Chapter 107

After collecting his official uniform, Chu Danqing put it on; like the Donghua Token, it had no attributes.

As for the benefits, wanting a salary on the very first day of work—such eagerness for quick success and instant benefits would be better spent killing the Crown Prince to trigger a high-difficulty hidden quest.

Xiong Zhigang brought Chu Danqing to the office and introduced him to the various officials of the Zhangyu Guard.

The people of the Imperial Feather Guard did not show any dissatisfaction, nor did they show resentment or hostility because their immediate superior had been changed.

Not many people selected for the Imperial Feather Guard were fools who couldn't see the situation clearly.

They were indeed just ordinary Imperial Feather Guards for now, but once the Crown Prince ascended the throne, these people would all be in management, making it convenient for the new Emperor to control the Imperial Yulin Guard.

After Chu Danqing got to know them, he began to discuss with them where to start.

Xiong Zhigang assisted from the sidelines, offering suggestions from time to time.

Through everyone's joint deliberation, an execution plan was quickly formed.

"Grand Coordinator Xiong, I have finally found you." An attendant from the Donggong hurried over and said: "His Majesty urgently summons you to the palace."

"The Qiutan Sect is accusing you of three major crimes: stealing gunpowder, blowing up the official road, and destroying the river embankment."

Once these words were out, Chu Danqing was full of confusion; wasn't this done by the secret agents of the Investigative Factory?

How did the Qiutan Sect come to lodge a complaint?

Then Chu Danqing thought about it and discovered a blind spot: the official road hadn't been blown up; he had stopped it.

"Do they... have evidence?" Chu Danqing asked.

It could be confirmed that the Qiutan Sect was also involved.

Blowing up the official road and destroying the river embankment were originally intended to kill Xiong Zhigang; if successful, they would push the Xichuan Twin Evils and the Longmen boss out as scapegoats.

But if it failed, they would pin the blame on Xiong Zhigang.

At that time, it would be possible to prevent Xiong Zhigang from resuming his post or even have him investigated again.

"It is the Magistrate of Qipan Road who came to the capital to lodge a complaint before the Emperor; how could this be fake?" The attendant's demeanor became increasingly anxious.

The evidence was indeed there; the Magistrate himself had come.

However, it was an early arrival rather than one after the incident, because the timing didn't match.

Chu Danqing and the others had traveled smoothly by water, yet they were only one day ahead of the Magistrate? Was this reasonable?

"They trusted the Xichuan Twin Evils and that Longmen boss too much, thinking they had accomplished the task." A smile appeared on Xiong Zhigang's face: "It's just a pity they didn't have time to investigate."

"I shall go to the palace to meet the Emperor; I hope these few people don't die too miserably."

"As for the military supplies, I won't trouble Lord Chu; I'll just take this opportunity to handle it all at once."

To be honest, Xiong Zhigang did not expect the Qiutan Sect to dare to stir up trouble at this time.

With the Crown Prince having been assassinated, they couldn't wait to weaken his power; Emperor Taichang did not want the Crown Prince to share power, but that didn't mean the Qiutan Sect could jump around whenever they pleased.

The biggest flaw was that the official road hadn't been blown up, which was a direct framing of a high-ranking court official.

What? Blow it up again?

Do they really think the Gunpowder Department, the Investigative Factory, and even the Crown Prince's faction are just sitting around doing nothing?

Numerous traces and clues would make the timing not match up.

The reason they were able to blow it up before was that no one expected them to dare to do such a thing.

If the Crown Prince hadn't been assassinated, and Xiong Zhigang hadn't met Chu Danqing, the development would indeed have gone according to the Qiutan Sect's plan, letting Xiong Zhigang shoulder everything.

But now it was different; plans couldn't keep up with changes, and there were too many loopholes to shift the blame.

"Fine, I understand." Chu Danqing also saved some trouble; he still had a side quest to do.

Afterward, he continued to refine the plan with the Imperial Feather Guard, and only when he truly couldn't find any more loopholes did he let all the Imperial Feather Guards take action.

No matter what, he was the commander of the Imperial Feather Guard; naturally, he gave the orders, and his subordinates did the work.

He had employees under him; if he were to do this manual labor of visiting and investigating himself, what would these people do?

If you have power, you should use it; otherwise, it would be a waste once it expires.

Besides, he could be said to know nothing about the capital; he didn't even need to leave the Donggong, as he was unfamiliar with the Donggong itself.

If he were really sent out to investigate and visit, he wouldn't get any results.

Chu Danqing was once again idle, so he had no choice but to take out the notes of Master Bai He to review.

Learning and cultivation require unremitting perseverance.

Da Bao took out his tablet and found a comfortable position to start watching cartoons.

But as he watched, he suddenly pricked up his ears, his eyes darting around, as if listening and searching for something.

"There is... someone." Da Bao said immediately: "Can't... find."

Chu Danqing immediately became vigilant; the combination of Da Bao's perception and intuition had always been very powerful.

"Since we are all fellow travelers, there's no need to hide." Chu Danqing said.

The martial arts techniques of the natives were not very effective when facing Da Bao's perception and intuition.

However, no one replied to his words.

"Fine, if you won't come out, I'm leaving." Chu Danqing said, rising to leave.

It didn't matter if you didn't come out; he would just go and squat at the door of the Crown Prince's bedroom and see who couldn't hold on first.

As soon as he stood up, an unstable rift appeared in the space behind him, and a slender figure immediately emerged.

