Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 447 - 298: Do You Want to Go Out?_2

Chapter 447: Chapter 298: Do You Want to Go Out?_2

The arm below was gone, yet this garment remained perfectly intact.

And in that brief moment of contemplation,

a gurgling sound of flesh regenerating followed, and without even activating anything, the ghostly body had already automatically restored Xu Yuan’s left arm.

He lifted it to have a look, clenched his hand into a fist, swung it a couple of times, and felt no hint of foreignness.

The body of the ghostly creature was indeed as terrifying as this.

With a calm gaze, as the blood-red Origin Qi around Xu Yuan spread out, several yard-long blood-colored spiral bone spurs instantly condensed. He looked towards the Barbarian King in the distance and smiled, saying,

"Yes, for strength, I’ve temporarily taken on a ghostly body."

Pausing for a moment, Xu Yuan continued with a soft chuckle,

"But don’t be nervous, I should still be able to maintain human consciousness for a short time."

Those deep blue eyes in the darkness narrowed, and the Barbarian King spoke in a deep voice,

"Whether you’re a ghostly creature or a human, what does it have to do with me?"

Xu Yuan’s response was straightforward,

"Because I think we can cooperate."

At these words, a dense killing intent suddenly radiated from the Barbarian King as if it were tangible, and the corner of his lips twitched, seemingly with a smile,

"Cooperate? The son of the Prime Minister’s Mansion of the Great Yan wants to cooperate with me again?"

As he spoke,

the tall and robust figure in the distance began to walk towards Xu Yuan at a leisurely pace.

In the pitch-black corridor, the blue Origin Qi swirling around the Barbarian King made him look like a malevolent ghost crawling out of hell:

"Xu Changtian, I admit you’re strong now, although I don’t know how a soul condenser like you can handle the strength of Mortal Transcendence. But as long as you haven’t grasped the ’Intent’, even if you’re a ghostly creature, you can’t possibly be my opponent."

As he spoke,

the deep and visible wound on the Barbarian King’s side began to rapidly fade away in the enveloping blue Origin Qi, completely healing in a few breaths’ time.

Intent...

Seeing this, Xu Yuan suddenly understood some things.

The "Intent" mentioned by his maternal uncle and Xu Changge wasn’t just the oppressive might that could kill with a glance; it was something high-level cultivators couldn’t heal themselves of.

No wonder Luo Xiran, after taking his "Cherry Blossom Heaven Dance", was still full of confidence, stating he was not her match at all.

Because without the mastery of "Intent," he was truly incapable of harming her origin.

As he pondered,

the Barbarian King had already walked out ten-odd yards, staring at Xu Yuan, enunciating each word,

"I’m running short on patience now, you’d better speak quickly. What do you want to cooperate with me on this time?"

Xu Yuan didn’t waste any words, "I can take you out."

"......"

After a moment of silence,

the Barbarian King’s one-armed fist clenched fiercely, and the air seemed to quiver:

"Take me out? Do you know where this is?"

Xu Yuan’s demeanor also began to rise, and the Qingyu in his hand buzzed, word by word,

"I have intelligence on this ghostly body’s Underground Palace from the Prime Minister’s Mansion."

Upon hearing this, the Barbarian King suddenly bared his teeth in a smile,

"Just like that fox said, even at this point, you still want to talk about cooperating with me?!"

A fox?

Nan Jinxi?

Xu Yuan was momentarily startled, thinking of many things, and asked, "Nan Jinxi entered this Underground Palace too?"

"......"

Hearing this, the Barbarian King suddenly stopped in his tracks, his eyes alight with a mad smile. He retrieved a skinned white fox from his Sumeru space and casually tossed it on the ground, raising a cloud of dust:

"Yes, but your subordinate has already been killed by me."

Its limbs shattered, its head punctured, and its demon core removed, this three-foot white fox had no signs of life left.

Dead.

"......."

The moment Xu Yuan saw the corpse of the white fox, his heart sank.

He didn’t care about Nan Jinxi’s death.

To the Barbarian King, Nan Jinxi was almost crushingly powerful; if she had been unfortunate enough to enter the Underground Palace and encountered the Barbarian King, her death would have been inevitable.

But before her death, she probably managed to convince the Barbarian King to believe in some non-existent things.

The Barbarian King’s own people, including women and children, were already directly facing the sharp blades of Marquis Wucheng, the military god of the Great Yan, while tens of thousands of his tribal forces were trapped within the enemy country, with the decisive battle imminent.

At such a critical juncture, he, the greatest hope of his people, had been tricked into being sent to this Underground Palace, the location of which was unknown.

The Barbarian King’s eagerness to get out was self-explanatory.

