Chapter 2531

Royal Capital, inside Su Xiao's temporary residence.

The not-so-spacious living room was almost full of people. Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha were all there. Liu was in the bedroom, occasionally poking her head out to look. Chifu stood in the porch, blocking the door. This time, an uninvited guest had come.

There was one thing that couldn't be ignored: until now, Su Xiao still hadn't found out whose side Chifu was on, or who had sent him to Bamboo Village to protect Liu.

The Second Prince, Ted, was eating the late-night snack he had gotten from somewhere without any demeanor. This guy had to eat about five meals a day. In his words, if he didn't eat more, he would eventually have his vitality sucked dry by the Royal Blood.

Perhaps because he grew up in the slums since he was a child, Ted would carry some dried meat and other easy-to-store food with him. Only those who had experienced being on the verge of starvation knew how precious food was. Ted was one of them.

Chifu looked at Ted with vigilance. Of course, he had heard of the Second Prince, Ted's, great name. Ted often wore a set of silver armor, and many people called him the Silver Fox of the slums.

Liu didn't recognize Ted. Seeing Ted eating the late-night snack so deliciously, she was also hungry.

"Full. Where were we talking just now?"

"Rooting out Lady Spider."

Su Xiao had already decided to cooperate with Ted for the time being. Regardless of what Ted's purpose was, the benefits he could get in his hands were his own. Cooperating with Ted temporarily was the method with the highest return at the moment.

"Lady Spider is in the Royal Capital. She wasn't a member of the Royal Family half a month ago, but she is now. There are only two kinds of people who snatch the Royal Blood: one is my kind, for the sake of living, and the other is Lady Spider's kind, for the sake of power."

Ted looked at Su Xiao while speaking, meaning that Su Xiao was also the second kind of person.

"Lady Spider dares to use the power of the Royal Blood without authorization like you?"

"Don't frame me. I have never burned the Royal Blood. That is something that will get you caught and executed by the Tower Keepers."

"It's not burning the Royal Blood to gain power, then what is it?"

Su Xiao felt that he had grasped a very critical clue, just depending on whether Ted was willing to say this clue.

"Let your people withdraw first. The conversation afterward is only for you and me to know."

"..."

"Gone, go to the second floor to eat late-night snacks."

Baha spoke, and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Amu immediately followed. Su Xiao knew, which actually meant they knew too.

Liu, who had no schemes, also walked upstairs quickly. She had been hungry for a long time. Chifu didn't move, guarding the porch with his arms crossed.

"I said just now, right? Afterward, it's a two-person conversation."

Ted looked at Chifu sideways. Chifu met his gaze coldly. A moment later, Chifu snorted coldly and walked upstairs.

"This mad dog, I suggest you kill him as soon as possible. He even dares to carry the Dragon Heart of the Tianba. I guarantee with my life that he cannot withstand the erosion of the Dragon Heart."

Ted shook his head. He had seen too many people tempted by the source, wanting to reach the sky in one step and gain powerful strength. Such people never had a good end. Otherwise, why would the average lifespan of Tower Keepers not exceed 30 years?

Those were experts who used the power of origin. Except for the Tianba tribe, no one could truly control the power of origin. But even for the Tianba tribe, they couldn't avoid the fate of being eroded by the power of origin in the end.

"Continue the conversation just now."

"Fine, anyway, it's your people. If something goes wrong, it's not me who's unlucky."

Ted put down the black tea cup, the smile on his face disappeared, and he said seriously: "Bai Ye, you should have guessed the use of the Royal Blood. That's right, this is Tallin's means to prevent the rise of ancient gods. As long as the ancient gods aren't dead, they might rise again..."

"Get to the point. I basically already understand the situation of the ancient gods."

Su Xiao interrupted Ted's words. He had already discovered that this guy actually liked telling stories. That wasn't the key; the key was that Ted always went off-topic.

"There are two elements to inheriting the throne: the crown and the Royal Blood."

Speaking of this, Ted paused for a moment to avoid going off-topic.

"The crown, as an heirloom of Tallin, actually has nothing to do with the Royal Blood. Its true function is the key to opening a certain place. That place is called the Divine Township. How about it? Are you satisfied with this secret?"

Ted guessed something. Since entering this civilian house, he had been observing—observing Liu's attitude toward Su Xiao. She was slightly afraid, and more of it was the way friends got along.

Not only that, Ted also discovered that Liu was currently in neutral attire and posture. Judging from her voice, his sister was disguising herself as a boy.

Ted was thinking about why Su Xiao was willing to help Liu compete for the Royal Blood, and that was when Liu couldn't inherit the Royal Blood at all.

Liu was a seed. When the Royal Blood was severed, the thing in her body would awaken, and a trace of Royal Blood would appear. This trace of Royal Blood would be taken away by the Tower Keepers to find a male strongman, let the Royal Blood merge into that male strongman's body, and then start creating people. This could make the growth rate of the Royal Blood faster.

The King would only be male; this was determined by the Royal Blood. No matter what gender the heir to the throne was before, after the Royal Blood spread throughout the body, they would definitely become male, because the First King was male.

