Chapter 923: Plum Blossom 6

Bai Ye was silent.In all his years of work, he had never witnessed such an unbelievable scene; it was so preposterous that he would find it absurd even if it appeared in a dream. But as he looked at the serious expressions of Chen Ling and the other two, he roughly guessed what had happened, and his own expression immediately turned helpless.

He slowly extended two fingers:"First, the Twilight Society is not a band of robbers. We don't rely on crude and barbaric methods like kidnapping to recruit new members.""Second..."

"They've gone this far, Club 6, are you really not going to resist at all?"Upon hearing the first point, Chen Ling and the other two felt that their actions were indeed somewhat inappropriate. Just as they were wondering how to remedy the situation, Bai Ye's second sentence utterly confounded them.Club 6?

Where did Club 6 come from?Chen Ling and Sun Bumian were the first to react as an unimaginable possibility flashed through their minds. Their expressions instantly became incredibly bewildered, and they stiffly looked up...Even though Jiang Xiaohua had almost been carried off and sold by the trio, he still maintained a serene demeanor.

His hands were clasped over his navel, and he softly spoke while looking at the light grey clouds above:"I thought they were going to bury me back..."

Bai Ye: ..."You... you, you, you, you... you're Club 6?!" Jian Changsheng finally reacted, his eyes wide with shock.

"Wait... the Witch God Path, 'autism,' 'solitary,' 'dark crawling,' and... damn, 'misfortune upon approach' was meant literally?!"The three immediately released their grip, and Jiang Xiaohua's heavy body thumped onto the ground, cracking the surface.Jiang Xiaohua reluctantly sat up, letting out a long sigh.

"You're Club 6, why didn't you say so earlier?" Chen Ling couldn't help but ask."..." Jiang Xiaohua remained silent for half a minute, and only when the trio were almost out of patience did he quietly say, "You didn't ask..."

Chen Ling and the others: ..."So, you knew who we were all along?" Sun Bumian clicked his tongue.

"Mm-hmm." Jiang Xiaohua nodded slightly. "I crawled out of the dirt and saw you fighting... You're just as the rumors say."Jiang Xiaohua raised a bandaged finger and pointed, in order, at Chen Ling, Sun Bumian, and Jian Changsheng:

"The Player, the Lion, the Fool."Jian Changsheng: ???????

"You're the fool! Your whole family is foolish!" Jian Changsheng exploded in rage.Chen Ling was also somewhat speechless. He had never imagined that after all this time, Jiang Xiaohua would turn out to be one of their own... Fortunately, he hadn't silenced him directly earlier, otherwise...

Just as Jian Changsheng was about to engage in a life-and-death duel with Jiang Xiaohua, Bai Ye seemed to sense something and looked in a certain direction."Oh..."Bai Ye's eyes narrowed, and he blurred into the dissipating dust.

Seeing this, Chen Ling and the others didn't bother to say anything more and followed immediately.A-Qian clutched the young man's clothes tightly, walking fearfully across the Grey Realm. Suddenly, the young man in front stopped abruptly, causing A-Qian to stumble and bump against his waist with a thud."Brother Xiao Li... why did you suddenly stop?"

Rubbing her head, she peered forward and saw, through the misty dust, a man wearing a white baseball cap blocking their way, emanating a terrifying aura... Simultaneously, four more figures emerged from behind.Upon seeing one of them in a large red opera robe, A-Qian's heart trembled, and her small face instantly turned pale!

"Interesting..." Bai Ye carefully scrutinized the linen-clad young man. "The Martial Emperor is dead, and the Imperial Path's Ancient Treasure has been severed... Yet another emperor can still emerge?""Heart, isn't this the person you wanted to kill?" Jian Changsheng's voice followed.

"He's quite lucky to have survived even after the Imperial Path's Ancient Treasure was destroyed...""However, he seems very weak now..."Bai Ye, Chen Ling, Sun Bumian, Jian Changsheng, Jiang Xiaohua... The five of them formed an insurmountable wall, blocking the young man and A-Qian. The aura each of them exuded was enough to easily overpower the current young man.

Without subjects and not being within the Imperial Path's Ancient Treasure, an Emperor's rank was only Third Tier.The young man's expression was exceedingly solemn as he looked at the scene before him...

"What do you say, Heart?" Jian Changsheng stretched his limbs, like a menacing subordinate in a villainous faction, and sneered, "Shall we kill him?"The figure in the large red opera robe slowly stepped forward and stopped in front of the young man.

Chen Ling was not surprised that Li Fu had become an emperor, but he hadn't expected such a significant change in Li Fu in such a short time. The "Li Fu" before him was identical in both appearance and demeanor to "Ying Fu," whom Chen Ling had encountered in the historical archives.However, the current Li Fu was alone, even accompanied by the child A-Qian... while the Player Emperor now had not only the other three Sixes from the Twilight Society but also a Seventh Tier Saint of Thieves behind him.

The entourages of the two "emperors" were worlds apart.The young man's eyes met Chen Ling's gaze, and a faint breeze swirled up between them...

Both imperial destinies sensed the other's presence, and a natural hostility arose in their hearts—an instinctive animosity from the depths of their souls, a repellent force born from the incompatibility of their destinies.This was the meaning of "king does not meet king."

Seemingly frightened by the hostility in Chen Ling's eyes, A-Qian subconsciously tightened her grip on the young man's wrist, and tears wellled up in her eyes again... She didn't understand why, after escaping death and enduring so many tribulations, she and Brother Xiao Li had still fallen into the hands of this red-clad villain.Chen Ling glanced at A-Qian, then looked back at the young man's eyes, and after a long silence, he spoke calmly:

"...Let them go.""Heart, you're really not going to act? That's not like you," Jian Changsheng said, puzzled.

"He won't die now... Let him go."Chen Ling waved his hand and walked aside. Since Chen Ling had no objections, the others naturally didn't care either, clearing a path for the young man and A-Qian.

Seemingly not expecting Chen Ling to simply let him leave, the young man frowned as he looked at Chen Ling, lost in thought."I still don't know your name," he said in a deep voice.

"Me?" Chen Ling's heart stirred, and he immediately spoke,"My name is Jian Wu...""His name is Chen Ling!! Heart 6 Chen Ling!" Jian Changsheng knew something was wrong and shouted immediately.

Chen Ling: ..."Heart 6 Chen Ling." The young man nodded slightly. "I will remember that..."The young man didn't linger, taking A-Qian's hand and walking forward...

"I've told you my name, what about yours?" Chen Ling's voice then rang out. "Should I call you Li Fu, or...""I am Ying..."

The young man felt the warmth of the hand in his own and paused for a moment.In that instant, no one knew what he was thinking, nor what struggle his soul was enduring. He lowered his gaze and continued forward,"Ying... Fu."