"Is it really going to be like this?"
Chen Changsheng's gaze fell across the lake.
The existence of these blue-clothed Daoists was no longer a secret. Many people knew that they came from the eastern capital, Luoyang, from a small and nameless Daoist monastery.
"I said before, I've made no arrangements," Shang Xingzhou said.
The height of the sun determined the angle at which many plants grew.
An important figure like Shang Xingzhou did not need to do anything or make any arrangements for many people to naturally be willing to kill Chen Changsheng for him.
Because he had already expressed his stance through many matters.
Chen Changsheng drew back his gaze and looked at Shang Xingzhou. "Even if this is a war?"
In accordance with the Pope's final decree, he had come to the Orthodox Academy to carry out this important negotiation with Shang Xingzhou, so he had naturally made arrangements.
The Li Palace was already on standby, the Orthodoxy cavalry ready to charge at any time. When the blue-clothed Daoists arrived by the lake, Mao Qiuyu and the others were probably already there.
Most importantly, he was now the Pope. If Shang Xingzhou still insisted on killing him, he would assuredly incite a war that would destroy the entire capital.
"Many people in the Li Palace will support me," Shang Xingzhou calmly said.
As the sole Saint of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the teacher of the Emperor and the Pope, Shang Xingzhou's prestige had already reached an absurd level.
And he was a legitimate successor of the Orthodoxy. From every angle, he had the right to enter the Li Palace.
Let alone the ordinary priests of the Li Palace, even the cardinals, and even some of the Five Prefects, would be willing to accept his descent.
It was only because the Pope's final decree and subsequent measures were extremely unyielding and the great announcement had been announced to the world that the Orthodoxy could maintain its unity and unity.
If Shang Xingzhou really took the risk, even if he could not personally act, he still had enough strength to forcefully kill Chen Changsheng in the Orthodox Academy. As long as he moved fast enough and made a small enough disturbance, just what would happen next?
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The snowstorm enveloped the capital, also enveloped the Orthodox Academy. Together with the snowstorm was a dense mass of soldiers whose numbers were difficult to discern.
A girl walked out from the other end of the snowstorm.
The little girl was dressed in black. Her head was slightly lowered, and her slightly wide collar turned into a black curtained hat that covered her face.
Miraculously, she walked along the street all the way to the entrance of Hundred Blossom Lane, but none of the cavalrymen noticed her.
Only when she got close did the experts of the Imperial Court and the priests of the Li Palace at the mouth of the alley see the footprints in the snow and discover her existence.
"Halt!" someone shouted. It was unknown whether it was a general of the court or a cardinal.
It was very likely that something big would happen tonight. The capital sank into an incomparably tense atmosphere. At this moment, a young girl suddenly walked out of the wind and snow. Anyone would find it strange.
Hearing this voice, the black-clothed girl's body trembled. She lowered her head and continued to walk deeper into the alley. Her footsteps became even more hurried, as if she was afraid.
Of course, such a reaction could also be interpreted as arrogance.
"Courting death?"
A sinister voice rang out from the shadows in the alley.
The buildings in Hundred Flowers Lane had been completely flattened by the cavalry of the imperial court in the previous few days. Only that teahouse, which had some commemorative value, was left standing.
Just as the black-clothed girl walked past that ruined building, an even more sinister and venomous sword glow pierced out of the shadows along with that sinister voice.
This sword glow was abnormally bright. Mixed in with the wind and snow, it was unremarkable, and the sword energy was terrifying to the extreme.
Even more frightening was that as this sword glow brightened, the shadows at the mouth of the alley began to faintly emit stardust.
The first to strike was a Star Condensation assassin, probably from the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets. Experts that had just been subdued by the Imperial Court always wanted to prove their worth as quickly as possible. A few days ago, they had encircled Chen Changsheng in the alley of the Northern Military Department, but it had ultimately turned into a chaotic and inconclusive battle. Tonight, they did not want to miss another chance.
No one could have predicted what would happen next.
Whether it was the assassins in the alley, the experts of the military, the Guardians of the princely estates, or the Li Palace priests and experts of the various academies at the end of the alley.
When the sinister sword glow arrived, the girl still had her head lowered, her face hidden in her curtained hat. She did not react at all.
Yet just like that, the sword glow shattered, transforming into countless fragments that dissipated into the night sky, truly mixing in with the wind and snow.
The 'shattering' here was truly shattering. The assassin's sword had directly shattered, causing those sword glows to shatter with it.
There were not many people in the world that could deal with a Star Condensation assassin, and to be able to shatter the sword of a Star Condensation assassin … many people had never seen such a person.
This was not the true conclusion, because after the sword glow shattered, another object shattered.
The assassin had shattered.
There was only a light hum.
The snow in Hundred Flowers Lane suddenly turned pink, as if someone had poured several large buckets of paint into it.
Soon after, several dozen chunks of flesh fell to the ground like a torrential rain. Only upon careful inspection could one clearly see that they were human limbs and organs.
Blood sprayed and severed limbs fell. All of this happened in an extremely brief instant.
Only then did the crowd clearly see what was happening.
The black-clothed girl still had her head lowered, her face hidden in the shadow of the curtained hat, but she had extended a hand forward.
This hand was very small, very white, like a snow lotus, but at this moment, it was dripping with blood. It was exceptionally clear and ghastly to the eye.
The place where her small hand had appeared was a snowstorm. It had previously been the position of the Star Condensation assassin.
The dark alley was deathly still.
After a moment, several howls of panic and anger rose up. An assassin from the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets and two experts from the army transformed into three streams of snow and wind to attack.
There were three soft popping sounds, like three ripe grapes, or like three cracks on the surface of ice.
The three streams of snow and wind suddenly shattered.
The three experts of the Imperial Court once more became three showers of blood and flesh!
No one could clearly see what the black-clothed girl had done, because in reality, she had not done anything at all.
She had only extended her hand into the snow and wind.
The snow and wind would obey her will and obliterate all existences within it.
Then, she finally raised her head.
The black curtained hat fell, her black hair falling down like a waterfall, revealing the face of a young girl.
Her face was incomparably white, as if it had never seen the sun in its entire life. Her face was elegant and beautiful, but it possessed a biting cold Qi.
What was most striking was her eyes.
They were vertical pupils.
They seemed abnormally strange.
At this moment, the emotions in her eyes were extremely complex.
There was some reminiscence, some unease, some fear, and also some madness.
This gaze, coupled with the blood on her snow-white face, made her seem incomparably terrifying.
Suddenly, she stuck out her tongue and licked a strand of blood from the corner of her lips.
At this sight, the experts hidden in the darkness and snow felt a fear that came from the deepest depths of their souls.
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(Yesterday's upload truly did make a mistake, causing a few friends to subscribe to the previous chapter. I hereby solemnly apologize. This has nothing to do with the website. My hands were itching … in a few days, I will think of a way to make it up to you. In addition, today, I have an important matter that requires everyone's help. Today, the little Black Dragon has finally come out of the well and appeared on the screen. In the second half of this chapter, she will play a very important role, but even now, I have been unable to decide just which name to call her. Zhizhi, Zhusha, Hong Zhuang, or Her Highness the Princess? In a little while, I will post a poll on the official WeChat account, Maoni1118. I will trouble everyone to choose. I love you all. Okay, I have posted this chapter many times.)
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