World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 528 - 273: Nearly Demonic Intelligence Sees Through Everything! The Bizarre Wedding!

Chapter 528: 273: Nearly Demonic Intelligence Sees Through Everything! The Bizarre Wedding!

Rou Ran City, inside the Fragrant Pavilion.

Suo Lun looked at the hunched over old man (Fake Zuo Qiu) in front of him for a long time, as if searching his brain for any related memories.

Then he shook his head and said, "Old gentleman, I never remember having seen you before. May I ask who you are?"

In his words, Suo Lun’s expression was already full of vigilance.

The old man playing the role of Fake Zuo Qiu was quiet for quite a while before saying, "Stop your actions with the Ashi Liren immediately."

Suo Lun couldn’t help but be startled.

Of course, it was not surprising that this Fake Zuo Qiu knew about his and the Ashi Liren’s actions. On the day the Ashi Liren and Ashimo were discussing serious matters, although this Fake Zuo Qiu had left, his ability to learn what Ashimo and Ashi Liren had actually talked about was effortless, given that he designed and constructed the entire Relic Castle.

However, what Suo Lun found strange was that he was so direct in his approach, asking him and the Ashi Liren to cease their actions.

Suo Lun asked, "Who are you? And why?"

The hunched over old man replied, "Who I am is not important, but please, you and Miss Ashi Liren must immediately stop your current actions against Ashi Luo, or bear the consequences."

This was an undisguised threat.

Subsequently, the threats from the hunched old man became even more exhaustive as he said, "I know you have some strength, but please believe, if I wish, I can make you two disappear from this world with ease."

When he said this, his tone was very calm, yet it was filled with absolute confidence.

At this moment, Suo Lun almost concluded that the man in front of him was from the Dragon Temple.

Only someone from the Dragon Temple could truly consider everything beneath them.

A spy from the Dragon Temple sent to stay by Ashimo’s side for several years? What could be the reason? It must be for something of paramount importance.

And now, Suo Lun had stumbled into their midst.

Without a doubt, this would affect the plans of the Dragon Temple.

And once their arrangements were interfered with, the other party would have only one choice, which was to make you completely disappear from the face of the Earth.

Even the Dragon Temple would not care whether you were Yan Ziyu or Suo Lun. Just like the Fake Zuo Qiu in front of him, who did not care who Yan Ziyu was, whether or not it was really Yan Ziyu.

As long as you interfered with their plans, you would simply vanish. Moreover, there would not be any explanation or warning.

So, Suo Lun quieted down and began to reflect.

The Dragon Temple was the most powerful and mysterious force in this world. The strength that was plain to see was already suffocatingly powerful.

Yet, it was like an iceberg in the ocean; what you see above the water is only a part of it, several hundred meters tall, already astonishing in its enormity. However, the part beneath the water, which you cannot see, stretches down for tens of thousands of meters.

In the current situation, going head-to-head with the Dragon Temple was absolutely not feasible.

According to Suo Lun’s plan, once Princess Zhen Yan ascended to the throne and he became the Regent King, he would execute the strategy that Zhi Li had been preparing for, marching from Barbaric Gorge into the Barbaric Wilderness Continent and expanding the territories of the Rage Wave Kingdom by double.

In the newly expanded territories, like the East Li Kingdom, he would refuse infiltration from the Dragon Temple and implement complete military control.

In his plans, within thirty, or maybe fifty years, he would one day remove the enormous entity that is the Dragon Temple, looming over the Human World, and turn it into a pure sanctuary of arts and culture.

But now, direct confrontation with the Dragon Temple must be avoided at all costs.

Even the sovereign of the Flame Empire would not dare to confront the Dragon Temple head-on.

After all, the Dragon Temple has existed for who knows how many years, perhaps ten thousand, maybe several tens of thousands, or even longer.

In known history, only after the Dragon Emperor unified the Human World and established the Flame Dragon Empire was the Dragon Temple thoroughly suppressed.

This was the only time that secular royal power managed to suppress the divine authority.

Shorty after the Dragon Emperor disappeared, the Flame Dragon Empire crumbled after a few generations, allowing the Dragon Temple to make a comeback and once again become a colossal shadow over the world.

The entire world’s human population was again ruled and overshadowed by divine authority.

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If you cannot confront the Dragon Temple, should you compromise, retreat, and give up dealing with Ashi Luo?

No, Ashi Luo must be eliminated, and Ashi Liren must ascend to power.

King Quo Bian is barely hanging on to life by a thread every day, surviving on sheer willpower and could die at any moment.

Once he dies, Zhi Li would ascend the throne without any obstacles, and by then, Zhi Yan would be finished, Suo Lun would be finished, Tian Shui City would be finished.

Suo Lun was truly racing against time.

In the current situation, there must be a gap that he hadn’t yet discovered.

If only he could find that gap and slip through it, he would be able to resolve the current predicament.

He felt that gap was there, but he had yet to find it.

He closed his eyes, pretending to consider his options. In reality, he was looking for the gap in the difficult situation before him.

His entire focus settled down.

And soon, Suo Lun found that gap.

According to Suo Lun’s deduction, this Fake Zuo Qiu was a man of the Dragon Temple, wielding incredibly powerful forces.

Moreover, his years of lurking by Ashimo’s side were for a matter of utmost importance.

Thus, anyone who stood in the way of this matter would only have one outcome, to vanish without a trace.

A silent disappearance from this world, without any warning, without any hint.