Chapter 495 The Initial Formation of the Plan

Outside the window, the sun shone brightly, and the autumn breeze rustled through the garden, making the deep green leaves "swish".

Fujiabao was located in the city center, a quiet oasis amidst the hustle and bustle, without the clamor of human voices or the noise of speeding traffic, tranquil and peaceful.

Zhang Yuanqing sat at his desk, spread out a piece of paper, twirling a ballpoint pen in his hand, leaning lazily against the back of his chair, staring blankly at the swaying branches outside the window.

After a long while, he snapped out of his daze and wrote on the paper:

1. Confirm whether the Female Marshal is in Songhai.

2. During the rescue of the Demon Eye, Elder Gou and the Marshal must not be present.

3. The rescue process must not be interfered with by official experts.

4. Need helpers.

These four brief points raised many questions.

"Confirming whether the Female Marshal is in Songhai is simple, just ask Fu Qingyang. If the Female Marshal is in Songhai, I have to find a way to lure her away. With her watching the zoo, there's no way I can rescue the Demon Eye."

Even if he could invite a demigod-level expert, Songhai still had six Rulers, and the zoo itself was a rule-based item.

Once the commotion became too great, the experts from the Songhai branch would gather, and he would have no chance.

"Fear Heavenly King said at the time that he could provide appropriate assistance when rescuing the Demon Eye..." Zhang Yuanqing thought, coming up with an idea.

He could have Fear Heavenly King create chaos in the Yangtze River Delta region to attract the Female Marshal's attention, achieving the effect of luring her away.

With this thought, Zhang Yuanqing grabbed his phone and dialed Fu Qingyang's number.

After the other party answered, he reported, "Boss, I went to Huadu this morning..."

He told Fu Qingyang about the antique auction incident.

"As long as you didn't kill anyone," Fu Qingyang said indifferently.

...Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself, Boss, have I given you some kind of psychological trauma? I only killed two colleagues.

"Will the materials you purchased attract the attention of headquarters?"

"No," Fu Qingyang replied concisely, without further explanation, his speaking style was always like this.

Zhang Yuanqing said "Oh" and continued on the topic:

"I'm at level six now, and my deeds are being spread everywhere on the forum and outside. My bounty has been raised from the Earth List to the Heaven List. Do you think that Fear Heavenly King will come to Songhai to cause trouble again? He must not be willing to give up since he didn't get the Takamagahara key last time. This time, I killed the Greedy Divine General again."

Fu Qingyang said, "The Marshal is still in Songhai."

The Marshal is indeed in Songhai... Zhang Yuanqing sighed silently, but acted very happy on the surface, "That's good, with the Marshal here, we don't have to be afraid of Fear."

The reason he called to ask Fu Qingyang was that he didn't want the other party to see his frustrated and disappointed expression.

The best way to restrain a Scout's Insight skill is to not meet in person.

Ending the call, Zhang Yuanqing opened his chat software, clicked on Fear Heavenly King's avatar, and sent a message:

"I'm planning to make a move soon, Great Freedom Heavenly King, do you have time?"

Perhaps the words "Freedom Heavenly King" had an effect, Fear Heavenly King quickly replied:

"What's your plan?"

Zhang Yuanqing typed a message: "The plan is still brewing, I may need you to take action to lure someone away."

He didn't say it too clearly, Fear Heavenly King's wisdom would naturally allow him to understand.

Fear Heavenly King: "Understood."

Then there was no response.

Zhang Yuanqing felt relieved, deleted the chat history, and refocused on formulating his plan.

The Marshal's problem was solved, now he needed to study how to deal with Elder Gou.

"I can continue to use the strategy of luring him away, the difficulty is how to lure Elder Gou away. The Female Marshal is easy because Songhai only has one demigod, so she has to go."

"To lure Gou away from the zoo, there needs to be a targeted method..."

Could he have Palace Master make a big disturbance in Songhai to attract Elder Gou?

No, there was no guarantee that Elder Gou would be the one to take action. It could also be Fu Qingyang or another elder.

Moreover, if Elder Gou brought the zoo along, wouldn't I be in trouble?

Unable to come up with a solution for a while, Zhang Yuanqing tossed away the ballpoint pen in frustration and slumped weakly in his ergonomic chair.

