Chapter 853: Just Rob One (1/2)

After helplessly accepting the military order, Qianye dragged Song Zining to the side. “Why did you bring her here?”

The seventh young master replied with an innocent expression, “Wasn’t she already your aide-de-camp before this? What’s wrong with following an old superior? Don’t tell me you found a new flame and don’t like her anymore? She might not be excessively beautiful, but she’s still at an acceptable level. A person shouldn’t always judge people by their faces, how can you be like this?”

“Be serious!” Qianye cut short Song Zining’s lengthy discussion. “I’m already a vampire now, at least a half-vampire!”

Song Zining wasn’t moved. “So what? Not to mention a half-vampire like you, the military was even working with the Lightless Monarch Medanzo. As long as the profits are good enough, extrinsic characteristics aren’t important.”

Qianye remained silent for a moment and then laughed wryly. “I more or less understand, but… but some things, I’d rather not.”

“You… I really don’t know what to say to you.”

Qianye frowned. “What’s her identity? Is it really appropriate for her to be here?”

“Well, it isn't appropriate, but I’ll let you handle that. She’s already here, in any case, and it’s already too late to send her back. As for her identity, I don’t know, either. Ask her yourself!”

Seeing Song Zining extricate himself entirely, Qianye was beside himself with anger. He said through gritted teeth, “I’m sending her back tomorrow!”

Song Zining pointed at the military order in Qianye’s hands and said meaningfully, “You think you can? You’ll be offending the Pointer Monarch if you do that. Think carefully now. Offending the military isn’t that big of an issue, but if you offend the Pointer Monarch, you can forget about keeping the Martyr’s Palace, first and foremost.”

“How can it be that serious?”

“It is that serious! In short, you must settle this matter with her, no matter what method you use. It’s best if you settle this in bed. That’s the only way you’ll have a sliver of hope to accomplish that outrageous Sacred-Mountain dream of yours.”

“Wait, this…”

Without waiting for Qianye to argue, Song Zining stuffed the words back into his throat. “This is the only method I can think of. Besides, what’s so bad about this? Just look at her more and you’ll find her attractive.”

Qianye heaved a long sigh, unable to further argue his case.

The initial feeling Ji Tianqing had given off was that of a pure, sweet young girl. She was on the prettier side of the spectrum but not outstandingly beautiful, the type that didn’t leave too deep of an impression.

Now that they were reunited...

Qianye could hardly remember how she looked, and this wasn’t normal. How could someone with the Eye of Truth forget someone’s appearance? And that of an ally, no less!

This kind of phenomenon proved that Ji Tianqing possessed some kind of extremely powerful secret art that could influence others secretly, preventing them from remembering her appearance.

It was just as Song Zining had said, she was already here and couldn’t be sent back. So, the only way was to build a good relationship. As for what whimsical notion had brought her to this accursed place, Song Zining had only one answer for him: willfulness.

While the two were busy whispering amongst themselves, Ji Tianqing had once again arrived near the Earth Dragon’s heart-engine. She also had a number of instruments in her hand and looked like she was about to disassemble the machinery.

“Don’t move!” Shocked out of his wits, Qianye stepped in front of her and blocked the way. No one could save her if she were to activate the Pointer Monarch’s trap.

“What’s wrong?”

“It’s dangerous, don’t mess around! The Pointer Monarch left a secret contraption here, I can’t save you if you activate it.”

Ji Tianqing didn’t seem to mind, though. “So it’s the Pointer Monarch’s trap. That makes things even easier. Rest assured, the old man’s power is useless against me, have you forgotten that I have this?”

With that, she waved the monarch’s personal seal in front of Qianye.

“Didn’t you steal that?”

Ji Tianqing pointed at the heart. “But it doesn’t know whether or not I stole it.”

“... Fine, as long as you feel it’s okay.” Qianye inhaled deeply.

“Of course it’s okay!” To Qianye’s great alarm, Ji Tianqing began knocking on the delicate components inside the engine. She then said, “There are several secret mechanisms inside this engine. You think those military people are saints? There are pre-set boobytraps here, here, and here. And there’s a high-energy origin bomb hidden inside this part. Should your engine output reach a certain level one day, then congratulations! You’ll see the most brilliant fireworks go off!”

Qianye was astonished. “How can this be?”

“This is only natural. People from the military would naturally remove these defensive setups. You robbed this engine from them, so you have no idea. Speaking of which, they should’ve left an installation manual, right?”

Qianye nodded with a wooden expression, almost as though he couldn’t believe things.

“That’s correct then, they’re actually afraid you wouldn’t install the engine on the earth dragon’s heart.”