Chapter 373: The Con King is Online

Chapter 373: Chapter 373: The Con King is Online

"Have you heard about the time the Southern Garden King, Kayeirno, sent his army to attack the border towns of the Eastern Domain?"

Jisierk heard this and quickly nodded.

Chu Fan continued, "The White Wolf King does not wish to see slaughter, so he immediately delivered punishment. He sent an Envoy to aid the Eastern Domain. The South Garden’s army of over four hundred thousand was almost completely annihilated, and not a single one of the Void Realm Martial Artists leading them survived."

"The White Wolf King did that too?"

"The White Wolf King is far more omnipotent than you can imagine. We peoples of the Grassland are his subjects by birth. But the White Wolf King is benevolent and does not wish to see deep-seated slaughter in the mortal world, especially when it is our own people of the Grassland committing it."

"I understand. But what’s this you said about the White Wolf King also wanting to punish our Eight Golden Families?"

"A reckoning of sins. For the past thousand years, the sins committed by the Eight Great Clans will be brought to account. The price is death, and the number of deaths will be determined by the severity of those sins."

"But you just said the White Wolf King wants you to select the next Khan King from among the Eight Great Clans?"

"That isn’t a contradiction. After all, not everyone in the Eight Golden Families is disrespectful to the White Wolf King, nor is everyone’s hands stained with blood," Chu Fan said.

"Then why did you say at the beginning that the White Wolf King sent you to save our Hanmo Clan?" Jisierk’s logic hadn’t been muddled by his shock.

"You must know about the Profound Iron Orders that were stolen from Casque and a few other clans several months ago, right?"

Jisierk nodded.

"That group of people has now appeared in Vast Sea City. Some have even infiltrated this very estate."

"What?"

"The White Wolf King told me this," Chu Fan said.

"This group knows you must have already moved the Profound Iron Order, so they plan to cause trouble at your wedding. Furthermore, Moqish never made it to Beiling Mountain. He was intercepted and brought here by them. Their goal is to provoke a war to the death between the Hanmo Clan and the Cage Race, making it easier for them to seize the Profound Iron Orders from both of your clans."

"The White Wolf King told me about this and ordered me to help you protect the Profound Iron Order. I am also to ensure that group doesn’t realize their plan has already failed."

"Why not just capture them directly?"

"Because the White Wolf King wants to use them to deal with the other clans. Also, during the wedding, that group will poison the guests. The White Wolf King has forbidden me from stopping this, because many people in your Hanmo Clan are also on his punishment list."

"Oh, right. There’s one more crucial point. So far, the White Wolf King favors Li Haiqin to become the ruler of the Grassland. That group’s plan is to poison Li Haiqin’s wine, have Moqish impersonate you to consummate the marriage with her, and then, in your own bridal chamber, use Moqish’s hand to kill you, thereby inciting hatred between your two clans."

Hearing this, Jisierk broke out in a cold sweat. "Is what you’re saying true?"

"I swear in the name of the White Wolf King..."

"No, no, no, you don’t have to swear. I already believe you," Jisierk hurriedly stopped him.

After Chu Fan’s barrage of bluffs, Jisierk was utterly convinced of everything he had said. As a result, he had no objections whatsoever to the plans Chu Fan laid out next.

The reason Jisierk so readily believed Chu Fan’s fabrications was twofold. On one hand, Chu Fan had presented facts and logic. On the other, and more fundamentally, was the fact that everyone in the nation of Dahar Khan, from the Khan King down to the common slaves, possessed a faith in the White Wolf King that was utterly pure.

Leaving Jisierk’s courtyard and returning to his own bedroom, the biggest question on Chu Fan’s mind was, ’How am I going to snatch those three Profound Iron Orders from Ran Lin’s group?’

It was foreseeable that their group certainly had several Mahayana Realm experts, maybe even a Half-Saint. Furthermore, he had no idea what the cultivation of the two sisters, Ran Lin and Ran Fei, was.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible for them to charge directly into the Golden Clan’s territory and steal the Profound Iron Order.

’As a mere Void Realm cultivator, it’s basically impossible for me to steal the Profound Iron Order from them, even with the Inner Lion Seal Divine Techniques.’

’After all, the Inner Lion Seal Divine Techniques can only kill someone one Great Realm higher than me. My cultivation is at Void Realm Tier Two, so one Great Realm higher would be Mahayana Realm Tier Two.’

’So there’s no way I can deal with a Half-Saint.’

’If I want to rely on strength to contend for it, I’d have to unseal the Fourth Floor of the Juntian Mirror, obtain the rewards inside, and rapidly advance my cultivation.’

’The only other option is to use a scheme.’

"Brother, how did I do just now?" Seeing Chu Fan return, Bai Yun immediately latched onto him, asking in a fawning manner.

"Excellent!" Chu Fan gave her a thumbs-up.

"How have Wen Ang and Cailing been doing lately?"

Although he had left a Spiritual Body behind to teach them cultivation, they were too far apart. His main body couldn’t know what was happening with the Spiritual Body unless it encountered danger.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so stunned the moment he saw Bai Yun when she came looking for him in the Northern Domain.

In the end, it all came down to his cultivation. If his cultivation reached the Mahayana Realm, his main body would know anything that happened to his Spiritual Body, as long as it was still in this world.

"They’re doing great! It’s just that Cailing is always bullying Wen Ang. Wen Ang is a total pushover," Bai Yun said with a giggle, sitting on a chair and swinging her legs.

Chu Fan chatted with Bai Yun for a while. Perhaps because she was exhausted from days of travel, she fell asleep right at the table as they were talking.

Chu Fan carried her to the bed, then sat cross-legged on the floor and began his Meditation.

The night passed peacefully.

Early the next morning, the entire estate began to bustle with activity.

In addition to the usual morning cleaning, there were now preparations for the wedding, which was just a day away.

Although the weddings of the Grassland peoples were not as ceremonially complex as those in the Central Domain, as a wedding for the Direct Lineage of the Golden Clan, it was still a grand affair.

In fact, starting from the previous day, guests had been arriving in Vast Sea City from afar to offer their congratulations.

Naturally, all Eight Golden Families had sent representatives.

After arriving in Vast Sea City, they were first received by members of the Hanmo Clan and settled in inns not far from the main residence.

As for the wedding gifts they brought, those would certainly be presented on the day of the ceremony.

For this wedding, from the day Chu Fan and his group arrived in Vast Sea City, one hundred thousand cattle and sheep were consumed each day.

Thus, the amount of silver coins spent on the entire wedding would be astronomical.

An ordinary clan could never afford such an expense.

After breakfast, Chu Fan went to stand guard outside Li Haiqin’s courtyard, where he naturally saw the two sisters, Ran Lin and Ran Fei.

Chu Fan made no special effort to greet them, acting just like everyone else who regarded them as Li Haiqin’s Maids.

Evidently, after traveling all the way with the bridal escort and with all the chaos after arriving in Vast Sea City, almost everyone had forgotten that the two of them were not from the Lindi Clan.

As for the people of the Hanmo Clan, they were even more clueless about the situation.

The two of them were currently bustling about with Li Haiqin’s other Maids.

Chu Fan stood at the courtyard gate, his attention secretly fixed on the two of them. For the entire day, they only interacted with Li Haiqin’s Maids and no one else.

It wasn’t until the afternoon, when the younger sister, Ran Fei, was cleaning the courtyard, that Chu Fan discovered their method of passing messages.