Qing Chen's Inner Guilt

Since neither of the two bosses knows the growth period of these plants, things are much easier to handle.

He Jinqiu desperately needs Purple Orchid Star, which determines the supply and demand relationship.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the function of the Purple Orchid Star is to increase the cultivation speed by three times.

But in the eyes of exceptionally talented cultivators, this thing is a powerful weapon that sets them apart from others.

For example, Luo Wanyai's cultivation aptitude is 1, and he can only rely on everyone to take turns to help him with initiation until he reaches B-Class.

So Li Tongyun's cultivation aptitude is 10. She doesn't need to follow Nan Gengchen's path, nor does she need Qing Chen to give her enlightenment. She can quickly overcome all external differences and reach C-Class before everyone else. She is already approaching the threshold of B-Class.

So, with the Purple Orchid Star in his possession, Luo Wanyai's aptitude was amplified to 3, while Li Tongyun's was amplified to 30...

Therefore, Chen Yu has been constantly screening for outstanding individuals within the Chen family, because Purple Orchid Star can maximize the advantages of those geniuses.

He Jinqiu is undoubtedly the most talented person in cultivation. In his cultivation of the Azure Jade Heart Sword, he has even surpassed Li Changqing, the recognized leader of the Li family.

This is an incredibly terrifying talent.

If we give him the Purple Orchid Star...

Qing Chen hesitated for a long time before speaking, "All the Forbidden Zone plants transplanted to Whale Island cannot grow as quickly as other plants. As you both know, Forbidden Zone are very special. Even if they were transplanted to Chen Yu's courtyard in the Outer World, they would only be enough to supply one person. Although they grow a little faster on Whale Island, it is still limited. Currently, the supply from Purple Orchid Star is just enough for four people to use seamlessly. Boss He, you want to take three spots, which I'm afraid is difficult for me to agree to. As you know, I, Bai Zhou, also need to cultivate."

In fact, on this Whale Island, it would be quite easy for Qing Chen to ensure that dozens of people could seamlessly use the Purple Orchid Star; he had already planned how to allocate resources.

These things are enough to allow the White Day, Freemasons, and Parent's Association to mass-produce a batch of high-end combat forces within a few months.

After all, each plant sheds three clusters of leaves every day...

However, neither Boss He nor Boss Zheng knew that Whale Island was now under the control of Jingūji Maki, so the two bosses had no way of verifying it...

At this moment, He Jinqiu frowned. He knew that Qing Chen was ambitious, so it was really too much to ask Qing Chen to give up three-quarters of the spots.

He Jinqiu wasn't an unreasonable person. He said, "How about this? I only need two seamlessly connected Purple Orchid Star leaves. At the same time, Jiuzhou will become your ally. In the future, we can provide assistance in the Inner World, and even fight for you, just like when we rescued you before and when we infiltrated the Chen family to help. In addition, you may not know the treatment of top members of the Hu Corporation Intelligence Agency. There are only two members in the entire Federation who have ever held such a level. This means that you can access all the secrets treasured by the Hu Corporation Intelligence Agency."

Qing Chen was stunned for a moment. He knew that the Hu family had stood in the Federation for nearly a thousand years. If all the secrets they held were released, it would probably cause panic throughout the Federation.

"This isn't right," Qing Chen suddenly felt a little guilty. He had only given away a tiny bit of knowledge, while the other party had taught him everything they knew.

But He Jinqiu misunderstood. He thought Qing Chen still didn't want to give Purple Orchid Star to him, so he added, "I know you want to avenge Shadow, and I know you have many targets for revenge. Intelligence is indispensable in this battle of revenge. Our Hu Corporation Intelligence Agency possesses information that even the Qing Clan doesn't know."

Qing Chen shook his head. "You two may not know this, but I am now the head of the Secret Intelligence Department. But even the Secret Intelligence Department hasn't found the murderer. Moreover, this matter is far-reaching and may implicate you."

He felt that he had clearly gotten the better deal by stingily giving away two portions of Purple Orchid Star, and he couldn't let He Jinqiu and Zheng Yuandong get involved in this mess.

But He Jinqiu shook his head again. He thought Qing Chen was still unmoved, so he continued, "The focus of attention is different. The Hu family is better at visiting people to obtain information through deduction. For example, we know that a certain neurotoxin research expert may still have a mistress and illegitimate child alive."

Qing Chen was stunned. How did the Hu Corporation Intelligence Agency know about this news that no one even knew about?

Now, he was finally drawn to He Jinqiu's information.

"I don't believe it. When Shadow was searching for the murderer, he must have visited your database. You just didn't know it," Qing Chen provoked.

He Jinqiu said seriously, "Starting 12 years ago, for seven consecutive years, there were indeed traces of someone rummaging through our database every year. We investigated for a very long time, but we couldn't even figure out who had visited. Now that you've mentioned it, I guess it might have been Shadow. However, he stopped visiting five years ago. I think that at that time, Mr. Shadow could no longer use his abilities recklessly. And this clue was only discovered by chance three years ago."

