Two days had passed since the ambush in the valley.
In the next two days, the soul-stirring multi-sided battle appeared to be calm. Golden City did not respond to the death of the Shengjing Sect team, and Flaming Valley did not care about the death of thousands of elite soldiers in the front line. After the king of Harmony River launched a surprise attack, he retreated back to his headquarters, and the hunting operation came to an end.
However, everyone knew that this silence was just brewing a bigger outbreak, and it was hard to say who would be the first to make the next outbreak. Everyone was quietly watching the change.
At the same time, Wang Lu was not idle. In these two days, he took Lan and Xiang Liang to all the cities and fortresses in Golden City, meeting many people and talking a lot. Of course, the whole process was basically done by Wang Lu. Xiang Liang and Lan were just onlookers, and then incidentally experienced the food of Golden City — in addition to eating, they had nothing more to do.
Regarding this inexplicable action, both of them remained silent. Lan was accustomed to Wang Lu's unexpected behavior, while Xiang Liang was out of high professional quality.
He was a qualified soldier, and the nature of a soldier was to obey. Although the position of the lead disciple of Royal Soldier Sect should be more in the commander level, Xiang Liang was obviously more accustomed to the former. Not long after he got along with Wang Lu, he found out that Wang Lu was a natural team leader. Perhaps in tactical arrangement and execution, he was stronger than Wang Lu, but in matters outside of combat, Wang Lu was the expert. And professional things should obviously be left to the professionals.
Of course, if Xiang Liang's choice fell into the eyes of his sect's elders, he would certainly be scolded. However, Xiang Liang's habit was really difficult to change.
Fortunately, Wang Lu's inexplicable behavior did not last too long. The next night, in a food street in a bustling city of Golden City, Wang Lu, with a satisfied smile on his face, found Xiang Liang and Lan who were experiencing folk snacks. The two of them were quite strong. When Wang Lu arrived, the table was already in a mess. In front of Lan, there were hundreds of bamboo skewers, while Xiang Liang was playing with a golden meat bun with great interest.
Wang Lu smiled and asked the two, "How's the taste of the snack?"
Lan embarrassedly threw away the half-eaten skewers of roasted meat in her hands, not knowing what to do. Xiang Liang nodded generously. "It's a very good supplement. It's nutritious, has a reasonable structure, and is easy to cook. If the conditions are right, we can promote it within a certain range. It should be able to effectively boost the morale of the soldiers."
Wang Lu was already used to Xiang Liang's reaction. He pulled a stool beside the table and sat down. Then, he grabbed a meat bun in front of Xiang Liang and ate as he spoke.
"Including the ones I met today, in the past two days, I have already met with most of the city masters in Golden City, and the information that needs to be integrated has basically been processed."
The organizational structure of Golden City was very interesting. The master of Golden City was the supreme king, and under him were dozens of sub-cities. Each sub-city was an independent administrative unit, just like feudal vassals. However, the master of Golden City could suppress his ministers with his supreme strength and majesty. Thus, the overall political environment of Golden City was unprecedentedly stable.
Therefore, the contact between Wang Lu and the sub-city masters was not to instigate their rebellion — in just two days, no matter how professional Wang Lu was, it was impossible for him to rely on his silver tongue to collapse the organizational structure of Golden City. There was only one thing he needed to do: extract information.
When it came to information, Wang Lu's complexion was somewhat strange. "According to the contact with the sub-city masters, the situation of Golden City is really strange. As for the other four, no matter how bad the relationship between the lord and the blood spirit is, at least we are comrades-in-arms who have a common goal. Only the master of Golden City has a conflict with the Shengjing Sect team, which is like a father killing enmity. Not long ago, the master of Golden City even made a ten-day appointment with Jianglu. Within ten days, he must bring your head to see him, otherwise, he will seal Qionghua, the king of gold spirit, forever. "
Upon hearing this, Lan and Xiang Liang were extremely surprised. They had heard that the master-follower relationship of Golden City was not harmonious, but they didn't think that it had already reached the point of being incompatible like fire and water.
"Then according to the time, today happens to be the day of the deadline. The master of Golden City is a man of his word, so I think Sister Qionghua will be kept as his mistress for the rest of her life. "
If Lady Boss Feng Ling, who always cooperated with Wang Lu, was here, she would certainly carry out an in-depth discussion on the specific matter of keeping a mistress. However, the two listeners of Wang Lu were very uncooperative. Xiang Liang was very puzzled and asked, "This is very unreasonable. Qionghua's cultivation base is number one in this world, and she is the most powerful weapon of Golden City. It's completely illogical for her to be abandoned."
Wang Lu said, "The master of Golden City is not an incapable ruler, so there must be a reason for this. Unfortunately, there are too few clues, so I can't guess what the significance of this move is. However, at least I can put forward a guess. Senior Brother Xiang Liang, if we assume that Senior Sister Qionghua is forever trapped in Golden City, then what do you think the situation of the five spirits power struggle will be like? "
Xiang Liang frowned. "If Senior Sister Qionghua is excluded, then …"
Wang Lu said, "Then, there's no need for the remaining four to form an alliance. Senior Brother Xiang Liang, why don't we go and destroy Senior Sister Zhou and Senior Brother Zhan first?"