Xu Yuan could think of this, and so naturally could Nan Jinxi; Xu Yuan could even imagine how the fox would spill the dirty water.

If Nan Jinxi met with the Barbarian King, she would probably speculate that the teleportation when the Kunwu Mirror broke would bring both him, Xu Yuan, and Li Qingyan to this place.

She didn’t need to be too clear; the more one said in the absence of information, the more mistakes one would make.

She just needed to make the Barbarian King believe one thing—that their prior teleportation inside the Barbarian camp was a ploy, a self-inflicted scheme designed to make the Barbarian King, the only potential wildcard, disappear before the decisive battle.

After all, the Kunwu Mirror that caused the four of them to be teleported had been broken by Li Qingyan using the power of the military formation.

And now the facts laid out before the Barbarian King were all corroborating this lie that Nan Jinxi had created with her life.

If it wasn’t a ploy, how could you, Xu Changtian, know how to get out of this Underground Palace?

If it wasn’t a ploy, why would there be a strange woman suddenly appearing by your side, Xu Changtian?

If it wasn’t a ploy, how could you, Xu Changtian, attain a power that could rival the Barbarian King’s in less than ten days, a ghostly power, yet still retain human consciousness?

Mud in the crotch—even if it’s not shit, it’s still viewed as shit.

"....."

In the ensuing silence,

licking the corner of his lips, Xu Yuan curved his mouth into a strange arc and softly asked the Barbarian King:

"So, do you now believe that our prior teleportation to your camp was actually a ploy?"

Upon hearing this, the Barbarian King took a deep breath, his bulging muscles trembling, and said with a cold laugh:

"How do you want to explain it? With your noble status in Dayan, tell me that my life is not worth your risking an adventure?"

"Theoretically, you should be worth it."

Xu Yuan shook his head, his voice very serious: "From the standpoint of the entire Dayan and absolute rationality, trading our adventure for removing you, the only variable in the decisive battle, to ensure the survival of the Imperial Court’s thirty thousand elite troops of the Great Yan and the safety of the Three Prefectures on the Northern Frontier, would indeed be a cost-effective deal."

The Barbarian King, focusing on Xu Yuan, had Origin Qi vibrating all around him, ready to strike:

"So, is there anything else you want to say?"

Xu Yuan took a deep breath and looked back at Li Qingyan, commanding in an irrefutable tone:

"Qingyan, you all leave first."

Having said that,

Xu Yuan then turned back to the Barbarian King: "You are called Chi Su, right?"

The Barbarian King’s eyes hardened:

"You actually know my true name?"

Listening to "I will wait for you in the previous cavern" echoing in his ears, along with the gradually fainting footsteps, Xu Yuan smiled slightly and said to the Barbarian King through a soul transmission:

"The intelligence network of my Prime Minister’s Mansion is far more extensive than you can imagine. Not only do I know the true name of you, the Barbarian King, but I also know that right above this Underground Palace should be your Barbarian Holy City.

"Heh... Look at that look in your eyes; you seem disbelieving. Well, let me, Xu Changtian, be clear then. What you call the Holy City is located in the Ghost Valley... Oh, of course, Ghost Valley is what we in the Great Yan call it, I’m not too sure what your Barbarian Tribes call it, but in any case, it’s a valley, and I should be right about that, shouldn’t I?"

"....."

Upon hearing this, the Barbarian King’s breathing became sharply erratic.

He thought of Marquis Wucheng continuing to march north... If the Holy City were exposed......

Xu Yuan, holding the Qingyu Sword, walked toward the Barbarian King, speaking slowly as he moved:

"Don’t be too nervous, the Great Yan Empire not only divides the Imperial Court and Sects, but also the Imperial Family and the Prime Minister’s Mansion. Marquis Wucheng is a loyal member of the Royalist Faction; he doesn’t know this information. Now that almost ten days have passed since we entered this Underground Palace, perhaps the Barbarian army is no longer safe, but there might still be hope for the Holy City."

"You think I would believe you..." the Barbarian King started.

"Believe it or not, that’s up to you."

Xu Yuan interrupted him, the Qingyu Sword in his hand fluttering lightly, tracing elegant arcs in the air with its dark tip:

"Chi Su, I’m well aware that people like you and Qingyan, once you’re convinced of something, won’t be swayed by others. That’s perhaps a sign of the temperament or quality of an excellent commander. Since you’ve already decided that this transfer was our ruse, I won’t say more."

By this point,

Xu Yuan had walked up, standing in front of Chi Su; he looked up at the Barbarian Strange King, a man twice his height:

"So, let me ask you one more time, do you want to get out?"