According to Ted's judgment, what Su Xiao was seeking was likely not the Royal Blood, but something else. The only thing he could think of was the crown related to the Source · Divine Township. After all, there weren't many means to gain power in this world: cultivation techniques, power of origin, divine energy. Besides these, the power gained through other methods was very limited.

"The Divine Township only exists in legends. How could I pursue such a thing? Compared to the Divine Township, which I don't know if it really exists, I am more interested in the Water of Origin."

Su Xiao certainly wouldn't tell Ted his purpose completely. Compared to finding the location of the Divine Township, finding the Water of Origin was easier for people to accept. Listening to Ted, if one wanted to reach the Source · Divine Township, one must first get Tallin's crown.

"Is that so? Pity, I originally planned that after I became King, the Royal Blood would belong to me, and the crown would belong to you."

"Would the Tower Keepers allow the crown to be taken out of the Royal Capital?"

Su Xiao lit a cigarette, seemingly chatting, but actually probing. He knew that Ted was also probing him.

"Of course they would allow it. That thing has no other function and will even cause trouble. It belongs to Tallin. Even if someone takes it away, it will be sent back to Tallin before long."

When Ted mentioned the crown, he was completely in a state of not caring at all that the crown would be lost. He continued:

"You and I are not good people. I'll just say some things straight. I ascended the throne only to save my life. I'm only 32 years old, and my strength is not weak, even so, I've started to age prematurely. Recently, I have more and more white hair."

Ted sighed low, opened his left arm wrapped in arm armor, and rolled up his sleeve. Su Xiao saw an arm that, although it had muscle contours, was already withered.

"See it? This is the curse of the Royal Blood. First is the left arm, then the torso, the right arm, the legs, and finally the head. I survived in the slums at 7 years old. After so many years, I finally made it out, and then I discovered that I don't have many years to live. Hahaha, is there anything more ridiculous than this? What were my previous 30-plus years of life for? To contribute more vitality to the Royal Blood in my body?"

The expression on Ted's face twisted. A moment later, he rubbed his brow with his withered left hand to calm himself down.

"If we win, the Royal Blood belongs to me, and you take the crown. The Water of Origin is even less of a problem. How about it? Do you accept my proposal?"

"Fine."

Su Xiao took out two glass columns, one thick and one thin, from his bosom. He had one-fourth of the Royal Blood in his hands.

"If I can't get the crown, I'll destroy these Royal Bloods."

"You wouldn't dare."

Ted stared at Su Xiao, his gaze like a dying beast, choosing people to devour. Suddenly, his expression changed, and he said:

"Yes, this reason is good. You and I will break up like this, uneven distribution of spoils leading to you and me breaking up, and then framing each other. It would be best if we could 'all die'. No, 'all die' is too difficult."

Ted returned to his smiling appearance again. This old schemer clearly thought of some scheme.

"It's not difficult for you and me to 'all die'. Let's break up now. Don't die. I won't show mercy, otherwise, it will leave flaws."

Su Xiao drew the long blade at his waist. He basically understood Ted's plan. Now he had to fall out with Ted; at least they had to fight a battle.

Putting away the Royal Blood, Su Xiao could feel that he was not far from the Source · Divine Township. He was willing to enter such a dangerous place with his current strength mainly because he would participate in the Empty Seat Banquet before long.

Before entering this world, Su Xiao had discovered that the invitation to the Empty Seat Banquet had changed. That feeling was clearly that before long, this invitation to the Empty Seat Banquet would be activated.

Regarding the Empty Seat Banquet, Su Xiao didn't know much, but he knew that only by being strong enough could he gain more benefits at the Empty Seat Banquet. Precisely because of this, he had to enter the Source · Divine Township, a Tier 7 high-risk area, to improve his own strength as soon as possible.

*Zheng~*

Ted drew the heavy and sharp thin sword at his waist, his eyes turning pitch black.

"You guy, at least don't slash at vital points..."

Boom!

A loud noise spread, tearing through the night sky of the Royal Capital. Ted flew out from the large ruins of the building. Just after landing, he spat out a large mouthful of blood with a *wow*. A slash mark crossed his chest, and one could even see his internal organs from the wound.

"Really ruthless, bastard."

Ted turned into an afterimage. Su Xiao charged toward Ted head-on. The long blade and the sharp sword slashed at each other, and an impact spread out.

Two hours later, with one arm severed and his entire armor in tatters, Ted rushed into an alley. His face was pale, and he was already severely wounded.

The pitch-black alley was quiet. Ted stood up from the ground with some difficulty. Just at this moment, several figures blocked the front and back sides of the alley. The people from the First Prince, Walsh, and Lady Spider's sides had arrived.

Ted only needed to escape alive at this moment, and he and Su Xiao would basically be equal to winning, because tomorrow, both of them would "die."

Ted had an extremely crazy plan, which was to use the old King to deal with the First Prince, Walsh, and Lady Spider. According to Ted, the First Prince, Walsh, had a trump card that he would only use at a critical moment. No matter what, he couldn't let the First Prince, Walsh, use that thing.