Chapter 704 - 704 Original text Fifty-Seven Gratitude Must Be Repaid After modification
704: Original text: Chapter Fifty-Seven: Gratitude Must Be Repaid After modification: 704: Original text: Chapter Fifty-Seven: Gratitude Must Be Repaid After modification: Absurd!
Too absurd!
Upon hearing the Li Kingdom Crown Prince’s words, Xie Xuanyi’s lips twitched slightly…
Is this guy really here to thank me?
Thank me for what?
For stirring up unrest in Yuan Province?
“Many years ago, I had a brief encounter with your master.”
The Crown Prince stood on the carriage, his voice tinged with regret: “Your master was truly a genius…”
“Really?”
Xie Xuanyi raised an eyebrow.
Did he meet this Crown Prince in his past life?
Why does he have no recollection of it?
“Your master once in Qian State, challenged seven fellow Sword Cultivators of the same rank.”
The Crown Prince smiled and said: “Those seven were all my disciples.”
“…”
Xie Xuanyi fell silent; he indeed had some impression of this event.
In his youth, he was rebellious, wandering places in the name of debate, seeking sword fights everywhere.
Thanks to the Pure Yang Sect Leader supporting him from behind, he never got into real trouble.
To create havoc in the Da Li Dynasty, such an act was indeed rather impolite.
In Qian State, seven Sword Cultivators of the same rank, all with considerable strength, came to challenge him.
Xie Xuanyi defeated them all with one sword.
A kind person once told him that those seven were retainers of a formidable figure, and if he angered them, he would have a hard time leaving Qian State…
However, nothing happened afterward.
After defeating the seven Sword Cultivators, Xie Xuanyi stayed in Qian State for a period of time without incident until he finally left.
The so-called formidable figure was none other than the Crown Prince.
“You didn’t give him any trouble?” Xie Xuanyi asked.
“If one’s skills are inferior, then losing is deserved.”
The Crown Prince smiled indifferently and said: “They lost so quickly they didn’t even have time to report my name before they were defeated…
In such a situation, what is there to pursue?”
Xie Xuanyi was a bit surprised.
This Crown Prince of Li Kingdom seemed different from what he’d heard.
During a recent mission to Li Kingdom, Xie Xuanyi heard the monks from the envoy mention this person.
The monks of Fan Yin Temple spoke of the Crown Prince with trepidation, although forced into the sectarian disputes, the words of the Zen Master advised everyone to remain neutral.
The monks dared not speak obscenely, but subtly indicated that this Prince was far from kind and merciful, sometimes even a bit “mad.” Despite recruiting many retainers, the Crown Prince’s mansion had extremely harsh requirements.
Those unique individuals who joined had to abide by numerous rules and regulations.
If they made mistakes and angered the Crown Prince, they would face severe punishments.
But the words just now seemed rather lenient.
Moreover, recalling the past, Xie Xuanyi indeed encountered no subsequent trouble in Qian State.
“What happened to those retainers afterward?” Xie Xuanyi asked subconsciously.
“Them?”
The Crown Prince smiled, then sighed with emotion: “The Crown Prince Mansion does not nurture idlers.
They lost to your master, naturally dealt with…
Though they failed to report my name, for seven to be defeated by one so easily was too disgraceful.
By a stroke of coincidence, one of them was a hidden mole placed by the Ninth Prince.
If not for your master, this mole could have stayed hidden in my mansion for a long time.
Previously, I treated him well, gifting wine, horses, beauties, tens of thousands in gold, hundred hectares of fertile land.
Later, I skinned him alive and hung him in the Yu State desert to die under the sun.”
“…”
Xie Xuanyi had nothing to say.
Indeed…
There’s no smoke without fire in this world.
“As the saying goes, coincidences make stories.
All stories in the world are born out of coincidences…
Every drink and every peck is determined by fate.”
The Crown Prince sighed deeply and said with a hint of mockery: “It was that battle in Qian State that exposed the mole, making me realize the Ninth Prince’s deceitful intentions…
Therefore, I preemptively set up defenses in Qian State, guarding against this so-called obedient younger brother, which prevented a possible disaster.
Later, Mr.
Nalan recalculated everything and said the cause and effect of the Qian State victory lay with your master, Xie Xuanyi.
Such great kindness, I naturally must thank in person, but unfortunately never got the chance.
And then, the North Sea incident happened.”
As he spoke further.
The Crown Prince showed genuine regret.
He sincerely asked: “Fortunately…
Although Xie Xuanyi is dead, you, his disciple, are still alive.
If the cause and effect did not dissipate but continued, then this gratitude should extend to you.
Do you think I should thank you?”
“…”
Xie Xuanyi looked at the carriage resembling the sun.
After hearing this, he only felt the Crown Prince was indeed lunatic.
“Just because of this?”
Xie Xuanyi couldn’t understand everything that happened tonight, just because many years ago, a casual sword strike in Qian State led the Crown Prince to go to great lengths, forsaking Xiao Qi as a mole, deploying top experts like Jing San just to bring him to this place.
But upon reflection, he felt everything actually made sense.
If he wasn’t a devout believer in Karma Technique, how could he conspire with Lu Yuzhen?
If he wasn’t a lunatic, how could he win the favor of Pure White Mountain?
“The incident in Qian State was no trivial matter.”
The Crown Prince corrected solemnly and seriously: “I am a person of clear distinctions…
A favor must be repaid, a grudge must be avenged.”
“So how do you plan to repay this kindness?”
Xie Xuanyi spoke indifferently, wanting to see the lunatic’s next performance.
“One million gold coins, a whole city!”
“Fine wine, beauties, treasures, titles, fame, power…”
The Crown Prince’s Xuanshan Great Cloak billowed in the wind like a war flag, his voice echoing in the air.
He smiled, looking at the young Sword Cultivator before him, offering his terms: “…As long as you nod, whatever you want, this prince will give to you!”