Chapter 315: Review Meeting

Chapter 315: The Deliberation Meeting

Huang Shi Lie did not wait for Huang Shi Xiahu to finish speaking before answering aloud.

"He told me that after completing this matter, he would leave the Huang Shi clan and return to the imperial homeland. Those words were also bait, a piece of poisoned meat!"

Huang Shi Lie's eyes grew brighter, his thoughts increasingly clear.

"In those days, their pure flesh and blood were tainted by the Buddha sequence, and they could only survive by constantly cleansing themselves with vast quantities of 'Chunfen' elixirs. Once they left the Huang Shi clan, they would have no way to obtain such resources. They would probably rot to death before even leaving the barbarian region."

"That's why they want to capture that 'Yan Jun.' There's probably only one possibility—they intend to use the other party's genes to heal their wounds!"

Huang Shi Lie suddenly exhaled a long breath, his body leaning against the wide back of the chair.

His gaze was dark and profound, as if it could pierce through layers of walls, seeing that bright yellow banner and the figure seated beneath it.

"Master, you must have already anticipated that I would see through your intentions. Then let me guess again what you're thinking?"

Huang Shi Lie extended a finger, pressing heavily against his own brow.

"You surely believe I cannot break free from your control, nor do I have the audacity to bring about mutual destruction. I can only obediently follow the steps you've laid out, kneeling on the ground begging you to return the Huang Shi clan to me."

"Truly worthy of the former Wu Sequence Three. Even now, reduced to such a state, you still act so tyrannically!"

"But Yellow Qin Long, have you forgotten how many years you've sucked the blood from the Huang Shi clan? How many people died from your incomplete martial arts? You may have forgotten this account, but I remember it clearly!"

Malice churned in Huang Shi Lie's eyes, yet a smile gradually spread across his face, growing ever more intense until it bordered on madness!

"Kill!"

Huang Shi Lie let his arm fall like a blade, decisively declaring: "Have that Jin Yi Wei completely crushed to ashes, not a single piece of flesh left!"

In the western outskirts of Kuang Shan City, in the basement of a household office, in the treatment room.

Chen Qisheng, his entire body scorched black, lay on his back on the bed, his hands crossed over his chest, his lifeless eyes staring blankly at the ceiling above.

His whole breath was exceptionally weak; if not for the occasional slight movement of his pupils, he would look no different from a dead man.

"Severe burns all over the body, the neural pathways of the brain destroyed by external force, the five organs and Dao foundation damaged to varying degrees."

The second minor official in charge of medical support at the western household office, Hua Pi, closed the report in his hand, swept the scattered hair from his forehead to behind his ears, and coldly said: "Overall conclusion: no need to save him anymore."

"Pfft!"

Chen Qisheng's nearly motionless chest suddenly heaved violently, and a stream of blood spurted from his mouth.

He turned his head, his eyes filled with resentment as he looked at Li Juren, his trembling lips slowly saying: "Brother Jue, I paid money for this, didn't I?"

Li Jue lightly coughed, covering the embarrassed expression on his face. "Hua Pi, this Dao Sequence person isn't bad. He's my friend."

"Right... he's a friend."

As Chen Qisheng spoke, another trickle of crimson flowed from his nose.

Upon hearing this, Hua Pi "oh" softly, then approached the bedside, casting a disgusted glance at Chen Qisheng's face, and pressed his fingers in turn against the large vertebra, Jian Li, Qi Hai, Guan Yuan, and other acupoints on his abdomen.

"The Dao foundation is largely intact. If we replace the brain and Dao foundation with mechanical parts, he can be healed immediately."

Hua Pi pushed his nose bridge's frameless glasses, "There are ready-made eighth-grade mechanical components in the household office's warehouse. If we put them together, we should be able to assemble a set."

To cut flesh for a prosthetic, or to piece together a patchwork of eighth-grade mechanical parts?

"Huff..."

Chen Qisheng's chest sounded like a broken bellows, emitting a series of harsh, grating noises.

He clenched his teeth and barely managed to swallow the fresh blood surging up, trembling as he said: "Brother Jue, when we were in Chongqing Prefecture, we could face life and death together, couldn't we?"

Li Jue looked at the wildly twitching Chen Qisheng, stopping Hua Pi's movements, and helplessly asked: "Hua Pi, isn't there any other way?"

"There is! We can replace the organs through cultivation, but I'm only a farmer Sequence Seven. With my abilities and the current equipment at the western household office, cultivating a new set of internal organs would take at least three days."

Hua Pi looked at the grief-stricken Chen Qisheng and coldly said: "Given his current injuries, he can't hold on for that long. Unless we send him to Jōdo City immediately—the equipment at the Thousand House office can achieve rapid cultivation."

