Chapter 672: Chapter 642: Group Discussion (Please Subscribe)

Li Xianglong: Xiao Rui, your trade request has been approved. We will create a peak SSS-grade Outer Elixir for Luo Wangshu in exchange for the Divine Tablet fragment she possesses. We want it all!

Not long ago, Lin Rui, on behalf of Luo Wangshu, proposed a trade with him and Xu Mengran to exchange a fist-sized fragment of the Divine Tablet for some high-grade controlled items.

Therefore, Li Xianglong has been waiting for Lin Rui to come online to speak. However, for some reason, Lin Rui has been silent for the last half day.

The message from Marquis Mansion, however, says that Lin Hao is currently in seclusion practicing a Secret Technique.

It was only just now that Lin Rui showed up.

Li Xianglong: Xiao Rui, you’re really something! We had already given up hope, but unexpectedly, a new path has emerged. However, we hope to get the fragment first.

Gu Ying Tiandao (Lin Rui): Sure, I will have it sent over to you in a Guardian Battleship later. Let’s be clear, this is guaranteed by my honor; don’t make me lose face with Luo Wangshu.

Li Xianglong: Of course, but Xiao Rui, judging by this transaction, you’ve truly earned Luo Wangshu’s trust. Keep pushing and try to fully win her over, turning her into our ally.

Xu Mengran did not comment in the group.

He was deep in thought, wondering what exactly had happened during the recent mine battle.

The process seemed fine, but Xu Mengran always felt like he was being shortchanged.

Li Xianglong: By the way, Xiao Rui, your Imperial City Department has also placed people inside the Light God Sect, right?

Gu Ying Tiandao (Lin Rui): Yes, quite a few. What about it?

—-This is why he is reluctant to become King Ming. Lin Rui tasked Lin Xi to investigate all documents related to the Sect within the Imperial City Department, revealing that the Light God Sect was infiltrated like a sieve, with over 2000 agents even infiltrating various ranks, including several Red Priests with Eighth Realm Cultivation.

Lin Rui is also a Thunder General of the Security Bureau, and although he can’t access the files of undercover agents due to his position, he suspects from some public information of the Security Bureau that there might well be three to five thousand agents within the Light God Sect.

It’s possible they have people even close to the Invincible Dharma King.

Li Xianglong: I’d like your help in keeping an eye on things. After Yin Qianqiu’s death, the Invincible Dharma King is very likely to take control of the Sect, and if she comes to power, we might be looking at major conflicts.

Lin Rui couldn’t help but click his tongue, thinking Li Xianglong’s prediction could be spot-on.

Xu Mengran: Xiao Li, are you also troubled by the Invincible Dharma King?

Li Xianglong: Yes, very troubled. If a fight breaks out, essential bulk materials might be cut by two-thirds. Fortunately, Great Song’s trade ports are open, which should cover some of it, otherwise I’d be going gray worryinging.

Xu Mengran: The situation really does look grim. East Asia is already preparing to send out alerts to major companies, telling them to start stockpiling now, but this won’t hold for long.

Li Xianglong: Right? I mean, Yin Qianqiu, we never wanted his life, just the Divine Tablet fragment. If he had just handed it over honestly, all would be well! If he really didn’t have the fragment, he could have just explained, instead of charging headlong towards the Invincible Dharma King’s gun.

Xu Mengran thought back to everything that happened in the mine that day, the strange feeling inside him growing stronger.

He didn’t suspect Lin Rui much; that day at the Divine Palace, Lin Rui had passed out. Where could he have gone to find the Divine Tablet fragment?

But what about Luo Wangshu? She was in charge of the on-site investigation at that time.

Xu Mengran: What’s done is done, regret is useless. Now we can only look to the new King Ming. If he has any capability to check the Invincible, we are considering offering him some resources to help from our side in East Asia.

Li Xianglong: That’s tough! The Invincible Dharma King fights fiercely and has deep roots. Our precise information and supercomputing predictions indicate the new King Ming is actually brought in from the outside, and is weak in cultivation. What ability does he have to check the Invincible? The resources we offer may just end up fattening the Invincible, but we can still give it a try.

