“One size does not fit all, a favour is a favour, it should still be returned. Keeping secrets for me, however, is a matter of principle, and I believe that Silver Moon Lincoln is not a person who betrays his friends.”Zhang Ruochen smiled and said.
A heavenly pride like Silvermoon Lincoln was bound to be extraordinary in the future, so how could she be allowed to return the favour so easily?
“Swish!”
Zhang Ruochen executed the Thunder Rushing Technique, transforming into a bolt of lightning, alone, and broke through the air.
Silver Moon sighed in the air and smiled gently.
Although she and Zhang Ruochen had only met twice, somehow, she was able to trust each other unreservedly, perhaps this was called “Geniuses meeting at first sight”.
When Zhang Ruochen returned to Quicksand Canyon, the Red Desire Star Envoy immediately greeted her, her eyes cold as she said, “How did you come to know that traitor Silvermoon Lincoln?”
Zhang Ruochen said indifferently, “Lord Star Envoy, shouldn’t I have one or two friends? Besides, now that Silvermoon Lincoln has a common enemy with us, why can’t he be our ally?”
In fact, the Red Desire Star Envoy was not a pedantic person, and was very clear about one truth, “There are no absolute enemies in the world, only absolute interests.”
Obviously, Silvermoon Lincon’s hatred was aligned with her interests, both targeting Emperor Yi.
The Red Desire Star Envoy’s brow furrowed, revealing a thoughtful expression as he analysed the pros and cons, and only after a long time did he say, “Silvermoon Lincoln’s strength is indeed formidable, and if we have her to help us, we can go and fight against Emperor Yi.”
“However, Silver Moon Lincoln’s identity is too special, if the Black Market hierarchy knows that I have joined forces with Silver Moon Lincoln to deal with Emperor Yi, they will definitely sanction me.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Silver Moon Lincoln just happened to come to seek revenge on Emperor Yi, what does it have to do with you?”
The Red Desire Star Envoy knew that Zhang Ruochen was being forceful, but she was unable to retort. This was because, she herself knew very well that the only way to have a greater chance of winning was to co-operate with Silvermoon Prosperity when they fought Emperor Yi.
Zhang Ruochen stared at the Red Desire Star Envoy’s eyes and added, ”As long as Emperor Yi dies, you will be in a sure win situation. At that time, the momentum will have been set, and you are the one with the highest natural talent in the younger generation of the Black Market, so even if the Black Market’s higher-ups know that you used some people you shouldn’t have when you fought with Emperor Yi, they can only allow you to be the new Young Master of the Black Market.”
The Red Desire Star Envoy snorted coldly, staring tightly into Zhang Ruochen’s eyes as he said, “What exactly are you? Why do I feel that you want to kill Emperor Yi even more than I do?”
Zhang Ruochen knew that saying too much just now had instead aroused the suspicion of the Red Desire Star Envoy.
“In the future, you will naturally know who I am, but right now, what we should do most is to deal with Emperor Yi. If we miss this opportunity, there will never be a next time.”
Zhang Ruochen took out the bloody bundle and handed it to the Red Lust Star Envoy, saying, “This is a meeting gift from Silver Moon Linhong to you, as a sign of her determination.”
The Red Lust Star Envoy was a bit puzzled as he took the package and opened it.
Seeing the green-clothed Star Envoy’s head inside, the Red Lust Star Envoy immediately dilated her pupils and felt a little choked.
Only after a long time did she re-close the package and asked, “Indeed, it is a generous gift However, the news of the Silver Moon Prosperity rushing to the Eastern Domain Evil Lands will surely soon reach the ears of the Black Market’s top management. We must fight quickly.”
“Emperor Yi’s power is huge, even if we have to go head to head with him, we must be strategic.”
Zhang Ruochen’s hands were behind his back as he said, “If Emperor One is really at the Red Willow Villa, in fact, we can make good use of the formations inside the Villa.”
The Red Desire Star Envoy shook his head and said, “When Emperor One enters the Red Willow Mountain Villa, he will definitely take control of the formation hub under the ground first. How can we retake control of the array formation by counter-claiming it when we are outside of the mountain villa?”
Zhang Ruochen pondered and said, “We can split our forces into two, you go in front and help me attract the Evil Dao experts in the Red Willow Mountain Villa. I’ll go to the underground altar in the mountain villa and retake control of the formation in the mountain villa.”
“How will you enter the Red Willow Mountain Villa unnoticed?”Red Desire Star Envoy asked.
Zhang Ruochen said, “I naturally have my methods.”
Seeing how confident Zhang Ruochen was, the Red Lust Star Envoy no longer had any doubts.
Next, Zhang Ruochen and the Red Desire Star Envoy continued to discuss the specific plan for attacking the Red Willow Villa, calculating every detail and considering every step thoroughly, trying not to make any mistakes.
One had to be careful when dealing with Emperor Yi.
It wasn’t until noon that the two finally worked out a plan.
Red Lust Star Envoy and Zhang Ruochen led a group of Evil Dao cultivators and finally arrived at a small town only fifty miles away from Red Willow Villa before dark.
In the small town, the Red Lust Star Envoy had long ago set up manpower to monitor every move in the Red Willow Villa.
Walking into a tavern, Red Lust Star Envoy and Zhang Ruochen sat opposite each other.
An old man wearing an animal skin hat came out from inside the tavern in fear and bowed to the Red Lust Star Envoy, saying: ”Star Envoy, it’s not a good thing, Changsun Lan has secretly contacted with Emperor Yi, and has already seized Red Willow Villa from the inside and the outside. A large portion of the manpower in the Villa have all turned against Emperor Yi. Those who didn’t submit have all been purged.”
