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Chapter 339: Rumors

Translator: TransnEditor: TransnGu Shenas ready and believed that he had to overcouan Fei

The Ninth Young Master valued his precious life verythat there was a way to have all his guards around his bedside while he slept Even if that were possible, he would have also wanted to be able to sleep with eyes wide open and ears pricked up

Unexpectedly, as Gu Shenwei checked hidouan Fei seeuards were so slack that it all felt like a trap

After observing for a long while, Gu Shenwei decided that he should reveal hiuan Fei

It see would be couest’s arrival loudly to the occupants of the courier station After which, he led Dragon King into thewith the Priloomy that he looked like an old man as very ill Noever, he was a youth and all s in a draraces us with his presence and livens up our hu Please sit over here Quick, serve the drinks! Do you drink alcohol, Dragon King? It’s such a cold night and the perfect tiood tiet an affront to you (Note: The word joy in Mandarin is ‘Huan’ and Shangguan Fei is referring to the Dragon King’s old name as Slave Huan here) Oh, you are still as teetotal as before Say, it’s gotabout the past Every incident is still so fresh to …&8221;

Gu Shenwei had to aduan Fei They were known ene for peace, he did not have to go out of the way to treat the Dragon King as warood friend

There were many people in the hall and the attendants rushed about, serving drinks and snacks After everything was done, they tactfully left

Shangguan Hong was also present His new role was to break the ice and liven up the at did not want to talk "I still reTo be honest, you made all of us apprentices envious Even at that time, you already seemed to be different from the others…&8221;

Gu Shenwei had never been the recipient of such blatant and fawning flattery before The swordsot used to living with those unyielding

Throughout the entire conversation, he spoke very little and did not drop his guard for even a little bit He would not beco and complacent even if he was flattered anyuan Ru was at her brother’s side

She had disguised herself as part of the retinue on the way to the Stone Kingdoinal appearance by then Wearing a long dress with narrow sleeves made for ease of movement and she also wore a saber at her waist She was seated in a dignifiedfuss out of the Dragon King’s presence

She was as reticent as Gu Shenwei and gazed out of the , her thoughts seeuan Hong’s flattery becaan describing her as Slave Huan’s lackey in the past, she could not take it anyrasped the hilt of her saber "What a disgrace, is there no place for the dignity of the Shangguan Family in your hearts?&8221;

She cast her wide, black eyes at Gu Shenwei and it looked as if she wanted to start a fight; however, the tense moment only lasted for a short while and very quickly she shifted her gaze souan Fei displayed a look of incomprehension and surprise "What’s the matter with her? Why’s she offended when us old friends are re &8211; Little sister is unhappy To be honest, hehe, she misses you evena little iuan Fei, I believe that we are both already very faht,&8221; replied Shangguan Fei He cast Shangguan Hong a look and the latter tactfully left He bowed to his master and retreated backith s hiuessed that you would co,&8221; said Shangguan Fei Even though they were alone now, he was still trying to worht, I’m here noish to discuss that deal with you&8221;

Previously, in the suan Fei had offered his sister in exchange for the Dragon King to back out fro that the Dragon King wished to resuuan Fei’s eyes lit up "You’ve seento do with her,&8221; said replied Gu Shenwei firuan Fei appeared slightly puzzled at his state "Please state your ter as I can becoree to any conditions&8221;

"You can uan Fei looked aard as he replied, "This, Dragon King, is not up to ardless of whether I accept it or not, the King of Stone Kingdoo into monkhood It’s pointless to reject it&8221;

"You don’t have to bother about that You just have to openly declare that you will never have designs on the throne&8221;

"Ah, I know You wish to have the monk of the Four Truths Te to beco the pose of an executioner beheading someone

Gu Shenwei’s reply was the same, "I said, you don’t have to bother about that&8221;

Shangguan Fei nodded, seehtened "I promise, but I can make such a declaration now I vow that I will make the announcement at the same time when I am anointed as consort to the princess Nevertheless, I believe that you surely know that this willmy time and not to be believed to the others&8221;

"This will do just fine,&8221; Gu Shenwei said as he stood up, ready to take his leave "A warning for you: Your codouan Fei i meant, and said, "The Special Emissary from the Central Plain…&8221;

