Chapter 139: Unanimous Agreement

Zhao Luran had only run a few steps when she saw Xingnong walking towards her with a group of people, their expressions full of urgency.

Great!

Nowhere to run!

Xingnong’s pace was swift, much faster than usual, even faster than when she was navigating formations!

Seeing Zhao Luran running towards her, she appeared delighted. With an innocent and naive wave of her hand, she said, “Master Tiger, are you rushing over to pay me the silver?”

Zhao Luran: “…”

At this moment, Songbai also arrived behind Zhao Luran with his group. Hearing Xingnong’s words, he immediately said in a loud voice, “Master Tiger, you truly possess the demeanor of a distinguished individual! You know you lost and immediately came out to pay the silver! Although you lost the competition, congratulations on successfully breaking the formation. To break the Peach Blossom Formation in half a stick of incense time is already very impressive! You are definitely a future formation master!”

Hearing this, the crowd also chimed in, “Master Tiger, a true gentleman! Willing to accept defeat and pay up! Truly admirable!”

Zhao Luran saw that both her front and back were blocked by formation masters from Chu. This was clearly prearranged!

She had fallen into their trap.

This wretch had been pretending to be clueless all along.

These lowly commoners from Chu must have all known and were acting along with her.

Only she had believed it to be true, falling for their scheme!

Although trapped, Zhao Luran was furious but had not lost her reason. She glanced around, not seeing her master and the others. It seemed they had left beforehand.

However, her two secret guards were hidden nearby, so she felt reassured!

It was good that her master and the others had left. Her master cared about face; it would be embarrassing to be exposed here. She would handle paying the silver herself.

Fortunately, they had agreed beforehand that if something unexpected happened, they would leave first, and her secret guards would take her away. Nothing would go wrong.

Her two secret guards were highly skilled in martial arts; taking her away would be as easy as flipping a hand.

Besides, as long as they took her away, she would immediately change her clothes, and no one would know who she was.

Zhao Luran looked at Xingnong and smiled, “I’m willing to accept defeat. A mere three million taels is nothing to me! However, three million taels in silver notes is not a small amount. I can’t possibly carry that much with me. Would it be alright if I return to my residence to fetch some silver notes and then compensate you, Miss?”

Everyone felt she had a point. Silver notes came in denominations of ten thousand taels, five thousand taels, one thousand taels, five hundred taels, one hundred taels, fifty taels, and so on. Even with ten thousand tael notes, three million taels would be three hundred notes. Who would carry so many silver notes around?

Of course, she had to go home to get them!

Formation masters were all reputable individuals. Those who could study formations all came from wealthy families.

Moreover, this Master Tiger had been very generous from the moment he appeared yesterday, and his skills were strong. In just two days, he had won over a hundred thousand taels at the Dueling Arena. So many people didn’t doubt his words, but they also wondered if he would take the opportunity to run away!

Xingnong smiled, “Of course, but you have to take off your mask and let me see who you are. Otherwise, if you run away, where will I find you to compensate me? This three million taels I earned wasn’t easy. I almost got crushed by boulders and almost got entangled to death by tree roots. It was earned with my life!”

The corners of everyone’s mouths twitched. If they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, they would have believed her!

When the boulders fell, she dodged more nimbly than anyone else. As for that pile of tree roots, she had them firmly grasped in her hand, unable to move. It was unclear who was entangling whom. They even suspected for a moment that she wanted to tear all the roots off!

Of course, Zhao Luran wouldn’t take off her mask. She waved her folding fan, “Since you don’t trust me, Miss, then come with me to my residence to collect the silver. How about that?”

Xingnong nodded upon hearing this, “Alright!”

Zhao Luran gestured with a “please” motion, “Let’s not delay. We’ll go back to get the silver now. Please, Miss!”

Seeing this, the others made way for them.

The two walked out together, followed by many people.

Soon, Zhao Luran and Xingnong left the main street.

Some onlookers still followed behind.

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Zhao Luran deliberately walked into an alley.

As they approached the end.

Two figures in black suddenly appeared, grabbing Zhao Luran from left and right. They used their light body skill to leap, intending to jump over the courtyard wall of the house at the end of the alley and escape!

At that moment, a figure leaped into the air from within the courtyard wall. Before Zhao Luran’s two secret guards could react, he delivered three consecutive kicks in mid-air, sending all three of them tumbling down!

The three fell to the ground. Zhao Luran’s two secret guards quickly adjusted themselves, landing steadily and retreating several steps before stabilizing their bodies, preventing Zhao Luran from falling to the ground and getting hurt.

At the same time, Songbai flashed forward and swiftly sealed the acupoints of the three!

The two secret guards: “…”

Zhao Luran: It’s over!

Chu Tiankuo jumped down from the wall and came to Xingnong’s side.

Songbai removed Zhao Luran’s tiger head mask and pretended not to recognize her, saying in surprise, “It’s actually a woman! Who is this young lady? Does anyone recognize her?”

Li Wenhao saw Zhao Luran’s furious face and widened his eyes, “She’s the Zhao Kingdom Princess! The genius young formation master of Zhao!”

Songbai couldn’t reveal his identity. He cursed under his breath. What genius young formation master? Idiot, your good granddaughter is here, and you don’t even call out to her!

Those who were at the Welcome Inn that day nodded in agreement, “That’s right, it’s her! She actually disguised herself as a man to come to the Dueling Arena and cheat everyone out of their silver! Shameless!”

“She’s used to being shameless! Last time she lost, she wanted to renege on her debt and even called us ‘grandpa’!”

“That’s right, it’s her! She takes the silver when she wins and reneges when she loses! Good granddaughter! Do you need grandpa to teach you how to be a decent person again?”

“Good granddaughter! You’ve forgotten your lesson so quickly? This time it won’t work. Three million taels is too much. Even if you call me grandpa or ancestor, you still have to pay the young lady!”

Zhao Luran’s face flushed red with anger!

Others: “…”

It was actually the Zhao Kingdom Princess?

The person they admired before was actually the Zhao Kingdom Princess?

They were disgusted!

Zhao Luran glared angrily at Xingnong and Songbai, “You did this on purpose! You colluded to cheat me out of my silver!”

As she spoke, Zhao Luran wanted to raise her hand to point at Xingnong, even wanting to slap her, but she couldn’t move. She could only glare at Xingnong fiercely, wishing she could burn a hole through her, “You must have known how to break the formation beforehand and deliberately pretended to be innocent and naive, acting like you didn’t understand anything to trick me into making that exorbitant bet with you! This competition was a trap, deliberately set to trick me. I won’t pay this silver!

All of you people from Chu are shameless! You lowly commoners from a lower kingdom, you want me to pay you silver? Fine, go to hell! I’ll burn paper money for you!”

“I’m telling you, I am indeed the Zhao Kingdom Princess. Release me immediately! If even a single hair on my head is harmed, my father will send troops to attack your Chu Kingdom and seize your cities! At that time, it won’t be a matter of just paying silver, offering tribute, or sending princesses to our Zhao Kingdom to be playthings! I will make you lowly commoners slaves of our Zhao Kingdom for generations to come! I will make you…”

Everyone was enraged upon hearing this!

“Slap!”

“Slap!”

In unison, Xingnong and Chu Tiankuo simultaneously slapped her, one from the left and one from the right!

Zhao Luran, struck by the immense force of the two slaps, saw stars and fainted.

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