Chapter 418: Truth or Dare
# 418. Truth or Dare
Tianji and Tianshu exchanged a glance and knelt down together. "Your Majesty, forgive us. We failed to seize the lotus seed."
The smile on Emperor Yuanjing’s face gradually disappeared, darkening as he slowly said,
"Twenty cannons, twenty-six top experts, and you two fourth ranks, working together with the Daoists of the Earth Sect. We shall give you a chance to explain yourselves. If there was truly some unavoidable reason, We may pardon you."
Tianji turned his head to glance at his companion and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, this time Jianzhou was in turmoil. Besides us and the Earth Sect, almost the entire Wulin Alliance dispatched their top experts to fight over the lotus seed."
Emperor Yuanjing’s expression remained blank. "So, you were defeated by the Wulin Alliance?"
Tianji felt a chill and hurriedly said, "Not the Wulin Alliance. It was the faction of Earth Sect Daoists who were hiding the Nine-Coloured Lotus. They invited some helpers—Heaven Sect’s Holy Maiden Li Miaozhen, former Silver Gong Xu Qi’an, Human Sect’s honorary disciple Chu Yuanzhen, the Sitianjian’s Yang Qianhuan, a monk, and a little girl from the Strength Gu Tribe of the Southern Marches…"
Tianshu, who remained silent, keenly sensed that when His Majesty heard the name "Xu Qi’an," his breath quickened slightly.
She didn’t dare lift her head to peek at the emperor’s face, but she could easily guess that his expression was definitely not looking good.