Chaotic World Book -
Chapter 404 - 394: Grasping
Chapter 404: Chapter 394: Grasping
Huangfu Qing didn’t care at all about being treated by Tang Wanzhuang and Cui Yuanyang as a maid to warm their bed.
"What does it matter to you how good my Winged Fire Snake and Room Fire Pig are? Besides, I’m currently walking a path that thrills me."
She turned her head, kissing him passionately, and murmured, "Do you... want me?"
While speaking, she took his hand and placed it on the rise and fall of her chest, "Are you really only concerned about serious matters now? We’re alone in this room..."
Zhao Changhe was stupefied, his hand numb and heart tingling, unsure of how to respond.
You were just hitting me, and now this sudden change...
"Um, isn’t this inappropriate here..." Zhao Changhe asked awkwardly, "You, you also came for serious matters, shall we... discuss the Yang Family’s affairs?"
"All you talk about is business, but don’t you seem quite happy with this? Why wouldn’t this be appropriate here, because they are nearby? Dare them to come over and see, that would kill them."
"No, but this is the Yang Family’s place, eyes and ears everywhere... You are after all an Imperial Concubine, and if this were found out..."
"Lack of courage." Huangfu Qing pouted, but she also felt inside that it wasn’t the right place, sighing with a bit of disappointment, "Did it hurt just now? I applied some force... I was angry at that time, thinking you were flirting around."
"Uh uh..." I’m still flirting around right now, nothing changed...
Seeing Zhao Changhe in a daze, Huangfu Qing chuckled, "Alright then, the Yang Family. The Venerable actually didn’t want you interfering with the Yang Family’s issues... The Blood God Sect has come under your command, and the Yang Family is leaning towards you, giving us the impression of being undercut. Of course, if you really are one of us..."
Zhao Changhe hurriedly said, "I really am one of you!"
"About the Yang Family, actually, we need to start with Xia Longyuan." Huangfu Qing said leisurely, "It’s pretty normal for the Emperor to suppress the Aristocratic Families, both overtly and covertly. The Cui, Wang, and Yang Families were prepared for this. Normally, this ’suppression’ wouldn’t make much of an impact, as long as you still want stability in the realm..."
Zhao Changhe’s lips twitched, knowing that the problem with old Xia was that he couldn’t care less about stability.
So this suppression of the Aristocratic Families must have some other twist behind it.
Initially puzzled why the Wang Family dared to raise their flag early, maybe some clues could be found from this issue?
Huangfu Qing whispered, "The most precious inheritance of the Aristocratic Families is the Spiritual Divine Artifacts, from which all legacies stem. Whether the Wang Family has run into issues, we don’t know for now, but one of our upper echelons successfully infiltrated the Yang Family and unexpectedly learned that the Yang Family’s sword may have lost its spiritual nature. The decline of the Yang Family is directly related to this."
Zhao Changhe’s heart skipped a beat.
This was not just about the Yang Family; the Qinghe Sword of the Cui Family was the same, although old Cui concealed it well, and Xia Longyuan’s Dragon Sparrow’s Qi masked it, the outside world was unaware.
No, that’s not it. During the internal strife within the Cui Family, Cui Wenjue tried to overturn Cui Wenjing using this issue, and at that point, I wondered why Cui Wenjue knew about the trouble with the Qinghe Sword... was someone behind it...
As expected, Huangfu Qing said, "After we learned about the Yang Family, we also tried to find out what was going on with the Cui and Wang Families. Cui Wenjue, having ambitions, was tipped off by us about the possible issues with the Qinghe Sword. He seized the opportunity to challenge, which also allowed us to observe and verify, but then you intervened and spoiled it all... It made me so angry..."
His hand was grabbed and thrown aside, no more touching.
Zhao Changhe didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Sure enough, the incident with the Cui Family at the time was a classic Worldly Society situation, encountering secret schemes of the Demon Sect demonesses, too bad he only realized it now.
These demonesses only stirred trouble from the shadows and would never personally enter the fray.
"Although you ruined that plan, we are still able to deduce that the Cui Family’s sword has suffered the same fate. It’s just that Cui Wenjing confirmed the Third Layer Secret Treasure first, and the Sword Spirit dissipated later, hence the Cui Family could still hold on, better off than the Yang Family." Huangfu Qing smiled slightly with a touch of malice increasing in her voice, "Sword Spirits don’t just dissipate on their own, there must be a reason behind it."
Zhao Changhe rubbed Huangfu Qing a bit to hint at her to lower her voice, worried Cui Yuanyang might hear.
Huangfu Qing, feeling pinched, blushed and said angrily, "Are you bullying me now? Go pinch them!"
That way of speaking... Zhao Changhe said awkwardly, "Let’s talk serious matters, serious matters, behave now."
Huangfu Qing curled her lip and said, "Do we even need to mention it? Are you brainless? Outsiders have no right to touch these ancestral divine swords... If it were just one family experiencing trouble, it might have been their own issue, but with troubles occurring in all, who else could it be?"
