Chapter 86

Chapter 86

“Breaking the invincibility of the coffin.”

“Bai Guang, the master of the green forest.”

Recognizing Bai Guang at a glance, Huang Tianhou walked forward, unperturbed by the blood glow he emitted.

“Do you know me?”

“You should know me better.”

Huang Tianhou and Bai Guang’s gazes clashed in the air, and I clucked my tongue at the sight. I can feel it too, as the level of the void has risen.

Huang Tianhu isn’t strong enough to break Bai Xiaochun’s martial level.

Nevertheless, Huang Tianhu didn’t lose a single moment. This is the majesty of Huang Tianhu, a master of the Huang Family.

Even in the face of Wu Nanaxi, I felt like I was dealing with the same bandit.

I’m not the only one who feels strangely uncomfortable.

Even the Green Forest King, Bai Guangdao, and the Heavenly Divine Sword, Nangong Mubai.

They were at a loss for words.

“If you really want to, you can even face the wrath of a million troops.”

“Are you threatening me? To me, King Tu.”

At the impossibility of a million lightning bolts, Gui Corps Leader Huang Tianhou shook his head.

“Not to you, but to Green Forest.”

“Ning Lin is me.”

Huang Tianhou looked at the toothy beast and smiled. For the first time, I realized that Huang Tianhou’s smile could turn cold.

“Bai Guang, who has no foundation, do you think you can become the center of the Black Island Power with your strength alone?”

Bai Guang responded to Huang Tianhou’s words with silence.

“In this time of great consolidation of the Black Island Powers, I doubt you can control those ferocious beasts with just your own strength.”

“……ha.”

The current power of Black Island is built and centered on King Baekwang and the Noklim that he and the Noklim based on him.

When Huang Tianhou asked if the leaders of the Jianggang, Daomak, and the Sal Realm would recognize him if he returned with all his power lost, Bai Guang gave a short sigh.

“There’s no way to win with words.”

Then he turned away,

His gaze switches from the Southern Palace to me.

“Carrying a coffin on your back? You think that’s going to do you any good?”

With that, he spun around with an annoyed look on his face and started moving with the three bandits.

Grumbling that they were wasting their time, Nan Gongmu Bai also recovered all of his imperial energy.

“Those who have violated the inviolable law twice will be punished. You foolish Southern Palace bastards.”

Bai Guang and the bandits cursed and disappeared. I stared at the scene for a long time.

Nangong Mu Bai and Huang Tianhu exchanged a few words, then Nangong Mu Bai looked at me.

“I’ll go first. Have a good talk with him.”

With that, he disappeared, leaving behind the trembling Nangong Wall and his mother.

“Ban Ao.”

“Yes, Elder Brother.”

“I apologize for coming so soon.”

“No, I’m glad to see you, even if it’s just like this. By the way, what brings you here?”

Hearing my words, Huang Tianhou smiled wryly and opened his mouth.

* * *

“I hear that the Heavenly Lord is looking for me.”

“That’s right.”

The monkfish troupe leader, Huang Tianhou, changed into an outfit of red silk and golden hydrangeas. It was as if the craftsman had taken great care with every stitch.

Dressed in such a colorful outfit, Huang Tianhu was guided to a place.

It was in front of the throne room, a place that would make even the most powerful man in the world nervous. Facing him was the presence of the Heavenly Emperor, who encompassed all of Zhongyuan.

“As summoned, the leader of the Aggie Clan, Huang Tianhuo, is here to see you.”

“Come.”

A young voice sounded both clear and heavy with the weight of authority.

“I am honored that the pride of the Huang Clan, the pride of the Great Name, has come so far.”

“……Who can resist the call of the heavens?”

“Hmph, is it truly so.”

“That’s a ridiculous thing to say.”

“Then what if I, the emperor, am a liar or a deceiver?”

“That, too, is unbecoming of a heavenly being.”

At Huang Tianhu’s words, the emperor, Tai Mu, smirked and slapped his sharp jawline.

“In that case, how shall I punish those who violate the inviolable laws of the government?”

Emperor Taemu was discussing a trip he had taken two years earlier to clear the green forests of Shandong.

“You surely did not only speak to the heavenly beings and make your move, but you also brought with you the supply and demand of the leader of the Green Forest Bandits.”

“Surely you did, surely you did, if that’s all there was to it.”

Tai Mu’s expression turned puzzled.

“The imperial family’s intelligence network is so ridiculous. How can I accept a man who has joined hands with the Zhongyuan to defy the government and yet has no clue?”

“I only condemned those who harmed the civilian population in the name of the imperial family. There was no other reason.”

The imperial family’s information network extends throughout the Zhongyuan. The word had been circulating among the people that the imperial family was listening at the end of the day and at the end of the night, and that they should refrain from cursing the king where he was not present.

Even so, Huang Tianhou could not help but be surprised. It was something that had passed without any fuss at the time, so why discuss it now?

There must be something he wants.

He had to scratch that itch.

“Is there something you want from Zhongyuan?”

