Chapter 183

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Protagonist:

Xuan Ge

On the battlefield of Ya Li Luo, the fighting was fierce and intense.

The crisp clang of weapons colliding, the roars of the Void Soldiers, and the rumbling of the Creation Engine intertwined.

And on a concealed high ground far from the battlefield, a figure crouched behind a snowdrift, holding a telescope and staring fixedly at the battle situation.

After watching for a moment, he lowered the telescope tube, rubbing his brow with a face full of helplessness.

"My oh my, how has this battle situation completely gone off the rails?"

Sampo gave a bitter smile, leaning against the ice rock behind him to catch his breath, his heart full of complaints.

The script personally explained by Crown Prince Xuan Yao beforehand was clearly that Xuan Xing would use the Flame Spear to pierce through Xing's physical shell.

Taking advantage of the momentum to guide Xing onto the Path of Preservation, the mission would thus be considered perfectly concluded.

But the current scene had completely deviated from the predetermined trajectory.

Second Prince Xuan Xing not only didn't stop, but fought even more fiercely, clearly having gotten carried away with the fun.

Even Dan Heng on the side, although he didn't manifest his Dragon Venerable form, still unleashed Azure Dragon Cleanses the World.

The uncle and nephew pair stubbornly turned a mission scenario into a tit-for-tat mutual love-and-kill drama.

Sampo didn't dare delay further, afraid that dragging it out would cause even bigger trouble.

He hurriedly took out his communicator, dialed Xuan Yao's number, and spoke carefully:

"Mosi mosi, is this Leader Xuan Yao?"

A youthful voice quickly came from the other end of the communicator, clear and cold yet carrying a steadiness far beyond his years — it was precisely Divine Martial First Prince Xuan Yao.

"Mr. Sampo, has my younger brother successfully completed the predetermined mission?"

Sampo instantly switched to his usual crafty merchant face, smiling to smooth things over:

"Rest assured, Crown Prince. Second Prince did indeed complete the core mission."

"It's just that the battle situation has gone slightly out of control right now; he's fighting with high spirits and can't rein himself in for the moment."

"I've already seen it; no matter. I'm currently leading troops rushing to Ya Li Luo, and will wrap things up when I arrive."

Xuan Yao gave a brief instruction and then directly hung up the communication.

Sampo listened to the busy tone by his ear and shrugged helplessly.

He then flipped to another number and dialed it; as soon as it connected, he threatened:

"Hey! You little she-devil, hurry up and give my mask back, don't just keep holding onto it!"

A delicate, pleasant voice immediately came from the other end of the communication, its ending laced with full mockery, retorting without the slightest politeness.

"Yo yo~ Isn't this Old Sampo? It's only been a few days since you defected to the Divine Martial Crown Prince and your guts have already grown fat, daring to speak to me like this?"

Hua Huo's voice was full of mockery, clearly looking down on Sampo's weather-vane behavior.

Sampo instantly went with the flow, piling a fawning smile on his face, his tone softening:

"Those words make it sound like we're strangers; I'm just a small merchant wandering the Huan Yu...

I just happened to be caught red-handed by the Crown Prince and conveniently struck a deal; that hardly counts as defecting."

Hua Huo spat in annoyance and shouted sternly: "Sampo, your business, I don't care.

You want your mask back? Then hurry up and think of a way to make the Divine Martial Army stop pursuing me; otherwise you'll never get your things back in this lifetime."

Sampo forcibly held back his amusement, explaining with a helpless tone:

"Aiyo~ my dear sister, don't make things difficult for me."

"Crown Prince Xuan Yao fundamentally has no authority to mobilize the Divine Martial Army; moreover, this matter was you courting death yourself, insisting on provoking General Shenwei's tiger whiskers."

"Never mind me; even if the Joy God personally descended, they couldn't command them either."

"Damn it, those pursuers have caught up again; no more wasting words with you!"

A burst of urgent footsteps came from Hua Huo's side; as soon as the words fell, the communication was hastily hung up.

Sampo looked at the darkened screen and shook his head helplessly.

The camera shifts, arriving at the bustling, dazzling Pinocchio.

Here the lights are brilliant, colorful neon covering the streets and alleys.

But the current Hua Huo had no mind to appreciate this beautiful scenery, fleeing in a sorry state from the Divine Martial Army's pursuit.

Relying on Joy Illusion Arts, she continuously changed into the appearance of passersby, confusing sight and hearing, attempting to shake off the pursuers behind her.

But those Divine Martial Army soldiers were completely unaffected by the illusion arts, like hounds biting tightly onto her trail, pressing closer step by step.

"Truly troublesome, how are these wooden lumps so hard to fool."

Hua Huo muttered in a low voice; seeing the Divine Martial Army getting closer and closer, she immediately turned and darted into a narrow alley.

Quickly setting up a simple trap, wanting to use it to delay the pursuers.

But the Divine Martial Army didn't step into the trap as she wished; instead they rapidly dispersed, encircling layer by layer, directly sealing off this entire street and alley, clearly intending to catch a turtle in a jar.

Surrounding passersby only dared to steal sideways glances from afar, yet no one dared take out devices to take photos, and even more no one dared step forward to join the excitement.

Those are the Divine Martial Xian Zhou's personal guards; no one wants to bring trouble upon themselves.

Hua Huo maneuvered around to the fourth-floor balcony of a building, looking down at the dense, tightly packed Divine Martial Army surrounding below.

She clicked her tongue in displeasure; at least she had won a moment of breathing room.

