Chapter 831: Good Birds Would Choose Greener Woods
When the steward and the Redemption City Lord were brimming with expectation, Yan Zao, who had never attracted their attention before, now brought them exciting news.
The Lord was willing to see them.
The Redemption City Lord hurriedly put on his most luxurious outfit. He brought along his wife and were both accompanied by the steward and the Captain of the Guard.
They entered secretly, thanking the Gods when they were in the lobby of the luxurious airship. Although it was only a meeting behind curtains, they were honoured enough to offer prayers and acts of piety towards the Gods for such a blessing. As for the steward and the Captain of the Guard, they dared not raise their heads at all, for fear that they would be disrespectful and as a result, would anger the gods. After receiving permission to be seated, the Lord of Redemption City repeatedly expressed his gratitude, before finally sitting down on the brocade chair with excitement. However, he only dared to sit on half of his seat as his body was straightened erectly like a gun, afraid that he might lose his composure.
Even the steward and the Captain of the Guard who stood behind the City Lord with lowered hands trembled with nervousness, let alone the City Lord himself.
If it weren’t for his fair ability of control, he would have embarrassed himself on the spot.
“The virtuous Madam who assisted the City Lord in maintaining order, please have a seat!” Luo Hua was full of charisma. Her naturally noble elegance was unique and no one could ever imitate it. It was like the sound of nature— with just a casual word, it brought upon the refreshing breeze of spring.
“This humble maidservant expresses her gratitude.” The wife of the City Lord hurriedly wiped her tears. After thanking her, she sat next to the City Lord, but positioned herself slightly behind him to show her respect.
“Today, I have invited the City Lord and his wife to come just for a stroll, with no other deliberate reason. It would be best if the City Lord and his wife know of it, as there is no need to disturb the people.” The beauty Luo Hua asked casually about the situation of the city and its surroundings before she offered them a glass of wine. It was Qilan Wine, paired with the rune wine cup that was refined by student Yue Yang. The proclaimed ‘Grape Wine Moonlight Cup’ needed a good match and its pairing was none other than the top quality Qilan Wine. Along with the Heaven Realm runes that decorated the exquisite wine glass, it became even more stunning, as if it was something extraordinary that fell out of the sky.
“This, this…” The Redemption City Lord had never seen such a beautiful rune wine glass in his life. He held the glass, hands trembling, and dared not bow his head to take a sip for fear that he would show improper mannerisms.
“Since the City Lord likes this cup, I shall give it to the Lord as a wine vessel!” The beauty Luo Hua toasted her glass, dipping her lips to have a drink.
Redemption City Lord quickly thanked her.
When he looked up, she had already faded away and disappeared without a trace.
The Redemption City Lord and the others were not surprised at her departure at all and even felt that it was reasonable. With such a noble status, being able to have a seat and a drink with them was already a huge way of showing them respect. To have any other high-ranking body to entertain a mere ant was absolutely impossible!
The only thing that made Redemption City Lord Qianhu slightly disappointed was that the gracious ‘Master’ had not assigned him any tasks.
It seems that she still doesn’t believe in his allegiance.
And she had yet to value his ability.
After Luo Hua returned to the Grimoire World to take a long rest, the Redemption City Lord stood up with the help of student Yue Yang. Otherwise, he didn’t intend to stand up yet, but he wanted to continue showing his eagerness to be allies. Student Yue Yang asked the Redemption City Lord to try the wine, but the Redemption City Lord dared not finish it and just took a sip or two. In addition to secretly noting that it was the best wine he had ever tasted before, he also said to Yue Yang in tears that this was the most honored he had ever felt in his life. He was moved with emotions.
Student Yue Yang was not a good person in the first place. However, after learning a lot of detrimental tricks from Jun Wu You and the old fox, he was able to fool the Redemption City Lord to do his bidding without him exerting any effort himself.
Yue Yang would not consider it as a skill unless he could use the City Lord fully!
After some cordial conversations, the City Lord Redemption couldn’t help but be impatient. He asked if there were any aspects where he could be of use to Yue Yang.
Yue Yang pondered.
This action caused the hearts of the Redemption City Lord and the others to hang in the sky dangerously.
