Chapter 730: Kindred Spirits (Part 2)

Chapter 730: Chapter 277: Kindred Spirits (Part 2)

“Some things, knowing they’re impossible but doing them anyway, is both responsibility and mission.”

Xu Xingguang’s words brought comfort to Cruz.

She felt a sense of joy at finding a kindred spirit.

“You’re right.” Cruz suddenly stood up and walked into the lounge to fetch a glass of wine.

It was a glass of gin, a wine they had brewed themselves.

Cruz poured two glasses of wine, offering the first to Xu Xingguang.

She raised her glass to Xu Xingguang and smiled, “To you, my friend.”

Xu Xingguang didn’t hesitate and promptly drank the entire glass in front of her.

Her trust made Cruz feel even more reassured.

Cruz poured her another glass before asking, “You were able to come to the Divine Martial Realm because of the Ying Family. But I’ve heard that without an official pass for the Divine Martial Realm, it’s impossible to pass through the barrier.”

“Captain Huo didn’t have a pass, how was he able to enter the Divine Martial Realm?”

Cruz, meticulous, seized the most crucial point.

Xu Xingguang smiled inscrutably.

She held the wine glass in her right hand, her body loosely resting against the wicker chair-back, her left index and middle fingers lightly tapping the wicker armrest, giving an air of enigmatic profundity.

“With the hurricane submerged, the Emperor’s Mausoleum opens; black meteors appear, the emperor returns,” Xu Xingguang spoke, observing Cruz’s reaction, and asked her, “Lady Cruz, have you heard this saying lately?”

This phrase had already spread throughout the Divine Martial Realm within half a month.

Even the Green Blood Clan had heard of it.

Cruz naturally knew.

Some say this phrase is prophecy, others call it rumor.

Unaware of the truth, Cruz didn’t comment.

She watched Xu Xingguang’s finger tapping the armrest for a while before placing her contemplative gaze on the enigmatic smile at Xu Xingguang’s mouth.

“Heard it.” A hint of a smile appeared on Cruz’s serious face, and she leaned close to Xu Xingguang, asking, “How do you look at it?”

Xu Xingguang: “I had people spread this phrase.”

Cruz was stunned.

Her clever mind spun rapidly; she roughly guessed Xu Xingguang’s purpose. “You want to use this phrase to stir up turmoil in the Divine Martial Realm, so those oppressed and hopeless civilians will notice the newly born S-Class strongman on Bai Ze Island.”

“You want to shape Captain Huo into the reincarnation of the Divine Hidden Emperor?”

Xu Xingguang laughed and said, “Legend has it the Divine Hidden Emperor possesses the ability of rebirth.”

“But that’s just a legend.” Cruz laughed and denied, “If it were true, the Divine Hidden Emperor should have returned long ago, why wait until now?”

Nonetheless, Cruz gave Xu Xingguang a thumbs-up, “But I must say, you played the tactic of manipulating public opinion very well.”

Xu Xingguang accepted Cruz’s praise with a smile.

“You asked me earlier, Captain Huo didn’t have a pass, so how did he manage to enter the Divine Martial Realm smoothly?” Xu Xingguang’s tapping finger suddenly stopped.

She turned her head and casually glanced at Cruz, delivering a startling comment: “Because he is the new entity of Divine Hidden Crane.”

Cruz frowned, unable to determine whether Xu Xingguang was joking or speaking the truth.

“Are you playing me?” Cruz was somewhat annoyed.

“Divine Hidden Crane stayed in the Infected Zone with the Infected; the Mortal World is his resting place. His burial site is also his place of rebirth. Official personnel from the Three Great Alliances indeed surmised the truth after hearing the rumor, combined with the legend of Divine Hidden Crane’s rebirth ability.”

“Do you believe that someone among the Three Great Alliances has already acted and begun sending people to investigate the Mortal World?”

Cruz was one of the commanders of the Green Blood Clan; their spies constantly kept an eye on the core upper echelons of the Three Great Alliances.

Indeed, there were reports saying that the Three Great Alliances had been unusually attentive to the Mortal World recently, even sending a batch of trained civilian spies to investigate.

However, none of them returned.

Moreover, the Ying Family, staying in the Mortal World, couldn’t communicate with them either, as if they were uprooted from the Mortal World, their spies eradicated.

Cruz had been puzzled about what had happened in the Mortal World.

After hearing Xu Xingguang’s insider information, Cruz guessed the truth, “You’ve controlled the Ying Family?”

Xu Xingguang smiled slightly and openly admitted, “Yes.”

The military of the Divine Xia Country and the Huo Family had already controlled the entire Ying Family management. The Medicine King Tower left by Ying Family in the Divine Martial Realm was also strictly guarded.

“As long as spies from the Divine Martial Realm dare delve into the Mortal World, they will be caught and tortured by Cheng Yue and Jin Yunhai on the spot.”

The spies sent by the Eastern Alliance are probably neighbors with Zhang Zhiyi now.

Cruz was too shocked to speak.

She leaned against the chair back, drinking gloomily, becoming more clear-headed with each sip.

After a while, she heavily placed her glass down, turning to Xu Xingguang, “Convince me.” Her eyes darkened as she stared at Xu Xingguang, half-threatening, half-ruthless, “If you can convince me that Captain Huo is the reincarnation of the Divine Hidden Emperor, then…”

Cruz closed her eyes and decided to take a gamble, “My Green Blood Clan will follow the Divine Hidden Emperor’s footsteps and fight against the Divine Martial Realm!”

Their Green Blood Clan couldn’t tolerate it anymore.

If they continued to endure, there would be no way out.

The way to convince Cruz that Huo Wen’an is the new entity of Divine Hidden Crane is simple, Xu Xingguang said, “Do you know the Divine Hidden Sword?”

Cruz nodded, “The only war sword of the Divine Hidden Emperor, it’s rumored that the Divine Hidden Sword was forged from the white bones of the Divine Hidden Emperor’s master and only unleashes divine power in the hands of the Divine Hidden Emperor.”

“Correct. The Divine Hidden Sword is the king of weapons, immune to hundreds of demons.” Xu Xingguang gazed towards the balcony of the stilt house; that direction faced north of Beiwang Cape, the direction of Bai Ze Island.

Xu Xingguang pursed her lips and said, “Yan Wusheng, the Old Palace Master of Hell Palace, died under the Divine Hidden Sword.”