“I’m glad to see you understand, monkfish leader.”

Pretense is pretense. How convenient it was to have a competent servant who understood him at once after all this circling around.

Tai Mu shook his head in satisfaction.

“I’ll have to use the path you’ve created.”

Huang Tianhou’s expression hardened for the first time.

He already knew what he was talking about. A path that Huang Tianhou had made.

“I heard you’re related to Zhongyuan’s child.”

“That’s right, but…….”

Huang Tianhou was about to interrupt,

“I want you to get me some fireweed from Zhongyuan.”

Bulocho.

Huang Tianhou’s eyes widened in response to Taemu’s dismissive look.

“You don’t want it.”

“……No. Is it because of the princess?”

“I know you don’t like it. I’ve heard that there are many mysterious herbs in Zhongyuan, so I want you to use all your connections in Zhongyuan to get them. I’ll delegate you full authority to mobilize the Huang family’s intelligence network.”

With those words, Huang Tianhou knew that what was coming was coming. Furthermore.

“When you go to Zhongyuan this time, you’ll find out, but be careful. Whether it’s the White Island or the Black Island, you must coordinate the two forces so that they don’t clash.”

Without waiting to hear Huang Tianhou’s reaction, Tai Mu continued.

“We’ll have to create a means to control their threatening force. They don’t care about black and white, they just want to be strong.”

Even Huang Tianhou couldn’t help but agree.

He had met Huang Boshe in the past.

It was the day he realized that the Hundred Swords weren’t just about righteousness and narrowness.

It was also the day he realized that the Hundred Swords were not only about righteousness and cooperation. Of course, it also led to him becoming a brother-in-law to the Grand Duke of the Southern Palace.

In any case, Huang Tianhou had no choice but to act on a direct order from the Heavenly King.

* * *

I made a dumbfounded expression. What a bullshit.

Perhaps sensing my reaction, Huang Tianhou also brought up something embarrassing, and he faced me with a different reaction than before.

“This is the first time I knew that the princess’s health was bad.”

It was the first time I had heard about the health of the Huang family’s princess.

“She’s probably the same age as her brother. The Huang family is taking good care of her, but her health is declining day by day.”

His words made me realize why I had no connection to the princess in my previous life.

Perhaps in her previous life, she had parted ways with the world. It must have been more than a decade ago when the South Palace Wall became a pact and she went to the battlefield.

It was likely she hadn’t been found by then. Or any of the other herbs in the Zhongyuan.

“I must have missed a good view by coming.”

“No, you’ve prevented a disturbance from happening.”

Bai Guang and the bandits retreated at the same time.

The terrifying traces they had left behind were still imprinted on my bones.

If they had confronted each other, everyone here would have been swept away.

Agidan’s arrival had quelled it.

“I’m glad to see you, half-brother, but you’re going to do some unintended damage.”

“Harm?”

In response to my question, Huang Tianhou remembered what Bai Guang had said and opened his mouth.

“Bai Guang, if we skip over this part as he said, the Southern Palace will definitely be isolated from the center.”

He hadn’t expected that what he thought would be a simple matter would turn out to be such a problem.

“I can end it by claiming that it was the Min Family that broke the Green Forest and sealed off Huang Bo Sega, and that he is my half-brother.”

That’s twice, three times.

Any more than that, Huang Tianhou said, and it would surely be a problem.

“You’ll have to draw a line in the sand.”

To carry the coffin on his back and reap its benefits.

Or to turn my back on the coffin and face all the criticism.

I shook my head at Huang Tianhou’s words.

“Brother.”

“Have you made your decision?”

“What did the patriarch say?”

“I said I would speak with my brother, not the patriarch.”

I smiled at that.

“Then what is your accusation?”

“Hmm?”

“Didn’t you just say something about your brother’s involvement with the Southern Court and his direct support of the Southern Court. What is it to clarify, what is it to reveal? It’s just that my brother and I are discussing righteousness together.”

Guan Muyi.

If we discuss it, if we talk about it.

“We have the righteousness. We have more to gain by joining together than the disadvantage of joining Guan.”

Perhaps in his previous life, Huang Tianhou would have traveled alone through the Zhongyuan Forest, searching for fireweed and other such things. But he shouldn’t.

He would get the same result as in his previous life.

“Shandong, Hebei, Anhui. ……And the North Sea.”

“Huh?”

“At least you can be sure of help in these four places.”

“Shandong means.”

“It’s Huangboshe.”

“Where is Hebei?”

“Hebei Feng Street. There must be someone in Hebei who can help you there as well.”

Ho Tae also remembered Pang Gak. If he had connections with his uncle, he would be able to get enough help.

“What happened to the Beihai?”

“I happened to be friends with Beihai.”

“Ha, I see. I knew you had a big brother, but I didn’t realize he was this big.”

“I’m flattered.”

After receiving so much from Huang Tianhu, it’s time for me to give back.

At least as far as I could help, I could help him.

Boom.

It was Huang Tianhou clasping hands with me.