Chapter 2548: Plans Have Changed

"Director Deng is temporarily setting sail by boat this morning and won't be back for a long time. In his absence, I will be acting in his stead. Old Wang, what business do you have?" As for the reason Director Deng went to sea, since no one is saying, we subordinates naturally cannot ask. In any case, the Spirit Essence Palace has many secrets.

Dong Rui and the others in the Doukou Garden, hearing this, scratched their heads in bewilderment. It turns out Deng Yanlong is also not here, so their target has come to nothing.

But He Lingchuan, disguised as Wang the steward, has come and requested an audience, so he can only grit his teeth and see the process through.

So he could only reach into his bosom and produce the nine linked rings and the《Book of Ancient Eats》, holding them out with both hands: "The two items Director Deng entrusted me with, I have obtained."

"Oh, these two, I see." Hu Xin obviously also knew what they were used for, casually took them and slipped them into his storage ring, "Anything else?"

He Lingchuan shook his head.

Hu Xin was quite casual: "Alright, you may go back."

Zhu Xiuer sulked: "After all the trouble to get these mission supplies, you just hand them over like that, and don't even get anything in return."

He Lingchuan merely answered with an "Yes," turned around, and walked back the way he came.

"Huh, you're leaving just like that?" Xue Mo clicked his tongue in wonder, "I thought you would try every way to stay behind."

Jingzi snorted: "What use is staying behind? This little world has always been under strict surveillance; what outrageous thing could we do in front of the person behind the scenes?"

"Then what should we do?"

Jingzi, as expected of the one who has been by He Lingchuan's side the longest:

"The plan has changed; we must go out and talk about it."

He Lingchuan left Lian Valley Small World by the original path, returned to Yun Tai, passed inspection again, entered Baiwan Mountain, and throughout made no extra movements.

Sure enough, as soon as he returned to Baiwan Mountain, the feeling of being spied on disappeared.

Zhu Xiuer urged impatiently: "What now?"

When in doubt, ask the Nine Abysses; even if others have no idea, he surely will have a way.

"The original plan won't work; we need a new trick." On his way back, He Lingchuan had already thought of several schemes: "Steward Wang has limited knowledge of Lian Valley, so we must find an insider to pump for all the information there."

Originally they had selected Deng Yanlong as their target, but who would have thought—alas! Dong Rui took up the conversation: "The Deng surname is not here, and moreover we cannot act in Lian Valley."

"Then we change the target, and change the location."

"Like, Baiwan Mountain?" The Baiwan Mountain Small World is not under constant surveillance by the person behind the scenes, "If we change to another target, how do we make him come to Baiwan Mountain of his own accord?"

Mingke Xianren was also thinking: "Wasn't that Hu Xin just now claiming to be acting in Deng Yanlong's stead while he was out? That is to say, now he is Steward Wang's direct superior, the main person in charge of Baiwan Mountain's terraced fields?"

"This person is Deng Yanlong's confidant, and since he is on duty in Lian Valley, he must know many internal details." He Lingchuan immediately said, "Looking on the bright side, our original target Deng Yanlong is said to have decent cultivation, so dealing with him personally would not be difficult; the difficulty lies in silently disposing of him within Lian Valley's territory without letting him send out an alarm, without letting the Heavenly Demons notice."

At least, the means to deal with Steward Wang would be hard to replicate on Deng Yanlong.

It is no surprise that the Spirit Essence Palace's director is of high standing, and Director Wang is even a xianren. So-called xianren are not all idle clouds and wild cranes; those who can handle affairs and get things done easily have power in their hands.

In this world, some love money, some love power; holding great power allows one to grasp more resources, and xianren cultivation consumes the most resources, so if one can advance a bit, why not?

Dong Rui agreed: "Right, now changing to Hu Xin reduces the difficulty quite a bit."

He Lingchuan laughed and said:

"To make him come of his own accord, we need to create an accident in Baiwan Mountain, the scale cannot be too large, otherwise it won't be him who comes out; also cannot be too small, otherwise he won't bother to come."

Ling Jinbao also joined the discussion: "Most importantly, it must be within his job responsibilities."

Zhu Xiuer glanced this way and that, a bit displeased: "Are you all performing cross-talk? What exactly is the solution!"

Several people in unison: "Terraced fields!"

"Huh?"

He Lingchuan lifted his leg and walked toward the terraced fields; the gatekeeper beast of Baiwan Mountain shrank in the grass beside, knowing "Steward Wang" had returned, it couldn't even be bothered to come out and show its face.

"I remember, Steward Wang just now sent in a large batch of sea stars from Lian Valley, preparing to have the slave laborers plant them in the terraced fields. This task won't be finished quickly, so let's go take a look."

Wearing Steward Wang's face, He Lingchuan passed through Baiwan Mountain unimpeded; the guards, supervisors, and slaves still had to salute and greet him.

Behind Ji Mountain's terraced fields, more than ten rows of large houses, specially used to house these sea stars.

Now is the slave laborers' rest time, and the sea stars are temporarily unassigned.

The moment He Lingchuan walked past, he almost thought he had entered a wine cellar—each room contains towering shelves several rows high, the shelves piled full of……wine jars and wine vats.

The smallest pot holds only three or two, not much bigger than a persimmon, the largest vat can hold thirty catties of old wine, now all on the shelves in dazzling array, and their mouths are all sealed with wax.

Dong Rui exclaimed: "No wonder Bai Songcheng took so many large orders for making wine vessels; it turns out they used wine vessels to conceal the Hidden God Lord!"

Really damn creative.

But the advantages of using wine vessels to contain them are many: first, the sea stars need to be separated to prevent them from merging;

second, the container must hold seawater, otherwise they would die of thirst;

third, wine vessels have lids that can seal, to prevent these things from escaping;

lastly, the craft of making pottery jars is simple, and Bai Songcheng's outskirts abound in clay ore, so making jars on-site is the most economical and saving method. Considering the demand for pottery jars is excessively huge, production cost and speed are important conditions the Spirit Essence Palace must consider.

He Lingchuan casually strolled two rounds, then looked at the gate; only two guards were on duty, at this deep night they could barely keep their eyes open, and they weren't even looking this way, which was convenient for his actions.

He Lingchuan thus reached into his bosom and produced a small round mirror with convex surfaces on both sides, then placed it before his eyes to use as a magnifying glass, first aiming it at the gatekeeper guard and taking a glance, then turning to inspect that row after row of bottles and jars on the shelves.

The round mirror looks perfectly ordinary on the outside, but through it He Lingchuan saw two yellow points appearing on the body of the guard outside the gate.

It is the divine artifact, Yang Guan Dao, refined by the First Bank Xianren, capable of detecting the faintest traces of consciousness.

The goal the Heavenly Demon wants to achieve with it is exactly the same as what He Lingchuan is doing now—

Using Yang Guan Dao to search for new consciousness born within the body/fragments of the Hidden God Lord!

In the blink of an eye, He Lingchuan used it to scan the five rows of shelves.

The formidable aspect of Yang Guan Dao in searching for life consciousness lies in that it is almost unaffected by external obstructions.

(End of Chapter)