Chapter 10 of the Romantic Continent: A Cunning Plan

Neatly dressed Zuo Lanxin appeared at the entrance of the central courtyard. To her left and right were Ye Tianlong and Yu Zhu, and behind her was Fan Tong, who was escorting four assassins.

In an instant, dozens of figures appeared in the courtyard. Then, the surrounding lights illuminated the courtyard brightly.

"Call your captain here. We've captured four assassins," Zuo Lanxin said in a deep voice, her starry eyes wide.

"I am the captain here," a burly middle-aged armored soldier stepped forward and announced loudly.

"Very good. We've captured four assassins who intended to assassinate the High Priestess." Ye Tianlong stepped forward from Zuo Lanxin's right, gesturing for Fan Tong to push the four unfortunate men forward: "They are all assassins of the Dark Knights, acting on orders from Gilimans..."

The middle-aged armored soldier suddenly appeared, his claws flashing out, a torrent of energy surging, his hair like a raging torrent. His five companions also raised their hands simultaneously, unleashing a barrage of hidden weapons like a rainstorm. The other armored soldiers then brandished their swords and charged towards Zuo Lanxin and Ye Tianlong.

"Retreat!"

Ye Tianlong shouted, shielding Zuo Lanxin behind him, unleashing a torrent of palm energy. Yu Zhu, however, leaped forward first, her figure vanishing into the air.

The clash of various divine skills produced a breathtaking roar, vortexes exploding, lightning flashing, thunder roaring, and dust billowing as figures scattered and branches swayed. The entire courtyard seemed to have been struck by an earthquake, or like wild bulls running rampant; potted plants and flowers were all destroyed, reduced to a chaotic mess.

A figure descended from mid-air, her longsword radiating black sword energy, accurately striking the unsteady middle-aged armored soldier's head.

This self-proclaimed captain's head was cleaved in two by Yu Zhu's sword, almost splitting his neck in two as well.

Amidst the soaring blood, Yu Zhu leaped and tumbled again, swinging her sword diagonally upwards once more.

In the same instant, Ye Tianlong unleashed a powerful surge of energy that sent all the hidden weapons launched by his opponents flying, then ricocheted back towards the charging crowd, knocking down several of them.

Then, he let out a wild laugh, his figure arriving simultaneously with the sound. The figure was indistinct, only a blurry silhouette suddenly appearing and crashing into them. The five companions beside the middle-aged armored soldier had no time to react before being all knocked down.

Fan Tong replaced Ye Tianlong, standing at the entrance of the central courtyard, protecting Zuo Lanxin from harm.

Ye Tianlong and Yu Zhu, one in the air and one on the ground, attacked together like tigers among sheep. Amidst the chaotic swings of swords and the deafening roars, bodies were thrown in all directions, heads split and limbs broken – a gruesome sight.

Ye Tianlong did not draw his sword, but instead struck his opponents with his bare hands. He was like a nimble leopard, charging into a flock of sheep, his hands and feet flying, grabbing and kicking in all directions, his five fingers like steel hooks, capable of crushing anything with a single grip; even swords shattered upon impact.

Amidst the flashing blades and flying projectiles, Ye Tianlong moved with ease, those who came into contact with him suffering broken limbs and being tossed about. Those caught in his neck died instantly, with no chance of survival. The jade bead hovering in the air was even more ruthless, one sword strike after another, each strike ripping off the brains and shattering the bodies of those struck, leaving no survivors.

What a swift and brutal battle! Two charges and three whirlwinds, and all forty-eight elite warriors lay dead on the ground. Except for eight still struggling, the rest were all dead, many with their heads mangled beyond recognition.

The jade bead fell from mid-air, and at her feet lay three pitiful wretches, their hands shattered, their shinbones broken, flesh torn and bones exposed, unable to stand.

"You are all descendants of the Dark Clan, yet you dare to lay a hand on the King of Darkness! You're courting death!" A blood-stained longsword slapped one of the pitiful warriors across the face. Yu Zhu spoke with a mixture of pity and heartache.

"The King of Darkness... the King of Darkness..." Despite the excruciating pain, the warrior's face showed utter shock upon hearing Yu Zhu's words.

"Commander Night Song said Miss Yu Zhu's mind is being controlled, and told us not to believe you..." Another warrior, both legs broken, suddenly cried out, his words filled with disbelief and despair.

"Hmph, ignorant fools, they deserve to die."

Ye Tianlong interrupted the Dark Knight warrior with displeasure, gesturing behind him. Fan Tong understood and stepped forward.

"Have the men outside inform John that an emergency meeting is about to be held."

Then, Ye Tianlong gestured to Yu Zhu, who immediately leaped away, disappearing into the night.

