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The sound of the whip striking flesh intertwined with Gong Jiu's moans, creating an incredibly lascivious atmosphere. Bai Tang felt her face flush after listening for a while, and she cleared her throat to interrupt the actions of the two inside the room.
Suddenly, the room fell silent. After a moment, a gust of wind split open the closed door, and a cold voice filled with murderous intent came from within: "Come in!"
Bai Tang brushed off the dust from her shoulders and stepped into the room.
Gong Jiu had already regained his noble appearance, his gaze coldly fixed on Bai Tang, as if he were looking at a corpse. Shaman stood behind Gong Jiu, his eyes filled with mockery, which only intensified upon seeing that the newcomer was a woman: another woman who wanted to cling to Gong Jiu, but unfortunately, she was seeking death!
"Ninth Young Master!" Bai Tang said with a faint smile as she sat down opposite Gong Jiu.
"Bai Gu Niang!" Gong Jiu replied coldly.
"Ninth Young Master indeed knows me!"
Gong Jiu: "Cut the nonsense. What do you want?"
Bai Tang smiled and said, "Not even offering a cup of tea? Is this how Ninth Young Master treats guests?"
Shaman scoffed, "You came uninvited; what kind of guest do you think you are?"
Bai Tang didn't even glance at Shaman, her eyes smiling as she focused on Gong Jiu.
Gong Jiu: "Shaman, serve tea to our guest!"
Shaman shot an angry glare and begrudgingly stepped forward to brew tea for Bai Tang. A beautiful woman in anger was still quite stunning, but unfortunately, Bai Tang was not Lu Feng, and she would not be swayed by her charm.
"Good tea!" Bai Tang took a sip and praised, "This must be this year's tribute tea; I've heard it's in very limited supply. Aside from the two pounds kept for the Emperor, the rest was distributed among the high-ranking officials. Taiping Wangfu probably received the best portion—about half a pound, right?"
"Are you one of the Emperor's people?" The murderous intent in Gong Jiu's eyes grew even stronger.
"Not at all!" Bai Tang treated Gong Jiu's killing intent as a sea breeze blowing through the night. "I just made a deal with the Emperor."
"Don't involve me!" Gong Jiu was surprised. Did the Emperor know something?
"It definitely involves you! He wants me to bring you back and then eliminate the forces of Nameless Island."
"How does he know that Nameless Island is my territory?" Gong Jiu was truly shocked. The cousin he had always looked down upon turned out to be a hidden character?
"Pingnan Wang looked at the Emperor, so he lost; you look at the Emperor, and the outcome for Nameless Island will be its disappearance!"
Gong Jiu: "Just because of you?"
Bai Tang: "Yes, just because of me!"
"You're asking for death!" Shaman suddenly attacked, her spiked whip raised high.
Bai Tang didn't even glance at her, casually pointing, and Shaman fell to the ground.
"Your judgment is really poor! Just by looking at this woman's face, she's a white-eyed wolf. In the end, she'll bite back at her master. It's ridiculous that you treat her like a treasure in your palm. I wonder how green your hat is!"
"You’re asking for death!" Gong Jiu struck out with hands imbued with immense power.
Bai Tang slapped the table and floated away from Gong Jiu's palm wind: "Golden Words, you refuse to listen. Do you really have to be harmed by that kind of woman before you regret it? I don't believe you haven't noticed Shaman's disdain and contempt every time she lashes out at you!"
Gong Jiu was provoked and drew the treasured sword from the wall, slashing towards Bai Tang. Brother Jiu's martial arts talent was indeed astonishing; even Huang Yaoshi was slightly inferior compared to him. Bai Tang floated amidst the rain of swords and palm winds, her limited form almost making Ninth Young Master spit out blood. At this point, Ninth Young Master finally understood why this person came alone to see him; her strength was truly terrifying! Realizing this, Ninth Young Master stopped wasting effort, flicked his long sword back, leaped back, and landed steadily in his chair.
"Not going to fight anymore?" Bai Tang gracefully sat down in another chair.
Gong Jiu's arrogant nature led him to refuse to admit defeat: "I can't beat you. Continuing to fight would be a waste of time. I'm just curious, how could such a skilled expert like you help that emperor guy?"
"It's just a transaction!" Bai Tang replied. "The emperor asked me to convey a message to you. Consort Tai Ping was a spy from an enemy nation. After Tai Ping Wang discovered her identity, she chose to take her own life in your father's arms to avoid implicating Tai Ping Wang and you. As a result, you saw it and misunderstood."
"Impossible!" Gong Jiu lost control of his emotions and smashed the solid wooden table into powder with a single strike. This revelation was too shocking for him, shattering over a decade of beliefs and understanding; Ninth Young Master could not accept it at all.
"If you don't believe me, you can ask your father! This matter is not a secret within the royal family; only you have chosen to cover your eyes and ears and ignore the truth from back then!" Bai Tang looked regretfully at the shattered teapot and teacups, all the tea inside wasted; she had only had one cup. If she asked the emperor for half a pound, she wondered if he would give it to her.
Gong Jiu's expression changed repeatedly. After a moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "Are you going to kill me?"
"No. Tai Ping Wang has only one son; the emperor doesn't want to hurt the heart of a loyal minister!"
"Then I should thank this cousin properly!"
