Dimension Paradise, I am a summoning apostle

Chapter 257 The steward of the Prince Ning's mansion, handling the aftermath.
Chai Rui grumbled and cursed as he crept up the mountain in the dark.

On his previous visits to the mountain, someone had always led him up the mountain.

Having someone to lead the way would be much easier, but today I waited and waited and no one came.

I had no choice but to lead the group up the mountain myself.

It wasn't that he didn't want to wait until dawn to go up the mountain, but rather that he simply couldn't wait any longer.

Collecting Yaksha soldiers and generals from Xuanyuan Temple was just a task he was on his way; he had a more important mission ahead of him.

Therefore, we cannot delay.

But when he reached the top of the mountain, all he saw were mountains of corpses of Yaksha soldiers.

This gave him a bad feeling, so he didn't choose to continue forward. Instead, he stopped cursing and ran down the mountain.

It's obvious something bad has happened; if he stays, he's just asking for trouble.

Unfortunately, it was too late. He was caught by several Xuanjia infantrymen who were lying in ambush a few meters away.

Yang Qianyuan had already calculated the time and place, and arranged for Xuanjia infantry to wait there. As soon as he turned around, he would be captured.

As for not looking back and continuing straight ahead, that was even simpler; they went straight into Chu Danqing's base camp.

At that time, there will be no need to arrest them; they will do whatever they are told to do.

"Who are you, daring to challenge me?" Chai Rui struggled to shout, but a slap silenced him.

He was then dragged to Chu Danqing and Yang Qianyuan, who were identifying and classifying the spiritual materials.

Kuma Shibaoka, on the other hand, went to handle all the cleanup matters.

“Prince Ning is moving quickly; it seems he is preparing to raise an army,” Chu Danqing said preemptively. “But you underestimate our Prince Min. Do you really think there is no one else in the world?”

Let's tear off the tiger skin first, and talk about it later.

Upon hearing this, Chai Rui's pupils contracted, and Chu Danqing, seeing this expression, knew that he had guessed correctly.

Prince Ning is really going to make a move. As for Prince Min, Chu Danqing doesn't know him at all.

"Hmph!" Chai Rui realized he had lost his composure, so he snorted coldly and remained silent.

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to say. His Highness Prince Min knows what you’re doing.” Yang Qianyuan added, “I’ve long heard that Prince Ning is having an affair with the Eight Tigers.”

"The emperor is on a southern tour, and the Eight Tigers are working for you. If you send this batch of Yaksha soldiers there, when Prince Ning raises an army, the Eight Tigers can act as inside agents and capture the emperor from within."

"Your idea is good, but unfortunately His Highness Prince Min had already guessed it and thus made his move first."

At this point, Chai Rui couldn't hold back any longer.

That is indeed the plan.

Yang Qianyuan naturally deduced this based on the information at hand; the Heavenly Secrets Deduction could not have yielded such a detailed result.

Actually, he wasn't sure either; he and Chu Danqing had just tricked Chai Rui, and now it seemed they had indeed succeeded.

The problem is that they don't know where the emperor's southern tour has gone or how far the plan has progressed.

The story about Prince Min is false, but Prince Ning's plan is real.

Furthermore, such an important plan is probably not just being carried out by Chai Rui and his few men; there must be follow-up precautions.

Therefore, the chances of the plan succeeding are not small.

The reason Chai Rui couldn't hold back wasn't because the plan was going to fail, but because he thought that his scheme had backfired, like the mantis stalking the cicada unaware of the oriole behind.

The fact that the enemy was able to destroy this stronghold first and accurately capture him means that all of Ning Wang's plans have been exposed.

"Still unwilling to talk? It's alright, you'll speak up eventually." Chu Danqing waved his hand, and several soldiers came over and dragged Chai Rui to the back.

Since we can't get any answers from them, let's just interrogate them.

If someone is so stubborn that they won't say anything, then we'll just have to send them on their way.

In any case, they had already obtained important information from Chai Rui's expression.

That means the world is about to descend into chaos.

What? Chu Danqing is going to rescue people to stabilize the world? Even if he's willing to give up the trial mission, he still has to be able to get there in time.

Whether or not it will be in time is another matter.

Secondly, the emperor was incompetent and acted in an absurd manner.

Rather than letting Emperor An'yong, who is fond of sensual pleasures, continue to enjoy himself, it might be better to replace him with someone else.

In his view, being unorthodox is not the original sin; the dish itself is.

Chu Danqing had absolutely no respect for imperial power.

If one can enable people to live and work in peace and contentment, and ensure that there is no war or conflict in the world, then such absurd behavior is called being unconventional.

But you're bad at games, love to play, and cause trouble, making life miserable for everyone. No matter how hard you work, it's like stepping on the gas without brakes.

After being tortured, Chai Rui honestly confessed everything he knew.

As for how much of it is true and how much is false, that's for Chu Danqing and the others to judge for themselves.

"What do you think?" Chu Danqing asked Yang Qianyuan.

Yang Qianyuan thought for a moment, then said, "Let's continue to Meilong Town." This meant that Emperor An Yong was no longer involved.

"Unless you are willing to let that Commander Xiong lead troops to attack, how can the strength of the two of us possibly shake this trend?"

