Roman du firmament immortel éternel - Chapitre 331

Livre 03 Chapitre 098: Telling a Story to Prove Ao Sheng’s Identity

Inside a palace hall in the Han Royal Dynasty’s palace, Lu An remained bound, showing a horrified face as Meng Tai stood beside him, staring at him coldly. Meng Tai held a stained sword, which he then placed on Lu An’s shoulder, using Lu An’s clothes to wipe the stained sword.

Lu An gazed at Meng Tai in horror, afraid that Meng Tai’s sword would accidentally slip and cut him in two.

Gronder…!

"Rugir! Rugir! Rugir!"

The dragons outside roared.

“It’s Ao Shun! Ils sont ici! Crown Prince Ao Shun and the others are here. C'est bien!” Lu An suddenly turned excited.

"Hein?” Meng Tai narrowed his eyes. Puis, his sword suddenly cut Lu An’s clothes.

“I’ll stop shouting. J'arrêterai!” Lu An cried out in horror.

" Long Xingyun a remarqué la soif de bataille de Xie Tianshang et a agité frénétiquement!” Meng Tai said indifferently.

“You…you are called Meng Tai? Now that Ao Shun brought the dragons here, the Han Royal Dynasty is definitely finished. Laisse-moi partir, and I will recommend you to my grandfather. I will definitely get you a position with great authority and status. As long as you can rescue me, I will heavily repay you,” Lu An said carefully.

"Il a! Toi? You want to repay me? The Ying Royal Dynasty is about to be destroyed, and you are speaking about giving me a high position? Il a!” Meng Tai sneered.

"C'est impossible! My Ying Royal Dynasty is countless times stronger than the Han Royal Dynasty. en outre, with Ao Shun here, the Han Royal Dynasty will be leveled soon!” Lu An said skeptically.

“Do you think that Ao Shun can leave alive?” Meng Tai said coldly.

"C'est impossible. You can’t possibly be Ao Shun’s match!” Lu An said with an unsightly expression.

Meng Tai revealed a disdainful smile, but he did not explain.

pourtant, Lu An showed a complicated expression. He could not figure out how Gu Hai could deal with Ao Shun. C'est impossible. pourtant, why is Meng Tai so certain? There must be a problem somewhere. Il doit y avoir un problème. Could it be as I guessed, that Mister Mo is a Qian Heavenly Dynasty spy? C'est exact. If Mister Mo is a spy, no one can figure it out, not even Grandfather. Could there really be a problem with him?

Once a person started thinking negatively, they would end up in a downwards spiral. This was especially so for people who considered themselves smart, like Lu An. They would end up filling in the gaps with their own imagination.

C'est impossible. If Mister Mo is really a spy, doesn’t that mean he purposely used us as bait to lure out Ao Shun and the dragons to capture all the dragons in one go? Dans ce cas, that can only be one possibility. The Qian Heavenly Emperor has sent experts to wait here? Lu An analyzed.

En effet, Ao Sheng’s voice came from outside the ritual array after some commotion.

Bourdonner!

Lu An’s mind buzzed when a thought suddenly occurred to him.

Ao Sheng? C'est exact. This is Ao Sheng’s voice. I met him with Grandfather previously. Yan Jin était agité? Tout est vrai?! Lu An’s horror soared as he verified his wild imagination.

Meng Tai is not afraid because Ao Sheng is here.

It’s true that Mister Mo is a spy? Tout est vrai?

Lu An felt plunged in horror.

C'est fini? C'est fini?!

À côté, Meng Tai revealed a cold smile. Lu An had not noticed that the palm holding the sword was already wet with sweat. Meng Tai also felt very anxious.

When Meng Tai heard the sounds outside, he did as Gu Hai asked, slowly putting away his sword.

The moment Meng Tai sheathed his sword, Lu An suddenly shouted, “Crown Prince Ao Shun, sauve-moi!"

Outside the Soaring Palace Hall:

Liao Ya’s head flying out gave all the dragons pause.

