Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect-Chapter 971 - 499: Prince Consort_2

However, the young man was also drunk, still rambling, as he walked over while picking the lice from his clothes, and spoke gracefully,

"In my observation, the Immortal Palace is far from being at the end of its rope! That Stone Thief acts against the tide in the North, yet the Twelve Countries still cherish the merits of the Immortal Venerable!

At present, the court’s difficulties are nothing but rampant power abuse and frequent robberies. Nobles rely on their power to plunder wealth. While the Great General raises bandits to boost his reputation, keeping troops for self-preservation, he stations heavy forces in Jiangdu, but refrains from crossing the Han River, right near the Capital.

Those in power themselves are apprehensive and indecisive. The common people have not seen their heart, naturally weakening their spirit and manpower!

As long as we can make the Great General resolute, clarify the laws, punish evil and promote virtue, reform the bureaucracy, utilize talents, and appoint officials to their proper ranks.

Meanwhile, win over both the South and the North, liaise with the Gate Valve, soothe the common people, win the support of the barbarians, unite hearts, and join forces in a Northern Expedition!

Why worry about not restoring the empire, not eliminating bandits and marauders, about the world not being peaceful!"

For a moment, everyone in the tavern gave him a side glance,

Then the young nobles commented and set the tone,

"Naive."

"Bold scoundrel! How dare he slander the administration! He must be a traitor, causing unrest! Arrest him!"

Thus, the surrounding drinkers suddenly shouted, pounced, and attacked. It turned out to be a group of barbarians in disguise secretly eavesdropping. They were previously engaged in serious high talk and slandering the administration among the young noblemen with their fancy clothes and jade ornaments, it was clear they were on an incognito visit among the people for entertainment, so naturally, no one dared to move.

At this moment, spotting an easy target, and judging by appearances that the young noblemen disapproved of his loud assertions, they knew their chance had arrived. They directly swarmed forward, knocked the young man to the ground, pulled out flower sticks, and beat him fiercely until his face was bloody, fainted on the spot, lost several teeth, and was dragged out tied up tightly.

The young noblemen also shot sideways glances, watching the young man getting beaten as if they were watching a play, while mocking with comments like,

"Where did this bumpkin come from? Talking about clarifying laws, punishing evil, and promoting virtue? It’s laughable."

"Humph, barking crazily, just an unruly dog. Spouting nonsense to get attention and make a name."

The leading barbarian quickly came over, apologizing and saying,

"Disturbing the young noblemen’s drinking mood! I’ll send this traitor to prison for corporal punishment, severely interrogating him! Executing him according to the law!"

The young noblemen grew impatient,

"Forget it, a countryside place, Southern barbarian, what’s worth arguing about."

"Right, nothing but a show-off dog slave, just break his leg and throw him into a ditch."

"Yes, yes. Didn’t you hear that! Break his leg!"

"Ah——!"

Hmm, the Immortal Palace.

Actually, it’s not just the poor scholar, but also the Gate Valve clan’s young nobles, the barbarian dogs, and even all the common people in the world, who genuinely don’t see clearly whose fault it is that the world has decayed to this extent, and what should be done to correct it?

It’s nothing more than pretending to understand while feigning ignorance.

Feudalistic class society, huh? You think giving a speech about principles will make this group of powerful Gate Valve aristocrats reform themselves, administer their own laws? Isn’t that naive thinking? They struggled to become officials and leaders; if they don’t abuse power, embezzle, exploit you muddy-footed commoners, wouldn’t they have become officials for nothing? If they don’t pass this power and wealth to their own descendants, would they pass it to you, some nowhere-to-be-found commoner? And you dare to boast shamelessly in front of them, pointing out their shortcomings? Do you really think they can’t deal with you?

So if it follows Tie Dan’s nature, ultimately, there remains the need to kill.

Three Constellations still have too many people. By killing off the garbage and replacing them with a clean batch, when the clean ones become dirty, kill again for replacements. Killing periodically, killing as much as possible, speaking no words while executing nine clans, killing entire families on disagreement, even slicing those crossing the road, naturally no one dare to break traffic rules.

Anyway, Tie Dan also knows, most people in the world might think this method is too extreme, so he’s reluctant to get deeply involved. Anyway, it doesn’t matter to him, if you can endure, keep enduring, and see if they’ll change.

"Really disappointing, let’s change places."

Seeing the group of young noblemen ready to leave, Tie Dan, who had been observing the entire incident, suddenly realized, why should he endure?

