Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

Chapter 525

"You're so good, Li Lun! I'm not even ready yet!"

Zhao Yuanzhou hurriedly took on Li Lun's attack, "Look how I deal with you!"

"You were never prepared when fighting the enemy! You underestimated him!" Li Lun explained.

After Zhao Yuanzhou got used to Li Lun's attacking skills, he became more comfortable with it and even felt like teasing Li Lun, "Tsk tsk tsk tsk! Li Lun, have you not been practicing well in these years? Look at your tactics, they are not good!"

"It seems you still can't beat me! Hahahaha"

Li Lun looked at the arrogant Zhao Yuanzhou, veins popping out of his forehead, and gnashed his teeth as he said, "Zhu Yan! You really have been hated by the monsters since you were little!"

Zhao Yuanzhou didn't take Li Lun's words to heart, "Lululu! You just can't beat me! Hahahaha! Stingy Li Lun!"

Li Lun was so angry at Zhao Yuanzhou that he kept dropping leaves, and his offensive became gradually disorganized. Finally, Zhao Yuanzhou found a flaw and hit him with one strike.

"Oh my! I won after all!" After Zhao Yuanzhou defeated Li Lun, he still had to brag in front of Li Lun.

After Li Lun climbed out from the pile of rocks, he snorted coldly, "Zhao Yuanzhou, do you think I will say something bad about you in front of Gong Yuanzheng?"

Zhao Yuanzhou stopped immediately, and before he could react, Li Lun had already turned into a locust leaf and flew towards the palace gate.

"Li Lun! You little bastard, you have no moral principles!" Zhao Yuanzhou followed Li Lun closely and arrived at the Zheng Palace one after the other.

As soon as Zhao Yuanzhou arrived at Zheng Palace, he saw Gong Shangjiao, Xie Yuchen, Gong Yuanzheng and Zhuo Yichen sitting there drinking tea and chatting. There was no sign of Li Lun, only the embarrassed Zhao Yuanzhou himself.

Zhao Yuanzhou wished that a hole would appear in the ground of the palace so that he could crawl into it. "Haha! Long time no see, you four!"

Zhuo Yichen looked at the dull Zhao Yuanzhou and couldn't help but hold his forehead and said, "We just met this morning, and it's only afternoon now! Are you getting old and your brain isn't working so well anymore?"

Zhao Yuanzhou immediately took over Zhuo Yichen's words, "Master Xiao Zhuo still understands me the best! Although I look young, I am actually 40,000 years old. I have lived too long and my memory is indeed a bit bad!"

Gong Yuanzheng immediately became interested. "Can I give you two injections? I have a new research direction recently, but I haven't found a suitable experimental subject yet!"

Although Zhao Yuanzhou didn't know what Gong Yuanzheng's new medicine was, he had heard Bai Jiu talk about how many medicinal materials their doctors would use when researching new prescriptions, how many medicine practitioners would be sent to the medicine room, how many failures they would have to fail before they would succeed, and then they would have to continue to change the prescription.

Zhao Yuanzhou shuddered and quickly hid behind Zhuo Yichen, hoping that Master Zhuo's slender waist would block his strong physique.

"Master Xiao Zhuo! Can you bear to let a weak and seriously injured little demon like me be used as a medicine man?" Zhao Yuanzhou used his best tricks, pinching the corner of Zhuo Yichen's clothes shyly, and spoke hesitantly.

Zhuo Yichen got goosebumps all over his body when he heard Zhao Yuanzhou's voice. "Speak properly!"

Gong Yuanzheng flashed to Zhao Yuanzhou's side and took out a silver needle as long as his palm. The tip of the needle was shining coldly. In Zhao Yuanzhou's eyes, it was no different from the witch doctor in their Great Wilderness.

Zhuo Yichen looked at Zhao Yuanzhou, whose face turned pale with fear, and quickly stopped Gong Yuanzheng, who was about to stab Zhao Yuanzhou with a needle, and said, "Yuanzheng, don't scare him! Look how scared he is by this white monkey. He's almost turned into his original form!"

Zhao Yuanzhou no longer had time to explain that he was a white ape and not the white monkey as Zhuo Yichen mentioned. He only wanted to avoid the silver needle in Gong Yuanzheng's hand that was getting closer and closer to him.

After Xie Yuchen had seen enough of the fun, he spoke up to stop Gong Yuanzheng, "Yuanzheng, stop teasing this white monkey. If it gets scared and has problems, I'll still have to trouble you, right?"

Gong Yuanzheng then took back the silver needle in disappointment and sat back in the chair next to Gong Shangjiao, but his eyes still looked at Zhao Yuanzhou from time to time.

Zhao Yuanzhou looked at Gong Yuanzheng's eyes that were always looking at him and hid himself more tightly.

Gong Yuanzheng looked at the so-called top demon in the Great Wilderness who was hiding behind his second brother like a quail, and curled his lips and said, "Second brother, he claims to be the top demon in the Great Wilderness with this appearance! I think he is most likely a liar!"

How could Zhao Yuanzhou dare to talk back to Gong Yuanzheng? Gong Yuanzheng was Zhuo Yichen's younger brother, and he would be his future brother-in-law. If he offended his future brother-in-law, wouldn't the day when he and his young master Zhuo get married be even more distant?

