Chapter 949

"Yes! Hearing Gai Nie thanks Your Majesty for granting this."

Hearing Gai Nie finally recovered his Ren Xia state, and cupped his fists in salute to Hearing Ying Zheng.

"Alright, then prepare yourself! Someone over there has come to find me."

Hearing Ying Zheng was quite pleased to see Hearing Gai Nie regain his usual spirited look.

He happened to see in the distance that the Daoist Senior Xiaoyaozi and the Confucian Xun Qing had both arrived.

Clearly they had matters to discuss with him.

He did not linger in idle chatter with Hearing Gai Nie any longer; after giving a final instruction, he walked out of the cool pavilion.

"Your Majesty!"

Senior Xiaoyaozi and Xun Qing, seeing Hearing Ying Zheng arrive, immediately bowed in salute.

"Dispense with the formalities. How goes the intelligence gathering?"

In order to conquer that otherworld, Hearing Ying Zheng had dispatched the Hundred Schools of Thought of the Great Qin to infiltrate that side and gather intelligence.

Now that Senior Xiaoyaozi and Xun Qing had arrived, it was clear that the Daoists and Confucians had news to relay back.

"It has been thoroughly investigated."

Senior Xiaoyaozi and Xun Qing exchanged a glance, and then Senior Xiaoyaozi reported,

"That world actually has no Great Tang, Great Yuan or other such dynasties.

Instead, there are seven kingdoms: Qin, Chu, Yan, Zhao, Han, Wei, Qi.

The Qin Kingdom is flourishing day by day, its power the greatest!

Now the Han Kingdom has already perished, and Zhao Guo is in tatters, on the verge of destruction."

"Oh?"

Hearing Ying Zheng could not help but show a somewhat amused smile upon hearing this.

In the past, before the Great Qin Dynasty was established, to the west of the Nine Provinces, it was precisely these seven kingdoms—Qin, Chu, Yan, Zhao, Han, Wei, Qi—that stood in rivalry.

In the end, the Qin Kingdom, drawing on the accumulated might of six generations, unified the entire western realm.

Thus was the Nine Provinces' first dynasty—the Great Qin—established!

It was unexpected that this otherworld, though lacking the Great Yuan, Great Tang and other dynasties, instead had a situation of seven kingdoms standing in parallel.

By some uncanny fate, there was a certain coincidence to it.

"Continue!"

After a startled exclamation, Hearing Ying Zheng gestured for Senior Xiaoyaozi to continue.

"Among these seven kingdoms, supreme Mythical Realm experts are not actually that many.

Primarily there is Wang Xu, the foremost of the seven martial warriors of the Qin Kingdom's palace!

The three great assassins of Zhao Guo: Ximen Changkong, Miss Feixue, and Broken Sword.

As well as the nameless pavilion chief of Menglang of the Qin Kingdom.

And lastly, a recluse named Qian Gong in the city of Xianyang."

Broken Sword was most likely the one Yin Zhong had personally captured and brought back for interrogation.

As for the one who escaped, that was precisely the nameless pavilion chief of Menglang.

The others were Ximen Changkong, Miss Feixue, Wang Xu, and that recluse Qian Gong.

The names Ximen Changkong and Miss Feixue were heard for the first time.

Wang Xu and Qian Gong were not actually that hard to find.

Hearing Ying Zheng weighed the matter for a moment, then asked,

"Have the traces of these people all been thoroughly investigated?"

If there were only these five supreme Mythical Realm experts, then for the Great Qin to complete the task would not actually be difficult.

Yet Hearing Ying Zheng felt vaguely in his heart that something was not quite right.

If this task were so simple, why would the Qinglong Society send it out for the Great Qin to complete?

Could it be that the Qinglong Society had too many treasures and could not wait to give some away?

Thinking about it, that was impossible, right!

"Reporting to Your Majesty! Wang Xu's traces are the easiest to track.

According to reliable intelligence, Wang Xu has already personally taken six experts of the Qin Kingdom's palace and gone out to pursue Ximen Changkong.

The two sides will have a confrontation in ten days, at the Qin Kingdom's Zui City."

"Mm! What of the others!"

With Wang Xu and Ximen Changkong clarified, Hearing Ying Zheng nodded slightly and inquired about the others.

"As for Miss Feixue, it is said that she and Broken Sword were originally a pair of lovers.

She resides in a small town on the borderlands of Zhao Guo."

Senior Xiaoyaozi said,

"As for Qian Gong, though he is spoken of as a recluse, in truth, based on our intelligence analysis,

this person appears to be a Monk!"

"Oh! How so, a Monk?"

Hearing Ying Zheng noticed that Senior Xiaoyaozi's tone grew somewhat strange when he uttered the word Monk, and could not help but ask.

"Your Majesty! The Qin Kingdom, like the Great Qin, is also home to the Hundred Schools of Thought."

Senior Xiaoyaozi thought for a moment, then began to explain,

"Yet among the Hundred Schools of Thought, there is simply no Buddhist school!"

On the Nine Provinces' lands, sects and Men Sect are countless.

Among them, the sects related to monks are countless.

Within Great Qin, naturally there are also some Buddhist temples.

But the Hundred Schools of Thought do not have such a thing as a "Buddhist" school.

He never expected that this otherworld's Qin, just like Great Qin, also had no Buddhist school among its Hundred Schools of Thought!

In that case, this Qianggong within Qin, called a hermit but in truth a monk, did indeed seem rather out of place.

"Besides this Qianggong, does Qin have no other monks?"

When something is out of the ordinary there must be a demon—Hearing Ying Zheng grasped the key point the moment he heard the intelligence.

"None!"

Senior Xiaoyaozi shook his head resolutely and said,

"We investigated carefully, and within Qin's borders there actually isn't even the concept of a Buddhist Sha Sect yet.

That's why these Qin people call Qianggong a hermit, rather than calling him a monk.

Even the Buddhist teachings themselves haven't really spread much."

This was indeed rather eerie.

In a place with no other Buddhists, a monk of the supreme Mythical Realm had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Hearing Ying Zheng vaguely felt that this monk was in fact the key to this mission.

"It seems the Qinglong Society's mission is a bit thorny!"

Although he hadn't yet met this Qianggong, Hearing Ying Zheng felt he would not be easy to deal with,

"How about this! You first arrange the men and capture the other few people of the supreme Mythical Realm and bring them back to me.

As for Qianggong, don't tip him off—let him run free for a few more days."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Senior Xiaoyaozi, Xun Qing and the others were naturally not foolish people.

After hearing the intelligence on Qianggong, they too sensed something was off at the first moment.

"Enough, go carry out the mission!"

Hearing Ying Zheng waved his hand, then suddenly thought of something,

"Right, what about that Wuming's whereabouts?"

Wuming had seized the chance to flee during the last great battle.

Yet Senior Xiaoyaozi's intelligence just now had not mentioned this person.

"We searched for a long time, and ultimately speculated that Wuming may have gone to find Qianggong…"

Senior Xiaoyaozi and Xun Qing exchanged a bitter smile.

This Qianggong was already eerie to begin with, and now an elusive Wuming had joined the mix.