Chapter 208: Chapter 131: A Thousand Strategies at Heart, The Strong Are Revered (Part 3)

They will do as they please...

At most, afterward, they will send a document to the court to make a token gesture.

No one would be idle enough to reject the document.

Everyone has already tacitly agreed to play this way, and naturally, Chen Ping is enjoying this benefit at the moment.

After receiving the appointment document, Chen Ping touched the bottle of "Clear Spirit Liquid" in his pocket, and feeling the newly added 48 points of tribulation and 16 points of fortune in his mind, his mood was inevitably uplifted.

Fortune has exceeded 40 points, reaching 48 points.

It can enhance enlightenment again...

This time, it can be raised to the level of a great genius, which may lead to a fundamental change.

With tribulation reaching 60 points, strength can be increased. I wonder what it will be like after reaching the Golden Body level of the Primordial Golden Body Technique.

He was eager to go back, level up, and see what kind of transformation his body would undergo.

Looking at the people in the Prefecture Government Office, he appeared more amicable.

At this moment, both sides laughed and clasped their hands in farewell, both host and guest thoroughly enjoying themselves.

...

When Chen Ping and Han Xiaoru walked far away.

Pei Hao’s face finally couldn’t hold on, turning dark and cold.

He gave a solemn order:

"Someone, throw the assassin Illusory Heart Sword’s corpse at the government office gate to be exposed for three days...

Oh, and hang the head for public display, post a notice.

Just say, just say the assassin was ferocious, attacking people in the government, causing many deaths and injuries.

Fortunately, Chen Ping of the Primordial Martial Arts Hall turned the tide and killed the assassin."

"Lord Pei, isn’t this crossing the line?"

Isn’t this provoking hatred?

As for the government office, that’s one thing.

But mainly Chen Ping at the Primordial Martial Arts Hall.

Originally, there was already a significant chance of inciting Wind and Cloud Pavilion’s "Soul-Seeking Order," but after such a humiliation of hanging the head for public display, there’s a ten percent chance that the Wind and Cloud Pavilion will become furious.

Won’t need to reclaim face?

Wind and Cloud Pavilion’s reputation would be ruined.

People used to say your house had a good reputation and many experts.

Now, well.

The dignified Third-Level Red Eye and the Illusory Heart Sword, which was only a step away from the Fourth Level Thousand-Faced Assassin, ended up like this.

Not only failed to kill the target but was chopped up and couldn’t even have a complete body.

How can people feel assured to do business with your house?

The consequences of "exposing the body and hanging the head" would be quite severe. Zhuo Yunfei couldn’t believe Prefect Pei didn’t understand this.

Yet he still ordered so.

Could it be, he was not afraid of provoking disaster upon himself?

"Just go and do it, since Lord Pei says so, he must have his reasons.

Of course, if you’re really unwilling to damage the camaraderie, you don’t have to do it."

Shang Yinzhang said coldly.

Zhuo Yunfei’s identity as one of the "Seven of the Primordial" hasn’t been hidden from anyone, and he has been diligent in Xingqing Prefecture.

If anyone was a capable person, it would be him.

From another perspective, such talent often wasn’t well-received.

But fortunately.

Although the Primordial Sect is now divided and semi-isolated, with few famous experts active in the Jianghu, the reputation of the Four Daoist Sects was still intimidating.

Generally, no one without reason would foolishly offend their disciples.

Even Shang Zheng was like this.

He had a certain fear of this subordinate.

However, compared to befriending the Pei Family for future success, wealth, and glory, some choices were not choices at all.

He knew where his allegiances lay.

Pei Hao’s actions clearly showed that deep down, he harbored immense resentment and murderous intent towards the Primordial Martial Arts Hall and especially towards Chen Ping.

He possibly blamed Chen Ping entirely for the Prefect Pei Yu’s death.

If it weren’t for that kid’s inaction, if he hadn’t stood by, how could the prefect have died?

Even though the Red Eye Assassin was strong, it wasn’t invincible.

He would’ve most likely been killed immediately upon entering the government office.

Wouldn’t everyone have been happy then?

Some people, some affairs.

When mistakes are made, they often won’t admit it’s their fault, always blaming others.

It’s human nature.

Pei Zixing, although well-read in the Four Books and Five Classics and nurturing a heart full of Vast Righteous Qi, couldn’t escape human nature’s weaknesses.

His current patience and friendly ties were merely delaying tactics.

When the Pei Family’s forces flood south, especially when Pei Yu’s brother, Pei Wenzheng the ranked nineteenth on the Earth List, arrives.

Who is strong and who is weak, is it even necessary to say?

No matter how the various forces in Xingqing Prefecture City jump around now, it is useless.

Just wait until the Pei Family’s forces, backed by the court’s army, enter to control Xingqing Prefecture, suppressing forces in all directions...

That is an unstoppable tide.

With Shang Zheng’s command.

Immediately, constables and government officials came in, carrying the assassin’s body out.

Exposing the body for public humiliation.

...

In the secret room of the government office, Sunx Ya’s face was pale, her expression extremely unpleasant.

Across from her, Pei Zixing sat with an empty right sleeve, the wound already bandaged, with barely a tenth of his strength remaining.

Wanting to master the One-Armed Left-Handed Swordsmanship, it’s unlikely to happen within a year or so.

The more he thought, the angrier he got, having long lost his refined demeanor; he lowered his voice, roaring angrily:

"I don’t care what your Youx Mountain Moon Sect intends, since Jiang Nu aims to seize the sect leader’s position, wanting to use my Pei Family’s Vast Righteous Qi to defeat the Spectral Red-clad, to break through. You need to show some sincerity.

Just having a swordswoman not even at the Innate Realm and a few weak disciples isn’t the attitude for cooperation."

"If Mr. Zixing can persuade your House’s Seventeenth Brother to act personally, then I can convince my lady to personally go to Xingqing Prefecture City to protect the Pei Family’s domain.

If we cooperate, both sides benefit, but it depends on what each side contributes...

To say something unpleasant, given the power Mr. Zixing currently wields, it is really not comparable to my Moon Sect’s Jiang Nu lineage."

"Fine."

Pei Hao’s expression subtly changed, but this time he wasn’t angry.

Sunx Ya’s words were reasonable; whatever the cooperation, the strengths should be equivalent.

To wield control over the strong force of Youx Mountain Moon Sect, definitely not achievable just by the name of the Thirteen Noble Families.

It’s about how strong their forces arriving in Xingqing Prefecture are.

He had swiftly informed his family of everything happening in Xingqing Prefecture, and believed that reinforcements would soon arrive.

Then after...

Pei Hao’s eyes glinted, as he looked up towards the direction of South City, his gaze dancing like ghostly flames.

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