Xie Yuchen spoke up to explain on Zhao Yuanzhou's behalf: "Yuanzheng, Zhao Yuanzhou didn't lie to you. He just felt that offending you over a few words was not worth it!"

Gong Yuanzheng didn't understand why Zhao Yuanzhou was afraid that offending him would be counterproductive. When he saw Xie Yuchen pointing at Zhuo Yichen beside him, he nodded as if he understood.

Zhuo Yichen felt really embarrassed by the looks from his brother Xiaohua and his brother Yuanzheng. With blushing cheeks, he stood up, dragged Zhao Yuanzhou and left the hall of Zheng Palace.

"Now that Yuanbao and Zhuyan have left, Master Jiao, do you have anything to add about the plan we discussed earlier?"

Gong Shangjiao finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing King Yi and the big demon leave. After all, no matter how close the big demon was to humans, it was not a real human after all. The saying "Those who are not of my race must have different hearts" was not just talk.

“If we can get help from His Royal Highness the King of Wings and the two top monsters in the Great Wilderness, I’m sure this surprise attack on Wufeng’s headquarters will yield a very good result.” Gong Shangjiao took a sip of the medicinal tea in the cup.

After thinking for a moment, Xie Yuchen said, "In that case, I hope that Master Jiao can select the candidates for the surprise attack on Wufeng's headquarters as soon as possible. After all, we still have other things to deal with after this matter is over."

Gong Shangjiao nodded to show that he understood. "Of course. I will take my brother Yuanzheng to the back mountain in the evening to discuss it with the mountain guards."

After having dinner absentmindedly, Gong Shangjiao took Gong Yuanzheng to the back mountain in a hurry. Now the entire palace gate was controlled by Gong Shangjiao. After all, the current swordsman was a hysterical person with no normal thinking, so the palace gate rules were just a piece of waste paper to Gong Yuanzheng.

Xue Chongzi and Xue Gongzi were sitting under a snowy tree beside the ice pond, brewing tea around the stove. They looked at the unchanging Snow Palace and silently read the notebooks in their hands that they brought with them when they went shopping for daily necessities.

"Xue Chongzi, do you think that Master Yue will ever wake up?" Master Xue had no idea what he saw in the storybook, and suddenly mentioned Master Yue who was still unconscious in the Moon Palace.

Xue Chongzi was also unable to answer Master Xue's question, "Maybe he will wake up, or maybe he won't." Xue Chongzi knew very well that Master Yue would never wake up again until his death. He would only die quietly in his sleep, and he would be conscious and watch himself die bit by bit.

Master Xue bit his lip and said reluctantly, "Xue Chongzi, do you really have no other options? Master Yue grew up with us, at least, let him take another look at Elder Yue!"

Xue Chongzi naturally knew what Master Xue meant, but the poison in Master Yue's body was made by Gong Yuanzheng. Even if he bit him to death, he would not be able to detoxify Master Yue. Is there anyone in the palace who could force him to detoxify Master Yue?

Xue Chongzi remained silent, while Xue Gongzi wiped his tears sadly.

Xue Zhongzi opened his mouth, but in the end he could only comfort Master Xue, "Xiaoxue, you know Xiaoyue did such a thing, he should understand how the palace will treat the traitor after what he did is exposed. This result is the best ending for Xiaoyue."

Master Xue certainly understood how those who betrayed the palace would be punished, but he still couldn't accept how Master Yue, who was so cheerful at the beginning, could lose his heart just because he met a female assassin, and betray the palace that gave birth to him for such a Wufeng assassin, and even wanted to continue to help the female assassin's sister?

"Master Xue, do you think I shouldn't treat Master Yue like this?"

Gong Yuanzheng's voice sounded like an evil ghost coming back from the underworld, lingering eerily around Xue Gongzi's neck, causing a layer of cold sweat to break out on his entire back.

Xue Zhongzi held him behind him and said, "Xiaoxue has been raised by me to be a little naive, and he has never been allowed to leave the mountain gate. Besides, he and Xiaoyue grew up together, so he said such things."

Master Xue hid behind Xue Chongzi, hoping to use Xue Chongzi's childish body to block the young him, "Master Zheng, you are joking, I just..."

Gong Yuanzheng listened for a long time but didn't hear the second half of Master Xue's words, so he kindly continued for him, "You just can't bear to watch Master Yue wait for death like this day after day, right?"

Master Xue hesitated for a long time, but finally chose to respect his heart and nodded. Then he closed his eyes, but did not feel any murderous aura coming.

When Master Xue opened his eyes again, Gong Shangjiao and Gong Yuanzheng were already sitting opposite them, and the snow lotus tea on the table had been replaced with another unknown tea.

"Try the tea I brought! This tea is called Tianshan Clouds and Mist. It is made from a tea tree that grows only on the Tianshan Mountain. The water used to make the tea is also taken from the snow water on the Tianshan Mountain."

Xue Chongzi watched as Gong Yuanzheng took out a purple clay plum-shaped tin kettle from somewhere to replace the pumpkin kettle on the small stove, which was as ordinary as it could be. Even the cup was a celadon ice-crack tea cup.

