Dual Cultivation God Returns Chapter 1053: Depths of depravity

That evening, Chen Hui orchestrated the assault, guiding his troops to dismantle the Corrupt Path's stronghold. At a certain point, the scene became so remarkably lifelike, imbued with such vibrant and active energy, that Chen Hui himself began to question if he was genuinely confronting an occupied Corrupt Path den.

The sole factor preventing him from succumbing to this potent illusion was the precise adherence of events to the detailed scenario Wu Long had outlined mere hours before.

Once the conflict subsided, the ground was littered with the fallen practitioners of the Corrupt Path. Chen Hui, sustaining minor injuries, stood tall, a crimson-speckled spear clutched in his hand, his chest heaving as he gazed upon the leader's lifeless form.

He understood then that the tableau before him was no longer a phantom. He was astounded to realize he stood at the aftermath of a genuine battle, a conflict that had transpired months, or rather, nearly half a year prior. Yet, it appeared as though the fight had just concluded, and he, the victor, had just emerged.

His lingering doubts dissolved completely at that moment. He had been anxiously awaiting the illusion's dissipation, bracing for a less convincing reality or a subtly

"Haa~ I don’t even know with all your tricks...", Chen Hui shook his head, and then turned to Wu Long, "Why did you need to do this anyway? Weren’t you not that interested in the Emperor to begin with? I thought you were unusually busy today, but you suddenly have time for the ’Imperial Court farce’ as you once called it..."

"I was in a hurry, yes, but now I’m not", Wu Long chuckled, as having set the Spatial Node with Song Lingfei in the secret basement of the mansion they bought, he was no longer worried about needing to suddenly travel away from here without leaving a quick way back, adding with shaking head, "Keep up with the news, will you?"

"Wha-...", Chen Hui’s jaw dropped at this shamelessness, how would he know why Wu Long’s priorities shifted.

Meanwhile, Wu Long proceeded to answer his earlier question.

"I wasn’t there for the Emperor or the Imperial Court... though it turned out more interesting that I thought. I wanted to take a look at the Empress and some other nobles around directly with my own eyes. And I’d say this was more fruitful than I even anticipated", Wu Long made a pondering expression, tracing his chin.

"You... you’re...", Chen Hui’s eyes widened as he gulped, as blasphemous thoughts about Wu Long’s goal in seeing the Empress appeared in his head, especially with her slightly older looks of around 50 years old and his looks of about 20. Not to mention Wu Long’s friendship with Wei Yuanjie.

Wu Long first turned a questioning, confused look at him, not knowing what he was so suddenly flabbergasted about, and then his expression turned deadpan, "Haa~ you and your depraved thoughts and dirty mind~"

"Wha-? You’re the woman heart-killer, enemy of men, handsome Dual Cultivator with a lot of women and a suave mood toward those things! I’m just following the logic! And I’m the one wrong?! T-This is the first time I said anything even remotely of the sort! Why am I the one with the mind in the gutter?"

Wu Long shook his head with a look of lament at Chen Hui’s depravity, "Tsk tsk tsk, you disappoint me, my friend. I expected a more pure heart and mind from you"

"Y-You are the one who-...!", Chen Hui remembered how Wu Long gave him advice on Dual Cultivation, lecturing him on its importance in the relationship between a man and woman when he and the princess weren’t even in a proper relationship yet, and yet lecturing him about pure heart and mind. But before he could properly formulate those thoughts, he saw Wu Long’s figure start to disappear into a cloud of mist, "Hey! Hey get back here!!! You can’t leave now! You have to let me reply!"

"We’ll talk more tomorrow. Good work and congratulations on your promotion. I’ll leave you to ponder on the depths of depravity your mind reached for tonight", Wu Long’s voice resounded like an echo in his ears, leaving Chen Hui to frantically gesture out his frustration in an empty corridor.