Chapter 1052

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Protagonist:

Xu Changqing

Upon hearing this, Li Lingbi searched carefully through his memories.

He had presided over the Central Region for many years, interacting frequently with the major clans and sects, and knew their inheritances and foundations like the back of his hand.

Even this intelligence was, on ordinary days, the stuff of social exchange and favors.

After a good long while, Li Lingbi finally nodded: "There is, but it won't be easy to get."

Xu Changqing pressed: "What do you mean?"

Li Lingbi spoke seriously: "Metal System Origin-Level Spiritual Treasures aren't Chinese cabbage by the roadside.

They're either in top-tier sects, or in ten-thousand-year clans.

And on the Central Region side, the forces possessing such a thing are limited to the Mo Family.

Back then, Han Xin once mentioned offhand that the Mo Family had obtained a Supreme Treasure related to the Metal System Origin, of extremely high quality, said to be able to invoke the Metal Law.

Only, Han Xin hadn't seen it with her own eyes; she merely happened to hear a Mo Family elder mention it once after drinking."

Han Xin, an Earth Spirit Root Array Master of the Dongting Immortal Sect.

Initially she followed Li Lingbi, coming to the Central Region to develop.

Later, by a twist of fate, she married into the Mo Family, a clan with a heritage spanning ten thousand years.

Upon hearing this, Xu Changqing's gaze condensed.

The Mo Family — this name was not unfamiliar to him.

A ten-thousand-year clan, its foundation no weaker than an Immortal Sect.

Suddenly, Li Lingbi's voice dropped extremely low: "After the Central Region fell, the Mo Family was the only clan that wasn't breached by the Demon Race.

The ancestral lands of the other Central Region clans have all become ruins.

Only the Mo Family, from beginning to end, remained steady as Mount Tai.

It wasn't because they had an Immortal Sect-grade Defensive Grand Array, nor because they had numerous powerful cultivators sheltering them, but rather……"

Xu Changqing raised an eyebrow: "You're saying the Mo Family defected to the Demon Realm?"

Li Lingbi said with a playful expression: "Whether the Demon Realm or the Mo Family, neither has admitted it, but anyone with a brain knows how it is to survive in such an environment."

The Mo Family defecting to the Demon Realm meant that Metal System Supreme Treasure was most likely still in the Mo Family.

But at the same time it meant that to get it, one would have to go deep into the Central Region — the Demon Race's core control zone.

Xu Changqing thought it over and still decided to try, asking: "Do you still remember the Mo Family's location?"

Li Lingbi nodded, then took out a Jade Slip and, with his Divine Sense, inscribed the Mo Family's location onto it, along with the names and general characteristics of the Mo Family Direct Line Elders, as well as the information Han Xin had mentioned — he concealed nothing.

Xu Changqing asked again: "Can you confirm that Metal System Supreme Treasure is still in the Mo Family?"

"Can't confirm."

Li Lingbi shook his head: "Han Xin only knows such a thing exists; as for what it's called, what it looks like, where it's hidden — she knows none of it.

But as long as it's not in Kong Fang's hands, it can only be in the Mo Family."

He paused, then added: "The trouble is, it's not easy to make contact.

The current Mo Family probably doesn't want to meet with Eastern Region people, let alone trade."

Xu Changqing put away the Jade Slip, a smile curling his mouth: "Rest assured, I have a way."

Li Lingbi's brows lifted slightly, his tone carrying a hint of curiosity: "What way?"

Xu Changqing took out a Mo Pattern Short Sword from his Storage Item; the sword body was no longer than a palm, its surface covered in patterns, reflecting a dull luster under the lamplight: "Senior Brother, do you still remember? Back when I went to the Central Region to find you, that foolish Prince suddenly showed up at my door?"

Li Lingbi pondered a moment: "I have a vague impression."

Xu Changqing continued: "At the time he came looking for me on his own initiative, and when he left he left behind some gifts, including this Mo Pattern Small Sword.