The dragon race prohibited killing each other. Anyone who did so would be branded a sin dragon. Encore, Liao Ya was killed?

Ao Shun had eight leaders under him. This Liao Ya was one of them. en outre, Liao Ya was among the stronger ones. Encore, Ao Sheng killed Liao Ya without hesitation?

Ao Shun narrowed his eyes as he stared at the Soaring Palace Hall. Ao Sheng? Pourquoi est-il ici?

The dragons turned restless. All of them looked at Ao Shun, waiting for his commands.

Soudainement, a yell came from a nearby side palace hall.

“Crown Prince Ao Shun! Le professeur d'éducation physique est tombé sur la table et a crié de douleur!"

"Hein?” Ao Shun’s expression changed.

Lu An’s voice? Ao Shun extended a hand and swiped.

Gronder…!

The roof of that nearby palace hall exploded, instantly revealing the anxious Meng Tai with his sword drawn and placed against Lu An’s throat.

“Are you seeking death?” Meng Tai glared.

“My grandfather is in danger! Mo Yike is a Qian Heavenly Dynasty spy. He planned this to kill you!” Lu An suddenly shouted.

Meng Tai held Lu An and placed his sword against Lu An’s neck.

« Quelle audace!” the dragons roared furiously.

"Déplacer, and I will kill him!” Meng Tai showed a ferocious expression.

Ao Shun glared. He was about to say something when a voice suddenly came from the Soaring Palace Hall.

“This is a dragon race matter. Let me deal with this. pourtant, the matter of Lu Yang’s rebellion is not something I should be dealing with. I was the one who spared Lu An. Il a! Après tout, he is Lu Yang’s descendant. I should not be the one killing him!” Ao Sheng’s voice came from the Soaring Palace Hall.

Ao Shun and the dragons stopped. They looked at the nearby Meng Tai, who held Lu An hostage, with complicated expressions. pourtant, they did not do anything. At least Lu An would not die for now.

pourtant, what did Lu An’s earlier words mean?

En bas, Meng Tai broke out in cold sweat as he held Lu An hostage. This felt like walking on a tightrope. Heureusement, the dragons could not move, just like Gu Hai anticipated.

At the Soaring Palace Hall’s entrance, Gu Qin inwardly let out his bated breath when he saw Lu An.

Lu An’s shout was initially not part of Imperial Father’s plans. pourtant, Imperial Father wanted to improve the plan further, perfecting it. That’s why he ended up making this last-minute arrangement, using a lousy teammate to trap the others. This was a risky move. pourtant, Imperial Father made the right choice in choosing Meng Tai.

“Mo Yike is a Qian Heavenly Dynasty spy? C'est impossible!” Ao Shun immediately said coldly.

"Prince héritier, quelque chose ne va pas. Mo Yike did not stop you from bringing us?"

“Mo Yike’s identity has always been a mystery.”

“Mo Yike purposely set this up?"

“Mo Yike arranged this with Ao Sheng?"

“That is the crown heir. He could not possibly intend harm for His Majesty!"

The dragons felt restless.

——

Far away in the imperial casino’s holiday villa, Sima Changkong frowned heavily as he looked at the distant scene. “Mo Yike is His Holy Eminence’s man? He purposely set this up and worked with Ao Sheng to trap Ao Shun? What an obvious reason and logical conclusion! Given this, it explains Ao Sheng’s presence here. This would erase a lot of suspicions. Malheureusement, I am very sure that Mo Yike is definitely not His Holy Eminence’s man. Autrement, Prince Shenwu would have been aware of it long ago!"

"Pourtant, what if His Holy Eminence arranged for this covertly?” a subordinate asked softly.

Sima Changkong frowned slightly and said, "Non, Ce n'est pas juste. Gu Hai is telling a story.”

"Ah?” Sima Changkong’s subordinates revealed confused expressions.

“Gu Hai is telling the dragons a story. The purpose of the story is to prove that the one in the Soaring Palace Hall is Ao Sheng,” Sima Changkong said with narrowed eyes.

