GBP Chapter 310: It's not scary at all!
Chapter 310: It's not scary at all!
Inside the military council tent—
Xia Mo and Huangfu Qian had already returned to their military tent.
“There’s a protective array over the capital, so everything will be fine. I plan to travel around the world and see what’s going on. Will you stay at the border for now?” Xia Mo asked.
Huangfu Qian frowned: "Wouldn't traveling around the world be very taxing on your abilities?"
“No,” Xia Mo took out the Spirit Storage Pearl, waved it at Huangfu Qian, and said, “I can use the power inside.”
She has now fully unsealed her cultivation. She herself possesses powerful cultivation that she can use, but she doesn't use it for fear of breaking through the limitations of this world and destroying its barriers, leading this world to destruction.
"I wonder how many enemy strategists have a Level 1 live streaming system like that," Xia Mo thought, wanting to finish her inspection quickly and then return to meet up with Huangfu Qian.
Now, whenever she has the chance, she wants to spend more time with Huangfu Qian in private, to try different things and unlock more possibilities.
"How many days will it take?" Huangfu Qian was worried that asking too many questions might make Xia Mo think he was meddling too much, but they were husband and wife now, so it was reasonable for him to ask, right?
“I plan to patrol for three or four days. If I sense that the formation has been broken, I will use the Shrinking Earth technique to get back as quickly as possible,” Xia Mo replied.
This world is just a small world, which is why Xia Mo determined that the inspection could be completed in three or four days.
"Ah."
Huangfu Qian suppressed his reluctance and watched Xia Mo leave.
Four days later—
Xia Mo returned to Huangfu Qian's side with the fifty level-one live streaming systems that had been confiscated, as well as a bunch of ultra-mini chips.
Xia Mo opened her hand, letting Huangfu Qian see her palm.
Without Xia Mo's shared divine sense vision, all he could see was a small pile of dust in Xia Mo's palm.
“There are more than three thousand ultra-mini chips here,” she paused, then added, “These people only have the potential to obtain the fortune of this world, and they have already been targeted by the live streaming system.”
Huangfu Qian nodded and asked, "Do we still need to go out and continue the inspection?"
"No need for now. Shall we go back to the capital first? Our parents haven't seen us in so long; they must miss us. And..."
Xia Mo grinned at Huangfu Qian, her eyes gleaming with a restless light.
It's been four days already!
Huangfu Qian understood Xia Mo's thoughts and reached out to put his arm around Xia Mo's waist.
"Aren't you going to tell Jiang Chi first?" Xia Mo asked.
Huangfu Qian said, "Just use telepathy."
"also."
Half an hour later—
Beijing, outside the suburbs—
Xia Mo did not take Huangfu Qian directly back to the Jiang Prince's Mansion. Instead, they temporarily stayed at a manor in the suburbs. Xia Mo led Huangfu Qian into the room by the hand.
……
One hour later—
Xia Mo stretched lazily, a satisfied smile on her lips like a cat that had just stolen some fish, and left the room with Huangfu Qian.
There was a glimmer of light in Huangfu Qianying's eyes, but also a subtle, hard-to-detect disappointment.
They arranged for the people in the manor to arrange fast horses, so that the two of them could ride together on one fast horse and return to the Jiang Prince's Mansion in the capital.
Above the Jiang Prince's Mansion, Ma Yiyi's prop "Sky Eye" was still hovering, observing the real-time situation inside the mansion.
Xia Mo and Huangfu Qian were captured by the "Sky Eye" prop as soon as they appeared.
Even if Xia Mo and Huangfu Qian only took six days to make a round trip between the capital and the border, it was still a speed that would frighten anyone.
Ma Yiyi immediately arranged for Wei Zhishu to report the news to the Prince of Zhen.
Inside the Imperial Study of the Palace—
Upon hearing that Huangfu Qian and Xia Mo had safely returned to the capital, the Prince of Zhen lost his temper and swept all the memorials on his desk onto the ground.
