Chapter 772

Eat Wuguo?

Wu Tie's face grew gloomy.

Bai Lu and the others, what did they treat Wuguo, and the current master of Wuguo, Wu Tie, as?

Weak, tender little lamb?

A snack that can be eaten anytime?

Strands of Profound Darkness Qi overflowed from his body surface; immediately after, Wu Tie's body displayed innate and acquired five‑element fluctuations spreading out, moreover Yin and Yang qi surged and flickered. Then, the radiance of vast expanses of sun, moon, and stars appeared faintly, turning into a layer of rosy light that enveloped Wu Tie.

Fan Kun, Bai Lu, Qing Feng, and the others all looked at Wu Tie; even the most unserious Qing Feng saw his gaze intensity increase greatly.

"Martial King, how many Great Daos have you used to enter the Dao?" Bai Lu asked urgently and eagerly.

Before, Wu Tie's Profound Darkness Qi was excessive, for he had just relied on the power of the Profound Darkness Ancestor, using the Nine Heaven Supervisory Script Profound Darkness Grand Formation—such an extreme desperate situation—to borrow strength, refining his own Profound Darkness Great Dao and the corresponding auxiliary side methods of over ten doors to the utmost of the Divine Realm Ten Heavens.

Bai Lu and the others momentarily missed the point, thinking Wu Tie cultivated the Profound Darkness Great Dao to enter the Dao, and that the five‑element divine light behind him was merely a strange treasure he had obtained.

But the Profound Darkness, Five Elements, Yin and Yang, and Sun, Moon, and Stars that Wu Tie now displays already amount to comprehension of more than ten Great Daos. Adding the Vast Righteousness Qi above his head and the hidden reserves he might conceal, in the Blaze Dynasty he can already be called a 'Heavenly God'.

And a 'Heavenly God', in the Blaze Dynasty can be the lord of a prefecture; wherever placed, they are absolutely a great figure, a mighty figure who awes a region.

Furthermore, Wu Tie cultivated Vast Righteousness Qi without the White Lotus Palace's inheritance, achieving it on his own…… such a person is a genius disciple that the White Lotus Palace would spare no effort to recruit; his status and potential are far beyond what an ordinary 'Heavenly God' can match.

Fan Kun pressed his palms together and let out a low murmur: 'Good, good, Martial King, I have a karmic affinity with the Red Lotus Temple.'

Qing Feng and Bai Lu glared at Fan Kun at the same time.

If it weren't for Bai Lu earlier shouting that he wanted to join forces with Fan Kun to drive out Qing Feng, as soon as these words left his mouth—before he could swallow them back—Bai Lu would have already started shouting that he wanted to team up with Qing Feng, first to drive that annoying bald donkey out of Wuguo.

Wu Tie waved his hand.

Beside them, the Xi Tribe experts walked out softly, carefully approaching Fan Kun, they lifted the twitching Xi Wu Le lying in the pit, then quickly retreated.

Wu Tie nodded, and Xi Bu Bai promptly led the Xi Tribe experts in a swift withdrawal from the central military tent.

Apart from Wu Tie alone, there was not a single soldier left in Wuguo's central military tent.

Fan Kun and the others let Xi Bu Bai and his people do as they wished, while their attention remained fixed on Wu Tie; as for Xi Bu Bai, Xi Wu Le, and the many Xi Tribe experts, the greatest potential among them was merely two middle‑grade Earth Gods.

An 'Earth God', placed in the Blaze Dynasty's system, also counts as a major local official, capable of becoming the lord of a commandery.

But it is only a commandery lord—important, yet not indispensable, not a figure whose word is law and who can shake the world.

Wu Tie…… is clearly different.

Wu Tie possesses greater value.

"Now we can talk properly." Wu Tie glanced at Fan Kun, at Qing Feng, and then at the three Bai Lu senior brothers whom he held in the worst esteem.

Tsk.

Fan Kun and Qing Feng each wandered alone, whereas this bunch from the White Lotus Palace always travels in threes.

Wherever they go they form gangs, adopting a posture of joint siege; no matter how you look at it, they are not good people. This shows they lack confidence in their hearts, shows they are guilty, shows they have grown accustomed to ganging up?

Hmm, no matter how you think about it, it's not a good plan.

"What does the Martial King want to say?" This time, Qingfeng spoke up first, jumping down from the back of that plump, oily-wobbling large ostrich, his left hand fingering the Buddhist beads, his right hand drawing a pure white goose-feather fan, and stepping closer to Wu Tie with each wave.

Fan Kun and Bai Lu's faces turned extremely ugly.

Those Buddhist beads bore a clear red lotus mark on their string, proving that their original owner must have been a disciple of the Red Lotus Temple.

And that goose-feather fan matched exactly the shape and spec of the fans held by Bai Lu and his two fellow disciples, exuding a rich scent of ink and scrolls; it was also a standard accessory forged by the White Lotus Palace's artificers for high-ranking disciples of the White Lotus Palace.

Those Buddhist beads and that fan were clearly loot that Qingfeng had snatched from the hands of disciples of the Red Lotus Temple and the White Lotus Palace!

Flaunting stolen goods before their original owners, Qingfeng's behavior was practically begging for a beating.

"Look familiar? Heh!" That rascal Qingfeng, still grinning, raised the Buddhist beads and fan in his hand and waved them at the original owners on either side.

Fan Kun and Bai Lu's faces grew ever uglier; Bai Lu could still maintain the semblance of a refined gentleman, but Fan Kun's visage twitched, and with a "Boom!" from his nostrils he blasted out two jets of hot air, blasting two water-tank-sized holes in the ground.

"Martial King, do you have anything you want to say?" Qingfeng laughed extraordinarily brightly: "In short, as long as you don't get taken in. That dead baldy and these three pretty boys are nothing good, huh, absolutely nothing good."

Wu Tie glanced at Qingfeng.

He didn't think this guy was a good thing.

Could someone who makes two bad things wary be a good thing? Especially when he's still waving stolen goods in his hand.

"Everyone, you all want my Wuguo." Wu Tie let out a cold snort: "Everyone, you all have strong backers and powerful patrons; I think outright resistance is clearly unsuitable."

Wu Tie narrowed his eyes, countless thoughts flashing through his mind in an instant.

Qingfeng laughed and said: "Then, Martial King, you are called Martial King, right? What do you think we should do, Martial King?"

Wu Tie clapped his hands: "There's only one Wuguo; if you all want it, who should it go to?"

Fan Kun glanced at Qingfeng, then at Bai Lu.

Bai Lu, meanwhile, stared intently at Fan Kun.

Qingfeng shook his head with a laugh: "I, as a humble daoist, don't want it; I've made it clear I'm here to take advantage, grab some benefits, and incidentally annoy them... the Wuguo, I, and the Azure Lotus Observatory are all uninterested. But giving them some trouble wouldn't be bad either."

Before Wu Tie could speak, Qingfeng vigorously rubbed his palms and burst out excitedly: "Hey, everyone wants it, but we can't just go all-out and turn this place into a mess, right? Heh!"

Fan Kun said coldly: "So?"

Qingfeng pulled out a large sea bowl and slammed it heavily onto the ground, then took out three dice that clinked 'dang-lang-lang' as they fell into the bowl.

"Come, let's use this Wuguo as the stake and play a couple of rounds? Heh heh, fair, just, open... whoever loses accepts it, no one shirks responsibility, no one blames others—how about that?"

Wu Tie's eye corners twitched violently.

Using Wuguo as a stake, play two rounds?

Only Qingfeng could have come up with that.