Chapter 832: 832
Lord Bowang, wearing an unsightly face, stepped into the chariot that had stopped in front of the imperial palace and gave a deep shout .
Three adult golden Ying Dragons flapped their wings, their nostrils opened widely and sprayed out two streams of white smoke . A fierce wind rose from the ground as the dragons slowly dragged the magnificent and enormous chariot into the sky . Three thousand heavenly soldiers, clad in purple-and-golden armor and armed with golden javelins, soared into the sky on their heavenly horses, escorting the chariot out of the city .
When Wu Qi and Princess Zhang Le walked out of the palace, they happened to see Lord Bowang's chariot, which was as huge as a hill and fully carved with the patterns of the dragon, flew past the city wall, heading in the direction of White Sand Bay . Several eunuchs, riding on large black vultures, were guiding the way at the head of the fleet . They were the guides the Chief Eunuch of the imperial palace had provided for Lord Bowang, who were also charged with keeping an eye on the crown prince so that he did not wander freely .
Black vultures!
Looking at the eunuchs' mounts, Wu Qi could not help but smack his lips . He had to admire these eunuchs . In terms of politeness, when the crown prince of the Heaven come to visit, the guides provided to him should use extraordinary mounts such as azure dragons or phoenixes, but they actually used black vultures! In Great Yu, black vultures had a special meaning . The stinking, fierce birds were also called the bird of death, who were considered the most inauspicious creatures .
Using the birds of death to clear the way for Lord Bowang was a sure sign of bringing him bad luck . 'Emperor Haozun is so mean,' thought Wu Qi . He did not believe that those eunuchs had the audacity to play tricks on the man . It was clearly the emperor's idea . 'Is he trying to curse Lord Bowang for an early death?'
He shook his head . Then, together he and Princess Zhang Le flickered into an invisible gust of chilly wind, blowing out of the city .
A few shadows flashed over the imperial palace . A few old Oracles in white robes appeared out of thin air with a whirl of wind . They glanced at the direction where Wu Qi and Princess Zhang Le had vanished into, grinned in surprise and whispered a few words of admiration to each other, and then blurred into gusts of chilly wind and went after Lord Bowang's fleet as well .
This was the second team sent by Emperor Haozun . Wu Qi had volunteered to find out the purpose of Lord Bowang's visit, and although Emperor Haozun praised the initiative, he could not put all his chips on Wu Qi alone . The second team was a group of Supreme Oracles from the Secret Palace who specialized in infiltrating, breaking restrictive spells, and all kinds of spying mystic arts .
Surrounded in golden light and auspicious clouds, Lord Bowang and his entourage arrived at Liu Bang's Changle Palace .
As soon as he reached the front gate of the palace, Lord Bowang's eyes went wide . He stared blankly at the five three-mile-tall watchtowers in Wu Qi's residence that was not far away from Liu Bang's and could not recover himself for a moment . Not only he, but even the three thousand heavenly soldiers who came along to protect him were also dumbstruck when they saw the watchtowers, all confused as to how freak was the man who had constructed such tall watchtowers .
It was a full ten minutes before Lord Bowang smiled bitterly and muttered, "It looks like King of Han is shabbily treated here . Aye, the man who had been ordered to keep an eye on Liu Bang is quite a talent . . . if I could recruit him to work for me, he would certainly make my brothers vomit blood in anger . "
Lord Bowang coughed softly as his eyes continued to wander about, and as that the chariot landed straight in front of the main hall in Changle Palace . Liu Bang had been waiting with a group of men in the square in front of the hall . As soon as he saw Lord Bowang strode out of the chariot, he hurried up and bowed down respectfully to the crown prince in accordance with the courtesy of the Heaven .
Before Liu Bang could get down on his knees, however, Lord Bowang had reached out and stopped him in a hurry . "Under no circumstances you should do this! You are undertaking a very difficult task, and you have rendered meritorious service to Heaven . How can I allow you to kneel before me?" said the crown prince . A plume of purple smoke rose from all over him, spread out into a mass of dense purple smoke and wrapped up Han Xin and others, stopping them from kneeling down as well .
Liu Bang smiled and bowed his head . "Crown Prince, you are my . . . "
Lord Bowang interrupted him with a wave of a hand . Taking Liu Bang's hands in his, the crown prince said affectionately, "You and I are brothers, so save those courtesies! I've told you that between us no courtesies are needed!"
Both men had put on a great show of the friendship between the monarch and his subjects . Afterward, they walked into the main hall, hand in hand . The heavy metal doors were then closed, keeping the few eunuchs outside, who Liu Bang's guards would bring them to somewhere for tea and rest .
Wu Qi and Princess Zhang Le had sneaked into the hall before them, hiding in a cloud on top of a pillar . Liu Bang was very fond of pomp and grandeur, therefore his great hall was of the utmost magnificence . It was filled with brilliant light and clouds, and all the pillars were made of the finest jade . The clouds that kept drifting out of the pillars became the perfect cover for the plumes of cloud Wu Qi had unleashed with his Natural Phenomena Medallion .
Using the Natural Phenomena Medallion, a small world was conjured around Wu Qi, which was then blanketed with a thin layer of chaotic energy . Princess Zhang Le, on the other hand, gathered the clouds drifted out of the pillars around them, covering the small world properly .
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