Chapter 363

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Protagonist:

Xuan Ge

Gepard stood on the passage before Kriper Fortress, like an iron stele nailed in place.

He glanced down at his phone; his sister's message had not yet arrived, but he knew she had seen it, and taken it in.

"Come on then, don't know if I can hold."

He looked at the crowd ascending the steps below, and drew a deep breath.

This time, one general's success built on ten thousand withered bones — he would block this flock of imperial consorts for his sister.

Sampo, walking at the very front as guide, suddenly sensed something, and looked up....

Gepard stood planted at the top of the steps like a God of War, aura fully unleashed, not the least bit like someone welcoming guests.

Sampo's heart gave a sudden jolt....

'My Brother Jie, what are you doing?'

For a moment he could not tell whether Gepard was here to receive them or to bar the way, because that aura was genuinely not feigned.

Seele mounted the final step, raised an eyebrow at Gepard: "Gepard, what are you doing here?"

Gepard did not reply; he raised his right hand, making an unmistakable halt gesture.

The consorts all froze as one; Sampo's eyeballs nearly popped out.

'Brother Jie! What the hell are you doing? Have you lost your mind?'

As the person in charge of Yarilo-VI's diplomacy and trade, he knew clearer than anyone what that woman Kokolia was planning.

Ambition is a good thing; he supported it with both hands — if just anyone from Yarilo-VI truly entered the Xuan Emperor's harem, that would really be one person attaining the Dao, chickens and dogs ascending to heaven.

At that point even Yarilo-VI's stray dogs would eat Imperial Rations.

But he never in a million years expected that the Corridor Family, honest for countless generations, would actually harbor such thoughts.

"Kid, what are you doing?" Hei Ta looked at him in puzzlement. This man was plainly trying to stop them.

Gepard courteously performed a salute, then spoke: "Apologies, Consort Hui. His Majesty is discussing important matters."

"Hah? Important matters?" Hei Ta directly huffed, face flushing red, "Xuan Ge has a fart's worth of proper business; I see he's just indulging in Huan Le."

The innocently dissed Sampo gave an embarrassed smile; this Huan Le was probably the physical kind.

Hei Ta moved to sidestep him; Gepard instantly stepped back, continuing to block the front.

"Consort Hui, please don't make things difficult for me……"

The pressure on him right now was no less than a full hundred marks — not only the coercion from the other party's status, but also the guilt of his own lie.

Now he could only pray his elder sister would hurry up and seize the time; the Corridor Family still wanted to shine once more.

"Kid, I won't make things hard for you. But you'd better speak clearly — did the Xuan Emperor give you an order or not."

Hei Ta crossed her arms, staring at the minute micro-expressions on Gepard's face.

As a genius, she saw at a glance that this blondie was lying.

Seeing Gepard open his mouth but produce no sound, Sampo hurried forward to smooth things over.

"Ah, the fish-sinking, goose-dropping Consort Hui; this Gepard has been in the army since childhood, his temperament is rather straightforward...."

Hei Ta coldly laughed, directly piercing through: "Sampo, you coaxed all of us away just for that girl called Bronya, didn't you."

"Hehe, how could that be; I'm only acting out of good intentions, after all everyone bought quite a lot of things……"

Sampo wore a smile on his face, but his back had already begun to turn cold.

Going toe-to-toe with a genius is nothing, but a genius plus the status of imperial consort — that level of stimulation really ought to be handled by Hua Huo.

Gepard exhaled in relief; good thing Sampo helped hold the line, otherwise he truly couldn't have stopped them.

"Fine then." Hei Ta no longer tangled with the old crafty merchant, turning to Gepard, "What important matter are you discussing, to the point of blocking all of us outside?"

She wanted to see what convincing reason this blond kid could come up with.

Gepard spoke the truth: "Apologies, I don't yet have the qualifications to sit in."

"I see Xuan Ge is just picking up girls!"

Hei Ta waved a hand; beneath Gepard's feet a purple rhombic light array instantly emerged, locking him firmly in place.

"Stay put."

Finished speaking, she strode toward Kriper Fortress's main gate.

Gepard struggled with all his might inside the light array, only able to barely shift a few inches of movement, yet could not break free no matter what.

Seeing Consort Hui about to threaten his sister, Gepard steeled his heart and decided to hold back no longer.

The power of Preservation exploded forth; right fist clenched, raised toward the sky.

"Wait, Old Jie, don't act!"

Sampo was scared soul-scattering by his aura that looked like he would hammer Consort Hui to death with one punch, and hurriedly mobilized the power of Huan Le to try to disrupt his rhythm.

