Demon Sword Sect’s Undercover
Chapter 651 - 651 650 Swarming Over Happy New Year's Eve

651: Chapter 650: Swarming Over [Happy New Year’s Eve] 651: Chapter 650: Swarming Over [Happy New Year’s Eve] PS: Happy Chinese New Year’s Eve!

There’s no use talking about anything else, the only thing I can do to satisfy everyone is to post two more chapters, and that’s the most solid thing to do.

This year on New Year’s Eve I’m not drinking; I’m going to eat my fill and continue to write.

That’s the life of a coder, for a full five years now.

……

It was because he saw the shortcomings of the Body Sword Skill that, after much thought, he finally understood what the most normal battle state for a Sword Cultivator like himself should be.

It should be the most mainstream Flying Sword State!

Then, based on the actual situation, he would change his sword state to achieve the best effect.

Therefore, the path of the Quanzhen Shan Sect wasn’t entirely wrong; they just made a partial mistake.

Since Sword Cultivators should still fight in the Flying Sword State in most situations, his problem came back around full circle.

There were two problems: one was the lack of a Sword Spirit when attacking with the Flying Sword, which caused insufficient control, and the other was the issue of personal defense when the flying sword was shot out.

The Five Elements Mysterious Light was aimed at solving the second problem.

Once this problem was addressed, his Flying Sword could truly be unrestrained, without the need to consider returning for necessary defense all the time.

This was why he was so thrilled at the sight of the Ming King’s Screen from Langzhong Sect; no other reason was needed, it was just too suitable for him.

He was more willing to put effort into this area, rather than waste his time and energy on various precious artifacts and talismans.

…His leisurely cultivation life didn’t last many days, and after ten days, a large group of sword cultivators from the Shan Sect arrived at Zhongqing City, led by Assistant Li Chuping.

“Why have you come, Master?

You could have at least notified me, so I could have come out of the city to welcome you with a red carpet and organized a welcome ceremony or something…” Hou Niao said with sincere enthusiasm.

But Li Chuping was not entertained by his act, “Why have I come?

If I hadn’t, were you about to gather men and storm Anhe, directly starting a war with the Wu Sect?”

Hou Niao felt wronged, “Capital Commandant, look, if I do nothing, I cause no trouble.

But the moment I do anything, all sorts of problems arise.

So, did you send me here to act or to do nothing?”

Li Chuping, somewhat disappointed, lowered his voice and scolded, “Do you think I don’t know you?

Even when you could do things smoothly and neatly, you always go out of your way to complicate matters!

Don’t think I can’t see through your little schemes.

You just want to get out of a small place like Pingliang as soon as possible, to live freely and happily.

So, you deliberately blow things up, making others clean up your mess!”

Hou Niao put on an aggrieved face, “Capital Commandant, you are really wronging me.

I just thought that since we have already started, we might as well do it thoroughly and avoid future troubles, right?

Otherwise, Pingliang State would have to keep guard against them every day, not knowing when they might strike.

It’s not the fear of theft, it’s the fear of the thief’s attention.”

Li Chuping waved his hand impatiently.

He knew this guy could always come up with a bunch of seemingly legitimate reasons for his misdeeds, leaving you no room to argue, forcing you to swallow your anger and cover up for him.

How could he not cover up?

The task was assigned by two Masters from Sikong Mansion, the personnel were appointed by Li Chuping himself, and the entire mission, except for the hasty and imperfect final part, was executed exceptionally well.

By cutting off Wu Sect’s supply channel for Geng Essence ore, reclaiming the control of Zhongqing City’s three Mansions for Shan Sect, and cleverly resolving the conflicts with the local ancient Langzhong people…

If we only look at these, it’s a perfect example of a mission well done.

And then, you pull off something like this, blatantly attacking cultivators of another country across the border, killing and wounding dozens, with severe consequences and dreadful details, forcing me, the officer in charge of this mission, to personally come here, fearing that they might lose patience and retaliate on a large scale.