"To become a great Star Official, it takes too much intelligence, at least Fire Masters can't do it. If only I had a Scout's logical reasoning ability..."

Zhang Yuanqing's heart stirred, and a flash of inspiration ignited.

Although he didn't have a Scout's logical reasoning ability, he had the Military Soul Face!

The cunning and insidious White Face was the best at schemes, wasn't that better than a Scout's logical ability?

Immediately, he raised his finger and tapped his brow.

Milky white light lit up, spreading along his face, enveloping his entire face, and then, black and red paint traced the corners of his mouth and eyes, forming a cunning and insidious face.

Zhang Yuanqing raised his slanting eyebrows, curled the corners of his mouth, chuckled, leaned against the back of his chair, and closed his eyes to rest.

He would occasionally sneer, raising the corners of his mouth; occasionally raising his eyebrows, with a sneer on his face, acting strangely.

Half an hour later, Zhang Yuanqing opened his eyes, and a complex and detailed plan formed in his mind.

The first step: let Fear Heavenly King wreak havoc in the Yangtze River Delta to lure away the Female Marshal.

The second step: disguise himself as his father, Zhang Zizhen, call Elder Gou, and trick him out of Songhai.

Based on the situation of the Master-level melee at Songhai High School, even in Songhai itself, Elder Gou rarely used the zoo.

He was just going to meet "Zhang Zizhen," it wasn't an important action like hunting the Demon Eye, so it was unlikely that Elder Gou would bring the zoo.

In addition, he could use Zhang Zizhen to test Elder Gou and see what their relationship really was.

But at this point, with the Female Marshal and Elder Gou leaving Songhai at the same time, Qian Gongzi, as a Scout, would definitely see something was wrong.

So, the next step was the third step:

Use Dark Night Rose to lure Qian Gongzi out of Songhai as well.

If Dark Night Rose ambushed Red Spear Elder and others near the Yangtze River Delta, then Fu Qingyang, as an elder of the patrol team, would definitely take action due to his duty.

With these three leaving Songhai, rescuing the Demon Eye would become much easier.

The other four elders had their own territories, and they rarely took action unless there was turmoil in Songhai.

"My only enemy is the rule-based item, the zoo."

The fourth step was to find a helper, and he already had a candidate.

—Madwoman Sister.

This Palace Master, who almost became his childhood sweetheart, was one of the few people he could trust wholeheartedly.

Moreover, she was a Ruler, and she had the ability to participate in this matter.

After finalizing the plan, Zhang Yuanqing suppressed the excitement in his heart and began to deliberate the specific details.

"Except for the first step, which doesn't require astrological verification, all the other steps need to be carefully planned and carefully verified... This is the first game of chess I've played since learning astrology."

"If it succeeds, it means I have the talent to be a chess player, and I can consider majoring in stars. If it fails, I'll major in the sun or moon."

........

Four o'clock in the afternoon.

Jinshan City, Trace Hotel.

Kou Beiyue stood by the front desk, taking out his and Fatty's income for the past two months.

He licked his fingers as he counted the bills.

"This is the fifth time, do you think the money will increase if you count it more?" Xiao Yuan interrupted the silly boy's behavior.

Kou Beiyue scratched his head, his face full of worry:

"It's already August 22nd, in another week, it will be the day when Master Wuhen gathers his companions to lecture on the Dharma. According to the custom every year, we have to distribute the team funds at this time so that they can have a good year."

He stared at the forty thousand yuan in paper money in front of him and sighed, "But we only have this much money, plus the income from the hotel, it won't exceed two hundred thousand."

Yuan Shi Tianzun had actually given them a lot, some of that money was used to maintain the hotel that was running at a loss, some was used to help the team members in emergency situations, and some was used by Xiao Yuan to purchase materials when she advanced from level five to level six.

Fatty interjected from the side:

"If it really doesn't work, sell a few extraordinary quality items."

His proposal was immediately rejected by the boss: "Items are too precious, we have to leave them for future companions to ensure their chances of survival. Even if we tighten our belts, we can't sell items."

But the funding must be given, this was a rule established by Master Wuhen.

Master Wuhen's original intention in establishing this rule was to curb the team members' desire for money.

When people are driven crazy by poverty, they can do anything, and morality and conscience are worthless in the face of poverty.

Therefore, funding should be distributed to allow team members to have money to maintain their lives, rather than letting them earn money on their own.

