Chapter 893

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Seeing Di Renjie bowed and accepted the order.

"As for the Sword Emperor's ultimate art, we actually still don't know where this Sword Emperor even is."

Wu Zhao deliberated for a moment—in truth, she too coveted the ultimate art of the Sword Emperor Mu Yingxiong.

But having only just arrived, she truly did not know Mu Yingxiong's whereabouts.

"Your Majesty! The Sword Emperor's lineage traces back to the Yunzhoujian Sect, sharing the same origin as Wuming, the Five Ancestors of the Reverse Sword, and the Xiejian Sect.

Perhaps we can obtain the Sword Emperor's related ultimate art from Wuming and the others."

Di Renjie already had a plan in mind, though not one of Wuming, the Five Ancestors of the Reverse Sword, or the Xiejian Sect was easy to deal with.

But they were still easier to find than the elusive Sword Emperor Mu Yingxiong.

Moreover, ever since the battle at the imperial city of Yunzhou, it was common knowledge that Wuming had been crippled.

"Good! Then I'll leave it to Lord Di to handle!

If you succeed, a marquisate and a noble title will surely be yours."

Wu Zhao spouted nonsense off the cuff, announcing a marquisate and a noble title right there before everyone.

In her heart, this wasn't her Great Tang anyway.

Such titles and ranks could naturally be bestowed with a wave of the hand.

What mattered most was being able to rely on the power of Great Tang to obtain what she had come here for.

The Three Absolutes Divine Art and the Sword Emperor's ultimate art were precisely among them!

693 The Qinglong Society is really such a scam!

Having finished dealing with the matters of the Heavenly Dao Golden List, Wu Zhao believed that with Great Tang's influence across the Nine Provinces, there should be a chance to obtain the Three Absolutes Divine Art and the Sword Sect's ultimate art.

Thus she relaxed and moved on to the next agenda item.

She was then seen taking out two jade pendants from within her dragon robe.

Raising one in her left hand, she said,

"This is a Qinglong Society mission belonging to the Great Yuan; it now belongs to us."

The ministers heard this and were all inexpressibly delighted.

The glances they cast at Chahetai were also particularly peculiar.

Many in their hearts were thinking: Chahetai is clearly the Third Prince of Great Yuan, yet he has defected to Great Tang—truly laughable.

Chahetai himself noticed nothing, merely watching his nose, his nose watching his heart.

His handing over of the Great Yuan mission was truly out of helplessness.

After all, without this Great Yuan Qinglong Society mission as a pledge of allegiance, how could he obtain Great Tang's protection?

Once back in Great Yuan, he feared Wokuotai would scheme against him endlessly.

Wu Zhao looked at the expressions on her ministers' faces—how could she not know what they were thinking?

But she didn't care; what she cared about was tangible benefit.

At once she raised the other jade pendant and said,

"This is Great Tang's Qinglong Society mission.

My lords, this Qinglong Society mission—failure to complete it means death, you know."

This was something Wu Zhao had never mentioned before.

Bringing it up so suddenly now, everyone felt a cold breeze brush past, a chill running down their spines.

What Wu Zhao did not know was that the entire Great Tang court, top to bottom, had long since been bloodily purged by the Qinglong Society.

Even the famed Commander of the Hidden Guards had been slain by the Qinglong Society.

Among the great powers of the Nine Provinces, Great Tang's fear of the Qinglong Society was second only to that of Great Yuan.

Even though immortal-grade and divine-grade treasures were tempting, quite a few ministers were preparing to advise returning the Qinglong Society mission!

After all, no matter how fine the treasure, what's the use if you don't have the life to enjoy it?

Wu Zhao sensed something was off with the ministers; before anyone could step forward to remonstrate, she questioned directly,

"What? A hall full of lords and ministers, yet not one of you dares to complete even a small Qinglong Society mission?"

The ministers heard this and could not help being taken aback.

Your Majesty the Empress, have you lost your mind?

What do you mean, a small Qinglong Society mission?

You've been to the Qinglong Summit yourself—can you still be unaware of the Qinglong Society's horror?

The ministers only dared to grumble privately; in the end, no one dared say such things to her face.

Di Renjie also smiled bitterly in his heart, feeling that after the Empress's private trip out of the palace, she had become a different person.

Setting aside his doubts, Di Renjie stepped forward to reply,

"Your Majesty! What exactly is our Great Tang mission?

The Qinglong Society is the foremost power of the Nine Provinces; the missions they issue should not be simple.

We must know the mission's details before we can act accordingly!"

Fair point—they'd been carried away for quite a while.

From Wu Zhao at the top down to the ministers below, not a single person actually knew what the Qinglong Society mission was.

After leaving the Qinglong Summit, Wu Zhao had followed Zhang Wuxia all the way, secretly learning every aspect of Great Tang in the Nine Provinces.

This Nine Provinces' Great Tang was no smaller than her own Great Tang.

Its national strength was far greater.

The short span of the return journey had not been enough for Wu Zhao to get to know Great Tang's state affairs.

And who would have thought to go check the Qinglong Society mission?

Hearing Di Renjie's words at this moment, Wu Zhao felt there was reason in them, and took up that jade tablet of the Great Tang mission.

She focused her spirit, held her breath, and poured her意念 into it.

The ministers saw the Empress sunk in meditation, and none dared even draw a deep breath.

They were curious on one hand what the Qinglong Society mission actually was, and on the other worried the mission would be too hard to complete, lest they be settled with by the Qinglong Society.

But completing the Qinglong Society mission might yield immortal-grade or divine-grade treasures.

Which made every lord in the Bright Hall unwilling to give it up.

For a time, the Great Tang ministers fell into this state of indecision.

After a long while, Wu Zhao's face looked somewhat ugly, and she withdrew from her meditative state.

"Your Majesty, please announce the Qinglong Society's mission."

Di Renjie saw that Wu Zhao's complexion was poor, but as the duty of a Chancellor, he still braced himself and said.

"It is to go to a certain otherworld, and hunt down a monk."

Wu Zhao's face was strange, and after a long hesitation, she slowly said.

Earlier, when mentioning the Qinglong Summit, Wu Zhao had also said that the Four-Dragon Head Senior Xiaoyaozi had personally displayed the风貌 of the otherworld.

Therefore, hearing that the mission was to go to an otherworld and hunt down a monk,

the crowd all heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

The Great Tang's strength, though it could not be called the foremost dynasty in the Nine Provinces, was not hard to fight for second place.

A monk from another world—even if he were of the Shattered Realm—if Great Tang struck with full force, hunting him down would not be hard.

Di Renjie too felt the great stone in his heart settle, and said,

"This mission is rather simple. Your Majesty, this minister suggests that for the sake of caution, we dispatch all the Nation-Protecting Worshippers in the capital.

We may even invite the Xuanxin Sect Master along, to go to the otherworld and hunt down this monk."

"……"

Wu Zhao did not respond, only sitting upright on the Long Yi, lost in deep thought.

It turned out that this Qinglong Society mission belonging to Great Tang—the monk to be hunted—was precisely Wu Zhao's junior brother from her original world—Monk King Wang Faming!

Not to mention that this Monk King Faming was her own junior brother—how could her heart bear it.

To speak only of Faming's strength, it was truly extremely high; though there was some gap between them, he was certainly no weakling.

Moreover, if they wished to hunt down Faming, they would inevitably have to open the gate leading to her own world.

At that time, if the Great Tang civil and military were to see Wu Zetian and Shangguan Wan, wouldn't her plans all be for naught?

Thinking of this, Wu Zhao grew even more furious.