Chapter 837

Originally, Zhao Chi had no superior lord.

Now he had one more.

Truly disgusting.

Taoyuan Village originally belonged to the Eighth Academy, but now it has also been changed to Xiao Ning's private property.

Fortunately, Penglai Village was never registered, so those alien races can't find it — otherwise Zhao Chi would truly have no way out.

Xiao Ning waved her hand in satisfaction: "Alright, off you go. I don't want anything from you right now. Just prepare well. After defeating the enemy the day after tomorrow, remember to pay tribute to me first thing. Hahahaha."

Zhao Chi turned around.

Xiao Ning called out to him again: "Hey, hey, hey, wait a moment. You blocked me before, now unblock me."

Zhao Chi: "……Done."

"Off you go. You're my eighth vassal lord. The number is very auspicious. Work hard to earn money for me. Hahahaha."

Zhao Chi said nothing more and left directly.

Fourth Uncle Zhao Qiye was waiting at the Xiao family's gate. As soon as Zhao Chi came out, he hurried over to greet him.

"How did it go? She didn't make things difficult for you, did she? Wait, don't talk about it here. Let's walk and talk."

Both of them knew the alien races had keen hearing.

After putting some distance between them and the Xiao family, Zhao Chi told him what had just happened.

Zhao Qiye nodded.

But he didn't think it was too great a price.

"That's fine then. You're only a village-level lord right now, and your income isn't much. Just give it to her. Later, make out a list, and the family can make up the money for you."

Zhao Chi was silently speechless.

Zhao Qiye's thinking was very simple. He didn't know how much income Zhao Chi had, so he assumed he was just an ordinary lord.

If Zhao Cang were here, he probably wouldn't have said that.

But Zhao Qiye suddenly said again: "Hey, wait… what about Chen Dashi's side then?"

Zhao Chi still said nothing.

Zhao Qiye said: "It won't be convenient for you on that side afterward. Chen Dashi's super-bright fire oil is worth quite a lot. If it passes through your hands, half of it will have to go to Xiao Ning. Otherwise, after the battle ends the day after tomorrow, why don't you introduce Chen Dashi to someone else in the clan? If you hold any share, the clan won't take it either — we'll still give it to you as usual."

Zhao Chi knew he wasn't trying to seize Zhao Chi's connections.

After all, what he said was indeed reasonable, and he said it very clearly.

Zhao Chi smiled: "Let's talk about it after the battle ends."

"Alright."

Zhao Qiye knew Zhao Chi was feeling upset at the moment, so he didn't say more.

But he didn't expect that Zhao Chi was thinking about how to kill Xiao Ning.

The whole way, no words were spoken.

Back at the territory.

Tang Ruan and Qi Yue were in the middle of an intense fight.

Tang Ruan's jade-textured skin armor gleamed brightly, with extremely high defense and extremely strong recovery.

Qi Yue's four jade arms radiated killing intent, dealing extremely high damage with extremely fast attack speed.

The two fought until the sky darkened and the earth was thrown into chaos.

Gu Qing sat on a wooden chair beside them, legs together. From time to time she cheered them on, and was ready to heal at any moment.

Zhao Chi sat down next to Gu Qing.

Gu Qing affectionately leaned over, but she glanced at Zhao Chi and immediately keenly sensed something was wrong.

"My heavens, my lord, what happened to your face?"

As she spoke, she stroked his face with heartache, and the red silk sap on her hand immediately healed Zhao Chi's injuries.

Zhao Chi told Gu Qing everything in detail.

Gu Qing clenched her fists, but she suppressed her anger and comforted him: "My lord, don't be too anxious. At least we still have Penglai Village as a fallback."

Zhao Chi nodded: "Yes, but that's the last resort. Once we do that, Taoyuan Village can't be saved."

Gu Qing narrowed her eyes: "So that woman called Xiao Ning must die."

"Exactly."

"Then tell me again, my lord. I'll help you think of a way to do it."

The two discussed quietly for a moment.

