Chapter 1026: High-Purity Spoils

"So, I'll give you a chance. If you can formulate a feasible battle plan against tonight's situation that is better than Wansai Song's tactics—hmm, you also need to write a proposal titled 'If the Island is Successfully Captured, How to Rapidly Develop and Expand'—submit it to me before tomorrow morning. If I find it feasible after reading it, I will let you all leave the island in one piece to seek your own path."

The addiction to setting difficult problems for others wasn't exclusive to Master Sun.

Ah, what? Wansai Feng was stunned, and it took him a long while to stammer:

"Re, really?"

Let him write a plan? He Lingchuan smiled. Did this kid still have the right to disbelieve?

Wansai Feng steadied himself: "Many thanks, Island Master He."

Island Master He had just given him a thorough dressing-down, and he had thought the other party would surely make an inhuman demand. As it turned out, he just wanted him to write?

He understood battle plans, but what the hell was a development proposal?

He Lingchuan sighed inwardly. Alas, if not for the lack of a ready-to-fight team, why would he be so amiable toward Wansai Feng? In the past, when subduing the pirates of the Yangshan waters, He Lingchuan had been decisive and swift; the second-tier pirates were hacked to pieces by him and Qiu Hu, and the third-tier pirates suffered over thirty percent casualties on the spot.

To this day, those former pirates looked at Island Master He with both fear and respect, with fear preceding respect.

But He Lingchuan's methods for subduing the Bailong people were clearly much gentler. After one battle, the Bailong people only lost a few men, with a dozen or so injured, and even the instigators, the Wansai uncle and nephew, were not harmed.

Both groups had attacked Island Master He, so why were they treated so differently? The difference lay in the fact that He Lingchuan's method for subduing pirates was "establishing authority," while subduing the Bailong people relied on "showing grace."

He often dealt with bandits and knew that whether they were river bandits or sea pirates, as long as they didn't collude with foreign enemies, they were bullies by nature, scattered soldiers, and had simple, loose organizational structures.

He Lingchuan only needed to make them fear his power and submit; that was enough.

But the Bailong people led by the Wansai uncle and nephew were warriors who had long been through the fires of battle and licked blood from their blades. Establishing authority through killing wouldn't subdue them; instead, it would easily incite hatred.

Otherwise, they would have surrendered to the Ya Nation long ago.

To subdue such a team, the key lay in subduing their leader, which was Wansai Feng.

With different goals, the methods had to be ever-changing.

Not long after, the group braved the strong wind and heavy rain to reach the southwest beach.

There were several towering barrier reefs here, suitable for hiding ships.

This was the rendezvous point predetermined by the Wansai uncle and nephew. If the island capture failed, the Bailong people would gather the remaining troops near Ding Lake and then retreat here to board ships.

With Wansai Feng present, the Bailong guards hiding in the cliff caves on the shore were surprised, but they surrendered obediently without much resistance, allowing Min Tianxi and the others to take them away.

He Lingchuan also confirmed what Wansai Feng had said; he indeed had extraordinary control over these six hundred or so people, and the Bailong people were even willing to be captured without a fight for his sake.

Such centripetal force and cohesion were in themselves a manifestation of combat power.

As for the boatmen hiding here, a few of them were sharp enough to see that He Lingchuan was the one in charge and immediately begged: "We were also tricked into coming here by Old Yu!"

"Old Yu offered a high price to have us deliver people here. We didn't know anything! Please, my lord, show mercy!"

Wansai Feng said from the side: "Old Yu is the liaison sent by the Bailie Sect, and it was he who brought the Beijia people to Black Page Island to cooperate with us."

Zhu Erniang's eyeball spider had indeed monitored that scene, but He Lingchuan had too many things on his plate and hadn't paid attention to this small fry at the time.

Hearing this, he asked the boatmen: "Do you know Old Yu's full name?"

The riot had been quelled; now it was time to settle the final accounts. He was a petty person who had to calculate every detail.

The boatmen, having already been taught a lesson by the guards, replied honestly: "His name is Yu Rong, from White Reef Village, and he usually lives in Blade Edge Port."

"Is that his real name?"

"Ye, yes." One boatman replied, "He found us through a fellow villager from White Reef Village."

"What is his specific address?"

"I, I don't know, but he likes to gamble."

Gambling? He Lingchuan's heart stirred: "Do you have any of his belongings, or anything he has handled?"

The few racked their brains for a long time before shaking their heads: "No, none!"

He Lingchuan didn't make things difficult for them and ordered Min Tianxi to take the Bailong people and the boatmen away together, locking them all back in the cargo warehouses near the Suoding Island pier to be dealt with later.

Fortunately, a dozen large cargo warehouses had been added after Suoding Island's expansion; otherwise, it really wouldn't have been able to hold so many prisoners!

"As for you." He Lingchuan looked at Wansai Feng and said, "Just squeeze in with Dong Rui tonight."

Tonight was an extraordinary time, and endless matters awaited him. He Lingchuan didn't have the energy to manage the prisoners, so he locked Wansai Feng and the Bailong people separately.

Dong Rui had no objections; anyway, he was detaining Wansai Feng in the shell world of the Snail Toad, and he still had to watch Wansai Feng write his short essay, oh no, short thesis.

That was a closed space, and without Dong Rui's permission, usually no one could come out.

Having arranged all these matters, He Lingchuan rushed back to the Hot Spring Villa.

Passing by Ding Lake, the massive figures of the spider demon sisters emerged from the bushes.