Seeing this, the eight Dark Knights quickly realized that Ye Tianlong was the leader of Zuo Lanxin's group. Considering Miss Yuzhu's identity, those with quick minds immediately understood Ye Tianlong's true identity.

Ye Tianlong, the new emperor of Fast, had come to Blackmenba City, clearly for the temple's grand assembly. The high priestess of the temple was completely subservient to him, and their side had suffered repeated setbacks; it was clear that the plans of Gilmans and Commander Night Song were doomed to fail.

With this realization, the Dark Knights gained a new understanding of Ye Tianlong. Upon hearing

the news, Bishop John of Blackmenba, who rushed to the scene, was shocked to see the corpses scattered on the ground. He immediately inquired about the details from Ye Tianlong, who was standing at the door.

When he heard that it was the Dark Knights sent by Gilmans who had done it, John flew into a rage and ordered the arrest of the general in charge of security and the envoy sent by Gilmans.

Ye Tianlong couldn't help but sneer inwardly. It turned out that Gilimans had also openly sent many envoys to persuade the temple's bishops to join his camp.

The situation was quickly clarified: it was because General Wei, one of John's subordinates, had been bribed by Gilimans to replace some of the soldiers guarding the VIP courtyard with Dark Knights' hidden soldiers. General Wei also revealed that one of his subordinates was a confidant of Gilimans, and that many Dark Knights' hidden soldiers were already infiltrating Blackmenba City.

"I let these traitors in to assassinate you, Your Highness, and I deserve to die.

Fortunately, I wasn't deceived by them and agreed to their request,"

John said to Zuo Lanxin, feigning remorse and fear. Those who went to arrest Gilimans's confidant based on General Wei's confession were too late; the confidant, having received the news, had already escaped.

Seeing this, Zuo Lanxin could only offer kind words of comfort and, as Ye Tianlong had instructed beforehand, tell John that Gilmans's wolfish ambitions towards the temple and his desire to control it had been brewing for a long time. Now that such an emergency had occurred, a meeting needed to be convened immediately to discuss countermeasures.

John was extremely angry that Gilmans had planted spies among his subordinates, and now considered Gilmans a formidable enemy. Coupled with Zuo Lanxin's magnanimous attitude, he completely sided with her.

Messengers summoning the bishops of various dioceses to a meeting rode swiftly through the streets and alleys of Hermonba. Many bishops did not stay in the accommodations arranged by the bishops of Hermonba, but instead found their own places to stay, ostensibly to avoid troubling John, but actually for their own safety.

The city of Hermonba became lively in the middle of the night due to the comings and goings of messengers. The awakened citizens secretly speculated about what urgent matter had occurred in the city that warranted such frequent troop movements.

Although the bishops, who had been awakened by the messenger, were displeased, they were terrified and fully awakened when they heard that the High Priestess had been assassinated, that the mastermind behind it was Gilimans, and that there were still many Dark Knights lurking in the city.

Surrounded and protected by their guards, the bishops rushed to the meeting place, the circular conference hall in the center of the inner city. Of

the fifteen white-robed bishops from the archdiocese, only nine arrived; the other six were gone forever. When the messenger arrived, the bishops' guards entered their rooms only to find their lords dead in their beds.

In one night, the Temple of Fast had lost six white-robed bishops, a significant blow to its strength. The temple was in an uproar, and calls for a search for the murderer were deafening.

Considering the assassination of the High Priestess in the VIP courtyard, the prime suspects were naturally the Dark Knights' hidden agents lurking in the city. A careful examination of the bishops' bodies by experts revealed that at least two had died from dark-style martial arts.

"Am I seeing things?" Zuo Lanxin sat in the main seat of the conference hall, her expression serious, her eyes flashing with cold light.

"High Priest, I am absolutely certain. Although the murderer was extremely careful in concealing the injuries, his methods were not the most skillful. Even the most meticulous plans have flaws; a trace of dark energy remained inside the wound."

The expert in charge of examining the body answered with absolute certainty, his words laced with undisguised pride. After all, finding traces left by a master of dark magic was extremely difficult.

"To ensure the accuracy of the conclusion, I even specially removed a small piece of flesh from the wound and conducted a thorough magical test. The residual energy there is indeed of the dark element." The

white-robed bishops attending the meeting immediately erupted in uproar. Some hot-tempered ones began to curse on the spot. It was no wonder they were angry; if they had been careless, they might have become one of the six bishops.

Hearing the shouts and curses in the meeting hall, Ye Tianlong, sitting next to Zuo Lanxin, smiled subtly. In fact, he had planned and orchestrated all of this; all six bishops had died at his hands.

While the Dark Knights' assassins infiltrated the VIP courtyard to carry out their plan to kill Zuo Lanxin, Ye Tianlong had already secretly dispatched the two female knights accompanying him to assassinate the bishops on the blacklist.

