pertwk Chapter 2524 Change of plan
Chapter 2524 Change of plan
Chapter 2524 Change of plan
"Chief Supervisor Deng went out to sea this morning on short notice and won't be back for a long time. I'll be temporarily handling all affairs while he's gone. Old Wang, what's up?" As for the reason for the chief supervisor's departure, he wouldn't say, and as his subordinates, they naturally couldn't ask. Anyway, Lingyun Palace had plenty of secrets.
Dong Rui and the others in the cardamom garden scratched their heads in disbelief. It turned out that Deng Yanlong was also absent; their target had failed.
But since He Lingchuan, disguised as Steward Wang, had already come and requested an audience, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and proceed with the formalities.
So he could only take out the Nine-Linked Rings and the "Book of Ancient Food" from his pocket and hand them over with both hands: "I've got the two things that Supervisor Deng asked me to get."
"Oh, these are the two things. I see." Hu Xin obviously knew what they were for, and casually took them and put them into her storage ring. "Is there anything else?"
He Lingchuan shook his head.
Hu Xin replied casually, "Okay, you can go back now."
Aunt Zhu was frustrated: "I finally managed to get the supplies for the mission, and I just handed them in without getting any reward."
He Lingchuan responded with a "Yes" and turned to walk back the way he came.
"Huh, you left so decisively?" Blood Demon clicked his tongue in surprise. "I thought you would try every means to stay."
The mirror scoffed: "What's the point of leaving it here? This little world is under constant surveillance. Can we do anything outrageous in front of the person behind it all?"
"What should I do?"
Mirror truly lives up to its reputation as the oldest person to have served He Lingchuan:
"The plan has changed; we'll definitely have to go outside first."
He Lingchuan left the Lotus Valley Small World along the original route, returned to the Cloud Platform, passed the inspection again, and entered the Million Mountain without making any unnecessary movements.
Sure enough, as soon as he returned to Baiwanshan, the feeling of being spied on disappeared.
Aunt Zhu asked impatiently, "What do we do now?"
When in doubt, consult the Nine Netherworlds; even if others have no solution, he will surely find one.
“The original plan won’t work, we need to come up with a new trick.” On the way back, He Lingchuan had already thought of several options. “Manager Wang has limited knowledge of Lotus Valley, we must find someone in the know and get all the information out of them.”
Their original target was Deng Yanlong, but alas! Dong Rui chimed in, "The one surnamed Deng isn't here, and we can't make a move in Lotus Valley either."
"Then let's change our target and our location."
"For example, Baiwanshan?" The Baiwanshan micro-world is not under the constant monitoring of the person behind the scenes. "If we change the target, how do we get him to voluntarily enter Baiwanshan?"
Immortal Mingke was also pondering: "Didn't that Hu Xin just now claim that he was temporarily handling affairs while Deng Yanlong was away? In other words, he is now Manager Wang's superior and the main person in charge of the Baiwanshan Terraces?"
“This man is Deng Yanlong’s confidant and is on duty in Lotus Valley, so he must know a lot of inside information,” He Lingchuan said. “On the bright side, our original target, Deng Yanlong, is said to have good cultivation. It’s not difficult to deal with him. The difficulty is to take him down quietly within the territory of Lotus Valley without him giving any warning or letting the Heavenly Demons find out.”
At the very least, the methods used to deal with Manager Wang would be difficult to replicate on Deng Yanlong.
It's not surprising that the chief supervisor of Lingyun Palace is highly skilled, and Chief Supervisor Wang is practically an immortal. So-called immortals aren't all idle hermits; those who are capable and efficient are more likely to wield power.
In this world, some people love money, and some people love power. Holding great power means controlling more resources, and immortal cultivation is extremely resource-intensive; if one can strive for advancement, why not?
Dong Rui agreed: "Yes, now that Hu Xin is in charge, the difficulty has decreased a lot."
He Lingchuan smiled and said:
"If we want him to come here on his own initiative, we need to create an accident in Baiwanshan. It can't be too big, otherwise it won't be him who shows up; it can't be too small either, otherwise he won't bother to come."
Ling Jinbao also joined the discussion: "Most importantly, it must be within his scope of responsibility."
Aunt Zhu looked at this person and that person, a little annoyed: "Are you all doing a group comedy routine? What's your plan?!"
Several people exclaimed in unison: "Terraced fields!"
"what?"
He Lingchuan lifted his leg and walked towards the terraced fields. The guardian beast of Baiwan Mountain was hiding in the grass on the side. Knowing that "Manager Wang" had returned, it was too lazy to even show its face.
“I remember that Manager Wang just sent a large batch of starfish from Lotus Valley, intending for the slaves to plant them in the terraced fields. This job won’t be finished so quickly, let’s go take a look.”
Wearing the face of Steward Wang, he traveled freely through Baiwanshan, with guards, overseers, and slaves bowing and greeting him.
Behind the Jishan Rice Terraces are more than a dozen rows of large houses, specifically used to house these starfish.
It's currently the slave laborers' rest time, and there's no one to assign starfish to.
The moment He Lingchuan walked over, he thought he had entered a wine cellar—every room had several rows of floor-to-ceiling shelves piled high with wine jars and vats.
The smallest pot contains only three ounces, not much bigger than a persimmon, while the largest jar can hold thirty pounds of aged wine. They are all displayed in abundance on the shelves, and their openings are all sealed with wax.
Dong Rui exclaimed, "No wonder Bai Songcheng received so many large orders for making wine vessels; they were using them to impress the Hidden God!"
That's incredibly creative.
However, there are many advantages to using wine vessels. First of all, the starfish need to be separated to prevent them from mixing together.
Secondly, the container must contain seawater, otherwise they will die of thirst;
Secondly, the wine vessel has a lid to seal it, preventing these things from escaping.
Finally, the production process of pottery jars is simple, and clay mines are abundant outside Baisong City, making jars from locally sourced materials is the most economical and cost-effective method. Considering the enormous demand for pottery jars, production cost and speed are crucial factors that Lingyun Palace must consider.
He Lingchuan strolled around casually for a couple of minutes, then looked at the entrance again. There were only two guards on duty. In the dead of night, they were barely able to keep their eyes open, and they didn't even look in his direction, which made it convenient for him to move around.
He Lingchuan then took out a small, slightly convex round mirror from his pocket, and used it as a magnifying glass. He first glanced at the guard at the door, and then turned to examine the rows and rows of bottles and jars on the shelf.
The round mirror appeared perfectly normal on the outside, but He Lingchuan could see two yellow dots on the guards outside the door through it.
It is the divine artifact forged by the Immortal of the First Shore, the Yangguan Path, which can detect the faintest existence of consciousness.
The Heavenly Demon wanted to achieve the exact same goal as what He Lingchuan was currently doing:
Use the Yangguan Path to search for the new consciousness born from the fragments of the Hidden God Lord's body!
In the blink of an eye, He Lingchuan used it to scan the five rows of shelves.
The remarkable thing about Yangguandao's search for life consciousness is that it is almost unobstructed by external objects.
(End of this chapter)