hsntnovel Chapter 2596 Duplicity
Chapter 2596 Duplicity
Chapter 2596 Duplicity
Qu Jianlei insisted on not taking advantage of the situation, so the military consulted with the imperial high command and finally agreed.
The imperial government believes that the current relationship with the Digital Phantom is at the most appropriate level; too far or too close is not good.
In any case, the required wealth can be deducted from the foundation, so the other party does not need to pay any money, and the empire will still have a large income.
However, the computing units required for this Digital Phantom are of very high specifications and in large quantities, so production will take time.
Qu Jianlei said that as long as it can be produced within a year, he can afford to wait.
When the military heard this, they said, "How about we sell you some more warships? The foundation has plenty of money anyway."
Qu Jianlei then ordered three more legion-level warships, ten division-level warships, and two experimental platforms.
This immediately depleted more than 30% of the foundation's wealth, and in the short term, its working capital was even stretched thin.
It's clear that these weapons of war are indeed quite expensive.
Qu Jianlei didn't feel anything about it; the empire's wealth was almost meaningless to him.
Those warships... were mostly used up during the previous rescue mission to the Girl Starfield for Xiaoyou.
During that rescue, True Venerable Yue Ran even tried to request several warships.
This shows that in certain specific situations, ordinary weapons can still play a considerable supplementary role.
Qu Jianlei finalized the deal with the military and piloted the warship back.
Unexpectedly, just as he was about to leap, a strange fluctuation came from space.
"Tsk," he sighed helplessly. Although it was only a clone on the warship, it could basically sense what had happened.
The next moment, five people appeared outside the warship: three True Venerables and two Nascent Soul cultivators.
Qu Jianlei opened the warship and let the people in, "Why have you come to the Empire again?"
The leader, True Venerable Xiaoyou, asked calmly, "Our promise is not to enter the Maidens' Starfield, is that correct?"
“Hmm,” Qu Jianlei’s clone nodded, “Is this… the preparation of the rules of creation?”
“If it were just about the rules, I wouldn’t have gone this far,” Xiaoyou replied seriously. “There are other things too.”
“Oh,” Qu Jianlei nodded slightly, “If it’s about the path to leaving the body, then there’s no need to discuss it; there’s no room for negotiation.”
“I will offer treasures in the transaction,” True Venerable Xiaoyou said solemnly, “and I guarantee that this will not be told to anyone.”
As fellow True Venerables, the treasures she spoke of should be of greater importance than those of the others.
However, Qu Jianlei shook his head, "There's no need. You'll find out sooner or later, why rush it?"
He couldn't help but be tempted by the treasure the other party mentioned, but he wouldn't be satisfied with taking too little, and taking too much would be unfair to the other party.
Sometimes, one shouldn't be too greedy, otherwise it will sow the seeds of future trouble.
"Time waits for no one," True Venerable Xiaoyou said solemnly. "Although the lifespan of those who have left their bodies is long, not a single breath is superfluous!"
Qu Jianlei remained silent. He actually agreed with what Qu Jianlei said, but he did not intend to change his mind.
Seeing that he remained silent, Xiao You first took out three orbs of light and controlled two of them to fly towards the other party, saying, "Two opportunities."
"Oh," Qu Jianlei took the ball of light, sensed it for a moment, and then nodded slightly. "No problem."
Then he glanced at the third ball of light, "You plan to exchange it for a rule of creation?"
He really wanted to stick to his own ideas, but the problem was that the other party had shown... just too much.
“That’s not impossible either,” True Venerable Xiaoyou said, offering up another creation, clearly indicating he wasn’t ignorant of numbers.
"But... isn't this a bit too much?"
"I knew it," Qu Jianlei sighed leisurely, about to reveal the knowledge he was about to share, and collect a rule of creation.
"Things are still under discussion," True Venerable Xiaoyou slowly put away the ball of light. "Won't you invite me to sit down?"
"Please sit down," Qu Jianlei waved his hand, then said, "This place is a bit neglected, let's go somewhere else."
Since the other party was able to follow him from Houde to here and pay off the old debts, he couldn't be too indifferent in terms of human relationships.
Back in the day, they even treated him to a luxurious warship.
The group arrived at Yanyu Terrace. Although it was also a place devoid of spiritual energy, there were still several spirit-gathering arrays activated.
True Venerable Xiaoyou was also very interested in the spirit-gathering array here. After scanning it with his divine sense, he exclaimed in surprise, "Mortal energy? Impressive!"
"It's nothing surprising that energy transformation is merely a superficial process," Qu Jianlei replied calmly.
He said it casually, but it wasn't pretentious.
Once you reach the True Venerable realm, with a deeper understanding of various rules, changing energy attributes becomes a relatively easy operation.
The real improvement would be if he could change the rules of the world, allowing the world of the Spiritless to generate its own spiritual energy.
The current situation can indeed be described as "merely going through the motions," just as Wen Xian said, "the way of the formation has come to an end."
Xiaoyou understood, but still shook her head, "That's already amazing, I can't do it."
After a pause, she spoke again, "I have also heard about the matter of Qu Zhenzun killing the Great Lord in battle."
Qu Jianlei was not surprised; the news couldn't be kept secret. He simply stated, "It's thanks to everyone's efforts, and the evil hasn't been completely eradicated."
