Chapter 487: Just Tear Off the Mask

Liu Zheng laughed heartily: "Dean, please calm yourself. This third thing is a gift that I, Liu Zheng, intend to present to the Academy this time!"

"Oh?"

Wang Chao was stunned for a moment.

Liu Zheng nodded, looked down, and chuckled.

The Greedy Wolf Star Plate in front of each of them had now generally stabilized.

Only in a few scattered spots did the possibility of a turnaround still exist.

On this Greedy Wolf Star Plate.

The status of Wangbei Academy had become awkward following the unification of Liangshan and the fury of Nanzhao.

He said indifferently: "Dean, why not cooperate with me? Let us rule Liangshan together and take the thousand miles of the Southern Barbarian lands. From now on, Liangshan shall be our base, and the Southern Barbarian lands our territory. The Academy can change its thousands-year-old stance of relying on others while dwelling deep in the mountains. Sir, what do you think?"

"What?"

Wang Chao's expression turned grave.

Liu Zheng laughed heartily, took a light sip of tea, and intense killing intent flashed in his eyes: "The Academy likes to use the world as a chessboard and the people of the world as chess pieces. Has the Dean not realized yet..."

He appeared relaxed, but hidden within was murderous intent: "Dean, can you not see that for Liangshan and the Southern Barbarian lands, I, Liu Zheng, am determined to have them?"

Wang Chao's expression changed drastically.

Liu Zheng smiled coldly. Arriving on this Cloud Platform, for the first time, he completely suppressed Wang Chao in terms of momentum. He said, enunciating every word: "Since Liangshan is already settled..."

"And Nanzhao is determined to be taken..."

"Then how could I, Liu Zheng, allow an uncertainty like the Academy to exist?"

"Therefore, either cooperate, or be killed!"

After saying this, he laughed nonchalantly.

On the chessboard.

Another piece was placed.

Thunder rumbled once more.

There was a trend of heavy rain pouring from the sky.

"Kill!"

Cheng Kai roared, his face twisted.

"Kill!"

Two thousand Liangzhou Army soldiers responded with a thunderous roar that shook the mountains and plains.

The fully armed Liangzhou Army was filled with murderous intent, their gazes sharp.

They had already forced the remaining Nanzhao Army to the edge of the cliff.

"Don't come over, don't come over! Do you know who I am? Do you know?"

Chen Jin had already wet himself in fear, roaring with a fierce exterior but a cowardly heart.

Cheng Kai did not speak, his face remaining cold.

The Liangzhou Army charged once again, and the Nanzhao Army left behind another field of corpses, wailing incessantly.

Beside Chen Jin, only a little over a hundred people remained...

Crushing!

This was a crushing of combat power!

The fear in Chen Jin's heart was now beyond words. Was Longyan really this terrifying? If he had known this, wouldn't it have been better to just stay in Nanzhao? Why come out to avenge his brother...

"Let me go back..."

"I beg you..."

"Great General, let me go back! I am Chen Jin, a Prince of the Nanzhao Kingdom! As long as you let me go back, whatever you want, I will give you. Really, I will give you everything!"

"Kill!"

Cheng Kai let out another roar.

The smell of blood began to permeate the cliff.

"You, you, you..."

Wang Chao had not expected Liu Zheng to suddenly change his face.

And he had changed his face under these circumstances, where his own safety could not even be guaranteed!

The Academy!

Either submit!

Or die?

So this Prefect Liu had come to the Academy already harboring this intention?

"Arrogant!"

Wang Chao could not help but shout in anger.

At this moment, he could no longer care about the platform, which was still moving up and down. With these few words from Liu Zheng, the platform had risen quite a bit... but that was not important. What was important was that Prefect Liu actually coveted the Academy!

This was not just arrogance; it was a pipe dream!

As Liu Zheng placed this piece.

On the Greedy Wolf Star Plate, the situation on the Academy's side instantly became a trapped beast's predicament!

Wang Chao's expression changed drastically.

Suddenly, he felt a chill run down his spine.