Qing Chen took a deep breath. "What clue?"

He Jinqiu continued, "You contacted Boss Zheng first, and then Boss Zheng contacted me. Before that, the outside world had no idea what had happened to Mr. Shadow. All they knew was that all the Federation's neurotoxin experts had disappeared overnight. Later, the Hu family also tried to find out why these experts had disappeared... but they had no clues. It was as if they had vanished into thin air, leaving us with a huge question."

He Jinqiu: "Now, I'm starting to search for clues in the huge Hu family database, and I've found a lead. The Hu family database records it like this: 'A photo of Yuan Yang, a neurotoxin expert, was found at No. 183 Yuntong Street, City No. 10. It is suspected to be the residence of his mistress and illegitimate child.' We discovered it by chance when a plumber went into the woman's house to repair the water pipes and found the research expert in their photo. She probably wanted to commemorate her deceased lover and didn't know that someone would recognize the photo."

He Jinqiu: "This matter was very secretive. The woman's expenses were always in very small denominations of cash, and she lived a very low-key life. Now that I think about it, the neurotoxin expert probably also knew that he would be silenced if he did something, so he erased all traces of his lover."

Yuan Yang.

Qing Chen was disappointed.

The person Shadow was referring to was not that name, at least not the Zhang Cheng that Shadow eventually found and discovered had been silenced.

He shook his head in disappointment. "This isn't the one I'm looking for."

He Jinqiu said, "I just want to use this incident to prove that even if you are the new head of the Secret Intelligence Department, the Hu Corporation Intelligence Agency is not entirely useless. And this Yuan Yang is indeed problematic; otherwise, why would he hide his mistress so well?"

At this moment, He Jinqiu was so worried that Qing Chen would refuse the deal that he pulled out all the clues he knew.

He was afraid that Qing Chen would think this information was worthless...

It's said that he made his subordinates spend a full seven days in the database this time!

At this moment, Qing Chen suddenly had a thought.

What if the shadow is looking in the wrong direction too?

What he needs to do now is not necessarily to continue searching along the clues of the shadow, after all, if he can't even find the shadow, how confident is he?

Qing Chen pondered. This clue came very by chance, and Hu was indeed more adept at finding clues in these corners.

If the Secret Intelligence Department's infiltration mainly revolved around the core of power, then Hu's approach seemed to leave no stone unturned.

Moreover, whether he wants to find clues or achieve the goals of the Parent's Association, Qing Chen must unite all forces that can be united.

Qing Chen said, "Deal."

He took two clusters of Purple Orchid Star leaves from his pocket and handed them over. "Boss He can come and pick up next week's in 7 days."

Qing Chen didn't pay a large sum upfront, partly because he had just lied...

On the other hand, it was because he wanted He Jinqiu to bring new clues every week.

He Jinqiu laughed, "It's a pleasure working with you."

Her smile was exceptionally bright.

However, the brighter Boss He's smile, the more guilty Qing Chen felt...

After all, the other party had talked for a long time until they were hoarse, only to receive a tiny fraction of what they had gained. It was really a bit embarrassing.

Qing Chen asked, "Ah... how about this? To show my sincerity, Boss He, please pick some Chicken Blood Sprout every time you come. It's not easy for Jiuzhou members to fight abroad. With Chicken Blood Sprout by their side, they can return to Jiuzhou homeland alive."

Qing Chen went to the vegetable garden and picked two handfuls of Chicken Blood Sprout, stuffing them into the couple's hands. "Here, since you're already here, take some gifts home!"

Zheng Yuandong was taken aback for a moment. "I'm sorry, I misjudged you before."

He Jinqiu nodded. "Thank you then. Don't worry, Boss Zheng and I are already on the battlefield this time, and we will do our best to protect you and fight our way out."

Qing Chen felt he was playing with fire. Both He Jinqiu and Boss Zheng were extremely intelligent; they had only suffered from information asymmetry and might realize it someday.

He needs to think about how to handle the situation.

Well, I'll tell Boss He in a while that the Agricultural Academy's yield has increased, and we can give them a few more ears of grain as a gift.

Qing Chen looked at Boss Zheng: "Boss He's transaction is settled, so what brings you here Boss Zheng?"

Zheng Yuandong pondered for a moment, "The academy might need you to provide special plants as soon as possible. This time, the students were all scrambling to do the Inner World missions, so they obtained more information about Inner World clubs than last time. The students have more points but nowhere to use them, which will lead to a decrease in their enthusiasm."

That's the truth. When you have 3,000 points but nothing you want to buy, you'll feel that the points are useless.

Therefore, they won't be as diligent in completing tasks.

This is also something Qing Chen doesn't want to see; he needs a lot of manpower and resources to help the Parent's Association move forward.

