Chapter 1112: Bright Lamp and Zhong Shengguang's Plan

He Lingchuan wanted to know: "Things have come to this, there must be some response, right?" If Lady Mitian really had such intentions, Panlongcheng would not only face powerful external troubles, having to face the squeezing of surrounding nations and Beijia's calculations, but also an internal trouble like a time bomb.

"In fact, since I awakened the Great Fang Hu, this matter has been laid out, and I have also collected some intelligence." Zhong Shengguang said in a deep voice, "Because the heaven and earth spiritual energy recovered rapidly, General Hong needs some help, which is also one of the purposes of Shao Jian going to the Shining Gold Plain."

"He is going to find a treasure called 'Bright Lamp'."

He Lingchuan felt a shock in his heart, and it took a lot of effort to keep his expression normal.

Bright Lamp? In reality, the time-limited mission Fang Canran gave him was related to the "Bright Lamp"? "You... you need me to go to the Shining Gold Plain and retrieve this treasure?"

"Not bad. This mission is important and secret; only if you complete it can I be at ease." Zhong Shengguang took a piece of information from the table and handed it to He Lingchuan, "Shao Jian has already found the whereabouts of the Bright Lamp, but it is inconvenient to take it for a while. He also shoulders the mission of the Punishment Dragon Pillars, so after sending back this information, he continued forward."

He Lingchuan understood: "What Mr. Shao shoulders is the first-class heavy responsibility in the world."

"If you want people not to know, you must not do it." Zhong Shengguang paced twice, "So he just needs to focus on his mission, and don't interfere with other troubles; let us solve them."

He Lingchuan asked: "What is the effect of the Bright Lamp?"

"The stronger General Hong's cultivation is, the stronger her carrying capacity is, so Lady Mitian will definitely try to descend a more powerful clone." Zhong Shengguang said sternly, "This is not like the small troubles of the past; if it experiments repeatedly, General Hong's divine soul may not be unharmed, which requires the protective power of the Bright Lamp. Hmm, on this point, Lady Mitian also agrees."

He Lingchuan stood at attention and said sternly: "Guarantee to complete the mission."

"In short, the Bright Lamp is the key to future plans. Very few people know about this, just me, Shao Jian, and General Hong, and now one more you." Zhong Shengguang was somewhat emotional, "When I traveled to Beijia, I heard that the Shining Gold Plain was a place of chaos, with constant wars all year round, and the environment was even worse than ours. Later I knew, those were important sources of nightmare energy."

A large number of young human deaths produce the most nightmare energy.

"It's not easy to have a few Imperial Flowing Nectars in the past two years, and the human world is waiting to be revived, so don't let the Heavenly Demons take away a large amount of nightmare energy again." He shook his head and gave a wry smile, "But that's easier said than done? Mr. Lu also mentioned to me that Lingshan tried to enter the Shining Gold Plain several times, hoping to stop the loss of nightmare energy there, but the results were not ideal. That place is like a giant bottomless funnel, everything that enters disappears, including spiritual energy."

"In fact, not to mention the Shining Gold Plain, even the dozen or so small nations south of Panlong Wasteland have been in turmoil for years, and haven't enjoyed a few years of peace."

He Lingchuan also had an impression: "I remember, you once wanted to develop to the south."

Panlongcheng had become increasingly rich and strong in these years, so Zhong Shengguang had other ideas.

He took driving away Heavenly Gods as his lifelong grand wish, how could he achieve it by just operating a Panlong Wasteland?

If he wanted to develop more powerful strength, he needed broader territory, a larger population, and richer land.

Zhong Shengguang had strong execution, so he summoned the high-level officials of Panlongcheng to discuss, and He Lingchuan was also in attendance.

"That's a place like a mud pit; you can't pull them out, and it's easy to get trapped yourself." War is the source of nightmare energy; Zhong Shengguang originally wanted to start from his side and make the surroundings of Panlongcheng peaceful. However, "Panlongcheng originally had the heart to expand south and calm the war in the south, but the actions of the past two years have not had good results. We spent a lot of time and energy to get on good terms with several small nation rulers and local leaders, but they were all overthrown this year, either exiled or killed. Yesterday they were still in high positions, today they became bereaved dogs. The most miserable one even had his head hung on the city wall."

Zhong Shengguang shook his head: "Pitiful people must have hateful aspects. The people in these places are greedy and short-sighted, and it is very difficult to aggregate them."

It was rare to hear the superior pour out bitterness, and He Lingchuan was silent.

He didn't ask Zhong Shengguang why he didn't just send troops south to expand territory.

When he first came to Panlongcheng, the city was still implementing material rationing, and it was not well-off; now, although it is prosperous and trade is developed, Panlongcheng has only lived a good life for a few years, far from being rich and strong.

Besides, Panlongcheng has been fighting with Baling and Xianyou for a long time, and has to deal with Beijia's backstabbing, and General Hong is expanding to the west, so it can't spare more energy to conquer the south for a while.

But although the war is not fought, observation and winning over are still very necessary.

Panlongcheng must hope to reach into the south and plant its own forces, but currently, the progress is very unsmooth.

"But the southern region compared to the Shining Gold Plain is just a small witch compared to a big witch." Zhong Shengguang patted He Lingchuan's shoulder, "This trip east, you can take a good look at what is true turmoil and people living in misery."

