Chapter 273 "Compromise"

Witnessing Yuan Tiangang's hypocritical smile and insincere words, Zhao Ji felt an indescribable disgust surge in his heart and almost felt nauseous.

Seeing Zhao Ji's hesitation, Yuan Tiangang mistakenly thought it was a sign of wavering, and the false arc on the corner of his mouth became even stronger: "You should also know that the establishment of the Snake Spirit Organization was inseparable from your father's support."

"I am already over 70 years old. As you said, I don't have much time left. My biggest wish now is to take revenge on Wu Zhao, and secondly to do something big and leave a name for myself in the future generations!"

"The best way to achieve these two wishes is to restore the Li Tang Dynasty. With your current identity and status, if you can return to the Snake Spirit, we will be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort."

"You and I are master and disciple after all, and the snake spirit will eventually be handed over to you! I, your master, really can't bear to fight you to the death!"

After seeing this big deal, Zhao Ji sneered in his heart. Regardless of whether Yuan Tiangang was sincere or not, was the Lord of the Snake Spirit an attractive offer?
He was about to repeat Yuan Tiangang's words: "Teacher, this rhetoric is just to deceive Kui Wenzhong, but can you still control him as before?"

"Between you and me, let's not play this master-disciple game. To tell you the truth, the imperial guards have already arrived in Liuzhou, and the Snake Spirit Altar is about to be destroyed."

"I have no interest in the so-called Lord of the Snake Spirit. You might as well offer a more sincere price, or I may consider it..."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Tiangang was not angry, but instead revealed a strange smile.

As long as Zhao is willing to talk, everything is acceptable.

Yuan Tiangang pretended to be mysterious, hesitated for a moment, and then laughed: "Your Highness, it's not that I can't offer a more sincere price. It's just that this is related to the subsequent plan of the Snake Spirit, and even if I tell you, you won't believe it."

"If I told you that I could make you the supreme ruler, would you believe me?"

Zhao Ji sneered at the words and replied without even thinking, "Of course I don't believe it!"

Yuan Tiangang did not take it as an offense and continued to lobby: "Look, this is it. But you should know that even the snake spirit controlled by Xiao Qingfang will not do some petty actions."

"I came out this time to do something that would change the world. To tell you the truth, Xiao Qingfang plans to use a human skin mask to disguise himself, replace the ministers and the emperor in the court, and then stage a drama of abdication."

"But if you are willing to help us, it will save us a lot of trouble. There is a real descendant of the surname Li here, so why should we go to the trouble of forging it?"

Zhao Ji sneered: "Why do I feel like you are dreaming? How can you replace the emperor and all the civil and military officials in the court?"

Yuan Tiangang was confident, with a fanatical look on his face: "Of course it depends on the magic of Luohe!"

"The magic of Luo River?" Zhao Ji showed an obviously surprised look, as if he was interested.

But he immediately changed his attitude: "I don't talk about strange things, I don't believe in these things!"

Yuan Tiangang observed the expression on his face, smiled slightly, shook his head and said: "Believe it or not, I, Yuan Tiangang, never believe in these gods and ghosts. I can only tell you that Luohe Shenyi is just a name. It is a real extraordinary force between heaven and earth, not a false statement!"

At this point, he changed the subject and said meaningfully, "If Wu Zhao had not interfered and framed you, your father would have been the third emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and you, as the eldest son, would not be out of reach for the throne..."

"To put it another way, at worst, you are a prince, how can you compare to a mere county duke? Join the Snake Spirit's plan, and we will help you take it all back."

Zhao Ji did not refute again, but fell into silence, with a thoughtful look on his face.

Seeing this, Yuan Tiangang smiled even more and slowly took two steps closer: "If Your Highness insists on not cooperating, then I have no choice but to report your identity to Wu Zhao!"

"When the time comes, you will face pursuit from both the Snake Spirit and the imperial court! Your Highness, you must think it through!"

Zhao Ji sneered when he heard this: "If you put it this way, do I have any other choice?"