Thus he casually took out a Blood Fire Burning from the sack and threw it.

"Boom!!"

"Ah ah ah!"

"Ow ow ow!"

Immediately, sword fire raged wildly, instantly turning the young noblemen and the group of barbarians into fiery figures, all at once wailing and screaming amidst the blood fire, rolling on the ground, burning till their skins split and wailed as if their cries transcended humanity, soon twisting in death, burning into a group of carbonized human shapes stuck together.

And Tie Dan also slung his shawl, sneaked out the rear door during the chaos, hiding in the shadows, watching the crowd panic, running to save the fire.

Well, actually Tie Dan hadn’t calculated anything just now, nor understood the connection between this plot and that Jade Pendant. It was nothing but a moment of displeasure, casually throwing a talisman at people.

Although it might have sent the wrong signal to that creature, leading to premature actions, it doesn’t matter.

He’s been wandering in this unutterable realm of Heavenly Dao for a while now. Since he can’t encounter it, why not directly startle the snake by setting a fire, that Jade Pendant has considerable Spiritual Sense, seeing the fire coming, might even voluntarily fly out and escape, who knows...

Of course, in this world, there are people like Tie Dan who sit by and watch the blaze rage, coolly observing, even taking advantage of the chaos, but there will always be those who step forward to stop the disaster.

"Don’t just stand there! Put out the fire immediately! Push down and demolish the nearby tavern! Clear an open space to prevent the fire from spreading!!"

Suddenly came a loud roar, followed by the sound of hooves, a Knight riding a tall horse rushed over.

The Knight was eight feet tall, with a tiger’s back and wolf’s waist, dressed in finery, wearing mink tail clothes, crowned with pearls, inserted with pheasant tail feathers, appearing magnificent and imposing, looking like a groom heading to a joyful banquet, with many followers and guards chasing behind, clearly he was a noble young man of extraordinary status.

Yet this person was fearless, leading the charge, leaping and rushing into the fire to save people, still shouting loudly during the rescue, seeming to possess some divine power, temporarily soothing the crowd, calming people in haste, working together resisting the fire, remarkably controlling the fire’s momentum.

Tie Dan watched from afar through the crowd, recognized the Knight’s thick brows and big eyes under the firelight, suddenly recalled that person was Huan Tianyuan from Ye Capital.

"Commandant! Commandant, be careful!"

Then those followers chased up, disregarding the fire, bravely rushed in, and carried Huan Tianyuan out.

"Let go! Let go! Why are you pulling me? Go put out the fire and save people!"

Huan Tianyuan struggled strenuously, greatly dissatisfied, but those followers were all skilled eunuch experts from the palace, deeply powerful, forcibly restraining him outside, keeping him immobilized.

"Prince Consort, restrain yourself! Don’t let these trivial matters delay the auspicious occasion! Princess Nankang is still waiting for you!"

Then a Female Official led a group of Feather Forest Cavalry chasing, iron feathers falling from the sky, directly encasing him.

Huan Tianyuan shouted angrily,

"How are these trivial matters! Can’t you see! This fire can’t be extinguished by water, unstoppable by wind, clearly ignited by Daoist talisman!

This is a spy infiltrating the city causing chaos! As Prince Consort and Capital Commandant, overseeing palace guard duties, how can I ignore it! Let me go!"

"Priceless body! How can you risk yourself! You’re going today whether you like it or not! The Imperial Sword is here! Take him away!"

The Female Official couldn’t bother anymore, raising the treasure sword in hand, all the Yulin People immediately surged forward, pulling him onto a horse.

Princess Nankang? Sister of the Immortal Emperor? Eldest princess of the clan? Generally, only offspring born to concubines can be crowned princess, right?

Glaring at the Female Official holding the sword, reminiscing over the records in the Jade, calculating the birthdate, Tie Dan decided to gamble, thus pulling out a dozen Blood Fire Burning, throwing them with a swipe.

Yes, a dozen.

Wasn’t it mentioned before, during talisman making, each strand of silk requires specialized purification and refining to make a talisman. Therefore this sack was filled entirely with Ice River Escape Blood Fire Burning seemingly illusionary yet real.

Considering the complexity of making Escape Skill and Illusion Technique, and later needing a strong attack in Jiangdu, from the beginning, for the Blood Fire Burning talisman, Tie Dan used up to three strands of silk, over a hundred pounds for practice.

Although quite a wastage... well, two entire strands were completely wasted, but luckily, third time’s the charm, resulting in over three hundred talismans from each strand, can make do.

"Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom!!!"