Chapter 1035: There Are Some Things I Want to Entrust to You

As for Ding Zuodong, Qiu Hu, and others, it went without saying; the benefits they received were truly enviable. The reason He Lingchuan didn't take all the pills for sale was that he still had to leave dividends for his own people and keep a portion as future military merit rewards.

Rewards and punishments must not only be clear but also timely, so that everyone knew that only by working hard for him would life get sweeter and sweeter.

Of course, as the Island Master, He Lingchuan's own reward was the most generous.

This was what he deserved.

And He Lingchuan also keenly discovered that the spirit of the guard team was different from two days ago, more high-spirited, more confident, and they subconsciously straightened their waists when walking.

This was because the battle the night before was a different kind of battle for them.

And they won.

Where did the confidence of soldiers come from? Past victories.

The more they won, the more confident they were.

At the current stage, the guard team had no battles to fight, and the experience of the night before last was a good trial.

He clapped his hands and said to everyone: "Alright, don't be lazy, go to other islands to work!"

The number of Wind Lions made recently was limited, and they only barely covered the important parts of the island. After the hurricane raged, the road traffic on each island was blocked and needed people to clear it.

He found Wang Fubao again: "I'll give you a task: go to White Reef Village west of Blade Edge Port and find the clues of Old Yu—that is, Yu Rong."

Old Yu was the lackey who incited the Wansai uncle and nephew for the Lu family. For the past few days, He Lingchuan had been so busy that his heels were hitting the back of his head, and now that he finally had time, how could he easily let him go?

"As long as the news that I am safe and sound reaches Blade Edge Port, Yu Rong will know that the Wansai uncle and nephew failed to capture the island. He might not stay in Blade Edge Port, and he might not return to White Reef Village, but his home is in White Reef Village, so there must be his personal belongings in the village." He Lingchuan instructed Wang Fubao, "Find these things and bring them to me, the more personal the better, the more the better."

"Yes!"

"Also, find a way to ask for his birth date."

The next night, another Emperor's Flowing Pulp descended.

With the experience of the last time, and without the hurricane making trouble, the Yangshan Archipelago responded to the Emperor's Flowing Pulp much more calmly.

This night passed smoothly.

By this point, both Emperor's Flowing Pulps had fallen.

Early the next morning, Wang Xingyi prepared to leave the island.

As a high-level Lingshan member and Mou Nation State Preceptor, he naturally knew the basic arrival time of the Emperor's Flowing Pulp, so he waited for both to fall before leaving.

Delayed by the hurricane for two full days, his pace back to the Mou Nation became even more hurried.

He Lingchuan received the news and went to White Wave Villa, where Wang Xingyi had already packed up and was waiting for him there.

"You did quite well these past few days, I saw it all." Wang Xingyi looked at Fang Canran, "I considered it for two days, and there are some things I want to entrust to you."

He Lingchuan knew that this meant he had observed him for two days and felt he was reliable, so he had something to entrust.

It seemed he had passed the State Preceptor's test, and his heart felt slightly relieved.

"State Preceptor is too polite. Is it a private matter or a public matter?"

"Public matter."

He Lingchuan understood and immediately dismissed the people around him, and personally went outside the door to check twice to ensure there was no one outside before casually placing a barrier.

"Please speak."

Fang Canran spoke first: "Lingshan occasionally encounters some small troubles that need special people to solve. Sometimes, the Mou Nation is not convenient to come forward."

Big things have big difficulties.

He Lingchuan understood in seconds and immediately patted his chest to express his stance: "He is willing to share the worries for Lingshan."

Getting to know Lingshan, solving problems for others, could quickly accumulate feelings, which would facilitate his future plans.

"These matters, I will let Songyuan convey them." Wang Xingyi said, "Of course, there will be appropriate rewards."

He Lingchuan accepted happily.

From now on, Fang Canran became the task issuer for Lingshan.

Wang Xingyi pondered slightly: "Alright, let's talk about business. You already know that there are immortals in Lingshan."

He Lingchuan nodded: "Yes."

Not only had he heard of it, but he had also seen it with his own eyes, on the night Fang Canran caused a huge disturbance in Lingxu City. That green bird flying in the sky, summoning storms at will, Zhu Danniang thought it had at least semi-immortal level.

Wang Xingyi sighed: "You are not yet a member of Lingshan, but I have to tell you a few core secrets."

He Lingchuan smiled: "It is entirely up to the State Preceptor to decide; actually, it's fine if I don't listen."

If he didn't listen, the work couldn't be done.

He wasn't a member of Lingshan, and he wasn't even in a cooperative relationship with Wang Xingyi, yet this old man wanted to assign him a task? Wang Xingyi laughed, intending to provoke him: "Why, afraid?"

Fang Canran kept winking from the side, signaling He Lingchuan to accept, but the latter wasn't provoked at all: "State Preceptor, just speak, I will evaluate the risks myself."

"This is a first-class confidential matter, even for Lingshan." Wang Xingyi restrained his smile and said solemnly, "If I tell you, and you refuse to take it, then I will have harmed you."

He Lingchuan understood as soon as he heard it: if he heard these secrets but still refused to do things for Lingshan, people would have to silence him.

His own future plans also needed Lingshan's cooperation, or rather, cover, and he was just thinking about how to get closer to Lingshan without joining it, and this old man Wang came to send a pillow, no, to give a task.

He wouldn't refuse such a good opportunity. But before expressing his stance, He Lingchuan still had to fight for some benefits for himself.

"May I ask, since it is a first-class secret, why not entrust it to someone from Lingshan?"

His expression was very sincere, and his question was very appropriate.

This time Wang Xingyi hesitated even longer before saying softly: "Who do you think knows Lingshan best in this world?"

He Lingchuan didn't think: "The Tiangong, or Lingxu City."

The one who knows you best is often your arch-enemy; any flaw in his eyes will be infinitely magnified.

"Yes. The Tiangong knows Lingshan, just as Lingshan knows the gods. This pair of arch-enemies has existed for too long." Wang Xingyi said in a low voice, "There are our people in the Tiangong, and vice versa."

He Lingchuan pursued: "You mean there are also... in Lingshan?"

Six hundred years, they had long been infiltrating each other.

"Lingshan is ethereal and untraceable, but the Daoist sects and individuals connected to Lingshan are realistic existences." Wang Xingyi sighed softly, "Hearts are separated by bellies."

Elder Dao of the Rong Mountain Sect had said that Lingshan was a very "loose" organization, with few people at the top, so he thought it would be difficult for Beijia's spies to infiltrate there. But Lingshan maintained thousands of threads of connection with the Mou Nation and other Daoist sects.

What were these thousands of threads? People.

Wang Xingyi was an old oil-slick who had rolled in the organization for a lifetime, and he knew very well that no matter how one guarded against it, as long as the organization was large enough and there were enough people, traitors and turncoats were unavoidable.

Beijia was like this, and Lingshan was also like this.

He Lingchuan could infer that Wang Xingyi's commission was indeed a first-class secret, so important that he didn't dare to trust even his internal personnel.

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