Crowned by the Treacherous Big Shot

Chapter 846: Chapter 694: Reincarnation of the True Divine General

He kept talking about other matters, and everyone thought he hadn’t heard about the formation’s central point. Little did they know he had found it without giving away anything.

With a flick of his fingertips, he firmly grasped the turtle shell in his palm: "Having the Goddess’s gifted artifact makes all the difference; the Heavenly Gang Compass works much better than before."

"Wow."

Duan Wenliang exclaimed with envy.

Ji Li handed him the turtle shell: "Envious?"

Duan Wenliang nodded repeatedly: "Envious!"

Ji Li swiftly took the turtle shell back into his pouch: "I won’t give it to you even if you’re envious!"

Duan Wenliang, who had been teased: "..."

Ji Li held the Compass and walked out of the chamber: "It’s in the southeast."

Chen Long rushed into the night, leading the way.

"Wait for me here."

Lu Yuan instructed Meng Qianqian.

Meng Qianqian pondered seriously: "I’ll go with you guys. I always feel that I have some connection with that Loulan Witch... though I can’t quite explain it."

For a moment, she didn’t know how to describe it.

Lu Yuan understood.

Just like when Tan’er fell victim to the witchcraft, she could immediately find a way to counter it, proving that she could handle the Loulan Witch.

And possibly the only one capable of doing so.

Lu Yuan glanced at her belly, admonishingly saying: "You’d better be sensible. If you cause trouble, I’ll spank you!"

The little one yet to be born, already threatened by its father: "..."

The two pursued the direction Chen Long and Ji Li had left.

Duan Wenliang turned back toward Duan Mingyue: "Fourth Brother, what should we do?"

"Go call Old Five."

Duan Mingyue said.

Duan Wenliang asked: "Fourth Brother, you really want to wade into the mess of the Governor Mansion? Back then, we agreed only to trade and not to meddle."

Duan Mingyue sighed: "I overlooked this matter."

Duan Wenliang grumbled: "We were set up, it’s not deliberate, do we have to take responsibility? Fourth Brother, you weren’t like this before. You have many sworn brothers yet are so concerned about Lu Yuan’s affairs. What’s so special about him? Is he like Fifth Brother, risking his life for you?"

Better not mention these things, it only intensifies his grievances.

Duan Mingyue helplessly rubbed his brow: "How can you even be jealous of him?"

Duan Wenliang huffed: "Because I’m your real brother, he’s not!"

"Big Brother."

Xun Wu stepped inside.

His Hidden Guard quietly slipped into the night to call for him.

Duan Mingyue tugged Xun Wu’s sleeve: "Old Five, you came just in time. Persuade Fourth Brother, he’s gone mad, actually wanting to help Lu Yuan deal with the Loulan people."

Xun Wu said: "Big Brother isn’t helping Lu Yuan."

Duan Wenliang asked suspiciously: "Then who is he helping? Surely not Little Yin Hu?"

"Old Five."

Duan Mingyue interrupted Xun Wu before he could speak.

Xun Wu paused and said to Duan Mingyue: "Wenliang is right, Big Brother, you’ve been impulsive this time; this isn’t the mess we’re meant to wade into."

Duan Wenliang straightened his back: "Listen, listen! Listen!"

Duan Mingyue lowered his gaze, a trace of undetectable melancholy flashing in his eyes: "I owe her, and I can’t repay."

Duan Mingyue was puzzled: "Fourth Brother, who do you owe?"

"Old Five, come over, Wenliang, you wait outside."

"Why? You always send me away."

Duan Wenliang unwillingly left.

Soon after, Xun Wu came out of the house.

Duan Wenliang blocked him at the corner: "What did my Fourth Brother say to you?"

"He asked me to help break the formation’s central point."

"Just that?"

"Yes."

"A matter of a single sentence, why send me away for that? It’s not like I don’t know he plans to do this."

Duan Wenliang suspiciously scrutinized Xun Wu, "Be honest, do you and my Fourth Brother have something to hide from me?"

Xun Wu candidly replied: "There’s much to hide from you. Are you sure you want to hear it all? It might take three days and nights."

Duan Wenliang: "..."

Xun Wu brushed past him.

Duan Wenliang: "At least tell me, who does my Fourth Brother owe?"

Xun Wu’s figure disappeared into the moonlight.

Duan Wenliang said irritably: "A bunch of oddballs, all gone mad!"

The night was bright with sparse stars.

Ji Li adjusted the Compass, stopping in front of a cowshed.

The four of them stared at the old cow eating grass, standing still.

Chen Long asked: "Are you sure... this is the central point of the formation?"

Ji Li raised the Compass, showing it to the moonlight: "Just now, it pointed precisely at this location, but suddenly it’s not moving."

Chen Long closed his eyes: "Can you be reliable or not?"

Ji Li said: "It’s moving again! To the west!"

Chen Long didn’t rush to move but suddenly turned around, flicking his fingers to deflect a hidden weapon.

Ji Li said, intrigued: "An ambush? Seems like we’re close to the central point."

Lu Yuan protected Meng Qianqian behind him, keeping a wary eye on the front.

Chen Long and Ji Li stepped sideways in unison.

The three formed a triangular stance, encircling Meng Qianqian.

Meng Qianqian rubbed her brow: "Move aside."

Ji Li snapped open his folding fan: "This is not the time to show off. Three grown men, no need for a pregnant woman to step up."

Meng Qianqian sighed: "I said, move aside."

"Little Yin Hu, no need to thank me—ugh—"

Before Ji Li could finish his sentence, Meng Qianqian kicked him hard in the rear, sending him flying without mercy.

Immediately, Meng Qianqian decisively shot out three silver needles.

Chen Long and Lu Yuan instinctively tilted their heads, the silver needles flashing past their ears.

From three different directions came suppressed groans.

Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow: "You haven’t lost your touch after all."

Ji Li, nursing his sore rear, said in embarrassed anger: "Can you please give a warning before kicking me next time?"

Meng Qianqian: "I told you to move aside."

Chen Long silently stepped aside.

Meng Qianqian: ..."No, brother, I wasn’t going to kick you."

After this brief disturbance, they faced no further ambushes near the cowshed.

"Could they have anticipated us coming to destroy the formation’s central point?"

Chen Long asked.

Lu Yuan smirked: "You’ve finally had a smart moment."

Chen Long placed a hand on the Sword Box: "Before killing them, I don’t mind killing you first."

Lu Yuan: "Brother-in-law, you’re divine and wise, truly the reincarnation of a True God General."

Ji Li walked forward a few steps, then abruptly stopped.

Chen Long asked: "What’s wrong?"

Ji Li said strangely: "It’s not right, just now the Compass needle pointed here, I wouldn’t mistake it, but now it’s swaying left and right."

Chen Long said coldly: "Broken again? Are you capable or not?"

Ji Li said: "It doesn’t seem broken, more like... more like..."

"More like two central points."

Meng Qianqian said and drew Lu Yuan’s sword, holding the hilt in reverse, and slashed horizontally.

A fierce Sword Qi overturned the cowshed.

Behind that cow, a small piece of witch soil splashed out, only half the size of the witch soil Emperor Liang spoke of.

But it was enough to prove this was also a formation.

"Using the formation as bait, luring us into the trap, seems they intend to sacrifice us all. Unfortunately, Ayimulan’s hope is bound to be dashed."

Meng Qianqian struck the witch soil with her sword, "Tonight, whoever gets sacrificed isn’t certain yet."