Chapter 881: Left Thousand Households Officer

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The throwing darts exploded through the void like thunder grenades, constantly roaring.

They also blasted the Earth Realm where Ding Ling was standing into a shredded mess.

Ding Ling’s figure manifested out of a cloud of smoke.

The General saw it clearly, was shaken, and shouted:

“Who are you!”

“And who are you?”

“I am the court’s Left Thousand Households Officer!”

The General took a stride to a spot not far in front of Ding Ling, his eyes blazing as he stared at Ding Ling:

“You look so young, yet wield such unfathomable methods. Don’t tell me you’re the expert who killed Qi Mingyu?!”

“You can think of it that way.”

Ding Ling glanced twice at the Left Thousand Households Officer.

When watching the movie, he’d rather admired the Left Thousand Households Officer.

Only this Left Thousand Households Officer’s appearance was completely different from the one in the movie, looking more handsome, upright, and tall, like a peerless fierce general.

So he asked:

“In the court’s Embroidered Guard, is there any other Left Thousand Households Officer?”

“The court has only one Left Thousand Households Officer: me.”

The Left Thousand Households Officer watched Ding Ling warily:

“You’ve come here to rescue Fu Tianchou, haven’t you? Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi cut their way through the Embroidered Guard’s lines all the way under your protection and reached the vicinity of Chang’an?!”

“You can think of it that way.”

“What a colossal nerve!”

The Left Thousand Households Officer flared up with rage, suddenly drew his blade and slashed toward Ding Ling:

“Today I’ll take you in for trial!”

Clang!

The blade’s light was razor-sharp as it cleaved straight toward Ding Ling’s arm.

Ding Ling’s figure flickered, and he appeared behind and to the side of the Left Thousand Households Officer, slapping out with his palm—smack! It landed squarely on the officer’s shoulder, knocking him off balance so badly he almost toppled to the ground.

He braced his blade against the ground, spun in midair at high speed, and before his body even landed, his hand flashed out another handful of darts, flinging them toward Ding Ling’s position.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The darts were like meteors and lightning, streaking forward.

Ding Ling’s figure flickered again; he appeared to the officer’s rear flank, reached out and pointed into empty air, striking precisely on his numbing acupoint.

The Left Thousand Households Officer cried out “Ouch!” and fell to the ground, his whole body going numb. Ding Ling pointed once more in the air, hitting his paralyzing acupoint, and this time the officer’s entire body went rigid, collapsing on the ground, unable to move.

His considerable skill had not even been used a third of the way when Ding Ling easily struck his vital acupoints, leaving him unable to turn over.

As he came to understand why Qi Mingyu had died at Ding Ling’s hands, he was also deeply shaken:

“So young, yet you have such means! Why don’t you use your Martial Arts to uphold justice and serve the court? Why must you act as a jackal to the tiger, opposing the court at every turn?!”

“You consider Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi tigers?”

Ding Ling shot back with a question.

Just now, Ding Ling had used Martial Dao True Qi to probe the Left Thousand Households Officer.

The man’s innate bones had actually reached 83 points.

He was, astoundingly, also a Dragon Heir of his generation!

With such talent, he absolutely should be taken into the Sect! After all, in the great worlds, with billions of people, Dragon Heirs are truly sparse and hard to come by.

Obtaining a single Dragon Heir often surpasses obtaining tens of millions of ordinary geniuses!

After all, once a Dragon Heir grows up, rampaging across worlds and crushing tens of millions of ordinary geniuses is no problem whatsoever!

Precisely because of this, compared to ordinary geniuses, Ding Ling placed more importance on nurturing Dragon Heirs.

This was one of the reasons he valued Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi.

Of course, the Left Thousand Households Officer’s uprightness, loyalty, and decisiveness were also why Ding Ling greatly admired him.

Otherwise, he would have killed the officer long ago; why bother with all this talk?

“If they’re not court felons, what are they if not tigers?”

The Left Thousand Households Officer said without hesitation.

Ding Ling chuckled lightly and said:

“For the sake of your unwavering loyalty to the court, I’ll tell you some secrets.”