Changsun Lan was the sect master of the Hundred Battles Sect, and was once one of the most powerful experts under the Red Desire Star Envoy’s seat, on par with the Blood Cloud Sect’s Patriarch Xu Hong.
When the Red Desire Star Envoy led his experts to rush to the Falling God Mountain Range, he was the one who left Changsun Lan behind to sit on the mountain.
If Changsun Lan betrayed him, Emperor Yi could indeed easily take Red Willow Villa down.
The Red Desire Star Envoy seemed to have anticipated this and appeared unperturbed, instead, he even revealed a hint of a smile as he said, “In other words, Emperor Yi has become the master of the Red Willow Mountain Villa?”
The old man with the small animal skin hat said in a trembling voice, “Exactly.”
“You go down first!”
With a wave of his arm, the Red Desire Star Envoy dismissed the old man, then, glancing towards Zhang Ruochen, he laughed, “As expected, you guessed it, Great Protector, you’re good, and you know Emperor Yi too well. If I’m not wrong, Di Yi must be sitting on top of the main seat of the Sacred Willow Hall right now, quietly waiting for me to be escorted back by the green-clothed Star Envoy, and then bestow me to death as a victor.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “The current Di Yi is at his lowest alert, which is also the best opportunity.”
The Red Desire Star Envoy nodded, agreeing with Zhang Ruochen. Thus, she stood up, walked out of the tavern, and began to assign tasks to Xu Hong, Shi Buqi, and the other Evil Dao cultivators, assigning what each of them needed to do.
Zhang Ruochen, on the other hand, walked over to Mu Lingshi and said, “Senior sister, this duel with Emperor Yi will surely be quite dangerous, I hope you”
Mu Lingshi clasped her hands in front of her chest and preceded to say, “Do you think that you can persuade me?”
“Can’t be persuaded. Therefore, I won’t persuade you not to go, I will only persuade you to be able to stay outside of the Red Willow Villa during the duel, so that if this operation fails, you can still meet me outside. Right?”Zhang Ruochen said.
Mu Lingshi nodded and extended two fingers, saying, “Two hours. I’ll give you two hours, if you fail to come out from within the Red Willow Villa, I’ll kill my way in.”
“Two hours should be enough.”Zhang Ruochen said.
According to the countermeasures discussed between Zhang Ruochen and the Red Lust Star Envoy, the two of them began to act individually.
Half an hour later, the Red Desire Star Envoy led a group of Evil Dao cultivators who feigned serious injuries and fled back to the Red Willow Villa in a sorry state.
Sure enough, when the Red Lust Star Envoy reached the outside of the Red Willow Villa, it instantly caused a huge stir, and the entire Villa looked like it had exploded because, no one believed that the Red Lust Star Envoy could still return alive.
Thus, a part of them, rushed to report to Emperor One.
The other part of them, stayed behind, ready to stabilise the Red Lust Star Envoy and wait for Emperor Yi’s instructions.
Meanwhile, Zhang Ruochen, alone, put on the Meteor Invisibility Clothes, calculated the time, and arrived at the periphery of one of the courtyard walls of the Red Willow Villa.
Zhang Ruochen’s palm, tentatively pressed forward, and when he was still three feet away from the courtyard wall, a white curtain of light instantly surfaced, bouncing him out.
“The defensive array inside the Red Willow Villa has indeed been opened.”
Zhang Ruochen took two steps backward, pinched his two fingers together, mobilised the power of space, and slashed forward, executing a ‘Spatial Crack’ move, tearing a two-metre-long gap on top of the defensive formation.
“Swish!”
Performing his body technique, Zhang Ruochen passed through the formation crack.
With his feet on tiptoe, his figure lifted up and crossed the courtyard wall, landing in the bamboo garden in the Red Willow Villa.
Zhang Ruochen was already very familiar with the Red Willow Villa, moreover, he was wearing the Meteor Invisibility Clothes, so no one would be able to see his figure at all.
Walking in the Red Willow Villa, Zhang Ruochen was simply like entering a no man’s land, and soon arrived at the entrance leading to the underground altar.
At the entrance, on the left and right sides, each stood a Glazed Knight General, all of them at the cultivation level of Fish Dragon Fourth Transformation.
Sending two major experts to sit at this place, it was evident that Emperor Yi was still quite careful and prudent. With the cultivation of the two Glazed Knight Generals, even a cultivator of the Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation would have a hard time killing them without a sound.
Only, having encountered Zhang Ruochen, they were clearly very unlucky.
“Swish!”
Zhang Ruochen took out the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword, capturing two spatial imprints, and performed the Braking Sword Technique, stabbing out two swords in a row at an extremely fast speed, nudging the two Glazed Knight Generals in the centre of their eyebrows.
Their bodies, which only gently trembled for a moment, a tiny blood spot appeared on their brows, and although they still remained in a standing position, they had already lost their voices.
Pushing open the stone door, Zhang Ruochen walked down the steps and finally reached the underground space, seeing the towering altar at the centre of the space.
On top of the altar, in each of the four directions, there was a Formation Master seated, four in total, firmly controlling the 147 formations in the Red Willow Villa.
Zhang Ruochen smiled and walked over to the four Formation Masters.
Just as Zhang Ruochen reached the underground space, Emperor Yi in the Sacred Willow Hall, also heard the report and knew that the Red Desire Star Envoy had escaped and returned, right outside the gate.
Emperor Yi sat at the very top of the Sacred Willow Hall, putting away the Sword One that he was comprehending, revealing a rather astonished expression as he said, ”Qingyi, Ice Demon, Huntress, and Zhao Hanhu went to deal with her together, and she actually managed to escape and come back? The strength of the Red Desire Star Envoy is something that impresses me. Changsun Lan, how many people did the Red Desire Star Envoy bring back?”
