Chapter 678

But the several great factions did not know the outcome of this dragon-slaying, nor did they know whether the Second Blade Emperor had also submitted to the Qinglong Society.

"Exactly! This minister's subordinate noticed that he seemed downcast, so he struck up a conversation with him.

In the end, because he asked one question—whether he had joined the Qinglong Society…"

Boyan's expression turned strange as he slowly said.

But just as he said this, he paused, and Tie Muzhen immediately asked impatiently,

"How did it go? Did he join the Qinglong Society too?"

Surely not every master has joined the Qinglong Society, right?

"This…"

Boyan's expression was somewhat unsightly.

"Stop with all this 'this' and 'that'—if there's something, just say it."

Tie Muzhen was somewhat helpless; these civil officials always loved to play coy.

Not at all forthright like military generals.

But then he thought, if military generals were all like General Chilaowen, they wouldn't be forthright either!

After all, seducing someone's wife, then refusing to return her and running off—how could that be called forthright?

"After that question was asked, the Second Blade Emperor's face changed drastically, and he killed my subordinate on the spot in front of everyone…"

Boyan's face was ugly; after holding it in for a long while, he finally said.

485 Too narrow, the vision is too narrow!

"What? Did that fool not say he was from the Great Yuan?"

Tie Muzhen's face was uglier than ever.

You say you're from the Qinglong Society, killing my Great Yuan's people, slapping my Great Yuan's face—fine.

Who told your Qinglong Society to have the Grand Dragon Head Ximen Wudi.

To have so many experts as numerous as clouds, to have countless assassins appearing and disappearing without a trace of their backgrounds.

The several great dynasties under heaven, apart from the Three Great Dynasties, are all controlled by you.

Naturally, the Great Yuan can only swallow its anger before the Qinglong Society.

But apart from the Qinglong Society, who has Tie Muzhen ever feared?

Even if it's Ying Zheng of Great Qin, if he truly dares to throw his weight around like this, Tie Muzhen would dare teach him a lesson—believe it or not?

The Second Blade Emperor, to put it nicely, is a master on the Heavenly Dao Gold List, one of the few great experts under heaven.

To put it bluntly, he's just a mere martial man.

He wants to oppose the Great Yuan alone—no different from a fool's daydream.

Killing a Great Yuan man in public is slapping Great Yuan's face.

Can someone who slaps Great Yuan's face like this still have a way out?

"This… he said…"

Boyan was also somewhat at a loss between tears and laughter.

Great, recruiting talent for Great Yuan, and also smearing Great Yuan's name?

"Outrageous. Once Master Changsheng or the Scripture King returns, this Khan will make the Second Blade Emperor pay."

Actually, the Great Yuan can deal with the Second Blade Emperor now; after all, as one of the Three Great Dynasties, it actually has many trump cards.

If pushed to the limit, it truly still has reserves to draw on.

But Tie Muzhen knew it wasn't worth mobilizing Great Yuan's reserves just for one Second Blade Emperor.

The Undying God Changsheng and the Purple-Robed Scripture King, since they enjoy the treatment of Left and Right National Preceptors, must be thoroughly squeezed for their full effort.

"Your Majesty, calm your anger."

Yelu Chu spoke up at this moment,

"Actually, in this old minister's view, this matter is a good thing."

"How could this possibly be a good thing?"

Tie Muzhen was furious beyond words, almost pointing at Boyan's nose to curse him,

"That bastard killed my Great Yuan envoy in public, in public!

If this spreads without Great Yuan making any response,

I'm afraid from now on whenever Great Yuan envoys travel the world, anyone will dare climb all over us."

Actually, it wouldn't be as exaggerated as Tie Muzhen made it out to be.

After all, Heavenly Dao Gold List experts aren't cheap cabbage; the Nine Provinces under heaven only have so many Heavenly Dao experts in total.

Experts on par with the Second Blade Emperor, or above him, are even rarer than phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.

Such experts generally have their own breadth of mind and bearing; they wouldn't bother killing a Great Yuan envoy like an ant for no reason.

"What Your Majesty says is quite right; this Second Blade Emperor has indeed offended Great Yuan's taboo.

However, this old minister, from the matter of his striking in public, has discerned some clues."

In the court, Yelu Chu naturally knew he couldn't just flatly deny his own Khan.

If he did, he wouldn't have held the position of Prime Minister.

"What clues?"

Tie Muzhen's anger had also somewhat subsided; hearing Yelu Chu say this, he immediately asked.

"This old minister wishes to first ask the Vice Prime Minister—when that envoy was killed, what was the expression on the Second Blade Emperor's face?"

Yelu Chu did not answer, but looked toward Vice Prime Minister Boyan.

Boyan was stunned; he was also a clever man, and vaguely understood Yelu Chu's meaning.

He began pondering the reports from his subordinates, then said slowly,

"According to the people who were with him, the Second Blade Emperor was furious at the time, as if he had been greatly insulted."

"Then that fits."

Yelu Chu clapped his hands and laughed heartily, saying to Tie Muzhen,

"Congratulations, Great Khan. Congratulations, Great Khan."

"What is there to celebrate?"

Tie Muzhen was somewhat baffled and could not help but ask.

"Great Khan! The moment the Qinglong Society was mentioned, the Second Blade Emperor flew into a rage and even killed on the spot the man who brought it up. What do you think that signifies?"

Yelu Chu answered with a question of his own.

"That clearly means the Second Blade Emperor has come into conflict with the Qinglong Society."

Tie Muzhen thought for a moment, then said.

"The Great Khan is wise."

Yelu Chu explained,

"Clearly, regarding this Seven Wus Slaying the Dragon, although Master Changsheng no longer remembers, the fact that he became Master Changsheng is most likely connected to the Qinglong Society.

In other words, when the Seven Wus Slaying the Dragon came to an end, the fruits of victory were plucked by the Qinglong Society.

Those who took part in the Seven Wus Slaying the Dragon at the end, such as the Second Blade Emperor, Emperor Shadow, and others, gained nothing at all.

Added to that, there may well be other reasons, and so the Second Blade Emperor came into conflict with the Qinglong Society.

It's just that the Qinglong Society was far too arrogant, paid no heed to this conflict, and so allowed the Second Blade Emperor and the others to return to the Nine Provinces.

In other words, the Qinglong Society itself pushed these experts out the door.

Now is precisely the best time for our Great Yuan to recruit the Second Blade Emperor and the others."

After the Seven Wus Slayed the Dragon, Great Yuan invited a Gao Seng from Ming Wang Temple to perform a divination.

In the end, they learned that those who took part in the Seven Wus Slaying the Dragon were the Second Blade Emperor, Emperor Shadow, Nie Renwang, and Duan Shuai — four men in all.

As for the remaining three, no one knew who they were, nor could it be deduced.

Now Yelu Chu, by relying on the incident of the Second Blade Emperor publicly slaying a Great Yuan envoy, had actually managed to piece together a few things about Divine Dragon Island.

He believed that all four of these top experts had fallen out with the Qinglong Society.

"So that's how it is — this is actually the best time to recruit them?"

Tie Muzhen suddenly saw the light, his displeasure turning to joy, and said to Boyan,

"Boyan, did you hear that?"

"This minister understands…"