“Those are not easy to kill,” Xiaoyou shook her head again. She had a Grand Master and knew very well how difficult it was to kill a divided spirit.
Then she didn't say anything more, and the four people behind her did the same, sitting there quietly.
Qu Jianlei waited a moment before emphasizing again, "Everyone has played all their cards, and I'm still resting."
He had originally intended to mention the Spider, who was half-step into the Divine Realm, but upon further reflection, he felt it was unnecessary.
Xiao Youzhen glanced at him, "You also obtained some of the materials for the Nascent Soul stage, didn't you, Qu Zhenzun?"
This still couldn't be kept secret; when the spider tore apart the wings of the human-faced bee, there were too many cultivators watching.
Qu Jianlei coughed lightly, "These are everyone's spoils of war, I'm just temporarily helping to keep them safe."
"Four wings, that might be a bit difficult to divide," Xiaoyou said, as expected knowing the details. "Are you interested in selling them?"
"..." Qu Jianlei glanced at her speechlessly, "That human-faced bee still has clones, and also has a lot of treasures."
“I’m not particularly interested in its treasure,” Xiaoyou said seriously. “I came here specifically to find you.”
Meanwhile, not far from the planet where Yanyu Terrace is located, two figures are also communicating in hushed tones in a spatial interlayer.
“This matter needs to be addressed,” a cold and beautiful Kun cultivator said. “We cannot let those guys from the Realm of All Things succeed.”
“He won’t succeed,” another handsome young man said calmly. “I know him too well.”
“People’s hearts are never static,” Shinzun Yugiri said solemnly, “and Shinoyu really put his heart into it.”
When Xiaoyou returned to the Tree Clan World, she registered directly at the camp—"If you need anything, find Qu Zhenzun."
If we don't register like this, the limit of two True Venerables in the Realm of All Things has been reached, so there's no reason for them to openly enter.
Xiaoyou could have sneaked in secretly, but she chose to make the information public.
Then she inquired about Qu Zhenzun's whereabouts and did not hide it from others.
During his rest, Qu Jianlei largely concealed his secrets, indicating that he did not wish to be disturbed.
However, if Xiaoyou puts in a little effort, he can figure out which world he is in.
Qu Jianlei's whereabouts in the empire were not completely concealed.
Xiao You's group has three True Venerables, so even if the Empire hides the relevant information, it will be very easy for them to investigate.
The reason they didn't find Yanyutai directly is because it's a habitable planet.
There are too many ordinary people on the planet, and the cultivators of the Myriad Realms were worried that Qu Zhenzun would misunderstand, so they did not come to his door.
This time, Qu Jianlei sent out warships, which were noticed by them immediately.
In fact, neither Han Li nor Xi Wu inquired about Qu Jianlei's whereabouts within the empire.
Han Li believed that Qu Zhenzun concealed his aura, clearly not wanting to be disturbed and only wanting to rest in peace.
So why would anyone do something to make him unhappy?
However, when True Venerable Xiaoyou came looking for them, they immediately took it very seriously—there was both gratitude and resentment between cultivators of the Myriad Realms and True Venerable Qu.
Yugiri knew very well that Qu Zhenzun's behavior was somewhat aloof from others.
However, Han Li was also stubborn. He thought that maintaining a certain distance was good enough, and he didn't even want to go to Yanyu Terrace to bother the other party.
In his words: That guy is very suspicious, and he should be able to rest and recuperate on his own.
But despite his words, after confirming Qu Jianlei's location, he stayed in the vicinity for some time, indicating that he would simply protect him in secret.
Hearing Yuugi say that Shinoyu was sincere, he said expressionlessly, "Then let's wait and see."
"If Xiaoyou can really protect him, then we can go and do other things."
“You really are…” True Venerable Xiwu shook his head helplessly.
After thinking for a moment, she asked again, "Are you sure that if someone tries to ambush him, he will be able to escape?"
“Well… that makes sense,” Han Li hesitated for a moment, then nodded. “You’ve already thought of that, go and remind him.”
"I'm not going!" True Venerable Xiwu shook his head decisively. "What if he wants to come into my cave to rest?"
"He won't enter Kunxiu's cave!" Han Li replied calmly. "If he really manages to enter your cave, I'll admire you!"
“I don’t have your penchant for courting death,” Yuugiri Shinzun’s eyes darted around. “What if Xiaoyou wants to buy the Human-Faced Bee Wings?”
Normally, even the most taciturn and reserved woman could never imagine that she could be so talkative.
"That won't do!" Han Li frowned upon hearing this. "We'd rather sell it to Ling Yun than to outsiders..."
“But he’s very poor,” Yugiri continued gossiping. “If Shinoyu caters to his tastes… well, he’s not short of treasures anyway.”
“Then this matter… needs to be investigated,” Han Li said seriously, his face darkening. “It’s not his spoils alone!”
"Hehe," the cold and beautiful True Venerable smiled slightly, but there was something else in her smile.
"What are you laughing at?" Han Li glared at her fiercely. "I'm doing this for the benefit of the entire Houde Group."
“Then let me do some divination to see how things are going between them,” Shinzo Yugiri glanced at him and raised his hand in a pretentious manner.