"Yes."

The relationship between the human world and the divine world is one rising and another falling; the Heavenly Demons take away too much nightmare energy, so the human world's spiritual energy is weak. Zhong Shengguang is determined to end the harm of Heavenly Gods to the world, so naturally, he hopes that there will be fewer wars in the human world.

This should have been a problem for Lingshan rather than a leader like Zhong Shengguang to consider. However, Panlongcheng's troops are strong and horses are sturdy, and its power is gradually rising, which also makes Zhong Shengguang begin to cast his eyes from Panlong Wasteland to the distance.

If a person has no long-term worries, there must be near worries.

He finished explaining and said: "It's not easy for you to return to Panlongcheng, rest for a few days, and then choose a few capable cadres to go with you."

"Yes." He Lingchuan knew that this conversation ended here.

He bid farewell to Zhong Shengguang and turned to leave the government office.

The sky was still early, and He Lingchuan wandered around the city; the amount of information in Zhong Shengguang's words was too large, and he had to digest it well.

Zhong Shengguang just analyzed He Lingchuan's strategic mistakes in Yuheng City and also gave rewards.

After all, He Lingchuan worked hard for more than a year and finally solved various problems faced by Yuheng City, and indeed had merits.

Also don't forget, the strategic policy he implemented in Yuheng City had long been reported to Zhong Shengguang.

Zhong Shengguang knew but didn't reject it, which was tacit approval.

And just from the tactical level, He Lingchuan's plan to lure Fu Shanlie had no problems. Wanting to send surprise troops in war, how could there be no risk? Zhong Shengguang and General Hong had fought countless battles, so they were very clear about this.

So he punished He Lingchuan's mistakes on one hand to appease the dissatisfaction of other high-level officials in Panlongcheng, and on the other hand, he had to compensate for He Lingchuan's merits to avoid He Lingchuan's resentment.

What to use for compensation?

Zhong Shengguang didn't give substantial rewards, but gave him a heaven-shaking secret—

A secret known only to Zhong Shengguang and General Hong, which was Lady Mitian's ambition, General Hong's situation, and the hidden dangers brought to this world.

Now, He Lingchuan also knew.

From now on, he truly became the confidant and direct descendant of Zhong Shengguang and General Hong.

A superior sharing an unknown secret with a subordinate is the best way to narrow the relationship and eliminate resentment, sometimes even more useful than material rewards.

So even if He Lingchuan could see through Zhong Shengguang's methods, he couldn't resent him, and could only sigh "good wrist".

But this is also the ability that Zhong Shengguang, as a superior, must possess.

Coordinating the relationships of all parties, balancing the forces of all parties, suppressing and eliminating disputes. Then, this team can work together and walk firmly forward.

He Lingchuan was also pondering the mission Zhong Shengguang entrusted: retrieve the Bright Lamp.

Regarding the efficacy of the Bright Lamp, Commander Zhong only mentioned that the Bright Lamp could protect General Hong's divine soul, so that she would suffer less damage from divine descent.

And said that Lady Mitian also agreed with this point.

But earlier, he clearly pointed out Lady Mitian's ambition and the threat to this world, and said that he had long begun to lay out.

Zhong Shengguang's words were contradictory.

This shouldn't be. He is the helmsman of Panlongcheng, with a clear head.

So, what kind of plan is Zhong Shengguang preparing? Conversely, in this plan, what kind of effect will the Bright Lamp have, which Lady Mitian "does not agree" with?

In the evening, He Lingchuan went to pick up Scholar Sun from class and mentioned that he would be traveling far in a few days.

This trip back and forth would be at least half a year. She was somewhat reluctant, but still held his hand and said to him: "Have a safe journey, return early."

The next day, during office leisure, He Lingchuan picked up Shao Jian's "Eastern Travels Exposition" to read.

Shao Jian was talented; even if just read as a travelogue, this book was quite good.

But the Soul-Gathering Mirror found that he started to be distracted after not turning a few pages.

He stared at that page for a full three quarters of an hour, without even changing his posture.

Was there any heaven-shaking secret on this page? The mirror also looked, looked horizontally and vertically, but didn't see any trick.

He Lingchuan was pondering everything that happened around the "Bright Lamp" mission yesterday.

Fang Canran gave him a pile of missions in the Shining Gold Plain, one of which was related to the Bright Lamp.

As a result, that night he entered the Panlong world, and Zhong Shengguang also assigned him to go to the Shining Gold Plain to retrieve the Bright Lamp.

Almost seamlessly connected with the mission during the day.

The directionality was very clear; the other world also urged him to go to the Shining Gold Plain.

Why?

What could he gain by going to the Shining Gold Plain? The secret of the Bright Lamp? He Lingchuan was still a bit puzzled: was this mission given to him by the Great Fang Hu, or by Panlongcheng?

Judging from Zhong Shengguang's attitude, Panlongcheng's plan to develop to the south was shelved, and Commander Zhong no longer thought that intervening in the southern nations was a good idea.

Corresponding to reality, the Shining Gold Plain had similar symptoms to the southern nations in the Panlong world. So, would Panlongcheng think he should go for a walk?

He also went to the Shining Gold Plain in the Panlong world; how would the Great Fang Hu evolve that piece of heaven and earth? It couldn't be fabricated out of thin air, right?

Then should he go or not in reality?

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