Behind them followed hundreds of spiders of all sizes, thousands of legs scraping the ground, making a rustling sound.

No matter when one saw this scene, it made one's scalp tingle.

He Lingchuan jumped off the carriage and went to meet them: "Congratulations to you both on your triumphant return!"

Tonight, his ability to ruthlessly humiliate Yu Zecheng and teach Wansai Feng a lesson was all built on the foundation of the spider demon sisters and the Violent Ape defeating the Beijia squad.

Otherwise, everything would be out of the question.

At this time, the Ghost Ape had already returned to Dong Rui's side and was no longer acting as a follower to the two spider queens.

And the spider demon sisters also had to rush to the Suoding Island pier to cooperate with He Lingchuan's next plan.

Tonight, every character had their own post, and no one could afford to be idle.

As soon as Zhu Danniang saw him, she said: "This is also a spoil of war."

Having said that, she spat out three glittering things, shaped like large red dates, completely transparent without a trace of impurity.

He Lingchuan caught them in his hand and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise: "Such large Mysterious Crystals?"

High-grade Mysterious Crystals were rare, let alone three pieces this large, and let alone that they were red to the point of purple! "The Beijia people hired a wood-type semi-immortal called True Lord Wood Abode, whose true form is the Nine-Death Soul-Returning Grass."

Semi-immortal? He Lingchuan's face changed color, but fortunately, Zhu Danniang continued: "The Nine-Death Soul-Returning Grass's true self couldn't come, so only a clone came, driven by these few Mysterious Crystals."

She said triumphantly: "We hacked the wood to pieces, and we also dug out the Mysterious Crystals."

He Lingchuan looked concerned: "You two weren't injured, were you?"

He knew the Beijia people had deep trump cards; this was simply not something a commandant like Yu Zecheng could pull out. To capture Zhu Erniang, State Preceptor Frost Leaf had increased his configuration.

Zhu Erniang said: "Not seriously."

However, at this moment, a third huge figure walked out of the bushes; it was the spider demon's molted shell.

Looking at its wood-like body and the light green tumors in its eye sockets, He Lingchuan felt a chill down his back: "Wood-ification Art?"

"This seems to be a type of divine art that constantly erodes the body's vitality." Zhu Danniang was very proud, "Fortunately, the tactics I formulated were appropriate, using my sister's molted shell to first lure out their first wave of attacks."

Yes, this set of tactics for dealing with the Beijia people was determined by her.

Her sister was fine at other things, but her combat experience was a far cry from hers.

These Beijia people ambushed the Earth Cave Spider Queen, wanting to catch her off guard, so the opening offensive was definitely the most fierce, throwing their signature skills at her as if they were free.

So, just let the spider shell attract the firepower first.

He Lingchuan tapped the spider shell and found that the texture of the bristles on the spider's body was very much like wood thorns, and the texture didn't sound as crisp as before when tapped: "Can this be recovered?"

"Yes." Zhu Danniang explained, "This is already much better than when we were first hit; it will be over in at most another half an hour."

The spider shell wasn't worn on the sisters' bodies, so it lacked sufficient vitality, which was why the Wood-ification Art took longer to fade.

Zhu Danniang then took out three withered chrysanthemum-like plants: "This is the Wood Immortal's body, which has already been destroyed. We believe this should be a clone. Dong Rui wants to take it for research, so we'll leave it to him."

He Lingchuan had no objections; his attention was entirely on the Mysterious Crystals.

"The Beijia people are indeed wealthy and imposing, being able to take out such treasures so casually. This clarity, this color, tsk tsk, it's absolute."

Beijia was vast and rich, with dozens of Mysterious Crystal veins, making it much easier to obtain Mysterious Crystals than in ordinary countries.

In the current spiritual energy environment, only the highest-grade Mysterious Crystals could support the massive consumption of a semi-immortal's battle.

He Lingchuan thought for a moment, put away two Mysterious Crystals, and gave the last one to the spider demon sisters.

That battle took place in the eastern part of the island, and He Lingchuan hadn't seen it with his own eyes; if the spider demon sisters had swallowed the Mysterious Crystals alone, he wouldn't have known. That Zhu Danniang took the Mysterious Crystals out showed her integrity.

Zhu Danniang still wanted to decline, but Zhu Erniang took it: "Just consider it a down payment for the products from my earth cave."

Tonight's plans and battles on Suoding Island were, in the final analysis, all for the sisters. As the supreme commander, He Lingchuan had priority in allocating the spoils of war.

Zhu Erniang had no objections to his allocation; their sisters also needed Mysterious Crystals for cultivation.

Besides, she also had an agreement with He Lingchuan that products from the earth cave would not be sold for silver, but converted into Mysterious Crystals for her.

This was truly a win-win situation. To ensure that the wind-shielding barrier under the Wind Lion's butt could operate normally and resist hurricanes, He Lingchuan had used up many Mysterious Crystals this time. He was just feeling the pinch, and Beijia had sent him compensation.

There was even a surplus.

Yu Zecheng was truly a great person!

With such treasures, he could recharge arrays that were equally powerful and energy-consuming, perhaps allowing the Golden Armored Copper Generals and Divine Generals to have long-term endurance... In short, the uses were endless.

Zhu Danniang lowered her head: "Get on, I'll give you a ride."

He Lingchuan jumped onto her forehead, and she carried him toward White Wave Villa.

After this battle, he could clearly feel that the spider demon sisters trusted him more, especially Zhu Erniang, whose tone and attitude when speaking to him had become much closer, with her favorability rising in a straight line.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1027 =====