Xue Chongzi looked at the teapot and teacup on the table that were enough to buy all the snow lotuses in the Snow Palace's ice pond. He raised his head and glanced sadly at Gong Shangjiao who calmly took the teacup handed over by Gong Yuanzheng.

Gong Shangjiao blew at the still scalding tea and ignored Xue Chongzi's sad look.

"Xue Chongzi, you don't have to look at me like that. I have checked the monthly quota of the back mountain and there is no problem. I also have people purchase the things you need every month and give them to the people in the Council of Elders to pass on to you. Why, didn't you receive them?"

After Gong Ziyu was completely disabled, Gong Shangjiao quickly took control of the palace with lightning speed. He also knew clearly that over the years, the Council of Elders and Gong Hongyu had teamed up to embezzle some supplies that should have been sent to the back mountain, as well as monthly salaries and food.

However, Gong Shangjiao did not seem to want to remind them of this alliance, as if he did not trust them very much yet.

"What? Do you have people procure what we need every month? Then why don't we see anything? Apart from the necessary food and a monthly salary of one hundred taels, we have nothing else!"

After hearing what Gong Shangjiao said, Master Xue was no longer afraid of Gong Yuanzheng and directly came out from behind Xue Chongzi.

Although Xue Chongzi didn't say anything, it could be seen from his suddenly dilated pupils that he was also very shocked. After all, he had never thought that someone would dare to steal their things.

However, Xue Chongzi had experienced more worldly affairs than Xue Gongzi, so he was able to regain his composure more quickly, but he only calmed down a little. Compared with an old fox like Gong Shangjiao, Xue Chongzi was like a newborn baby, looking extremely immature.

"What? You didn't receive any?" Gong Shangjiao pretended to be surprised and said, "The quota for each palace in the back mountain is three thousand taels of silver! Since there are fewer people serving in each palace in the back mountain, your kitchen consumption is quite high. I have always turned a blind eye to this. After all, you can't move around freely, and I can understand that you want to eat some food that is not available in the palace."

Although Gong Shangjiao's words sounded reasonable, in fact, his acting was quite poor. However, for people like Xue Zhongzi and Xue Gongzi who had never seen the evil of human nature, Gong Shangjiao's words were enough to deal with it.

Gong Yuanzheng watched Gong Shangjiao's performance from the side, his mouth slightly raised, revealing a teasing smile. He glanced at Gong Shangjiao, and then said slowly: "It seems that the servants of the Elders' Council were careless, or they were tempted by the money, so they secretly stole the things from the back mountain."

Mr. Xue said indignantly, "This is really too much! Every time I go to the kitchen to get food, they say that this month's share has not arrived yet. It turns out that they have been cheating us. They must have eaten it all!"

Young Master Xue took Xue Chongzi's hand and started to complain about how they had been living on the dozen kilograms of rice every month and the snow lotus porridge stored in the Snow Palace, which was made from the snow lotus that bloomed in large quantities every year.

Xue Chongzi felt that the servants of the Elders' Council would not do this, or rather, the servants who were selected to come to the back mountain and enter the Elders' Council would not do this. After all, he was not an ordinary palace servant, but a mountain guardian with important responsibilities. Even the Blade Bearers and the Elders had to greet him when they saw him.

"Maybe it wasn't the servants who stole our things, but some rebellious people who hid our things." A storm formed in Xue Chongzi's eyes, and the occasional snowflakes in the Snow Palace were now scattered all over the sky.

Gong Yuanzheng continued to provoke Xue Zhongzi and Xue Gongzi, "Look at you, it's hard enough for you to guard in this icy and snowy place. You could have relied on the food to have a good meal every month, but what happened?"

Gong Shangjiao pretended to scold Gong Yuanzheng, "Yuanzheng! The people in the Council of Elders have their own considerations when doing things. How can you speculate about the elders like this?"

Gong Yuanzheng said in a gloomy tone: "Since they can do such disgusting things, they can't blame others for talking about it!"

Gong Shangjiao looked at Gong Yuanzheng, then at Xue Zhongzi, who had a livid face, and Xue Gongzi, who was indignant. "Perhaps it's really just some servants in the Elders' Council who are greedy for money. After all, the elders also have things to do, and it's impossible for them to do everything themselves."

Gong Shangjiao's words seemed to be exonerating the elders, but in fact they were putting them to death.

Xue Chongzi knew very well what the role of the Elders' Council was. The original intention of the Elders' Council was to serve as a connection between the front mountain and the back mountain, and to pass messages from the back mountain to the front mountain. Xue Chongzi knew what they were busy with without having to guess.

They were busy helping Gong Hongyu turn the position of Palace Gate Blade Master into a hereditary system, so that someone from Yu Palace would always be able to become a Blade Master. Even if that person was not qualified to be the Blade Master, the elders would let him take the position of Blade Master.

Didn't Xue Zhongzi understand that power was really that important? It was so important that he could sacrifice the interests of everyone in the back mountain, just so that they could truly hold real power in the palace, instead of just being an insignificant elder.