A silver-white dagger stabbed toward the back of Chu Danqing's neck.

But Da Bao was faster; he turned around abruptly, launching an attack with the blessing of his Ripping Claws, landing directly on the opponent's waist and tearing off a large chunk of flesh.

At the same time, this attack directly deflected the enemy's assault, and Chu Danqing took the opportunity to activate Spirit Sight Art to scout the attribute data.

【Reserve Rank Dimension Apostle】

【Attributes】

【HP: 72%】

【Mana: 35】

【Strength: 9】

【Agility: 10】

【Constitution: 7】

【Spirit: 10】

【Perception: 10】

【Skills】

【Space Ability Modification Surgery (Inherited) LV. 5】

【Phase Warp (Active) LV. 10】

【Dimensional Assassination (Passive) LV. 10】

【Basic Space LV. MAX】

【Basic Melee LV. MAX】

The apostle whose attack had been deflected flickered, activating Phase Warp, and his figure vanished before Chu Danqing's eyes.

In the next instant, he appeared in front of Chu Danqing.

"A summoner, right? Once I'm in close quarters, you're dead!" As the opponent said this, his dagger fell, stabbing toward the heart.

Tiger Forging Military Scripture and Human Strike were activated simultaneously, directly controlling him, with six thorn vines exerting force at the same time.

Crack!

It seemed he had used the effect of some equipment, and after hard-tanking the three-hit combo of Human Strike, he forcibly broke free from the control.

This time he didn't dare to clash head-on again and could only activate Phase Warp to escape once more.

"Played too many low-end games, haven't you? You don't think you can still bully the weak as you please, do you?" Chu Danqing said, and the Five Elements Art Orbs emerged.

The opponent's Phase Warp skill had a 90% probability of being Excellent Tier; at first glance, it was as powerful as the Life Link and Energy Link he had once obtained, but the drawbacks were also very obvious.

Chu Danqing discovered the problem after seeing it twice: every time he performed a Phase Warp, he would leave wrinkles in the corresponding area.

It was fine for a surprise attack, but after many times, its flaws could be discovered.

Pre-judgment, Five Elements Art Orbs launched an attack.

But the opponent was no pushover; he directly performed a triple Phase Warp to dodge the attack.

When the opponent returned from the Phase Warp, his expression changed when he saw the Repeating Crossbowmen, Tracking Tiger, Unicorn Dragon, and Human Demon that Chu Danqing had summoned in the room.

He wanted to escape, but the Human Demon had a displacement ability similar to the opponent's Phase Warp and took action first.

The gang-up officially began, and the opponent had no chance to escape.

Among the summoned objects present, only the Repeating Crossbowmen and the thorn vines had attributes inferior to the opponent's; the rest of the summoned objects had already broken through 10 points under the blessing of Chu Danqing's summoning foundation.

As for why the opponent hadn't taken the assessment even though he had already reached 10 points, the reason was simple: it could be postponed three times.

It's just that every time it's postponed, the difficulty increases and the rewards decrease.

Like Captain Xiongquan, who gathered all five attribute points at once to take the assessment.

"Wait, let's talk this over; I can pay money to buy my life!" The opponent first blocked the Human Demon's attack, then blocked the poison arrows from the joint effort of the Unicorn Dragon and the Repeating Crossbowmen, and then dodged the Tracking Tiger's pounce before finding a gap to speak.

"No need, I'm more interested in capturing you." Chu Danqing said with a smile: "I'm very curious which faction you joined."

Chu Danqing was not the type to pick up sesame seeds and lose the watermelon; the gains from capturing an assassin who had entered the Donggong to commit murder far outweighed the life-buying money of a Dimension Apostle.

A Reserve Rank apostle would at most provide Excellent Tier quality, which would be of no help to the advantages of subsequent trials.

The growth of trial advantages could allow Chu Danqing to obtain more gains.

The offensive became increasingly fierce, making this Dimension Apostle struggle more and more.

Until his Mana reached zero.

Da Bao's brutal claws were very effective against this kind of low-mana assassin.

Chu Danqing couldn't quite understand: you have space abilities, why not choose a long-range mage-type control and output? That would be so powerful.

This time the opponent really couldn't escape even if he wanted to and was directly slapped to the ground by Da Bao's claw.

The entire battle process lasted less than two minutes.

The battle was fast, but the commotion was not small, and the Donggong guards soon rushed over.

"You came just in time; I caught an assassin." Chu Danqing looked at the people who had rushed over and said: "Drag him down and interrogate him well; see who sent him."

"By the way, remember to use methods; this person has extraordinary skills and is good at escape and movement techniques; it's best to scramble his mind before interrogating him."

Chu Danqing didn't expect to ask anything from this Dimension Apostle's mouth; he would arrange for the Human Demon to go over and kill him later.

People had already arrived, so it wasn't convenient for him to take action; after all, what was the point of capturing him alive only to kill him?

In fact, the opponent coming to assassinate Chu Danqing had already given him a sufficient breakthrough; whether he provided enough information was not important.

What was important was that in less than a day, another assassin had appeared in the Donggong to kill, and the advantage of the Crown Prince's faction would be further enhanced.

Might Chu Danqing be liquidated afterward? No need to worry; Guo Ming's Midnight Divine Queen Sword could make everyone who dared to liquidate him breathe through their necks instead of their noses.

You strike first, and it is only reasonable for him to strike back.

He, a good person, did not want to have a gun pointed at him.

(End of chapter)