"The Prince of Yan is truly a useless piece of trash. He created an opportunity for him, yet he still accomplished nothing!" The Prince of Zhen cursed through gritted teeth, then closed his eyes as he sat on the dragon throne.
The light screen in front of the King of Town flickered briefly and then disappeared.
The King of Town is communicating with the live streaming system in his mind.
Prince Zhen: Didn't you say someone was to keep Huangfu Qian in check? Why has he returned to the capital?!
The Level 4 live streaming system in the Prince of Zhen's mind panicked. It discovered that, apart from the live streaming systems in the minds of Jia Daoren, Ma Yiyi, and Consort Wei, it could no longer contact other lower-level live streaming systems!
It knew there was a hidden, higher-level system, but it couldn't issue commands through that!
The Prince of Zhen scoffed at the live-streaming system in his heart: "Are all your systems so trash? How are you going to help me conquer the world?!"
A live-streaming system popped up in the King of Town's mind: Disrespecting the system will result in an electric shock punishment.
The Prince of Zhen remained expressionless and unmoved.
The live streaming system inside the King of Towns is more intelligent. What it needs to do is more important than seizing the fortune. Unlike the other hosts who are inhabited by the system, the King of Towns is not intimidated at all!
The high-level live streaming system has been temporarily shut down.
The high-level live streaming system said: "Prince, what other abilities do you need? This system can provide them all, unconditionally."
Since the high-level live streaming system had no low-level live streaming systems available, it simply changed the host of the live streaming system in Jia Daoren's mind.
While imprisoned in a palace with the old emperor, the Taoist priest Jia suddenly began to convulse. The old emperor jumped back in fright, and by the time he came to his senses, Jia had already collapsed to the ground, foaming at the mouth, and appeared to be mentally impaired.
* * *
It's August now—
Marquis Wei, the younger brother of Consort Wei, died suddenly of a heart attack!
Wei Zhishu inherited the title of Marquis, and Ma Yiyi transformed into the Marquis's wife. Together with Wei Zhishu, they held a funeral for the deceased Marquis Wei.
Imperial Concubine Wei personally left the palace to see her brother off.
Huangfu Qian, Xia Mo, Xia's father, and others will also attend this funeral.
At the mourning hall of the Wei family mansion—
Wei Zhishu and Ma Yiyi, dressed in mourning clothes and looking grief-stricken, knelt beside the coffin and thanked each of the guests who came to see them off.
Consort Wei wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, looking like she was sobbing uncontrollably, while Prince Zhen comforted her from the side.
Xia Mo tugged at Huangfu Qian's sleeve, signaling him to lean closer.
Huangfu Qian whispered in his ear, puzzled.
"Do you want me to tell you how Lord Wei died?" Xia Mo asked softly.
Huangfu Qian nodded. His men had investigated and found that the old Marquis Wei had died of illness.
Xia Mo whispered, "The live-streaming system in Jia Daoren's mind has found a new host and chosen Lord Wei."
Huangfu Qian frowned. He was chosen by the system, so how did he die?
Xia Mo whispered, "I scanned with my divine sense and found that Lord Wei's brain nerves were damaged. Besides that, I need to withdraw that trace of divine sense imprint to know the situation. Should I withdraw it?"
"If we take it back, and the system is transferred again, we'll have to search for it all over again?" Huangfu Qian asked the crucial question.
Xia Mo nodded.
"Don't take it back," Huangfu Qian said, looking towards the coffin. He hadn't spent much time with Lord Wei, and could count the number of times they had met on one hand. He didn't feel much about Lord Wei's death; keeping a close eye on the live-streaming system was more important to him.
The people at the funeral were Huangfu Qian and Xia Mo, who were attending the funeral but were still flirting and saying sweet nothings, showing no respect for the deceased.
Xia Mo frowned. The live-streaming system that had left Jia Daoren's mind was heading in the direction of the Imperial Guard camp in the capital!
She decisively condensed her divine sense into a thin thread and extended it to check the situation. The moment she saw whose brain the live streaming system had entered, her eyes sharpened, as if a murderous aura was shooting out.