Chapter 17

Knowing that it was not Ying Ying Ziyu on Mount Mount Zhongnan, Senior Dugu Senior Dugu Qiubai no longer had the intention to continue searching.

He couldn't be bothered to investigate who had learned Slaying Ghosts and Gods.

Anyway, the one he wanted to see was Ying Ying Ziyu, not anyone else.

Subsequently, Senior Dugu Senior Dugu Qiubai left.

Great Qin, Mohist Mechanical City!

Yan Dan came to the secret chamber where Gao Gao Jianli was recuperating from his injuries.

"Greetings, Ju Zi!"

Gao Gao Jianli stood up and bowed.

"Xiao Gao, how are your injuries?"

Yan Dan asked with great concern, his tone making people feel very comfortable after hearing it.

This was also one of Yan Dan’s abilities.

When he conversed with people, he could make them feel as if they were bathed in a spring breeze.

In this way, he could easily gain the other party’s trust.

Seeing that the Ju Zi cared about his injuries as soon as he arrived, Gao Gao Jianli felt a warmth in his heart.

"Sorry to trouble the Ju Zi with concern, I am already much better."

"This is an internal injury left behind by the Carefree Traveler back then; after so many years, I have long since gotten used to it."

Gao Gao Jianli’s expression was calm and unruffled.

However, when mentioning the Carefree Traveler, his tone still carried intense anger.

His injury was left behind by that sword strike when the Carefree Traveler destroyed the Mohist Mechanical City back then, and it had not healed to this day.

"If it weren't for you, Xiao Gao, saving me back then."

"I would have long since been beheaded!"

Yan Dan patted Gao Gao Jianli’s shoulder, his tone carrying gratitude.

He had also tried his best to block that sword strike back then; even though he used all his strength, in front of that sword strike, he appeared so pale and powerless.

In the end, if it weren't for Gao Gao Jianli risking a heavy injury to save him.

I fear the grass on Yan Dan’s grave would already be three feet high!

To save Yan Dan, Gao Gao Jianli not only left behind internal injuries, but his cultivation base also regressed from Grandmaster Perfection to his current Xiantian Perfection.

Dropping a whole major realm was undoubtedly a desperate thing for a martial artist.

Just at this moment, the Heaven’s Pride List in the firmament refreshed once again.

【Heaven’s Pride List · 24th Place!】

【Gao Gao Jianli!】

【Identity: Mohist Disciple!】

【Realm: Xiantian Perfection!】

【Technique: The Wind Blows, the Yi River is Cold!】

【Reward: Profound-grade low-tier elixir: Healing Pill; any injury below the Grandmaster realm can be healed directly, and it increases one’s own talent!】

Great Qin Imperial Palace.

Seeing another Mohist disciple ascend the list, Ying Zheng’s eyes became even colder.

The Mohists, rebellious subjects and traitors!

These people were single-mindedly trying to overthrow Great Qin.

Ying Zheng had never shown mercy to these people.

"Zhao Gao, how is the matter I entrusted to you coming along?"

Ying Zheng asked coldly.

From a long time ago, he had already begun to lay out plans for the Hundred Schools of Thought.

Planting spies among the Hundred Schools of Thought.

All for the sake of controlling the pugilistic forces of Great Qin through these people.

However, this matter had not been proceeding very smoothly.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

"As for that mysterious organization, your servant has never been able to find even a trace of them."

"Those people are still as they were before, wiping out the people of the Net, yet they have not harassed the army and people of Great Qin in the slightest."

"How many people this organization has planted among the Hundred Schools of Thought, your servant is unable to know."

"The people of the Net sent by your servant have all disappeared without a trace; your servant suspects that it was this organization that did it!"

Zhao Gao bowed his head and reported the situation in detail.

When saying this, a bitter expression rarely appeared on his face.

The Net under his command had clashed with that mysterious organization many times, but every time they had not gained any advantage.

His subordinates had suffered heavy casualties.

That would be one thing, but the most serious thing was that to this day, the spies of the Net had not entered any of the Hundred Schools of Thought.

"I do not need explanations!"

"I only look at results!"

"I will give you one more year; if there are no results."

"There are many people in my Great Qin who can sit in your position!"

Ying Zheng said coldly.

"As you command!"

Zhao Gao said respectfully.

"Remember to handle the Mohist matter well; this time I want to wipe them all out!"

"As you command!"

Subsequently, Zhao Gao retreated.

Walking out of the great hall and looking at the somewhat dim sky, Zhao Gao’s mood was equally bleak.

He could not understand who was behind that mysterious organization.

He had some understanding of the intelligence organizations of various countries.

He could be certain that that organization was definitely not from any country in the Nine Provinces.

What made Zhao Gao most depressed was that this organization seemed to only target the people of the Net; as long as it was a person from the Net, they were executed without mercy.

"One day, I will catch you!"

Zhao Gao said coldly.

Great Qin, Mansion of the Ninth Prince.

Ying Ying Ziyu sneezed.

"It seems someone is missing me!"

Ying Ying Ziyu drank a cup of wine and said with a smile.

Looking at Gao Gao Jianli who had ascended the Heaven’s Pride List, there was not the slightest change in Ying Ying Ziyu’s expression.

He didn't put this kind of goods in his eyes at all.

"Gao Gao Jianli, it seems he is a leader of the Mohists; the Water Cold Sword in his hand is very famous."

"However, it seems he hasn't had any battle achievements in the last few years."

"I don't know what his current realm is like."

Jiang Jiang Yuyan said the situation she knew.

She had been in Great Qin for so many years, so naturally, she knew that the Mohists and the Great Qin imperial court had an irreconcilable relationship.

She was also using the intelligence she knew to help the Master.

Of course, she knew the Master was very powerful and must also know this news.

However, Jiang Jiang Yuyan still had to say it.

She didn't want the Master to think that she was useless.