Divine Brilliance
chapter-622

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

“Even the best cloud ships would take one to five months to go back and forth. His Highness however mentioned that if he didn’t see Third Brother a month later he would slice of Xu’er’s left arm…”

“This Monster King is really vicious and merciless, he probably would do what he says!”

“Are we really going to send Third Brother over to Gantian? Once Kong Yao doesn’t have anything restricting her, I am afraid the outcome for the Kong family would be tough to predict!”

“This Kong Yao is really the jinx of our family! Xu’er being captured was definitely due to this woman!”

“Tsk, doesn’t Monster King pay much attention to Kong Yao? Since he wants Third Brother over then don’t we make use of that. In my eyes, since Monster King cut off one hand off elder brother, we can send one arm over, to see whether or not he would dare to release him?”

“Bullshit! Kongxu was captured because he plotted against Gantian Mountain, our Kong family was originally unable to get rid of our connection with this matter. If Monster King sends an envoy over to question our dynasty, what will happen? Don’t think too highly about our Kong family. In his Majesty’s eyes we are just tools and chess pieces. How would he offend a country that could be compared to a shrine just for us?”

“Damn it! When that jinx was born we shouldn’t have let her live…”

The few people within the reading room all discussed. However, they all looked toward the elevated platform with a questioning gaze.

On it was an old man who was around 60 years old. His face was filled with deep thick creases, and he looked very worried.

At this moment, those turbid eyes were filled with worry.

This was the head of the Kong Family, Kong Li. Everyone knew that whether or not they were to send Third Brother over, the decision would have to be approved by this old man.

If other people fell into the hands of that Monster King, it wouldn’t mean much. However, after Kongxu was the most adored eldest direct descendant, the future head of the Kong family…

Sighing for a long time, he didn’t say a word. He quietly listened to everyone discussing until the voices in the reading room slowly stopped. Only then did he sigh and looked outside the window.

“Since Third Brother has already come, why don’t you enter?”

“Oh?”

Outside of the reading room, the sound of a middle-aged man rose up. Then, the door was pushed open, and a Confucian-dressed male who seemed as graceful as the luster of jade, slowly walked into the room.

He was expressionless as he looked at the people in the room.

“Just now I heard that someone wanted to cut off an arm of mine to send to Gantian Mountain, you also said my Yao’er is a jinx and should be killed when she was born?”

The few people seated didn’t say a word when they heard this. All of them were shocked. They knew that this person’s strength was high and indiscernible, that Kong Yao was personally taught by him. To be so strong to neglect all the Spiritual Formations here made all of them shocked.

“Third Brother’s cultivation seems like it has improved!”

Kong Li smiled without any care, “Your brothers and nephews are feeling anxious about Xu’er which was why they spoke these words, Third Brother please don’t blame them! As for Kong’er’s matter, do you still want to persist with it?”

The Confucian-dressed middle-aged man didn’t speak as Kong Li’s voice continued, “When you did the divination for Yao’er and said that the situation she was born in wasn’t a calamity but that someone who will break the army had arrived. The date and time she was born in all pointed to killing, for use on the battlefield and she would definitely have the fame that impresses a ruler, helping to form a great legacy. Since you said that, I agreed. This was why when his Majesty promoted her to the commander of a town I didn’t reject. But what happened? You and I both already saw it…”

When he heard this, the Confucian middle-aged man’s face was filled with cold disdain.

You didn’t reject? Since his Majesty had such intentions at that time could you and this Kong family stop him?

“That’s right! I remembered Third Brother said that Yao’er’s fate was to die early, her life was filled with evil, maybe dragging down her Race Members. But if a smart ruler utilizes her, she would be able to charge into the sky and even benefit our Kong family…”

Kong Li spoke and a bright glow appeared in his eyes, like a knife as he focused on the middle-aged man, “I would like to ask Third Brother, is his Majesty not considered a wise ruler? Now that Kong Yao has already fallen into the palace of others and became the concubine of a barbaric king, our Kong family is facing calamity. Do you still have anything to say?”

When his words resounded, the few people in the reading room all looked toward the door mockingly.

The Confucian middle-aged man felt his heart turn cold, a chill down his spine. His eyes swept around and then he mocked himself.

The eyes of the other people were blaming him, viewing him as an enemy, no family relations at all. What was the point of him remaining in this place at all?

He was lazy to argue with this older brother, waving his sleeves, turning around and leaving, “I will move tomorrow to head to Gantian Mountain. You all can relax, both Kong’er and I will swear that we won’t reveal anything about your actions to other people!”

Once he left, the small reading room once again calmed back down.

The people in the room all relaxed. They knew that this person’s words were like that of a mountain. Since he said that, then all of them didn’t need to worry anymore.

