Chapter 771 - 765: Nato Frees Kong Xuan
Wa Huang glared at Nato fiercely and said coldly, "He exerted himself in the siege of the Void Race to gain our trust."
"Fortunately, the Palace Master discovered it in time, otherwise, who knows how many secrets he would have stolen."
"Nato, considering you are just a child, I won’t hold it against you."
"But if you dare plead for him again, you will share his sins!"
Nato, being stubborn, understood that Wa Huang wouldn’t allow him to plead for the Peacock Great Ming King.
Nato simply leaped up and blocked in front of the Peacock Great Ming King, shouting, "Palace Master, if you must beat someone, let the remaining lashes fall on me!"
"I, Nato, am willing to take punishment for Senior Brother Kong."
Witnessing this scene, the Peacock Great Ming King was deeply moved.
While others were acting, only Nato showed genuine feelings.
All are children of the martial world, how could the Peacock Great Ming King bear such a thing?
"Nato, step aside, this matter has nothing to do with you!" the Peacock Great Ming King shouted with all his strength towards Nato.
"No!" Nato answered defiantly, "Senior Brother Kong, you have saved my life many times."
"Today, I might as well return this life to you!"
Wa Huang: "????"
Wa Huang looked at Nato, rendered speechless.
Wa Huang thought, we’re cooperating to put on a show, so why must you, Nato, meddle in it?
Besides, you keep adding drama to yourself, who can tolerate this!
With a wave of her hand, Wa Huang sent Nato flying with a gust of wind.
Then, out of nowhere, a cage materialized, imprisoning Nato within.
For the brotherly bond between Nato and the Peacock Great Ming King, Wa Huang felt it deserved admiration.
However, admiration aside, Nato still couldn’t be allowed to cause trouble.
If Nato continued causing trouble, this drama might be ruined.
"Let me out!"
"Let me out, let me out!"
Nato grasped the cage with both hands, shouting at the top of his lungs.
Wa Huang completely ignored Nato and directly ordered two wooden puppets, "Continue with the beatings!"
Upon receiving Wa Huang’s command, the two wooden puppets resumed whipping.
Just moments ago, Nato suddenly stood in front of the Peacock Great Ming King, nearly causing the CPUs of the wooden puppets to burn out.
The whips had been swinging for so long, yet they had never encountered someone like Nato who voluntarily sought to be beaten.
"Slap!"
"Slap! Slap!"
The two wooden puppets continued wielding their Thunder Whips, repeatedly striking the Peacock Great Ming King.
"They can’t continue beating him!"
"Palace Master, they can’t continue, if they do, they will beat Senior Brother Kong to death!" Nato shouted, his voice tearing from the prison.
"Hmph!" Wa Huang snorted coldly, dismissively, "Beating him to death would be just right; I intend to beat him to death."
Very soon, the remaining twenty lashes were completed.
The Peacock Great Ming King indeed had remarkable endurance; fifty Thunder Whips down, and he still wasn’t beaten to death.
Although he wasn’t killed, he was left on the brink of death.
Breathing in was much less than breathing out.
The disciples of Wa Huang’s Palace all looked at the Peacock Great Ming King with schadenfreude in their eyes.
In their eyes, the fact that the Peacock Great Ming King didn’t die today wasn’t good news.
Not dying today meant that the torture the Peacock Great Ming King suffered today, he would have to suffer again tomorrow.
The beating was over.
The upper half of the bitter plan acting was done. Next came the second half of the bitter plan.
The second half of the bitter plan was to reasonably let the Peacock Great Ming King escape.
Since it was all an act, allowing the Peacock Great Ming King to escape was simple.
But making the escape reasonable wasn’t so simple.
From Wa Huang’s perspective, both Yin Celestial Son and Lin Yuan weren’t fools. She needed to use her smarts to deceive Lin Yuan and Yin Celestial Son.
At this moment, Wa Huang glanced at Nato in the cage, and suddenly, an idea struck.
Aha!
Nato could finally be useful at this moment.
With a wave of her hand, the cage trapping Nato disappeared without a trace. Then, Wa Huang gave the order, "Nato, you will lead the junior brothers to guard the Peacock Great Ming King."
"Tomorrow at this time, I will execute him again."
After giving her orders, Wa Huang selected a few disciples from Wa Huang’s Palace to accompany Nato in guarding the Peacock Great Ming King.
Having arranged everything, Wa Huang disappeared from the spot.
Letting Nato watch over the Peacock Great Ming King was no different from letting Sun Wukong watch over the Peach Garden.
Given Nato and the Peacock Great Ming King’s brotherly bond, how could he bear to see the Peacock Great Ming King suffer again tomorrow?
Undoubtedly, Nato would release the Peacock Great Ming King today.
Releasing the Peacock Great Ming King was precisely what Wa Huang wanted.
"Senior Brother Nato, let’s escort this traitor back to the palace!" a Wa Huang’s Palace disciple reminded.
As Wa Huang anticipated, upon hearing the duty of watching over the Peacock Great Ming King,
a thought had already sprouted in Nato’s mind—to release the Peacock Great Ming King.
However, releasing the Peacock Great Ming King had to be done stealthily.
Now, under the watchful eyes of all, he certainly couldn’t act.
"Escort him to the Siguodian, we’ll take turns guarding him!" Nato nodded and suggested.
Wa Huang’s Palace did not have a dedicated prison; usually, errant disciples were confined to the Siguodian.
The Siguodian was quite isolated, seldom visited, making it convenient for Nato to release him.
The disciples of Wa Huang’s Palace confined the Peacock Great Ming King to the Siguodian.
These disciples were unaware of the truth, so they guarded the Peacock Great Ming King rigorously.
To prevent his escape, aside from having guards outside the palace, two were assigned to personally watch the Peacock Great Ming King.
When these disciples guarding the Peacock Great Ming King grew weary, Nato sensed his opportunity.
A few hours prior, he had discreetly stolen several drowsy bugs from the Spirit Beast Pavilion under the pretext of relieving himself.
Drowsy bugs were used to forcefully rest those aroused spirit beasts.
Even spirit beasts couldn’t withstand these bugs, let alone ordinary disciples.
Nato secretly shook his sleeve, releasing the drowsy bugs and pinched his nose.
Drowsy bugs loved crawling into noses. Nato pinched his nose to avoid succumbing to them himself.
The Peacock Great Ming King, being gravely injured, wouldn’t attract the drowsy bugs as a weakened target is typically ignored.
Thus, the Peacock Great Ming King was not on the drowsy bugs’ target list.
With four drowsy bugs stolen, there were exactly four Wa Huang’s Palace disciples in the Siguodian aside from Nato and the Peacock Great Ming King.
These four unsuspecting disciples had the bugs crawl into their noses and soon felt drowsy.
"Snore."
𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎
"Snore, snore."
The drowsy bugs entered their bodies, and within moments, the hall echoed with their thunderous snores.
With their physical constitutions, after succumbing to the drowsy bugs, they’d likely sleep for three days and nights at least.
Nato approached the Peacock Great Ming King’s side, shaking him and calling out, "Senior Brother Kong, Senior Brother Kong."