“The one in the Soaring Palace Hall is not Ao Sheng?” one of the subordinates asked in confusion.

pourtant, Sima Changkong gently shook his head and said, “The story is not over yet. Don’t make any noise!"

Sima Changkong’s subordinates appeared puzzled. Why were their lord’s words incomprehensible to them?

Ao Shun looked at the Soaring Palace Hall with an unsightly expression. Could Mister Mo really be a Qian Heavenly Dynasty spy? Did he trap me, getting Ao Sheng to lie in wait for me here? If that is so, it is too terrifying. The Ying Royal Dynasty is in danger. Are all our plans over these years just a joke?

Yan Jin était agité? Are Young Master An’s words true?

"Prince héritier, peu importe quoi, Ao Sheng probably has not brought soldiers here. Perhaps we can kill him and eliminate this traitor here!” a red dragon leader said coldly.

Ao Shun suddenly narrowed his eyes slightly. C'est vrai.

"Ahaha! Royal Brother, your subordinate is rather humorous. En effet, I am alone. I did not bring anyone. How about some of you come over and give it a try?” Ao Sheng’s voice rang out.

The dragons froze for a while.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Juste à ce moment, churning dark clouds suddenly appeared around the surrounding sea regions of Nine-Five Island. pourtant, the dark clouds soon vanished after appearing.

The dragons turned their heads to look.

They saw large dragon tails occasionally come out of the water of a distant sea region, then instantly return into the water.

They could not see dragons above the sea. pourtant, they could vaguely make out the silhouette of a humongous dragon swimming in shallow water. All they could see was a dark shadow. pourtant, that was already sufficient. That was definitely a dragon without mistake.

It was not just one. There were at least ten humongous dark dragon figures swimming around.

pourtant, they were not just ten, Soit. There were hundreds, milliers, tens of thousands.

When Ao Shun’s dragons aggressively charged into Nine-Five Island, they had not carefully checked the sea. Now that they took a look, they immediately inhaled sharply.

At least ten thousand humongous dragons already surround us?

Nine-Five Island is surrounded by dragons?

“Royal Brother, we are siblings, après tout. It is not appropriate for your subordinates to interrupt when we speak!” Ao Sheng’s voice rang out.

The previously ferocious dragons suddenly showed stiff expressions. This was especially so for the red dragon leader who suggested killing Ao Sheng. It gaped for a long time, ne sachant pas quoi dire.

À la fois, at the bottom of the sea in the distance:

A group of treants and black tortoises dragged huge stone dragons around the bottom of the sea.

"Fais attention. Sink the stone dragons deeper. They just need to see a black shadow; don’t expose us. Également, your coordination when we black tortoises called on the dark clouds was not tight enough. You were slightly slower. Be careful and don’t make mistakes,” a black tortoise scolded another black tortoise.

"Oui, Grand-père!” the other black tortoise apologized.

D'un autre côté, a treant swam around using tree branches to tow five stone dragons. It frowned at another treant and said, “There was no need to be so polite with that earlier dragon. À l'époque, they came with Liao Ya to capture the young master and got their cultivations sealed. Just grab their heads and occasionally make their tails come out of the water. Be sure to hold tight. Any dragon wanting to peek its head out of the water is trying to expose us. Just directly kill them if they try to do that.”

"Oui!” a nearby treant answered.

——

At the imperial casino’s holiday villa:

As Sima Changkong’s vantage was not sufficiently high, his range of vision was not vast enough. pourtant, he instantly guessed what happened, his expression suddenly changing. "Je comprend. Je comprends maintenant. Stone dragons? A discredited idea returns in another guise? I nearly got fooled!"

"Ah?” Sima Changkong’s subordinates appear puzzled.

“First step: inducing suspicions. Deuxième étape: confusing the targets. Troisième étape: showing a superficial appearance. Gu Hai told a great story!” Sima Changkong said in awe while frowning.

"Hein? mon Seigneur, are you saying that Ao Shun and the others think the stone dragons are real dragons?” one of the subordinates asked.