Moments later, someone spoke up once more, “Actually Third Brother’s divination skills are the best in our family. Anything he speaks about is accurate, even not below that of grand teacher Zhongxuan. If his cultivation is enough who knows he might be able to reopen our Kong family’s special ability the Heaven Eye. However, why is he so stubborn with regard to Kong Yao’s matter? Hasn’t he heard that doctors don’t cure doctors and a divinator does not foresee his own fate?”

“That’s right! It is a divinator’s taboo. We let Kong Yao live because of his words. What about now? None of it came true!”

Kong Li acknowledged but he didn’t say anything more. His face seemed really dark and sunken under the cover of the floating candle flames.

After the Confucian middle-aged man walked out of the reading room, he was also silent. His hands by his back, looking at the sky full of stars with a startled expression.

Did he predict it wrongly?

Yao’er, what will happen to you in the future? Are you going to be trapped in a palace from now onwards and wait to die early?

Now how is your life in Gantian Mountain? What kind of person is Monster King? Does he treat you well?

Donglin cloud Continent? Barbaric country?

He was able to unify Donglin in just a few years, he should be a wise ruler and be intelligent and talented.

However the people’s evaluation of him in the emperor capital wasn’t any good!

It was said that he didn’t bother about governance matters for three to five years and he had a luxurious lifestyle. He also did things in a really preposterous manner.

Many Confucians said that this person had betrayed the path and wasn’t wise.

The meeting hall ruling method was outrageous and exceptionally barbaric. His plan on focusing on commerce was also such a joke.

The Donglin Continent became famous from heroes rising up. This person might have some military talent, his strength was shocking but he wasn’t similar to Xiang King and Chi King.

Maybe he would be invincible for a period and rule that area but he wouldn’t be able to last for his entire life.

Thinking about this, the Confucian middle-aged man’s eyes were filled with dense chill intent which couldn’t disappear.

Following this, he laughed self-mockingly. These were all things he heard about, as for what it was really like, he would only know once he was over there.

If he was as useless as the rumors claimed, preposterous and not following the path, even if he went all out, he would snatch Kong Yao from that demon’s den!

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Beneath the blood-colored sky, hundreds of thousands of men in heavy armor were fervently slaying one another on the broken city walls.

Zong Shou rode on a Grade-9 Dragon Horn Winged Horse, looking forward with no expression.

Every moment, hundreds and thousands died. Fresh blood was poured out and onto the dust.

However, he knew that it was an illusion which was why his expression didn’t change at all.

In front of him, those 30,000 black iron cavalries were like a Pinnacle Treasure Sword as they slashed.

At this moment, on the Han King side, hundreds of thousands of troops were trying their best to block.

Like a wave they continuously charged at the cavalries! Striking them to crush them! Once the front wave was crushed by this Treasure Sword, another wave had already formed.

Looking closely, after the soldier formations crumbled, they retreated in an orderly manner. In just ten minutes they had already formed up once more.

The formations looked really disciplined but often they would scatter the moment they were touched. They coincidentally avoided where the tip of the iron cavalry pointed, staying clear of their main force and striking their weak area.

Each time they scattered, they would be able to rip off a small piece of meat from the invincible iron cavalry. Nearby, there would be one to two military formations to receive these scattered soldiers.

Fighting intensely for close to a day, the 470,000 elites here already had 40,000 casualties. However these 30,000 invincible cavalries were already reduced to 26,000. A full 4,000 of them fell here!

At this moment the sky was dark, the horses were already tired and people had exhausted all their strength.

The result of this battle was more or less decided and it would end as a draw.

In this illusionary realm, Zong Shou had been through six rounds. From start to now, the ending was nearly the same.

He wasn’t able to crush the Xiang Family cavalry using these 470,000 troops. The Xiangchu Overlord was unable to kill him at the front of the formation as he had wished!

“Zhang Liang admits that I can’t use troops as well as your Highness!”

Zhang Liang’s voice rang out once more, filled with respect, “Xiang King is an ancient famous general, his iron cavalry is also unparalleled. For a ruler to be able to fight with him close to a day and not lose is already shocking enough! Only the wise rulers in the world rarely head to battle themselves, as they say, arrows have no eyes. To be able to judge people and use people is the true path of the ruler…”

Zong Shou swept that person in shock, thinking to himself, wasn’t this an illusionary realm in his head? How could Zhang Liang say such words. The situation was really more weird than usual.

Following this, he laughed awkwardly. At this moment, Zong Yuan and Yin Yang were both not here. Ren Tianxing and Kong Yao also couldn’t enter his thoughts. If not, he could just relax and let them handle it.

However, with the current situation, if he didn’t restrict his hands and personally command the troops at the front of the formation, was he supposed to hand his life to these dimwits? Leave his life in the hands of the Han King troops and generals formed by this Xiangchu Overlord?

What a joke!

He couldn’t be bothered dealing with this person, treating this ancient strategist as a game NPC.

Looking at the black cavalries crushing another formation, just as Zong Shou was about to continue to give orders, in the next instant, the sky suddenly turned dark.