Chapter 148: Chapter 141: Clone

Yan Qingfeng felt quite uneasy. Across from him was Blood Shadow, a super assassin who slaughtered Heartless Sword like it was nothing.

If Blood Shadow was displeased, he and Qingge could be eliminated first.

But the Dimensional Silver Mirror was obtained at a huge cost, and giving it to Blood Shadow just like that, the Yan Family wouldn’t agree.

What if the Flying Swallow Sword secret Blood Shadow provided was fake?

Obviously, Wei Yue couldn’t make Blood Shadow shoulder this responsibility.

The Yan Family required Yan Qingfeng and the others to obtain the Flying Swallow Sword secret first, confirm its authenticity, and then proceed with the trade.

Yan Qingfeng and Yan Qingge stared at the black screen, even though there was nothing visible on it.

After about a minute of silence, Blood Shadow’s deep voice finally came through the screen: “Alright.”

Both Yan Qingfeng and Yan Qingge breathed a sigh of relief. Blood Shadow being reasonable made things easier.

“Where should I go to meet you?” Yan Qingge cautiously asked.

The high-tier secret technique of the Flying Swallow Sword couldn’t be transmitted through the Celestial Net; it had to be taught face-to-face.

Not to mention the cybersecurity issues, the complex and delicate Source Power changes of the Flying Swallow Sword couldn’t be accurately conveyed through text or images.

“Come here, arrive in fifteen minutes.”

Gao Xuan sent Yan Qingge an address and then terminated the communication.

Yan Qingge held the address and did a location pinpoint, discovering it was by the Celestial Water River outside the Sixth Ring.

“It’s a long embankment, lots of people strolling around in the evening, convenient traffic, complex environment…”

Yan Qingfeng studied the virtual map for a while, “At least it’s safer with more people.”

He lightly tapped the wall, and soon two technicians came in with equipment.

Yan Qingfeng asked, “Did you locate their position?”

Both technicians shook their heads, and the woman named Yan Miao said, “The Dark Web’s network architecture is complex, with multiple layers of protection set by the other side, communication time was too short to find their location.”

“You guys go rest. Without my orders, don’t track their information. Keep everything confidential.”

Yan Qingfeng said with a stern face, “This matter is crucial. Anyone who acts recklessly behind my back will face the consequences.”

Yan Miao and the other technician seriously acknowledged his directive.

After the two left, Yan Qingge worriedly said, “Tracking Blood Shadow’s location, won’t that anger him?”

Yan Qingfeng opened his hands, “It’s just normal business tactics. Lord Blood Shadow will surely understand. Besides, we didn’t find anything, right?”

He didn’t think it was a big deal; if Blood Shadow were that foolish, he’d have been exposed long ago.

Yan Qingfeng said, “You better go to the meeting right away, or you’ll be late.”

He thought for a moment then added, “I don’t think that’s the final meeting place, you’ll be busy tonight.”

Blood Shadow was so cautious; he couldn’t possibly just leave an address and wait there for Yan Qingge.

Yan Qingge understood this reasoning. She hurriedly went downstairs, got on a magnetic suspension motorcycle, and left.

Because she had applied for flight permission through the Yuanlong Group, Yan Qingge arrived on time at the agreed location.

The embankment here was quite narrow, with the river’s waters rushing below. Behind the embankment, the trees were thick and green grass taller than people. Mosquitoes flew around everywhere, making it eerily quiet.

There were no streetlights here, making it very dark. Standing there, Yan Qingge could vaguely hear the lively voices from the far end of the embankment.

To be honest, standing in such a secluded and quiet spot, Yan Qingge felt a bit uneasy. Mainly because the person she was meeting was too dangerous.

What Yan Qingge didn’t know was that her smartwatch was constantly transmitting information externally.

Located in the guest room of the Yuanlong Mansion, Yan Miao was synchronizing the information from Yan Qingge’s smartwatch using special reception equipment.

On the other hand, Yan Miao was also in contact with the higher-ups: “Sixth Master, I have already synced the information over.”

Yan Miao was from the Yan Family but wasn’t a subordinate to Yan Qingfeng or Yan Qingge. As the Yan Family’s electronic tech expert, her status was high, directly under Yan Defeng of the Yan Family’s second branch.

She came with secret orders this time to monitor Yan Qingge and Yan Qingfeng and to dig out Blood Shadow.

Blood Shadow was too troublesome; he was both Wei Yue’s trump card and possessed the Flying Swallow Sword secret technique.

After collaborating with Yuanlong Company, the Yan Family quickly discovered Yuanlong Company’s limitless potential. Some higher-ups considered swallowing Yuanlong Company.

