Chapter 953

The sisters had a tacit understanding; Zhu Danniang also felt her gaze and immediately said: "He Lingchuan is right; this matter isn't difficult. If the one surnamed Yu comes, we'll join forces and kill him!" "..."

Unfortunately, spiders couldn't roll their eyes. Zhu Erniang ignored her and turned to ask He Lingchuan: "How are you going to deal with the people from Beijia?"

"Don't be anxious, let me ask you." Her tone was a bit irritable, and He Lingchuan pacified her, "The Beijia team that discovered you, why didn't they attack you directly before?"

"They have to have the ability to do so." Zhu Erniang said indignantly, "A dozen or so people breaking into my home, isn't that just delivering food?"

The leader surnamed Yu led the team to fight Mobile Corps Commander warfare with her and mobilized the power of surrounding demon monsters and officials, just not daring to confront her head-on.

Just as He Lingchuan said, that was the wolf pack's harassment tactic.

The most important task of this Beijia small detachment was to tail her, keep a close eye on Zhu Erniang, and create all kinds of trouble for her.

"I'll ask you again, if this team discovers you moved to the Yangshan Archipelago, what will they do next?"

"Tail me, investigate." It wasn't easy to put herself in a human's perspective, Zhu Erniang thought hard, "Find an opportunity to harass me again."

"The premise for them to do that is that you are isolated and helpless." He Lingchuan pointed out directly, "But here, you have Danniang."

Zhu Danniang puffed out her chest: "Right, younger sister, don't be afraid, you have me!"

When it came to one-on-one fighting, she could beat her younger sister until she was looking for her teeth all over the floor; the one surnamed Yu didn't even dare to attack her younger sister directly, so wasn't it easy for her to deal with the one surnamed Yu?

He Lingchuan smiled at the two of them: "And there's me."

Zhu Erniang remained silent.

Was it really that simple? "First of all, Pan Si Island is an island after all, surrounded by water on all sides and very far from the mainland, making it inconvenient for Beijia people to advance or retreat, unless they come and go by air." He Lingchuan held up a finger, "The island is your world; even if they want to play the trick of attacking in a group, they can't hire other demon monsters to do it."

"Secondly, Pan Si Island is very close to Dragon Spine Island, and there are Earthly Yin Qi patrolling in the sea. Anyone who wants to land on the island for no reason must first pass the Earthly Yin Qi test."

"Thirdly, neither Dong Rui nor I will stand idly by." He Lingchuan said sincerely, "I won't, so many of my subordinates won't, and the entire Yangshan Archipelago won't! Erniang, from the moment you moved to Pan Si Island, you are no longer alone."

"Well said, that's exactly what I think." Zhu Danniang stretched out her claw and scratched her belly, "Younger sister, what are you afraid of!"

Zhu Erniang was somewhat moved, but no expression could be shown on a spider's face.

Was the kid surnamed He trying to take her under his wing?

After so many years, had she finally joined an organization? "What a big mouth." She said gloomily, "Aren't you afraid that Beijia will stretch out a finger and snap you in two with a 'click'?"

He Lingchuan crossed his arms and stretched, and sure enough, there was a "crack" sound: "Like this?"

"Be serious." Zhu Erniang said indignantly, "You protect me, aren't you afraid of exposing yourself?"

"I am." When it came to himself, He Lingchuan leaned back against the large rock and returned to his casual sitting posture, "Should I stop doing things just because I'm afraid?"

He still had goals, he still had visions, he still had ambitions; how could he stop here?

He Lingchuan said to Zhu Erniang: "Didn't the one surnamed Yu say that for targets Beijia wants to hunt down, it's useless to flee to the ends of the earth. You already hid behind the Mou Nation, and they were still able to find you."

"They found me just to force me to reveal your whereabouts." Zhu Erniang worried, "If I move here, won't you be suspected by Beijia?"

He Lingchuan smiled: "So what if they suspect me? Can they find solid evidence?"

Zhu Danniang interrupted: "Wait, this isn't a trial; does Beijia need evidence to suspect you?"

"They don't." He Lingchuan shrugged, "Let's follow the logic: if Beijia suspects me, what will they do?"

The spider demon sisters spoke in unison this time: "Deal with you!"

"How exactly will they do it?"

Both spiders fell into thought.

For such a powerful nation to confront an individual, it was indeed a terrifying sense of oppression like the sky collapsing. Even ancient giant demons like them felt deeply wary, and an ordinary person's first reaction would definitely be "It's over, I'm dead."

But He Lingchuan was already far away from Beijia and behind the Mou Nation; if Beijia wanted to deal with him, how should they operate? "I am now the Lord of the Yangshan Archipelago, with territory and power." Regardless of whether his power had grown yet, having it was having it; there was a clear distinction between "having" and "not having," "If Beijia wants to attack me, the means are nothing more than three: either sneak attack, send an army, or incite surrounding forces."

"From our geographical location, the 'send an army' option is crossed out first; it's almost impossible."

The spider demon sisters both hummed in agreement.

There was no land connection between Beijia and the Yangshan Archipelago; if they wanted to come, they would have to send a fleet.

More importantly, this was the rear of the Mou Nation; if Beijia sent an army here, it would be equivalent to a full-scale war against the Mou Nation.

At present, the fighting between the two countries could still be called small conflicts, with both sides fighting intermittently; how much effort had they used? Would Beijia fully escalate the war for the sake of one He Lingchuan?