Seeing Zhao Ji surrender, Yuan Tiangang's eyes were full of pride, and he laughed loudly: "He who knows the current situation is a hero. Your Highness will not regret your decision today!"

"What do you want me to do for you?" Zhao Ji asked directly.

Yuan Tiangang smiled slyly and said slowly: "Don't worry, Your Highness. Our current mission is to get rid of Xiao Qingfang and regain full control of the Snake Spirit." "Li Yuanfang is a great martial artist and a huge threat to us. He is now in Tuoluodi. You can use your friend's identity to get rid of him. This is a perfect token of loyalty! What do you think?"

Zhao Ji's facial muscles twitched and he secretly cursed Yuan Tiangang for his vicious mind.

"To be honest, I'm no match for Li Yuanfang. Even if I launch a sneak attack, I'm not sure I can defeat him." Zhao Ji evaded the question half-truthfully.

Yuan Tiangang narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhao Ji: "It doesn't matter, Kui Wenzhong is also in Tuoluodi, he will help you, with the strength of the two of you, there should be no problem, right?"

Having lost his excuse, Zhao Ji asked again: "You make it sound easy. Kui Wenzhong and I don't even know each other. How can he believe me?"

Yuan Tiangang smiled slightly and threw a jade token to Zhao Ji: "Take this and go to the inn in the middle of Tuoluodi. When the boss sees this jade token, he will listen to your arrangements. When Wen Zhong sees this jade token, he will also cooperate with you!"

Zhao Ji took the jade token and looked down. On the jade token was the mark that Xiaomei left for Ruyan, a two-headed poisonous snake spitting out its venom.

When he looked up again, he saw a puff of green smoke suddenly coming out of the place where Yuan Tiangang was before, and the man disappeared without a trace, leaving only his distant voice echoing on the edge of the cliff.

"Here to the west is a shortcut. You will arrive before Li Yuanfang. I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation! Hahaha..."

Zhao Ji slowly put down the jade token and shook his head: "Just like Kui Wenzhong, he likes to play tricks."
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In the small town of Tuoladi, the waiter led Li Yuanfang and Ruyan to the guest room upstairs.

In another secret room of the inn, Zhao Ji changed into the Viper's clothes, Sanxingdui mask, wide robe, and tall hat.

This disguise concealed Zhao Ji's height and body shape.

In front of Zhao Ji was a control console-shaped object full of levers, which controlled the mechanisms of the entire inn.

There is a peephole cleverly designed on one side of the console, which can capture any movement outside the inn at a glance.

"Which gang are you from?" Zhao Ji calmly asked the shop owner.

The shop owner bowed quickly and replied, "The younger one is from the main hall!"

Zhao Ji nodded slightly: "Our mission is to cooperate with the Shining to kill Li Yuanfang. When Li Yuanfang goes out and separates from Su Xianer, you can activate the mechanism at that time."

As the two were talking, Li Yuanfang took the prescription written by Ruyan, left the guest room, walked out of the inn, and turned to the drugstore on the other side of the street.

When the innkeeper saw Li Yuanfang walking away, he immediately activated the mechanism inside the inn.

At this time, Ruyan was sitting in the hotel room, thinking quietly. Suddenly, she raised her head and murmured, "No, no! How could there be such a town in this deep mountain for no reason..."

She suddenly jumped up, ran to Kui Wen Zhong, quickly wrapped the cloth around him, then lifted him up and rushed to the door carrying him.

"Click!" Ruyan looked back and saw a piece of iron plate falling from above the window, sealing it tightly.

Ruyan turned and ran towards the door. There was another loud noise, and a piece of iron plate above the door fell straight down and cut towards Ruyan.

With his extraordinary reaction ability, he leaped high and narrowly avoided the fatal blow.

However, the iron plate fell heavily to the ground, completely blocking the exit, and the two were completely trapped in the room.

Immediately afterwards, an invisible needle shot Ruyan from behind.

Ruyan felt a black screen in front of her eyes, dizziness, and her body shook uncontrollably. Finally, she fell powerlessly on the cold ground, and her consciousness gradually blurred...

(End of this chapter)