Baili Jia Jue embraced her with his left hand as he sat casually. Even in front of the public's eyes, he had no intention of letting her go. Amid the billowing smoke, he remained untouched by the wind and the dust. As his noble coat sat on his shoulders, he looked like an emperor who held the power of life and death in his hands, and he emitted an oppressive aura!
Around him, the evil spirits in the black fog had started to shiver. Not only were they apprehensive in stepping forward, some even wanted to turn around and escape!
Dozens of demons and monsters appeared above the carriage. They wriggled their bodies within the clouds, they stayed in position but it was also clear that they were not to be messed with!
In just a split second, those disturbing evil spirits were swept away like the wind by these monsters, not even a shadow was left behind!
Chapter 866 - 862
Around him, the evil spirits in the black fog had started to shiver. Not only were they apprehensive in stepping forward, some even wanted to turn around and escape!
Baili Jia Jue did not give them this opportunity. His dark pupils barely squinted.
Dozens of demons and monsters appeared above the carriage. As they wriggled their bodies within the clouds, they stayed in position but it was also clear that they were not to be messed with!
In just a split second, those disturbing evil spirits were swept away like the wind by these monsters, not even a shadow was left behind!
"What, what are those!" Although Ao Jiang could not see those packed behemoths with b.a.r.e fangs and brandish claws, the dense dark fog was so obvious that Ao Jiang could feel something unusual in the atmosphere!
The Grand Tutor who could see everything clearly was dumbfounded by now, his devilish red eyes started to waver violently and even his legs were shaking tremendously.
He had only seen such a scene where demons danced and ghosts marched once in his lifetime.
That was almost a thousand years ago when the human realm was not so perfect.
That was when the Three Evil Paths were the most domineering.
Even the two realms of Gods and Buddhas were helpless in front of the Three Evil Paths.
They were no longer the mere existence of lowliness and ugliness.
Because of that man's leadership, the Three Evil Paths ascended to an unprecedented status.
When he witnessed that scene back then, he was still a little monster. He watched from afar as the man led thousands of demons and monsters to fight the Honored Buddhas sent down by Buddhism and achieved the most legendary portrayal of Mount Buzhou.
Back then, the man wore a black cape with fleeting long sleeves and he was followed by countless demons. He looked like he was the master of the world!
To be able to summon so many demons here, there was no one else in the world but him!
At the thought of this, the Grand Tutor's voice trembled, "Your, your, your Highness."
"Grand Tutor, are you alright? You know the Third Prince?" Ao Jiang felt that the Grand Tutor was behaving abnormally and he had never seen him like that.
"No, what Third Prince, that is His Highness! How could it be him, how could he be here!" The Grand Tutor stretched out his hands suddenly and dragged Ao Jiang over, he was on the verge of breaking down. His eyes glared outward and his voice was almost hoarse as he growled, "Why didn't you tell me His Highness is here! You are trying to get me killed aren't you!"
Ao Jiang's face had turned pale for being shaken by the Grand Tutor, not for any other reasons, but the fact that he began to notice the person in front of him had layers and layers of marks covering his face.
Those marks could never belong to a living person!
The Grand Tutor did not care how Ao Jiang looked at him at this moment. He pushed him away and turned back to look at Baili Jia Jue who was sitting in the middle of the carriage.
It was over for him!
What mere mortal!
His opponent was someone he still had to look up to even if he had trained for millions, not thousands of years more.
In this world, he would rather offend Gods and Buddhas than to offend this man before him!
"Grand Tutor!" Ao Jiang who was shoved away, tried to pull the Grand Tutor back to his senses. If the Grand Tutor collapsed now, how would he be able to fight against the Third Prince!
But he had no idea what had happened to the Grand Tutor, he looked like he was possessed!
The thought of this made Ao Jiang's back run cold, his fingers turned stiff as he watched the Grand Tutor.
Baili Jia Jue who was sitting on the carriage simply glanced coldly in his direction.
The Grand Tutor knelt on the ground in an instant and shouted loudly, "Spare me Your Highness, spare me Your Highness!"
Ao Jiang did not expect this. He thought that the Grand Tutor had mistaken him for someone he knew, furthermore the Grand Tutor had said that he did not know the Third Prince and he was an easy target.
But now… The Grand Tutor was trembling in fear before the Third Prince. He kept pounding his head on the ground so loudly that the people around him could even feel his pain!
Ao Jiang only had one thought on his mind.
That was it, it was completely over for them.
He had the audacity to be unscrupulous in the Capital back then because he thought that the Grand Tutor could deal with the Third Prince!
If the Grand Tutor had surrendered, it meant that his people would be crushed to death by the Third Prince.
He knew the Third Prince's methods too well, he could not stand against him just by himself!
Furthermore, these soldiers dared to charge toward him because they thought they were going against thieving intruders who broke into the city.
If they knew that it was the Third Prince instead.
Then he… He…
Ao Jiang dared not to imagine what the consequences would be. Now his only regret was that he had unknowingly provoked the Third Prince!
