Chapter 165: I Can Make You My Principal Wife
Mo Ziyuan and several others gripped the long swords in their hands and charged forward.
The Third Prince watched from the side for a while, then turned his gaze to the horse carriage stopped in the forest clearing. No one knew what he was thinking, but he unexpectedly dismounted and walked toward the horse carriage.
“Auntie, bad guys are coming.” Lin Tao, lying beside Lin Xin, huddled into her arms and said softly.
“It’s fine. Someone like him, Auntie can take on ten.” Lin Xin patted his fluffy little head and said.
“Yeah, Auntie is the strongest!” Lin Tao nodded as if it were the most natural thing.
The Third Prince walked to the side of the horse carriage and happened to hear the last two sentences of the conversation. He raised his eyebrows and lifted the carriage curtain with one hand.
Three pairs of eyes turned to look at him in unison.
The Third Prince first looked at Lin Xin and Lin Nan, then finally at Lin Tao. He looked Lin Tao up and down several times, nodded solemnly, and said, “Indeed, he looks very much like my good royal brother!”
Lin Tao’s little hand clenched the corner of Lin Xin’s clothes.
“Miss Lin, I know you’re very skilled, but taking on ten of me isn’t that easy. Why don’t you come down and we spar?” The Third Prince finished looking at Lin Tao and turned to Lin Xin.
“Tch,” Lin Xin snorted, “Coming down to spar with you, are you the fool or am I?”
“Miss Lin, my subordinate told me you’re highly skilled, so I just want to know if you can really protect this child under my hand.”
“Sorry, I won’t spar with you. Also, I advise you to stay away from me and the two children. Since your subordinates have reported about me to you, you should know my hidden weapons are very powerful and never miss. If you don’t want a cut on your neck, it’s better to hide among your group of subordinates.” Lin Xin’s supernatural ability had not fully recovered yet, and she didn’t want to fight the Third Prince to mutual destruction. She needed to conserve some supernatural ability to deal with the men in black.
“I know!” The Third Prince nodded, his expression seeming quite regretful. After thinking for a moment, he simply sat down on the shaft of the horse carriage. “Anyway, they still have to fight for a while. I’m very curious about you right now. Can you chat with me?”
Lin Xin looked at the Third Prince’s calm eyes, her vigilance rising to the extreme, because she sensed that beneath this man’s calm expression was hidden a surging storm of madness, carrying a destructive frenzy. She didn’t want to provoke such a person at all.
“You didn’t object, so I’ll take that as agreement.” The Third Prince talked to himself. “I’m very curious, why did you choose to help my royal brother instead of me? If you’re willing, I can make you my principal wife. After I clear the obstacles and ascend the throne, you’ll be the empress who rules the world, with all women prostrating at your feet. Isn’t that better than now?”
Lin Xin: “······” I’m not crazy. Ruling the world? Whoever wants that exhausting job can have it. Stay away from me!
The Third Prince seemed not to need her answer; as long as her gaze didn’t leave him, he could keep chatting by himself all day.
He continued, “Oh, right, I forgot. You’re a person indifferent to fame and fortune, so you probably won’t like that nonsense about ruling the world.” He rubbed his forehead, seeming quite troubled. “But what to do? You’re too capable, so capable that I can’t allow your existence when I take control of the world.”
“That’s easy,” Hearing him speak at such length, Lin Xin couldn’t help but interject: “You just don’t take control of the world.”
“Also, let me tell you, people should never obsess over doing things they’re not capable of achieving. Like you, you don’t have much real skill, but plenty of crooked tricks. If someone like you becomes emperor, can the people live well? So I advise you, stop making trouble. Being an idle prince is great—you have power and money. Why bother striving so hard for the throne to no good end!”
“Bastard!” The Third Prince suddenly flipped out upon hearing Lin Xin’s words. His right hand formed a claw and grabbed at Lin Xin’s face. Lin Xin tilted her head back to dodge, and likewise reached out with her right hand to grab his wrist, but he evaded at a very tricky angle.
“Not bad, you do have some skill. Again!” The Third Prince said, grabbing at her head and face once more.
Anger flared up in Lin Xin’s heart in an instant. These two moves of his were clearly aimed at disfiguring her. She no longer held back and used full strength. Her double fists swung out from below at an angle—one fist to block the Third Prince’s claw, the other aimed at his ribs.
The Third Prince spun like lightning, dodging the punch to his ribs, but his right forearm solidly took a hit from Lin Xin. Instantly, his entire arm went numb and he couldn’t lift it at all. He was shocked in his heart.
He was well aware of his own strength. From childhood, he had trained with experts found by his maternal grandfather, excelling not only in internal kung fu but also having a body tempered to extreme toughness. He had sparred with numerous experts and clashed head-on several times, but had never encountered anything like today. His wariness of Lin Xin rose another level.
Lin Xin was also quite shocked. That punch just now had been her full power, a direct head-on clash with the Third Prince with no holding back. A fist that could smash a wall had hit his arm, yet he was completely fine. Could it really be that heaven was going to take her today?
At this thought, she regretted once more why she had awakened the useless water-wood supernatural ability. If it were lightning type, how great that would be—she could directly strike this annoying madman in front of her and let him taste being struck by lightning.
With wariness in his heart, the Third Prince no longer lingered on the horse carriage. He looked seriously at Lin Xin: “My words have always been effective. Wait until they all die in a bit, and I’ll ask you again. Remember to think it over carefully. Even if not for yourself, what about your younger brother? Are you willing to let him die with you?”
Lin Xin: ￥＃％￥＆……％＆, he actually dares to threaten me. If my supernatural ability weren’t depleted right now, I’d turn you into a dry corpse in a minute!
She thought furiously and looked toward Mo Ziyuan and the others in the fighting.
The Third Prince left the horse carriage and returned to his big white horse, mounting it with a leap. He too began seriously watching the fighting crowd.
The ground was already littered with quite a few severed limbs and arms, as well as corpses of men in black. Mo Ziyuan and the others were also very disheveled, their bodies and faces splattered with blood and filth. The long swords in their hands were completely covered by blood, hiding their original gleam.
The Third Prince narrowed his eyes. He hadn’t expected Mo Ziyuan and the others to be so resilient. He had clearly chosen to strike when they were most fatigued, so why could they still kill so many of his men?
Mo Ziyuan swung out another sword, slashing open a man in black’s chest. Red blood sprayed out, splattering on his face, even getting a bit in his eyes.
He took a moment to wipe his face. At that instant, a long sword thrust from behind him. It was too late to dodge.
A “puchi” sound of a sharp weapon entering flesh rang out. The expected pain did not come. Mo Ziyuan turned his head and saw Fu Jing standing with his back to him, a bit of a shiny sword tip faintly protruding from his right shoulder blade.
