Chapter 1425: Caught Up

"This is a treasure, a treasure that can create other magic treasures." Dong Rui took it and gestured a few times, "What do you want to create?"

"I want to give it to someone." He Lingchuan laughed, "In the hands of certain people, it can be put to its best use."

The second treasure was a red ring.

This toy-like magic treasure could cast the divine ability "Drawing a Circle as a Prison," and just now it even trapped Zhu Xiuer... for quite a while.

After the battle ended, it went to recover the spider silk and incidentally picked up this red ring.

"I like this one!" Dong Rui couldn't put it down, "I want it."

He was a demon puppet master, and his demon puppets were all very powerful, but he himself was the weakest link. He liked any divine ability magic treasure that could save his life.

The third trophy was a mutton-fat jade purification bottle.

It would generate ten drops of cold dew every day. Just one drop could freeze an entire large pond, along with the fish and water plants inside, into ice cubes, and they wouldn't melt even after being exposed to the sun for two days.

Dong Rui laughed: "With this thing, can you jump into a volcano?"

Lingguang was very interested in this bottle. It seemed that cold dew was a good material for making cold ice talismans and frost dew pills, the latter of which had miraculous effects in treating off-beat fire toxins.

He Lingchuan gave the bottle to it.

Qi Yunsheng also had quite a few miscellaneous magic treasures on him, a large pile of talismans with various functions, and even two pieces of profound crystals, all of which He Lingchuan accepted with a smile.

Sure enough, killing people and seizing treasures is the fastest way to make money.

Dong Rui stretched and said comfortably: "Xue Zongwu and Qi Yunsheng are gone, I wonder what the Yao Nation's reaction will be?"

So looking forward to it.

"This trip to the Yao Nation will never be boring again." He Lingchuan sat down and closed his eyes to rest, "Do you know why I had to kill Xue Zongwu? That's because killing ten other officials wouldn't equal the weight of one Xue Zongwu, wouldn't equal the impact after his death. He is one of the three great marshals of the Yao Nation, and is crucial to the Yao Nation and the King of Yao—especially right now! With him dead, it will inevitably trigger a violent tremor throughout the Yao Nation."

Encountering a saline-alkali land, the Snail Toad climbed onto the ground to change its route, passing by a pool of water.

It hadn't rained here, and the pool water was as black as ink and as smooth as a mirror.

He Lingchuan pointed to this pool and said: "We are outsiders. The situation in Heavenly Water City is like this pool of stagnant water. No matter how turbulent the undercurrents are, we are newcomers and can't see the clues, nor can we see the pros and cons. But there is a way to help us intervene quickly."

The Snail Toad hit a rock.

With a *plop*, the rock fell into the water, bringing out ripples, and the calmness of the lake surface was broken at once.

Dong Rui had a flash of inspiration and said "Oh": "Throwing a stone to ask the way?"

"Not bad, throwing a stone to ask the way." He Lingchuan looked at the rippling lake water, "Xue Zongwu's death is that stone, but the weight is large enough that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to see it as a meteorite. It hit Heavenly Water City, and our opportunity has come."

"On this trip to the Yao Nation, I didn't have a single card in my hand originally. Uh, no—" He thought for a moment, "The Black Armor Army can barely count as a small card. But to sit at the table and play with Qingyang and the King of Yao, that's far from qualified."

"Killing Xue Zongwu is the first big card we got. From now on, we have a chance to play with them!"

Killing Xue Zongwu was the first step of his plan.

No matter how difficult, it had to be completed. Otherwise, the path he had to take later would be truly difficult.

Lingguang had bandaged him up, then leaned over to sniff, nodding with satisfaction: "No medicinal smell, very good."

Dong Rui exhaled lightly. He wasn't surprised at all that He Lingchuan's plan could reach this step.

The King of Yao half-invited and half-coerced He Lingchuan to come to the Yao Nation. But he didn't know at all that his actions were called inviting a wolf into the house and inviting fire to burn himself.

This guy had messed up Lingxu City back then, and this time he was sharpening his sword, about to take action against Heavenly Water City again!

He Lingchuan was about to speak when he suddenly heard a light *pop* from his bosom.

Eh? He took out a grass knot: "It broke."

Dong Rui recognized that it was a "Thousand-Thousand Knot." When refined, it was a pair. Within a certain distance, if one broke, the other would follow, used for simple communication, which couldn't be more convenient.

The other one of this pair of grass knots was in Wanzai Feng's hands. He broke the grass knot to convey only one message: Return quickly, there is trouble knocking on the door!

"How far are we from Zhuo'an?" He immediately urged Dong Rui, "Hurry up!"

Dong Rui rolled his eyes: "This is the fastest it gets. Why don't you let the Snail Toad fly? By the way, your hair and clothes are all wet!"

He Lingchuan had been busy in Mang Continent all night, not only was he wet all over, but there were also a few blades of grass in his hair.

Lingguang hurriedly plucked the leaves clean for him.

When General Zhongwu returned to the riverside inn where he had been drinking last night, the sunlight was struggling to break free from the shackles of the clouds, trying hard to show its face.

The great river, having experienced the baptism of the rainstorm, was a muddy yellow.

He walked into the inn, and the tables in the lobby were in a mess, with the waiters cleaning up.

The inn was very lively, with many merchants checking out, carrying their luggage to get on their carriages and leave.

