readytorunbook #325 - Come and go as you please
#325 - Come and go as you please
"That's sexy! Healthy sexy!" Aunt Dragonfly couldn't help but mutter when she saw Mudan.
"Heh, what about you? Without your mistress watching you, have you tried to make a move on your master?"
Mudan snorted, "I only have pure admiration and respect for the commander. Your thoughts are inevitably vulgar and depraved… Tsk, is that what you mean by sexy, being strong? So much muscle in your thighs, there's no aesthetic appeal at all."
"What do you know!"
Aunt Dragonfly's forehead creased into a cross.
Wang Jixuan watched them bicker with a smile, then suddenly raised an eyebrow, "I didn't notice just now, you've actually entered the S-rank?"
Aunt Dragonfly smiled happily, "Just a little universal benefit. The Spiritual Cultivators wanted to upgrade us, and my teacher helped me get a spot, but unfortunately, they didn't give me a chance to awaken."
"Indeed," Wang Jixuan's spiritual sense freely observed everything.
—Because he didn't know if the Spiritual Cultivators had any countermeasures, the Daoist didn't rashly investigate the depths beneath the Ball of Silence.
As far as his spiritual sense could see, the City of Spiritual Energy was now full of talent.
In the past nine months, the City of Spiritual Energy had gained a large number of Spiritual Energy users.
At this moment alone, there were more than a dozen infusion experiments being conducted in the various Spiritual Energy infusion sites on the third underground level, with thousands of subjects immersed in the Blade Beast blood pool.
What truly allowed the City of Spiritual Energy's strength to leap forward was the Spiritual Cultivators' blessings.
The Number Two Spiritual Cultivator, 'Wanda,' that old man who liked to wear white robes, seemed to be able to bestow blessings without limit. A large number of Spiritual Energy users entered the A-rank, and a large number of A-rank Spiritual Energy users entered the S-rank or awakened on their own.
Wang Jixuan asked, "In the information you gave me, you said that the City of Spiritual Energy is about to launch a full-scale war. Specifically, does that mean… against D5?"
"It's against the entire human society."
Aunt Dragonfly crossed her arms, put away her carefree attitude, and her expression became extremely solemn:
"This is the revenge of the three Spiritual Cultivators of the Wings of Light, revenge for you making them embarrassed and humiliated."
"According to our accurate intelligence, they have already formed thirty-six large teams. In the past three months, we have detected more than thirty intense Spiritual Energy fluctuations that were not made public."
"Obviously, there are high-level Spiritual Energy users breaking through intensively."
"I also saw this."
Aunt Dragonfly went to the corner safe, took out an encrypted chip, fiddled with it for a while, and placed a fixed screen in front of Wang Jixuan, displaying many photos.
Blade Beast invasion map;
List of commanders of major integrated war zones, especially detailed for D5/D7/D8/D9, which are also the main base of the Fu Jian faction;
Attack action meeting documents.
Etc.
Wang Jixuan carefully looked at it for a while, then looked at Mudan.
Mudan nodded slightly, indicating that this information should not be fake, and explained softly, "It seems that they are discussing some combat plans, and there should still be some time before they take full action."
Aunt Dragonfly reminded, "I got this set of photos a month and a half ago. The path for transmitting information is broken, and I can't directly transmit it to Commander-in-Chief Fu."
"Mudan, send this information back first."
"Yes, Commander, but we'd better transmit it after we leave here to reduce the possibility of exposure."
"Yeah," Wang Jixuan nodded.
He greatly appreciated Mudan's caution.
Just like him.
Aunt Dragonfly continued:
"There's also something else. News shows that two S-rank Spiritual Energy users, former cadres of the Destruction Corps, entered the area deeply controlled by the Blade Beasts, and three people came back."
"We used almost all of our resources, but we couldn't find out who that extra person was."
"But we can be sure that the other party is hiding in the City of Spiritual Energy, and is very likely to be an envoy from the Blade Beast side."
Wang Jixuan frowned slightly, "Have the three Spiritual Cultivators of the Wings of Light officially joined forces with the Blade Beasts?"
"Perhaps they have reached a consensus on certain matters of interest," Mudan analyzed, pinching her chin.
Wang Jixuan signaled the two not to speak and carefully searched with his spiritual sense.
Soon, he raised his hand and rubbed his brow.
Good heavens;
Truly good heavens;
He actually captured Gali Nuo's aura!
Although he only captured a trace of the aura at this moment, the location where the aura disappeared was obviously below the Ball of Silence.
"These three guys are really not honest."
Aunt Dragonfly asked, "What are you doing here in the City of Spiritual Energy? There are too many powerful enemies of yours here. Exposing your whereabouts could be very dangerous. If I can help you with anything, then I might as well do it for you."
"Don't worry about my safety."
