Imperial Treasure

It seemed that Su Zimu had grasped the two men’s lewd little idea. He pondered for a moment and asked, "Do we have anyone in our group who’s really good with the internet? The kind who can slip past those hacker masters in The Pentagon..."

If no one could do it, then this plan wouldn’t work. "We don’t have any in the country," Gong Jiu smiled, then added, "but overseas we do... As long as we’ve got money, those folk experts don’t mind having a proper fight with The Pentagon."

Ah~~ Su Zimu laughed.

"Then this money’s definitely coming out of Sui Yi’s pocket."

Sui Yi had more money than she could spend, but had never found anywhere to use it. Who told this person to be so free of desire? Money was basically useless to her; the amount Lin Ling took every year for charity would be enough for Gong Jiu to sweep through Old William’s shop several times over.

"Of course," Gong Jiu and Flower Demon narrowed their eyes and smiled.

When it came to online public opinion wars and the like, the two of them were absolute pros.

As for the effect... they would just have to wait and see.

When people like Piao Yuan from China Gate walked out the door, they happened to see a streak of flowing light fly into the third floor.

He looked up and could still see that streak of light land in the corridor, black ink-like hair trailing; she glanced back at them, then went into a room.

Zhao Mo was pulled down onto a chair by Huang Long. He took a huge breath, explained the whole situation before and after to the Sect Leader and the others, then pulled a bitter face and took all the blame on himself.

Zhao Mo was actually moved that Huang Long was still defending him now, saying, "Huang Long, you don’t need to speak up for me... this whole thing is my responsibility..."

He hadn’t said much more when the Sect Leader suddenly said, "Your Inner Strength is crippled?"

Zhao Mo froze, then nodded. "In that battle back then, I was badly injured, my foundation was damaged. I had to cripple my meridians to survive... I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to live in peace in the country, so I moved overseas."

Back then, among that group of people, they had said Zhao Mo was already dead. Most likely Huang Long and the others had deliberately lied at the time, letting Zhao Mo take Dou Tian Shu and go far overseas.

No wonder he looked so weak.

Everyone didn’t dig too deeply into the past or the present, they just asked about the key point.

Dou Tian Shu had turned into a child?

In no time, the photos sent from Zhao Mo’s phone appeared on the screen.

Everyone took a look.

Their first reaction was—Damn, how can this kid be this good-looking!

The child on the screen looked about six or seven, with a head of extremely black, fluffy short hair, a snow-white, tender little face, and a pair of eyes like pure, pitch-black gemstones. His features were truly exquisitely beautiful, blurring the line between male and female. His expression was very quiet, so quiet it made one’s heart ache.

It should be said that this child was a purely Eastern child, but this purity had been pushed to the extreme, giving him a kind of demonic charm.

The more they looked, the more they felt this wasn’t a child ordinary people could give birth to, and thinking of him as some tool that had undergone Spiritual Transform felt downright fantastical.

"Dou Tian Shu undergoing Spiritual Transform... that really is unexpected. Merit Tools can have this kind of creation?" The Sect Leader looked at Sui Yi; on this subject, he acknowledged that Sui Yi knew more than they did.

"No idea... Merit Tools aren’t forged by living beings, they’re naturally derived from rules... their origin and changes have never been something humans could control..."

Sui Yi’s words left Gu Qi and the others feeling helpless, and made them feel that Dou Tian Shu was probably even more terrifying than they had imagined.

If Agoleus got him...

Quite a few people looked at Zhao Mo.

Zhao Mo understood what they meant. His expression twitched as he said, "These past years, I’ve watched little Nian too. He’s just like any other child, no different. He has flesh and blood, no special abilities, he’s not even particularly smart. If you saw him, you definitely wouldn’t think he was Dou Tian Shu... he’s just a child."

This father was trying to play down the special significance of Zhao Nian.

"What matters isn’t what we think of him, but what Agoleus and the Pope want to do to him."

Gu Qi had been in a high position for a long time; he viewed problems far more coldly than most. He wasn’t inclined to show much indulgence to Zhao Mo’s so-called father-son bond. All he knew was that because of the unreasonable arrangements of Zhao Mo, Huang Long and the others, Dou Tian Shu had fallen into the hands of outsiders.

"We’ll see when the time comes... Either way, from the start we were already mentally prepared. Alright, meeting adjourned. You’ve all come from the Four Seas and have been wandering all over, and it’s rare to gather like this. Why don’t we take this chance to bond a bit." The Sect Leader was more easy-going than Gu Qi. He smiled, dismissed the meeting, and the restaurant on the first floor was already laid out with all kinds of delicacies, so these Masters could eat to their hearts’ content.

Fortunately, in the Chinese people’s way of thinking, there’s this thing called ’take one step at a time’ and ’the boat will straighten when it reaches the bridge’, so most people put their worries aside and went downstairs to eat.

Sui Yi was one of the last to leave, because the Sect Leader, Gu Qi and Bai Yu all stayed behind.

The Sect Leader stood under the screen. He tapped with a finger and another window popped up.

It was The Gate, Central Plains Martial Arts, and... Sui Tang Square.

Under The Gate were three Void-breakers: the Sect Leader, Chu Yezui, and Yi Dao.

Central Plains Martial Arts were Gu Qi and Bai Yu.

As for Sui Tang Square—

Just Sui Yi.

Next to Sui Yi’s name there was also a pair of brackets, empty inside.

The Sect Leader looked at Sui Yi.

"We need to confirm just how many Void-breaking Level people you have on your side, so we can calculate how much we can withstand."

Sui Yi naturally understood that this kind of combat power integration was unavoidable, so she said, "Put down 3."

"Including you?"

"Not including."

