The Legend of the Dragon King

Xiao Bai shifted her gaze ever so slightly. “Step aside.”

The lieutenant colonel looked at her coldly, but he did not budge.

Xiao Bai took a step to the side and he immediately followed as well.

Xiao Bai frowned. She turned her head to the side to look toward Mo Lan. As the officer from the Federal Bureau of Central Guards, she was allowed to act accordingly to handle all sorts of situations when Mo Lan was threatened. However, the person before hers was a military officer, after all, so she was acting cautiously until she received an order from Mo Lan.

Just them, a clear voice called out, “So is the military allowed to bully others? Is the military allowed to act with impunity?” Soon after, there was a hand on the lieutenant colonel’s shoulder.

The lieutenant colonel turned his head sideways to take a look and saw a handsome face. Just as he was staring at this unknown figure, he was shocked when the pupils suddenly turned into slits. In that split second, he could sense an intense terror that made his hair stand up, despite his six-ringed Soul Emperor cultivation base.

Then, he was pulled to the side, unable to put up even the slightest resistance.

The trembling that came from the depths of his heart caused the lieutenant colonel’s body shudder all over. Tang Wulin’s hand on his shoulder had not exerted any strength, but it made him so fearful that he dared not make a move.

Xiao Bai continued to record while the police were already caught in a confrontation with the military officers.

If this had been an ordinary day, the high-ranking police sergeant might have taken advantage of the favorable situation and allowed the military officers to take back their people. Yet, he could not do so this time! He was standing before Mo Lan, so he reckoned he would be stripped of his uniform by the next day if he were to permit the military officers to leave with the perpetrators.

“No one moves.” The high-ranking police sergeant blocked the soldiers’ path. However, the soldiers were only following the orders of their commanding officer. The soldier at the forefront raised his soul beam assault rifle and swung its handle at the police sergeant. This soldier decided that it was more important to grab his people first and did not care about anything else.

Naturally, the high-ranking police sergeant had not attained his position by being an ordinary person either. Light flashed across his body as four soul rings rose from his feet. He grabbed the soul beam assault rifle with one of his hands and flung it straight at the soldier.

At once, the weapons in the soldiers’ hands were all aimed at the police sergeant. Instantly, the entire scene seemed like it was in danger of spiraling out of control.

“Stop,” someone called out gently. A person was seen running from the distance in quick strides.

‘It’s her!’

Tang Wulin’s expression immediately turned unpleasant upon seeing who it was.

Compared to her disheveled state the previous night, Shen Xing was like an entirely different person. She appeared valiant and heroic in her military uniform with her two-striped and two-starred lieutenant colonel rank pinned to her shoulders. It was not a simple task for her to achieve such a rank in the army at her age.

Tang Wulin looked at her coldly. He did not doubt that the day’s turn of events was all her doing. She intended to capture Tang Wulin all along, but she ended up causing such chaos. However, this also showed that she was backed up by rather powerful forces, or she would not have dared to mobilize the military so easily in Mingdu.

Shen Xing quickly walked to the front of the high-ranking police sergeant. She spoke apologetically, “I’m sorry. Please don’t detain our people.”

Upon saying that, she swiftly moved to Mo Lan. Under Tang Wulin’s attentive gaze, she gave Mo Lan a huge bear hug. It was as though she was a timid and affectionate woman and Tang Wulin stared at her in bewilderment.

“Sister Mo Lan, why are you here?!”

Mo Lan could not help being stunned for a moment upon seeing her. “Little Xing, what are you here for?”

Shen Xing straightened her charming expression. She came close to Lan and whispered into her ears. Mo Lan had a strange look on her face upon listening to her words.

“You must be joking. The military is the symbolic seal of our country. How could you mobilize the army because of your private affairs? What if you accidentally injured a bystander?”

Shen Xing lowered her head and acted as if she was a little girl caught misbehaving. “Good sister, is it not enough that I know my own mistake? I wouldn’t dare do this again in the future. Please don’t tell my father and sister or else I’ll be in deep trouble. I’m—I’m finished if my superiors were to find out about this case. Good sister, I beg of you, please?”

