Are you really going back alone?
Northern Wolf City, Elder Liu frowned as he watched Chen Qing prepare to leave.
"Shouldn't you be taking your Fighter Army stationed in the Northern Wasteland back with you? Have you considered what might happen if things change in Liuzhou if you go back now?"
"Things have indeed changed in Liuzhou." Chen Qing sighed softly.
One advantage of the Divine Path Style is that it allows him to see the loyalty of his subordinates at any time. Just now, the thing he least wanted to see happened: almost no one in the Shen Family is loyal to him anymore.
They were either instigated and collectively rebelled, or they were controlled by something.
Jiangnan is currently militarily weak. If the Shen Family is also controlled, then almost the entire Jiangnan could fall into enemy hands. However, Jiangnan's protective barrier has not yet been broken. Chen Qing can sense that Jiangnan's fortune has not yet waned, proving that its important resources have not yet been taken away.
Otherwise, once the Baiyu stored in Jiangnan is moved away, the accumulated wealth of the past five years will be lost in an instant!
He had to go back and get rid of the entity controlling the Shen Family.
"Then you still dare to go back without soldiers?" Elder Liu frowned. "What can you do alone, no matter how strong you are? Think it through. You can't just get away anytime. Haven't you learned your lesson on the island? You might have escaped this time by using a clone, but can you do it again next time?"
"There's no other way," Chen Qing said with a wry smile. " The Northern Wasteland is a very important location. We must stop the Heavenly Python Palace from taking over the Northern Wasteland. You experienced the great wars of the previous eras, so you should understand what would happen if the monsters deep in the Northern Wasteland fell into their hands."
"It would be good to take some back with us."
"No way." Chen Qing shook his head. "Even with the Blazing Yang Grand Formation, it would be quite difficult for Xu Hu to defend the North Sea alone with his Fighter Army. After all, King Level Heavenly Python might be involved. It would be good enough if we didn't support him; to mobilize his troops would be tantamount to killing him."
"If you go back like this, what trump card are you hiding in Jiangnan?"
"I suppose so," Chen Qing said with a smile.
" A Li?" Elder Liu asked, his eyes gleaming.
"It seems you're quite concerned about my power."
"I'm concerned about A Li herself," Elder Liu said calmly. "She's a very troublesome person. She can change the course of events many times. Every force wants to control her, but none of them can, and you can't either."
Chen Qing glanced at Elder Liu: "You left something on her, didn't you?"
Elder Liu was taken aback, then smiled and asked, "Why do you say that?"
"Because you dare to see me!" Chen Qing laughed. "According to the laws of the Divine Path Style, if A Li joins the Divine Path Style, I will possess A Li's abilities. Under such circumstances, I don't believe you would dare to see me."
Elder Liu stared intently at Chen Qing: "Luckily, you didn't let A Li enter your Divine Path Style."
"Why?" Chen Qing asked, narrowing his eyes.
"It wasn't just me; all the major powers did something to A Li."
Chen Qing: "."
"If A Li is recruited into the Divine Path Style by you, then I'm sorry, but all forces will prioritize destroying your forces at any cost, because they all know how terrifying a powerful Thousand-Faced Fox would be!"
"Just as I thought."
Looking at the gray sky, Chen Qing sighed inwardly, realizing that her initial concerns were indeed correct.
Back in the capital, after she opened her heart to A Li, A Li had completely sided with her. Getting her to Divine Path Style would be no problem at all. But just as she was about to do so, a terrifying premonition suddenly surged into her mind, and she had an extremely strong premonition.
If he were to incorporate A Li into the Divine Path Style, he and Jiangnan would likely face annihilation immediately.
In retrospect, the warning signs at the time were not illusions.
It makes sense. A Li joined the Divine Path Style, making her virtually invincible. In that situation, how could the opponent not take precautions?
"I'm leaving!" Chen Qing took a breath, waved his hand, and headed towards the North Sea without looking back.
Elder Liu looked at the other person, but did not try to persuade or dissuade them further; he simply watched silently.
"My lord."
A clear and sweet voice rang out from behind. If Chen Qing were there, he would definitely recognize that the owner of the voice was Kagura, who had fallen out with them in Cloud City!
"Where is your main body?" Elder Liu didn't answer.
"At Heavenly Lake "
"Hmm," Elder Liu nodded slightly, "How many Heavenly Python are willing to form an alliance with us?"
"Seven items, five of which are inferior, but they are still King Level and quite useful now. One of them is rather troublesome."
"Say it," Elder Liu said calmly.
"That approach is the humanized one, it's aimed at White Plain, and its condition is that White Plain must be handed over to it!"
"Give it the Black Tortoise seedling? That beast certainly has quite the appetite!"
"But its capabilities are indeed very useful now."
"Talented?"
" Heaven Swallowing!"
"Tsk, that's true," Elder Liu frowned, then turned around and said, "Let's go, I'll go take a look."
"Should we stop worrying about Chen Qing?"
"Never mind that he hasn't revealed all his cards yet. Let's see just how far that girl can push Chen Qing."
" Shen Ling?" the woman said coldly. "Her troubles are no less than Chen Qing's."
"The more complicated the better. The situation needs a change!"
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"You've finally arrived!" Zhou Haitao was inside the house, hugging A Li's leg and crying his heart out. His aggrieved appearance left Wei Gongzhan speechless.
He had met Zhou Haitao a few times. He only knew that this fat man was very approachable and often mingled with the local aunties. Sometimes when they were short of mahjong tiles, he would come running whenever they called!
But he had always thought that Lord Zhou was a good official with integrity, because he had seen it before. The more unpretentious a civil official was, the more upright and unyielding he was when facing a challenge. But the one in front of him seemed to be different from the civil officials he had in mind.
"Get up." A Li glared at the other person, kicked them away, and looked disgusted.
This fatso... the more I look at him, the more he resembles that disgusting guy from our old company. Chen Qing always treated him well; did he realize this guy is that person?
"You have no idea," Zhou Haitao said, tears streaming down his face, looking utterly miserable. "In the state government compound, I had to bite the bullet and go in every day to report to those monsters, all while keeping a smile on my face. Luckily, I'm a good actor, otherwise I'd be either braised or steamed by now."
"As expected." A Li gave a cold laugh.
Wei Gongzhan was taken aback. How did Lord Zhou know that the people in the prefecture were now monsters?
We haven't said anything yet, have we?
Did someone tip you off in advance?
" Chen Qing left that thing with you, right?"
"Hehe." Zhou Haitao quickly laughed, " A Li is so clever. The Laoda was careful and put that thing here with me early on, just in case something went wrong inside. I may not be conspicuous, but I come and go in the most important state capital compound, so it's most suitable to have it here with me."
"What is it?" Wei Gongzhan asked curiously.
"Good stuff!" A Li said with a smile, "Your master's last trump card."