Chapter 470: Suicide Squad

Chapter 470: Suicide Squad

Chapter 470: Suicide Squad

In the imperial study in the side hall of Lingxiao Palace, the Jade Emperor looked at the team led by Wen Rui with a frown.

He summoned Wen Rui because Li Xingba, the Marshal of Lingxiao Palace who was escorting Taibai Jinxing on his mission to Lingshan, escaped back with injuries.

Li Xingba was seriously injured, and all the 500 Lingxiao Palace guards who followed him were killed, and none of them returned.

The person they were protecting, the special envoy from Heaven, Taibai Jinxing, has disappeared.

Li Xingba was also considered a fierce general, but when he was suddenly attacked, he didn't even see how the opponent attacked. He was seriously injured and unable to resist. He fought desperately to break out of the siege and fled back to heaven to report the news.

It was a stroke of luck that he was able to escape back. If it weren't for his mount, an ancient mythical beast with the magical power to protect its master and drive away evil, he would have been trapped in the mortal world.

When the Jade Emperor heard the news, he was furious, and the first thing he thought of was Wen Rui who was delaying and staying in Heaven and was reluctant to set out.

Taibai Jinxing was eager to make a contribution, but an accident happened.

Considering Wen Rui's shirking of responsibility and slacking off, the Jade Emperor always felt that there must be something fishy about the attack on Taibai Jinxing.

So without saying a word, he sent someone to summon Wen Rui to see the emperor, and urged him to set off quickly to die... It should be said that he was following orders to fight the enemy.

However, the Jade Emperor did not expect that Wen Rui was so active and he had assembled a team in just a few days.

As he scanned the faces of the team members recruited by Wen Rui one by one, the Jade Emperor felt more and more complicated.

He actually managed to recruit some powerful reinforcements from under the command of Taishang Laojun.

The Green Ox and the Golden and Silver Boys stood casually with relaxed expressions. They didn't look like they were meeting the emperor. They just treated the important place of the High Heaven Palace as their living room. They were very relaxed and had no respect for the supreme Emperor Haotian.

After all, they are Laojun's close associates, and the Jade Emperor cannot punish them for disrespect, let alone take over the responsibility and reprimand them on behalf of the saint.

Even when beating a dog, you have to look at its owner. His master is a saint, a person to whom even the Jade Emperor has to stand up and toast at the Peach Banquet.

Looking at the white ape carrying the iron rod, who was very angry and unwilling to obey, the Jade Emperor wanted to scold him, but he thought that the white ape was an evil creature who always refused to obey and could only be subdued by the Holy Mother of Gold Spirit.

If you don't know the rules and start splashing things on the spot, you will only lose face.

Besides, the White Ape Jade Emperor also knew his background. With the List of Gods in hand, the Jade Emperor had a deep understanding of the gods on the list.

Although the white ape was named one of the Four Waste Star Gods, he was a fierce monkey who fought with Yang Jian to a standstill.

The Jade Emperor had never seen with his own eyes how powerful the white ape was, but he had personally experienced the abilities of his good nephew Yang Jian.
——He challenged a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals alone, stepped into the sky with a three-pointed, double-edged sword in hand, and shouted that he wanted to cut his own head off.

At that time, the four marshals of the Lingxiao Palace attacked together to intercept Yang Jian, but they were all knocked to the ground by Yang Jian's one sweep. If the white ape had skills comparable to Yang Jian and started a disturbance in the imperial study, the three marshals and the guards would not be able to stop it.

The Four Waste Star Gods are the followers of the Golden Spirit Holy Mother, so it is not surprising that Wen Rui could pull him in to help the Jade Emperor. Instead, it was the boy and the cow under the seat of the Jade Emperor that were pulled in, which sent an unusual signal.

The Jade Emperor looked at Wen Rui with a complicated look. He felt that this guy was becoming more and more powerful. He had only been in Heaven for a few years, but he had already shown the signs of a powerful official.

After calming himself down, the Jade Emperor said slowly: "My dear Minister Wen, did you know that Xianqing Taibai Li was ambushed by demons on his way to Lingshan?" "Your Majesty, I don't know." Wen Rui answered straightforwardly.

