Indestructible Body Of Vajra Of The Village Leader

”It seems Master Jiang, you have agreed. Come, let me toast with tea instead of wine, to your honor.”

Li Xiangfang’s face showed a pleased smile, as she took the initiative to move forward and personally fill Jiang Dali’s cup to the brim with tea. As she bent over, a careless flash of snow-white peeked from the relatively open neckline, paired with a green jade gold pendant hanging from her neck, bewitching the eye.

Suddenly, Jiang Dali reached out and firmly grabbed Li Xiangfang’s wrist, which rivaled the snow in its fairness.

”Master Jiang!?”

Li Xiangfang’s expression flashed with shock, her eyes revealing a mixture of panic and shyness.

She was very clear about what expression to show at this time to excite and thoroughly enthrall a man.

However, at this moment, Jiang Dali was only staring intensely into her eyes, until the panic and shyness in Li Xiangfang’s eyes could no longer be maintained and gradually faded, causing an unexplainable unease and fear in her heart.

This unease was genuine, not feigned.

It felt as though some secret had been seen, terrifyingly exposed under a piercing gaze.

”Master Jiang! You’re hurting me.”

Li Xiangfang felt the grip on her wrist tightening, she struggled to twist it away as pain wrinkled her brow, and a not particularly lengthy blood bar appeared on her forehead.

”Oh? Is that so? It seems I have been too impulsive,” said Jiang Dali, glancing at the blood bar above Li Xiangfang’s head with a smirk. He casually let go of her wrist, raised his teacup, drank its contents in one gulp, then placed it down, and calmly said, ”Well then, the business we needed to discuss is concluded, and the tea has been drunk. We are now approaching the shore, and I have other important matters to attend to, so I will take my leave.”

”Master, you’re leaving so soon?”

Li Xiangfang watched in astonishment as Jiang Dali rose from his seat with decisive swiftness, feeling an inexplicable sense of defeat in her heart.

In normal times, she had never served anyone with such zealous attentiveness, always maintaining the dignity and presence befitting her status as a Princess. That was enough to make any man sit upright, nervously, in her presence.

But now, despite her warm and eager service, aside from Jiang Dali’s momentarily proactive behavior, it seemed as if his interest in her had quickly waned, and that was incredibly frustrating.

”If I don’t leave, what should I do, stay and spend a charming evening with you, Princess of Tang?” sneered Jiang Dali with a sidelong glance.

”This....”

Li Xiangfang blushed, shyly lowering her head, ”Master, you speak so bluntly. In that case, Xiangfang will escort you off the boat.”

Two incense sticks later.

Jiang Dali disembarked from the merchant ship, personally seen off by Li Xiangfang.

And Li Xiangfang also got into the ceremonial carriage that had arrived at the dock, watching from afar as Jiang Dali and his entourage got onto the Demon Hawk and flew away, her gaze flickering as she lowered her head to enter the exceedingly spacious carriage.

Inside the carriage, there was another woman who bore a striking nine-point resemblance to Li Xiangfang.

This woman had a colder temperament and more imposing presence than Li Xiangfang, exuding the nobility and intimidation of someone of high status. This was the true Princess of Tang, Li Xiangfang.

Both the first time and this time, the Li Xiangfang that Jiang Dali had met was actually just a fake substitute.

”Princess!”

The fake Li Xiangfang respectfully saluted the woman of icy dignity and reported the events that had taken place on the merchant ship to the real Princess in detail.

”Hm! You did very well. Trading a spot for a victory in the wager between His Majesty and the Fourth Prince this time was worth it,” the true Li Xiangfang calmly nodded with approval. ”Moreover, through this incident, the Black Wind Village Chief has, in a sense, joined our camp. Prospecting future cooperation for mutual benefit will assist me in securing more interests and a better position within the Imperial Family. When I passed you the emergency information earlier, I was already prepared to lose to the Fourth Prince.

I never expected... that the Black Wind Village Chief would turn out to be my blessing in disguise.”

”Thank you for your praise, Princess. I will perform even better when dealing with the Black Wind Village Chief in the future. However, I truly do not understand. It seems the Black Wind Village Chief is not really interested in women; it appears quite difficult to sway him through beauty.”

”He’s not uninterested in beauty; he’s extremely rational and calm. I can even tell that before he achieves his true goal, he will not lightly indulge in other pleasures. Such a person is terrifying. As I said before, he is a man difficult to control. When you deal with him in the future, consider more from the perspective of mutual interests.”

”Understood!”

