The unlucky Shrek exchange students, scapegoats
"Okay, you're very good!!"
Xu Jiangliu's face darkened as he pointed at Jing Hongchen: "This is the result of the efforts of countless predecessors of the Sun Moon Empire, not yours! How dare you be so selfish!"
"Just you wait, Jing Hongchen, I will definitely report you to His Majesty, and you'll be dismissed and investigated!!"
He angrily threw down a sentence and then commanded the Royal Soul Tool Legion, the most core violent agency in the heart of the empire, to start operating. First, they quickly launched a reconnaissance mission to calculate the current location of the Level 9 Earth-Drilling Soul Guidance Vehicle based on its speed, and then sent guards to intercept it.
Even though he knew perfectly well that there was almost no hope of successfully intercepting it.
But at least we should do our best.
Otherwise, if those soul-guided secrets were to leak to the original continent, it would be a catastrophic blow to the entire Sun Moon Empire. After all, the Sun Moon Empire's advantage over the original continent lies in Soul Tool; without this advantage...
Then they'd probably get beaten up by the other major powers.
He uttered a few harsh words and then led his personal guards straight towards the imperial city.
Jing Hongchen was utterly despondent; several strands of her hair had turned white, and her eyes remained tightly closed, unwilling to open them for Jiujiu.
"Over a hundred tons of refined iron, over a hundred tons of Heavy Silver, over a hundred tons of mithril, seventy-two tons of blazing sun iron, fifty-seven tons of black steel, thirty-two tons of purple iron, seven tons of Sea God gold, two tons of meteorite iron..."
Outside the Mingdu.
In a small town.
Inside the tavern.
The surrounding patrons were all drunk and the atmosphere was lively, but they seemed oblivious to the group of strange people in the corner. The group seemed to be hidden in the air, with almost no presence.
Lu Cheng and the others lifted their black hoods, their faces beaming with smiles. Lu Cheng, in particular, couldn't hide his grin as he tallied their haul. As expected of the Illustrious Virtue Hall, even with the Sun Moon Empire's abundant metal mines, this had definitely crippled them. All of this, if sold, would fetch at least 300 million Gold Soul Coin. And that didn't even include the various high-grade Soul Tool in the warehouse. Conservatively speaking, it would be at least 500 million Gold Soul Coin.
This time, they practically robbed the entire Illustrious Virtue Hall.
But the key point is that the most important person hasn't been won over yet.
Not bad... Jing Hongchen.
Upon hearing that Lu Cheng wanted to return, Zhang Lexuan panicked, her pretty face filled with worry. "Now that Illustrious Virtue Hall has been robbed, the entire Mingdu will inevitably be on high alert, and everyone's identity will be strictly checked. Going back now would be suicide! I disagree!!"
Even Du Busi hesitated before speaking, saying, "Xiao Cheng, those old foxes have incredibly sharp eyes. I've dealt with them my whole life, and even I've never gotten the better of them..."
His words were already quite tactful; no one is a fool, especially since Lu Cheng's identity had not yet been verified.
"But I have reasons why I have to go."
Lu Cheng said softly, "Do you all know how I obtained the internal blueprints of the Illustrious Virtue Hall?"
"..."
The scene suddenly fell silent.
"It's in the hands of Meng Hongchen, the granddaughter of the Illustrious Virtue Hall," Lu Cheng said leisurely. "So before leaving, we must at least take her with us. And... Jing Hongchen, I must at least try to win her over. This move is all about turning Jing Hongchen against us. With the right timing, location, and people, if Jing Hongchen joins the sect, our Soul Tool Department will have a place to go, and Lang Ya won't have to struggle alone."
"You mean... you've won over Jing Hongchen's granddaughter?" The elders were dumbfounded, after all, no one had expected that Lu Cheng's charm had reached such a miraculous level.
"Hmm." Lu Cheng nodded.
"I need to go back early, otherwise Teacher Xuan will also be affected."
Besides, so what if we get caught?
He also has the Undead Plane given to him by Elder Yi. If pushed too far, he can throw two Bone Dragon at the palace. Since advancing to Soul Saint, his pure Soul Power has increased several times, and the power of his Ice Bone Technique has also increased exponentially. It won't be able to kill that old emperor.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Lexuan reluctantly accepted it. Her beautiful eyes were like two pools of deep springs, making Lu Cheng break out in a cold sweat. He hugged and comforted her for a while before reluctantly agreeing. He gave her a sweet kiss and then followed the many elders of the Body Sect to leave.
I also casually mentioned that when passing through Shrek City on the way back, remember to kidnap Xiao Hongchen, and have the Body Sect publicly announce their gratitude to the Shrek Academy for Sharing information...
dormitory.
Lu Cheng stretched leisurely, yawned, and glanced sideways at the guards of the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Legion who filled the corridor, knocking on doors one by one to check them, especially taking away all the disciples from the Shrek Academy.
"I'm Ye Xiaosheng, an exchange student at the Shrek Academy, not a spy! What right do you have to arrest me? I want to see my teacher!"
The guard leader, his eyes bloodshot, slapped Ye Xiaosheng hard across the face and roared, "Shut up! This kind of thing only happened after your Shrek Academy exchange students came to the Sun Moon Empire. What's there to argue about? You're all a bunch of beasts. You'll behave yourselves once you're in jail."
Having said that, he snorted coldly and waved his hand, signaling his men to take the other person away.
Lu Cheng crossed his arms and observed with interest the many Shrek exchange students struggling angrily, only to be forcibly taken away with shackles that imprisoned their Soul Power. Among them, only Bei Bei and Tang Wutong were not in such a sorry state, but they were still in the group. It was clear that the Sun Moon Empire did not intend to completely offend Shrek, but the nature of last night's events was too egregious, and Shrek's only bargaining chip was Xiao Hongchen, a useless brat, which was why they were so audacious.
That's good; it helped distract him.
"Excuse me, student, please show your identification."
A middle-aged Royal Soul Guidance Corps guard, dressed in a red and black military uniform and exuding a slightly murderous aura, finished checking the previous room, came to Lu Cheng, saluted, and spoke.
"Here..."
Lu Cheng said with a smile.
The guard glanced at the student ID briefly, his expression softening considerably, and then bowed again. "All done."
Students with high status and strong talent will inevitably become his superiors after graduating and joining the Soul Guidance Legion. Moreover, in the eyes of most people in the Sun Moon Empire, the culprits of last night must be related to this group of Shrek exchange students. As for the others, especially their own people, they are just doing routine checks and putting on a show.
"Hey friend, what exactly happened last night?" Lu Cheng pretended to have just woken up, looking surprised and uncertain.
"Illustrious Virtue Hall was attacked by the Body Sect..." The guard looked around and, seeing that no one paid attention, said in a somewhat ferocious tone. After speaking, he turned and left.
Only Lu Cheng remained, leaning leisurely against the railing, watching the indignant Shrek members below.
laboratory.
Ke Ke looked nervous. "Grandmaster, you weren't in the lab last night, were you? It was so scary..."
"No." Lu Cheng smiled and shook his head.
"Early this morning, guards checked our dorm room. I was wearing a bear-patterned bra and almost had my underwear exposed," Ke Ke, patting her chest with a surge of emotion and a touch of wistfulness.
Only Ju Zi, though smiling, had a strange undertone in her gaze as she looked at Lu Cheng.
The Body Sect launched a surprise attack; isn't this guy from the Body Sect...?
I wonder what Ke Ke's expression will be when she finds out the truth.