"really do not know?"

Wen Rui said half-truthfully, "It's not entirely true to say that I know nothing. I dare not lie to God. To be honest, I had expected it a long time ago. I felt that if nothing unexpected happened, there would definitely be an accident. I never thought that an accident really happened..."

Facing a deity of such a high level as the Jade Emperor, no matter how good a liar is, he will inevitably reveal flaws. The only way to get away with it is to mix lies with the truth, with nine truths and one lie.

"Hmm?" The Jade Emperor frowned and said angrily, "What do you know? How could you predict that something bad would happen to Taibai Jinxing?"

"Isn't it obvious? Put yourself in their shoes. If I were a demon king raised by the Western Church, and I had committed a serious crime of robbing fairies, and two fairies had just been rescued, I would definitely be doubly vigilant, especially to prevent the victims from coming to their master to complain."

Wen Rui spread his hands and said frankly: "Some things, if not weighed, would weigh less than four ounces, but if weighed, they would weigh more than a thousand pounds."

"Taibai Jinxing went to Lingshan and exposed the case in the main hall. Everyone in Lingshan was embarrassed."

Squinting his eyes, Wen Rui pretended to spread conspiracy theories: "No one will welcome the visit of the Heavenly Court's special envoy, and it is inconvenient to publicly expel them, so we can only allow the demon kings to act spontaneously, or let a big boss take action personally. If the problem cannot be solved, then the person who raised the problem will be dealt with."

“Hiss…” The Jade Emperor’s face darkened, and he said, “Don’t talk nonsense. The Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are all saints who have achieved success in their practice. You are not allowed to slander or blaspheme them at will.”

"Ah, right, right." Wen Rui nodded and said, "Your Majesty is so wise and enlightened. How could the descendants of Po Xun cause trouble in the holy place of Lingshan? I, your humble servant, do not believe it."

The Jade Emperor held his forehead and pondered for a while, his expression changing from gloomy to bright. It was obvious that he was slightly shaken by Wen Rui's instigative lies.

"My dear minister, if what you said is true, Lingshan is in collusion with everyone, then the envoys we send will definitely go but never return."

The Jade Emperor said in embarrassment: "The plan of sending an envoy can only be abandoned. The only option is to send you to sneak into Xiniu Hezhou again to conduct a secret investigation. If there is a chance, rescue Taibai Jinxing as well."

"I am loyal to the emperor and I will be paid by him. Since your majesty has given me the order, I have no choice but to do my duty."

This time, Wen Rui did not shirk responsibility, but accepted the task without hesitation, but changed his words: "However, this journey is extremely dangerous, Your Majesty must at least provide me with some necessary support, right?"

The Jade Emperor frowned and said, "If you want me to order an army to attack Lingshan, I will definitely not agree. But I can grant you golden elixirs, armor, weapons, and fairy jade for your use, and allow you to command the mountain gods and lands in the mortal world at your will."

"I don't really need the support of these insignificant people."

Wen Rui waved his hand in disdain and said, "Your Majesty only needs to issue me and my team a 'permit to commit sin', so that Your Majesty won't turn his back on us and kill us after we've done our job, accusing us of acting without authorization and destroying the good situation of stability and unity in the Three Realms, causing the heroes to shed blood and tears."

"You! I am the Lord of Heaven. How could I be so unfaithful and kill loyal people?"

After just saying a few sensible words, Wen Rui lost control of his mouth again and started talking nonsense, which made the Jade Emperor so angry that his face turned black. He raised his hand and pointed at Wen Rui, his finger trembling.

"It's hard to say. In the past, several monsters received secret missions assigned by the saint himself, but because they didn't leave any evidence, they died miserably."

Wen Rui shrugged and said as a matter of course: "The past is a lesson for the future. Even saints can go back on their words. What kind of person are you, a mere God of Heaven? We must make a written agreement to endorse the legality of all our actions. We are the Guardians of the Galaxy, not the Suicide Squad. We must not interfere. It will cost lives."

(End of this chapter)