao Chen’s request and then find the best time to kill Xiao Chen and the Lion King. “Xiao Chen, as long as you agree to let my Yunfei go, I will take you into the palace to see His Majesty. What say you?”
“Deal!”
That was what Xiao Chen was waiting for, so he agreed without any hesitation. Of course, he wouldn’t hand Zhao Yunfei over right away. He needed to see His Majesty first before he could let Zhao Yunfei go. Otherwise, he would have to use Zhao Yunfei as a hostage to fight his way out of the palace and Fire Spirit City!
Zhao Kuo sneered inwardly at Xiao Chen’s straightforward reply, but she still maintained a courteous expression. “Xiao Chen, would you be able to hand Yunfei over to me for treatment? His life is in danger from losing too much blood. If he dies, then what use is our agreement?
Am I right? ”
“Right now?
Eh?
How did you turn into a three-year-old, haha … “Xiao Chen’s face grew a little strange as he mocked. Looking to the unconscious Zhao Yunfei, he added,” He really is dying. We’ll have to ask the Alchemy Saint Ouyang Yufeng to save him. And that broken leg of his needs to be reattached as soon as possible. Otherwise, it’ll rot away! ”
“You … you’re ruthless!”
Zhao Kuo was on the verge of exploding again, but he managed to calm himself down in time. He was at his wit’s end with Xiao Chen. Xiao Chen wasn’t a naive child that could be easily fooled, but rather a mature youth. Any tricks or schemes would be useless against Xiao Chen.
Seeing that Zhao Kuo was furious, Xiao Chen remained expressionless. He looked at Commander Hu, who was kneeling on the ground, and said calmly, “Commander Hu, come here and carry Mister Zhao into the palace with us. I trust you very much, so I hope you won’t play any tricks, understand?”
“You called for me?”
Hu Sen hadn’t expected that Xiao Chen would call for him, so he was startled. He didn’t dare offend anyone right now, not the house of Zhao, and not even the cruel Xiao Chen. He wasn’t an idiot. If Xiao Chen was able to remain calm in front of Zhao Kuo, then he had to have something to rely on. That reliance was most likely the yellow dog by Xiao Chen’s side.
Seeing that Hu Sen was hesitating, Zhao Kuo ordered coldly, “Captain Hu, hurry over. If my Yunfei dies, then you will all pay with your lives!”
“Yes, Imperial Advisor Zhao.”
Since the Imperial Advisor had given the order, Hu Sen didn’t dare to hesitate. Immediately climbing to his feet, he quickly ran over to Xiao Chen’s wooden sword. When Xiao Chen moved the sword away, Hu Sen carefully picked up the dying Zhao Yunfei as well as Zhao Yunfei’s broken leg.
After being delayed for an hour in front of the palace, Xiao Chen and the other two could finally enter the palace. No, they had to brave the palace. The palace was an extremely dangerous place. Even if Xiao Chen and the other two could enter safely, they might not be able to come out safely.