The Human Emperor (200-400)

C250: The Goguryeon's Secret Tunnel!

Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Chong swiftly explained the entire matter to him without any reservations. King Sosurim's whereabouts had always been a mystery, and catching him was no easy feat.

However, considering the scale of the operation this time round, it was impossible for King Sosurim to not supervise the operation personally.

This would be their last chance to deal with King Sosurim. Wang Chong believed that given Ma Yinlong's intelligence, he would surely be able to deduce this much.

Thus, after explaining the entire matter, Wang Chong sat alongside Miyasame Ayaka as he patiently awaited the other party's response.

The entire room fell silent. Ma Yinlong stood motionless with a lowered head. No one could tell what he was thinking.

Wang Chong and Miyasame Ayaka were also waiting motionlessly for his reply.

Wang Chong was confident in his plan, but in the end, it was all conjecture. After a period of more than a decade, no one could say for sure what was on Ma Yinlong's mind.

And honestly speaking, Wang Chong's confidence was slowly falling. Ma Yinlong didn't seem to be a person whom he could easily convince.

"How do you want me to help you?" Ma Yinlong finally raised his head and asked after a long minute.

Hearing those words, a smile finally twinkled in Wang Chong's eyes.

------

Deep in the night, when the shadows of the trees were dancing, a crescent moon hung high above a remote courtyard.

Looking upon the first base of the Goguryeons, Wang Chong could see Goguryeon guards keeping watch all around the base, and there seemed to be a tense atmosphere lingering in the air.

In a short period of time, they had lost contact with more than a dozen Goguryeon warriors, and some of them were even True Martial realm cultivators. What was even more unnerving was that they seemed to have simply vanished from the world, leaving not a single trace behind. No one could say for sure whether they were dead, or had gone somewhere else.

Such a situation had never happened before, at least not on such a scale. As the person in charge of the first base, Li Jiuhuan was feeling extremely frustrated.

"How is it? Do we still have no clues on their whereabouts?"

Li Jiuhuan asked with his hands behind his back before the dim candlelight. He was only in his thirties, but he had a masculine face that seemed to belong to a decisive leader.

"Lord, we haven't found any clue yet. Our men have searched through every nook and cranny in Great Tang, but there are still no signs of them. In my humble view, I think that it's unlikely for them to be alive," a masked Goguryeon assassin kneeling on the floor reported earnestly. His hair was unkempt, and he had three sabers placed by his waist.

The Goguryeon military had a very strict hierarchy, especially among those deployed beyond the empire. All assassins and soldiers had to obey every single command of the local commander.

"Is there any movement from those Great Tang ducal residences? Are there any recent conflicts with the nobles here?" Li Jiuhuan asked.

After the matter became known, his first thought was that perhaps these fellows had a conflict with the scions of the nobility of Great Tang, and these scions tapped into their backing to eliminate them.

Such a matter had happened in the past before.

In a place like Great Tang where scions roamed all around, it was inevitable for one to come into contact with them given sufficient time.