"Hm?" Hei Ta perceived the command path vibration erupting behind her, turned to look, fine brows slightly furrowed, "Are you crazy?"

Just as everyone thought Gepard really would punch an imperial consort, that fully-charged strike comparable to killing a BOSS suddenly came down.

And then slammed solidly onto Kriper Fortress's main gate.

Frost spread wildly from the fist's edge; the entire gate — frame, hinges and all — was frozen into a complete ice sculpture.

Everyone: "……"

Sampo's mouth twitched; he silently lowered the hand that had already reached the edge of his mask.

'Haji Jie, you bastard, striking such a tension-filled pose, merely to seal a single door?'

He felt he had just acted exactly like a clown.

Fu Xuan lightly nudged Yin Lang beside her with her elbow, lowering her voice: "Let's cooperate."

Yin Lang glanced sideways at her, confirming this pink fluff ball was serious, then nodded.

"Count me in." Xiao Hei Ta moved over silently from behind Ruan Mei.

"You?" Yin Lang sized her up with some amusement, "Black Tower herself is standing right over there. Aren't you afraid she'll shut down your program on the spot, rebellious as you are?"

"Hmph, this world bears the Xuan surname in name, but in truth belongs to our Xiao Hei Ta clan!"

Xiao Hei Ta lifted her chin, her face written all over with usurping the consort and changing the dynasty.

Yin Lang was greatly startled, clapped a hand over Xiao Hei Ta's mouth, and dragged her over to Fu Xuan's side.

The surrounding crowd heard the commotion and all turned their heads to look toward the three of them.

Seeing Xiao Hei Ta looking unconvinced and still wanting to open her mouth and yell, Liu Ying tilted her head curiously: "Yin Lang, what's wrong with her?"

"Nothing." Yin Lang hurriedly waved her hand, brushing it off casually: "Just a kid throwing a tantrum, no need to mind her."

Liu Ying let out an "oh" and didn't think further, turning her head and continuing to stand beside Black Tower.

She was originally anxious to see Xuan Ge, and now being blocked outside the door, she also had a fire pent up inside, so she simply joined forces with Black Tower to pressure Gepard and Sampo, urging them to clear the way quickly.

Ruan Mei stood at the rear of the crowd, silently turning back to glance at Fu Xuan, Yin Lang, and that Xiao Hei Ta who was still struggling with a muffled mouth.

The corner of her mouth hooked up an extremely faint arc, a plan forming in her mind.

She apologized lightly to Black Tower in her heart.

Just now, Xiao Hei Ta's line "this world bears the Xuan surname in name, but in truth belongs to our Xiao Hei Ta clan," she had heard clearly.

Since Xiao Hei Ta wants to snatch the Wise Consort's position so badly, she doesn't mind giving a push from behind.

Usually she can go along with Black Tower on anything, it doesn't matter, she doesn't care.

Only this matter of a child, she won't yield.

She also wants to have a child with Xuan Ge.

To put it unpleasantly, if not for promising Black Tower early on, she wouldn't have deliberately held back her progress.

Otherwise, with her attraction to Xuan Ge, she would have rounded the bases long ago; the child might even be about as old as Yin Lang by now.

She truly doesn't care about Chosen or not Chosen, but for the child, this time she must fight.

On the other side, Fu Xuan, Yin Lang, and Xiao Hei Ta put their three heads together, whispering a scheme.

"Cooperation." Fu Xuan cut straight to the chase, "The three of us join forces, intercept Black Tower, Liu Ying, and Ruan Mei, absolutely cannot let them in."

Yin Lang raised an eyebrow: "How to intercept? They outnumber us."

"Can't go one-on-one, that way we definitely lose." Fu Xuan's gaze was extremely serious.

"Have to form a regiment, defeat them one by one. Take out the weakest first, then concentrate forces to deal with the rest."

Xiao Hei Ta listened at the side with eyes shining, nodding frantically.

Fu Xuan took a deep breath, as if making a tremendous resolution, gritted her teeth, her voice tightening a few degrees.

"Like this.... if we win, I.... I'm willing to be together with you two."

The words barely fell, Yin Lang's face flushed crimson instantly, she violently turned her head away pretending to look at the scenery, but her ear tips were red to the point of nearly dripping blood.

Xiao Hei Ta felt a Huan Le storm raging inside her chassis; if not for the big picture, she would have screamed on the spot.

Fu Xuan looked at the two of them, and asked again: ".... Will we win?"

Yin Lang and Xiao Hei Ta exchanged a glance, then both nodded simultaneously.

"Guaranteed win!"