"When you see him, you can thank him in person!"
"You want to hand me over to the emperor? Aren't you afraid I might run away halfway?"
"I will seal your martial arts; you won't be able to escape!" Bai Tang smiled. "If someone comes to rescue you along the way, that would be even better; we can follow the trail and eliminate your other forces!"
Gong Jiu gritted his teeth: "Even if your martial arts are stronger than mine, there are still so many people on Nameless Island. Wu Ming's skills are even greater than mine; do you really think you can get out?"
Bai Tang: "The sounds we make while fighting should have attracted them; why haven't they come to help you yet?"
Gong Jiu: "What did you do?"
Bai Tang: "Just a little bit of powder to let them sleep soundly!"
Gong Jiu: "No wonder you are a divine doctor!"
Bai Tang: "You're too kind!"
Gong Jiu's gaze fell on the Shaman. During the earlier fight, Gong Jiu did not hold back his strength, and the Shaman, caught in the range of the battle, suffered greatly. The attacks aimed at Bai Tang ended up hitting the Shaman instead. Now, this girl was spitting blood, her clothes torn to shreds, and her body covered in wounds. Even if she were to heal later, she would be left with terrifying scars.
"What are you going to do about the Shaman?"
"At this point, you're still thinking about her? Do you truly love her?"
"After all, she has been with me for several years! But what about your feelings? Will she really betray me?"
"She is already brewing a betrayal; she just hasn't chosen a partner yet. I think her ideal partner would be Lu Feng. After all, with her beauty and a bit of a tragic backstory, that lecherous guy Lu Feng would definitely go against you for a pretty face, ultimately ruining all your schemes! Don't underestimate it; Lu Feng has the protagonist's halo and bad luck!"
"In that case, I won't bother to plead for her anymore!" Gong Jiu decisively withdrew his gaze; what was once a treasure now appeared as garbage in his eyes.
Bai Tang smiled and walked to the window, launching a signaling firework. The firework exploded in the dark sky, illuminating half of it!
"I really saw my emperor cousin being approached right under my nose!" Gong Jiu said self-deprecatingly.
"Don't belittle yourself; your abilities are quite impressive too. The reason the emperor's men could sneak onto Nameless Island so quietly is that they had help from the sea natives."
"Baiyun City?" Gong Jiu immediately grasped the key point. "No wonder Ye Gucheng participated in Southern King's conspiracy without facing any consequences from the emperor; it turns out he had already sided with the emperor!"
"Everything Ye Gucheng did was for the Ye family. However, after this matter, he can pursue his sword path without worries!"
"Hmph, boring!"
Gong Jiu's remark of "bored" was unclear whether it referred to Ye Gucheng or his future life. The once quiet island became lively, and as he watched the flames approach, Bai Tang stood up and said, "Ninth Young Master, I have always admired you. Let me give you a piece of advice: a wise man knows when to yield!"
"Are you asking me to serve the emperor? In your dreams!"
Ninth Young Master was proud and would never submit to the emperor. However, Bai Tang did not have high hopes for Gong Jiu; in front of that unpredictable emperor filled with schemes, Ninth Young Master seemed insufficient.
Upon returning to the estate, a month had already passed. Bai Tang dared not delay any longer and packed the supplies that Bai Dad helped purchase before heading back to the Apocalyptic World. Everything in the Apocalyptic World was developing positively! Humanity had reclaimed a quarter of the cities from the zombies. If it weren't for the supply of weapons falling behind, a third of the cities could have been reclaimed. The human base had restored most of the order from before the apocalypse, and the first batch of crops had been planted with a germination rate of forty percent. The number of zombies was decreasing, but their levels were increasing, with fifth-level zombies starting to appear among them. These zombies could not be killed by energy guns and had developed human-like intelligence; they would quickly hide upon seeing mechas, like rats in a sewer, making it impossible to eradicate them completely.
"Why has it suddenly become so lively in the base?" Bai Tang curiously asked Tian Yuan.
Tian Yuan was diligently training and rapidly increasing in strength. Despite the cold weather, he wore only a shirt—seasonal changes in the apocalypse had been disrupted, with spring and autumn shortened to just over a month, while summer and winter extended to over four months each, with extreme heat and cold. Fortunately, ordinary people's physical fitness had improved during the apocalypse; otherwise, they wouldn't be able to endure temperatures nearing fifty degrees Celsius or minus twenty to thirty degrees Celsius. It was now only mid-September on the lunar calendar; while it was just past mid-autumn in the Dream of the Red Chamber world, here in the apocalypse, winter had already embraced them.
"Isn't winter here? The zombies are less active because it's too cold outside. The leaders of several major bases decided to hold an exchange event during this leisurely period."
"Exchange event?" Bai Tang asked curiously.
"Yes. The exchange event is divided into three main parts: martial arts exchange, ability exchange, and technology exchange," Tian Yuan explained. "The martial arts exchange is aimed at those martial arts sects that have entered society; the prize is a stack of martial arts Secret Manuals that you and Qian brought back last time. The ability exchange isn't particularly noteworthy; however, the technology exchange covers a wide range: farming, weapon development, virus research, hydroponics... In short, this event is the first large-scale gathering held after the apocalypse, so everyone is eager to participate, which naturally makes it lively!"
"It sounds interesting!" (To be continued)
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