Chapter 158

“Then you’re not hiding the truth! If you say you’re a Thunder Sword Saint, why do you still follow Huang Tianhuo? Take my hand now. You seem to know Aggidan well, so I’m making you an offer. You know that even you have no chance against the seven hundred and fifty Aggies.”
Song Linzheng’s eyes narrowed. Even a mighty man with his three tongues would be hard pressed to defeat this young, untalented, and unknowledgeable person.
“In my last life,” he said, ”I had a miserable end, but in this life, I moved at a good time.”
The man called Namgungban said something unintelligible. But he seems unwilling to stop speaking.
“Despite the whims of the heavens, I simply go my own way. I will go my way without regret, and you will see me face to face.”
The lightning bolts at the tip of the man’s sword scattered into dozens of bundles, and soon began to roll like waves. The waves of lightning were a harmonious combination of the powerful Spear and Thunder King Sword Techniques, demonstrating the essence of the Southern Palace’s swords, especially the Fado.
The Thunder King Sword.
The further you go, the stronger it gets,
Snowfall.
The blade of his sword is dulled by the blows he has received.
Hesitate, hesitate.
Song Linzheng’s expression became contemplative as time passed. She didn’t know how she’d gotten this far, but she couldn’t afford to blow it.
Just as the thunderbolt was about to strike.
Kaang! Ka-ang! Ka-ang!
A barrier of monkfish members, nearly a hundred of them, formed. It was the monkfish troupe. Song Limjung’s face brightened at the sight.
That’s right, that’s right.
I’m holding the members of the Monkfish Clan, not anyone else.
How can I show weakness?
Thinking so, Song Linzheng revealed it clearly. Even though she could see quite a few monkfish members covered in blood and falling down here and there, it was clear that her faction had the advantage.
On the other hand, if they were only stalling for time by holding onto the man in front of them, Namgungban, wouldn’t they have the upper hand?
“If you cannot capture him alive, execute him immediately.”
The monkfish troopers swarmed toward Namgungban to launch a fierce attack. At that moment.
“I’ve heard that you’ve become a force to be reckoned with ……, but I’m a little worried.”
Boom!
A mighty stream of sword power.
The burst of sword power continued on like a wave and met the onrushing monkfish group.
Kwagagagagang!
Blue, searing sword steel.
It was as intense as the sound of a shell exploding,
but with a pushing energy that resembled that of the Southern Palace.
“Master.”
He was none other than Nangong Yue. Fang Xiang’s request had reached him, and he had arrived just in time.
“How can you use an old man like me in such a rugged and dangerous place?”
“It’s only natural to save a disciple in trouble.”
So there they were, the master and the disciple. I couldn’t help but widen my eyes.
“What about them?”
“A hundred people came in a hurry. All of the Thunder Swordsmen were led by the patriarch, and they went down to face Da Meng.”
“Ah, no. Aren’t they the imperial army? Why did they bring the Thunder Swords instead of leading the imperial army?”
The imperial army is, in effect, the royal guard of the Southern Palace. It was made up of the most powerful men of the Southern House, each a master of his craft.
“Directly?”
The Southern Palace Lady smiles at my comment.
“Yes, you made the move yourself. With the Huang Bo Family of the Qin Tian Clan and the Fang Family joining in, you shouldn’t have anything to worry about.”
“……No, no matter what.”
“Are you worried?”
“What’s to worry about.”
At those words, a person walked out. He was another one of the adepts representing the Southern Palace.
“Greetings, Grand Duke. Do you recognize me?”
It was the Namgung God of the Imperial Grandmaster, the Royal Sword. He was practically my uncle.
“Aldamada, how could I forget you?”
He had led the entire imperial army into a long period of closure training, but it seemed that he had come out of closure training at an urgent time.
“Hmph. I see, that famous wretch has become such a renowned swordsman, and I’d be more than happy to see him lead the Southern Palace to greatness.”
He had no great connections in his previous life, nor in this one, but he knew one.
“A man who lived only for the Southern Palace, and died only for the Southern Palace.
Therefore, I have nothing against him.
“The lord of the house said, ‘It will be a problem if you continue to travel alone, so you should not travel with the Iron Swords, nor with the Heavenly Wind Swords. You must take the imperial army with you.”
The hundred or so Thunder Swordsmen said they would take him with them and disappeared.
“It’s good to see such a wealthy man pining for his wife. Now, tell me, what’s the difficulty? If the Grand Duke says so, I’ll play dead.”
With those words, I looked at Song Linzheng with a sense of security in my heart and a hundred and eleven friends who believed in my existence.
* * *
A man dressed in the height of splendor, with a long robe and a golden dragon robe embroidered with a golden dragon, it was the Lord of the Emperor Tai Mu.
