Versatile Mage: Plants Die, and Nashida Survives

Chapter 293 Capturing the Nine-Headed Serpent, Little Lingling's Reputation Soars~
Shao Zheng was too embarrassed to say these things to Lingling, who had just come of age.

So all he could do was give Pang Lai a look.

Let him speak~
Despite his inner turmoil, Pang Lai remained silent about this.

But with a higher rank, one can have absolute power, so he had no choice but to say those words despite his reluctance.

Lingling thought for a moment.
Finally, he nodded.

Lingling is different from archangels like Raguel and Michael. Even though Lingling is already a twelve-winged seraphim, she still sees herself first as a Chinese citizen and then as an archangel.

So after thinking about it, he agreed to Pang Lai's suggestion, and after nodding, he left the Palace Magic Association and flew quickly towards Hangzhou.

After Lingling left

Shao Zheng and Pang Lai both breathed a sigh of relief.
But then, their expressions turned extremely grim.

Shao Zheng glanced at Pang Lai.
In the end, I decided to clean house myself!
Since the siren invasion, the capital city base has almost become the front line, and the loss of large areas of coastline was enough to infuriate Shao Zheng!

Now this has happened again.
It can only be said that Bai Xu, or Jiu Ying, was just unlucky!

The seawall defense line of the capital city

Recently, the four guardians of the Forbidden City have been stationed in this area.

At this moment, they had just repelled the sirens' frenzied attack; in that last wave of attacks, nearly a dozen monarch sirens had appeared.

There are nearly a hundred commanders!

All aspects
All of this is enough to show that the war between Asia and the Siren Empire has entered a white-hot stage!
During this special period, the Zu clan has been extremely low-key. After all, Zu Huanyao once stopped Shao Zheng's 20,000-kilometer coastline defense plan and declared that sea monsters were never a real threat to China!
But now?

The sirens' legions launched a massive offensive across various regions.
All of this proves how correct Shao Zheng's vision and strategy were back then!
At this time, even with Ye Qiu as a backer, the Zu family only dared to keep a low profile and even took out a lot of their family wealth to support the Palace Magic Association.

The Guardian Mage Legion on the seawall defense line.
I also have great respect for Shao Zheng!
But Nan Shou Bai Xu had a different idea!

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The fates of Salang and Leng Jue forced Nan Shou Bai Xu to seriously consider what would happen to him if he acted rashly.

Fortunately, he never intended to cause trouble within China like Salang or Leng Jue did.

His purpose
He always sat in the speaker's seat!
That's right, Nan Shoubai Xu's goal is to become the chairman of the Palace Magic Association.

Of course, he knew it would be difficult, so his current goal was to become the chief mage, since the current chief mage, Pang Lai, was already old.

Unless he can become a master of forbidden spells, he can only remain in that position for a few more years at most.

And he is already a fully-fledged Super-Rank cultivator.
In a few more years

Even a semi-forbidden spell is no problem!

He is undoubtedly the best candidate to succeed Pang Lai as the chief mage!
However, the other three defenders are also competitors.

If his true combat strength were revealed, he, comparable to a supreme monarch, could easily kill the other three guardians. However, in terms of magical cultivation alone, he and the other three guardians are all at the highest level and do not have any particularly obvious advantages.

This made Bai Xu wonder how he could use the sea monster's hand to get rid of the other three guardians, and preferably also eliminate Pang Lai, who had a chance to break through to the forbidden spell!

While Bai Xu was still pondering...
Two guards, still covered in blood and bandages, came to Bai Xu's side.

"Lord Nan Shou, the Siren Legion has retreated."

"You should go back and rest. We'll let you know if anything happens!"

The two guards looked at Bai Xu with reverence.

It must be said that the latter did a good job of concealing his identity. Not only did he evade the various methods of the Forbidden City Court and the Tribunal, but after arriving at this defensive line, he truly "risked his life" to protect it. Naturally, the Southern Guardian Bai Xu gained great prestige.

If Ye Qiu hadn't mentioned it...
Who would have thought he was actually a member of the Black Vatican?
In fact, if Ye Qiu hadn't thought that his teacher might be going to hunt down the Dragon King Ants next, and wanted to reduce unnecessary losses...

Otherwise, he, who had been keeping an eye on Bai Xu, would have wanted to let the guy live a little longer!

Because every day I watched him bravely fight the sea monster
Disguised as a guardian of the capital
It's actually quite interesting!

Unfortunately, with the hunt for the Dragon King Ant imminent, Ye Qiu could no longer keep this guy around!

Of course, Ye Qiu had also considered transferring this guy to his own Cloud Mage Corps so that he could continue to shine!
But after thinking about it, he decided to forget about it.
Although this greatly satisfies his perverse tastes

But it's best to deal with a menace like Bai Xu as soon as possible!
"Okay, then I'll head back now!"

Under the admiring gazes of the two guards, Bai Xu returned to his residence.

But he had just opened the door.
He then discovered two unexpected guests in his room, and the way these two guests looked at him made him extremely uneasy.

"Speaker? Your Excellency?"

For a moment, Bai Xu realized that he might have been exposed.

But upon closer inspection, it seems impossible!
Because he hadn't done anything during this time except kill sea monsters, and he hadn't done anything that might expose his identity in the past few years.

So it's impossible!

There's absolutely no way he could have revealed his identity!

But Shao Zheng's next sentence
But it sent chills down Bai Xu's spine, and the hairs on his body stood on end instantly.

I should call you Bai Xu.

"Should I still call you Jiuying?"

Shao Zheng looked at Bai Xu with a complicated expression.
Shao Zheng greatly admired Bai Xu's performance during this period, and given his impressive cultivation level, he might genuinely consider making Bai Xu the new chief mage if the position became vacant.

But the latter truly betrayed his trust.
Or perhaps he simply misjudged people!
"Speaker, what do you mean by this?"

"What Nine-Headed Serpent?"

When Shao Zheng uttered the words "Nine Infants"
Bai Xu's heart seemed to stop for a moment, and his muscles tensed.

But apart from that, Bai Xu didn't show any other signs of panic. If it were anyone else, they really wouldn't be able to tell anything from his reaction, but Shao Zheng was a super strong expert at the forbidden spell level.

Bai Xu's reaction.
How could they possibly escape Shao Zheng's eyes!

A moment later, Shao Zheng and Pang Lai left with Bai Xu, who had already fallen unconscious.

Return to Imperial Capital Base City

Shao Zheng took Bai Xu to the court.
Pang Lai then returned to the Palace Magic Association

He was in charge of investigating Bai Xu's subordinates. As the boss, he was a cardinal of the Black Vatican, and it was inevitable that there were members of the Black Vatican under his command!

Inside the Imperial Capital Court
Looking at Bai Xu, who had already been imprisoned
Shao Zheng suddenly gave a bitter smile. He seemed to suddenly understand why Ye Qiu had Lingling bring him this news, thinking about Lingling's identity and that ethereal power of faith.

Shao Zheng ultimately decided to give all the credit for this matter to Lingling.

As for himself?
Anyway, with that guy around...
He wasn't worried about being dragged down.
Besides, in his current wretched state, no one wants his position.

Unless the naval war comes to an end
(End of this chapter)