They both agreed that the battle the day after tomorrow was a good opportunity.

Zhao Chi nodded: "That makes sense… during the battle the day after tomorrow, it really is a good time."

Gu Qing raised her hand and tossed a stream of blood plasma toward Tang Ruan in front to heal her.

Then, stroking her leg, she said: "If Xiao Ning doesn't go the day after tomorrow, then you teleport the three of us out, and we'll assassinate Xiao Ning. Though the probability of that is small."

Zhao Chi also stroked her thigh: "Right, Xiao Ning will definitely go, but she might not fight personally."

Gu Qing recalled Zhao Chi's words: "It doesn't matter. As long as those alien lords participate in the battle, that's enough. Since your fourth uncle said the enemies this time are very strong, they will definitely participate. So we just need to quickly win the first battle, and we'll be free. At that time, everyone will be in combat, and no one will pay attention to Xiao Ning. Then we can forcibly link to Xiao Ning's territory and kill her."

Zhao Chi shook his head: "That won't work either. Forcibly linking to her territory takes time too. With that time, she can call for reinforcements."

Gu Qing smiled wickedly: "Then we won't forcibly link. We'll let her open her territory on her own."

"I've thought of that too, but there's risk. Although Xiao Ning isn't very strong, she's not stupid. She might not let us in at that time."

"Hehe, I have a way."

"What way?"

"I'll tell you later. Let's first discuss the plan for when she participates in the battle."

"Hmm... if she joins the battle, she definitely wouldn't fight a disadvantaged fight — she'd fight an advantageous one. If she has the upper hand, she definitely won't call for reinforcements, and we still wouldn't be able to get in."

"Same as before — you take the initiative to contact her, actively request aid, and have her open her territory. Then use the Sealing Realm to lock it down tight. Then she can't run, reinforcements can't get in, and even communications would be cut off."

"The process you described is indeed correct, but it's still that same problem — she won't open her territory for me. At least I can't guarantee it 100%."

Gu Qing said with a mischievous grin: "I told you I have a way, and I think the success rate is very high."

"Why are you smiling so deviously? What exactly is the plan?"

"Hehe, how many racial improvement points do we have left?"

"Let me check... we still have 20 points."

"Good then, my lord, now transfer 10 points of your Intelligence attribute over to Appearance."

In an instant, Zhao Chi understood.

"You're thinking... of having me seduce Xiao Ning?"

After his Flower-Plucking Jade-Replacing ability advanced in tier, it could already transfer his own information.

But it was limited to transfers between related numerical values.

Main attribute to main attribute transfers, branch attribute to branch attribute transfers, even professional skills could be transferred.

When transferring main attributes, based on the change in attribute value, it would consume racial improvement points at a 1-to-1 ratio.

But when transferring other attributes, based on the change in value, it would consume 10% racial improvement points.

Zhao Chi's Appearance attribute is currently 5 points. Transferring 10 points of Intelligence value over would cost 5 improvement points.

Zhao Chi said doubtfully: "I understand what you're thinking, but this kind of thing... it's completely unreliable, isn't it?

Gu Qing shook her head: "I think it's very reliable. my lord, what do you think of my appearance?"

"You... are very pretty."

Gu Qing happily laughed a few times, then asked again: "What about Tang Ruan and Qi Yue?"

Zhao Chi said: "They're also very pretty."

"What about the other female soldiers and female craftsmen?"

"They're all quite pretty too."

Gu Qing nodded: "If those female soldiers had some requests — not excessive ones — and you could easily fulfill them, and they came to you acting cute, would you satisfy them?"

"Requests that aren't excessive, and I can easily do them? Then I probably would."

"What if it were Tang Ruan and Qi Yue? Or me?"

"Then of course I definitely would."

Gu Qing nodded: "Those female soldiers' Appearance is only 6 points. Tang Ruan and Qi Yue are only 7 points. And I, I'm only 8 points. If a woman with 10 points in Appearance stood before you, Darenni Society?"