Wu Long then continued to explain, in a calm and patient manner.

“The reason you couldn’t make your move before was because Her Highness was always within the reach of the Azure Eagles, under their watchful eyes.

But then… then I took her away, which gave you an opportunity.

However, then you learned that she was in the Yin Yang Unity Palace you could not approach because Zhao Xieren is in seclusion there.

Then not long ago… she was brought here.

However, what a conundrum, Madam Liang was guarding the Mansion at all times, another opportunity hampered by an inconvenient fact.

Not to mention, while Her Highness was away from the Empire, it did not mean that she was completely unchecked by the other Azure Eagles”

Wu Long’s words started to make the Azure Eagle not simply impressed by the deduction of the motives and developments, but astonished as all the pieces of the puzzle were coming into place.

“However, a few weeks ago, Gu Zhen recalled all of his subordinates to the headquarters of Alchemy Tower.

It was so close to the Capital of the Empire, the Azure Eagles had to be vigilant, their focus shifting away from Her Imperial Highness.

And almost at the same time, Madam Liang left the Mansion.

You knew this was the moment to act.

The perfect opportunity.

But you still had to use this fool here as justification.

And yet, you decided to come here in person to ensure everything went smoothly, if necessary suppress any resistance with your power, thinking no one could stop you.

If anyone asked you after, the harm was already done, and there wouldn’t be any repercussions for you since you are considered part of ‘precious forces’ in battle with Gu Zhen.

Not to mention the power you would get from tapping into the bloodline of your ancestors, you might have become the strongest of Azure Eagles and then did not need to explain yourself at all.

In your mind, the worst that would happen if you killed me and my allies is that the Azure Eagles had to apologize to Old Man Zhao.

As long as you succeeded, there would be no way that any harm would come to you, or so you thought”

Wu Long calmly spoke out the exact thought process that the Spiritual Beast went through, as it dawned on the Azure Eagle that this was a trap, a trap to not only have him come out in the open with no other Azure Eagles present, but also have the justification to get rid of himself as this all came to light.

What seemed like the best opportunity to forcefully take away Song Lingfei’s Pure Yin Qi under the noses of everyone turned into a situation where he himself was more vulnerable, as he moved discreetly from others.

“You asked me in the beginning: ‘so what?’

And my answer is, that is the wrong question.

The question is not whether you are implicated in any wrongdoing here, but, ‘why are you here?’.

And the answer to that question is: ‘Because I wanted you to be here’ ”

Wu Long’s words fell with another rumble of thunder in the distance.

“Hahaha, ahahahaha!

What? Luring me into this position? Hahahaha!

And what now?

You got me! You caught me red-handed!”

The Spiritual Beast suddenly burst into laughter, the tense atmosphere from before seemingly loosening.

There were two reasons for his relief.

The first being the fact that he finally learned Wu Long’s reasoning and the circumstances, as knowing what was going on was far more relieving than being kept in the dark about it.

The second, and far more significant than the first one, was that he secretly, and very carefully probed the presence in the city, succeeding at this very moment, only to find a Mortal Transcendence human female.

‘Hah! Sword Masters truly are tricky, her skill with the sword must truly be formidable, but how embarrassing that I fell for it’

He lamented, as in his view there was no need to be so cautious and apprehensive to begin with. After all, Sword Intent was a tricky power, and thus often could make someone sensitive like a Spiritual Beast fear the blade that could not actually cut them.

“And? Hahahaha!

What can you do? As powerful as you are, as mysterious as the powers you wield, you are still a Mortal in the end!

The ruse is up, I know that Sword Master is only there to intimidate me. Do you think that Illusion Master can catch up to here in time if you just drag this out?

But, what if I just kill you now? Before any of this gets out?

You have already cured Song Lingfei so there is already no value in keeping you alive. So no one of my kind would question me if you died.

As for Senior Zhao, we can come up with any excuse we like, it’s not like he can defeat Gu Zhen without us.

He is not here right now, neither is any of the Transcendent cultivators to protect you as they are busy hunting down the Alchemy Tower’s forces.

I don’t even know why you were protected in the first place.

Why would someone would consider you part of our struggle with Gu Zhen?

Only because that fool was interested in playing mind games with you?

I can see why now, after all, you really are good at racking up that brain you humans are always so proud of.

But that doesn’t matter now as it seems he ran into some kind of trouble, and turtled up in his headquarters, while the war has practically already started!

So what do we need you for now?

You may be a big shot when it comes to the battle that happens between Mortals, but that is also irrelevant anymore.

That is not what will decide the outcome of this war, it would be our battle, the battle between Transcendents, not mere Mortals!”

The Azure Eagle finally dropped the act, laughing as he spoke.

He understood there was no use in denying his intentions in being here, as his every move, even every thought was predicted with frightening accuracy.

Not only that, he no longer perceived any threat in this situation, so there was no need to restrain himself.

Wu Long’s position in this war that he spoke of was actually a common view among Azure Eagles and their allies.

After all, it was hard to view someone in Nine Mortal Realms as true ally in this war for them, only someone convenient because of Gu Zhen’s strange obsession.

Thus in his view, it truly felt like a tiger has been lured into a trap by a mouse, and then that trap turned out to be a confrontation with the mouse.

“Oh, I do have one more question to ask you though”

Wu Long then spoke with a chuckle.

“Hahaha, go ahead”

The Azure Eagle nodded while still laughing about the absurdity of the situation.

“Do you think I care if you know all this before I get rid of you?”

However, Wu Long’s words caused the Spiritual Beast to pause, as the words ‘You misunderstand my intention in saying all this’ spoken by this human in the very beginning of the conversation came to his mind.

“Zhiqiu, if you please”

Wu Long chuckled with a smile.

A stunning woman standing at the center of a big array circle in the Mansion in the city smiled, and then swirled a long flagpole with both hands, the flag on its end flashing with profound symbols, and pillars of light rose all around.

‘F-formation…!’

The Azure Eagle’s silver eyes widened as he realized that a formation activated around them while they were speaking.

At the same time smaller pillars of light rose into the skies around the place Feng Yi, General Feng and Feng Huan along with the Feng Family troops stood in, covering them in a barrier.

There was also a larger barrier dome covering all of the surroundings, its walls rising and rapidly converging on the center up above.

The Spiritual Beast suddenly remembered that the place they met were chosen by the other party, as they stood in this place all along, waiting for their arrival.

‘Tch! He took away my ability to threaten with the lives of others!’

While he was confident against Wu Long, he still had a trick up his sleeve if someone truly formidable turned up.

It was to threaten releasing the pressure of his cultivation base and thus instantly killing anything within miles since Mortals could not handle it.

This plan, however, was thwarted as he felt an aura constraining area fall down, and the barrier that was now closing up over his head would completely trap him in here.

“Tch!”

The Spiritual Beast grimaced, clicking his tongue, and then disappeared as a streak of blurry azure light went into the dark cloudy sky, and Wu Long’s figure disappeared almost at the same time with arcs of lightning remaining in the place he stood in.

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