ATPnovel Chapter 1325 - 1325 17 Confrontation
Chapter 1325 - 1325 17 Confrontation
1325: Chapter 17 Confrontation 1325: Chapter 17 Confrontation Jiang Wang’s interrogation resonated loudly and sharply.It frightened the guards outside the city gate so much that they all shivered and almost knelt down.
As an imperial envoy, he commanded the authority of the heavens.
Standing here alone, Jiang Wang had the entire Great Qi Empire behind him!
Of course, the Great Qi Empire also included this small Ji City.
Who would not be alarmed by the wrath of the Son of Heaven?
The only one standing inside the city gate, Tian Anping, cocked his head, seeming somewhat puzzled.
Then he said, “You have an imperial decree, come in and announce it.”
At this moment, he and Jiang Wang were facing each other across the city gate.
One inside the city, the other outside.
He was inviting Jiang Wang into the city!
Jiang Wang looked into his eyes and, after a moment of bewilderment, saw only a deep-seated mix of indifference and madness!
The wind in Ji City was also oppressive, lingering low near the city gate.
Directly behind Tian Anping, the straight street was empty of any pedestrians.
All the shops on both sides appeared to have shut their doors for the day.
Jiang Wang, expressionless, simply said, “The decree has already been announced by me, whether you accept it or not is up to you.
Now, I intend to take Liu Xiao back to the capital under arrest.
If you wish to defy the decree, then come out and test your swordsmanship!”
He drew his sword, Longing, which shone like autumn water, outshining the sunlight.
The rope hanging Liu Xiao above the city gate was silently cut, and he fell, caught by Jiang Wang’s left hand.
Just like that, he held Liu Xiao with one hand and the sword with the other, staring coldly at Tian Anping.
He didn’t turn to leave immediately, as there were not many who would rashly turn their back to Tian Anping.
Now, the silence descended upon the entirety of this four-sided city.
Tian Anping stood quietly inside the gate, watching him.
The Ji City guards outside the gate silently watched everything unfold, holding their breath, daring not to make a sound.
Jiang Wang would not enter the city, and it seemed Tian Anping had no plans to come out.
Therefore, Jiang Wang, holding Liu Xiao, started to walk backwards.
He moved neither quickly nor slowly, each step taken with an even pace.
He maintained his confidence as well as his wariness.
Throughout the entire process of retreating, neither he nor Tian Anping broke eye contact.
After retreating nineteen steps, the distance maintained by the Voice Broadcast Immortal Style, he then stylishly turned around, one hand holding a person, the other carrying a sword, his blue robe fluttering as he ascended into the high sky over Qingyun.
Guard Tian Sifu watched the departing back of the imperial envoy as if he were looking at a Heavenly God.
This was the first time he witnessed someone daring to confront Prince Anping so directly.
Even the family elders, and even…
even the Clan Leader, couldn’t hide their wariness towards Prince Anping, let alone other members of the Tian family.
Today, Liu Xiao arrived with such an overwhelming aura and even possessed the Cultivation of Divine Arrival, but in the end, he was still hung at the city gate.
He found it hard to imagine, what kind of figure could stand so proudly in front of Prince Anping!
Son of Qingyang…
huh?
Tian Sifu couldn’t help but turn his head to glance back.
The silhouette of Prince Anping behind the city gate had disappeared.
He noticed out of the corner of his eye that his fellow brothers on guard duty had all simultaneously breathed a sigh of relief.
This day…
was too long!
Tian Sifu harbored the feelings of an ordinary city gate guard.
And Jiang Wang, who left holding Liu Xiao, in fact also breathed a sigh of relief.
Before seeing Tian Anping, he had many speculations about Liu Xiao’s condition, wondering if the Tian family had any hidden experts who took action.
But after seeing Tian Anping, that sudden sense of crisis told him clearly that it was Tian Anping himself who had created Liu Xiao’s current situation!
Back in Seven Stars Valley, when he first saw Tian Anping, he felt a deep apprehension.
That kind of apprehension was not merely because he had disrupted the Tian family’s operation in Hidden Star, nor was it because of Tian Anping’s crazy past.
