After half a night of lovemaking, Qing Chen left Heavenly Jade Island as he usually did, employing his evasion technique to race toward Hidden Spirit Island.
Over the past three to five years, he had never attended a meeting at Tianshu Hall. This was one of the conditions of the exchange of interests he had reached with Xin Bairen.
Ordinarily, he merely traveled between Heavenly Jade Island and Hidden Spirit Island, either putting the Battle Hall in order or setting out to eradicate water bandits and rebels within their territory. He kept an extremely low profile.
From the jade slip Xu Jiuling had sent, Qing Chen learned that Xin Bairen intended to station Mo Huaian at the border.
By the look of things, he planned to give him the posts of Island Lord and Inspector of the high-grade second-tier Mysterious Pass Island.
At the same time, he would remove Baili Tingfeng from his posts as a mid-grade second-tier Island Lord and Inspector, reassigning him as Vice Island Master of the high-grade second-tier Mysterious Pass Island.
Something is strange about this. Why let word slip before anything has been finalized? Is he trying to intimidate the border, or lure the snake out of its hole?
Normally, he should wait until Mo Huaian reaches Mysterious Pass Island before announcing his appointment, to avoid complications springing up and a long night bringing too many dreams.
Qing Chen's thoughts raced, considering numerous possibilities in an instant.
But even if Mo Huaian went to Mysterious Pass Island, Qing Chen could not let him off. After all, he could still apply for an Earthfire Room without being on Heavenly Jade Island, and that old bastard Xin Bairen would certainly approve.
Qing Chen's evasion speed was now astonishing. He could cross five or six thousand li of