Lord Wei had been kneeling on the ground since the carriage broke apart, and now he too was knocking his head non-stop on the ground, begging for mercy alongside the Grand Tutor. The fear emitting from his entire body was evident!
This made the soldiers look around in confusion, they did not understand what was happening.
Helian Wei Wei winked at the mercenary next to her.
The mercenary paused and straightened himself in front of the carriage. With an inner strength, he was loud and mellow as if his voice was projected from his abdomen as he bellowed, "The Third Prince is present, put down all your weapons!"
"The Third Prince?" An archer who was still holding his bow and arrow looked back in shock, "That was the Third Prince!?"
"What?" The soldiers paused for an instant as they tried to process this sudden news.
Very quickly however.
They made their stand, one by one they dropped the bows and arrows in their hands and landed on both knees as they shouted, "Long live your Highness!"
Their hearts were filled with terror. Who would have guessed that the person in the carriage was the Third Prince, and who would have thought that the Third Prince would appear before them in such a manner?
Everyone in the Capital had thought that the Third Prince would barely survive his last excursion. Who knew that he would actually make it back with the fire in him stronger than ever. He was like a God that was born to conquer the world.
Under such circ.u.mstances, he looked even colder and more dangerous than before!
The commoners from the Capital were equally dumbfounded. The person who openly challenged the city entrance tax system was actually the Third Prince of the current dynasty!
And they had been so worried for the owner of the carriage.
They did not expect their renowned Third Prince to return in such a fashion!
As the commoners pondered on this, they only came to a realization when they came to their senses. After they recovered, they knelt on both knees with unprecedent
ed joy in their eyes!
And all this was to welcome their future king's return to the Capital!
Seeing this scene made the Grand Tutor hatch other plans. He retracted his feet and was about to escape during the distraction.
But at this moment...
Chapter 867 - Clear Howl Of The Phoenix
A deadly voice rang above the ground, "Soldiers, array."
The Grand Tutor raised his head abruptly and his eyes widened.
That, that was!
"Fight." As Helian Wei Wei moved her finger, her eyes were as clear as a torch.
On the other hand, the Grand Tutor looked like he had seen the worst enemy in his life. His lips trembled as he said, "The Nine Word Mantra, how could this human know the Nine Word Mantra!"
"Soldiers." Helian Wei Wei's thin lips curled, "Line up, before me..."
The Grand Tutor thought that he could escape, after all he was an evolved demon with no physical body. As long as he was not too close to His Highness, he still had a chance to escape.
But with an exorcist present, he could not hide that easily now.
As if she had seen through his thoughts, Helian Wei Wei's grin deepened and her hands arched forward, "Exorcise!"
Rumble!
She seemed to have a thousand beams of spiritual glow floating under her feet, and they condensed altogether mid-air into a burning phoenix with Buddhist aura as she rushed toward the ground!
The Grand Tutor was completely shocked at this point in time!
What followed was an overwhelming fear that surged from the depths of his body!
This light, he had only seen it before at Mount Buzhou!
That was no ordinary Nine Word Mantra, but the clear howl of the ancient phoenix!
It was over!
This time, it was completely over for him!
The soldiers watched wide-eyed as a figure suddenly emerged from the body of the Grand Tutor whom they once worshipped. The figure looked extraordinarily horrifying. He wore a soaked cape that was still dripping with water and his demonic face was like a wizard!
Ao Jiang who was next to him was so frightened that his expression changed at the sight of this scene. His feet stumbled and he almost fell to the ground.
The soldiers were even more frightened, their shoulders trembled in fear as they worried that the shadow figure would pounce on them.
However, what they were anxious about did not happen.
Because once the shadow figure rose, it was completely annihilated by Phoenix Fire.
It seemed to be struggling on the verge of death as its throat released a painful roar.
But no matter how it struggled it still could not escape his fate of being captured!
The light of Buddha's speed was so fast that the people could only hear the wail of regret released by the evil spirit!
"I can't believe that the Grand Tutor was an evil creature who was harming the Capital!" The commoners were terrified as they looked at the scene with lingering fear and muttered Amitabha, "Fortunately we have our Third Princess Consort here. Did you see what she did? The moment she revealed her hands, she was like a reincarnated deity!"
"Living Buddha! She is truly a living Buddha!"
"It is really our blessing to have such a Third Princess Consort!"
As the commoners chatted among themselves, they could not help but shouted once again, "Long live Your Highness!"
Helian Wei Wei had always been magnanimous so she allowed the people to rise.
She then retracted her hands and said lowly, "This way, we can save an extra dish for our babies."
Baili Jai Jue was just beside her and he raised his eyebrows as he heard this.
The bigger fetus also moved its hands and feet coolly.
Helian Wei Wei touched her belly gently and chuckled, "Seems like the babies like it very much."
His Highness always felt discontented when this woman focused her attention on people other than himself. He stretched out his hand to pull Helian Wei Wei into his arms and sneered at her belly, "What do these little brats know besides eating anyway."
The bigger fetus squinted his bloody red eyes and turned his head to the smaller fetus as it said, "I think I might have been too kind to our father these days."
The smaller fetus sighed and opened its eyes slowly, "Brother, believe me, that's just your illusion."
