Chapter 442: Chapter 156: Breaking Through Fifth Grade, Unprecedented in History

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Upon reaching the Cloud Mountain Path, Li Yuan took his time to explain to Yan Yu why he hadn’t been back for the past few days.

Yan Yu wasn’t upset at all, and he added some details to Li Yuan’s account, but generally, it matched Li Yuan’s guess—that the Lotus Sect might be utilizing Evil Ghost Tools to create "Super Soldiers."

"Then what is Nuannuan Xue?"

"I’m not sure either, but it should play a certain role in this plan."

"And what about the status of Lianyi House?

The Lotus Sect is collaborating with Lianyi House.

And through the National Preceptor, Lianyi House has taken control of a large number of remains, which links them to the Emperor.

What is Lianyi House’s goal?

If it wants to annex more small Ghost Realms, it can operate like Sister Yan and me.

If it wants to descend to the south, it only needs a conflict to relocate."

"If Lianyi House is truly a Great Ghost Realm like the Miracle Beast Garden, then it cannot leave the local area," Lady Yan added.

Li Yuan nodded thoughtfully, he felt he was getting close to a clearer guess of the bigger picture, but seemed unable to grasp the key point.

He thought for a while.

Lady Yan did not rush him; she understood her man, so she gently approached him, reaching out with both hands to softly caress his hair.

A surge of cold air seeped into Li Yuan’s scalp, making him calmer, and the various layouts in his mind began to form genius-like connections like a jigsaw puzzle.

"I get it,"

Li Yuan suddenly said, "Known condition one: Lianyi House wants to become stronger, to merge with more Ghost Realms, but it cannot leave the Imperial Capital;

Condition two: Lianyi House controls remains through the National Preceptor and reflects the Netherworld Road through the Incense Worship Sect, thereby enhancing the remains, but the remains are still no match for the Five Elements Forces, not to mention the Central Plains still have the Buddhist and Daoist sects, and the commanders who are deeply hidden and mind their own business;

Condition three: Lianyi House is in league with the Emperor and the Lotus Sect;

Condition four: The Lotus Sect and the Emperor want to merge Ghost Realms to create higher quality Meat Fields;

Condition five: Higher quality Meat Fields appear near scarier Ghost Realms.

Condition six: There are also remains in the Lotus Sect, and they are powerful..."

Li Yuan paused abruptly.

Lady Yan blinked at her man.

Li Yuan frowned and murmured, "No, there are many missing conditions.

For instance, the way Lianyi House exists and promotes itself.

If it were about merging Little Ghost Realms, it could have done so long ago, unless it isn’t like Sister Yan, or it doesn’t need Little Ghost Realms at all.

If it’s the former, I have no comment; but if it’s the latter, does it need to merge with a super-large Ghost Realm like the Miracle Beast Garden?

If so, as the Miracle Beast Garden cannot leave the local Ghost Street, how should it merge?"

Li Yuan murmured.

There were still too many fogs in front of him, unclear and ungraspable.

But no matter what, the future was full of great danger, great crisis, and great terror.

Lady Yan gently massaged his scalp, softly saying, "Don’t rush, don’t rush..."

Li Yuan suddenly spoke, "Sister Yan, if I use the tools of the copper accessory vendor and the sugar vendor on you, can you devour them?"

"I can, but... Xiaozhao has to move out for a while, and you won’t be able to come over."

"Will there be any problem with Sister Yan’s state?"

"These days, I feel like I’m almost grown-up, how could there be a problem?

So, my husband, shall we start tomorrow?

You give me the sugar figure, I just have to lick the sugar figure, then the sugar vendor will come to me.

You give me the [Copper Hairpin], I just have to weave my hair into a doll, then stab the doll with the [Copper Hairpin], and the copper accessory vendor will come to me."

Li Yuan shook his head and said, "I just wanted to check your current state.

But now is not the time for us to make a move.

Once the Lotus Sect and Lianyi House sense our ambition, they might turn their guns and crazily come to eliminate us.

After all, we will be in their way."

The couple said their pillow talk, and after a while, Li Yuan lay flat while Lady Yan climbed on, and after a moment of daily pleasure, they embraced and fell asleep.

...

The next day, Li Yuan, feeling refreshed, returned to Shanbao County and continued to linger near Wendao Palace.

After so much observation, he had already discovered that Wendao Palace was actually at the core of the Lotus Sect.

The defense of this core location wasn’t impressive, and the truly effective defenses were all on the perimeter.

Therefore, after establishing connections with a new batch of frequently visiting birds at Wendao Palace, Li Yuan successfully sent his eyes into Wendao Palace and began to observe the internal situation.

Day after day went by.

Li Yuan observed Wendao Palace while searching for the Exotic Beast he saw that day as much as possible, and at the same time used the Cloud Mountain Path’s Tang Sect connections to investigate the Western Ice Race.

The second and third tasks made little progress.

But the first had a breakthrough.

Li Yuan met three old acquaintances—Instructor Zhao, Instructor Xu, and Instructor Yang.

These three were Zhao Chunxin, Xu Sheng, and Yang Teng, respectively.

Their roles were Li Yuan’s senior sister at the Blood Saber Sect, one of the overseers stationed by Li Yuan in She Xiang, and a disciple Li Yuan had taken in from the Chenghua Sect.

The information floating above these three people was peculiar, with a lower limit around "350," considered standard Sixth Grade data, while the upper limit was around "700."

This range was quite extraordinary.

Aside from these three, there were no other Sixth Grades in Wendao Palace.

And the topics taught by the three in Wendao Palace were respectively "Absolute Blade," "Demon Blade," and "Overlord Blade."