Chapter 398: Sweat generally flows from your body

Anna glanced at the direction She Si had left, turned her head, and flew toward the Heaven Defiers' base.

Along the way, Anna kept thinking about how to talk to Shen Qing.

Suddenly, Anna stopped.

She recalled the good words She Si had just said.

"There's a Life Heavenly Dao that has been inquiring about Shen Qing's news."

Anna muttered.

"Why does the Life Heavenly Dao want to inquire about Shen Qing's news?"

"Could it be that this Life Heavenly Dao bears a grudge against Shen Qing?"

Anna's eyes gradually brightened, feeling she had discovered the key point.

If it's really as I guessed, that Shen Qing bears a grudge against this Life Heavenly Dao, then it shouldn't be just the Life Heavenly Dao wanting to inquire about Shen Qing's news; Shen Qing should also be very interested in news about this Life Heavenly Dao.

The value of this news of mine could be high.

Thinking this, Anna quickened her pace and rushed to the Heaven Defiers' base at top speed.

However, Anna did not directly go look for Shen Qing, mainly because she was afraid.

After all, her older brother Julong Jiefuli didn't make any waves in Shen Qing's hands, and she wasn't familiar with Shen Qing, and she feared Shen Qing would attack her on sight.

So Anna first went to find Li Lun.

Li Lun was idling around, and at a glance saw the sneaky Anna raising her buttocks to secretly peek at his own female elf Anna.

"What are you doing?"

"Looking for me for something?"

Anna nodded: "I want to inquire about some things with you."

Li Lun's face looked somewhat strange, and he chuckled: "Inquire about some things with me? What do I have that's worth your inquiry?"

"You want to inquire about Shen Qing's news, right?"

Anna's face showed a hint of a smile as she was about to speak, but she saw Li Lun solemnly say: "Don't even think about it; you won't get any news about Shen Qing from me."

The lesson from Charles leaking news is right there; moreover, this Anna is still Jiefuli's third sister, so it's even less likely to get any news from his mouth.

He had great difficulty holding onto Shen Qing's thigh, and he didn't want to let go so easily.

Having said that, Li Lun wanted to leave, but Anna hurriedly said: "Li Lun, wait, listen to me."

"I mean no harm; I want to ease relations with Shen Qing, and I have some information that Shen Qing might find interesting."

Li Lun chuckled: "If you'd said that earlier, it would have been fine; why hide it? Are you sure your information is valuable?"

Anna nodded: "Definitely valuable!"

Even if Anna guessed wrong, and Shen Qing and this Life Heavenly Dao have no grudge, the fact that She Si betrayed the Heaven Defiers and colluded with Heavenly Dao to plot harm against Shen Qing is also valuable information.

Li Lun glanced at Anna: "Then come with me; let's go see Shen Qing and tell him to his face."

Anna followed beside Li Lun, feeling somewhat apprehensive: "Just go like that? What's Shen Qing's temper like?"

Li Lun glanced at Anna: "No wonder you didn't go directly to Shen Qing but came to me first; you're afraid of this, huh?"

"I have to say, your coming is very necessary; the past two days Shen Qing had been thinking whether to kill you and your second brother, but luckily a few trouble‑seekers showed up, otherwise he would have come for you then."

"But don't worry, although Shen Qing's temper is explosive, if you speak properly he won't do anything to you—at most he'll give you a beating."

"On this point, Li Lun has plenty of authority, because the first time he met Shen Qing he got a fat beating for his sharp tongue, but luckily he left room in his speech and admitted his mistake quickly, so he managed to keep his life."

Hearing Li Lun say that, Anna also breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment Anna noticed the direction they were heading was outside the Heaven Defiers' garrison: "Where are we going?"

"To find Shen Qing."

"Isn't he in the base?"

Li Lun spread his hands: "The base is too small, too many people; Shen Qing needs to cultivate, so this place isn't suitable."

Anna took a deep breath: "I think he's probably not that old, with such high talent and still so diligent."

"Indeed, success is one part talent and ninety‑nine parts sweat."

Li Lun's face looked strange: "You'll understand once you get familiar with Shen Qing."

"Talent truly is peerless, but sweat generally doesn't flow from Shen Qing's body; it generally flows from yours."

And in a wasteland about half a day's journey from the Heaven Defiers, Shen Qing was cultivating here.

He was mainly cultivating two things: one is the Five-Colored Supreme Lotus, the other is attempting to synthesize Chaos Power.

The Five-Colored Supreme Lotus was fine; Shen Qing succeeded after trying once or twice, since having the Life Force Domain greatly increased the Supreme Lotus's stability, making it easier to add Supreme Power to it.

Moreover, previously tossing a single Supreme Lotus required waiting half a cup of tea's time; now it's no longer needed—now, in four or five breaths, Shen Qing can hand‑roll a second lotus.

But Chaos Power still falls short; it seems to be missing a catalyst.

Just then, Shen Qing saw Anna and Li Lun rushing over.

Li Lun spoke first: "Shen Qing, this is Anna, Jiefuli's third sister; she says she has some information you'll find very interesting."

Shen Qing nodded with a bland expression.

Li Lun glanced at Anna: "Alright, Anna, you speak."

Anna swallowed, then said: "It's like this—my older brother wasn't killed by you, was he? Of course, he brought it on himself; I don't feel wronged at all, and I certainly don't want revenge."

Anna first cleared herself of suspicion, then proceeded to give the information.

"But my second brother She Si doesn't think that way; he's held a grudge all along, and lacking the strength to take revenge, he went to the Heavenly Dao side, wanting to join forces with them."

Shen Qing laughed; these past two days his Innate Six Senses have been sounding alarms, leading him to suspect that the Heavenly Dao side is about to act.

After all, the rebels had just been dealt with, and Xu Luo and Ma Xiu hadn't sent back any news.

And among the Heaven Defiers, the ones who bear a grudge against him are She Si and Anna, but their strength is too weak to trigger such a strong alarm from the Innate Six Senses.

So the biggest remaining possibility is the Heavenly Dao.

It's just that Shen Qing didn't expect there to be a mole on our side as well.

Shen Qing laughed: "Really, not bad information."

"Did they tell you exactly how they plan to act?"

Anna shook her head: "They didn't say. The Serpent's Faction probably just made contact with that side not long ago, and the specifics haven't been told to me."

Shen Qing waved a hand: "That's enough, you did well. Continue pretending later, see if you can pump out more information."

Anna nodded vigorously.

"By the way, may I ask you a question?"

"Ask."

"Shen Qing, do you bear a grudge against some Heavenly Dao?"

Li Lun laughed from the side: "Anna, with that comment, which of us Heaven-defiers doesn't bear a grudge against the Heavenly Dao? Several people's supreme power wasn't snatched from the Heavenly Dao."

Anna waved a hand: "No, it's not that the Serpent's Faction initiated contact with the Heavenly Dao; rather, the Heavenly Dao side reached out to the Serpent's Faction. Over there, a Life Heavenly Dao is inquiring about your news, Shen Qing, so I..."

Anna's voice grew softer, because he noticed Shen Qing's eyes growing brighter.

That gaze made Anna's spine glow.