Chapter 71

A sudden gust of wind arose, the moonlight dimmed, and dark clouds covered the sky.

"Looks like a storm is coming! This time, we probably won't need any lightning, right!" Ling Xiao looked up at the moon, which was gradually being obscured, and said.

To be honest, he didn't look forward to being struck by lightning and becoming invincible at all! The plot in the original movie could be said to be entirely due to the protagonist's aura, but in this chaotic world, who would dare to claim they were the protagonist?

So if Ling Lingfa wanted to gain a hundred years of power through lightning, the final result would most likely be a pile of charcoal!

It was like an unsolvable puzzle. The strength of the Wu Xiang Emperor was undeniable. If Ling Lingfa couldn't rely on the lightning's boost, how could he win? This had troubled Ling Xiao for a long time. It wasn't until Ling Lingfa gained favor and Ling Xiao had met many experts that he finally let it go.

Just like he said to the Wheel King before, even if the Wu Xiang Emperor was strong, he was still an ant without reaching the Master level. Hadn't Ling Xiao seen many people at the Innate stage recently?

Not to mention the four famous detectives who hadn't grown up yet, the Wheel King, who was at least a boss in a martial arts movie, was only at the initial stage of the Innate realm. Even minor characters like Bai Hu and Cen Chong were at the Innate stage!

And that guy Ji Xiaoming, who played with Ling Xiao, was just a nobody, yet he had also reached the Innate stage! This showed how much the power level in the capital had been raised!

Thinking about how he had been secretly pleased when he reached the Innate stage, he felt depressed!

"What's wrong? Why are you sighing?" Foyin saw Ling Xiao's gloomy face and asked.

Ling Xiao shook his head, "Nothing, just some sudden insights about life, couldn't help it!"

Foyin looked at him with a skeptical expression, "Ew! So disgusting! When you think, even the Buddha laughs!"

"The Buddha is always smiling! Another smile won't hurt. By the way, what are you, a monk, doing here? Reciting the Great Compassion Mantra for the Wu Xiang Emperor?" Ling Xiao looked Foyin up and down and asked.

Foyin clasped his hands and recited a Buddhist chant, "As the saying goes, 'Lay down the butcher's knife, and instantly become a Buddha.' Even the most heinous criminal should be given a chance to recognize and reform himself."

"So you want to enlighten him with Buddhism! Master, you truly have great courage!" Ling Xiao said with admiration.

"Flattery!" Foyin's face was full of pride.

Suddenly, Ling Xiao said, "But Master, the Wu Xiang Emperor never uses a knife! How can he lay it down?"

Foyin was taken aback, "Well, with your skills, you should have a way to make him pick up a knife first." He said matter-of-factly.

Ling Xiao rolled his eyes and cursed, "Dead bald monk! If you want to see Qin Cao, just say it! I won't send a message to your master!"

Foyin didn't care, "My master wouldn't mind such things." Suddenly, he realized, "Damn! You really want to do that, don't you!"

Ling Xiao pretended not to understand and said, "My master has already entered Huixian Yaxu. Attention, all units! You don't know martial arts, so stand at the back! By the way, did you say something before?"

"… No."

"Ha ha ha ha!" A silver bell-like laugh echoed from the hall, so pleasant that it made one's imagination run wild.

Foyin stretched his neck from a hidden corner and saw a beautiful woman laughing and playing with Ling Lingfa as they entered Huixian Yaxu.

Ling Lingfa picked up Qin Cao and spun her around. At that moment, a thunderclap echoed outside, and terrifying lightning flickered in the clouds!

Qin Cao laughed, "We are finally together!"

Ling Lingfa felt a chill, "Damn! Who wants to be with you!" He looked at the lightning outside and said, "On this lightning night, it's the perfect time for us to do it!" He then reached out his hand to grope Qin Cao's chest.

"Ha ha ha, you look so sleazy!" Qin Cao teased, giving Ling Lingfa a seductive look.

"You haven't seen the sleazier side of me yet!" Ling Lingfa responded appropriately, then tried to pull off Qin Cao's dress.

Qin Cao stopped him with a seductive smile, "Wait! Listen to me, I feel a bit guilty! I just made your wife very sad!"

Ling Lingfa immediately declared, "For you, I would give up not just my wife, but even my life!" His voice was firm and sincere.

"A Fa is good at flattering girls!" Foyin commented.

Ling Xiao watched the scene with disdain.

Qin Cao covered Ling Lingfa's lips anxiously, "Don't say such things!"

Ling Lingfa held her hand and said earnestly, "I really don't want to lie to you! I am actually a secret agent for the Emperor, known as the Dragon Protector, responsible for secretly protecting the Emperor!" He stroked Qin Cao's hair, "I came here to investigate you because the Emperor was interested in you!"

Qin Cao covered her heart in surprise, "The Emperor sent you to investigate me, and now you are touching me! Isn't that treason?"

Ling Lingfa said grandly, "What can I do to touch you? The Emperor will definitely know!" He then hugged Qin Cao's shoulders, looking very pleased with himself.

"Ling Lingfa!"

Just as they were getting intimate, a loud voice interrupted them.