Gu Shenwei left the hall He realized that the courier station was not too big, and many people had to rest outside in tents It was no ’s quarters

His trip had not cleared all of his doubts Shangguan Fei was extre Dragon King, but in reality, he had ed to keep his intentions well under wraps Gu Shenwei still did not understand what the Ninth Young Master was exactly afraid of and why he had to ith Dragon King Furtheruan Fei was not afraid that news of their cooperation would leak out to the public

During thewith his on King Just as Gu Shenwei arrived back at his lodgings, Lin Xiaoshan ca an audience with Dragon King

Shangguan Hong was uan Fei was, perhaps due to the fact that many of his secrets were already made known to Gu Shenwei He did not beat around the bush and spoke i&8221;

"That will depend on howlooked as if he was prepared to say the truth Clasping his palht, panic and worry on his face He stopped after a while and lifted his head to speak "There are reports saying that after the princess has chosen her consort, and that you have plans to slaughter every suitor co from Golden Roc Fort&8221;

"Do you believe that?&8221; asked Gu Shenwei coldly He felt that Shangguan Hong was not as couan Fei and therehere

Shangguan Hong shook his head and replied, "I don’t believe it&8221;

"What are you worried about, then?&8221;

"I’ I’ these ruhtened and came to understand the entire conspiracy; however, he felt that it was too outrageous to be true and thus did not speak about it, letting Shangguan Hong continue

"Someone &8211; whether they be a male or female &8211; wishes to cause the ceasefire between you and Golden Roc Fort to fail, Dragon King As a result, a few or maybe even a batch of sacrificial la was extre as he raised both his ar redress from the heavens "Why is it always me who is the unlucky one? All I have is the e’s son After all these years, I have not even earned the right to speak to his Lord, yet when souan Fei is aware of this matter as well?&8221;

"Perhaps The two of us rarely speak to each other; he’s thesaid, the resentment in his tone undiminished "You can deduce from his performance that he most likely knows that this trip will not end well Isn’t hisfriendly with you to let everyone know that you have no reason to kill hi so, the scheme cannot be carried out But what does he have to worry about? He’s the legiti Master of Golden Roc Fort No matter what, he will not be selected to be sacrificed&8221;

Gu Shenwei stared at Shangguan Hong, sur Ji told you all of this&8221;

Shangguan Hong was agape with surprise, lowering his head as he replied, "Yes, Mister Zhang warnedJi left with you?&8221;

Shangguan Hong laughed It was as if he had expected the Dragon King would be asking hi, I can tell you about anything except for this; however, rest assured that I will let you know the secret once the princess has chosen her consort Zhang Ji said… forget it I cannot divulge the secret now, it’s my current insurance&8221;

Gu Shenwei did not continue pressing Shangguan Fei, even though he knew that the latter would spill everything out once he drew the Five Peaks Saber

Before he found out what Zhang Ji’s real uan Fei’s words yet It seemed that the tutor without any real authority in Golden Roc Fort was playing an extreame here and he was only a secondary character in it

He walked up to Shangguan Hong, saying, "I wish to help you, but you have to put in so the rumors?&8221;

"I don’t know, I really don’t But… it’s pretty obvious You know, other than his Lord…&8221;

Gu Shenwei knew, and this was exactly the part where he felt it was too incredible to be true Why would the Supre sacrifice two of his sons to push the blareement onto me? Everyone knows that there aren’t uan Faht

The pressure was on Gu Shenwei now, and he felt as if there was a huge beast drawing nearer to hi but could not pinpoint where its hugebehind in the room to ponder over the entire issue After he was done, he su swordsave them some instructions Hethe truly had any intentions of dishonoring the peace agreement, the thousands of people in the Great Snow Mountain caer

The next day, Gu Shenwei found an opportunity to e conspiracy to the latter Zhong Heng considered the issue fro period of deep thought, "The true ht not be the sacrifice of the two sons of Supre&8221;

Gu Shenwei believed that Zhong Heng’s deduction was somewhat justified as it made sense out of Golden Roc Fort’s supredom’s handIf you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible