Chapter 128: Ill-gotten gains bring endless troubles (33)

Luosen deliberately left through a side gate on the other side of the great temple, and incidentally took the queen's rune firearm.

He also deliberately avoided Lady Blue Rose Luna.

His purpose had been achieved, so he naturally would not continue to entangle with the other party.

After entering the crowd, he quickly canceled the hidden transformation technique and restored his original appearance.

But this was not enough.

He then began continuously casting various counter-tracking spells.

Pure water, fate, arcane, spirit, and so on—he cast every counter-tracking spell he knew.

He did not try to match moves with the opponent, because he might not be able to counter them.

He directly used his overwhelming magical advantage to unleash an ultra-large-range interference spell.

After finishing, he then found Miss Margaret at the edge of the square and left the temple square together with her.

In the resting room, the queen also did not rush to leave.

She carefully savored the previous secret talk, searching for any loopholes the other side might have left.

The reason is simple: besides normal trade, she also had a better option.

That is, to capture that mysterious law saint, confine him in the royal palace, and make him completely hers.

At the same time, she also felt indignant.

Having been queen for forty years, she had never experienced a negotiation where she was completely suppressed; after it ended, not only did she not learn the other side's specific identity, she didn't even see their true appearance.

She only knew that the person came from Weilan, but Weilan also has over thirty million people.

After thinking it over many times, she still found no valuable clues; even the spells the other side used were completely new, with no historical counterparts to be found.

"Let's try fortune-telling again; maybe we'll get some answers."

She made hand signs and began divination.

She was highly skilled in divination, having honed it for over forty years and mastered many unique divination techniques.

As soon as she divined, she felt something was off.

The subtle inspiration of fortune-telling received a strong interference and could not coalesce at all.

After trying for several minutes, consuming about half her magic, she still failed to succeed.

She had to give up, and a feeling of shock welled up in her heart.

"Directly using magic to stir up a fateful tempest, disrupting all clues—is this the power of a Six Rings Law Saint?"

It felt far stronger than her imagined Six Rings Law Saint.

Meanwhile, Luosen followed Miss Margaret back to her shabby rental, picked up his wooden crate, and then bade her farewell.

He found an inn to stay in, and then began waiting.

He did not just idle.

He both scouted the area near the agreed treatment site to familiarize himself with the situation.

And he constantly played hide-and-seek with Kao's spies.

Dealing with the royal family is like scheming with a tiger for its skin; no amount of caution is excessive.

At the same time, he also used a telegraph machine hidden in his wooden crate, via the already-established telegraph line, to remotely connect his territory with Weilan Giant Island, and occasionally sent telegrams for remote control.

"Once Kao's move is settled, the threat from Aaron will be temporarily gone, and I can start selling pearls on Weilan Giant Island."

His island could hardly stay hidden; taking advantage of everyone's focus on him beforehand, he wildly sold a batch of jewelry, aggressively emptied pockets, and reaped the final profit from information asymmetry.

Three days passed in a flash.

Three days later, Luosen came to the vicinity of the agreed spot, first used fortune-telling to calculate a prognosis, and the result was nothing.

Because the interference spell he had previously released was still in effect, it even disturbed him.

"This divination technique is truly unreliable."

Then he could only be pragmatic and conduct an on-site inspection.

After making a large circuit around the vicinity to confirm there were no ambushes, he then quietly sneaked into the luxurious suite on the top floor of a high-end mansion.

Silver Moon City, as one of the three golden capitals of the Natural Alliance, this mansion's luxury naturally far surpassed that of the former Blue Whale Mansion, and even nearly matched Weilan's Dawn Castle.

Arriving at the suite's door, he lightly knocked; the door immediately opened, revealing a spacious, bright living room where four people were seated.

More precisely, they were four sages, one of whom was the queen.

Besides them, there were no unrelated individuals.

Luosen was quite pleased with that.

In scheming, the fewer eyes, the better.

Upon seeing Luosen arrive, aside from the queen, the three great sages all showed a hint of hostility on their faces.

These three great sages are the Natural Alliance's peak magicians, all renowned figures for many years.

Their exact ages are unknown, but each looks rather aged in body, with silver hair and a face full of wrinkles.

