Someone Sends a Pillow

Green Spirit Planet. Decades later, Chen Qing returned here once more. Though he knew nothing unexpected would happen on this trip, the feeling of waiting for someone was entirely different.

For safety, Chen Qing bought a new C9-class spaceship and stored it in his space ring, handing it over to the two. He himself sat on an open-air lounge chair across from them, waiting.

Closing his eyes, he quietly sensed the fluctuations of the outside world. At some point, Chen Qing had grown fond of this relaxed feeling.

Especially after reaching full mastery of his force, his body trembled in resonance with these primal fluctuations, a comfort that made him reluctant to leave.

Suddenly, he felt a somewhat familiar presence stop beside him. Chen Qing lazily opened his eyes.

Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted an unfamiliar woman with rosy cheeks and a few faint dark red lines on her face.

"Red Rock?"

The familiar presence was the woman he had encountered during the assessment, a member of the Field Family, now also at Universe Level.

Red Rock sat down directly beside him and quickly set up a private space.

"So, you came looking for me specifically?"

Chen Qing watched her quietly as she finished, then asked softly.

"Mm, I'm truly sorry. Last time I received your help, I never had the chance to thank you."

"First, tell me what's the matter?"

Seeing the woman fidgeting restlessly, Chen Qing kindly helped her open the conversation.

Red Rock nodded and let out a light breath. The man before her gave her the same feeling as facing a clan elder—and those were World Lord big shots!

But he seemed easy to talk to. Once she relaxed, Red Rock explained her purpose.

The Field Family and the Klin Family were old-established families in Black Dragon Mountain. Their relationship had always been poor, even to the point of mutual disdain.

One family's main business was mining, the other's was population trade. Their strength was roughly equal, so they could barely maintain the balance.

But like other families, both wanted to develop further, which required more and more valuable resources.

Black Dragon Mountain had been established for countless years, and its interests had long been carved up. The only way forward was to lean toward the Ganwu Advanced Universe Kingdom.

The Klin Family, by providing high-quality slaves, had been networking with major families and powers, developing steadily. This made the rival Field Family uneasy.

The slave market had a complex background, something the Field Family dared not touch. But sabotaging the Klin Family's supply sources was something they could scheme about.

Through years of investigation, they had stumbled upon the Fire Phoenix Organization in the Cuilang Star Sector!

More importantly, this was an illegal organization, and that region was rich in minerals, located on the edge of a large star sector in the Ganwu Universe Kingdom!

Such an ideal location naturally made the Field Family salivate, but making a direct move was impossible. Planting a thorn, however, was feasible.

In the early stages, it couldn't be too obvious. They needed someone reliable to protect it and cause trouble for the slave traders.

That was when Chen Qing caught the Field Family's eye. He had a grudge against the Klin Family, was a genius from the Virtual Universe Company, and was also a disciple of a Time World Lord. His clan had no conflicting interests with theirs. It was simply too perfect.

Chen Qing crossed his hands, fingers rapidly intertwining, pressing hard against his lips. Speak of the devil—just when he was getting drowsy, someone handed him a pillow!

After a moment, Chen Qing let out a deep breath. "There are quite a few difficulties. What happened with your assessment last time?"

The assessment last time? Wasn't that something everyone knew about?

Red Rock secretly glanced at Chen Qing's expression. Though a bit puzzled, she hesitated and said, "There was no reaction at all. The Klin Family did pull back a little, but the clan elders said the higher-ups looked somewhat amused?"

"I see."

Chen Qing sighed softly. Having backing really made a difference. In the original story, Luo Feng had briefly mentioned the Seventh Prince when dealing with Fire Phoenix.

This son of Ganwu was one of the few Immortals among his children, and also the one Chen Qing needed to be most wary of.

After all, he wasn't Luo Feng. He didn't have a background that made others cautious.

But judging from the Klin Family's reaction, the higher-ups were still exercising restraint!

