173: Chapter 163 173: Chapter 163 The Colonel understood the meaning of the second-rank official and then instructed Yingzi:
“Right, Yingzi and Young Master Liu go eat first, try the delicacies of our nation.”
“Let’s go, Young Master.” Yingzi lifted her head, her face revealing a seductive look, a complete contrast to her haughty expression from just before.
“Ha, good.”
Liu Tao was electrified by Yingzi’s gaze, and followed her out.
The Colonel and his subordinates sported a cunning smile, even the previously angry subordinate reined in his emotions, his expression laced with malice, as if he couldn’t wait to kill that Chinaman.
“Mr.
Sato, let’s continue our discussion…”
“Alright, we were talking about, two days from now, planting explosives at every city gate during all the Immortal Sect competitions, as well as burying bombs and landmines beneath the martial contest venues.”
“Mr.
Sato, you might underestimate the olfactory senses of those in the Cultivation World, the scent of the explosives and landmines could be detected by them.”
“Is that so!
No wonder our missions failed these two times.
It turns out it was the smell of the weapons that betrayed our whereabouts, no wonder our people’s invisibility was uncovered.”
“Mr.
Sato, according to my sources, in our Cultivation World, there are those with Magical Treasures capable of seeing the invisible.
Another reason for your exposure is someone using the Illuminating Mirror to reveal the movements of the invisible.
You need to be more cautious in your future actions.”
“Who possesses such advanced technological Magical Treasures?
Besides the Illuminating Mirror, are there other high-tech products or Magical Treasures?”
Sato realized that hiding here had kept them unaware of the capable individuals in the outside Cultivation World, revealing a gap in their information sources.
Fortunately, they were notified of this news by an inside informant; otherwise, this operation would likely have faced a dire outcome.
“There is a Video Mirror that has recorded and played back all that your invisible agents have done.
It is uncertain how the Guardian God Clan managed to create such high-tech artifacts; it seems only they possess such Magical Treasures.”
“The Guardian God Clan?
They aren’t also involved in this operation, are they?”
“Of course, they are concealed among the disciples of various Sects.
This time it’s not just us and the Guardian God Clan conducting the investigation; the forces of the Elders are also involved.”
Hearing this, a Major General spoke arrogantly:
“Damn it, that damn Guardian God Clan is our greatest and strongest enemy; we must eliminate them.”
“It’s not as simple as you think.
General Ye from the Ye Family is not so easy to deal with.
Don’t underestimate the various Sects and the Ten Great Clans, and some smaller families.
You must be careful with this operation; don’t get us implicated as well.”
Mr.
Sato, with an arrogant air of confidence, said:
“Rest assured, all of us are Death Servants.
If the mission fails, we will commit suicide by taking poison.
We are also hidden within the various Sects, and at the right time, these people will help from the inside to throw the Cultivation World into chaos.
Without these elite disciples, there’s no need to fear the others.”
“Then, let’s each carry out our duties.
Our people will be responsible for the investigation, working visibly.
Your people will carry out the operation through secret passages.”
“Hehe, pleasant cooperation.”
“Pleasant cooperation.”
With this, they had set their conspiracy in motion, and food was brought to them from outside.
This woman seemed like a maid, yet her clothing did not resemble that of a maid’s, sporting an odd attire.
“Sir, please try our country’s cuisine.”
“Good”
“Try our nation’s fine wine.”
The maid then poured them the wine.
Throughout, this woman served them.
…
Liu Tao arrived at the room, where Yingzi had ordered wine and dishes to be served.
“Young Master, let’s have a drink.”
“Hmm, my beauty, from now on you can call me your husband!”
“Oh, my husband, let’s have a drink,” she said.
“Mm, good girl, we’ll have the shared-cup drink,” he replied.
“Mm,” she affirmed.
Liu Tao and Yingzi drank a shared cup of wine together, and Yingzi poured him another.
Yingzi poured two glasses of wine, from a jug with a secret device, both glasses the same color but containing their own hidden stories.
“My lord, let’s toast again,” she invited.
“Ha ha, a beauty’s toast must be drunk,” he laughed.
They drank together without touching the dishes on the table.
Gradually, Liu Tao felt as if in a dream, and he began to enter an illusory world.
“Beauty, let’s go to bed, let’s kiss,” he said.
Yingzi dodged Liu Tao and quickly moved to the bed, placing a pillow in Liu Tao’s arms.
“Mm-hmm, my beauty, you’re so good, let’s go to sleep,” he murmured.
“Ha ha, Princess, you are finally mine, ha ha ha ha, I can finally become your husband, even stronger than Ye Tian,” he exclaimed deliriously.
“Princess, tonight is our wedding night, Consort Prince, I will cherish you well,” he murmured.
Liu Tao, lost in his fantasy, hugged the pillow on the bed, kissing it, and gradually fell asleep.
Yingzi sat at the table, now moving her chopsticks to eat, Sato had sent her to many men, and she had evaded them all using methods like this.
As a pawn of the empire, and again a Death Servant, she loyally served the empire without a choice, yet she did not wish to surrender her body and soul to someone she did not like.
A tear fell from her eyes, for since joining the organization, she could not lead a normal life; she had spent these years in harsh training.
The only sliver of emotion she harbored was in her unspoken crush.
This time, she was offered to another unworthy man.
If this mission succeeded, she would take her own life, no longer willing to be a pawn.
Yingzi was an ordinary citizen’s child in the empire, chosen by the organization to be a pawn, to serve their empire loyally.
She had been in this country for ten years, coming here at the age of 15, and had carried out many missions, assassinating several people.
Among them were descendants of the Noble Clans, whom she seduced with her beauty, and then secretly eliminated.
Yingzi mocked herself for being given to a man whose heart belonged to another, even calling out for that other person in his fantasies.
It seemed she would have to continue using this method to avoid more trouble in the future.
Yingzi glanced at the bed again; she couldn’t kill this man just yet, so she’d have to demean herself by feigning joy in his presence.
…
Tang Feiyang also traveled by carriage to Immortal Venerable City, and accompanying him to Immortal Venerable City were a group of scholars dressed in white.
These individuals were his father’s students, and disciples of their family clan, brought here this time to investigate a case.
Tang Feiyang, the Jinshi, had a higher Combat Power than the other disciples and also possessed greater intelligence and wisdom.
Leading a group of scholars dressed in white, called Juren, he arrived at a luxurious residence belonging to their family clan.
For the Juren, this was their first visit here, and they were curious about Immortal Venerable City.
From the moment they entered Immortal Venerable City, they kept looking around, but without Tang Feiyang’s instructions they dared not wander off to explore.
As the leader of this group of several dozen Juren, Tang Feiyang was composed; even earlier, he had only looked out from the carriage window, as it was also his first visit to Immortal Venerable City.