But if measured by a hundred-point soul-age scale, the youngest is forty and the oldest sixty.

For sages, these ages are still considered vigorous.

Luosen paced slowly into the room and, incidentally, closed the door.

"Where is Your Majesty?"

He actually had already sensed the natural power on King Silgef's body, which was in the next bedroom.

The queen somewhat uneasily confirmed: "Your Excellency the Law Saint, if the situation exceeds expectations, I hope to keep things as they are."

"I will."

At that moment, the eldest sage said: "Your Majesty the Queen, once this path is embarked upon, there is no turning back."

Her Majesty the Queen sighed and spoke in a low voice: "Sage Lai Er Dun, Aaron is frantically preparing for battle; at this moment, if we do not unite our strength but instead cause internal strife, the consequences are unimaginable!"

I again assure all the Sages that my purpose is to help Kao overcome the crisis, and absolutely not for personal desire!

National affairs are not decided by me alone, but by the four of us together.

Lai'erdun let out a deep sigh, did not nod, but also did not deny.

He somewhat unwillingly acquiesced.

This conversation made Luosen's heart stir: 'This Lai'erdun's rebellion is not thorough.'

A rebellion that is not thorough is essentially no rebellion at all; trouble will surely arise sooner or later.

But it doesn't matter; as long as no trouble arises in the next three or four years, this internal rift will instead become a handle for him to re-enter Kao's political arena later.

Thus, Luosen pretended to be an outsider, knowing nothing.

At this moment, another white-haired female Sage spoke: "Your Excellency, Law Sage, you look very young—is it because of the Golden Elixir?"

She looked very interested in the elixir, indicating she greatly wished to regain her youth.

This is very good, because desire is the driving force of trade.

"That's right."

Luosen answered while walking to the bedroom door, pushed it open and saw the old king lying alone on the bed.

He was still conscious—at least his eyes were open—but his gaze was lifeless, his body completely still; aside from breathing, he hardly sensed any sign of life.

He approached the bedroom, placed his hand on the old king's forehead, carefully sensed his soul, and then stated his conclusion.

"A soul of Three-ring strength, though only 68 years old, is already extremely withered; even if the body were perfectly healthy, it could last at most 15 years." By rights, a 68-year-old should not be this old, but the stroke symptoms have greatly consumed the old king's soul.

Having had a stroke is fine enough; with proper treatment, the marvelous arts can naturally save him, even fully restore him.

But these days' mages do not greatly understand the principle of stroke.

Thus, the king did not receive accurate and timely treatment; the healers merely kept using magic to replenish his vitality, but could not offset the loss.

In this way, the soul's lifespan was greatly reduced.

Therefore, even if the body were cured and the stroke's root cause eliminated, the king's mind could not be healed.

At this moment, the four Sages also entered the bedroom one after another.

The youngest Sage said: "Fifteen years is not long, but not short either; maybe we can outlast Dange."

After all, Dange is already 40; in 15 years he will be 55.

For the king, 55 is a perfectly normal lifespan.

Especially those ambitious kings, though renowned, often suffer sudden death.

As for how they die, no one can say clearly.

The Queen then said: "Then please, Your Excellency, Law Sage, treat him."

Luosen took out the Golden Blessing, and in one go fed the king over sixty milliliters of it; then he immediately placed his palm on the king's forehead, guiding the medicinal power to repair the brain damage as much as possible.

With his treatment, the old king's breathing became noticeably steady, his pupils gathered more, and his ashen complexion regained some luster.

Anyone could see that his body was greatly improving.

About a quarter of an hour later, Luosen withdrew his hand.

Cough cough~~

The old king coughed lightly, spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm, his eyes slightly moved, and his throat produced a hoarse but strong voice: "La La~my La La~~~"

To be precise, it is Nana, the Queen's pet name.

The Queen was slightly surprised, but still went forward and grabbed the old king's hand.

She clearly felt the king's hand become much stronger, and also clearly sensed the vigorous vitality within his body.

Anyone who saw such a king would feel his body had greatly improved and would absolutely not breathe his last for a while.

If the king cannot breathe his last in a short time, the domestic political turmoil will naturally subside considerably.

Upon seeing the Queen, the old king's face showed a pure, infant-like smile; he closed his eyes and peacefully fell asleep.