It was the person Tian Anping himself, exuding an extremely dangerous aura, seemingly synonymous with danger itself.
The oppressive feeling he sensed from Tian Anping was something he had never experienced from any Neifu Cultivator.
After all, Tian Anping had been cast down from the Divine Arrival Realm; he certainly had some peculiarities that other Neifu Cultivators did not possess.
He could not be measured by the standards of an average Neifu Cultivator.
People like Lei Zhanqian, who were arrogant and self-conceited, could be defeated by him several times and yet still be confident enough for a rematch.
However, back in Seven Stars Valley, when facing Tian Anping with the cultivation of the Neifu, he didn’t even dare to utter an extra word.
This alone was terrifying enough!
And now, Liu Xiao, who was from the Divine Arrival Realm and wanted to kill Tian Anping, had ended up like this.
Even if Jiang Wang was confident, he did not believe he could come out on top if he crossed hands with Tian Anping.
The invitation from Tian Anping carried a very oppressive force.
The events that unfolded today outside the gates of Ji City will undoubtedly be known to the entire population of Qi Country.
If he backed down today and tarnished the Son of Heaven’s prestige, the consequences would be predictable.
Yet if he truly entered the city, it would be tantamount to betting his life on whether Tian Anping would go crazy.
Betting whether a madman would go insane—no matter how you looked at it, it was dangerous.
So he chose to take Liu Xiao away directly, betting that Tian Anping would not chase them out of the city!
The Tian Anping he saw the last time in Seven Stars Valley was different from the one today.
Back then, his hands and feet were shackled, looking like a prisoner; today, however, his limbs were unbound.
And from beginning to end, Tian Anping stayed within the city gates, even issuing an “invitation” to enter the city when “turning hostile.”
He guessed that perhaps Tian Anping, in this indescribable state, could only leave Ji City while wearing those Karma Shackles.
It seemed he had guessed correctly.
Despite walking away with Liu Xiao, appearing carefree and composed, if Tian Anping had truly chased them out of the city gates, he would have dropped Liu Xiao and run away at the first opportunity.
One should act according to one’s strength.
Qi Country is vast and strong, filled with powerful individuals capable of suppressing Tian Anping, so there’s no need for him to take this risk.
Taking Liu Xiao captive was indeed a safe move, as long as the “opponent” was Liu Xiao.
But when facing someone like Tian Anping, the danger was unpredictable.
This is why people were so wary of Tian Anping.
One could say that in this trip to Ji City, he was precisely treading a fine line.
The success or failure hinged on the control within his heart.
Having traveled quite a distance, Jiang Wang suddenly felt something stirring, his eyes reddening as he looked back.
It seemed to be some kind of declaration.
Under the watch of the Eye of Qian Yang, the square city with thousands upon thousands of cramped, overlapping room phantoms rose into the sky!
Every room was identical.
Just like…
the Inner Mansion!
Jiang Wang immediately recalled his first visit to Ji City, where he had spent a night.
He had felt that the layout and rooms in this city closely resembled those deep within the Inner Mansion.
At that time, he had wondered whether the Tian family, in managing Ji City, had constructed it by imitating the layout of the Inner Mansion.
Because they were too similar.
He had opened three thousand rooms in every Inner Mansion he frequented, not one room being different!
The apprehension he felt towards this city was one of the reasons he previously refused to enter.
And now…
That apprehension seemed to have found an answer.
Tian Anping had somehow managed to incorporate the rooms of the Inner Mansion into Ji City.
The entire city had become his Inner Mansion!
How could the people living in this city not fear?
It was as if their lives and deaths, as well as all their secrets, were entirely in someone else’s hands.
The reason why Liu Xiao, from the Divine Arrival Realm, ended up the way he did seemed to have an explanation as well.
Just as he, in his Tongtian Palace, felt confident to face any adversary.
How could outsiders possibly contest Tian Anping in his Inner Mansion?
Especially when this Inner Mansion is so distinct, and this Tian Anping, so extraordinary!