Chapter 53 (1/2)

Trapped in the blood-reeking space, Guo Pingrong shuddered involuntarily at the thought that his glorious and brilliant life had come to an official end A beautiful, firework-filled dreahnessI need revenge”

Through the glossy layer of blood on the ground a reflection of a faint purple robe could be seen, its corner swaying before Guo Pingrong's eyes Hopeful, Guo Pingrong looked up at his venerable crown prince

A familiar pair of eyes - breeze-like, deep but perpetually s it evoked in hirong was no different frohest of heavens, at a mere mortal who had dared intrude upon his territory

It was distant, co's desperate call for revenge had instantly cracked within his throat, and his body started shaking uncontrollably

In front of hisun Wuji bent down and squatted in the pool of blood There see beneath the eyes that were fixated on the hot blood

”You've done wrong, Pingrong,” he stated dully

Guo Pingrong jolted his head, not understanding why His Highness had said that Also, why hadn't he called for the physician?

”You're wrong for being conceited You were born into the lowest rung of society and have suffered too , to the point where you have lost control of your teht traveling over a hundred kilometers to wipe out the faang rpe your aunt, only because she hadn't thrown you a single colance You drunk-stabbed a man who had accidentally bumped into you in a sood-willed friend”

Guo Pingrong listened as the crown prince listed his doings, which he hadn't expected to ever be divulged His whole body was tre as he looked up at those unfatho these up, and why hadn't heabout thesun Wuji e's face, he continued, ”Generals need no virtues They just have to be good killers and brave warriors As long as you're able to guard the 18 restless tribes in the southern border and work hard to build up Wuji Nation, I have no reason to get involved in your personalto do with sun Wuji stood up, his robean exotic scent

”But today, Pingrong, you have done sorong's increasingly apprehensive look, Zhangsun Wuji's s into his ears

Guo Pingrong's face instantly changed It was as though he had just sed a burning clump of coal, and his whole face was beyond distorted He opened hisbut no le syllabus

He stared, wide-eyed, at Zhangsun Wuji, while his whole body was shaking The initial shock on his face had gradually ret, confusion, despair and so on Ultiround, crawling over to tug at the corner of Zhangsun Wuji's robe

”Pardon sun Wuji gazed at his capable general, whose teh as a child, his eyes expressionless

”OneBrothel it's because of you, isn't it?” Zhangsun Wuji smiled faintly ”You sure kno to play, and you play without the slightest scruple, don't you? Do you really think these girls are poor kids frohters of the 18 tribes, dragged over by Tory You're the general in charge of assu control over the southern border, and yet you went on to provoke its already unruly inhabitants? Pingrong, you have really disappointedloosened his blood-filled palsun Wuji in disbelief He couldn't understand why the crown prince, who should've been busy with big governmental affairs, would even know about the child prostitution going on in the brothel Worse, he couldn't understand why Tory would lie to hisun Wuji but was unable to seek the answers fro ju a dash for the door ”I can't die like this I am a military leader I came in fourth place in the True Martial Arts Meet I'est man! I-”

His voice was stuck in his throat

Snoas falling outside, and fine specks drifted into the rooh the creaks in the , and toward the body that was releasing a significant a in, the flakes stopped h there was an invisible wall blocking their path

The sky was bright, its sunrays highlighting a kneeling figure fro upon a finger, fair and slender, whose tip was in contact with the kneeler's forehead

It was a subtle pose, but the crazy, tiger-like Guo Pingrong was no longer able to advance even a 's consciousness had fallen into chaos; there were countless horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines, weaving together to for and wringing his memory and clarity until his mind was in a tremendous mess

His body fell a little to the side, the last thread of awareness escaping his head

”Master is the ninth sun Wuji”

”Offended the wrong person”

Before he could coround

Zhangsun Wuji retracted his hand and rested it against his fur coat