Chapter 278: Lies Do Not Hurt People (Part II)

Mingde Hall, Laboratory No. 3.

"Luo Yu, His Majesty has an imperial decree," the messenger attendant said slowly.

Luo Yu tidied his appearance. Although his relationship with Xu Tianran was profound and his own status was by no means that of an ordinary Mingde Hall member, the Sun Moon Empire required a clear distinction between superior and inferior.

"I wonder what instructions His Majesty has?" Luo Yu looked at the attendant and asked.

"His Majesty said you will know once you go..."

There was neither joy nor sorrow on the attendant's face, making it impossible for one to guess his thoughts.

However, the accompanying personnel had somewhat strange expressions, and this anomalous difference left Luo Yu feeling a bit confused.

"I, understand..."

"My lord, wait a moment. His Majesty knows that you have always been upright and incorruptible, so he has specially bestowed a residence in Mingdu upon you. His Majesty also said that you need not decline; this is all what you deserve."

The attendant handed a small stack of property deeds to Luo Yu. Looking at the deeds in his hand, Luo Yu felt even more bewildered.

What on earth is Xu Tianran doing!!

"Xu Jiujiu, Wei Na..."

Sometimes, inadvertent things are the most maddening, especially this matter of Xu Tianran forcibly sending people to him.

Forget it, at worst I'll just ignore him for a month later.

No, a year! A year!!!

"Your Majesty, Lord Luo Yu has already arrived at the residence," the attendant replied respectfully.

Xu Tianran asked with great interest, "Is Luo Yu satisfied?"

"This, this..." The attendant was covered in cold sweat, stammering and not daring to speak.

Xu Tianran frowned slightly. The people he sent to Luo Yu were all top-tier women of the imperial family; logically speaking, there shouldn't be any accidents.

"Speak, I grant you immunity."

Xu Tianran's brow furrowed deeper.

"Your Majesty, this servant dare not..." The attendant was even more terrified, kneeling on the ground with his body trembling incessantly.

"Speak! If you don't speak, it is the crime of deceiving the monarch!" Xu Tianran did not care about the life or death of the person before him; he wanted to know Luo Yu's reaction at that time.

The attendant hesitated for a moment, then took out an Image Instrument.

In the footage, Luo Yu said nothing at first, but watching Luo Yu's rich facial expressions, it finally turned into him crazily asking who the hell gave His Majesty this idea...

After watching, Xu Tianran had black lines on his forehead. He was silent for a long time, then slowly opened his mouth, "You are right, perhaps I shouldn't have watched it..."

"Forget it, forget it. Since the decision has been made, then he shall bear it. If he takes a fancy to any woman in the future, these people can serve as maids."

After the attendant retreated, Ju Zi asked, "Your Majesty, was Luo Yu dissatisfied with the gift?"

Xu Tianran smiled bitterly, "As the Empress expected, Luo Yu indeed does not like it."

"Since he does not like it, then there is no need to send any more in the future. Everything should be as he wishes."

A flash of surprise passed through Ju Zi's eyes. Sure enough, that kid was still the same as before, not changed at all.

"I really don't know whether to be happy for him or worried. The future... forget it, that kid's life is still long, and those old fellows wouldn't be willing to let him go so early."

Xu Tianran seemed to have thought of something, flipping through the files of recent years.

"Your Majesty, regarding Luo Yu's side, do we not need to explain?" Ju Zi looked at the image still playing on repeat, hesitating slightly.

Xu Tianran laughed, "No need, otherwise, there will be no one to take the blame."

Shrek Academy, Sea God Pavilion.

"Although our plan succeeded in part, the price was heavy. More than fifty people have been executed..." Yan Shaozhe looked at Xuan Lao, feeling somewhat unable to bear it.

For them, although they could accept losses, if it were merely to rescue members of the imperial family and maintain the stability of the empire's core, those from the sects and other academies were destined to be sacrificed.

This kind of price was too heavy, because they were all teachers of the academy, and all had experienced their student days and teaching days.

"Leave the future to Yu Hao and the others. I believe Yu Hao and the others will succeed. If they send a distress signal, then we will have no choice but to take action again. Sacrifice is unavoidable. If we do not choose to abandon a portion, the Sun Moon Empire will always use this as a constraint to suppress us," Elder Lin said. He knew very well what the price was.

"For the imperial families of the Three Great Empires, is it really worth it for us?"

"This is what we must choose. If the imperial families also fall, then our Three Great Empires will truly collapse without a fight," Yan Shaozhe said with a determined face. He knew the price of this operation well.

This is the price!

"However, recently there have been rumors saying that we disregard the lives of the hostages of the Three Great Empires and rashly violated the agreement to launch an attack on the Sun Moon Empire..." Fan Yu was somewhat at a loss. For him, although he had a position in the Sea God Pavilion now, he almost had no qualifications to participate in decision-making for many things.

Just like the initial endless disputes among the three parties regarding the negotiation location, the final conclusion was still Maple Leaf City. The cooperation of the Three Great Empires was not very tight to begin with.

"Fan Yu, correct your attitude. The things we are doing now are destined to require sacrifices. Are you going to abandon all the people of our Three Great Empires because of a few people?" Yan Shaozhe looked at Fan Yu, the warning in his eyes self-evident.

