The Empress's Gigolo Chapter 421

A few Nine Blades Sect members put Dead Toad and Lin Yuan, who looked like dead dogs, on horseback and took advantage of the night to leave .

Along the way, everyone would take a look at the two unconscious people from time to time . If they were to kill them, the Death Toad Sect would be finished .

If they took action now, there would be no trace . That envoy from the Yun Nation probably wouldn't pay attention to such a small matter either .

In the end, the Earth Wheel elder who had been scratched in the face by Lin Qiaole sighed and said, "If there is a war in future, these two will at least constitute a formidable fighting force . "

Only then did everyone dispel this notion .

On both sides of the road in the wilderness, one man and one woman were hiding in the dark and observing with suspicion .

"How did the cowardly Lin Yuan fall into the hands of the Nine Blades Sect?" a woman with an insipid voice asked slowly .

"Were they chasing after the two people you were talking about?" the man asked .

"This is pretty close, but the situation is quite strange . "

"Are we still going to proceed?"

"I am afraid there is a problem . Let's go back and ask the Nine Blades Sect where those two people went . "

…

After dawn, Ren Baqian and company headed toward the Golden Ring Residence . From Long Shou City to Jici City, where the Golden Ring Residence was situated, it normally took four days of travel, but their group took five days .

During the journey, Ren Baqian managed to get a lot of useful information from the two Nine Blades Sect members .

What they knew was much more than what Ren Baqian had gathered so far . After all, many things were privy to their members that ordinary people wouldn't know .

The distribution of power in Tianjing Basin was more complicated than what he had been told by Xi Wanya .

There were a dozen factions of various sizes, up to 100 sects, and their relationships were intricate as well as messy .

However, there was an alliance behind all these parties who was in contact with them and was preparing for an uprising .

This alliance was dominated by eight big sects and three big factions . The three big factions were the three biggest forces in Tianjing Basin and comprised of practically all the cities here .

These three factions consisted of the Northern Union, the Southern Metropolis, and the Green Bell Flower .

Among them, the most powerful was the Northern Union, followed by the Southern Metropolis and the Green Bell Flower . However, the internal organization of each faction was messy and complicated . The least powerful Green Bell Flower was actually the most united .

The Golden Ring Residence was one of the eight sects . Its influence extended over six cities and not just three, unlike what he had previously been told .

The Golden Ring Residence was the smallest of the eight sects .

The biggest sect was the Lingshan Sect, which was the biggest sect in the Northern Union . Its influence covered almost 20 cities, and in the Northern Union, many generals were from the Lingshan sect .

In addition, among the eight big sects, there was one that Ren Baqian found interesting . It was called the Manxing Pavilion and was within the territory of the Green Bell Flower . It was said that all the members were female and that one of the pavilion masters was called Green Bell . From her name, the relationship between the two parties could be inferred .

More than once during the journey, Ren Baqian felt that these two Nine Blades Sect members were rather stupid . They didn't suspect him at all and didn't even verify his identity before telling him everything without reservation .

On the other hand, the aboriginals had had no contact with outsiders before . The aboriginals and other races rejected each other . As such, these two people didn't doubt that he was on the same side as them .

In addition, they were too eager for outside support, longed to escape this cage, and wanted to recapture their lands .

Thinking about it, Ren Baqian felt that they were quite pitiful . Despite this pity, he couldn't commiserate with them .

Both sides were neither wrong nor right, but were standing in different positions and were enemies as a result .

After traveling this way for five days, the group reached Jici City, where the Golden Ring Residence was located .

On arrival, they checked into an inn and the Earth Wheel experts of Nine Blades Sect went to the Golden Ring Residence to present their name cards . Meanwhile, Ren Baqian took Lin Qiaole and wandered around the city .

Jici City was much bigger than Longshou City . The streets of Jici City were bustling with people and were more orderly compared to Longshou City . Also, the lives of the commoners in Jici City were slightly better than those of Longshou City or at least their expression were a bit more cheerful .

Although their clothes were old, they were clean and didn't have too many patches .

However, they were only slightly better off since they were still thin and pallid .

Generally speaking, Ren Baqian had a rough idea of the living conditions of the remnant citizens of the Hao Nation after visiting these two cities . Poverty was endemic and to have a full stomach must be their greatest wish .

Apart from this, Ren Baqian was attracted by the shops on both sides of the road .

Whether it was daily necessities such as salt or cloth, the prices were higher by more than half when compared to Lan City .

In addition to shops that sold commodities, there were shops selling special products . For example, shops that specialized in polishing bone knives, arrowheads, and other weapons .

Ren Baqian intentionally went in for a look and finally bought a bone knife . This type of bone knife was very sharp, almost as sharp as an iron knife . Its biggest drawbacks were its hardness and tensile strength, which weren't comparable to iron . If it was pitted against an iron knife, cracks would appear after a few exchanges .

Some bone knives were made out of bones that had better hardness and tensile qualities . These could be used for quite some time, but were expensive, so not many commoners could afford them .

"Is that guy a the Golden Ring Residence disciple?" Ren Baqian looked at a man in the middle of a group of people whose back was facing him .

From his position, Ren Baqian was well placed to observe the other party . The other party had a long bone saber on his back, and on the back of his bone saber, there was a row of nine gold rings . When walking, the golden rings would hit the bone knife, emitting a clear and melodious sound .

Ren Baqian had heard about their technology before . This type of gold ring was produced by using a special method . When the bone saber was slashing, the gold rings would emit ear-piercing sounds that interfered with the five senses and made the opponent impetuous .

If one was facing a disciple from the Golden Ring Residence under the sunlight, one must be wary of the disturbance caused by the gold rings and also of the reflections of light . There was a special way to use the saber that scattered the reflected light into innumerable fine fragments . This in turn interfered with the opponent's vision .

Even if a person was one level above a the Golden Ring Residence disciple, he or she would still face disruptions to their hearing from the sound and to their vision from the light reflections, causing it to be a difficult battle .

"Yes, Sir," the Nine Blades Sect member replied . His name was Liu Xing, while the Earth Wheel elder was called Liu Zhangmei .

…

While Ren Baqian was wandering around the city, the empress was in Gu City and sat in the garden in a daze .

As that man wasn't around, she found these past few days boring . Even television shows didn't interest her much .

Things were definitely more interesting when he was around .

In the past, she used to be alone and felt fine, but after getting used to having someone around, it was particularly easy to feel lonely without that person .

"Is there any news from him?" the empress asked without even raising her head .

"Your Majesty, Sir Ren didn't bring along his radio station for this trip…" Qing Yuan said softly behind her . She then turned toward Hong Luan and stuck out her tongue . Her eyes were filled with laughter as she continued, "Ren Baqian has only been gone for a few days, yet Her Majesty is already missing him . "

The empress sat for almost half a day before she rose up to get candy from the candy tree . She discovered that one-third of the candies had already been picked .

Ren Baqian had promised that he would be back when the candies were finished .

The empress used the shears to cut down a bunch of candies and saw that there was only candy left on half the tree .

"If he isn't back by the time all the candies are eaten, I will tie him up and hang him on the tree . " She raised her eyebrows when she recalled hearing that there were 23 ways to tie up a person . She would definitely try out all the methods .

She totally forgot about the agreement with Ren Baqian to only eat 20 candies per day at most . There were originally 1,200 candies on the tree, which was equivalent to two full months of supply .

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