Longevity: Starting from Refining Gu-Chapter 409 - 240: Sleepwalking in Sword Travel Palace
Chapter 409 -240: Sleepwalking in Sword Travel Palace
After sending Bai Xiu away, Chen Qing walked into the side hall, where Qing Ran was meticulously arranging tactics, assigning tasks to his subordinates.
The intelligence warfare with Feng Qiwu had reached a fever pitch.
Over a thousand Ghost Face Realm spies were active along the borders of Chen Qing and Feng Qiwu’s territories.
The covert battles never ceased.
The record: Qing Ran suffered eight assassination attempts in one day.
To ensure Qing Ran’s safety, Chen Qing had him temporarily stay here.
Su Yi had too many minor matters to handle the overall management, making it impossible for him to step away.
Chen Qing had to dispatch a hundred Undying Dragon Cavalry to guard Su Yi.
He wasn’t worried here, as the Death Sea served as a shield and he had some people under his command to respond to calls.
From a distance, Chen Qing watched Qing Ran’s busy figure, knowing that this matter was rather challenging for him.
To dethrone a king required too much calculation.
Currently, they only held an advantage in the intelligence war with Feng Qiwu, with Nie Fei as an inside agent.
But to dethrone a king seemed almost unreachable.
Since Feng Qiwu also possessed an Undying Body, he was difficult to deal with.
Chen Qing couldn’t help but think to himself that it would be good if Yan Sisi were here.
Wang Yuan had excellent strategic vision, but this kind of plot to dethrone a king was not something the followers of Buddha were adept at.
For such a plan, Yan Sisi would be the most suitable.
By now, Sisi was probably already thirty-two years old. She hadn’t started her cultivation, and he wasn’t sure if she could endure it.
The current situation was not favorable for Chen Qing.
Even the Snow Wolf Lord’s subjugation had become negative news.
Because it indicated that the Snow Wolf Lord had formally been defeated and Ji Dang’s overthrow of him was just a matter of time.
In this situation, he had no effective means against Feng Qiwu.
The Death Realm was too vast. Three years of exploration had only clear about ten thousand miles of the Dead Swamp; at this rate, fully exploring it would take a hundred years.
As long as Feng Qiwu stayed in the Dead Swamp, there wasn’t much Chen Qing could do, but instead, he would be stalled, unable to leave.
If he went to the front line, Feng Qiwu’s combination of moves from the Death Sea couldn’t be stopped by anyone but him.
While Chen Qing was deeply troubled, Yu Qing approached him and said softly, “Manager Su urgently requests to see you and he’s brought two people.”
“These two people are wearing bamboo hats and Manager Su didn’t reveal their identities to me.”
Chen Qing didn’t harbor any suspicion, considering it was the Death Sea, bringing people here to assassinate him would be tantamount to courting death.
“Bring them in.”
Soon enough, Su Yi and two people, hidden under bamboo hats, arrived.
They appeared to be a man and a woman.
When they removed their hats, Chen Qing was stunned, “Sisi, how did you and Yang get here?”
After starting her cultivation, Yan Sisi was blooming, “Big brother, if I don’t come, I can’t deal with Feng Qiwu.”
Chen Qing was a bit angry, “Why did you need to begin your cultivation and enter the Death Realm? In doing so, how do I explain it to your brother?”
Yan Sisi replied, “Big brother, if you are defeated, I’ll have no choice but to flee overseas.”
“In this world, only you would protect Wushang and me.”
“Besides, my body is recovering well now, even extending my Life Span, so what’s wrong with that?”
Hearing this, Chen Qing felt it made some sense, “Alright, I’ll let you have your way. By the way, now that you’re here, don’t leave the Dead Sea Palace.”
“Yu Qing, dispatch twenty Undying Dragon Cavalry to follow orders.”
Yu Qing bowed, “Yes, Lord Wen!”
Yan Sisi glanced around, curiously asking, “Is Qing Ran here as well?”
Chen Qing pointed towards the side hall, “Come on, I’ll take you to see him.”
As soon as Yan Sisi arrived at the side hall, the entire great hall fell into complete silence. Seeing Yan Sisi again made Qing Ran gape in astonishment, unable to utter a word.
After three breaths, he hurried over, kneeling, “Subordinate here to see miss!”
Yan Sisi didn’t say much, only commanding, “Bring all the intelligence you’ve gathered here, I need to review it.”
Qing Ran nodded, “Quickly, bring all our dossiers here!”
At this moment, Chen Qing felt much more at ease, and only then did he genuinely believe that Feng Qiwu was destined to die.
Let the experts handle the professional matters; there was no point in him worrying himself needlessly.
For now, he decided to take a few people and wander around the Death Sea. Perhaps he might stumble upon some spirit Gu.
Finding a spirit Gu in the Death Sea was akin to searching for pumpkins in a vegetable patch, a sudden delightful surprise.
This brought back a familiar feeling of harvesting to Chen Qing.
Yan Sisi stayed in the side hall for seven days, during which a vast number of dossiers were delivered.
After reviewing the multitude of dossiers, Yan Sisi found Chen Qing, “Big brother, since you can enter dreams, can you transform into a Goddess within them?”
Chen Qing asked in puzzlement, “Dream communication?”
“Will this trick work on Feng Qiwu?”
Yan Sisi replied, “Since it’s a trap, we must lead him into it step by step.”
Chen Qing thought for a moment, “I will tell you about this tomorrow; it might still require external help.”
That night, Chen Qing took out a dream-connecting flower, placed a small piece of the osmanthus cake that Yu Qingshuang had once made for him within it, and inhaled the fragrant smoke as he slowly entered the dream.
After entering the dream, Chen Qing opened the Void Gate.
This time was different from before; as soon as Chen Qing entered Yu Qingshuang’s dream, he was immediately discovered by her.
“Junior brother, you came again.”
Chen Qing felt a bit surprised, “Senior sister, you knew I had visited before?”