With Liangshan settled, if Liu Zheng truly intended to use opium to poison the Nanzhao Kingdom, then the Academy would indeed become an awkward existence. Moreover, the Academy's temperament had always secretly influenced various factions; at a time like this, who with grand ambitions would allow such a peculiar existence to remain?

Either submit!

Or be destroyed!

Wang Chao had worried about this before.

It was just that...

He had not expected that this young man of only twenty-two...

Would be so decisive in his killing and cutting.

Was he still in danger himself, yet he dared to threaten him like this?

Wang Chao's expression was cold, and he likewise picked up a piece, intending to place it on the chessboard.

"Is Prefect Liu not afraid of being buried here on Cloud Peak?"

He was flustered!

This old man was flustered.

Liu Zheng smiled faintly: "The faster I am buried, the more miserably the Academy will die. What does the Master think?"

Boom—

At this moment, on Gemu Sacred Mountain, the sound of cannons rose again, one after another, as if to set the scene for Liu Zheng's words.

The chess piece in Wang Chao's hand never fell.

The hand holding the piece trembled incessantly.

"He went up again, hahahaha!"

"I said it, this Prefect Liu is notorious and full of evil, how could he possibly come down so quickly!"

That Zhang Yang was laughing so hard he was rolling on the floor at this moment.

Pei Qianyun glared over.

"Shut up!"

Situ Kong shook his head and rebuked Zhang Yang angrily: "As a student of the Academy, how can you be so dissolute? Where has the spirit of a scholar gone?"

Zhang Yang was startled and quickly became obedient on the side, but he still couldn't help but look at Pei Qianyun with a sneer.

"I'm so angry, I'm so angry..."

Pei Qianyun had a bad temper and said in a muffled voice: "General, why not call the brothers and completely raze this Academy!"

"How dare you!"

"Presumptuous!"

"Insulting to refinement!"

The group from the Academy were all furious.

Qin Zhangfeng chuckled: "Qianyun."

"Here!"

"Pass the order down: in three days, if the Viscount does not come down, level this sacred mountain for me!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole scene was in an uproar.

"General Qin..."

"You cannot!"

"This, this must absolutely not be done!"

However, after saying this, Qin Zhangfeng continued to close his eyes and sat there steadily.

The Scout delivered the order, and the entire Liangshan could no longer sit still.

When Huobu Quli received the news, he was completely stunned.

"What are you saying?"

"The Academy has imprisoned the Prefect?"

"Audacious!"

"Come here... pull those other five Red Cannons over and send them to Gemu Sacred Mountain!"

"Yes!"

"Thirty thousand Liangzhou Army, set out!"

"Yes!"

Jinghua.

In the famous Eight Great Alleys, once night fell, there were only the sounds of singing and laughter, and constant coquettish murmurs.

Yuan Qingming, having changed his clothes, no longer had that air of a Daoist immortal; instead, his eyes occasionally revealed a lecherous expression. The servant behind him looked depressed and muttered from time to time: "Master, why must you do this? The Emperor bestowed a marriage upon you, why don't you accept it, and instead keep drilling into these Eight Great Alleys every day?"

Yuan Qingming laughed heartily, gave the procuress who came out to greet guests a firm touch, and said: "Little one, you don't understand. Women are just pink skulls! What would I, an old man, want with that? Your master just likes this vibe, this vibe..."

And don't say otherwise.

This Imperial Observatory Chief just had this flaw.

He never married in his life, yet he was obsessed with this place of flowers and mist; in his own words, here, he would not be tainted by the karma of this world.

The servant smiled and said: "Master, then is this karma regarding Prefect Liu a bit too big..."

Yuan Qingming's body stiffened, and then he said impatiently: "Get out, get out, get out, what do you know? This concerns the fate of the nation, how can it be compared with..."

Just at this moment, the two had just sat down.

Suddenly, Yuan Qingming inadvertently glanced at the small Star Plate in his hand.

At this, his expression changed instantly: "How is this possible?"