Tang Wulin was already stunned as he watched from the side. Shen Xing’s exchange of words with Mo Lan earlier sounded soft, but how could he possibly not think of her as a Soul Sage-ranked powerhouse?

She told Mo Lan that Tang Wulin was her boyfriend and that they, had had a quarrel earlier. She was angry, so she wished to bring him in for a discussion. As a result, she mobilized the army in a moment of rage.

This genuinely left Tang Wulin slightly speechless. What was this nonsense? Since when did he become her boyfriend?

In any case, Mo Lan’s expression revealed something to Tang Wulin. There was no doubt that she disliked the military very much as the representative of the Dove Faction. Yet, Tang Wulin could tell from her attitude toward Shen Xing that the lieutenant colonel was not an ordinary person. The powers backing Shen Xing would not make Mo Lan so fearful, but it meant Mo Lan had no choice but to handle Shen Xing calmly. Otherwise, Mo Lan would never behave in such a way.

Mo Lan turned her head to the side and looked at Tang Wulin. Tang Wulin did not utter a word because he knew that it was best that he maintained his silence in this situation. He did not wish to cause more chaos here and reveal his identity.

“Just this once and I won’t be so lenient a second time. However, I must tell your sister about this matter here. You can ask her to keep it from your father,” said Mo Lan in an unpleasant tone.

“Thank you, sister. You’re the best.” Shen Xing was overjoyed, so she wrapped her arms around Mo Lan and swayed back and forth.

Mo Lan spoke with slight helplessness, “Silly little girl! You’ve made people worry about you. What a waste…” Her ‘what a waste’ words were referring to this particular case.

Mo Lan agreed to handle this case without making it too public, so it would be much easier to deal with the rest of the matters.

The police were only too pleased to not have to offend the armed forces, while the military got out of there as fast as possible, hoping to distance themselves from the whole thing.

Shen Xing stood by Mo Lan’s side and looked at Tang Wulin with a furious expression. She thought to herself in secret. ‘It is all his fault. Nothing good ever happens as long as he’s around. Sister Mo Lan caught me misbehaving this time. This is simply too infuriating!’

The thing that led to Tang Wulin’s discovery was indeed the vendor selling cigarettes outside the cafe earlier.

Shen Xing’s clan that supported her was also in control of an extremely large information network. The network was inclusive of people from all over including small tradesmen and porters. Tang Wulin’s current appearance was uploaded to the internal information network for a search in Mingdu. The vendor shared the information immediately after discovering Tang Wulin which was how the entire incident came to pass.

It had been a while since Shen Xing had arrived. She had been hoping to capture Tang Wulin, but she did not expect that Tang Wulin could deal with four mechas bare-handed with such ease. Then, she noticed Mo Lan’s presence. Of course, she was aware of the problems between Mo Lan and the military. She watched helplessly as the situation worsened to an unmanageable extent before she hastily came out and eased the tension.

‘It’s all your fault.’ Shen Xing mouthed her accusation silently at Tang Wulin.

As Tang Wulin watched her lips move, he turned his head to the side and put on the hat without paying any attention to her.

Shen Xing was immediately frustrated. ‘Boy, don’t you end up in my grasp.’ On the other hand, she also noticed that his appearance seemed to be even more handsome than before as if there was something else added to him.

Being raised in a military clan, Shen Xing was very sensitive to a soldier’s aura. It was as if she could sense a familiar aura emitting from Tang Wulin’s body just like his father and grandfather. Even though she refused to admit it, she understood, deep down, that her heart had made space that only this boy could fill.

“You should just go back. Don’t behave so stubbornly in the future,” said Mo Lan to Shen Xing, slightly exasperated.

Shen Xing stuck out her tongue and pointed to Tang Wulin. She said, “Sister, can you please allow me to take him with me? I…” At this point, she blushed involuntarily.

Her acting was impressive! Could it be that she was trained on the Demon Island too? Tang Wulin could not help feeling speechless as he watched Shen Xing’s pretentious performance.