"What?" Even with Xiang Liang's good psychological quality, after listening to Wang Lu's suggestion, he felt that he somewhat could not keep up with his thinking. A few days ago, Wang Lu was still as close as a family with those two, but now, he really turned hostile faster than flipping a book.
Wang Lu explained, "You see, because of their respective rulers, the alliance between Senior Sister Zhou and Senior Brother Zhan will certainly last until the last moment. And if the two of them join forces, in this world, except for Senior Sister Qionghua, no one can match them. Therefore, how about we defeat them first, and then we decide the winner and loser?"
Xiang Liang thought for a moment, and then suddenly solemnly stood up. "If this is your idea, then forgive me for withdrawing from the alliance."
Wang Lu asked, "Why?"
Xiang Liang said, "First, I don't have the confidence to defeat you one on one in your arrangement. If there are only you and me left among the five spirits, for me, I will certainly lose. Second, I will not trust an ally who easily betrays the alliance. If you can betray them, naturally, you can also betray me. Third, I don't like it. "
Upon hearing Xiang Liang's third reason, Wang Lu smiled with great satisfaction. "Senior Brother Xiang Liang is indeed worthy to be the lead disciple of Royal Soldier Sect, your righteousness is admirable … In that case, we can now move on to the next round."
With that, Wang Lu's look turned serious.
"I think so far, all of this is a f * cking trap laid out by Qionghua. For Shengjing Sect team, the biggest problem in this round is that their starting advantage is too big, which naturally attracts hatred. Being targeted by the four forces is their fate. And no matter how strong Shengjing Sect team is, they can't twist the alliance of the four forces. If I were Qionghua, I would rather cut off one of my arms to disintegrate our four forces alliance first. Judging from the current situation, it was developing along this trajectory. I don't believe that with Qiong Hua's ability, she would be suppressed by a mere immortal dream puppet in this world. She definitely did it on purpose, putting on the appearance of a tied up bird ready to be plucked. Whoever believes it is real is a fool. As for what the master of Golden City is thinking, none of us know. Since he can use the blood mark to suppress Qiong Hua, naturally, he can also release her. "
After listening to this, Xiang Liang fell into contemplation and then said, "It's all intentional? Including the defeat in the valley ambush? "
"Of course it includes it. Or to be precise, regardless of the outcome of that battle, it's all in the plan of Shengjing Sect team. For Shengjing Sect team, it's best to solve the great threat of the lead disciple of Royal Soldier Sect. If the battle goes well, even A Ye, who is used as a chess piece, can be cleaned up, killing two birds with one stone. However, even if the battle fails, it doesn't matter. The sacrifice is nothing more than the small fries on the periphery. The real core character of Shengjing Sect team is only Qionghua, so it doesn't matter if the others die. On the contrary, this heavy loss can make others relax their vigilance. And what we have to do now is to stick together. No matter how the outside situation changes, we must firmly lock on to one goal and never waver. Before we completely defeat Shengjing Sect and Golden City, nothing else is important. "
Listening to Wang Lu's words, Xiang Liang gradually revealed a smile.
This conclusion was exactly what he wanted. As a soldier, the most taboo was to have vague goals, disunity of thought, and overcautious in everything. And Wang Lu's words were too much to his liking.
"Very good."
Wang Lu also smiled.
It was finally done.
In these two days, in addition to collecting intelligence and locking on to Qionghua, the most important task for Wang Lu was to stabilize Xiang Liang. This inflexible lead disciple of Royal Soldier Sect was the ally that he needed to win over the most. In the future decisive battle with Qionghua, Xiang Liang's strength was indispensable.
At the same time, in these two days, how could Xiang Liang not be observing Wang Lu? This young and already famous disciple of the same generation had long aroused his curiosity. In this test, how to deal with the relationship with Wang Lu was a big test for Xiang Liang. He didn't know how to think too complicated, but at least in these two days of getting along, based on his intuition, he was willing to make friends with Wang Lu.
Thus, the result of these two days of getting along was the establishment of a real alliance. Wang Lu and Xiang Liang tacitly held hands. They were ready to welcome the storm together.
However, when the two palms touched, Wang Lu's palm suddenly bloomed with a faint blue light, and a horizontal water curtain rippled in his palm.
It was a beautiful scene, but when Wang Lu saw the water curtain, his face suddenly turned livid. A moment later, he angrily crushed it, splashing water everywhere.
"Damn it, are those two idiots shooting a romance film!?"
Xiang Liang's eyes were keen. Before Wang Lu crushed it, he saw the words on the water curtain. Although he was somewhat confused, the aggressive momentum of the person who wrote it had already hit him in the face.
"I can't coexist with that bastard Zhan Ziye anymore. Junior Brother Wang, if you're loyal, come back and help me destroy that inhuman thing! As long as you help me, I will give you the five blood spirit crown! "
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