Chapter 95: The Fifteenth of Next Month, A Good Day to Move

After Li Xuan obtained Dugu Bo's intelligence, he left the Tiandou Royal Restaurant, found an inn, and checked in directly.

After all, it was already late, so even if he wanted to do something, Li Xuan would have to wait until tomorrow daytime to do it.

Upon reaching his room, Li Xuan first surveyed the surroundings, and after confirming no suspicious people were present, sat on the chair, then took from the Void Pearl the intelligence that the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect had given him.

The intelligence was extensive, filling more than thirty pages of paper, the pages covered with dense, concise text, so the recorded information was also very abundant.

"The Seven Treasures Glazed Sect truly lives up to being one of the Upper Three Sects; even its intelligence department is impressive, and investigating a Title Douluo can yield so much," Li Xuan said, nodding with satisfaction as he looked at the hefty material, very pleased with the intelligence the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect had provided him.

Next, Li Xuan began to read the intelligence before him in detail.

The intelligence is divided into two parts; one part describes Dugu Bo's strength, with records of Dugu Bo's martial soul, soul skill, and even soul bone, all documented in great detail.

In addition to Dugu Bo personally, it also contains all information about his family: the number of strong members, the main economic lifelines, and the distribution of these people.

Li Xuan hadn't expected the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect to lay out the family's entire assets; they really dug deep.

However, Li Xuan didn't care about Dugu Bo's strength; after all, Li Xuan never intended to confront Dugu Bo directly—doing so would be courting death.

Li Xuan's plan is to, without Dugu Bo's knowledge, sneak into the Bing Huo Liang Yi Yan, covertly extract something from it, then return to Chunqiu Jiuzhuang unnoticed, digest the treasure from the Bing Huo Liang Yi Yan, and convert it into his own power.

The best outcome Li Xuan hopes for is that no one knows.

Li Xuan is not stupid! He knows his own strength well; compared to Dugu Bo, Li Xuan's soul power level is like a mayfly shaking a big tree, a moth attacking a raging fire.

The result would be a dead end, and a terribly painful death.

Although Li Xuan still has the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect as support, he cannot guarantee they will definitely rescue him.

Perhaps he could also force Dugu Bo to reveal another formula.

Since his life is at stake, Li Xuan doesn't want to gamble at all! He set aside the intelligence on Dugu Bo's strength, then took out the second part of the intelligence—a record of Dugu Bo's movements over the past three months.

This part of the intelligence is what Li Xuan needs most.

Li Xuan's goal is to find some pattern in Dugu Bo's movements to pinpoint a safe time to enter the Bing Huo Liang Yi Yan.

Given a single day, Li Xuan could empty the entire Bing Huo Liang Yi Yan!

However, Li Xuan spent a full two hours poring over it; the more he read, the more his brows furrowed. The intelligence disappointed him greatly—the recorded movements of Dugu Bo were extremely erratic, with no discernible pattern. After reading it over a dozen times, he still couldn't find a suitable regularity.

In other words, Li Xuan failed to discover any regularity in Dugu Bo's movements.

Yet another issue puzzled Li Xuan: the intelligence shows Dugu Bo's daily schedule is packed, leaving no time to soak in a Hot Spring to suppress the toxins in his body, meaning Dugu Bo rarely takes baths.

Li Xuan recalled that in the original work, Dugu Bo's poison permeates his marrow, and only the power of the Bing Huo Liang Yi Yan can suppress the toxins in his body, allowing him to survive.

Could his arrival have altered the course of this world?

Li Xuan shook his head and decided not to dwell on it; it would be best if Dugu Bo didn't use the Bing Huo Liang Yi Yan for the next few months, then he would be completely safe. At that moment, however, Li Xuan suddenly noticed the final paragraph of the intelligence.

On the fifteenth of next month, the Tian Dou Empire will hold the Crown Prince Enfeoffment Ceremony, during which Dugu Bo must take his granddaughter Dugu Yan to the Tiandou Imperial Palace and spend the night there.

That means on the day before, the day of, and the day after the ceremony—three days in total—Dugu Bo will not leave the Tiandou Imperial Palace at all.

"The fifteenth of next month?" Li Xuan took a calendar from the Void Pearl and glanced at the 15th of the coming month.

"That's a good day, seems perfect for moving." Li Xuan stared at the blank calendar, couldn't help but take out a pen and write three characters beneath the date of the fifteenth of next month.

"Suitable for moving."

After putting away the calendar, Li Xuan began preparing to enter the Sunset Forest.

First, he needed something that can conceal his aura; to reach the depths of the Sunset Forest smoothly, he must pass through the territories of those powerful soul beasts.

Li Xuan lacks the ability to force his way in, so the best method is to hide his own aura and sneak around the edges of the soul beasts' territories.

After a moment's thought, Li Xuan took out several seeds, then a Flower Pot, and planted the seeds in the pot.

These are rare plant seeds Li Xuan obtained from the Flower Sea; each seed shares the common trait of being able to conceal one's aura, though each emphasizes a different aspect. Li Xuan thought that mixing several of these plants should produce a comprehensive aura‑hiding powder, making his entry into the Sunset Forest much safer.

The second are containers for various medicinal herbs and the tools for harvesting them, since many Heavenly Material Earth Treasures require special tools to collect in order to preserve their efficacy.

Gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, lead, and various jade boxes and tools—Li Xuan thought to prepare as many as possible; there are so many herbs inside the Bing Huo Liang Yi Yan that he intends to take them all! Li Xuan drafted a checklist, planning to set out tomorrow morning to purchase these supplies in Tian Dou City.

The third are defensive measures; Li Xuan chose several extremely poisonous Heavenly Material Earth Treasures, as well as some that act like hallucinogenic drugs.

If an accident truly occurs, these items would be Li Xuan's lifesavers.

Finally, the herbs and sulfur used for pest control.

The Sunset Forest is teeming with all kinds of poisonous insects and beasts, so pest‑control supplies are extremely important.

Otherwise, those poisonous insects would be enough to kill Li Xuan in one go.

With roughly twenty days left until the fifteenth of next month, Li Xuan finally cultivated enough material to make these items.

With nothing else on his mind, Li Xuan reread Dugu Bo's data several times, found he hadn't missed anything, then placed the data back into the Void Pearl and lay down on the sofa to sleep.

Even as he slept, Li Xuan kept pondering what he was still lacking to enter the Sunset Forest.

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