611: Chapter 425 611: Chapter 425 Tang Feiyang’s mouth curled into a mocking sneer, “You know exactly what you are.
Do you think I would associate with you?
To think that I’d have any affection for you—did you stuff your head with shit!”
Du Jiaolan’s expression remained unchanged, still smiling as she circled around Tang Feiyang, “Tang Feiyang, what to do, your family has already joined forces with me.
I just wanted to get to know you and become friends, it’s not as complicated as you think!”
Tang Feiyang shoved her further away with a palm, “Du Jiaolan, I’ve long been aware of your actions, your goals.
I hope you don’t play any tricks, otherwise, I’ll let you understand why flowers are so red!”
Du Jiaolan didn’t expect Tang Feiyang—a man so dashing and handsome—to be so rude, to use such crude means against a weak woman.
However, she was not truly a weak woman; pushed back several steps, she did not fall!
“Why are flowers so red?
Because they are beautiful, right!
Tang Feiyang, you think I’m very beautiful, don’t you?
I’m waiting for you to take me into your house, oh ho ho!” Du Jiaolan giggled.
Angered, Tang Feiyang left with a flick of his sleeve.
Arguing with a woman was not the way of a gentleman.
Unsure of Du Jiaolan’s hidden motives, he could only think of ways to stop her.
That evening, he met with his mother and sisters and shared his suspicions with them.
The family didn’t seem to believe Du Jiaolan could be a spy, since she didn’t appear suspicious on the surface.
Tang Feiyang then recounted the many horrifying events that happened recently and mentioned the mysterious deaths of several clan descendants, along with some who were poisoned.
He also spoke of how some families were being framed, leading to inexplicable internal strife.
Tang Feiyang felt that Du Jiaolan was a member of a group, but not the mastermind.
Who exactly was the mastermind?
In Tang Feiyang’s suspicions, he had not even seen Yingzi amidst so many ladies and madams eagerly socializing.
Yingzi was secretly pulling strings in the Prime Minister’s Residence.
She wished to go out in the open, but unfortunately, those from her country who came here met with untimely deaths.
As the leader of these ladies and madams, she dared not show herself.
If even she were exposed, wouldn’t that spell doom?
Communication with national leaders would be cut off, and she would no longer control these people.
Yingzi was living well at the Prime Minister’s Residence; Liu Xu didn’t support her actions but also didn’t stop her.
His family’s ladies and concubines didn’t dare to provoke her.
Only occasionally did Liu Tao send a guard to call her for a meeting.
This lecherous young master, in her eyes, was but a useless man, who she had many ways to thwart while he remained infatuated with her.
Yingzi suddenly received a secret communication; the warship she had dispatched was mysteriously crushed by a mountain.
The local leaders who went to rescue also had their ship capsized by strange winds and tidal waves, leaving their fate unknown.
Then, the island was inexplicably set ablaze.
It could be said that aside from those like her in the Imperial City and some hidden operatives, they no longer had any military presence here.
Du Jiaolan’s country dispatched several warships once more, but before people could board, the ships were burned.
Fortunately, there were not many casualties.
Yingzi could only follow the orders from her superiors to continue her covert operation here without being discovered.
Her organization’s mission was still underway.
Liu Xu recently discovered Ye Tian was not in town and felt angry at himself for being unaware when he learned Ye Tian had been on leave for several days.
With Ye Tian not in town, Liu Xu had much he could do, such as causing chaos in the streets of the Imperial City, which he left to his subordinates.
The one thing that irked him was that the people Yingzi brought couldn’t make large moves, so he would have to deploy his own trained personnel.
Feeding troops for a thousand days, it was time for them to take action.
Previously afraid of Ye Tian, his father, and the other clan families, Liu Xu now had no fear of them.
What mattered most was that he kept assassins and death servants to work for him.
To ascend to the throne, he would have to take his chances.
Liu Xu felt a sense of crisis.
A few days ago, he saw the King, hollowed out with a ghastly complexion, just as he had expected.
The King’s death would make his uprising much easier.
However, he hadn’t expected to see the King looking healthy only two days later.