She slumped against the balcony railing, took out her communicator and frantically sent messages to Xuan Ge, her tone soft and coaxing, full of the meaning of acting spoiled and yielding.

"General~ I know I was wrong, I'll never dare again, please spare me this once~"

"General~ I'm just an ignorant little kid, I made a mistake in a moment of muddleheadedness, you're magnanimous, don't hold it against me~"

One plea for mercy after another was sent, but the other end of the communicator remained dead silent.

Xuan Ge didn't send a single reply, making it obvious he intended to keep toying with her.

Hua Huo tossed about for half a day, finally lying deflated on the balcony, but after just a few seconds she suddenly started laughing again, eyes flashing with excitement, muttering softly to herself:

"Hehe, going to grope Shen Wei's butt, this is really thrilling."

Her thoughts involuntarily drifted back to the Huanxi Tavern not long ago.

At that time the tavern was bustling with noise, a group of Huanxi Disciples gathered together, chattering away discussing the hot topics of the Huan Yu.

And the hottest topic was the Shen Wu Xian Zhou which had been silently not setting sail for years.

Everyone discussed animatedly, all kinds of speculations emerging endlessly.

And the top-ranked theory was that General Shen Wei Xuan Ge was addicted to beauty, spending all day lingering in the harem of the General's Mansion, and thus had no heart to pilot the Xian Zhou to roam the Huan Yu.

This theory being able to top the list was also perfectly reasonable.

Xuan Ge's various consorts were all publicly recognized peerless beauties of the Huan Yu, with peerless looks and graceful bearing.

Saying he was addicted to beauty made most people deeply convinced.

But when a bunch of people gather together, there's always an idea king who jumps out.

"Since everyone's so curious, why not go to the Shen Wu Xian Zhou yourselves to find out the truth?"

"The Shen Wu Xian Zhou has flourishing trade, countless outside merchants come and go, it just hasn't set sail, it's not completely sealed off, we can totally sneak in."

The moment this person's words fell, they immediately got everyone's agreement, even Hua Huo and Sampo were hooked by this thrilling plan.

Everyone immediately placed bets, set the wager:

As long as someone could infiltrate the Shen Wu Xian Zhou, evade layers of guards, penetrate deep into the bedchamber of the Shen Wei General's Mansion, that would count as the final winner.

And the winner could take all the stakes in the tavern.

For the Fools who believe in Huan Le and pursue thrills, this plan was dangerous and crazy.

Once caught by the Shen Wu Army, at best physical suffering, at worst life not guaranteed.

But this ultimate thrill was enough to make all Huanxi Disciples unable to refuse.

Said and done, everyone immediately split up to prepare, formulate infiltration plans, ready disguises, intending to break into this publicly recognized heavily guarded place of the Huan Yu.

Sampo also participated in this infiltration operation, only besides joining the fun for entertainment, he also wanted to seize the chance to negotiate a few deals on the Shen Wu Xian Zhou, killing two birds with one stone.

Only pity Sampo's luck was really too bad, not long after infiltrating the Shen Wu Xian Zhou, he ran into Xuan Xing who had returned home to visit his father.

Caught red-handed on the spot, not a shred of room to resist.

While Hua Huo was much more quick-witted, taking advantage of the guards' unpreparedness, using illusion arts to bewilder a Hua Wai civilian, disguising herself as the other's daughter.

Using the pretext of visiting relatives, she smoothly mixed into the Shen Wu Xian Zhou, evading the first round of screening.

Sampo on the other side, didn't let people "down".

Facing the Xuan Yao Crown Prince who had the God-Given Eye and could see through falsehood, he didn't even wait for the other to open his mouth to interrogate.

He directly spilled the entire infiltration plan, the participants, the wager made, every single detail, not hiding a single bit.

It was precisely because of Sampo's full confession that the Shen Wu Xian Zhou went on full alert that day.

The Shen Wu Army like hungry wolves searched the entire Xian Zhou's range for infiltrating Huanxi Disciples, nearly netting all the troublemaking Fools in one sweep.

Hua Huo relied on her disguise, stayed at that Hua Wai civilian's place for half a month as a "daughter", only then evading the Shen Wu Army's great dragnet.

Afterwards she switched to the identity of Fei Cui, using the merchant's name, and actually managed to bluff her way through.

Immediately after she was led by Shen Wu personal guards, stepping into the Shen Wei General's Mansion, walking all the way to the bedchamber garden.

At that time she was full of joy, thinking as long as she casually took a photo, she could win the wager, become the final winner.

But before she could take out the recording device, a teasing yet deep voice slowly rang out behind her.

Instantly shattering all her luck.

"Since you like my harem so much, you could just say so, why sneak around?"

Hua Huo at that moment was so scared her whole body stiffened, legs went soft and she knelt directly on the ground, not even having the courage to turn back, only able to kowtow repeatedly begging for mercy.

"General have mercy, I'm just an ignorant child, a moment of muddleheadedness made me barge in, please spare me."

Xuan Ge wore a set of ink-colored general's uniform, standing behind her, brows and eyes cold, glanced at her once then spoke faintly:

"You may go."

Hua Huo as if granted amnesty, raised her head to look at Xuan Ge once, hurriedly stood up and ran out in a panic.

But before she ran two steps, she heard the man behind her chuckle lightly, leisurely adding a sentence:

"Just kidding."

From that day on, Xuan Ge gave a hundred Shen Wu personal guards long leave, but with orders.

Arrest this little she-devil Hua Huo.

And then a game of cat and mouse began.