“…… Follow me.”
The road was as colorful as the man himself. Five thousand golden councilors.
Chuck, chuck, chuck.
In the center of the plain, a wall of glittering gold is flanked on either side, and between them, a gigantic human-powered vehicle is built that only Tai Mu can climb.
With each step, the spearheads of the golden bannermen pierced the ground, creating a jaw-dropping spectacle. Amidst the spectacle, Taemu set his jaw and wore a bored expression, as if to announce the presence of the Great One.
Kooong! Kooong! Kooong!
But when he saw it, Zhu Tae-hwa’s face twisted like a broken glass. How could he be so relaxed?
“Two hundred million.”
“Chong!”
“If you don’t follow me, you may use force.”
He stopped walking and turned to face Zhu Tiehua, who was standing there.
Gumtul.
Zhu Tiehua’s guards, the guards created to deal with the Aguidan, would not be easily captured alive if they were to face the Golden Council, and one of the men who knew this best was Emperor Taemu.
“You throw words around so easily.”
“Did you mean to say something?”
The Emperor’s head sweeps across the court beyond Zhu Taihua.
“You showed me with your actions first, so I did the same. What was the matter?”
“……I will not regret it.”
He turns to the golden commander and speaks so easily.
“Do you mean to say that we shall be reunited here and now?
He must mean annihilation.
“Jutaihua.”
“I think you can stop my mouth.”
“You are firmly mistaken. You think I have come all this way because I am in trouble.”
“I can’t say that’s the case, and I can’t imagine why you’ve come all the way here, seeing as you’ve run as if the soles of your feet were on fire.”
Zhu Taihua had good reason to be cheerful. Someone else had noticed that Huang Jia and Hong Jian were holding hands.
“They must be talking about Song Linzheng.”
Zhu Taihua paused at the words of Emperor Tai, who spoke first.
“You’re still a step slow.”
“You’re still looking down on me. You seem to have forgotten that we’re on the same boat.”
He says,
“Because I lack the leadership to walk with you. Forgive me for being ugly.”
You say you’re bad. In saying that she was ugly and couldn’t lead him, she was still treating him as an inferior.
Zhu Tae-hwa realized this and gritted his teeth.
“It’s not leadership, it’s because you’re still good at vomiting, and you’re trying to get away with it again.”
With those words, Taemu sits on top of the rickshaw that so many people have built and looks down as if he is watching over the world.
There were no highs and lows in his eyes, only boundaries. At the moment that made Zhu Taihua feel distant, Tai Muze’s lips opened.
“It’s Taihua.”
“Heh.”
With that one word, Zhu Taihua’s face lit up. The uncomfortable truth had been spoken so openly, so publicly, and it was hard not to feel excited.
But what he said next made her freeze.
“No matter how you look at it, it makes no sense for you to take advantage of the imperial power being taken away from me and become the main force behind the troubles of the Dynasty.”
Intimidation. It was a crushing statement. It is not true, but it becomes public knowledge. I couldn’t speak because I was mute. I wanted to retort, but I couldn’t.
“Why do you create a situation like this by going inside and outside with the same surname?”
In reality, it was Zhu Tae-hwa, and he alone, who created the situation. They maintained the situation in order to solidify each other’s authority and position.
As usual, he begins to ramble on.
“I don’t know what twists and turns have happened, but tell this uncle.”
At the same time, the golden-robed commander cringed at the sight of Emperor Taemu speaking to him as if they had known each other for years.
It was the first time he had ever seen him like this, even though he had served him all his life, but regardless, he could only listen and do as he was told.
“I understand and accept your difficult situation. If we don’t work together as a family to solve it, who else will understand?”
Kuung.
The pupils of their eyes, which had been as steadfast as pylons, moved countless times at Tae Mu-je’s words, and Joo Tae-hwa bit her lower lip.
Why does she feel like she’s getting smaller and smaller at the same time?
Not only that.
“……!”
Thousands of guards simultaneously bowed their heads. This is the law of nature, the law of nature.
It’s not just the weak following the strong.
It’s more like infinite reverence for an absolute being.
“You can stay dry, or you can follow me. It’s your choice. You must forget your childhood in the Hana Huang family, for it has been a long one.”
Like giving a child a sweet treat to appease him.
Zhu Taihua’s hands trembled involuntarily at the sound of the Emperor’s voice.
He drew on the strength that pervaded his entire body, everywhere. The great power that he had accumulated as the head of the Hongqian Clan was released at the same time.
The Jade Emperor’s aura was released, and the moment it was released, it was like a blood glow.
Bloodlight.
A gaze he’s never seen before, a crimson blood glow, is etched into Zhu Taihua’s mind.