Chapter 923: Plum Blossom 6

Bai Ye was silent.

He had been in the business for so many years and had never seen such an incredible scene... It was to the extent that if this scene appeared in a dream, he would feel it was absurd.

But looking at the serious expressions of Chen Ling and the others, he roughly guessed what had happened, and his expression became somewhat helpless.

He slowly extended two fingers:

"First, the Twilight Society is not a group of bandits. We don't rely on primitive and crude methods like kidnapping to recruit new members."

"Second..."

"They’ve already gone this far, Plum Blossom 6, are you really not going to resist?"

Hearing the first point, Chen Ling and the others felt their behavior was indeed a bit inappropriate. Just as they were thinking about how to make amends, Bai Ye’s second sentence directly burned the brains of all three.

Plum Blossom 6?

Where did Plum Blossom 6 come from?

Chen Ling and Sun Bumian reacted first. A possibility that had never been imagined flashed through their minds. Their expressions became incredibly brilliant, and they looked up stiffly...

Even though Jiang Xiaohua was almost sold by the three of them, he still looked peaceful.

He covered his navel with his hands, looked at the light gray clouds above his head, and said gloomily:

"I thought they were going to bury me back..."

Bai Ye: ...

"You... you you you you... you are Plum Blossom 6?!!" Jian Changsheng finally reacted, his eyes widening in shock.

"Wait... Witch God Path, 'autistic', 'reclusive', 'crawling in the dark', and... holy crap, 'getting close will bring misfortune' actually meant it literally?!"

The three of them let go directly, and Jiang Xiaohua’s heavy body hit the ground with a bang, causing cracks to appear on the ground.

Jiang Xiaohua sat up reluctantly and let out a long sigh.

"You’re Plum Blossom 6, why didn't you say so earlier?" Chen Ling couldn't help but ask.

"..." Jiang Xiaohua was silent for half a minute, and only after the three of them were losing patience did he whisper, "You guys didn't ask..."

Chen Ling and the others: ...

"So, you knew who we were all along??" Sun Bumian clicked his tongue.

"Yeah." Jiang Xiaohua nodded slightly, "I crawled out of the dirt and saw you guys fighting... You guys are just like the rumors."

Jiang Xiaohua raised his bandaged fingers and pointed at Chen Ling, Sun Bumian, and Jian Changsheng one by one:

"The Actor, the Lion, the Fool."

Jian Changsheng: ????????

"You’re the fool, your whole family is full of fools!!" Jian Changsheng was furious.

Chen Ling was also speechless. He never expected that after going around in circles for so long, Jiang Xiaohua was actually one of their own... Fortunately, he didn't kill him to silence him just now, otherwise...

Just as Jian Changsheng was preparing for a life-and-death duel with Jiang Xiaohua, Bai Ye seemed to notice something and looked in a certain direction.

"Huh..."

Bai Ye narrowed his eyes, flickered, and rushed into the scattered dust.

Chen Ling and the others saw this and didn't care about anything else, following him one after another.

……

A-Qian gripped the young man’s hem tightly, walking fearfully on the Gray World land. Suddenly, the young man in front stopped abruptly, causing A-Qian to fail to brake in time and bump into the young man’s waist with a bang.

"Brother Li... why did you stop suddenly?"

She rubbed her head while looking forward. In the hazy dust, a man wearing a white baseball cap was blocking their path, exuding a terrifying aura... At the same time, four figures walked out from behind one after another.

Seeing the bright red theatrical robe among them, A-Qian’s heart trembled, and her little face turned deathly pale!

"Interesting..." Bai Ye carefully examined the hemp-clad young man, "The Martial Emperor is dead, and the Ancient Treasury of the Imperial Path has been severed... and yet, an [Emperor] can still appear?"

"Heart, isn't that the person you wanted to kill?" Jian Changsheng's voice followed.

"He certainly has a charmed life. Even after the Ancient Imperial Treasury was destroyed, he actually survived..."

"However, he seems very weak right now..."

Bai Ye, Chen Ling, Sun Bumian, Jian Changsheng, Jiang Xiaohua... the five of them stood like an insurmountable wall, blocking the path of the young man and A-Qian. The aura radiating from each of them was enough to slaughter the young man in his current state.

Without his subjects, and not being within the Ancient Imperial Treasury, the [Emperor]'s rank was only Tier 3.

The young man looked at the scene before him, his expression extremely grave...

"What do you say, Heart?" Jian Changsheng stretched his limbs, acting like a vicious henchman in a villainous organization, and sneered, "Should we kill him?"

The figure in the crimson theatrical robe walked out slowly and stopped in front of the young man.

Chen Ling was not surprised that Li Fu had become the [Emperor], but he did not expect that in such a short time, such a massive change could occur in Li Fu... The "Li Fu" before him was now identical in both appearance and temperament to the "Ying Fu" that Chen Ling had encountered in the Era Archive.

But the current Li Fu was all alone, even carrying a child like A-Qian... whereas the Actor Emperor now had the other three Sixes of the Dusk Agency behind him, as well as a Tier 7 Thief Saint.

The foundations of the two "Emperors" were worlds apart.

The young man's eyes met Chen Ling's gaze, and a light breeze stirred between them...

Both [Imperial Fates] sensed the other's existence, and a natural hostility arose in their hearts... This hostility was an instinct from the depths of their souls, a repulsive force of mutual rejection between the two fates.

The saying "a king does not meet a king" was exactly this.

Seemingly frightened by the hostility in Chen Ling's eyes, A-Qian subconsciously tightened her grip on the young man's wrist, tears welling up in her eyes again... She didn't understand why, even after she and Brother Xiao Li had escaped death and endured so many hardships, they had still ended up in the hands of this red-clad villain.

Chen Ling glanced at A-Qian, looked back into the young man's eyes, and after a long silence, spoke calmly:

"...Let them go."

"Heart, we're really not doing it? That doesn't sound like you," Jian Changsheng said, puzzled.

"He won't die now... Let him go."

Chen Ling waved his hand and walked to the side. Since Chen Ling had no objections, the others naturally didn't care, and they cleared a path for the young man and A-Qian.

Seemingly not expecting Chen Ling to let him leave just like that, the young man frowned at Chen Ling, wondering what he was thinking.

"I do not yet 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 have remembered it..."

The young man did not linger; he took A-Qian's hand and walked forward...

"I've given my name, what about yours?" Chen Ling's voice followed, "Should I call you Li Fu, or..."

"I am Ying..."

The young man felt the warmth from his palm and paused for a moment.

In that instant, no one knew what he was thinking, nor did anyone know what kind of struggle his soul had undergone. He lowered his eyes and continued his pace forward,

"Ying... Fu."