"But, those rumors..." Qian Duoduo looked at Xuan Lao and asked tentatively.

"Since they are rumors, then we don't need to worry about them..."

"I understand..."

Subsequent arrangements were still proceeding in an orderly manner. Their progress would also be transmitted into the Sea God Pavilion of Shrek through certain specific channels. What they needed to do now was to interfere with the Sun Moon Empire from time to time, and thereby win time for Huo Yuhao and his group.

There is always a price, but these they can afford.

"How is the situation with Wang Qiu'er and her group?" Xuan Lao asked with some concern.

Xian Lin'er organized the news and continued, "Their method of entering the Sun Moon Empire was just simple disguise and infiltration. Currently, they have not been discovered to be followed or exposed. Through some connections, the inspections they received were also few. As of now, everything is fine."

"You mean..." Yan Shaozhe's eyes changed slightly, as if he had remembered something.

"It's just borrowing the connections of the Su Family. From the current point of view, the Su Family is still in agreement, so..."

As soon as the words fell, Xuan Lao subconsciously supported his forehead. Although the decision was not wrong, borrowing the trade routes of the Su Family halfway was truly... beyond expectations.

The rescue mission was still proceeding in an orderly manner.

Risheng City.

The inspections in large cities are extremely strict; they had no way to sneak in at all. If their soul power were low, they would actually at most be questioned a few times, but their group was different; their soul power was either that of a Soul Emperor or a Soul King...

Even if Huo Yuhao could conceal himself, there was no way to conceal everyone under such strict defenses.

"How about we just... break in?" Xu Sanshi hesitated for a moment and asked slowly.

"No, I don't think we can hide well inside Risheng City after breaking in." Huo Yuhao shook his head, disapproving of Xu Sanshi's plan.

"Not to mention that we can't be sure of the current situation, it's even a question whether there are hostages being held inside Risheng City. If we expose ourselves now, the losses will outweigh the gains." Wang Dong'er looked at the strict inspections and signaled for everyone to abandon the idea of an Assault System attack.

Huo Yuhao looked at Wang Dong'er and continued to ask: "Wang Dong, tell us your thoughts."

"We are still some distance from the city gate. If we adopt an Assault System approach, we certainly have the confidence to force our way in, but, not to mention whether they will bring out more powerful Soul Guidance Devices from behind the city gate, if they close the city gate after we rush in, we would be no different than sheep entering a tiger's den."

"The city defenses of such a large city are definitely not comparable to those small cities from before, not to mention that our group is such a conspicuous target. Once we make a move, we have almost no possibility of escaping. Even if we did, the price we would pay is not something we can bear right now. The current risk is clearly not proportional to the value our action would bring." Wang Dong'er did not elaborate too much, only pointing out the current situation.

"I have a way to sneak in, but I can't take you all in with me, unless you stay behind to look after our Soul Guidance Devices and act as our support outside the city." Huo Yuhao looked at everyone apologetically.

There were many merchant caravans coming and going; it was actually not surprising for some caravans to have powerful leaders, and the scale of some large family caravans was also massive.

Wang Dong'er looked at the crowd and made her own judgment: "It is best if we enter in batches. As for the Soul Guidance Devices, let people guard them outside the city. I just asked Brother Yu Hao, those detectors cannot perfectly detect our soul power, so if we want to enter the city to gather information, we must discard the Soul Guidance Devices."

"Yu Hao, you are the captain, you make the decision." Bei Bei looked at Huo Yuhao.

"Let's do this: Zhong Yiping, Luo Lie, Feng Tianyang, the three of you stay outside the city to be responsible for guarding the Soul Guidance Devices well. The rest of us will enter the city in batches. Except for some necessary Communication Soul Guidance Devices, do not bring any offensive weapons above level four inside. Three days later, we will gather under the big tree in the wilderness south of the city."

Once the order was given, everyone began their actions. There was more than one place to enter the city. Now, what they had to do was to break up the whole into parts. Although there was a risk in not carrying weapons, as Shrek students, their combat power remained excellent even without Soul Guidance Devices. Not to mention that before this, they didn't need Soul Guidance Devices at all.

Everyone dispersed. When passing through the city gate, the alarm still went off. Wang Dong'er did not know why, but the detector had no effect on her at all, as if it were blocked by something.

Huo Yuhao used his Spirit Power to deceive the Soul Guidance Device, but Bei Bei was not so lucky.

"Stop, please put down your weapons and cooperate with the inspection, otherwise we will take forceful measures!" The person in charge of the inspection immediately became nervous. Standing before him was a Soul Emperor like Bei Bei.

"Is there a problem?" Bei Bei looked at them calmly.

"According to our detection, you are a Soul Emperor. For the sake of Risheng City's safety, please hand over your personal belongings for us to inspect. If you refuse, you may also choose to leave." Given Bei Bei's powerful strength, he did not dare to offend him.

After a simple inspection of Bei Bei's Storage Soul Guidance Device, they asked about the purpose of Bei Bei's trip.

These interrogations were actually dispensable, just a necessary procedure. It was mainly because they did not find any high-powered Soul Guidance Devices on Bei Bei. So, after completing the procedure, they let Bei Bei pass.