"Hmph." The bigger fetus' voice turned cool and soft, "We are about to be out anyway. When that happens, I will let our father know that besides eating, I can fight him too."
Smaller fetus, ...Why did it feel like it had to listen to its brother's entire lifework all the time?
"Your health is much better now, I will be able to hunt for food when night falls. I'll catch a few ghosts for you to play with." The bigger fetus said this as it hugged the little fetus overbearingly yet with style!
The smaller fetus nodded, "Okay."
The two little ones were always loving to one another.
But the scene outside was not so peaceful.
Lord Wei was a scaredy-cat, before Baili Jia Jue could question him, he had crawled forward on his knees to cry for mercy, "Your Highness, I know my fault, I really know it this time. We didn't do anything but took some silver for ourselves. I did not dare to touch them anyway, they are still in my house. I beg Your Highness to spare my life seeing that I have served the imperial court for so many years!"
After Lord Wei spoke, he pounded his head on the floor again.
Baili Jia Jue did not look at him, instead, he set his eyes on Ao Jiang and spoke inattentively, "You were the one who brought all these soldiers?"
Ao Jiang was basically dumbfounded by now. He had lost his support so he was trembling entirely. He wanted to intercede for himself as Lord Wei did so he pounded his head heavily too, "Yes, but I never expected that it would be Your Highness who was entering the city, I thought that…"
Before he could finish his sentence, Ao Jiang saw that His Highness had narrowed his eyes. Those deep-set eyes seemed to flash something that could pierce the nerves of someone.
Ao Jiang only felt that his c.h.e.s.t was bulging to the point of bursting, it hurt him so much that his face turned pale-white.
Only then did he realize that he could be killed with an invisible force without His Highness even moving a finger.
Bang!
His body was bounced away heavily by an unknown, mysterious force.
Ao Jiang and Lord Wei both had blood pouring from their mouths. They laid flat on the ground with broken limbs.
The only difference was one's veins were completely shattered while the other was still alive.
Baili Jia Jue laughed coldly as he said, "This is my territory. Whoever brings troops here shall die."
The word 'die' worsened the gnawing terror in the hearts of the soldiers who had just surrendered.
After such a battle, no one dared to stop the carriage anymore. Thousands of trained soldiers retreated and cleared a path toward the palace automatically.
From that day onward.
Whether it was the War Dragon Dynasty or any other country beyond it.
No one dared to bring troops into the Capital anymore.
Because the people could never forget how the Third Prince of the War Dragon Dynasty killed Ao Jiang on that day.
Ao Jiang was not only good with soldiers, he was also strategically and geographically well-positioned.
Albeit, Baili Jia Jue still annihilated him without blinking.
No one dared to risk their lives anymore. Even if you were not friends with Baili Jia Jue, you should never become his enemy...
Chapter 868 - Wei Wei And His Highness Putting On Facial Masks Together
However, seeing Baili Jia Jue like this, Helian Wei Wei was even more uneasy.
Only that her uneasiness was hidden deep down in her heart.
Even Baili Jia Jue was unaware of it.
Both of them then returned to the palace.
The Battle of Capi
tal became famous all of a sudden.
The scholars and military officials were kneeling in the great hall, with their wide sleeves spread on the bright marble floor and their heads on the ground. They were shouting, "Welcome back to the palace, Your Highness!"
This year was indeed the most glorious year of the War Dragon Empire.
The Retired Emperor's illness was not a big deal. Instead, after being possessed by the ghostly aura and Wei Wei had exorcised the evil from him, the violence in him had reduced significantly, extending his life for a few more years.
However, surprisingly Nangong Lie was not in the palace.
Only after careful questioning that they knew, Nangong Lie was sent personally to the Hidden Spirit Temple by the Retired Emperor to invite the master over, because he was worried about Baili Jia Jue and Helian Wei Wei who had gone to the ancient tomb. Now it seemed no longer necessary.
The Capital became peaceful once again. The aura of resentment that had once shrouded the palace was also cleared.
The seal was enhanced. Although some demons and evil spirits would occasionally appear in the world, it was still a lot more peaceful than the previous chaotic state.
Upon seeing this, Helian Wei Wei thought of letting Baili Jia Jue bond with the babies again.
After their meals, she pulled his hand over and placed it on her stomach.
Baili Jia Jue left her to play with it. Sometimes he held her just like that with one of his hands holding a scroll and another one c.a.r.e.s.sing her belly, as if he was stroking a fox.
Unfortunately, this fox could not roll on the ground.
Baili Jia Jue put down the scroll to free up one of his hands. He then hugged her in his arms, with a deep voice and a smile in his eyes, "Would you like me to teach you about chess?"
"I don't want to play chess recently." Helian Wei Wei grabbed his hand and played with it for a while. Then she suddenly thought of something and let out a grin, "Got it."
Baili Jia Jue was hugging her as he raised his brows, "What?"
"Let's do facial masks together, cool?" The smile at the corner of Helian Wei Wei's mouth was getting even more obvious, "Your face will definitely look interesting with a facial mask."
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