It’s over, there’s no chance at all! It seems that they have unlimited strength and would simply look down on a city lord. The most important thing is that the title of the Redemption City Lord was designated by the Central Palace in name only but in reality, it didn’t have any connections to the Central Palace itself. Even if they wanted to use me, they would think of that problem first and have second thoughts.
Just as he wanted to express thoughts to the other party, a golden scale suddenly appeared in front of everyone.
The Redemption City Lord had seen the Black Scale and knew that it could determine good and evil.
But he wondered what use was there for this golden scale that had a difference in power and appearance from the Black Scale.
Of course, this was not something that the Redemption City Lord could inquire about. All he could do was maintain a respectful posture and wait quietly. He then saw student Yue Yang take out the Black Scale of Good and Evil again, placing it on the side of the golden scale. Then, he leaned downwards and slightly swayed the golden scale. The golden scale remained steadily balanced and had no changes whatsoever.
However, the atmosphere of the surroundings was tense.
The steward’s back was drenched in sweat.
The Captain of the Guard noticed there was a big drop of sweat quickly dripping off from his hair… The Redemption City Lord had not tried this hard to control himself in his life, repeatedly meditating between loyalty and death, fearing that this mysterious golden balance was a treasure that could measure other people’s hearts.
“Please forgive me, City Lord, as the Central Palace has its own system. If there were any imperial personnel, it would be a bit inconvenient for me to entrust you with the task.” When Yue Yang explained, the Redemption City Lord had a sudden epiphany. This golden balance was a treasure that had the ability to detect the objects of spies from the Central Palace among his people. It seems that this balance was proof that they were not completely linked to the Central Palace. On one side of the scale was the treasure used by the personnel of the Central Palace, and on the other side was his own group. The two were in a state of separation, clearly distinguished under the left and right sides of the golden balance.
If the balance breaks, I guess I would never have a second chance in my life.
With that in mind, the Redemption City Lord was nearly scared to death.
If Yue Yang detected that there was a spy of the Central Palace on his side, the City Lord would have to worry about going back in one piece!
“If you have any orders, Qian Hu will follow it and offer to die without hesitation!” The Redemption City Lord wiped his cold sweat and quickly expressed his will to serve as the timing was at its best. He would be a fool if he hadn’t taken the opportunity to show his loyalty to the task!
“To be honest, perhaps you have also come to know of some hidden information about the Divine Punishment Platform. Various channels are circulating some top-secret information— some are true and some are false, but those are not important. What we need to do, is to maintain the existence of the Divine Punishment Platform, to make sure its ancient existence does not suffer any form of destruction. This is also your responsibility as a guardian of the Divine Punishment Platform.” Yue Yang explained a little bit. His clever mind immediately understood the hidden meaning: his mission was to protect the Divine Punishment Platform and prevent the execution from proceeding.
“Qian Hu accepts the order.” The Redemption City Lord immediately knelt down.
He had to agree, regardless of whether or not the task could be successfully completed.
The words of the superior being could not be refuted nor disagreed with even if the people he was talking to were Heavenly Ghost and Heavenly Demon, let alone Tanta Tu Mie or himself. Naturally, someone would stand up and have that right.
What he had to do was to provide aid in small aspects. Although he didn’t know what he was going to do, the Lord of the Redemption City felt that as long as he stood up and did it himself, he would soon prosper in the future.
As he was named the City Lord, he knew that there were ancient runes under the Divine Punishment Platform.
He also understood that King Tai Lun’s execution was a blood sacrifice unsealing ceremony.
It’s just that he pretended not to know.
Now there is a ‘God’ coming to stop this. No matter who was right or wrong, no matter which side won or lost, as long as he could join any party, it would be the greatest success!
On the contrary, if he had not joined any side, he would die a pitiful death if he was caught in the middle! He wanted to join the Central Palace’s side before, but Yu Mu obviously did not have the idea of advancing himself to the top. In addition, seeing Yu Mu being ridiculed by others in person would definitely cause his reputation to be greatly damaged, which led the City Lord to believe that currently, there must be hatred secretly piled up in his heart. If he didn’t invest in the side of the divine ‘God’ early, he, the City Lord, would probably end up becoming a sacrificial pawn.