Daoist Wang smiled and said:
"Although I am not an opponent of the Spiritual Cultivators now, I still have the ability to escape."
"However, I really do have something to ask of you."
Aunt Dragonfly leaned back, her eyes filled with emotion.
She seemed to have rediscovered her value and positioning, crossed her legs, leaned back in her chair, and said leisurely, "For the sake of our deep friendship, I can give you a friend's discount."
"That's easy to say, Mudan?"
"Yes," Mudan responded crisply, folded her hands together, pulled them apart, and a projection screen opened in front of her, displaying three special medicinal herbs.
Wang Jixuan explained from the side:
"These are essential for me to refine a kind of elixir."
"My cultivation has fallen into a bottleneck period. Without external help, I can actually naturally overcome it in two or three years."
"But you also know that the current situation of human civilization is precarious, and the Star Gate may open at any time."
"I also want to personally stuff the Blade Beast's blade limbs into the Spiritual Cultivator's throat, so I can only use the method of external elixir assisting internal elixir… I've explained a bit too much, I just want to find these three medicinal herbs."
Mudan added, "I have used mechanical bodies to search the areas where human society can search, and there is no gain. Now the only information I know is that the Thirteenth Biological Institute has set up a living plant and animal gene bank in the City of Spiritual Energy, and there may be these three herbs that have been recorded there."
Mai Qingting frowned and asked, "Are you sure that there used to be any on Earth?"
"Yes," Mudan explained, "The medicinal herbs that my commander is looking for can all react with Spiritual Energy, and may be collected by the Thirteenth Institute."
"Let me see… Biyou Grass, Tianhe Dirui Vine, Golden Glow Fruit? These names are so strange, let's use this number instead."
Aunt Dragonfly wrote down all this information.
She also scratched her head a little.
"I'll start investigating tonight… However, I really haven't paid much attention to this aspect of intelligence."
"I also have to find a reason. If my actions are exposed, how should I cover up my motive for looking for these things?"
"I'm counting on you."
Wang Jixuan shrugged and spread his hands:
"I've already looked through the various research institutes several times, and I haven't found any places that collect rare flowers and herbs."
"There's no need to have any pressure on this matter. If you can find it, then find it. If you can't find it, I'll think of other ways to get through the bottleneck period."
"Hmm," Aunt Dragonfly's fighting spirit was ignited, "As long as it's here, I can definitely get the information for you. There are dozens of satellite cities in the City of Spiritual Energy, and there may be news there."
The aunt changed the subject, "Is there a time limit?"
"Half a month," Wang Jixuan said, "I will only be wandering outside for half a month this time."
"Okay," the aunt nodded in agreement, "Then where are you hiding next?"
"Knock on Mudan if you have any news," Wang Jixuan said, "I'm going to wander around those satellite cities and catch up with my old friends."
Mudan threw a small button to the aunt.
"For encrypted communication."
"Then I won't bother you any longer," Wang Jixuan picked up a few pieces of cured meat and stuffed them into his mouth, then retrieved Mudan into his storage bracelet.
He waved to Aunt Dragonfly, and with a flash, he directly遁入地下 (dun ru di xia) -遁入地下 means '遁入地下'.
Over the past period of time, Wang Jixuan, in addition to cultivation, has been studying the术法 (shufa) -術法.术法 means '術法' which he had not paid attention to before, and he has devoted ninety percent of his time to studying 遁法 (dunfa) - 遁法.遁法 means '遁法'.
Especially 土遁 (tudun) - 土遁.土遁 means '土遁'.
Now his 土遁 (tudun) - 土遁.土遁 means '土遁' skill has become extremely proficient, and he can directly遁入地下 (dun ru di xia) -遁入地下 means '遁入地下' ten thousand meters underground, far exceeding the area where the Blade Beasts can be active.
However, because the pressure is high and the temperature is high ten thousand meters underground, he cannot stay for long.
Without this unique skill, how dare he casually闯这龙潭虎穴 (chuang zhe longtan huhue) -闯這龍潭虎穴.闯这龙潭虎穴 means '闖這龍潭虎穴'.
The room fell silent.
Aunt Dragonfly couldn't recover for a long time.
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If it wasn't for the old sofa still slowly recovering from the collapsed area;
If it wasn't for the alcoholic beverage being drunk a little;
She would have really thought that no one had come.
'Coming and going like a ghost.'
Aunt Dragonfly shook her head and walked briskly to the study, opening a pile of electronic equipment that was older than her.
Intelligence network, fully activated!
…
It is said that Wang Jixuan left Aunt Dragonfly's side and carefully observed Aunt Dragonfly for a while underground.
It's always good to be cautious;
Especially since the Natural Faction has now drawn a clear line with the Fu Jian faction, and Aunt Dragonfly's teachers are essentially spiritual slaves of the Spiritual Cultivators.
