novelraw Chapter 456: Aftermath
Chapter 456: Aftermath
Meanwhile, at the Governor’s Residence.
The Governor got ready when he heard the Dark Lord say "It’s time" earlier.
He opened the doors to his room and waited.
It didn’t take long and the familiar face of the Dark Lord appeared with something on his back.
"It must have been hard for you." The Dark Lord said and he entered the room.
The Governor sighed and nodded his head, "It was indeed an eye opener for me."
Lee Yi Hong’s experience being the Governor had made him much more resolved to destroy all the clans and sects so that the mortals would be able to lead a better life.
He saw no other way out of it.
"Get ready and we shall be on the move again." The Dark Lord said and placed down the thing that he had carried on his back.
The thing was as tall as the Dark Lord when it stood beside him.
The Dark Lord proceeded to unwrap the cover and revealed what was inside of it.
It was a body, or more precisely, a body that was created by the Dark Lord.
If you looked carefully, the face of the body looked like Lee Yi Hong.
Lee Yi Hong came up to the body and inspected it carefully.
He marveled at the likeness of it to him and he nodded at the Dark Lord.
"I guarantee that your sacrifice will be worth it.
"The Sima Family and the Six Pulse Sword Sect would be going after each other’s throats in the foreseeable future.
"There will also be grievances between the Sima Family and the Qing Feng Sect.
"And with them weakened and busy with each other, they wouldn’t be able to stop what we will be doing next."
The Dark Lord said and he gestured for Lee Yi Hong to stand next to the body.
Lee Yi Hong did so and the Dark Lord placed his hand onto the forehead of the Governor.
The Dark Lord’s hand gave out a dark glow before he lifted it away from the forehead of the Governor.
Strands of glowing threads could be seen dangling between the Dark Lord’s hand and the Governor’s forehead when he did so.
It took a while and the Dark Lord pulled back his arm before he placed his hand onto the body that looked like Lee Yi Hong.
The body’s eyes opened while the eyes of the Governor closed.
"It might take a while to get used to it." The Dark Lord said and Lee Yi Hong raised the arms of his new body to check if he could wriggle his fingers.
Lee Yi Hong was satisfied when he could do so and he glanced over to the Governor’s body which he had been inside for quite some time.
It was so familiar and unfamiliar to him at the same time.
The Dark Lord held his hands onto the body of the Governor before it dropped to the ground and the Dark Lord opened his mouth.
An insect crawled out of his mouth and it flew over to the Governor’s mouth.
It used its long legs to pry the mouth of the Governor open and it crawled into the Governor’s mouth.
And after a few moments, the body of the Governor started to shake as if it was in seizure.
It did so for a few moments before the shaking stopped.
The Governor’s eyes opened once again and he cupped his hands at the Dark Lord and Lee Yi Hong.
"Pleased to be at your service."
The Dark Lord and Lee Yi Hong didn’t say anything and they left the room immediately after, leaving the Governor standing still for a very long time before he moved again.
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"What happened? Where am I?" When Zhang Jie woke up, she saw that she was in an unfamiliar room.
Xue Cong, who was sitting next to her, held onto her hand and said, "It’s alright. You are in a guest room of the Lin Mansion."
Zhang Jie tried to sit up but Xue Cong stopped her.
"Have a good rest first after the shock. It would be the best for the child." She said and glanced at Xiu who was standing behind.
Xiu nodded at her and said, "I shall inform the kitchen to get the chicken soup ready."
Zhang Jie relented and remained where she was, but she was still anxious to find out whether Sima Long was safe.
She grabbed onto Xue Cong’s hand and said, "Do you have any news yet?"
Xue Cong shook her head and replied, "Master Lee had gone back to the Sima Family mansion after he brought you back here.
"I’m sure that he will be back soon with your husband safely."
She patted the back of Zhang Jie’s hand to comfort her.
Xue Cong shot a glance at Zhang Jie’s belly and she gave a sigh in silence.
She knew that she would be worried sick like Zhang Jie if the same thing happened to the Lin Clan.
It would be devastating for her if she was pregnant and Lin Xuan Qi did the same thing as what Sima Long had done.
She suddenly felt a pair of hands on her shoulders when she was thinking about it and she felt comforted when she turned around to see Lin Xuan Qi’s face.
Zhang Jie also saw him and she wanted to ask him the same question.
He gave her an assuring look and said, "The noises have died down so far and I presume it must have been taken care of.
"Master Lee will be back soon.
"Don’t be too worried.
"I’m sure that brother Sima Long would be angry at me if I didn’t take good care of you."
"Thanks." Zhang Jie realized that she might be asking too much from Lin Xuan Qi, who wasn’t from a cultivation family, and she lowered her head and kept quiet afterwards.
"Mistress Xue Cong..." Xiu suddenly came running in with a bowl of chicken soup in her hands and she nearly spilled it when she stopped abruptly in the middle of the guest room.
"What happened? You might startle everyone." Xue Cong frowned and glanced at Xiu.