Of course, it had to be Xia Longyuan, probably the only one who could freely touch each family’s divine sword.
The Sword Spirit didn’t dissolve on its own, but it was Xia Longyuan who had meddled with it...
This analysis might be a bit more logical than the one Cui Yuanyang came up with, that the Sword Spirits dissipated on their own because they disliked their behavior. Perhaps, it was a bit of both.
According to Zhao Changhe’s understanding of Sword Spirits and Sword Spirits, they could indeed go on strike out of dissatisfaction with their master’s actions. The Dragon Sparrow’s attitude towards Xia Longyuan was typical; it clearly refused to recognize him anymore... But whether a strike would lead to dissolution seemed to lack a direct cause and effect. If Xia Longyuan had performed some sort of operation, then the logic would be completely validated.
Huangfu Qing continued, "But the Sword Spirits haven’t completely perished. If they had truly died, the swords themselves would have shattered as well, or at least rusted and dimmed. However, all the family swords don’t seem to show such effects, merely being spiritless, while their sharpness remains top-notch in the Worldly Society... According to our Venerable’s analysis, it’s more likely that the Sword Spirits have simply fallen into a deep slumber, and to awaken them, there are mostly two ways..."
Zhao Changhe interjected, "I only know of one, which is to let it sense an intention that closely aligns with its owner, just like at the moment of its birth."
The Cui Family was hoping for such a method of reviving the Sword Spirits, this was the righteous way.
But as for the Yang Family...
"Indeed," said Huangfu Qing. "The Yang Family’s Lianshan Sword is thick, broad-minded, and firm but not rigid. How many people today can truly match such an intention? Hoping for it to wake up on its own might take until the Yang Family ceases to exist. That’s why we offered them another plan..."
Zhao Changhe couldn’t help but smile wryly, realizing that this banquet was also a scheme you lot concocted behind the scenes. It seemed wherever the main characters went, they would encounter the secret plots of a Demoness.
But now it was his own wife involved... so he could only help out, "What kind of plan?"
"Curing sickness," Huangfu Qing said.
Zhao Changhe: "?"
"After you gave the Rejuvenation Technique to the... Xuanwu Venerable, we pondered this solution... Even though including the Holy Daughter, none of us can master the Rejuvenation Technique, we deduced that the method of rejuvenation cures not only the body but also the soul, and Sword Spirits are a kind of soul."
Zhao Changhe knew better than anyone that Rejuvenation Technique indeed could heal the soul, as his medical treatment on Tang Wanzhuang was already involving this aspect, though his skill level was still rather lacking.
"If none of you know the Rejuvenation Technique, how will you cure it?"
"Idiot, Rejuvenation Technique is not the only method that can heal the soul!" Huangfu Qing said, "Using the pretext of the longevity banquet, the Yang Family had also widely invited famous physicians, claiming that Yang Jingxiu’s cultivation encountered some deviations, asking for doctors to come and look. Once they identify who possesses the method to heal the soul, and with the large amount of Divine Soul Medicine that the Yang Family has collected, perhaps there’s a chance to save the sword."
No wonder Ying Wu mentioned the Soul Entangling Grass; they placed special emphasis on these substances that can heal the soul and had been collecting them extensively, which was why Ying Wu learned of this information.
Based on this, the schemes that the Demonesses were concocting this time weren’t villainous actions; they were actually quite upright.
Even though their ultimate goal was to ally with the Yang Family to oppose... If the issues with the Yang Family’s Lianshan Sword were caused by Xia Longyuan, then no one could fault the Yang Family for their opposition.
"So, what are you and Tang Wanzhuang doing at the Yang Family’s place?" Huangfu Qing said with a smile, "Do you want the Yang Family to help you fight Maitreya? Or to watch Jiangbei for you while you fight Maitreya, so they don’t backstab you alongside the Wang Family? The thought is nice, but this time the Wang Family came prepared. Wang Daozhong might truly be able to help, but what can you do?"
Zhao Changhe looked peculiar and after a long pause finally said, "If I manage to resolve this issue, would you think I’m trying to undercut you?"
Huangfu Qing nonchalantly said, "If you sincerely consider yourself a member of the Four Symbols Sect, then neither the Blood God Sect nor the Yang Family are an undercutting matter. Even if you want to court the first-daughter of the Imperial Aristocratic Family... we will only help you."
"...Really?" You say you’ll help me, yet you manage to let go of my reins again...
Huangfu Qing gave him a sidelong glance, "What kind of help can you provide with your Rejuvenation Technique that only cures minor wounds and poison?"
Zhao Changhe remained silent for a moment, "What if I really can?"
"Compared to the Wang Family succeeding, I obviously hope we, the Four Symbols Sect, achieve success on our own. If you really can, you’ll be credited with a major contribution. I’ll reward you..." Huangfu Qing hinted seductively, "And if you achieve a leverage over them, that reward can be anything you choose..."
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