When they have a certain amount of savings, team members can restrain their impulse to make money, just like wandering Taoists, who only earn a small amount of money to maintain their survival and do not give themselves the opportunity to come into contact with large sums of money.

Once a certain amount of funding is gone, team members will actively make money, and evil occupations are more likely to lose control when faced with temptation.

Xiao Yuan said lightly:

"Don't count it, I'll find a way, put the money in the safe in my room and lock it up."

Kou Beiyue said "Oh", put away the cash, and led his younger brother into the depths of the hotel.

In the elevator, Fatty asked in confusion:

"Why don't you ask Yuan Shi Tianzun for money if you're short of money? He just made a great contribution, and the last thing he lacks is money. The official way of making money is much stronger than our free organization."

"What are you talking about!" The fierce-looking little wolf dog said unhappily: "Yuan Shi Tianzun is just our peripheral member, not a core member. There's no reason for the peripheral to support the core."

Fatty summarized what the boss meant: He wanted to save face and couldn't bring himself to ask.

Fatty didn't care and said, "Anyway, given Yuan Shi Tianzun's relationship with Xiao Yuan, it wouldn't hurt to take a million or eight hundred thousand from him, just consider it a betrothal gift."

"What kind of relationship does he have with Xiao Yuan? They don't have any relationship at all." Kou Beiyue spat on his younger brother's face.

"Boss, you may not like to hear me say this, but haven't you noticed that Xiao Yuan has been wearing makeup lately?" Fatty lowered his voice.

"Ah?" Kou Beiyue was stunned, and suddenly realized: "No wonder I thought Xiao Yuan had become more beautiful."

The boss not only has the temperament of a Fire Master, but also has the unromantic look of a Fire Master... Fatty glanced at him:

"Then think about it again, why is she wearing makeup now, why didn't she wear makeup before? Something must have happened between Xiao Yuan and Yuan Shi Tianzun in the dungeon."

When Kou Beiyue heard this, the anxiety of "my mother is going to marry" became even deeper.

........

Zhang Yuanqing drove the Queen's car and arrived at the Trace Hotel.

He parked the car, turned off the engine, took out a half-person-tall suitcase from the trunk, and stepped into the hotel lobby as the automatic sensor door chimed "Welcome".

Xiao Yuan was wearing a front desk uniform, standing upright behind the marble counter, her makeup exquisite, cold and elegant.

When Zhang Yuanqing entered the hotel, her bright eyes lit up slightly, scrutinizing him carefully.

"Your mental state is very good, and the oppression from the boss has disappeared," Xiao Yuan pondered for a moment, and understood, "Did the Spirit Realm purify your pollution and power?"

Zhang Yuanqing got angry when he mentioned this, "The Spirit Realm is just playing dirty, I used a bug based on my ability, why should they take it back and reduce me to my original state."

Xiao Yuan smiled slightly and shook her head:

"You are already level six, and you have cultivated the Golden Crow Body. To have such gains from entering a dungeon is already extremely lucky. Obtaining Ruler-level power may not be a good thing for you."

Zhang Yuanqing just said, "Yeah, yeah, Xiao Yuan is right about everything."

Xiao Yuan glared at him, "Don't speak sarcastically."

Zhang Yuanqing was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, "Okay!"

He felt that Xiao Yuan's attitude towards him had changed. Ever since she knew he had a girlfriend, this magical aunt's attitude had become especially cold.

She ignored him and kept her distance.

Occasionally, she would respond to you and give you a good look, but most of the time, she was aloof and indifferent, cold and calm.

Zhang Yuanqing almost thought she was cultivating a spare tire.

Seeing her today, he found that Xiao Yuan's cold attitude had subsided a lot, and she was more prone to emotionality in front of him.

According to Ling Jun, she had slowly adapted to the state of me having a girlfriend, passed the tangled period of "breaking up," and still had feelings for me...

While Zhang Yuanqing's thoughts flashed, he was both happy and worried.

Lord Tianzun already has a girlfriend, but Xiao Yuan is still infatuated with him and unswervingly committed to him.

What is he supposed to do?

While he was thinking, he picked up the large suitcase and placed it on the front desk.

Xiao Yuan glanced at the suitcase, then at him, her eyes curious.

Zhang Yuanqing smiled, "Open it and take a look!"

