Chapter 683: Introducing Two Familiar Friends
The dragonman youngster took Zi Di, Zong Ge, Fei She, and the others away without a second thought.
The Li Jian Clan’s people didn’t dare to stop them.
The capital didn’t have a night curfew.
The survivors were just passing through the city gate.
The gate guards were amazed to see a Long Fu standing before them and a “Long Fu” lying down.
Everyone stayed here for a while.
Because the city guard commander communicated that they hadn’t caught Hua Tang and he escaped. As witnesses, he requested the dragonman youngster’s help earnestly and hoped Long Fu would take a bit of time to work on a report.
They were worried the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps wouldn’t be returning.
Long Fu stated on the spot, “Don’t worry, we are just finding a temporary dwelling outside the city. My corps’ Magician Yao Ma is participating in this year’s Warm Cup Grand Contest. As a newly promoted gold level, I want to participate in this year’s National Ceremony Grand Duel.”
When the dragonman youngster said this, it stirred the surrounding soldiers.
This was bombshell news!
After tonight, this information will be spread throughout the capital.
Long Fu’s reputation in the kingdom was extraordinary.
The dragonman youngster brought Zi Di, Zong Ge, and the others officially past the city walls and traveled northwest.
After they gradually got far from the capital, they came to a snowy field.
The snowy field was empty and uninhabited, and this late into the night, it emitted a silent white light.
The dragonman youngster took the lead and came to a small hill.
To everyone’s amazement, he triggered some measure that caused the small hill to dissipate transcendent aura. Next, the dragonman youngster took a few steps forward and walked directly into the hill.
Everyone followed him inside in a line.
“Where is this?” Zi Di and the others were surprised.
Unlike what they envisioned, the interior of the hill was not a cave or a tunnel, rather it was a wide open space that looked like a mountain had been hollowed out.
The gigantic space inside had many tents.
“These are temporary shelters; you can freely pick which you want and stay here for the time being.”
“Tomorrow, we will return to the capital,” said the dragonman youngster.
Everyone picked a tent and found basic living goods inside them.
When Fei She saw this, his eyes leaked a complex look. All these signs indicated the dragonman youngster had come prepared.
“Follow me.” The dragonman youngster said to Zi Di alone.
After appearing, Zi Di had closely followed by his side, tenderly looking at him.”
“Ok.” Zi Di light nodded, acting quite cute.
The dragonman youngster left the tent community and came to a wide and empty area, then penetrated space and vanished again.
Zi Di followed the dragonman youngster into the second layer of space and noticed it was still vast here.
“The Deep Sea Monster Fish?” Zi Di exhaled.
In this internal layer of space, Zi Di noticed a most familiar magic ship.
“Come in, I have many things I want to tell you about.” Said the dragonman youngster.
“Me too.” Zi Di’s eyes were still glued to the dragonman youngster.
The two entered the ship through the landing cabin, where two others were waiting.
“Hua Tang?!” Zi Di’s pupils contracted as she gasped.
“Also…uh…” Zi Di saw the fishman Dao Hen but couldn’t place his name for a moment.
But Zi Di knew the latter, after all she had participated in the battle of Two Eyes Island and reviewed magic images of it afterwards many times. Then, Dao Hen displayed extraordinary silver level strength that left a deep impression on Zi Di.
Zi Di’s gaze quickly streaked past Dao Han, and once again focused on Hua Tang.
From the traces of battle on Hua Tang’s body, she was certain that the Hua Tang before her was the one who ran amok in the capital.
“So, you are a fake?” Zi Di was exceptionally intelligent and quickly realized the truth.
She suddenly turned around and looked at the dragonman youngster.
The dragonman youngster smiled, “That’s right, it wasn’t the real Hua Tang who attacked the Li Jian Clan’s encampment.”
“I wanted to use it as a pretext to attack the Li Jian Clan’s encampment, giving me justifiable reasons to get you out, and get into contact with our auxiliary commander, I would reveal my gold level strength so I could easily join the National Ceremony Grand Duel!
“Sorry.” The dragonman youngster held Zi Di’s shoulder, “The Li Jian Clan’s encampment was not safe, and if I contacted you in advance, it was possible an enemy would detect it.”
Zi Di replied, “So, the Li Jian steward’s death…”
The dragonman youngster nodded, “That was a small lesson I gave the Li Jian Clan. They actually dared to place my people under house arrest; thus, they had to pay the price.”
“My people…” Zi Di took note of the dragonman youngster’s wording, her heart not having a hint of sadness in its abundant happiness.
“As for these two, they are our familiar friends.” As the dragonman youngster said that he raised his head and pointed to “Hua Tang”.
“Hua Tang” took the opportunity to take off his mask and reveal his real features.
“You, you are actually…Lord Hun Tong?!” Zi Di could have never expected that the one disguised as “Hua Tang” was actually a gold level and also Two Eyes Island’s Lord.
What was actually going on?
Hun Tong was a grand imperial noble and had his own territory. He had run Two Eyes Island well. Why wasn’t he being a perfectly normal ruling lord and instead secretly rushed to Ice Sculpture Island at the dragonman youngster’s orders?