"Then that makes 4," the Sect Leader said with a slight smile. Under the surprised gazes of Gu Qi and Bai Yu, he added, "Right now, you’re the one with the greatest say in this group..."

In fact, what surprised Gu Qi and Bai Yu wasn’t that the Sect Leader was voluntarily yielding authority, but that Sui Yi had said "3".

In their memory, there seemed to be only Li Luo as a Void-breaker.

Did she count that bird?

Fine, that probably counted.

Even then, that was only 2. Add Sui Yi and that made 3.

"I’ll count Yao under your side... as for decision-making power, forget it."

Sui Yi didn’t care about this kind of authority. For one thing, these people were either from The Gate or the Imperial Guards; as for the others, most of them weren’t familiar with her.

There was no need to set up another leader.

Knowing perfectly well what Sui Yi’s temperament was like, the Sect Leader didn’t push it. He smiled. "Alright then, Gu Qi... you’ll just have to listen to me."

Gu Qi gave a cold laugh. "You’ve been waiting for this, haven’t you."

The Sect Leader nodded. "That’s right."

Bai Yu: "...."

She increasingly felt these two had something going on.

So the whole love-hate relationship between the Imperial Guards and The Gate was because of these two’s personal issues?

Bai Yu silently吐槽ed in her heart.

But then she saw that the stunningly charismatic, hormones-off-the-charts Sect Leader once again ignored the domineering-CEO Gu Qi and instead walked over to Sui Yi’s side, his smile making all other beauties pale.

"Sui Yi, what do you like to eat?"

"Whatever, anything’s fine."

"Do you like chrysanthemum salad with cucumber?"

"..."

Of all the dishes they could’ve picked, why that one.

Sui Yi and the Sect Leader were chatting on and off as they walked, heading down to the second floor.

"What are you trying to say?" Sui Yi asked.

"What do you think of Ah Zui?"

Sui Yi’s steps slowed; behind him Bai Yu also paused, conveniently grabbing Gu Qi.

Gu Qi looked coldly at Bai Yu; Bai Yu rolled his eyes—Are you stupid or what! There’s gossip and you’re not listening!

"She’s great," Sui Yi said, walking down another step.

"I think she’s great too—gentle, kind, beautiful, talented, and she has excellent taste."

Yi Dao felt the Sect Leader was blatantly talking nonsense with his eyes wide open, and everyone from The Gate also felt the Sect Leader was blatantly talking pure nonsense with his eyes wide open.

Seems like only "beautiful" hits the top tier; the rest....

Don’t get too whatever when you’re drunk.

The great river flows east.... the stars in the sky point to Bei Dou..

"So what?"

"I like her."

Bai Yu: Gu Qi, you... what a pity, huh.

Gu Qi: What the hell is wrong with his eyes twitching like that.

The Sect Leader, likes Chu Yezui?

On the first floor, Yi Dao, who was waiting below, lifted his head to look at Sui Yi and the Sect Leader coming down the stairs.

And everyone who was eating and drinking paused mid-bite, mid-sip.

Uh, aren’t they knowing way too much right now.

"And then?" Sui Yi asked, face calm.

"I like her, I’ve liked her since I was little."

"Is it you’ve liked her since you were little, or you’ve liked her since she was little?"

On the first floor, Ming Lanyuan and the others coughed.

Sui Yi’s words were vicious.

He accidentally hit right at the Sect Leader Old Niu wanting to eat tender grass attack point.

The Sect Leader laughed easily: "She came to my side when she was little. I originally thought I could raise her up to be my wife. Now she’s finally grown up.... What about you?"

Done being sentimental, he suddenly throws out a "What about you?"

His brain wiring is bizarre.

But Sui Yi followed that wiring, stopped, and turned to look at the Sect Leader.

At that moment, time seemed to freeze.

A lot of people thought, they’re not about to start fighting, are they.

If they do start, this internal alliance is totally gonna croak.

If they don’t fight.... what a shame.

Yi Chilian and the others turned their gazes toward the staircase landing; the people hadn’t come down yet, they only heard the voices.

"Have you told her?"

"Not yet."

"Good that you haven’t."

"Oh?"

"She doesn’t like you anyway."

That was one hell of a stab.

"And I don’t permit it."

The sudden "I don’t permit it" shocked everyone, and the Sect Leader arched a brow.

"You... don’t... permit?"

The Sect Leader’s gaze deepened. "Seems like you’ve got it wrong. She’s the one I raised...."

"Having a child bride is illegal," Sui Yi stuck in a second knife.

Then he added, "Besides, she belonged to me in the last life, let alone this one."

Finally, she looked toward the inner-window on the second floor, flicked a finger, and the window slid open. They’d been talking behind the window, and Chu Yezui and Gu Sansi, who’d just been quietly eavesdropping, now slowly looked over.

Across the window.

Sui Yi’s gaze sank, and she said something that made the entire China Gate go dead silent.

"If he harasses you, tell me."

Dominant CEO aura MAX!

Sect Leader: "..."

Chu Yezui: "..."

Yi Dao: "...."

Gu Sansi felt that in this one second, Sui Yi finally had the vibe of a High Priest, except her expression of motive was a bit off-key.

And then, the scene at dinner became all sorts of weird, especially at the table with the Sect Leader and Sui Yi...

The few Void-breaking Level folks were definitely seated together, plus Gu Sansi, Mo Ke, Shen Ci, and Chu Muzhe....

Child bride Chu Yezui sat beside the Sect Leader, and right next to Sui Yi...

Shen Ci felt that whether this seating arrangement was intentional or not, it was just a bit... ill-intentioned.

Hehe-da, are you guys at that table really not going to end up brawling?

Whatever happened to "unity and cooperation, friendly mutual support, let’s beat imperialism, crush the Aliens, and build a better tomorrow together"?

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