Xiao Yuan opened the box with curiosity and a bit of anticipation. As the lock snapped open, she froze.

The half-person-tall box... was filled with money.

Stacks of red bills filled her pupils, piled up like a small mountain.

"There's ten million here, a follow-up compensation for your level drop. I've also prepared three vials of Source of Life for you, not the diluted kind, but a concentrated type that will refresh your mind with one shot, eliminate fatigue with two shots, and give you immortality with three shots." Zhang Yuanqing smiled and placed the three injections on the front desk.

Xiao Yuan was stunned for a long time, looked at the suitcase, then at the Source of Life, then looked at Yuan Shi Tianzun, gazing at him for a moment, gently putting away the two gifts with a tender gaze.

"I happen to be short of money, everyone will be coming over to listen to Master Wuhen's lectures at the end of the month, don't be absent then." She regained her cold and elegant posture, hiding the tenderness she had just revealed.

I manipulate the Ghost Mirror from time to time now, so I'm no longer rebellious and unruly. It's all the same whether I listen to the scripture or not... Zhang Yuanqing thought that his mental state had long recovered.

But he still said "Okay" and did not refuse Xiao Yuan.

Then, he mentioned the second thing:

"In a while, I plan to open a gang dungeon. After the transcendent members of the gang clear the transcendent dungeon, I will take you to clear the Saint dungeon, which can recover some experience points. In addition, there will be Spirit Realm dungeons, your speed of recovering to your peak will greatly increase."

A level two gang order can open a level four dungeon now.

If he was lucky, and encountered an S-level dungeon, maybe he could let Xiao Yuan return to level 5.

A slight joy appeared on Xiao Yuan's face, and she nodded.

Zhang Yuanqing then asked about the last thing, "How is the collaboration between the Nihility Sect and the Taiyi Gate going?"

Xiao Yuan replied without hesitation:

"Some time ago, the Nihility Sect and the Taiyi Gate collaborated and almost captured the Pure Yang Leader, but he escaped. In the days that followed, the Nihility Sect and the Taiyi Gate lost several Dream Makers and Star Officials in succession, becoming the Pure Yang Leader's nourishment."

Because the Pure Yang Leader had a deep feud with Yuan Shi Tianzun, Xiao Yuan paid special attention to this matter and would take the initiative to inquire with Fatty.

He was ambushed, but he was even more flamboyant. Was the Dark Night Rose already starting to plot something? Was it going to do something big? Zhang Yuanqing nodded:

"I understand, I have something to do in Songhai, I'll go back first."

He turned and left.

Xiao Yuan frowned, a little unhappy, but her pride prevented her from开口to ask him to stay.

Zhang Yuanqing walked to the door, then turned back, suddenly raised his hand and pinched Xiao Yuan's soft cheek: "Don't miss me too much..."

Xiao Yuan's eyes widened instantly, her face full of disbelief.

She had been teased again.

........

Kou Beiyue put away the banknotes, secretly smoked a cigarette with Fatty, brushed away the smell of smoke, and returned to the lobby.

The hotel door was locked, and he saw Xiao Yuan standing behind the front desk at a glance, with a large suitcase in front of her, counting stacks of banknotes.

Her eyebrows were raised, and her eyes were joyful.

Kou Beiyue stared straight at the banknotes, heard his own "thumping" frantic heartbeat, and stammered:

"W-where did all this money come from..."

He had never seen so much money in his life.

He couldn't understand how Xiao Yuan could produce so many banknotes in such a short time after he went upstairs.

She was a psychic, not a magical mother.

Xiao Yuan looked up, glanced at the astonished Kou Beiyue and Fatty, "Yuan Shi Tianzun came just now, he gave it to me."

Boom!

A thunderbolt struck his mind, Kou Beiyue was struck by lightning, and said in a fit of pique:

"He really came to give a betrothal gift!?"

........

Eight o'clock at night.

After finishing his stargazing, Zhang Yuanqing returned to his bedroom, turned on his computer, and logged into the online conference room.

"The second step, use the Dark Night Rose to lure Qian Gongzi away..."

He thought through the following words in his mind over and over again, rehearsing over and over again, until 8:30, when the IDs participating in the meeting went online.

Fu Qingyang, Challenge Peak, Red Spear, Yin Ji.

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ps: I'll update the typos first and then fix them.