A designated candidate sacrificed at will by the Central Palace.
A pitiful worm who’s sacrifice would calm the anger of the public!
In view of this, how could the Redemption City Lord not fight for his wealth, life and bright future?
Good birds would choose greener woods[1].
TL note: [1] Literal meaning is that good poultry birds would choose the best places to live, so in contrast, it means ‘those with great talents should find a place/person who could lead them to let their abilities flourish in good conditions’.
If he didn’t put on his best performance now, he would definitely regret it for life if this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity passed by!
Yue Yang first motioned for the Redemption City Lord and everyone else to sit down before he smiled: “City Lord, don’t be anxious. Actually, even if I don’t do anything, it would be impossible for the warden Tantai to open the Divine Punishment Platform and explore the secrets of ancient runes. Because, as long as we know the truth that the three ancient runes would form a whole under the tutelage of a ‘God’, it would be impossible to even move it by exhausting the power of the warden Tantai.”
The Redemption City Lord then felt odd.
If that was the case, what would I do then?
But the steward reacted at once, and immediately brought out his strength as an actor, bowing with his face full of tears: “The divine ‘God’ loves the world and sympathises with the people of Redemption City. The ‘God’ is unable to watch the warden open the Divine Punishment Platform with blood sacrifices and soul elimination. This humble servant is really dense…”
Qian Hu’s head buzzed.
I am a fool even when I am the lord of the city!
I can’t even compare with a steward!
This matter was not a simple question of obtaining the Ancient Runes. It was definitely impossible for Tantai Tu Mie to take it, but why was it necessary to stop it?
Obviously, they don’t want Tantai Tu Mie, or rather the people in the Central Palace to know that there were three ancient runes under the Divine Punishment Platform and their ancient secrets! Therefore, the ‘God’ has descended here to stop them and let the truth remain buried under the ground. The Central Palace should know a little bit of the news as Tantai Tu Mie used the execution of King Tai Lun to test it out. But the Gods didn’t want the truth to be leaked, as it would cause pandemonium in the entire Southern Heaven Realm, resulting in cultivators of all walks of life to swarm the platform with endless chaos.
“City Lord Qian Hu, I want to see the wife of King Tai Lun. Find a way to arrange it.” Student Yue Yang ordered.
“Order received!” When the Redemption City Lord heard this, he immediately responded with a solemn expression.
Although he was not personally called by his name, he has already taken a big step forward— he was already called ‘City Lord Qian Hu’. Compared with the politeness of ‘City Lord’ and ‘Lord’ before, he had gotten closer in their relationship. He would have really made it in their alliance if Yue Yang removed the two words of ‘City Lord’. With such a task and such an opportunity, even if Qian Hu was a fool, he would know how to climb up, let alone an old experienced lord who was proficient in the matters of the world.
Yue Yang patted the Redemption City Lord’s shoulder to show his praise: “The job should be done and it must be done well. In fact, it is not only my Mistress, but also behind us, there are many eyes watching this matter. It only takes one word to promote a lower ranker, so just let yourself go and do it!”
Qian Hu was really moved this time.
With so many authority figures backing him up, what else was there to be afraid of. He suddenly burst into tears: “Qian Hu will not be able to repay your benevolence even with death!”
After a day, Qian Hu used countless secret connections to find Queen Tai Lun in hiding. However, he heard Yue Yang say something that shocked him: “Queen, I have seen King Tai Lun, but he is desperately stubborn and refuses to come with me. Do you have a way to persuade His Highness?”
Can King Tai Lun be rescued at any time?
Was the rigorous security of the Central Palace just in vain? The one on patrol duty was the ‘Heavenly Ghost’, the number one subordinate of the TantaiTu Mie!
Forget it, don’t think too much about the things that are beyond your imagination; you’re best suited to be a side character. If you think too much about those things, you will definitely go crazy!
But having said that, isn’t King Tai Lun being immensely tortured in jail?
Someone had already offered to save him, so why did he not take the chance to flee?
The Redemption City Lord Qian Hu remained puzzled…
