Chapter 307: War of the Princes! (1/2)

Chapter 307: War of the Princes!

”You brat, to think that you have such a huge spirit vein outside of the capital. When were you intending to inform me of this matter?”

Marquess Yi grabbed Wang Chong's shoulder and exerted her strength. Creak, Wang Chong’s bones groaned in protest.

Wang Chong had reached Origin Energy Tier 9 pinnacle, but his cultivation still wasn't a match for Marquess Yi yet.

”If Marquess Yi wishes to cultivate there, I'll welcome you there anytime. You can drop by the spirit vein whenever you want to, there won't be any restrictions on you,” Wang Chong replied.

Despite Marquess Yi's slim build, the immense strength that she exerted with her hand was no joke at all. Wang Chong could tell that she was far stronger than Abutong.

”Good, I'll forgive you for now then!” Hearing Wang Chong's words, Marquess Yi's eyes lit up, and she loosened her grip. ”Right, some good friends of mine want to tag along as well!”

”That is of course not a problem too! Feel free to bring them along...” Wang Chong immediately replied without any hesitation. In any case, the spirit vein was huge, so a few additional people wouldn't make a difference at all. Furthermore, considering their relationship with Second Sister Wang Zhuyan, he wouldn't act so miserly with them either.

”That's more like it!” Marquess Yi released Wang Chong's shoulder with a smile reminiscent of a blooming flower on her lips. Having achieved her extortion, she looked around and noticed the Deflecting Blade Manor behind Wang Chong.

”Hmm, your manor doesn’t look too bad.” Marquess Yi spoke as if she was seeing it for the first time.

This manor of mine has been completed for a long time already, how can you have only seen it now?

Wang Chong was rendered speechless by Marquess Yi's response. True, the Vermilion Peak might be a little far away from this manor, but to have only seen it now...

He had heard from Second Sister that Marquess Yi was a martial arts fanatic, and that seemed to be very true at the moment.

Wang Chong beckoned a guard from the Deflecting Blade Manor over and instructed him, ”Luo Cheng, take Marquess Yi in to take a look.”

”Yes, gongzi.” The guard hurriedly led Marquess Yi up the mountain and into the Deflecting Blade Manor.

After Wang Chong finally sent that fearsome woman away, Zhao Jingdian heaved a sigh of relief and asked, ”Gongzi, what do we do now?”

A frown reappeared on Wang Chong's forehead as he gazed at the crowd beneath him silently.

”Have the men gather the names of those who are interested in joining the Deflecting Blade Manor and hand it to me.

”I intended to take the Deflecting Blade Manor forward a step at a time, but it seems like there is no need for it anymore. This is a good opportunity,” Wang Chong spoke resolutely, looking at the bustling crowd beneath him.

As the saying went, ”Opportunity and disaster are like two sides of a coin. They come together and are interchangeable”. Even though he was caught off-guard by this turn of events, it was undeniable that this could be seen as a good opportunity as well.

If he could grasp it well, it could be a chance to further his aims.

Thus, Wang Chong came to a decision.

Under Wang Chong's leadership, the guards began to gather the names of those in the area.

The crowd, which was dissatisfied at being obstructed by the guards, immediately cheered Wang Chong's name in excitement.

Even those who had intended to do Wang Chong in couldn't have expected the latter's reputation in the training camp to soar over this matter.

Hualala!

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Soon after Wang Chong instructed his men to gather the names, a white dove dove down from the sky.

Today sure wasn't going to be a peaceful day.

Upon seeing Big Uncle Wang Gen's seal on the letter, Wang Chong was taken aback.

After a moment of hesitation, he opened the letter and looked at it.

The letter which Big Uncle Wang Gen sent over only had a few lines of words asking if the spirit vein beyond the capital truly belonged to Wang Chong.

However, it was this ordinary letter without any concrete content that made Wang Chong's heart sink.

The terms Big Uncle Wang Gen used were extremely polite, different from his usual, casual tone.

This was very unlike Big Uncle Wang Gen. It seemed as if he had sent this letter at the request of another.

Given Big Uncle Wang Gen's current standing in the royal court, there were very few people who could put him in such a difficult position.

Wang Chong only had to give it some thought to figure out who the other party was.

Wang Chong sighed deeply as he kept the letter with a heavy heart.

If Wang Chong's conjecture didn't fail him, the person who left Big Uncle Wang Gen so distressed was probably the First Prince.

When Wang Chong first received the letter from his teacher, saying that someone dressed in the armor of the royal guards had appeared in the vicinity of the spirit vein, he already had a bad premonition.

And everything happened as he had suspected!