Later I investigated and discovered this sword is the Mo Family Direct Lineage's identity token; with this sword one can trade with Mo Family people.

The Mo Family may have defected to the Demon Realm, but Mo Yin doesn't necessarily have.

Using him as a breakthrough point might yield unexpected gains."

Li Lingbi glanced at the Mo Pattern Small Sword, then shook his head: "This Mo Yin, he indeed has some cleverness and depth.

However, in the end he lacks sufficiently high talent; perhaps he can't become Mo Family Direct Lineage.

And Junior Brother Xu, decisions aren't something Mo Yin alone can sway.

A mere token, wanting to make Mo Yin cooperate — the probability of success isn't high."

Xu Changqing didn't refute, merely withdrew the Mo Pattern Small Sword: "Senior Brother is right."

Li Lingbi froze a moment, his gaze lingering on Xu Changqing's face for an instant, a flicker of suspicion flashing in his eyes.

After so many years together, he knew this Junior Brother's character better than anyone.

This person never fights an unprepared battle; perhaps he really does have some method.

Therefore, Li Lingbi couldn't be bothered to ask further, turned and walked out, and when he reached the door: "Since you have a plan in mind, I won't say more.

However, the Mo Family is extremely skilled in mechanism arts and arrays; you be careful."

With that, his footsteps gradually faded away.

Xu Changqing watched the other's departing back, his eyes exceedingly calm.

The Mo Pattern Small Sword was indeed just a pretext.

This Mo Yin, able to play the fool and endure from a young age, proves he's not easy to fool.

What truly makes me confident has never been Mo Yin, nor this token.

Xu Zhangqing's true confidence actually came from Hui Jiuming.

This Demon Emperor had great renown, only a pity he was a bit unlucky, losing all his Dao Xing.

Later, helplessly, he chose to parasitize within Mo Yin's body, thus becoming dual souls in one body.

At that time, Xu Zhangqing did not tear his face, merely blackmailing some cultivation resources.

On one hand, he did not want to wipe them out completely; on the other hand, he felt this secret would one day come in handy.

Now, this day had finally arrived.

A Demon Emperor, parasitizing within a scion of a ten-thousand-year family.

What did that mean?

It meant Hui Jiuming had harbored ill intent from the very beginning!

He hid from the Mo Family, hid from the Demon Realm, even hid from Kong Fang, quietly hibernating within Mo Yin's body, secretly cultivating his own pawns.

The Mo Family thought that after submitting to the Demon Realm they could rest easy, never knowing their own scion had long been parasitized by the Demon Emperor, becoming a puppet in another's hands.

What if this secret were known to the Demon Realm?

What if this secret were known to the Mo Family?

What Hui Jiuming feared most was the exposure of this secret!

And Xu Zhangqing was precisely the only person in the entire Tianyuan Realm who knew this secret.

He did not need to forcefully rush into the Mo Family, did not need to oppose the Mo Family, nor even need to contact that Metal System Supreme Treasure.

As long as he contacted Hui Jiuming, using this secret as a chip, making the other party become his inside agent, then within the Mo Family investigate the specific location of the Metal System Supreme Treasure, and when necessary coordinate inside and outside, that would be enough.

You must know, Hui Jiuming had lurked in the Mo Family for so many years, surely knowing the Mo Family's internal structure and mechanism techniques and spiritual arrays like the back of his hand, absolutely the ideal "inside man."

Use Mo Yin as an excuse, use Hui Jiuming as the true chess piece.

And this was Xu Zhangqing's plan.

Afterwards he came outside, looking toward the front.

In the Central Region direction, it was still a dark red sky.

Demon clouds surged unceasingly, as if a pair of eyes silently watched this place.

At this time, Xu Zhangqing raised his right hand, the Mo-pattern Small Sword trembling under the impetus of his magic power, the patterns on the sword body as if coming to life!