Chapter 98 - Flesh And Bone

The three elders looked at each other in speechless despair, they knew what they had done to the young man was quite despicable.

None of them had met Prince Eighth before, they had only heard the hearsay about the description about this mysterious Prince Eighth, people would say how handsome Prince Eighth was and how hard it was to capture his beauty on a painting.

Even the Imperial Painters couldn’t finish the job well, they would dedicate days to painting a portrait of Prince Eighth, but they would end up finding their painstaking effort not working out.

Just like this moment, even though no one in the room had met Prince Eighth before, but they know this person in front of them must be him, the legendary Prince Eighth, son of the Imperial Noble Consort, the proud of their Gu Clan.

The First Elder exchanged a few looks with the other two elders, you could always see a cunning look in his eyes, Su Liancheng darted the First Elder a glimpse with disgust.

The three elders rose to their feet and made a bow with hands folded in front at the same time, with that the First Elder begged, “Prince Eighth, thank you so much for coming. Please forgive our ignorant behavior, the thing is our Master has disappeared mysteriously, it has caused great alarm and trepidation in our village, that was why we sent people to Imperial Noble Consort and asked for help. Please, Prince Eighth, have mercy and help us, you are the Deputy Master of our clan after all.”

The Second Elder didn’t say anything, his eyes kept travelling back and forth on Murong Yun and Su Liancheng.

The Third Elder chimed in, “Deputy Master, I believe you have seen our village on your way here, we were looted and harmed by other people, it requires our joint response to the biggest challenge that we have ever met. I don’t know whether Her Hignnesss the Imperial Noble Consort has told you about our clan or not, but it was an accident that we sent her to marry into the Imperial Palace… …”

Hearing that, the First Elder interrupted and said, “We know we haven’t exactly been fighting shoulder to shoulder over the past years, but we Gu Clan holds you in the utmost respect. We are now attacked front and rear, with our Master disapperaing and the other Three Clans eyeing covetously on us, we will be at the end of our rope if you refuse to help us, Prince Eighth!”

Su Liancheng rolled his eyes and pounded on the table, “Useless losers, the lots of you! Have you ever cared for Her Highness the Imperial Noble Consort and Prince Eighth over the past eighteen years? But now you have sent people to ask for help, because your lives are hanging by a thin thread and you know how capable my Brother Eighth is, it sounds like bullshix to me! You are using Her Highness the Imperial Noble Consort’s kind heart.”

Su Liancheng wasn’t wrong, the Gu Clan had sent anyone to check on er Highness the Imperial Noble Consort and Murong Yun before, they had no idea how many times the Imperial Noble Consort had to submit to humiliation to survive the harem where incessant occurrences never ceased to happen, and how many times Prince Eighth had escaped with bare life on the battlefield.

But look at those elders now, they were brazen enough to ask for help just like this, it was no difference than just sitting back and leaving others to find a way out. It was shameful.

The three Elders were rendered speechless, especially the Second Elder, he wasn’t as shrewd and political as the other two elders, he just lowered his head with guilty.

Murong Yun still hadn’t said anything, he sniffed the tea in the cup and took a sip gently, ‘Great tea! This is Snowflake Tea from the Western Regions, no wonder it’s so fragrant! I will take some home for Qianqian.’

The First Elder cast a few glimpse at Murong Yun, trying to figure out what he was thinking about, but it was of no avail. He couldn’t get a single clue from Murong Yun’s unfathomable eyes.

And in the meantime, the temperature of the room kept dropping at an alarming rate.

The First Elder leaned forward subconsciously and said with a trembling voice, “Please… please have mercy, Deputy Master… …”

Su Liancheng crumbled the teacup in his hand and said, “Elders, please show us your sincerity, my Brother Eighth is willing to help you out as long as there’s a reasonable trade.”

The First Elder asked tentatively, “Is there something you have in your mind, Deputy Master?”

Murong Yun lifted his eyes and looked at the Second Elder.

The Second Elder took a step forward and said, “Deputy Master, I’m at your service, anything you want, I will forge it for you.”

Hearing that, Murong Yun smiled, “I do need one thing from you.”

The First Elder and the Third Elder exchanged a look and lowered their heads, they knew what Murong Yun was asking for.

A shiver of panic trembled in The Second Elder’s stomach, but he tried so hard to sound calm, “What can I do for you, Deputy Master?”

“I need the divine pair of swords, Flesh and Bone.”

Flesh and Bone was a matching pair of swords, a pair of all-conquering weapon.

Su Liancheng pouted, ‘A matching pair of swords? That’s some serious PDA! Poor me, travelling over one thousand kilometers with him and still end up stuffing with dog food, tut tut tut.’

The Second Elder looked o torn, he had dedicated his whole life to Flesh and Bone, he used human blood when he forged them, but he didn’t have the heart to see his people suffer… …

“All right, a deal is a deal, you can have them.” The Second Elder gnashed his teeth and slumped with a thud on his chair, like all his strength had run out.