"Instead of trying to stop it, we should let nature take its course," Yang Qianyuan said bluntly.

Chu Danqing, however, did not think so. The main reason was that the previous S-level side quest made him keenly aware that he might have been involved in the Ning Prince's rebellion.

If it's unrelated, then what appears is not a side quest but a hidden one.

"What if Meilong Town is related to this?" Chu Danqing considered for a moment, then decided to tell Yang Qianyuan.

Upon hearing this, Yang Qianyuan frowned.

He didn't investigate where Chu Danqing got the information from, but instead thought about how to solve it.

"Chai Rui said that Prince Ning has already gathered an army of 100,000. Although that may be an exaggeration, there are at least 30,000 to 50,000 men."

“If we are truly drawn into this, Xiong Jinglue’s troops will be a drop in the ocean,” Yang Qianyuan replied.

It means we can't win.

"That's indeed troublesome," Chu Danqing muttered. The troublesome part was that it required spending money to buy in-game items.

"But it's alright, we're already here, there's always a way to overcome difficulties." Chu Danqing replied, then said, "Chai Rui, what's your opinion? My opinion is to just kill them and be done with it."

Chu Danqing would not let Chai Rui go because of Prince Ning. In fact, if Prince Ning did not restrain his nature after raising an army and remained inhuman, he planned to send Prince Ning to his death as well.

He didn't care who became emperor; he only cared whether the emperor could make life better for the people.

It's a pity that changing the whole world is a long and difficult process. Chu Danqing simply doesn't have the strength or the time. Otherwise, he would make sure to send these feudal people to sweep the streets.

“I agree with your opinion, Brother Chu. Keeping this person around is a menace.” Yang Qianyuan’s “menace” did not mean that the other party would do evil, but that he would reveal their whereabouts.

The two reached an agreement, and a black-armored infantryman raised his sword and with a snap, chopped off Chai Rui's head.

As for the servants, the spirit beasts in the Purple Mansion, and so on, they were all killed.

They were then thrown into the pit along with a group of Yaksha soldiers to be buried and backfilled, otherwise leaving so many corpses here would cause a plague.

That's the end of that. If nothing unexpected happens, we can continue our journey to Meilong Town once Xiongzhigang has dealt with the situation.

As it turns out, accidents are not that easy to happen.

Especially when there are still soldiers here.

Around dawn, the Yaksha soldiers and others successfully buried the bodies, and the soldiers who escorted the woman to Guanglu Prefecture also returned safely.

Chu Danqing also sorted out the spiritual materials she needed and stuffed them into her storage space.

As for the remaining unused spiritual materials and the Orchid Blood Dew, there was no need to worry. When the soldiers handed the woman over to the Lord of Guanglu Prefecture, they also explained the situation.

People have already been sent on their way.

They need to go through procedures and arrange personnel. By the time they finish and are ready to depart, the soldiers will be almost back, so it's impossible for them to come along.

"It's getting late, I'll escort Xiong Jinglue and the others back first," Chu Danqing said.

Although the maintenance cost of Kumashiro is not expensive, he still needs to rest. After working with you all night, he is naturally exhausted.

Whether it's Xiong Zhigang or his soldiers, their raw stats are even worse than Chu Danqing's. Between fighting and cleaning up, it would be a lie to say they weren't tired.

[You have returned the covenant object. The rationalization of repatriation cognition has been completed. This duration: 7 hour, cost: Paradise Points × 7]

'It seems I need to summon Guo Ming as soon as possible and have the Guo family refine two batches of pills for me,' Chu Danqing thought to himself.

A batch of exceptional-grade pills was prepared to enhance Xiong Zhigang's strength.

The other batch consisted of common-grade pills intended to enhance the strength of the soldiers under Xiong Zhigang's command.

For ordinary-grade items, notarization costs 1 Paradise Point per document, which translates to a significant amount of power.

'However, I can't let the Guo family work for free; after all, it's not for me, so I have to pay them.'

Chu Danqing will definitely have to pay for this, since Xiong Zhigang's trial world doesn't produce anything that can be used as collateral for trade with the Guo family.

The increased strength of Xiong Zhigang and his soldiers not only enhanced Chu Danqing's power but also allowed him to acquire more basic skill crystals.

It is essentially an investment, not a gift.

"I'm penniless; I'm hoping this shiny, high-quality treasure chest will yield something good so I can use it as payment."

'Okay, even if you manage to get it, you're still getting a good deal. You're trading a superior-grade item for an excellent-grade one, and it's still a trade-off.'

Chu Danqing was helping the Guo family and Guo Ming, but one thing is one thing. If this resource were for himself, he would naturally use it without hesitation.

However, since it was for Kumashiroka, he certainly couldn't accept it for nothing.

"It's dawn. Let's find a place to rest before we set off again." Chu Danqing was about to say "Let's set off," but she keenly noticed a hint of fatigue in Yang Qianyuan's eyes.

Ultimately, I decided to take a break and open the treasure chest.

Anyway, the time limit for going to Meilong Town is one month, and we've only had one day so far, so there's no need to rush.

If he could find some more treasure chests and quests along the way, making Chu Danqing's wallet even fuller, that would be even better.

(End of this chapter)