New and dark light years

Chapter 381 From then on, the sky was the limit and birds could fly freely.

Li Lin was not obsessed with officialdom; he didn't like being an official in essence.

But... becoming an official could help him achieve his ideals.

Especially for high-ranking officials.

The military governor of Cangwu Road... was in charge of the troops of the three prefectures of Gui, Jin, and Dian. Even if people found out about the magical rice he produced, as the military governor, no one would dare to ask him for it at will.

If Zhuxian were to cause trouble, the Jiedushi's troops would be several times larger than the Zongdujian's.

At the same time, he can unite the troops of the three counties, and it will not be difficult to directly surround and capture the Zhuxian Society.

Thinking of this, Li Lin breathed a sigh of relief.

To become the military governor of Cangwu Road, in addition to the help of the Huang and Jiang families, one would need to win over several other forces.

This is also why he is going to the capital.

During these three months, he not only had to find time to refine elixirs, but also had to accelerate his skill training so that he would have more power to protect himself when he went to the capital.

So during this period, Li Lin devoted most of his time to these two things.

Of course... the dual cultivation at night will not stop.

After all, this is the only way for him to accumulate his own spiritual power.

While he was methodically strengthening himself, hundreds of miles away, Chu Rengong arrived at a county town in Yu County.

Pei County.

The streets here are full of fragrant meat... There isn't as much fragrant meat here as in Yulin County.

As Chu Rengong smelled the aroma of fragrant meat, he felt an even stronger longing for his little home in Yulin County, and for his own little room.

Warm and cosy.

She has a handsome man who makes her drool in her dreams at night, and three sisters with whom she gets along very well.

She really wanted to go back right now.

But she knew that she couldn't be truly accepted until she made a real contribution to that family.

It has been three months since I left Yulin County. Three months of hard work and travel have finally paid off.

She found a branch of the Zhuxian Society, from which all of the society's logistical supplies were transported.

This included the white jade immortal sword, and... a gourd used to hold the spiritual liquid.

She used makeup to blacken her face, disguised herself as a village woman, and blended into the county town.

Women are born with this 'face-changing technique' that can alter their temperament and even change certain facial features.

She set up a street stall in the county town to avoid being noticed, and spent more than ten days following several servants of the Zhuxian Society, finally finding the secret location of the branch.

It was actually in the Silversmith's Bureau.

By evening, all the craftsmen in the silversmith's workshop had left and gone home to sleep.

But deep underground, there is a well-connected 'small town', brightly lit, with the constant sound of metal being hammered.

Chu Rengong knocked out a woman who was responsible for emptying kitchen waste and dirty water, dragged her aside, changed into the woman's clothes, and then pushed the empty wooden cart back.

She had been following this woman for several days, and had painted her own appearance to resemble her by about 50%, while also learning the woman's tone of voice and manner of speaking.

Under normal circumstances, it won't be exposed.

Just as she had predicted, Chu Rengong entered the Silver Forging Bureau without any difficulty, and then entered the secret passage through another entrance.

She smelled terrible, so she had to sprinkle some swill on herself to make it easier to sneak in.

Sure enough, the guards on duty waved their hands after smelling her odor: "Auntie, did you throw yourself in the swill? You smell so bad!"

Chu Rengong nodded repeatedly, offering a rather embarrassed smile as he pushed the wooden cart over.

And so, she easily entered the interior, and then she saw... a huge, even terrifying, void.

On this hollow rock wall, a long passageway was carved out, winding upwards layer by layer. Each layer connects to a dense network of holes in the cliff face, which contain various workshops.

In this huge, hollowed-out area, a large amount of supplies were stored, waiting to be transported out.

After observing for a while, she quickly identified the workshop that produced the 'wine gourd'.

She planned to try to get there and see if she could find the blueprints or the recipe.

As Chu Rengong was observing, she suddenly felt a chill. She immediately lowered her head and pushed the cart to the side. But at that moment, someone used a lightness technique to float down from the sky.