Upon hearing this, Chen Qisheng's defeated face finally showed a glimmer of light, his face full of hope as he looked at Li Jue.

"I understand. Then you go down first and have Xie Zong Qi prepare the carriage."

After Hua Pi left, Li Jue brought a chair and sat by the bed, patting Chen Qisheng's leg. "Although the barbarian region isn't large, it takes nearly three hours to get from here to Jōdo City. Can you hold on?"

"It should be fine. This is the strength of the old-school Dao Sequence. Our lives are harder than those of the new school!"

As Chen Qisheng spoke, he tried to raise his hand to pat his own chest, but was stopped by Li Jue.

"Enough, don't pretend. If you slap yourself to death, do you want me to tell the Longhu Mountain that you committed suicide?"

Li Jue examined Chen Qisheng from head to toe, frowning slightly. "Tell me, who could have beaten a respectable Dao Six Mountain Shu Lang's Longhu Mountain Tian Shi into this state?"

"Still the official 'White Jade Capital' celestial being!"

Chen Qisheng grimaced in a hideous smile, calmly saying: "It was done by Toyotomi Yūjō."

"The head of San Chuan Heavy Industry?"

Li Jue raised an eyebrow. Of course, he knew this name—it was a prominent figure on the list of important people in the barbarian region's Jin Yi Wei.

"How did you get involved with him? And how did you end up in the barbarian region?"

"This is a long story."

"Then make it brief."

"Big brother, I'm seriously injured now."

Chen Qisheng showed resentment on his face, but was met with Li Jue's cold, hard gaze, and could only sigh helplessly: "Brother Jue, did you receive the cooperation letter from the Liaozhou Prefecture's Bai Du Office?"

"Received. So you were investigating the missing Dao Sequence?"

"Exactly. Since the world divided..."

Chen Qisheng quickly stopped himself, swallowing back the last word. "Since the Dao Sequence ascended to the Three Teachings position, it's been many years since they've suffered such heavy losses."

"Even when conflicts arose with other sequences in the past, it was the Dao Sequence's own companies' business. They kept their wounds to themselves, and casualties weren't too severe. After all, they had the oversight of the oligarch-level heavy enterprises."

Chen Qisheng's tone grew heavy: "But this time is different. Over a hundred low-level apprentices vanished without a trace, and the Dao Sequence has searched the entire imperial homeland. Even 'White Jade Capital Earth Immortal' level figures led teams into the Buddhist Sequence's territory, but found no clues whatsoever."

Li Jue frowned and asked: "So you suspect they were captured into the sinner's region?"

"That's the only possibility."

Chen Qisheng sighed. "It's unlikely they were taken by the Western Yi side. Those evil demons and heretical ways probably don't have the audacity to do such a thing. Besides, they have no need to do so. They play with 'evil gods,' we play with 'self-gods.' We're not on the same path."

"Now, the Dao Sequence has sent many elites to search the sinner's regions in various parts of the empire. As a newcomer just promoted to the 'Xian Ban,' I naturally can't escape my fate. Rather than being assigned to those two-eyed, clueless places, I'd rather go to a place where I know people."

Chen Qisheng blinked. "So I came to the barbarian region."

Li Jue wore a thoughtful expression, digesting the information Chen Qisheng brought.

After pondering for a moment, he asked: "So you infiltrated San Chuan Heavy Industry's headquarters because you suspected them?"

"Hmm."

Chen Qisheng nodded, his face showing an unusually sorrowful expression. "And I ended up like this!" "Dao Ye, I really didn't expect that old thing Toyotomi Yūjō to be so unbridled. A warrior Sequence Four, daring to personally chase me, a Dao Sequence Six! I just made a gesture—was it necessary for him to go this far?"

Li Jun chuckled slyly, "You sneaked into someone else's territory, got caught, and still have the audacity to push your luck? If I hadn't gone easy on you, you'd be dead!"

"He was trying to kill me!"

Chen Qishuang snorted, his pride swelling as he said, "Unfortunately, Master Dao, I'm now a Mountain and Water Messenger. By the time he sensed something wrong and tried to overclock, I'd already conjured a fog barrier to cloak my escape!"

Escaping with pride—Li Jun had never seen such a thing, and was about to mock him twice over.

At that moment, the medical room door was pushed open, and Xie Bi'an stepped inside.

"Brother Jun."

"What's the matter?"

Li Jun turned to face him, and the latter handed over an electronic document.

Li Jun skimmed it in a glance, his eyes scanning the text swiftly, and suddenly burst into laughter.

"Looks like this trip to Qianhu Suo is unavoidable."

Chen Qishuang glanced at the document in Li Jun's hand, where a line of bold red characters stood out starkly.

"Lord Qianhu returns to the Yamato area; all Baihu Suo officials must immediately proceed to Edo Castle for the New Year's deliberation!"