411 Let us play a board game that tests wisdom and strategy (1/2)

”Yes, Your Majesty. Didn't you secretly arrange a plan of invading Transcendence three days ago? Now with the Celestial domain suddenly attacking us, are we to continue carrying out our plan?”

The Infernal general's words made Shi Xiaobai frown. He had yet to arrive in the seventh level three days ago. The person who secretly crafted the plans was apparently the real Infernal King, but why would the real Infernal King want to invade Transcendence?

Shi Xiaobai pondered for a moment before he asked, ”Back then, on what grounds did This King use to propose the invasion of Transcendence?”

The Infernal general was slightly surprised. The question sounded odd, but the Infernal general immediately expressed his virtuous loyalty and respect. He quickly answered truthfully, ”I am unsure of the specific reason, but I remember that back then Your Majesty was extremely furious and cursed Transcendence for being a 'darn thief'. It's as if they had stolen something important of Your Majesty's, and they had forced your hand to invade Transcendence even if the peace of so many years would be broken.”

Shi Xiaobai's heart leaped. The word 'thief' gave him a strange association.

Shi Xiaobai did not carry on asking. With a deep sigh, he said to the Infernal general, ”Cancel the invasion plans of Transcendence. Now, the most important thing is to guard the Infernal domain and withstand the attacks of the Celestial domain.”

Regardless of the reason why the real Infernal King wanted to invade Transcendence, the present Infernal King was Shi Xiaobai. Shi Xiaobai obviously could not lose his mind. He would not send troops to invade Transcendence while the Celestial domain was attacking the Infernal domain.

When the Infernal general heard this, he heaved a sigh of relief. He immediately responded respectfully, ”Yes! I will inform the various generals and cancel the plans of invading Transcendence.”

The memory of the Infernal King's wrath three days ago was still fresh on the Infernal general's mind. He was afraid that the Infernal King would lose his reason due to his anger and insist on proceeding with his attack on Transcendence. Now, the Infernal general felt relieved seeing the Infernal King calm and composed.

As the Infernal general retreated, the silver-haired girl happened to fly down from the sky.

After she landed, she stared at Shi Xiaobai. Clearly, she was unhappy about Shi Xiaobai's act of pulling apart her arms when they were two hundred meters in the air. Her heart nearly leaped out because of fright.

Shi Xiaobai gave a placating smile and said, ”Look, This King is completely unscathed despite falling two hundred meters.”

Shi Xiaobai had no other option. Coming down from the sky was the fastest and most effective way to crumble the morale of the Celestial soldiers. However, the silver-haired girl was overly kind-hearted. She did not even agree to a height of ten meters and was afraid that he would suffer even the tiniest of injuries. It forced Shi Xiaobai to use such a method.

When the silver-haired girl heard him, she rolled her eyes. Like an angry kitten which had its tail raised, she stared angrily at Shi Xiaobai. It seemed to say—you are naughty, really naughty.

The silver-haired girl's return to her lively state made Shi Xiaobai's heavy heart feel much better. He laughed heartily as he reached out and stroked the silver-haired girl's head and quipped, ”Thank you for bringing This King on a flight. However, your flying skills still need improvement. This King nearly suffered a high-altitude mishap.”

The silver-haired girl's face turned slightly red as she pretended to stare angrily at Shi Xiaobai. She then turned and ran towards Sunless and company that were walking over. Being unable to speak, she had a natural affinity with Sunless, who was a person of few words.

Shi Xiaobai gave the others a knowing nod before he turned to look at the Infernal soldiers that were cleaning up the tragic mess.

The war had just begun and the first wave of the Celestial army had already caused such bloodshed.

How cruel would it be if the war intensified?

How should he prevent the war?

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Shi Xiaobai and company spent the night at the Infernal domain's first line of defense till the early hours of the morning. However, the second wave of attacks did not come. When the Infernal reconnaissance troops returned from their search for the Celestial army's command post, they reported that they did not find any traces of the Celestial army in a radius of a hundred miles.

Shi Xiaobai saw how the Infernal soldiers were exhausted from a night of waiting, so he let the Infernal soldiers rest. He only left behind a tiny portion of patrolling soldiers.

Shi Xiaobai and Sunless waited till ten in the morning before returning to the Infernal King's palace to rest. Waiting foolishly for the enemy's attack without resting was an extremely stupid act. It was critical to have enough sleep as no one knew how long the war would last or when the enemy would attack.

Shi Xiaobai returned to the Infernal King's bedroom and realized that the Infernal Queen was still sleeping in bed. When he opened the door, the Infernal Queen did not open her eyes, but the slight changes in her breathing sounds revealed that she was faking her sleep.

Shi Xiaobai did not plan on exposing her because he had more important things to do.

Shi Xiaobai went straight for the desk which he never had a chance to study for a prolonged period of time.

There were books and notes piled on the desk. It was very likely that the real Infernal King had left behind several pieces of useful information on the desk.

But this time, Shi Xiaobai did not immediately flip through the books. Instead, he reached his hand towards the table's bottom drawer.

As entry into the Infernal King's bedroom was prohibited, the drawer was not locked. Shi Xiaobai began rummaging through the drawer. Despite there being many things in the drawer, none of them was what Shi Xiaobai wanted to find.

Only when he rummaged through the third drawer did Shi Xiaobai's eyes light up slightly. He pulled out an item from the drawer's clutter.

It was a jade pendant. It was a pure, smooth, cold and flawless amber-colored jade.

Shi Xiaobai held the jade pendant in hand and finally affirmed his guess.

The jade pendant was very pretty, but from the looks of it, it was not an ordinary jade pendant. Shi Xiaobai, who had an acute sense for the quantity of energy, could sense the endless amounts of energy contained within the jade pendant as he held it in his hand. The energy was something that could match the Transcendence Holy Tree's fruit.

It was not an ordinary jade pendant.

It was the—Celestial Jade!