He spoke bluntly:

“The current Grand National Preceptor is a Centipede Spirit in Transformation. If you’ve gotten to know any Aliens in this period, you must have heard these things from their mouths. Not only that. Many loyal ministers of the court have been killed by the Grand National Preceptor. What remains in the world are merely shells of bodies, all puppeted by the Grand National Preceptor.”

“How is that possible?!”

“I know you don’t believe it. But what you hear is illusion; what you see is truth!”

Ding Ling stood with his hands clasped behind his back, staring straight at the Left Thousand Households Officer, and asked:

“Do you want to go to the Capital City and see it with your own eyes? I can let you witness the Grand National Preceptor’s true face.”

“All right.”

The Left Thousand Households Officer took a deep breath:

“If things are truly as you say, then whatever killing or flaying needs doing, I’ll leave myself at your mercy. But if the Grand National Preceptor is not a monster and the full court of civil and military officials are still there, you must bind yourself and enter the Celestial Prison! Let the court deal with you.”

“Once a word leaves the lips!”

“Even four horses can’t chase it down!”

“Good.”

Ding Ling pointed in the air, releasing the officer’s acupoints:

“I came here to save Fu Tianchou. Is he in there?”

“Correct.”

The Left Thousand Households Officer stood up, solemn:

“I knew that Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi’s goal was to rescue Fu Tianchou, so after killing several bands of mountain bandits near Taiyuan, I rushed back to Chang’an without stopping, just to wait and catch the rabbit. But I never imagined your methods would be so Extraordinary and out of this world—I’m far from your match.”

[D-level Achievement Medal obtained: Intimidate the Left Thousand Households Officer.]

[Note: You are so young, yet your Martial Power is so high that even the Left Thousand Households Officer can only eat your dust. He is beyond shocked, and his awe of you carries three parts admiration!]

A notification chimed.

Ding Ling turned without changing expression and stepped into the Celestial Prison:

“I’ll have to trouble the Left Thousand Households Officer to release Fu Tianchou.”

“It’s only proper.”

The Left Thousand Households Officer was a straightforward man. Hearing Ding Ling’s words, he only hesitated for a moment before nodding, then took the initiative to head deep into the Celestial Prison and helped Fu Tianchou out.

In the Left Thousand Households Officer’s view, Fu Tianchou, Fu Yuechi, and Fu Qingfeng were only minor troubles. Relying on his Martial Arts Cultivation and methods, together with the Embroidered Guard spread all over Jiuzhou, capturing the three of them would be as easy as turning his hand.

But Ding Ling was different.

Even if all the Embroidered Guard attacked together, they might not be able to handle him.

This feeling had struck him particularly strongly when Ding Ling easily flicked him to the ground with acupoint strikes!

Thus.

He chose to gamble. If he lost, then at worst he’d fight Ding Ling to the death, which would still count as serving the nation; he would die without regret!

If he won.

Then he would stand on the same side as Ding Ling and fight the Grand National Preceptor together!

The Left Thousand Households Officer, from beginning to end, was always thinking of the court, of the world under heaven.

“This is the man who came to rescue you.”

The Left Thousand Households Officer pointed at Ding Ling and said to Fu Tianchou.

Fu Tianchou was disheveled and grimy, over seven feet tall, with an extraordinary bearing. Though trapped in a Forbidden Realm, he still had an unyielding iron backbone; his eyes shone with a startling brightness. He looked at Ding Ling, deeply puzzled:

“May I know who you are, sir?”

“Ding Ling. A friend of Fu Qingfeng and Fu Yuechi.”

“So that’s it.”

As Fu Tianchou relaxed, he also could hardly believe it:

“My little girl actually befriended a top expert like Hero Ding?!”

To make the court’s Embroidered Guard’s foremost expert, the Left Thousand Households Officer, personally help him out of prison—

Without absolute thunderbolt methods, it would be utterly impossible to cow the Left Thousand Households Officer.

Fu Tianchou prided himself on knowing the officer quite well, which was why, upon clearly seeing Ding Ling’s face, he was so deeply moved and found it unbelievable.

Only because Ding Ling was far too young!