General Zhongwu immediately said: "Go and find out which teams were robbed last night!"

"Yes!" His subordinate went straight to find the shopkeeper.

General Zhongwu passed the private room where he had been drinking last night, his heart moved, and he also walked in to take a look.

This place had long been cleaned up, the tabletop was clean, with no cups, plates, bowls, or dishes.

He stopped a passing waiter: "When did this table of guests finish drinking?"

"I, I only came this morning."

The waiter who was on duty last night was sleeping soundly and looked confused when woken up by General Zhongwu's subordinate. The front yard was too lively last night, with drinkers coming and going, and the turnover rate was extremely high. He opened his mouth and thought for a long time before saying: "That private room? It seems they finished before sunset. We went in to clean up, and two more tables of guests came in later."

Sunset? General Zhongwu calculated, Fan Shuang and He Xiao and the others also finished within an hour of his departure.

This wasn't strange either; Fan Shuang looked like he had an average tolerance for alcohol.

He walked to the backyard of the inn and saw two palace guards standing in front of Fan Shuang's door: "Is he up yet?"

"Lord Fan is still resting."

Even if the palace guards didn't say it, General Zhongwu could hear the snoring coming from inside. "Did he get drunk last night?"

People who are drunk sleep soundly.

"Drunk, very drunk. It was Commander Zhao and Island Master He who helped him back to his room." The palace guard added, "Lord Fan suddenly woke up in the middle of the night and went to knock on Island Master He's door, wanting to have a few more drinks with him."

"And then?"

"Before he could even knock on the door, he was stopped by Island Master He's guards. We sent him back to this room, and he made a fuss for quite a while before falling asleep." Actually, the palace guard was also sleepy, but it wasn't good to yawn in front of General Zhongwu.

"What about Island Master He?"

"He slept all night, and the door didn't even open."

General Zhongwu nodded, followed the corridor for two turns, and walked toward He Lingchuan's guest room.

Those few Yangshan guards were indeed dutiful, guarding the door of their master all night, and saluted when they saw General Zhongwu.

"Where is your master?" General Zhongwu laughed, "The sun is already up, and he's still not up?"

"Our master was drinking last night and is still resting."

"Didn't the banquet end yesterday evening? This is sleeping for ten hours in one go?"

Wanzai Feng replied: "Our master worries about business and has been exhausted for days. It's not easy to have a night of sound sleep."

"Eat first, then sleep after the meal." General Zhongwu said as he reached out to knock on the door, "Mr. He!"

His movements were brisk. Just as the Yangshan guards wanted to stop him, he had already knocked on the door.

*Knock, knock, knock! * Wanzai Feng's eyes flickered slightly. The other party was a general of the Yao Nation, so it wasn't good for them to stop him hard.

There was no movement inside.

"This sleep is too sound." General Zhongwu wanted to knock on the door again, but Wang Fubao took a diagonal step and blocked him: "Why is the General disturbing our master?"

His words were a bit blunt, and the guards behind General Zhongwu scolded angrily: "Rude!"

General Zhongwu raised his hand to interrupt. Just as he was about to speak, a sound suddenly came from inside the room, and then the door opened with a *creak*: "What is the noise?"

He Lingchuan stood behind the door, his face showing not only the confusion of just waking up but also some displeasure.

His tone was also somewhat reproachful, but he froze when he saw the person at the door: "Eh, General Zhongwu?"

He immediately switched to a face of concern: "Have the stolen things been recovered?"

"Recovered." General Zhongwu looked at He Lingchuan, who was bleary-eyed, with messy hair, and barefoot without socks, which indeed looked like he had just woken up. He also glanced with his peripheral vision and saw that the windows in He Lingchuan's room were tightly closed, and the light was very dim. "Chased for a whole night, fortunately, they were all recovered."

Nothing suspicious.

He couldn't explain why he wanted to check He Xiao; it was probably just a flash of inspiration.

"Fortunately, fortunately!" He Lingchuan laughed, "The General came to find me for breakfast, and I knew the trouble was solved. Wait for me, I'll change my clothes."

With another *creak*, he closed the door without further ado.

General Zhongwu used the excuse of finding him for a meal to knock on the door, so he was embarrassed to turn around and leave, so he had to step back two steps and wait.

The door closed, and He Lingchuan leaned against the door, also secretly exhaling.

The Soul-Sucking Mirror in his bosom shouted: "Wow, wow, so dangerous, just a little bit."

When General Zhongwu knocked on the door, He Lingchuan had just arrived at the riverside. He jumped through the window into the room, messed up his hair, took off his shoes and socks, and went to open the door with a bleary-eyed look.

On the return trip from Mang Continent, he used true power to bake dry the moisture on his body and hair; otherwise, he would have been exposed on the spot.

Finally caught up.

Otherwise, if General Zhongwu knocked on the door for a long time and no one responded, he would definitely have become suspicious.

This trip's plan was only considered successfully completed at this moment.

General Zhongwu waited outside the door for over a quarter of an hour before He Lingchuan tidied himself up and pushed the door open again.

Crimson brocade clothes, white jade crown, a small enamel gourd the length of a little finger hanging from his waist, and the most plain thing on his whole body was the light gold-embroidered belt.

Everyone felt their eyes brighten. Such a flamboyant outfit actually set off his handsome and dashing appearance.

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