Li Xianglong: Also, Xiao Rui, your Great Song Imperial City Department should check the real identity of the new King Ming. You’ve spent so much on your people in the Light God Sect for so long; they ought to contribute something back, right?

After reading the message, Lin Rui looked speechlessly at the ‘Invincible Dharma King’ sitting cross-legged before his throne, as well as the three pillars, five envoys, and seven kings reciting the Light Scripture in formation below, accompanied by numerous high-ranking priests from the Light God Sect.

Lin Rui then looked down at himself.

Li Xianglong’s newly appointed Bright King and Invincible are both sitting here.

At the moment, they were in the ‘Great Ming Hall’ at the central hall of the Divine Sect’s main temple, under the guardianship and tribute of these priests and many soldiers of the Divine Army, waiting for the Light Council to commence.

Gu Ying Tiandao (Lin Rui): Alright, I will incite them to investigate.

Li Xianglong: There’s another matter, the Security Committee of Congress might soon question Lin Tianchen.

Lin Rui slightly frowned, and promptly replied: General, is the interrogation from the Security Committee related to me?

Li Xianglong: The matter of Thunder is just one part, they want to question the Second Commander’s exceptional promotion of you, as well as the X-level security clearance, but mainly, they are targeting Lin Tianchen himself. Some members of the Security Committee doubt Lin Tianchen’s capability to fulfill the duty of the Second Commander, he’s in a bit of trouble this time, and I can’t directly intervene, so we need the support of your Bright Front, and hope that the East Asian side can provide him some assistance and delay for some time.

He and Lin Tianchen have always been playing double roles, acting as political opponents, and in the eyes of many in Congress, they are archenemies.

There is also the Third General, Odin, whom Li Xianglong also cannot afford to disappoint, at least not on the surface.

So at this moment, it’s actually awkward for Li Xianglong to intervene.

Xu Mengran: I am aware of Tianchen’s situation; the East Asian side will certainly provide the utmost support, but his real trouble now involves his True Spirit. If Lin Tianchen’s True Spirit doesn’t withdraw from that Divine Country, he will not only be unable to utilize his Alien but also won’t live past a year.

Li Xianglong: We already have a plan for that, we still need to wait for the Three Gods of Purgatory to make their move, with the Emperor personally campaigning against the Sky Pond.

Lin Rui’s expression changed again upon reading this.

Previously, Li Xianglong said that only those eight Abysses, three Supreme Divine Artifacts, and five National Treasures, could help the Second Commander escape from that ancient god’s Divine Country.

And he just so happens to hold a Supreme Divine Artifact ‘Holy Thunder Tribulation Fire’ in his hands!

Now, the problem is that Lin Rui can’t fully trust this Second Commander, nor can he dare to expose his identity as a ‘God’ to the First Commander Li Xianglong like he trusts Luo Wangshu.

Whether the Pure Concept or the Holy Thunder Tribulation Fire, both are too sensitive.

Once exposed, the Longevity Association will definitely capture him at any cost.

Some people within the Federation Government would also desperately want it, and even the East Asian side might not be reliable.

Xu Mengran continued to speak: You mean to have Lin Hao serve as Regent, but that possibility is unlikely, can we not strike a deal with the holder of the Supreme Divine Artifact, like the newly appointed Bright King?

Li Xianglong: Trading with the new Bright King is indeed feasible, but how long do you think he would need to master the ‘Holy Thunder Tribulation Fire’?

Lin Rui’s lips twitched, thinking to himself that you should at least try it out, ask for a price.

He has already perfected the ‘Sun-controlling Divine Technique’, as long as Li Xianglong can provide him a bit more external force, a bit more resources, it is still feasible.

Just then, Lin Rui heard a solemn, magnificent, and melodious bell sound outside.

Lin Rui knew this was the first bell before the Light Council, followed by 11 bell tolls marking the start of the Light Council.

Between each bell toll is 300 breaths, at which time he will officially become the Bright King of the Light God Sect, wielding the largest force beneath the Five Great Abysses and the Three Gods of Purgatory!