Chapter 406: The Vile Chapter Number

"Huh? Teacher, what are you saying? Why don't I understand?" Hu Liena asked, confused.

Bibi Dong did not hide it from her: "We have our own sources of intelligence in the Heaven Dou Empire. Five years ago, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect began building emergency escape tunnels under Qin Jian's suggestion to cope with crisis situations."

"Originally, if this matter hadn't been discovered, our Soul Hunting Operation this time might have truly failed. After all, taking down an empty Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would be completely meaningless to us..."

A strange smile appeared on the corner of Bibi Dong's mouth: "But it's a pity that Ning Fengzhi didn't consult with anyone else, he had to consult with her, so we are completely clear about these tunnels. One could even say they were built right under our noses..."

Hu Liena's expression brightened, but she became even more confused: "Such a secretive matter, and specifically planned by Qin Jian, they must have been very careful, right? How could it have been discovered so clearly by us?"

Bibi Dong's hand gripping the Scepter tightened slightly, and a flash of imperceptible complexity crossed her eyes: "Our deep-cover agent in the Heaven Dou Empire has been planted for nearly twenty years; even Ning Fengzhi couldn't distinguish it..."

Hu Liena said in surprise: "It's actually been as long as twenty years?"

The next moment, she suddenly became vigilant: "Teacher, such a person cannot be trusted one hundred percent. No one knows what has happened in these twenty years. How can we be sure if she is still loyal?"

"She can still be trusted..."

Bibi Dong closed her eyes slightly.

Although she only possessed Bibi Dong's genetic factors, and the person was neither born of her nor raised by her, regardless, she could still be considered half a daughter...

Even if the level of closeness couldn't compare to Hu Liena, there was still some connection after all. Subconsciously, she would still grant her trust, even though she detested the other half of the genetics in this half-daughter...

Inside the Pope Palace, in the Left Side Hall.

"Welcome, Empress!"

Qin Jian walked in under the kneeling welcome of a group of Maids.

He was now completely immune to their form of address; let it be whatever it wanted to be...

"Swoosh!"

A silver stream flew out from his body, once again transforming into the appearance of a tiny Silver Dragon on Qin Jian's shoulder.

"Na'er, you seem to really like appearing in this body?"

Qin Jian glanced at the Silver Dragon again and again, almost unable to suppress the desire to pick her up.

This was... just too cute...

"Don't you know I haven't been able to move freely for countless ten thousand years?"

The Silver Dragon rolled her eyes: "Healing, healing, healing in the dark. Now that I can finally come out, of course I don't want to stay inside the Silver Dragon Spear anymore."

"Will this be discovered?" Qin Jian asked.

The Silver Dragon shook her head: "No, unless I completely erupt with my own power. For example, when the two of us use Fusion, if Gu Qing'er's personality is the main one and I completely burn my Spirit to unleash a strike of my true form, that would be discovered."

"I see..."

Qin Jian breathed a slight sigh of relief: "It's fine, we won't fall into that kind of predicament..."

"I hope so..."

Na'er was noncommittal.

"By the way, I seem to remember that the escape mechanism you helped the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect build was actually discovered by the Spirit Hall. This can't be used as a trump card to win the bet. What were you thinking?" Na'er asked.

Qin Jian crossed his arms: "I know that, of course. But the things the Spirit Hall thinks they know are all things we intentionally let them know. Aside from me, Uncle Ning, and Teacher, no one else knows what's hidden in the dark..."

"And you know, I already asked Xiao San to help me send a message back... The original Soul Hunting Operation was actually very reliant on a surprise attack, because my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect isn't a pushover either..."

He let go of his arms and shrugged: "But now, for Uncle Ning, it's basically a game of playing with cards face-up. If he can still lose with this, then he shouldn't be a big shot anymore; he should let me take the position of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Master."

"You mean to say that you intentionally created fake tunnels while knowing they had already been discovered, and then secretly built the real ones?"

The Silver Dragon tilted her head to look at him: "How did you think of starting to arrange this so many years in advance?"

"This is very hard to explain..."

Qin Jian scratched his head: "Anyway, this kind of calculating back and forth is like a nesting doll. You calculate me, I calculate you calculating me, you calculate me calculating you calculating me, and then I calculate you again and again..."

"Stop, stop, stop..."

The Silver Dragon had little stars over her head: "Human thinking is too complex. Isn't it better to just pierce everything with one spear?"

"You're right..."

Qin Jian walked into the bedroom: "This kind of nesting-doll-style calculation usually happens when one's strength is insufficient. If you're truly the best in the world, who cares about schemes and tricks? One slap down, and the whole world goes quiet..."

"That is the realm we should pursue. Spending all day racking one's brains on these gloomy calculations, the whole person will lose their drive," Na'er said.

"Mm-hmm."

Qin Jian nodded repeatedly.

He now felt as if he were carrying a teacher around with him, listening to teachings at every moment. He hadn't realized she had this attribute...

He glanced at the Silver Dragon on his shoulder again, preparing to plan a counterattack.

If their relationship were really pushed slowly toward teacher and student, he would be depressed to death...

Finally reaching the bed, Qin Jian kicked off his boots in an instant and threw his whole body into the soft bed.

"Ah... comfortable..."

He couldn't help but let out a comfortable groan.

"Hey, hey, hey, why didn't you say anything when you lay down? Don't you know I was still standing on your shoulder?"

The Silver Dragon flapped her little wings in a mess, which was the only thing that saved her from the fate of being crushed by him.

Seeing her fly and land on his chest, Qin Jian's eyes rolled, and he suddenly hugged her.

"You... what are you doing?"

The voice that went directly into his mind was clearly a bit stunned.

"Not doing anything, just hugging you..."

Qin Jian said with a smile: "You don't even know how cute you look right now."

"Cu... cute?"

The Silver Dragon instantly bristled... bristled her dragon scales: "Is that kind of thing used to describe me? Boring!"

"Isn't cute good? It's my favorite."

Qin Jian grabbed her little wings with both hands and held her up before his eyes: "How about you roar for me again?"

"Roar... roar for you?"

Na'er was stunned again: "You haven't awakened some strange hobby, have you? You like being roared at?"

"No, no, I just like hearing you roar," Qin Jian said repeatedly.

"What a strange preference..."

The Silver Dragon was held up by him, then she closed her mouth, slowly brewed her emotions, and finally aimed at Qin Jian's head, opened her mouth, and roared...

"Rua~"

The human and the dragon stared at each other in silence, and the bed suddenly became somewhat quiet.

"Ahahaha, Na'er, you are so cute!"

Qin Jian suddenly held the Silver Dragon and laughed out loud: "Quick... quickly roar for me a couple more times!"

"Bang!"

The Silver Dragon's little wing slapped hard across his face...

(End of this chapter)