HPDBC Chapter 82 The Fourth Prince’s Lofty Ambition
Chapter 82 The Fourth Prince’s Lofty Ambition
chapter 82 the fourth prince's lofty ambition
translator: borntobe
that was an animal hide page. there were countless symbols drawn into the page. they didn’t seem exactly like words, but they weren’t exactly not.
“you can communicate with the barbarian tribes?” the white-robed man asked with astonishment.
the barbarian tribes were precisely called ‘barbarian’ because they lived just like wild beasts. but they had their own crude culture and language.
these ugly symbols were precisely the barbarian tribes’ script. many people had seen that script before, but they had no idea how to read them. it was completely unexpected for the fourth prince to be able to.
“one’s full effort must be invested into achieving one’s goals for there to be a profit.
“ever since i was young, i could see through my own destiny. at that time, i had already started gathering the bargaining chips that would change my destiny.
“i sent countless people to the barbarian tribes to try joining them, but they only treated those people as food. however, there are always exceptions in this world. one person was actually accepted into the barbarian tribes. then, i started to gradually gain a connection to the barbarian tribes’ power.
“while fulfilling our missions, my mother and i also raised our own power. to tell the truth, three years ago, i already possessed the power to help you seize the phoenix cry empire without the slightest drop of blood, but that wouldn’t have brought me even the slightest benefits.”
the white-robed man nodded. “continue.”
“so, in order to handle long tianxiao, i purposely stopped supplying him reinforcements. i also secretly drew the poor people in the vicinity towards long tianxiao’s army. i raised long tianxiao’s prestige in secret, letting everyone think he was a god who would protect them. i know what kind of person long tianxiao is. he definitely wouldn’t sacrifice the lives of those commoners.” the fourth prince indifferently raised his teacup and took a sip.
“chu xia, you really are talented.” that was the first time the white-robed man praised the fourth prince.
the fourth prince’s move had been exceptionally brilliant. he had used the lives of the ordinary commoners to effortlessly lock long tianxiao in place.
most importantly, that was a ploy without a solution. even if long tianxiao understood it, he was helpless. he was unable to ignore the lives of millions of commoners.
such a simple scheme had kept long tianxiao permanently locked at the border. even the white-robed man felt a bit of admiration.
“unfortunately, those barbarian tribes truly did cause me extreme disappointment. i secretly sent them so much assistance in terms of food and supplies, but they are still only just able to fight on the same level as long tianxiao. so, they ended up in a permanent battle of attrition. well, i suppose that is all that can be expected from those uncivilized barbarians.” the fourth prince shook his head.
the white-robed man pondered for a moment before asking, “tell me, where is long chen?”
“he should already be dead. if my calculations are correct, his head should be en route back to the capital. that long chen really is an oddity. but i’m not someone who likes the unexpected, so i sent marquis ying over. i trust that you know marquis ying’s power.”
the white-robed man’s expression changed slightly. “i know of him. his cultivation base can count as not bad. but using him to handle a small qi condensation ant is making a bit too big of a fuss for a minor nuisance.”
a bit of disgust appeared on the fourth prince’s face. “yes, that idiot woman was left behind by xia changfeng in order to control us.”
“you didn’t want to kill her?”
“well, she is a pill adept and has a particular status. i got her two handsome, strong men to wait on her. she’s busy with them and won’t bring any big trouble to us.”
the white-robed man nodded. that xia baichi truly was a complete idiot. he relaxed knowing that the fourth prince had handled her.
as for the death of her brother, she definitely wouldn’t care about that. they had never had any family love to speak of. as long as nothing bad happened to her, she wouldn’t care.
furthermore, xia changfeng was killed by long chen. even if she did feel some hatred, that hatred would land on long chen.
“right, brother luo, i have something i want to ask your help for.” after the two of them had reached a common understanding, the fourth prince directly switched to calling him brother.
“speak.”
“you also know that in order for me to control marquis ying and marquis wu, they have been promised that once this matter is accomplished, they will get half of the empire. back then when i promised them, i was fine with it since i didn’t have any hope of obtaining the empire. so being generous with them also didn’t cause me any pain. but now all of phoenix cry is about to land into my hands. how can i allow others to control my land? so...”
“you want me to help you bring them under your control?”
“pretty much. i hope brother luo can teach me how to make them listen to me obediently and also not have them form any thoughts of rebellion,” said the fourth prince carefully.
the white-robed man laughed. “chu xia, ah, chu xia. you are ruthless. you really are willing to do anything to achieve your goals. okay, i promise you that once this matter is finished, i’ll teach you a technique that will let you make those two into your slaves.”
hearing that, the fourth prince was overjoyed. now everything was going according to his plans. with the final part of the plan about to be finished, marquis ying and marquis wu had become his greatest problem.
back then, he had promised to give them control of half the empire. that was equivalent to them being local emperors.
that was how marquis ying and marquis wu had been coaxed by the fourth prince’s carrot and stick persuasions to secretly form an agreement. but only the three of them had known about it.
now the fourth prince had obtained an opportunity to free himself from that. he naturally was unwilling to have others control his empire. the white-robed man’s promise meant that he no longer needed to be worried about that.
although the fourth prince didn’t have a complete understanding of the white-robed man, he knew his origin was definitely shocking and beyond his imaginations.
so he needed to rely on him. as long as he had the white-robed man’s support, whether it was the phoenix cry empire or the grand xia empire, he would be able to have whatever he wanted.
now everything was prepared. they only needed one last thing. once marquis ying came back, the final phase of the plan could commence. however, what they didn’t know was that in this world, there was always one thing that never went away. those were called mishaps.