Chapter 176

As Ma Yunfeng went from being critically injured and dying to being full of energy, and with Jia Simou under house arrest, the situation in Deep City changed earth-shakingly in an instant.

The one-sided wind direction changed again.

In just half an hour, Chen Jiunan, Liu Bai, and others were released.

Even the assassin and the mastermind behind the scenes were ferreted out.

The new building owner of the Zhu Que Building, the female apostle Lianyun who defected to the Iron Armored Guards.

She used her charm-type ability to control Ma Yunfeng's old classmate and friend to carry out the assassination.

"I'm curious, why did she suddenly defect? Didn't you give her enough?" Chu Danqing asked curiously.

Chen Jiunan shook his head: "I don't know; it was truly sudden."

He couldn't say his handling of affairs was completely fair, but he had never treated anyone unfairly; what should have been given was never missing.

Chen Jiunan had many injuries on his body; naturally, he was tortured immediately after being captured.

Not only him, but Liu Bai and others were all the same.

Chu Danqing asked Dabai to treat them one by one, in order to recover from their injuries as soon as possible.

"Young Master Chu, I have a request," Chen Jiunan said.

"Speak, but you have to pay more," Chu Danqing didn't plan to work for free.

He guessed it might be to let himself handle the aftermath, such as dealing with the Zhu Que Building and Lianyun.

But this was a problem brought on by your own Zhao Ming Society; how could you ask him to handle it with empty words?

The Zhao Ming Society chose to trust Lianyun, so they would definitely have to pay a price if something went wrong later.

Even if Chu Danqing acknowledged that their behavior of enlightening the people would be helpful, it didn't mean he had to bring his own dry rations to help; at least he had to be given some wages.

Chen Jiunan took out two things and handed them to Chu Danqing.

"These two things are your previous reward, Young Master Chu," Chen Jiunan was still an honest person and settled the final payment first.

Chu Danqing took them and saw there were two things: one was a whetstone, and the other was a shadow-recording stone.

【Hundred-Refined Whetstone】

【Type: Upgrade-type item】

【Quality: Excellent】

【Effect: Upgrade a weapon of quality below Excellent to Excellent】

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【Thousand-Face Wu Yingshi】

【Type: Equipment · Hanging Ornament】

【Quality: Excellent】

【Durability: 100/100】

【Martial Shadow Trace (Active): Consume 1000 mana points, summon 1 martial shadow of the corresponding type based on the weapon equipped by the apostle; during existence, 100 mana points per minute are required to maintain, until the maintenance mana is insufficient, killed in battle, or canceled; can only be re-summoned after complete death】

【Equipment Requirement: Possess 1 or more LV. MAX basic skills, mana upper limit 5000 points】

(Note: Martial shadow synchronizes the number and level of basic skills possessed by the apostle)

(Note: The type of basic skills possessed by the martial shadow will change according to the weapon equipped by the apostle)

(Note: Weapon quality, true spirit, and reinforcement affect the martial shadow's talent, attributes, and skills)

Chu Danqing knew at a glance that these two pieces of equipment were used as a set.

And he found that the mana consumed by the summoned object summoned by the Thousand-Face Wu Yingshi was at the same level as the Son of Imperial Heaven.

However, in terms of potential, it should not be comparable to the Son of Imperial Heaven; after all, the Taiping Ring could continue to be upgraded.

Although the hope of upgrading was relatively slim.

"Fine, I'll accept it; you tell me what you want me to do first," Chu Danqing asked.

"Not difficult, destroy the Zhu Que Building, and by the way, bring back the head of that traitor for me," Chen Jiunan said coldly, while handing Chu Danqing a jade bottle.

"This bottle contains the secret medicine of the inner palace; after taking it, it can strengthen the foundation and solidify the essence; there are only a handful in the entire imperial palace."

At the same time, Paradise's mission was released simultaneously.

【Side Quest: Destroy the Zhu Que Building within 24 hours and hand the current Zhu Que Building owner's head to Chen Jiunan】

【Trial Difficulty: A-Rank (Heroic)】

【Trial Reward: Paradise Points × 10000, Attribute Points +4】

【Trial Failure: Paradise Points -20000, Random Attribute -1】

Normally, the difficulty of the Zhu Que Building was not enough to trigger a mission, but it couldn't be helped that Lianyun was there.

If Lianyun or another surviving apostle triggered a mission to kill Chu Danqing, it would also be an A-rank side quest.

Just like Black Crow, a member of the Long Hu Alliance reserve who took the Sushen mission in the previous trial world.

Chu Danqing took the mission and said: "Before dawn tomorrow, I guarantee I can hand you the head."

He didn't ask why he didn't arrange for people from the Zhao Ming Society to go, because they had more important things to do.

Subsequently, he took this so-called secret medicine.

【Red Lotus Green Bud Pill】

【Type: Consumable】

【Quality: Excellent】

【Effect: After taking, HP +1000, Mana +1000, slightly improve aptitude and comprehension】

(Note: Second dose ineffective)

Chu Danqing saw that it increased HP and Mana; although it increased by a thousand points, it didn't seem to match its status.

But when he saw the words "slightly improve aptitude and comprehension" later, he understood that this thing should be rare.

He didn't even wait to leave, just poured it out, stuffed it into his mouth, and swallowed it.

After entering his stomach, the pill began to take effect; he felt it, and the growth of HP and Mana must bring changes in all aspects.