What a peculiar character you are, always finding a way to direct events to your own pace, inadvertently getting everyone sucked into your schemes, just like in the Northwest desert, where the entire Cultivation World of the Northwest was trailing behind you through water for half a year!

This ability to manipulate others is unparalleled.

And yet, I can’t punish you, but have to support you instead because supporting you means supporting myself, and upholding the preeminent status of Sikong Mansion; just look at it, a problem that has gone unresolved for centuries, my Sikong Mansion sends someone and it’s solved just like that, without sparking the local Langzhong people’s backlash that upper management feared the most.

To wrap up this mission perfectly, I made my way to Pingliang State personally, just to find a way to defuse the situation.

Of course, Sikong Mansion also prepared for the worst-case scenario, “The hundred or so sword cultivators who came with me this time are all experts pulled from various states by the three Mansions, Sima Mansion’s selection was rare in prioritizing combat strength, Situ Mansion simply pulled capable figures directly from Yujing, and our Sikong Mansion did the same.

We all have the same goal, to prepare for the outbreak of war just in case.

There’s only one Golden Core with us for now, as bringing too many might provoke the other side, who are positioned outside the state, with several Golden Core cultivators from Sikong and Situ Mansions ready to fight at any moment.

Congratulations, Hou Peirong, you have successfully tossed around all the important figures of the Yujing three Mansions; how should I reward you?”

Hou Niao bowed his head in shame, “No reward is necessary, no reward is necessary; this is all part of my duty.”

Li Chuping glared at him fiercely, his teeth itching with frustration, “During the three Mansions’ joint consultation, to ease the feelings of the Langzhong people, it was deemed inappropriate to change the Mu Shuai position, so we will still be headed by Lan Zaitian; the Central Army Mansion will be newly presided over by Si Ge Kou Cuo of Situ Mansion, does the name sound familiar?

It’s that leading soldier from the selection arena you disrupted when you won in Situ Mansion…”

Hou Niao shook his head and chuckled naively, “It’s all in jest between fellow disciples, disruption is such a strong word.

Capital Commandant, your status is too noble to be joking around with disciples.”

Li Chuping scoffed coldly, “Oh?

You are aware of how rash your actions were?

Given that you started the conflict unwarrantedly and provoked unnecessarily, your position as Capital Commandant of Pingliang is hereby revoked, and you are assigned to remain at the mansion for future use.

Taking into account that the office here shouldn’t change too often, and still requiring a cultivator with local experience to take control, the role will continue to be performed by Su Lingyun on an interim basis.

What have you got to say to that?”

Hou Niao was taken aback, he had indeed intended to extricate himself from the situation, but he didn’t expect to be stripped of his title so quickly.

Fortunately, he had grown accustomed to such experiences, with several rises and falls already behind him, so it didn’t bother him too much,

“Disciple has nothing to say.

If I’m no longer the Capital Commandant, does that mean I’m no longer responsible for what happens here?”

“You wish!

Being assigned to remain at the mansion for future use means redeeming yourself through meritorious deeds!

If no major incident occurs this time, it’s all good, but if war breaks out, you, my boy, will be the first to join the suicide squad!

No escaping for you!”

Hou Niao ass-kissingly agreed, “With the Capital Commandant’s command over the army, I am willing to be the pawn at the front; it’s just that I haven’t heard any significant news these past few days, um, isn’t Sikong Mansion perhaps overreacting a bit?”

Li Chuping let out a heavy snort, “Of course you wouldn’t hear anything, because if Wu Sect truly decides to make a serious move, how could they possibly let you—a mere figurehead of Zhongqing City’s Capital Commandant Mansion—know about it?

We only hurried here because we received internal news from Wu Sect that there was a major mobilization in Anhe.

Do you think we have nothing better to do than to come here and stir things up for you?”

Hou Niao laughed awkwardly, as it wasn’t his fault for being unconnected; after all, the structure of Zhongqing City’s Capital Commandant Mansion was never fully developed, focusing more on internal affairs, particularly dealing with those ancient Langzhong cultivators, and had little insight into what was happening in Anhe, much less in challenging Wu Sect.

Did I really overdo it this time?