Chapter 28

Knowing that it was not Ying Ziyu on Mount Zhongnan, 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 Ziyu, not anyone else.

Afterward, Dugu Qiubai left.

Great Qin, Mohist Mechanical City!

Yan Dan came to the secret room where Gao Jianli was recuperating.

"Greetings, Master!"

Gao Jianli stood up and bowed.

"Xiao Gao, how is your injury?"

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 like they were bathed in a spring breeze.

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

Seeing that the Master cared about his injury as soon as he arrived, Gao Jianli felt a warmth in his heart.

"Thank you for your concern, Master; it is already much better."

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

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 saving me back then, Xiao Gao."

"I would have already been beheaded!"

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

He had also tried his best to block that sword strike back then, but 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 Jianli risking severe injury to save him.

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

In order to save Yan Dan, Gao Jianli not only left behind hidden illnesses, but his cultivation base also regressed from Grandmaster Great Perfection to his current Innate Great Perfection.

Falling by 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 Jianli!】

【Identity: Mohist Disciple!】

【Realm: Perfected Innate!】

【Techniques: The Wind Sighs and the Yi River is Cold!】

【Reward: Mystic Grade, Lower 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.

Mohists, rebellious subjects and traitors!

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

Ying Zheng had never shown mercy to these people.

"Zhao Gao, how is the task 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 Jianghu forces of Great Qin through these people.

However, this matter had never proceeded very smoothly.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

"That mysterious organization; I have never been able to find the slightest trace of the other party."

"Those people are still acting as they always have, killing the people of the Net without mercy, but they have not harassed the army and people of Great Qin in the slightest."

"I cannot know how many people this organization has planted among the Hundred Schools of Thought."

"The people of the Net that I sent have all disappeared without a trace; I suspect 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 was fine, 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 out in one fell swoop!"

"As you command!"

Afterward, Zhao Gao retreated.

Walking out of the main hall and looking at the somewhat dim sky, Zhao Gao's mood was equally dismal.

He could not understand who exactly 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 would be executed without mercy.

"One day, I will drag you out!"

Zhao Gao said coldly.

Great Qin, Ninth Prince's Mansion.

Ying Ziyu sneezed.

"It seems someone is missing me!"

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

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

He did not put such goods in his eyes at all.

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

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

"I don't know what his realm is exactly now."

Jiang Yuyan said the situation she knew.

Having come to Great Qin for so many years, she naturally knew that the Mohists and the Great Qin imperial court had an irreconcilable relationship.

She was also using the intelligence she knew to help her master.

Of course, she knew her master was very powerful and must also know this news.

However, Jiang Yuyan still had to say it.

She did not want her master to feel that she was useless.