But the improvement of aptitude and comprehension, this really couldn't be felt.

It was said to be slight, and it couldn't even let Paradise digitize it into values like +1 or +2, indicating that the value that could be improved was really too low.

However, Chu Danqing didn't dislike it; consumables that permanently increase attributes are rare to begin with, so having them is good enough.

"What about you? What are your plans next?" Chu Danqing asked.

"Have to deal with the matter of running the school," Chen Jiunan said: "It was already discussed yesterday, and classes were supposed to start today."

"However, Prime Ma Xiang was assassinated last night, which caused many things to change, and it still needs to be dealt with."

In Chen Jiunan's view, the matter of the Zhu Que Building was not comparable to literacy and enlightenment.

Rather than wasting the manpower and energy of his Zhao Ming Society to deal with these things, it was better to let Chu Danqing solve it.

The Red Lotus Green Bud Pill was indeed precious, but this one pill could not make the Great Shuo strong.

Rather than keeping it, it was better to use it.

"What about the Iron Armored Guards? Do you want me to deal with them together?" Chu Danqing wondered if he could get another Red Lotus Green Bud Pill.

This kind of pill, even if he couldn't take it again, giving it to Dabao... giving it to Dabai to take would also be fine.

It wasn't that Chu Danqing was biased, but feeding Dabao something that increases comprehension would be a pure waste.

IQ might not be directly related to comprehension, but a higher IQ could better exert it.

Maximizing the medicinal effect was the point.

"If Young Master Chu is willing to do me a favor for free, I wouldn't mind," Chen Jiunan teased.

Meaning he didn't have suitable rewards on hand to ask him for help.

"Oh, then next time; I'll deal with the Zhu Que Building and your traitor first," Chu Danqing replied, then asked: "But why did Qi Qianshan leave suddenly?"

"It was the northern branch acting as bait, shouting the slogan of rebellion," Chen Jiunan showed a bitter smile: "Originally, I wanted to lure away the Black Flag Army."

He thought the Black Flag Army would fail to intercept, so he took this desperate measure to lure them to suppress the rebellion.

As a result, he didn't expect that Lianyun, whom they thought was most likely to succeed, not only failed but also defected directly to the Iron Armored Guard Deputy Commander Hong Chengyue.

If Chu Danqing hadn't rushed back in time and cured the dying Ma Yunfeng, it would have collapsed across the board.

Even the capital would have been affected.

"Never expected that the one who went was Qi Qianshan."

"This can be considered a coincidence, letting us escape a disaster."

"Otherwise, if Qi Qianshan really entered the city, I'm afraid that before you came back to save Prime Ma Xiang, we would have had our heads cut off first," Chen Jiunan knew this time was truly dangerous.

Hong Chengyue acted cautiously, and Jia Simou protected himself; even if the two wanted to take action, they would have to wait until Ma Yunfeng stopped breathing.

On the contrary, Qi Qianshan was much more decisive; he was at odds with Ma Yunfeng on weekdays, so naturally, he wouldn't wait for Ma Yunfeng to die before cutting off his wings.

With different backgrounds, connections, and official positions, the efficiency of action also varied.

"So that's it; I was wondering how the person disappeared," Chu Danqing nodded, then asked: "How many days can you stall?"

"I don't know," Chen Jiunan couldn't estimate an approximate time.

"It's mainly the blockade of information."

"The north is not close to Deep City; one trip back and forth takes at least three days."

"If we can successfully intercept the Iron Armored Guards sent by Hong Chengyue to report, ten days is possible," Chen Jiunan said.

"Don't entrust the wrong person this time, lest there be another slip-up," Chu Danqing reminded; there was a precedent for this.

"I'll do it; don't worry about anything going wrong," Liu Bai responded.

Chu Danqing acknowledged Liu Bai's strength.

Relying on the breath in his chest, he could briefly confront the Son of Imperial Heaven without murderous intent, which already belonged to the elite monster level in the eyes of a group of reserve apostles.

At least apart from Qing Sword and the mechanic using the laser cannon, the other apostles probably had to fight for their lives to kill him.

Actually, he was more curious about how strong Qi Qianshan, known as the world's number one, was.

He had asked Liu Bai when he was chatting with him before.

Liu Bai only said that he would definitely die within three moves.

"How much of a gap is there between Hong Chengyue and Qi Qianshan?" Chu Danqing suddenly asked.

"In terms of martial arts, ten Hong Chengyues are no match for Qi Qianshan," Liu Bai knew what Chu Danqing wanted to ask, so he answered first.

"But if we talk about politics," Chen Jiunan added: "Hong Chengyue is well-versed in the ways of officialdom, while Qi Qianshan is more like the beheading knife in the hands of an executioner."

"There's no possibility of a good end in the future."

"That's exactly the reason why he is trusted by the demon queen, right?" As soon as Chu Danqing heard this, he understood the cause and effect.

The Iron Armored Guards were the violent apparatus in the Empress Dowager's hands; how could she choose a commander who had entanglements with all parties? She needed a knife that would listen.

On the contrary, the Deputy Commander had to be smooth and dance well to make up for the deficiencies, in order to maintain the balance of the Iron Armored Guards.

One always has to maintain the knife; otherwise, if you keep taking the knife to cut, sooner or later you'll cut out a gap.

It wasn't easy to find another suitable knife, so the Empress Dowager had to pay attention to the operation.

(End of chapter)