The previously dark and empty Huixian Yaxu suddenly lit up! The Emperor walked down from the second floor, and the guards shone bright lights on him, making him look golden and majestic. The Emperor was very satisfied with the effect, and the guards were secretly pleased.

"Your Majesty! Thank goodness you arrived in time!" Qin Cao pushed Ling Lingfa away and ran to the side, "You heard everything he said!"

"You!" Ling Lingfa stared in disbelief.

"If it weren't for Miss Qin Cao's secret letter, we wouldn't have known that you, a dog slave, were trying to steal the Emperor's woman!" Foyin said harshly, especially emphasizing "dog slave." Such a chance to openly insult Ling Lingfa was rare.

"You…" Ling Lingfa pointed at Qin Cao, speechless.

Qin Cao looked aggrieved and angry, tears in her eyes, "To expose this scoundrel, I risked my purity! Your Majesty, if you had come a step later, I don't know what would have happened…" She then burst into tears.

"Oh! You…" Ling Lingfa shouted in anger but was interrupted by the Emperor.

"Ling Lingfa, you have committed a crime punishable by the extermination of nine clans! Guards, seize him!" The Emperor said solemnly.

The guards moved quickly and bound Ling Lingfa.

Qin Cao saw this and a sinister smile flashed in her eyes. She ran to the Emperor, who was walking down the stairs, and cried, "Your Majesty, you must do justice for me!"

She still looked pitiful, but her hands were wrapped in a violent aura. Puff! The Emperor grunted as Qin Cao's hands pierced his chest, and he slowly fell as her hands were pulled out.

The guards watched in shock, their bodies heavy as if filled with lead, unsure of what to do.

"Ha ha ha ha!" Qin Cao laughed maniacally, her sweet voice now harsh and arrogant!

Then came a dramatic transformation. The charming Qin Cao instantly turned into the imposing and fierce Wu Xiang Emperor!

"Ling Lingfa! You didn't expect this, did you? No matter how cunning you are, you still fell for my trap! Now that your family will be destroyed, do you have any last words?" The Wu Xiang Emperor said arrogantly.

"You… don't be so smug! There are so many guards here, they could drown you with their spit!" Ling Lingfa pretended to be afraid, looking at the guards for courage.

The Wu Xiang Emperor smiled contemptuously, though his face showed no expression, Ling Xiao could tell it was a contemptuous smile. "Do you have many people?"

Before he finished speaking, swoosh! Black shadows rushed into Huixian Yaxu, and the number of blades pointed at them was even greater than the guards. "Ha ha ha, Ling Lingfa, do you have anything else to say?" He raised his hand to kill Ling Lingfa.

Ling Lingfa, however, was not as timid as before. He coldly laughed, "Indeed, when people are smug, they tend to lose their composure. These people should be all your spies in the capital, right?"

The Wu Xiang Emperor suddenly had a bad feeling. Then he heard a loud voice, "Wu Xiang Emperor! You scoundrel, I hate it when people dress as women to deceive me, especially such beautiful women! Fortunately, Brother Ling is smart and exposed you early!" Ling Linggong, Cai Xiang, and Wei Zhongxian accompanied a man in imperial robes, who looked exactly like the dead body on the ground, slowly walking down from the second floor.

"How could you?" The Wu Xiang Emperor said in disbelief.

"Why not? If we didn't use the Emperor as bait, how could we lure you out? Didn't you find the previous Emperor too easy to kill?" Ling Lingfa said coldly.

The Wu Xiang Emperor pointed at the dead body, "Who is he?"

"He was a death-row prisoner convicted of fraud. We gave him plastic surgery to be the Emperor's double and promised to spare his life if he survived. Unfortunately, the one who should die, still died!" Ling Xiao walked over and glanced at the dead body.

"You did all this, even beating your wife in front of me, just to make me expose myself?" The Wu Xiang Emperor asked in confusion.

Ling Xiao shook his finger and said proudly, "Your identity was already seen through by my master. The complexity was to make your subordinates surface. We just need to check who they contacted afterward to find all the spies in the court!"

Looking at the Wu Xiang Emperor's pale face, Ling Lingfa added, "To perform this play, my wife spent a lot of time rehearsing. Unfortunately, it's too dangerous here, so the best actress didn't come."

"Hmph! Even so, do you think these guards can stop me? I can kill once, I can kill again!" The Wu Xiang Emperor said arrogantly, his hands behind his back.

Ling Lingfa laughed, "Your martial arts are high, and you have more people. If it were just us, it would be hard to deal with you. But with these three wheel machine guns, it's more than enough."

The guards moved aside, revealing three formidable heavy weapons behind them.

Six long steel pipes were bound together by six circular iron hoops, with bullet chains scattered on the ground. Two wheels ensured the machine guns' mobility, and the overall shape resembled the oldest version of the Gatling machine gun. What annoyed Ling Xiao the most was that it had a crank! Was this supposed to be manually operated?

The Wu Xiang Emperor looked at the wheel machine guns, feeling curious but not afraid. He said calmly, "Interesting, but do you think this can deal with me?"

Ling Xiao and Ling Lingfa were taken aback, exchanged glances, and suddenly had a bad feeling!