After he determined that Aunt Dragonfly had begun to work for him and had not leaked any information, he secretly felt ashamed.
This is not judging a gentleman's heart with a villain's measure;
It was really because these Natural Faction people were unreliable.
'It should be fine, Auntie can still be trusted.'
Daoist Wang turned and left.
He didn't go too far, nor did he go to the surrounding satellite cities to search. —He had actually searched them all before.
There are no means to prevent spiritual sense detection here, and Wang Jixuan's spiritual sense can directly turn their database upside down.
Especially since what he was looking for were three spiritual herbs, he had to find the living things to find Beta the Tree Man to cultivate the scalp, finding the gene map and specimens was useless.
'Does the Thirteenth Biological Institute really have a living plant and animal museum?'
'Hopefully there will be clues.'
Peony's voice came from the bracelet: "Chief, Little Flower has been located. She's at the old spot in Fortress 76, which has been rebuilt into a secret base."
"That's not bad," Wang Jixuan chuckled. "Let's wait for Auntie's investigation. If we don't find anything here, we'll have to try our luck with that ancient civilization."
Peony reminded, "Chief, that ancient civilization's intentions are unclear."
"Yeah, I have a bad feeling about it too."
Wang Jixuan sighed softly:
"If it were me back then, I probably would have believed it, but now I would subconsciously ask, what benefit does the other party get from doing this?"
"Recently, as my strength has increased, I can clearly feel a huge spiritual energy cluster deep within the earth."
"The spiritual energy of the entire planet is interacting with this spiritual energy cluster, which envelops the Earth's core region, making it impossible to approach directly."
"That should be the secret land left behind by that ancient civilization."
Peony asked, "Isn't the chief going to try? Little Flower's past life said that you could go there when you were in the mid-stage of the Golden Core."
"I don't like uncertainty, let alone..."
Now, whenever he has the thought of finding Little Flower to open the secret land, his intuition lightly flutters.
He couldn't explain the principle behind the intuition's warning, so he simply didn't mention it.
"If we show ourselves now, the Blade Beasts and Spiritual Cultivators will definitely rush over like crazy."
Wang Jixuan chuckled awkwardly:
"In short, let's stall for a while and see... It's never wrong to be extra cautious about the Spiritual Cultivators' ancestor."
"Okay," Peony said, "Should I arrange a meeting with Lieutenant Colonel Ling Tong for you?"
"Not for now," Wang Jixuan looked up from underground, "Now that we're here, we must study the City of Spiritual Energy and find the flaws of the three Spiritual Cultivators of the Wings of Light."
"Yes."
"Prepare two nano masks, we might need them later... Hmm? That interesting fellow?"
Wang Jixuan's figure fluttered, quietly moving towards a corner of the City of Spiritual Energy.
He classified the area under the Ball of Silence as a restricted zone, and he would definitely not rashly break through.
What Daoist Priest is going to now is a research institute on the third underground level.
In the dungeon dug down from the research institute, there were a dozen Spiritual Energy users locked up.
These were obviously experimental materials.
Each Spiritual Energy user was wearing a hospital gown, with an independent 'single room'. Some were wearing strong magnetic shackles, while others were sleeping soundly in their single rooms as if nothing was wrong.
The person who attracted Wang Jixuan was quite impressive. He was nailed to a wooden cross, with long nails piercing through the palms, soles of his feet, pipa bones, and joints, covered in blood and on the verge of death.
He was gradually dying here.
After Wang Jixuan approached, he carefully looked at the person's face.
He did have some impression.
However, the man named Li Weiqi in Wang Jixuan's memory was a handsome young man who gained the 'favor' of his regiment commander with his looks.
He even gave Black Storm a letter.
In the letter, Li Weiqi expressed his lofty ambitions.
Now, Li Weiqi was imprisoned and about to die.
He had A-level spiritual energy in his body, and it seemed to be awakened, but this spiritual energy could not save the blood loss injury.
"It's that guy," Peony invaded the research institute's monitoring system.
Still using incognito browsing.
She whispered, "According to the latest information, this Li Weiqi has risen to the position of squadron leader. His girlfriend, Angel, is now in power and valued by the Six Elders, but I can only search for information about him up to nine days ago."
Wang Jixuan wondered, "Did he break up with Angel?"
"Uh, even if they broke up, it shouldn't lead to someone's death, it should be a political issue."
"We'll know by searching his soul."
Wang Jixuan's eyes flickered slightly, and a wisp of faint black gas appeared on his shoulder, condensing into the shape of a dragon before dissipating into nothingness.
A moment later, a wisp of black gas drilled into Li Weiqi's left ear.
Soul Searching Secret Technique, Gentle Breeze Enters Dream.