The Queen was somewhat worried that the king might fully recover, and immediately looked to Luosen: "What is the situation now?"

Luosen naturally knew her concern and immediately comforted her: "The best case is that Your Majesty's body is healthy, but his mind is like a child's; he only remembers you."

Huu~~

The Queen exhaled lightly: "Thank you, Your Excellency, Law Sage, for your help."

Luosen said softly: "Take good care, and live at least ten years."

In other words, during these ten years the Kao Kingdom essentially belongs to the four Sages led by the Queen.

Of course, this is the current situation.

How it will develop in the future, Luosen does not know, and probably nobody knows.

Afterward, he raised the Heart of the War God to its highest intensity, closely watching the four Sages' every move, and slowly retreated to the doorway.

"Everyone, my mission is accomplished."

"From now on, each month I will send the Queen 10 milliliters of Golden Elixir."

But I must say, Golden Elixir is very precious; because of my private relationship with the Queen, these 10 milliliters are free.

But if one wants more, they must pay to buy it.

The price is 2000 Ogre per milliliter.

Saying this, he threw a exquisite lightning bracelet to the Queen: "Your Majesty, if you wish to see me, just infuse magical power into this bracelet, and I will come within half a month."

The Queen raised her hand to receive the bracelet: "I now want to buy 50 milliliters of Golden Blessing."

The female Sage also said: "I want 40 milliliters."

The other two Sages also each ordered 40 milliliters from Luosen.

Altogether, that is 170 milliliters.

Luosen immediately established a new trade rule: "At most 50 milliliters per month—not that I don't want more, but the elixir is hard to refine."

That statement is half true and half false; the potion is indeed difficult to brew, but 500 milliliters per month is no problem.

He cannot give too much, because if they drink too much, the other party becomes completely young and no longer depends on the potion.

We must let the other party become young little by little, just like in an online game where a character grows stronger bit by bit, only then can it last.

His reasoning was also sound and reasonable, and the Four Sages had nothing to say.

Thus the remaining 40 milliliters were divided, with each of the Four Sages receiving 10 milliliters.

Luosen again nodded to the Four Sages in greeting: "Everyone, then I'll be going first."

Having said that, he quickly left, and in the blink of an eye he vanished.

After he left, the Four Sages looked at each other and all felt that this matter was rather strange.

The eldest, Laierdun, said: "Your Majesty, this Law Sage knows all about our affairs, while we hardly know anything about his situation."

"This is not a good thing."

What they are doing is rebellion; if something goes wrong, they will suffer divine punishment, but now they have mixed in this mysterious outsider, which makes people feel very uneasy.

As soon as he said that, he immediately gained the agreement of the other two sages.

"That's right; our leverage is in his hands, while we have absolutely no leverage over him."

"This matter carries too much risk."

The Queen spread her hands, looking helpless: "Don't just talk about it; use every means to try to find him."

As soon as those words were spoken, the expressions of the Three Sages all stiffened.

Over the past three days, they have tried all kinds of methods, but they just couldn't find him.

Some were simply unable to match the magic, while others were severely interfered with.

Besides magic, worldly means were also used, but none worked; the other party hid themselves extremely well.

In any case, we clearly know the other party is hiding in the city, but we just don't know where.

Silver Moon City is so large that three days are simply not enough to search it.

The Queen then added: "Furthermore, we haven't done anything bad; on the contrary, we have done a good thing. Because we let His Majesty receive the best treatment, he has lived more than ten extra years."

"Even if Mother Nature herself came, she couldn't blame us for this, could she?"

Saying that, it does seem to be indeed the case.

The anxiety on the faces of the Three Sages faded considerably.

Meanwhile, Luosen quickly rode a fast horse out of Silver Moon City.

He released a natural blessing of the Six Rings upon the horse, and thus the horse ran extremely fast.

After he had run far away, he turned back to look at the magnificent huge city behind him, and in his heart he laughed heartily: "Let power and desire ferment to their fullest~~"

If the kingdom is not founded rightly, future troubles will be endless! For now, nature poses no major problem; but when he later takes his seat at the table, casually playing a card will be enough to keep these few sages busy.

(End of chapter)