It was a woman, quite beautiful, dressed in red, making her appear extremely radiant.

"You swill delivery guy, what are you doing here? Do you want to die?"

A cold voice sounded.

Chu Rengong lowered her head, but raised an eyebrow. She recognized the voice and then remembered it.

I had seen this woman in red before at a mid-level meeting; I remembered her name was Zeng Hongluo.

Because her name contains the character for "red," she loves wearing red clothes.

"I...I took the wrong road, please don't be angry, sir, I'll go back right away."

Chu Rengong lowered his head and pushed the wooden cart out.

Zeng Honglu smiled but didn't say anything.

After Chu Rengong had gone far away, she slowly walked over.

She then followed the Chu Palace all the way to the vicinity of the secret passage exit.

At this moment, there was no one around. Chu Rengong straightened up, turned around and looked at Zeng Hongluo not far away, and said, "Since you have already discovered me, why don't you shout for help?"

“I’m curious why you would dress up like this and come here.” Zeng Honglu walked over, swaying her hips, and laughed. “As a woman, I hate bad smells. I feel like throwing up whenever I smell them. But you’re willing to pour swill on yourself. What is it that would make you willing to make such a sacrifice?”

Chu Rengong looked at the other person and asked, "You recognize who I am?"

"Of course, it's the Chu Palace. I'm very good at recognizing people, and your disguise skills are really terrible." Zeng Hongluo smiled and said, "I heard you betrayed the Zhuxian Society, and I also heard you were taken away by a man and taken to a room and violated. Is that true?"

"It's all true."

Zeng Hongluo was surprised at first, then covered her mouth and chuckled: "You're really direct. How about this, tell me what your purpose is in coming here, and I can see if I can help you."

"You want to help me? Why?"

Zeng Hongluo smiled and said, "It's not easy for women to live in this world. We should love and help each other. As long as we can unite, we are no worse than those stinky men."

"But I still think the stinky man is more powerful."

"That's because we haven't truly come together yet. This Zhuxian Society is full of stinky men, I really don't like it."

Chu Rengong looked at the other person with some confusion, completely unable to understand their thought process.

"Speak up, the shift change is coming soon, and someone will be here shortly. Tell me why you're here. See if I can help you."

Chu Rengong pursed his lips and asked, "What exactly do you want?"

"You're really quite wary, sister." Zeng Hongluo pouted and said, "How about this, I'll help you this time, and if I encounter danger next time and ask you for help, you have to help me too, okay?"

Chu Rengong raised an eyebrow: "Deal... I came here to find out how to make the wine gourd."

"Even if you knew, so what? Do you even know anything about alchemy?"

"Alchemy?"

"The wine gourd is not actually a gourd; it is essentially a kind of elixir."

Chu Rengong laughed: "Perfect timing, my man is an expert alchemist."

“Your man…” Zeng Hongluo suddenly understood: “I remember you were sent to the branch in Yulin County, originally to develop there and at the same time kill that Paper Prince. It is said that the Paper Prince is a descendant of the Li family of Jin County and is good at alchemy. In other words, it was the Paper Prince who ruined your man?”

"So what if it is?" Chu Rengong said shamelessly.

In fact, Li Lin never touched her.

But she had long considered herself a member of the Li family.

In her mind, this was bound to happen sooner or later.

She was so beautiful, there was no reason why Li Lin wouldn't like her.

“It just so happens that the wine gourd workshop is under my management, so I can secretly copy a recipe for you,” Zeng Hongluo said with a smile. “But I need time. You stay outside and wait for me to appear before coming to see me.”

Chu Rengong looked at her intently for a while: "Alright!"

After saying this, Chu Rengong pushed the wooden cart away.

After she walked away, Zeng Hongluo took out a piece of paper from her bosom, looked at it for a while, then nodded and said, "The blind man's prediction was quite accurate... From now on, the sky's the limit, hehehe!"

(End of this chapter)