For example, during this trip, the students spontaneously formed teams and carefully carried out observation and surveillance work under the theoretical guidance of the academy.

As a result, in City No. 10, where the most Time Walker are, the boss of a certain gang went out to pick up girls and found that more than 30 people were following him.

The boss was so scared he almost peed his pants. He thought some rival gang was trying to kill him, so he turned and ran.

As soon as he ran, the students chased after him.

The students chased after him, but he ran even faster...

Similar absurd scenarios occur frequently, almost leading to premature clashes between several gangs.

Of course, some dangers also arose for the students.

Absurd as it may seem, Kunlun revamped its quest system after everyone returned: only one team can accept a quest for a given guild.

However, this incident also illustrates the importance of students.

This is over 60,000 spontaneous intelligence agencies! Although they are still very immature, even the Qing Clan Secret Intelligence Department doesn't have 60,000 people...

The Secret Intelligence Department only had a staff of a little over 30,000!

The problem was, he had just complained about being broke to He Jinqiu, so now he could only grit his teeth and say, "Then I'll suspend the daytime supply for now and prioritize supplying the academy for a while..."

Zheng Yuandong was filled with respect. "The Academy will thank you for your contributions to the entire Time Walker community today. Thank you! However, the Academy will not take anything for nothing. You have been at the very center of this war, so you have missed many details. I can fill in some gaps for you."

Zheng Yuandong: "This time, the people who helped you were Qing Kun and Qing Yu, who are the fathers of Qing Yi and Qing Xing, respectively. The two led the 103rd and 107th Squadrons of the Qing Clan's First Fleet to the aid of the Qingshan Hao. This was a risky move, and they may be trustworthy in the future."

"Qing Wu and his Martial Arts Enthusiast father are still staying at the Ginkgo Manor, seemingly maintaining neutrality."

"Qing Shi's father mobilized the military zone under his control, providing the Chen family with a base for forward transit."

"Qing Wen's mother was involved in a deal with Kashima."

"Qing Yuan and his father are still unsure what role they played in this war, but last week, Qing Yuan suddenly claimed illness and went home, and has since disappeared. I suspect he knew about this beforehand and was worried about your retaliation at the academy, so he left in a hurry."

In the Shadow Struggle, each candidate represents a faction, and the situation is now clear.

Qing Wen and his mother, Qing Yuan and his father, and Qing Shi's father—these forces will all be targets of Qing Chen's purge. As for Qing Shi, he is still somewhat uncertain.

As far as I can remember, that little girl wouldn't be involved in something like this.

Not only were members of the Kei clan purged, but also members of the Chen Yu of Chen Clan, Kashima, and Kamishiro.

Qing Chen pondered calmly; his journey was still long.

Zheng Yuandong looked at him. "What are your plans next?"

Qing Chen calculated the time and realized that there was still about a month before the best time for him to challenge the next Life and Death Trial. So he needed to go back to City No. 10 before that time.

Kill Qing Wen first.

If it weren't for Qing Wen's Immortal Brooch, Chen Yu would be dead by now.

Zheng Yuandong said earnestly, "It's okay if you don't want to say. Just tell me what you need, and I'll cooperate if I can."

He gripped the Chicken Blood Sprout in his pocket tightly.

Previously, Boss Zheng thought Qing Chen was a relatively selfish person, but now he didn't expect that the other party would be so considerate of the overall situation.

He needed to re-evaluate the young man; perhaps Kunlun and Baizhou, in the Inner World, could become closer allies.

The two bosses of Kunlun Jiuzhou got what they wanted, and their mood improved considerably.

I wonder what their expressions will be when they find out the truth...

Qing Chen suddenly asked, "Where is the head of the Qing family?"

Zheng Yuandong glanced at him. "That family head has been staying at the Ginkgo Manor in City No. 5, and we haven't found him making any moves yet... Of course, this is very strange."

The transaction is complete.

Boss Zheng Boss He left.

Qing Chen sat on the recliner, pondering, his Breathing Technique maintaining the rhythm of the Myriad Thunder Department, continuously strengthening the thunderous energy within his body.

At this moment, Xiao Tongyun, holding the little hand of Jingūji Maki, tiptoed in through the secret passage.

Yang Yang called Xiao Tongyun and said that Qing Chen might not have recovered from his grief yet, so they needed to help him Qing Chen.

Xiao Tongyun rushed over as soon as she received the call.

However, upon seeing the two, Qing Chen immediately instructed them, "Xiao Zhenji, first seal the top of this War Fortress, then install some daylighting lights. Remember to seal all exits completely; from today onwards, no outsiders can enter. All entrances and exits must be equipped with iris-verification combination locks."

Jingūji Maki paused, then asked, "Master, are the things here exceptionally valuable? Is someone trying to steal your things?"

"Oh, no, that's not it. Nobody stole my things," Qing Chen explained. "I'm just a little worried that if two people see how fast the plants are growing in this War Fortress, they might jump up and attack me..."