Earlier on the verge of death, the King was now lively, and upon inquiring, Liu Xu learned that Ye Tian had provided a pill.
Ye Tian had ruined his plans, angering Liu Xu.
He couldn’t express his true intentions and was furious.
The most unbearable part was that now that the King’s health had improved, he tightened his grip on authority.
Liu Xu couldn’t act openly; without a choice, he had to make his move in secret.
So he had his Death Servants secretly assassinate some people in the city at midnight.
He didn’t target the wealthy mansions but aimed for those places of pleasure, specifically those not under his control.
Overnight, several people in the city were killed in the pleasure districts.
Some felt they had it coming, yet among the dead were young masters from rich and noble families.
The Governmental Authorities were alarmed, and in addition to the personnel from the General’s Mansion, Tang Feiyang also led a group of students on the investigation.
The assassins seemed to vanish without a trace, striking with premeditation.
They couldn’t immediately capture anyone, only finding scattered clues of the disruptive gang.
When the General and Ye Tian exchanged messages, he relayed some of the occurrences within the Imperial City to him.
Ye Tian, being thousands of miles away, could only instruct his father to keep an eye on the Prime Minister’s Residence, suspecting that Liu Xu was behind these plots in secret.
Ye Tian also wanted to return, but felt helpless as matters there were still unresolved.
Besides, he was currently with Yan Weiwei, and if it wasn’t necessary, he didn’t wish to return too soon.
The experience he was undergoing was something he had never encountered before in his life.
He also wanted to see the foreign lands here, where these people ceaselessly plundered resources from his country; it was time to teach them a lesson.
The recent horrific events might not be related to the country of their current mission, but they were connected to certain organizations, those despicable groups which treated people like animals for trafficking and auctioning.
Ye Tian felt a confrontation with these human traffickers was due, then he would return home to annihilate these organizations entirely, ensuring greater safety for the people.
Jiang Tang activated his Flying Treasure and within an hour, arrived at a country called Asla, where he encountered Su Chang’an who had been specifically awaiting them.
Jiang Tang opened the compartment of his Flying Treasure, allowing Su Chang’an’s Flying Treasure inside.
Su Chang’an piloted his Magical Treasure into Jiang Tang’s Magical Treasure and then safely lowered the women from his Magical Treasure into Jiang’s.
The Marquis finally met Jiang Tang and expressed his gratitude.
Seeing those trembling women, unfamiliar with their surroundings, Jiang Tang felt a surge of pity for them.
So he directed the Marquis to settle them on one side and had the chef within the Magical Treasure serve them a meal.
The women, upon seeing such a delicious seafood feast, devoured their food voraciously, as if they hadn’t eaten in ages.
Su Chang’an, witnessing the women at their meal, felt somewhat ashamed for not having provided them with food when he took them onto his Magical Treasure; a good half-day had already passed.
Su Chang’an also took the opportunity to grab something to eat.
Having been in this place for so long without food, he had been too busy managing the situation and the people, but fortunately, his level of Cultivation allowed him to go without food.
The Marquis was also very grateful, and after devouring the delicious seafood, he felt completely fulfilled.
The Marquis, having experienced such a delectable meal, thought that what he used to eat at home was no better than swill.
He felt even more that encountering Jiang Tang was the luckiest event of his life.
Seizing the moment, the Marquis also approached Jiang Tang with a request to help him concoct Pills.
Jiang Tang…, now so preoccupied, hardly had time to concoct Pills for others.
An Avatar had already been dispatched, previously assigned to the task of brewing elixirs for the smaller Demonic Beasts.
The Avatar that remained in the space was dedicated to concocting Supreme Elixirs, a process that could not cease for even a moment.
The Marquis fetched two Storage Bags from his person, telling Jiang Tang that one bag of herbs was a gift, to cover the costs of the Alchemy.
Looking at the two Storage Bags in hand, Jiang Tang knew he couldn’t take on all tasks by himself; there were many around him skilled in Alchemy.
He might not vouch for others’ prowess in concocting Pills, but there was Hua Xian’er, significantly more powerful in that regard.