525: You are so insidious!

At this moment, as the Night Watchers were shocked and couldn't believe Shen Bei had slain Hong Long, the situation wasn't only tumultuous at the Night Watcher Courtyard.

In a certain part of the Imperial City.

The Lord of the Night Watchers, the most aged royal clan member, Prince Wei, was currently by a great river. On the riverbank stood a willow tree, incredibly green, its branches swaying in the wind.

Under the tree was a stone table with tea brewing on it. Across from him sat a person who was pouring him a cup of tea.

He didn't drink the tea poured by the other person. Instead, he looked at the great river beside them, watching the river water churn.

"It's already late autumn; winter will be here soon," Prince Wei said, looking at the river water, then at the verdant willow branches, and finally at the man across from him.

In late autumn, willow branches shouldn't be so green. The Imperial City also didn't have such a great river. To be able to see such a beautiful scene in the Imperial City meant this was a blessed land.

Only the existence of a Great Cultivator of Divine Power Realm could transform his Domain into such a blessed land.

Looking at the endlessly flowing long river, he wondered in his mind which Great Cultivator it could be.

"Your Highness is right. After all, it's not a true heaven and earth. If the willow branches were yellow now, it would be even more beautiful."

The man sitting across from him said with a smile. Although he wasn't wearing a mask, his face was shrouded in a mist that made him unreadable.

"If your willow branches could change with the seasons, then at this moment, you probably wouldn't be keeping this Prince here to drink tea. Perhaps you'd be thinking of burying this Prince under your willow tree as fertilizer," Prince Wei replied.

If the willow branches moved with the seasons, that would be a true heaven and earth. How strong would you have to be? Why would you only be holding this Prince back, like now?

The man smiled, not denying Prince Wei's words. His gaze also turned to the long river, and he asked Prince Wei, "Your Highness, what do you think of my long river?"

"It's magnificent!" Prince Wei said.

"Only magnificent? Does Your Highness not feel any awe or admiration?" the other person asked.

Prince Wei glanced at him and added, "It looks magnificent, but perhaps it's very shallow!"

The other person looked deeply at Prince Wei: "I am very confident in my long river. I originally thought it would shock Your Highness, but I didn't expect Your Highness to be so calm. It seems the rumors that Your Highness has reached the Divine Power Realm are true."

Prince Wei looked at the other person and said, "You guess!"

The other person observed Prince Wei for a while, then said, "But I am very curious. Your Highness had a defect back then, so logically, it should have been impossible to become a Great Cultivator. Moreover, Your Highness holds a high position and is watched by many. How could Your Highness avoid people's ears and eyes when achieving the Divine Power Realm, which causes heavenly phenomena?"

Prince Wei smiled and said, "You don't need to use words to test whether this Prince is a Great Cultivator. If you really want to know, then fight this Prince, and everything will be clear."

The other person stared intently at Prince Wei. Whether Prince Wei was in the Divine Power Realm was very important. So they all wanted to know if he was. But they were also unwilling to act personally, because as soon as he acted, Prince Wei would be able to discern his identity.

"Does Your Highness not want to know who I am? If you fight me, you can also guess, can't you?" The other person also smiled.

Prince Wei smiled and didn't answer.

Both were probing, but both had reservations; neither wanted to make the first move.

"I actually hope Your Highness is a Great Cultivator of Divine Power Realm!" the other person added.

"Why?" Prince Wei asked.

"If Your Highness is a Great Cultivator, then some schemes become meaningless. Alas, all these tactics now are simply because some people don't believe Your Highness is a Great Cultivator. Actually, I find it quite annoying."

"Then why don't you just assume I'm in the Divine Power Realm?" Prince Wei said. "This Prince doesn't mind!"

The other person chuckled and said, "But what if Your Highness isn't? Then wouldn't everything done have meaning?"

Prince Wei nodded and said, "Forget it, I won't lie to you anymore. This Prince is not a Great Cultivator of Divine Power Realm!"

The other person's gaze fell on Prince Wei, remaining silent for a long time.

"You see... this Prince tells you the truth, but you don't believe it. What's the point of all these probes then? Forget it, you continue making tea. Your tea is quite fragrant, but you're too stingy, only putting a few leaves in a pot of tea, it's boring."

The other person's mouth twitched and he said, "This is Pure Tea, it has miraculous effects for restoring Qi and spirit. Just these few leaves are enough to make my heart ache. I only brought it out to entertain Your Highness."

Upon hearing this, Prince Wei let out an 'oh,' then directly took the teapot into his hand, opened his mouth, and took a gulp directly from the teapot.

...

Seeing this, the other person was speechless. If you drink it like that, how can I drink it?

He smiled bitterly and helplessly, "Your Highness's habit of taking advantage of others hasn't changed. However, does Your Highness, with such a mind for taking advantage, not worry about your Night Watchers at all?"

Prince Wei finished the tea in the teapot in one go, even chewing the tea leaves clean. He asked the other person for another pot, and upon being refused, he said with dissatisfaction, "You're so stingy even with a cup of tea. It's clear you won't achieve anything great. What can Hong Long, a dying man, accomplish?"

The other person, however, smiled and said, "A dying man is terrifying, because he has no consequences to consider."

Prince Wei then said, "It's fine! Before coming here, this Prince had a divination done at Tianji Pavilion. It said my Night Watchers would face danger but emerge unharmed, and instead, Hong Long would die an unnatural death!"

The other person frowned slightly. If it were anyone else's divination, he would scoff. But Tianji Pavilion's divination, he had to take seriously.

It's just... besides a Great Cultivator making a move, who else could cause Hong Long to die an unnatural death?

But where would Prince Wei find such a true lord?

"May I ask who Your Highness found to perform this divination?"

"I spent five coins and just found someone at Tianji Pavilion to do a divination."

...

The other person's face twitched a few times. How was this different from finding a charlatan? Although Tianji Pavilion had real abilities, it was only a small handful of people. The rest of the Tianji Pavilion members were a bunch of money-grubbing swindlers, relying solely on rhetoric to cheat people out of money.

"Your Highness does enjoy teasing people..." He no longer took it seriously. "Your Highness, please enjoy your stay here. It's estimated that in two or three months, Hong Long should be able to kill most of the Night Watchers."

Prince Wei smiled, sitting there and pouring water into the teapot himself. Although the tea leaves were gone, the pot's walls still held a delicate fragrance; the taste of Pure Tea couldn't be wasted.

Watching Prince Wei like this, the person sitting across from him also frowned slightly. Just as he was about to say something, his expression changed.

Then he suddenly stood up, looking at Prince Wei in disbelief and saying, "Which Great Cultivator did you invite to kill Hong Long?"

Prince Wei glanced at him and said, "Hong Long is dead, right? Are you going to continue drinking tea with me here, or is this where it ends?"

He stared intently at Prince Wei, wanting to see through him. But Prince Wei sat there calmly, sipping the tea-leaf-less water.

"Hmph!" The other person snorted coldly, his figure suddenly blurred, and he vanished from Prince Wei's sight.

The original willow tree and great river also disappeared, leaving only Prince Wei standing alone on a street in the Imperial City.

"What a bad temper!" Prince Wei muttered, stepping towards the Night Watchers' direction.

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