Chapter 1885
"You wish to make a trip to the passage between the two realms?"
Huang Si turned to glance at Chong An, somewhat surprised. "For what?"
Chong An thought to himself, Naturally, to avoid the Origin Xia Heavenly Order, so I can conveniently send word to Celestial Xia.
Aloud, however, he replied, "It will not be I who goes, but my avatar. It has been so long since we last contacted Celestial Xia; I do not know whether any intelligence has been gathered. Before I left, I made arrangements. If my avatar gains anything, it will surely find a way to leave behind clues to the information it has uncovered in the void.
"Once the passage between the two realms is opened, I will be able to collect this information at once. That should yield some insight into Celestial Xia's internal circumstances. If anything of value is found, it may perhaps benefit this campaign."
Huang Si stroked his chin, finding it rather troublesome. "That makes some sense, but if we can advance along both routes, how could Celestial Xia possibly hold us back? Why bother spending effort on gathering intelligence? Besides, Celestial Xia is not so easily investigated. Your avatar's status is still not high enough. What could it possibly know?"
Though he did not suspect Chong An, he had his own judgment. Of course, this was not what he told the Two Halls. Before the various Councilors of the Two Halls, he did all he could to elevate the importance of this intelligence line of his.
Chong An did not press the matter further, deliberately saying, "Since Councilor Huang finds it inappropriate, then let it be."
He knew he could not appear too proactive in this matter; mentioning it once was enough. But Huang Si was the sort