My Divine Pet Enables Me To Become The Biggest Winner
Chapter 573 - 385: Adding More Burdens _1

Chapter 573: Chapter 385: Adding More Burdens _1

Although the first challenge seemed perilous, since it was only the beginning, its difficulty was not too high. It only took Owen Bertram ten breaths to decipher the structure of the talisman. As the talisman of the Siprit Lock dispersed and fell on the stone platform, a force from the space swept him up and whisked him away.

Before leaving, Owen turned his head and saw that Kawashima Yosuke had also deciphered the talisman in front of him at almost the same time, and was also being transported away.

Kawashima Yosuke paused noticeably, Owen arrived later than him, but they were transported nearly at the same time, indicating that Owen was slightly faster. Although the first challenge was not too tough to show any real difference between them, for Kawashima Yosuke, it was a little blow to his confidence.

...

A darkness fell before Owen. When the light reappeared, he found himself in a long passage. Then a spiral force of space spun around him, and the figure of Kawashima Yosuke emerged.

In front of the two, clusters of brilliance in the passage suddenly lit up. Then those radiances, like meteors, flew toward them. Each of these meteors was a talisman, each tracking the two separately.

Kawashima Yosuke guffawed: "Wood People, the real battle begins now!"

Owen sneered in return, stepping forward and opening his hands to shield the first cluster of radiance. With a slight touch of his finger, the talisman within the radiance dissolved, the light collapsed, Owen stepped forward again to meet the second wave of radiance coming from behind.

Kawashima Yosuke would not be outdone. He quickly shattered the first radiance, then lunged forward like a fierce tiger. With his arms, he securely captured the second radiance, rubbed it in his palms, cracked the talisman, and let the radiance leak out from his fingers like water.

Kawashima Yosuke moved like a beast on the hunt, leaping up and landing a few times, he was already leading Owen by one radiance. He dismisses his opponent’s progress, his eyes gleaming intently, focused solely on his task, recapturing a deep-set commitment and confidence: as long as I do my best, I will undoubtedly dominate the competition!

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After the cultivators entered the Hundredfold Path, the Imperial Scholars of Wood Dynasty came out in turns, led by an esteemed old scholar to interpret scriptures for His Majesty. The Emperor’s "class" was conducted this way, though the Emperor seldom paid attention to these scholars.

Originally, the Emperor planned some singing and dancing performances for entertainment today, but waiting for the cultivators to pass the challenge, these programs seemed inappropriate, so it was changed to scripture reading.

Soon the Emperor grew bored, yawned over and over, his mind wandered to the flying carriage palaces that Owen had built for him. He fantasized about how luxurious and prestigious they would be when completed.

As for the discourtesy earlier by the Sangdao people, he shrugged it off as his anger subsided quickly. He was mad mainly because the Sangdao people defied his face, but at the end of the day they did not interfere with his play.

However, the other Imperial Ministers were generally displeased. The Sangdao was nothing more than a tributary state of the Wood Dynasty. How dare they be so arrogant!

They weren’t interested in scripture reading either, their eyes fixed angrily on the Sangdao delegation, already plotting in their minds how to stir up trouble for the Sangdao people within their power.

The Sangdao delegation showed two extremes. Only three people in the delegation knew about the "great" plan. Now only Kawashima Yosuke was left. He sat at the top, listening with great interest to the scripture reading, looking very composed.

The rest of the delegation, under the hostile and threatening gaze of the Wood Dynasty, shrunk into quails, sitting there shaking uncontrollably.

The demeanor of Kawashima Yosuke, however, filled the insightful Adonis Dunn and Abner Lane with a secret apprehension: what are they actually planning to do?

The Sangdao has indeed made great strides in recent years, but challenging the Wood Dynasty is obviously beyond their reach! Even in the Hundredfold Path, they won’t gain any advantages. After all, this is the Wood Dynasty’s home turf. Even if the young Heaven’s Chosen truly lose to that Kawashima Yosuke, the Wood Dynasty can manipulate the Hundredfold Path in secret — the Sangdao people can’t be unaware of this. So why are they provoking the Great Wu Emperor and the Imperial Ministers, what is their true intention?

During the rest period of the Imperial Scholars, everyone got up to use the restroom or just stood up to stretch their limbs.

As soon as Kawashima Yosuke stood up, several others from the delegation followed. Avoiding the Wood Dynasty people, they questioned Kawashima Yosuke in a hushed tone: "Sir, what are you doing? Are you trying to bring total disaster on our Sangdao?!"

But Kawashima Yosuke answered evasively, "I have confidence in Kawashima Yosuke."

"This isn’t a question of whether Kawashima Yosuke wins or loses. If the Wood Dynasty Emperor gets angry, it will spell annihilation for our Sangdao!"

Kawashima Yosuke appeared to be innocently straightforward as he answered, "It’s just a normal competition among cultivators. The sovereign of the state has broad mind, he won’t take it out on our country."

The few of them slapped their chests and stomped their feet in exasperation, shouting "Our King trusted the wrong person. How did he choose such an imbecile as the chief envoy!"

After dismissing those few, Kawashima Yosuke suddenly noticed a young woman standing behind them. She was of very low rank in the delegation, similar to a maid, but since she was part of the delegation, she held a titular official position. The woman looked weak and fair-skinned, which could stimulate certain desires in males. And Sangdao itself was a place where hierarchy was strictly adhered to, the lower classes had to execute the commands of their superiors unconditionally. Therefore, every night, she had to obey the order to serve in the bedroom of one of the gentlemen in the delegation.