Chapter 87

Li Yang felt a mix of emotions upon hearing this.

Everyone had very creative ideas and was also very cautious, but they clearly overlooked an extremely important issue.

Li Yang tentatively asked, "Didn't you ever consider that it might not be the Divine Miracle Core?"

Everyone was taken aback. Lin Zhaoqin said, "At first, I didn't quite believe it either. Mainly, if I had discovered the Divine Miracle Core first, I would never have told anyone... But after seeing it with my own eyes, I had no choice but to believe it."

Almost all Divine Miracle seekers go through this psychological journey.

Rumors spread that someone had found the Divine Miracle Core, which aroused suspicion among everyone.

After all, the Divine Miracle Core is a treasure; why would it be widely publicized?

Upon seeing the fortress, I felt relieved.

Anyone who sees it first will immediately think of spreading the news.

Only by gathering more manpower can we hope to breach this fortress.

Li Yang then asked, "Isn't there any other possibility?"

"What's possible?" Everyone stared at her, bewildered.

Li Yang said, "For example, the Star Plant inside are of human origin."

Everyone in the Agronomy Department:???

It's a pity Jiang Yuqing isn't here, otherwise he could have reaped a huge amount of Shock Points.

Oh, this Shock Points isn't for him, it's for Li Yang.

It's fortunate that Jiang Yuqing isn't here; if he were, he'd be heartbroken—such a huge amount of Shock Points, unfortunately, they didn't fall on him!

Li Yang didn't intend to keep everyone in suspense; it was just that the Fifth Master's promotion had made him feel like he Divine Miracle Core.

"Um... this isn't the Divine Miracle Core; if I had to call it that, I'd refer to it as the fortress of the Agronomy Department."

The students in the Agronomy Department all had different faces, but they all shared the same expression.

Senior sister (junior sister), what are you talking about?

Why do I need to understand every single word?

But putting them together makes things completely baffling.

Li Yang laid his cards on the table. "I planted the Star Plant... well, I should say I had a Little Ox plant it. That fortress isn't in the Divine Miracle Core; it's just where I've been staying for the past two weeks."

Upon hearing this, Li Yang received a whole warehouse of shocked expressions.

As if time had been paused, everything in the warehouse seemed to freeze, and everyone's minds went blank.

Until Yu Hongyuan murmured, "I'm not worthy... I'm still not worthy."

Li Yang: "???"

Yu Hongyuan collapsed onto Zhong Kun's shoulder, wailing, "I thought I was a dutiful little brother, but I never even thought of this! What kind of Divine Miracle Core this? Does Divine Miracle Core deserve such a magnificent and imposing fortress? This must have been built by Senior Sister herself! Who else could have done Divine Miracle besides Senior Sister? No one, absolutely no one."

Even with his thick skin, Li Yang felt uncomfortable under Yu Hongyuan's flattery.

However, others did not see this as flattery; they felt that Yu Hongyuan was simply stating a very objective fact.

Ying Qi asked with an incredulous look, "So, all those Star Plant belong to Senior Sister?"

Li Yang nodded.

Lin Zhaoqin has collapsed!

She was even dreaming of breaking through the core before Li Yang could!

So, where did the core come from?

This is actually a plantation that my senior sister casually created!

Lin Zhaoqin exclaimed in despair, "Senior Sister! Why are you planting so many Star Plant?"

You scared away even the Divine Miracle Core.

Li Yang touched his nose and said, "Agronomists doing agronomic work... I'm also carrying forward the traditional virtues of our Agronomy Department."

Everyone: "..."

The three farmers were even more speechless. They had spent an average of more than 15 years in the Agronomy Department and had never heard of such a traditional virtue.

Farming has become Divine Miracle...

This tradition... they really don't know about it!

Li Yang gave a general overview of her situation over the past few days.

It would have been better if she hadn't said it; the more she did, the more fantastical it seemed.

Even Shen Shangchi, an outsider, couldn't help but interject, "Are your codes reliable?" He seriously doubted the authenticity of the person in front of him.

Yu Hongyuan gave him a disdainful look and said, "There's no need for a code anymore. This must be Senior Sister. No one else could do this."

Shen Shangchi: "..."

Speechless was his native language at that moment.

When Li Yang mentioned Kuang Daqiang, everyone's expressions turned serious.

Fang Chuyun, quick-witted as ever, immediately said, "So this isn't a misunderstanding; someone is deliberately trying to use this opportunity to take down the fortress."

Li Yang nodded and said, "That's right. Since they know I can transform into a member of the Plow Ox Clan, it can't be a misunderstanding."

Yan Wu wanted to use this to kill Li Yang, but he also exposed himself in the process.

Zhong Kun immediately said, "That bastard is too insidious! We'll testify for our senior sister and turn the tables on him!"

Li Yang shook her head and said, "You can't be my witnesses."

Zhong Kun was full of questions. "Why not?"

