Dragon Tamer

Chapter 712: Chapter 714: As Long as You’re Brave

“Wait here for me; I’m going to sneak in and have a look. If the people of Zhu Gate discover me, show them this, and they shouldn’t give you any trouble,” Zhu Minglang said as he handed his identity badge to Li Xinghua, and asked Bai Qi to stay with them for protection.

“Be careful,” Li Xinghua said.

“Mmm, there shouldn’t be any major issues. Otherwise, King An wouldn’t have disappeared without even showing his face on the first attempt,” Zhu Minglang remarked.

Li Xinghua didn’t know whether to laugh or cry upon hearing this. If the young master were a Prophet, he would surely be able to handle all matters with flair.

Zhu Minglang really wished that one of the Dragon Shepherd’s Spirit Keys included the ability to stealth.

With their frail bodies and few skills, Dragon Shepherds were more like sideline observers in a battle, akin to Spring Water Commanders. If that was the case, shouldn’t they be granted abilities to turn invisible like Taoists, become ethereal, or merge with the dragon, to truly maximize the advantages of a Dragon Shepherd?

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The Charming Shadow Clothes were indeed a powerful piece of equipment for concealing one’s presence, but most of the time, it relied on Zhu Minglang’s own “harmless” and “non-lethal” demeanor to stay hidden. This early outfit was starting to fall behind the current situation unless Zhu Heavenly Officer would modify it for him, etching a few Stealth Inscriptions.

Still relying on the Heavenly Slaughter Dragon, Zhu Minglang entered the courtyard, not to search for treasures but to find a litter of kittens.

Indeed, behind the courtyard by the stream and little hill, Zhu Minglang found the orange cat’s offspring. Most of them were still cubs, lacking even the ability to move on their own. A gust of strong wind could snatch their lives, let alone the upcoming violent skirmish.

Since this concealed courtyard had not yet been discovered, Zhu Minglang bundled up the kittens, ready to leave, when he caught sight of a person in the peach wood house through the gaps of the uniquely-formed little hill. The figure inside was pacing restlessly, from the body shape, it seemed somewhat similar to the pot-bellied King An!

“So King An is hiding here,” Zhu Minglang chuckled. He hadn’t expected that this little cat would indeed have special fate lines attached to it.

Glancing at the sky, Zhu Minglang knew that King An would soon break through and execute the soldiers of Zhu Gate there. No doubt, in addition to anxiety and fear, King An must be filled with confusion and disbelief, wondering how Zhu Gate dared to attack his mansion and why his own men were so easily defeated.

“Why won’t they show up, why won’t they show up! I’m about to be dragged out and chopped up by those Zhu Gate lackeys. Isn’t Bai Shangren supposed to have vast divine powers? King An’s Mansion has come to this, and yet he just stands by idly, watching. I’ve done so much for him; how could he just stand by and watch his loyal follower be killed by the Zhu Gate rebels like this!!” King An was seething with indignation, no longer able to restrain himself from roaring in the courtyard.

He knew his fate; this courtyard, hidden as it was, would sooner or later be discovered by the soldiers of Zhu Gate.

The people of King An’s Mansion were no match for the assassins of Zhu Gate, without outside help, there was no doubt King An was doomed.

“This courtyard is quite hidden; it’s probably where King An meets with some important and mysterious guests. It’s normally empty and unguarded, which is why the orange cat has made it her little safe haven, a place to give birth to her kittens,” Zhu Minglang began to analyze.

Small creatures, like cats, often go unnoticed and undetected.

The perception of all Cultivators is such that they either fail to sense those much stronger than themselves or those much weaker.

That’s why some Spirit Gatherers, who are mostly ordinary people, can move through dangerous areas without easily being detected by powerful beings.

“Star Painting said that the orange cat has clues to the destiny line of the Sparrow Wolf God. Could it be that when the orange cat was residing here, it witnessed something concerning a discussion between the Sparrow Wolf God and King An?”

“Although we don’t know the content of the conversation, King An’s relationship with the Sparrow Wolf God must be quite close. The Royal Family’s understanding of the Tianshu God Domain was very limited before this, and the Sparrow Wolf God, having been wounded and in hiding for many years, was actually not much different from the cultivators of the Supreme Court when I first saw him on Snow Peak Mountain. It’s possible that the Sparrow Wolf God and the Royal Family are in collusion, and it may very well be King An who facilitated this…”

“The Sparrow Wolf God is a cold-blooded individual. He had just used the powerful Divine Art of Hundred Miles Quicksand in the daytime, so he should still be waiting for the Ancient Lantern Jade to heal him. It’s impossible for him to come here to save King An, who is now useless.”

“Moreover, the downfall of King An’s Mansion has also exposed the strength of the Zhu Gate, prompting Zhao Yuan to offer everything to the Sparrow Wolf God without hesitation, asking for his help to eradicate the Zhu Gate.”

“Zhao Yuan secures his own real Emperor position and gains a longer life, while the Sparrow Wolf God gets the Jade Blood Sword he desires and recovers most of his Divine Power. Both men are greatly rewarded, and everyone else has become the white bones under their feet.”

Holding the kittens, Zhu Minglang at this point heard the sounds of killing and the dragon’s roars from outside the courtyard, indicating that the warriors of the Zhu Gate had already found this secret garden.

Inside the house, King An was so frightened that he collapsed on the floor, several times picking up a sword trying to die with dignity, but in the end, he never plunged it into his own body.

“So he has been scared witless, truly a fool, first used by Zhao Yuan as a pawn, then manipulated by the Sparrow Wolf God, and in the end, he finds out that the Zhu Gate he had been provoking is a great tiger.” Zhu Minglang found the plight of King An laughable.

This character did not deserve sympathy. Just as Zhu Minglang was about to leave, he suddenly thought of a way to obtain all the clues to the destiny lines!

If he posed as an envoy of the Sparrow Wolf God at this time and saved King An from the encirclement of the Zhu Gate, could he extract all information regarding the Sparrow Wolf God, including his possible hiding places, from King An?

This would be far more accurate than information obtained through forced confession!!

The Sparrow Wolf God was injured and had been no different from mortals for years after having his arm chopped off by me. Only recently, after regaining some of his power, had he become active again. But even so, he would never act alone and needed someone like King An to assist him…

The important destiny clue of the Sparrow Wolf God must definitely be on King An!

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Anyway, in the Realm of Foresight, as long as one is bold, even the gods can be fooled!

Zhu Minglang immediately covered his face with cloth and strolled over to King An’s house, carrying the litter of kittens.

Nearby, guards from the house had already charged out to make their last stand, but their end was predictable. The soldiers of the Zhu Gate were as fierce as tigers, not something the riff-raff of King An’s Mansion could compare with.

“Why not follow through with the stab? Or do you prefer to be captured by Zhu Gate’s men and tortured to confess everything about Our God?” Zhu Minglang asked, adopting a very playful attitude.