Picking up sesame seeds and losing the watermelon—the Beijia Demon Emperor didn't seem that muddled.

"Then only sneak attacks and inciting surrounding forces remain, just like what they did to Erniang before." He Lingchuan continued to analyze, "Let's talk about the surroundings first; the forces near the archipelago are just the Bailie and the Qing Nation, at most adding the Ya Nation. But the Ya Nation is still separated from us by the Bailie."

"We are isolated overseas and don't border them at all; these three forces can't reach us. Besides, the situation in the Yangshan sea area, heh, they all know clearly—in places with evil spirits and Earthly Yin Qi, anyone who comes must think twice."

"Then only the last method remains: sneak attack." Zhu Danniang answered confidently, "We aren't afraid of this!"

"Yes, we aren't afraid of this." He Lingchuan smiled, "A strong dragon doesn't suppress the local snake; this is our home field. If they want to come and use force, they have to think carefully. Even if they use divine descent, you sisters together have nothing to fear, not to mention that I have an Earthly Yin Qi army under my command that can be mobilized at any time."

"Besides, is divine descent such a casual matter?" He Lingchuan's understanding of divine descent far exceeded that of ordinary cultivators, "Every divine descent consumes a large amount of divine power; which god would be willing to pay for just a 'suspicion'?"

He laid out his plans in the Panlong Desert, and the Tiangong sent the Du Yun Envoy; it couldn't be said that they didn't attach importance to it.

But He Jing didn't even manage to invite a single Heavenly God avatar.

After reviewing the situation, He Lingchuan wondered: was He Jing unwilling to invite a god even at the moment of life and death? Of course not; the only explanation was that no Heavenly God was willing to come down! In the previous year, Song Yu summoned a Heavenly God avatar to descend in the Panlong Desert, and as a result, that Heavenly God avatar was eaten by the Great Fang Hu.

This was a warning from the past.

For a treasure like the Great Fang Hu, the Heavenly Gods were unwilling to send avatars; now, would they easily consume their own power just because "Lingxu City suspects He Lingchuan"? He Lingchuan had already experienced the selfishness of the Heavenly Gods.

"That's why I said just now that Beijia only suspects me without solid evidence, which is very important!" Regarding the mentality of those in power, He Lingchuan was much clearer than the two spiders, "If the evidence was conclusive and the supreme Heavenly God ordered my arrest, Lingxu City might have to comply; but if it's just suspicion, if Beijia doesn't want to pay a high price, they will naturally come up with many reasons to fob off the Heavenly Gods."

The art of weighing—in the end, it's all about the price.

In the end, it's all about whether it's worth it.

"For example, I'm just a Lord of the Archipelago who kindly took you in; how would I know what you did in the past, just like the Mou Nation once kindly took you in. Is it possible that the Tiangong and Lingxu City were thrown into chaos by the Mou Nation?"

"I've taken in many other demon monsters on this island, just treating you equally; how did I become the culprit behind the Great Havoc in the Tiangong?"

He smiled: "If you say enough reasons, perhaps they will believe it themselves."

"Just like that?" Zhu Erniang was still a bit uneasy, "You are the number one on Beijia's wanted list; will Lingxu City just let it go like this?"

"They won't make a big fuss on the surface, but they might keep making moves in the dark." He Lingchuan smiled, "It doesn't matter; as long as Beijia doesn't make a big fuss, I'm not afraid of them."

There was one thing he didn't make clear: if Beijia wanted to sneak attack him, the best time would be on land. From now on, he had to be twelve times more careful whenever he went to Blade Harbor.

"Beijia wanting to discover you, wanting to investigate me, wanting to tail me, wanting to deal with me—all of this takes effort." He Lingchuan added, "In other words, we still have time to develop and grow. Just a few months is enough to make the Yangshan Archipelago look brand new and show its scale! Let alone Beijia only sending a mere dozen or so people; even a few hundred would be nothing to worry about."

"Fundamentally speaking, to face the threat of Beijia, we need to become strong quickly ourselves." He said word by word, "We have the final say, and Beijia can't do anything about us."

"Fleeing has no end. If you only think about fleeing, you will definitely be caught up in the end." He kicked the rock at his feet, "Why did I take the Yangshan Archipelago as my first step? Only by having our own territory and army can we protect ourselves and protect our partners."

"Our secrets can't be hidden for a lifetime." He said slowly, "On the day the truth comes out, I hope we are strong enough."

For this, He Lingchuan still had to put in endless effort.

The spider demon sisters were both silently pondering these words.

This kid, he really always had a countermeasure and was always optimistic.

"By the way, the Yangshan Archipelago is very large and can still accommodate many demon monsters." He Lingchuan asked the sisters, "Can you introduce a few powerful and battle-hardened demon monsters to come over?"

At present, the way to quickly improve their own strength was to find demon monster thugs.

Training an army, well, that requires the effort of grinding, and results won't come that fast.

Zhu Danniang: "I've slept for so many years; I don't know if my old friends are all dead. I'll think about it carefully later."

Zhu Erniang: "If the Gentle King in the Demon Nest Swamp isn't dead yet, I can try to persuade him again. If you want to find him to come over, there are a few scattered demon monsters in the swamp; perhaps we can bring them to the archipelago together."

(End of chapter)