Li Yang explained, "The other party is very clever. He must have been prepared. If you step forward to testify for me, he will only take the opportunity to incite others, making them believe that you have all been bewitched by the Divine Miracle Core."

Zhong Kun retorted, unconvinced, "Are all the others stupid? Why should they listen to him?"

Fang Chuyun sighed softly, "It's not that others are stupid, it's just that Senior Sister... cough, Senior Sister is just a student at the Zhongdu Military Academy, who can believe that she can cultivate more than 600 Star Plant? And most of them are at the Third Grade Realm?"

Li Yang already had a plan. She said firmly, "It's alright, we'll play along. You can all be my hostages."

The killers with the Hunting Blade don't care about other Divine Miracle seekers; they'd rather use them as weapons and make them fight each other.

But Li Yang couldn't ignore it.

Therefore, she needed to minimize the damage; she needed to snipe that group precisely.

Chapter 87

As soon as Li Yang finished speaking, everyone fell into deep thought.

Zhong Kun asked blankly, "What do you mean? How can we be your hostages? What's the use of being hostages? Will this help us take down those bad guys?"

Feng Yiqiao couldn't figure it out either, not knowing what Li Yang's intention was in doing this.

Li Yang patiently explained, "The other side is eager for you to testify for me, so they can take the opportunity to eliminate everyone. Just like Chuyun said, it's hard for everyone to believe that this fortress isn't a god-level core."

Divine Miracle seekers are all strangers.

Putting aside the fact that everyone has different thoughts, even if they were really students from the Zhongdu Military Academy, they would find it hard to believe that Li Yang did this.

Explanations were futile and would only expose her and Jiang Yuqing's abilities, so Li Yang simply went with the flow.

"Since he claims I'm Divine Miracle Core, then I'll use the methods of Divine Miracle Core to force him to take action."

Li Yang revealed his plan in its entirety, leaving everyone initially bewildered and then astonished.

Having fully understood, Zhong Kun slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "Brilliant!"

Yu Hongyuan was filled with admiration. "You can tell how skilled you are from the moment Senior Sister makes a move. Those few assassins are doomed!"

Li Yang added, "Right now, we need someone to help him build momentum."

Zhong Kun was about to offer to take the job, Shen Shangchi said first, "I'll do it. They might recognize Zhong Kun, but I'm not from the Agronomy Department."

Li Yang thought the same thing, but she wasn't familiar with Shen Shangchi and didn't feel comfortable making the arrangements.

Lü Shunshun and Xia Putao also stepped forward and said, "Our disguise is good; we can cooperate with Shen Shangchi."

Li Yang said, "Alright, let's split up."

Shen Shangchi, Lü Shunshun, and Xia Putao were tasked with going outside to stir up everyone's emotions and elect a leader.

Once it comes to electing a leader, Fifth Master and the others will definitely lose their composure.

The rest of the people followed Li Yang back to the "fortress" to be taken hostage.

Jiang Yuqing had met Fifth Master and his group before. He was particularly impressed by one of them, Kong Daban, who had a square face and was very recognizable.

Shen Shangchi and the other two kept it in mind and would carefully identify the characteristics.

After the plan was finalized, Li Yang led the rest of the group back to the fortress in secret.

Even when they got close enough to see it with their own eyes, everyone still found it surreal.

Lin Zhaoqin couldn't help but ask again, "Senior sister, did you really create this all by yourself?"

Li Yang: "No."

Lin Zhaoqin: "???" What, it's not like that again?

Li Yang finished speaking, "And there was also the help from Little Ox and Jiang Yuqing."

"Jiang Yuqing?" Zhong Kun asked in surprise upon hearing the name, "That Pill Dao Department Heavenly Fortune Bearer from the Star-Slaying Military Academy?"

Yu Hongyuan inexplicably felt a sense of vigilance.

He had a feeling this person was competing for his subordinate position, so he asked, "What's Jiang Yuqing doing here?"

Li Yang explained, "Thanks to the Fast-Acting Star Recovery Pill he refined for me, I was able to harvest so many Star Plant seeds."

Li Yang gave a brief introduction to her situation.

Everyone was even more astonished.

Good heavens, no wonder they could build such a fortress; it's also a complete agricultural production line!

Li Yang was in charge of harvesting and cultivating the seeds, while the Little Ox of the Plow Ox Clan took care of all the planting, in addition to Jiang Yuqing's exceptional supplies...

This is definitely not a plantation that Li Yang can manage on her own.

But without Li Yang's arrangements, Little Ox Jiang Yuqing would never have been able to do this.

Everyone wanted to say something, but they really didn't know what to say.

They only had one word on their minds...

Ox! Oxen of the Plow Ox Clan!

Jiang Yuqing, however, did not dare to go out. He was not afraid that Li Yang would not return, but he was afraid that Fifth Master and his gang would lose their patience and attack the fortress ahead of time.

Indeed, there are five or six hundred Star Plant planted around here.

However, these Star Plant were commissioned by the Little Ox.

Without Li Yang's orders, Little Ox lacked sufficient combat experience.