When Hun Tong saw Zi Di’s expression change, he thought it was strange, “Have we met?”
Hun Tong wasn’t in the know, and to him, Magician Yao Ma was a stranger. The magician role Zi Di had played from before had already been assassinated by the imperial secret spy [Gold Hand].
“Alright, you two can rest for the time being.” The dragonman youngster waved his hand.
Hun Tong and Dao Hen silently withdrew at the same time.
Zi Di was amazed.
Dao Hen was a fishman and an enemy of the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.
Even more, Hun Tong was an imperial noble, an actual ruling lord, so why was he acting more like a subordinate and not an ally?
“What happened to his Lordship while he was away?” Zi Di’s curiosity shot up.
The truth was actually very simple.
After the dragonman youngster finished stealing divinity, he contacted Dao Hen again with [Believer Perception].
Through Dao Hen’s, the big guy’s, and other memories, the fishman youngster immediately understood the whole story and knew the Snow Bird Harbor City Lord’s true identity.
With these secrets exposed, the fishman youngster was more worried about Zi Di’s and Zong Ge’s situation.
Unfortunately, the Ice Sculpture Kingdom capital had no Charming Blue believers.
Since there was none, one had to be dispatched.
Therefore, the fishman youngster transmitted a divine oracle to tell Dao Hen and Hun Tong to proceed towards the capital with all speed.
He gave them Deceptive Disguise so they could use the teleportation formation in the cities.
With the help of the teleportation formations, Dao Hen and Hun Tong arrived at the capital.
As the fishman youngster’s pawns, their first job was to scout out Zi Di’s and Zong Ge’s current situation.
It was very easy to inquire about a lot of information on Zong Ge and Zi Di.
Zong Ge was playing the role of Long Fu, a famous celebrity!
With the help of the fishman youngster using the [Mermaid Fairy Tale] for deception spells, Dao Hen and Hun Tong infiltrated the Li Jian Clan encampment, inquiring about many secrets and witnessed Zong Ge and Zi Di’s failed evacuation, along with the subsequent house arrest the Li Jian Clan placed them under.
They knew, which meant the fishman also knew.
After a bit of reflection, the fishman youngster decided to set a trap.
He first empowered his people with various deception divine spells, mainly to deceive the magic contract between the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps and the Li Jian Clan.
Before, the fishman youngster used the divine artifact [Mermaid Fairy Tale] to deceive the Main Earth Elemental God. He also used the divine artifact to dupe the [Truth Slate] right under Teacher Si Ling’s nose and smoothly stole a lot of divinity. Now, the fishman was just cheating a magic contract, which naturally was a cinch.
Then the fishman youngster had Hun Tong pretend to be Hua Tang and attack the Li Jian Clan.
The Li Jian steward was slain and the Space Armor Guards suffered heavy losses. The dragoman youngster then appeared to publicly claim this was a stratagem he deliberately put into place. Then in the following fight, he worked with Hun Tong to make it appear as powerful as possible!
Finally, he relied on these advantages to get Zi Di, Zong Ge, and the others out without a hitch. Several goals were accomplished while simultaneously also maintaining their relationship with the Li Jian Clan as much as possible, fighting but not breaking up.
Before leaving, the dragonman youngster said he wanted to have a proper chat with Mian Li Zang, this was no empty promise, it was a part of his plan – he wanted to use this moment as a pretext to raise difficulties and take more benefits in the following collaboration agreement between the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps and the Li Jian Clan!
The city guard was also deceived too.
It was just as Cang Xu lamented in Ocean Mother Nest, the dragonman youngster was becoming a more outstanding leader!
The dragonman youngster’s operation was founded on sufficient strategizing.
He was the biggest winner who deceived the entire capital.
Hua Tang was framed, and even if he wanted to assert the truth in the future, the masses wouldn’t believe him. In fact, in the Ice Sculpture Kingdom, weren’t there a few people who pretended to be Hua Tang while committing crimes?
“The ship also has the fishman Magician Zhong Yong on board, he isn’t important, and there is no need to meet him.” The dragonman youngster brought Zi Di to the most important storage cabin.
The divine artifact [Mermaid Fairy Tale] was located here, along with the [Green Jade Gold Coffin] and some other priceless treasures.
“So, so many Pearl Bubbles?” Zi Di couldn’t help but shout.
Her eyes shined!
Reality gave her a most pleasant surprise when she saw the [Mermaid Fairy Tale], most of its large shell was filled with Pearl Bubbles!
After a twinkle of an eye, Zi Di’s gaze shifted back to the dragonman youngster, looking excited, “My Lord, this is amazing! This is truly amazing! You actually found a way to collect so many Pearl Bubbles.”
“Oh, that isn’t a lot.” The dragoman youngster smiled, not minding much.
Many times, the large shell couldn’t contain the full amount.
“Come here.” The dragonman youngster said, walking to the divine artifact [Mermaid Fairy Tale].
“I will first give you a detailed full body examination.” The dragonman youngster stretched out his hand towards Zi Di.