If he acted himself, as long as he didn't fall into their hands, there shouldn't be too much trouble.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

"Nothing. Let's add each other as contacts. Send me the intelligence on the Fire Phoenix Organization first."

"Alright. Also, as a token of gratitude and congratulations, there's a D9 spaceship parked in Sector D. That's our sincerity!"

The Field Family really knew how to handle people, Chen Qing mused. Fire Phoenix's destruction had just gained another reason!

He glanced at the materials just sent. The spaceship alone was worth 800 billion universe coins, with a maximum speed of 2 times light speed. Too bad it was equipped with a D5 railgun.

He didn't look too closely at the Fire Phoenix intel. Chen Qing forwarded it to Hong and Thor, stretched lazily, and half-closed his eyes again.

Of Fire Phoenix's eighteen directors, aside from Panxi, the rest were Domain Lords. As long as he avoided these people, they were all targets for Brother Hong and the others.

In about seventy years, when they changed leaders, he would be around Domain Lord Level Nine.

By then, his domain could cover over ten thousand kilometers around him. The Creation Domain's suppression would be no less than a World Lord's world domain.

Combined with the "Seal Suppression" secret technique, it wouldn't be far off from an Immortal's law origin! Even if Panxi had countless plant lifeforms, it wouldn't matter.

Thinking of Panxi, Chen Qing's hands itched. No, he had to step it up—otherwise, it was all his own money being spent!

"We can harass them for a few decades first, giving you enough time to prepare. When the time comes, we'll take out the Fire Phoenix leadership—how much you get depends on your own ability.

So in the early stages, we only need your intelligence support. In that case, what do we get?"

Red Rock opened her mouth wide upon hearing this. Did I phrase that wrong? Did I mean to imply that? Is it really what I think it is?

Then came another moment of silence. Chen Qing didn't rush her, and he took the chance to consult Xu Xin, to see if she was interested.

"Three Hunyuan!"

Three Hunyuan was roughly the net worth of an ordinary World Lord. Under normal circumstances, that was enough to buy a Tier 3 World Lord.

As for Domain Lord level and below, who did business without a little extra thrown in these days? But that was just the surface!

"Too little. The resources there can't be taken away, but they're high-quality assets. You should know that our Pinghai Investment isn't lacking the strength to develop them!"

"How much do you want?" Red Rock bit her lip, her voice trembling slightly.

"I won't bully you. Add two ordinary World Rings, plus two sets of Tier 5 Armor and weapons. That's the upfront deposit!"

"That's at least three Hunyuan right here!"

Red Rock's voice rose sharply. She had prepared herself somewhat, but this was nearly double!

Chen Qing shook his head, his low voice slowly emerging.

"This is a chance for a family to rise. And these desperadoes aren't pushovers—this is our blood money!"

Another moment of silence passed before Red Rock looked up at Chen Qing. "Deal. But we hope you can introduce us to the Pinghai Company!"

Chen Qing was taken aback. Xu Xin still needs to investigate, and you're already latching on this fast?

Seeing that Chen Qing hadn't agreed, Red Rock quickly explained:

"We don't have enough strength to develop it either. Neither the Klin Family nor the local powers of the Cuilang Star Sector will allow it."

Hearing this, Chen Qing understood. Bringing in the Virtual Company's name was indeed a viable approach.

"I can make the introduction, but I won't promise anything!"

"Good. We'll deliver the items to Qiu Long Star soon."

At the Virtual Universe Company headquarters, Luo Feng, just off the spaceship, took two metal cases from a waiting staff member.

These were congratulatory gifts sent from Ganwu Pinghai Daxia and Qiu Long Star respectively.

After storing the metal cases, the thought of the message Xu Xin had written in his palm back in the public area stirred a storm in his mind.

With his authority, he was now equivalent to an Immortal. Yet Babata had scoured the Virtual Universe and found no information on gene-enhancing items.

That meant, if what he held was real, that fourth brother he'd never met was no mere prodigy—he was something far beyond.