"C'est exact. Gu Hai used three steps to tell us three things,” Sima Changkong said in awe.

"Quoi?"

“The first step: inducing suspicions. It tells us that what we hear might not be true. La deuxième étape: confusing the targets. Even the things that your most trusted person tells you might not be true. The third step: showing a superficial appearance. What you see might not be true, Soit,” Sima Changkong said.

"Hein? Ce n'est pas vrai? It should be Ao Sheng in the Soaring Palace Hall, droite?” a subordinate asked in confusion.

"En effet, mon Seigneur. I feel that it is Ao Sheng in there,” another subordinate said with a frown.

Sima Changkong ignored his subordinates. Au lieu, he listened to Ao Sheng’s voice, which came from the Soaring Palace Hall.

“Royal Brother, do you remember back then, when I was not the crown prince, and you were not the crown prince? À ce moment-là, we did not target each other like now, au moins. À ce moment-là, you were the elder brother, and I was the younger brother. Those times were great. Ahah!” Ao Sheng’s voice rang out again.

“The fourth step: plaintes. Gu Hai made so many preparations, telling such a long story, just to prove that Ao Sheng is in the Soaring Palace Hall?” Sima Changkong looked gravely into the distance.

Gu Hai has confused even my subordinates. What more the dragons in the sky?

"Grand frère? Il a! hahahaha! Do you still see me as your elder brother?” Ao Shun glared, betraying a trace of resentment.

“The past can only be the past. What did you do for me? It is not like I have never done anything for you. As-tu oublié? Or do you remember only your part?” Ao Sheng’s voice rang out.

"Mon Seigneur, it has to be Ao Sheng in there. Autrement, how would he know what happened when Ao Shun was young?” one of the subordinates rebutted.

Sima Changkong looked at his subordinates and could not be bothered to explain. Ao Sheng’s voice seemed to be telling stories from when the two brothers were young. pourtant, Ao Sheng’s voice did not actually explain anything. It required the other party to fill in the gaps. This was the magic of speech.

While this voice did not say anything, the other party heard many things from it.

——

"À l'époque? Do you still remember the past? À l'époque, when you got bullied by that octopus spirit, I chased after it for five hundred kilometers and nearly got eaten by it. What did you do for me? You only asked our father for an Essence Replenishing Pill. When you wanted to go out and play, I hid it from Father and the others and secretly brought you out. When we returned, I got punished, but nothing happened to you. Do you even still remember this elder brother of yours? You forced me off the crown prince position and snatched my place. This is my excellent younger brother. Truly my excellent younger brother!” Ao Shun roared with a ferocious expression.

The dragons remained quiet.

Ao Sheng’s voice rang out again. “Royal Brother, we all have to grow up eventually. It is no longer the past, droite? You were the crown prince, but now you are no longer the crown prince. We are still brothers in the end. I do not want to fight you to the death the moment we meet. I’ll remain in this palace hall and not come out to meet you for now.”

"Ahaha! You don’t want to fight to the death, but you laid a trap for me?” Rage flashed in Ao Shun’s eyes.

——

Loin au loin, Sima Changkong sighed, "Il a! He refuses to come out because he does not want to meet Ao Shun? What an excuse using familial ties! After bringing in familial ties, one can cook up all sorts of shameless reasons and still have them be effective. Il a! This makes it seem like Ao Sheng is in the Soaring Palace Hall!"

"Hein? mon Seigneur, isn’t it Ao Sheng in there in the first place?” a subordinate asked, feeling puzzled.

Sima Changkong looked at his subordinates and sighed softly. His subordinates had already been tricked. What more the dragons in the sky?

Gu Hai used four steps to tell a story: inducing suspicions, confusing the targets, showing a superficial appearance, and complaints. Maintenant, it no longer mattered who was in the Soaring Palace Hall. Aux dragons, it was Ao Sheng.

Gu Hai’s story had already taken effect. He had successfully created an Ao Sheng.