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”Li Xiangfang... Princess Li...”

High in the sky, Jiang Dali sat upon the Ice Soul Jade Stone throne, his gaze following the carriage Li Xiangfang boarded until it became a tiny speck in his eyes.

”The beautiful and dignified Princess Li has left, Master. Your soul can return now.”

Wang Yuyan’s voice rose up from the side, reminding him.

Jiang Dali withdrew his gaze and looked towards Wang Yuyan, speaking indifferently, ”Do you think I’m enchanted by Li Xiangfang?”

Wang Yuyan’s delicate brows furrowed slightly as she turned her head, ”Could it be not so?”

”Hehehe, of course not.”

Jiang Dali’s expression grew colder as he said, ”I suspect that the Li Xiangfang I’ve seen from beginning to end is not the true Princess of Tang Country.”

”What?”

The originally amused Ancestor Gold Palace and Yu Cheng’an were both startled, astonished by Jiang Dali’s shocking conjecture.

Wang Yuyan was also greatly surprised and curious, ”Not the real Princess of Tang Country? How did you know? Where is the real princess then?”

”The real princess might have been just inside the carriage we just passed, as for how I know.”

Jiang Dali pointed to his head with his finger and smiled, ”Feeling!”

”Feeling?”

All three looked doubtful.

Yet, Jiang Dali had almost certainly determined in his heart that the Li Xiangfang he had seen was just a false impersonator.

The reason was that the other party, being a Princess of Tang Country, had not a trace of Dragon Energy about her.

It was instead the carriage he had unintentionally passed by that seemed to conceal a fleeting and extremely subtle trace of Dragon Energy.

Furthermore, the most important thing was that earlier on the merchant ship, the moment he had grabbed Li Xiangfang’s wrist, it had been determined as an attack on her.

At that moment, Li Xiangfang’s blood bar also revealed itself.

Such a short blood bar, it didn’t seem at all like the enhanced template a princess of a country should possess.

”Members of the Imperial Family, to live safely to this age, and for a woman to compete with princes, indeed none of them are to be trifled with.”

Jiang Dali mused internally but did not explain any of this to Wang Yuyan and the others.

It was sufficient for him to be aware of these things on his own.

After collecting his thoughts.

Jiang Dali instructed Demon Hawk to continue flying towards the direction of Ice and Fire Island, while he pretended to close his eyes and rest, quietly opening Jianghu Forum to observe if there were any latest updates about Iron Gall Divine Constable Zhu Wushi.

Since leaving Hulong Manor and heading out to sea, two days had gone by.

Iron Gall Divine Constable Zhu Wushi had also been on the road, rushing back to Hulong Manor for two days.

During these two days.

Jiang Dali kept a constant eye on Jianghu Forum, aware that Iron Gall Divine Constable had not concealed his movements while traveling, but was instead galloping openly on the official roads.

This naturally provided many players the chance to encounter Iron Gall Divine Constable, posting various latest updates about him on Jianghu Forum, drawing the attention of countless people.

However, over these two days, neither Rain Covering Sword Lang Fan Yun nor Cihang Jingzhai’s Yan Jing’an seemed to have caught up with Iron Gall Divine Constable Zhu Wushi, as if they had given up on the idea of intercepting him.

But Jiang Dali was very clear that the two would definitely make their move.

Even when they did, it was very likely not just the two of them, perhaps even stronger experts would join.

Because he had already stated clearly and profoundly with his own power to Lang Fan Yun and Yan Jing’an, that relying solely on the two of them, they were no match for Iron Gall Divine Constable.

”Seven days, if the Ming Emperor truly intends to capture Iron Gall Divine Hou, then the perilous and vicious battle should erupt within the next two days.”

Jiang Dali browsed through the forum, noting that it only displayed his own appearance in the coastal city of Tang Country and other well-known NPCs in the Martial World, with no additional latest intelligence on Iron Gall Divine Constable Zhu Wushi.

The latest tracking posts indicated that Iron Gall Divine Hou was nearly back to the Earth Realm of Hulong Manor.

Acting as if he knew Hulong Manor had been burned but still stubbornly wanting to go back and see for himself.

”Once at Hulong Manor, that should be soon. Lang Fan Yun and Yan Jing’an will find him shortly! Zhu Wushi, let’s see if you can continue to hide your strength this time?”

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(Phew! Finally finished writing, feeling sleepy. Off to sleep I go. Everyone, seeing how hard I’ve worked to write, throw in more monthly tickets, please.)