These two female knights were the Goddess Warriors, and the blacklist they used for guidance was pre-selected by Yue Ru.

Two of the bishops on the blacklist were secretly colluding with Gilmans, and another was already preparing to attack Zuo Lanxin and seize power in the temple. The two bishops killed by Yu Zhu were a particularly hardliner and the one who most strongly opposed Gilmans' interference in temple affairs; their deaths further confirmed Gilmans's suspicion.

It can be said that the entire plan was proceeding very smoothly, and even the bishops' every reaction was within Yue Ru and Chen Yue's expectations. This made Ye Tianlong not only happy but also amazed by the cunning of Yue Ru and Chen Yue.

"Why has our temple been repeatedly plotted against? Why have we fallen to this state?"

Seeing that the time was ripe, Zuo Lanxin began to explain step by step, following Ye Tianlong's instructions.

The crowd fell silent, exchanging bewildered glances.

"It's because we are not united, we haven't truly formed a powerful force! And we don't even have our own army."

Zuo Lanxin's voice wasn't loud, but it was filled with a captivating allure, and the white-robed bishops all nodded secretly.

"Before his death, the Archmage repeatedly instructed me to build my own army."

Speaking of the Archmage, Zuo Lanxin's face darkened, and the bishops couldn't help but feel somber as well.

Recalling the secret orders they had received from the Archmage, requiring temples throughout the land to prepare for uprisings, they couldn't find any flaws in Zuo Lanxin's words.

"Therefore, we must now use Black Gate City as our base to build our own army. We must show others our strength, and in this way, we will occupy a more important position in the Fast Empire."

The prospect Zuo Lanxin painted stirred the hearts of these bishops.

Building their own army to rival the Fast Empire's forces undoubtedly combined the temple's power with secular power, thus granting the white-robed bishops even greater authority.

With the tone set, the rest became much easier. The white-robed bishops began enthusiastically discussing the army's formation plan and defining their respective powers.

The high-level meeting in the circular council hall lasted a full six hours. When they emerged, all the white-robed bishops, though exhausted, had remarkably good complexions and undisguised excitement in their eyes.

Based in Blackmenba City, the temple planned to build a powerful legion called the "Temple Legion." Each major diocese would send its elites there; the diocese that sent the most talent would wield greater power within the legion.

With the legion's strength as a backing, each major diocese would then form its own knightly order, making the temple's prestige extremely formidable.

As for the dioceses where the bishops had been eliminated, Zuo Lanxin appointed new white-robed bishops who would faithfully carry out her orders.

It can be said that, taking advantage of the power vacuum in the temple's leadership, Zuo Lanxin had successfully seized control of the temple through the high-ranking officials of the various dioceses.

To further incentivize the white-robed bishops of the various dioceses, Zuo Lanxin also established an elders' council in Black Gate City, composed of one bishop from each diocese plus ten elders personally appointed by Zuo Lanxin. They would assist the High Priestess in managing the temple's daily operations.

In almost five days, the basic framework of the Temple Legion was established. Because those who accompanied the white-robed bishops to Black Gate City were their confidants and trusted subordinates, many of them were retained by their lords and appointed as officers in the Temple Legion.

The army of Black Gate City became the first army of the Temple Legion, and the various southern dioceses quickly sent their selected elite troops there.

By the time Ye Tianlong and Zuo Lanxin left Black Gate City, the Temple Legion had reached a considerable size.

With his medicine running low and his plan to manipulate the temple nearing completion, Ye Tianlong instructed Zuo Lanxin to leave Blackmenba City under the pretext of inspecting various parishes, leaving the remaining elders to handle the temple's daily affairs.

With the formation of the Temple Legion, the Fast Empire was in turmoil, and both Yunaya and Gilemans felt immense pressure. Almost overnight, in addition to Ye Tianlong, they had gained the Temple, a powerful enemy with considerable influence among the populace.

Especially in the south, where the Temple's power was strong, Gilemans immediately felt a great threat, as the Temple considered him its greatest enemy. In his controlled territories, unrest led by the Temple was rampant, consuming almost 90% of his energy. His original plan to lead the armies of the southern states to attack Ye Tianlong from Esnia was now abandoned.

However, Gilmans had his own plans. With the temple's attack, he could use it as an excuse not to honor his agreement with Haiyingyang, thus using this opportunity to strengthen his own territory, consolidate his rear base, and then reap the benefits while Ye Tianlong and Yunaya were both weakened.

But he didn't know that while he was making his calculations, Ye Tianlong, far away in Esnia, had already secretly set his sights on him.

Eliminate the weakest force first, strengthen your own power, and then fight the powerful enemy—when Ye Tianlong proposed this strategy, it immediately gained the approval of Chenyue and Yueru.

In April, the southern border of the Fast Empire is destined to be filled with bloodshed and turmoil.

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