With the Yan Family’s wealth and power, as long as Wei Yue and Wei Ming were dealt with, gaining control over the Yuanlong Group wouldn’t be difficult.

The problem was Blood Shadow was backing Wei Yue. This super assassin was too dangerous.

Even though the Yan Family higher-ups wanted to merge with the Yuanlong Group, they were unwilling to risk their lives.

Therefore, led by Yan Defeng, a group of higher-ups wanted to eliminate Blood Shadow. However, there was internal strife within the Yan Family, as Yan Qingge’s father, Yan Deyuan, firmly opposed taking risky actions.

This time, Yan Deyuan pushed against the majority and spent a fortune to purchase the Dimensional Silver Mirror for his daughter.

Yan Defeng and others were naturally extremely dissatisfied, secretly dispatching Yan Liu–a Level 10 expert of the Yan Family’s side branches–specializing in handling dirty work.

Yan Liu led a team of elites, known as the Blood Swallow Team, all top-tier combat forces of the Yan Family.

With the Blood Swallow Team’s power, as long as they found Blood Shadow’s trail, he was as good as dead.

Of course, capturing Blood Shadow alive would be even better. After all, Blood Shadow had the advanced secret technique of the Flying Swallow Sword on him.

If it doesn’t work out, taking Blood Shadow’s head would suffice. Through some extremely special methods, the memories within the head can also be extracted.

This plan is presided over by Yan Defeng, and Yan Qingge and Yan Qingfeng are completely unaware.

Mainly because the factions on both sides are different, Yan Qingge and the others might not be willing to cooperate.

Furthermore, Yan Qingge and their ignorance make it more natural. It won’t arouse Blood Shadow’s suspicion.

Yan Liu also entered Mingjing City yesterday, entering a pre-prepared base, ready to act at any moment.

Receiving the electronic information returned by Yan Miao, Yan Liu and the experts became serious.

As soon as they detected Blood Shadow’s traces, they could take action.

This time, they obtained a special marvel’s wanted order.

This small bronze token, however, has the magical ability to track enemies. Moreover, the wanted order can also conceal their own aura, spiritual fluctuations, etc.

Yan Liu and the others, with the wanted order, killed several terrifying formidable foes.

Of course, the wanted order also has limitations, it can only target one person at a time. After use, it must wait three years before it can be activated again.

This time Blood Shadow’s value is too great, Yan Defeng did not hesitate to activate the wanted order.

Yan Liu and the others, although not on the scene, as long as the smart watch scans Blood Shadow, they can activate the wanted order.

Yan Qingge is completely unaware of this, nor has she noticed any abnormalities.

The intuition of a tenth-level swordsman is also suppressed by the wanted order.

Yan Qingge is even less able to detect the abnormal electronic signals from the smart watch. She also did not expect any problems from her family.

However, Gao Xuan, hiding in the shadows, discovered something amiss with Yan Qingge’s watch.

Gao Xuan did not descend in person but rather gathered spiritual power to form a humanoid with source power.

In this state, Gao Xuan looked no different from a real person, capable of normal conversation, performing various actions, even picking up tangible objects.

According to ancient Daoist sayings, the formed avatar by Gao Xuan is akin to the Yang Spirit of astral projection.

Unafraid of sunlight, not fearing wind or thunder, just like a real person, capable of astral projection over thousands of miles.

Gao Xuan’s spiritual power also broke through to 30 points, reaching the golden level threshold, thus having the ability to project spiritual power into an avatar, orbiting freely.

points is the threshold for golden energy levels.

Whenever any aspect of a cultivator’s values breaks through thirty points, there is a transformative leap.

In his previous life, Gao Xuan’s spiritual power reached as high as 36 points; now, it has only recovered to 30 points, making it naturally effortless to handle this level of spiritual power.

As Gao Xuan noticed the anomaly in Yan Qingge’s watch, the Six-winged Celestial Cicada within his body chirped, and the electronic information released by Yan Qingge’s watch connected like a line of light to the Yuanlong Mansion.

Next, Yan Miao’s image appeared within his sea of consciousness.

Through the information beam released by Yan Miao, Gao Xuan also saw Yan Liu and the others.

Seeing Yan Liu, Gao Xuan was a bit surprised; the other party unexpectedly had two tenth-level experts and three eighth-level experts.

The other side was also equipped with exoskeleton armor and other advanced weapons, fully armed.

Gao Xuan also saw the wanted order and recognized this marvel.

Being able to understand the cryptic text, though he hadn’t heard of the wanted order, he roughly guessed its use.

The wanted order can shield the aura and spiritual fluctuations of Yan Liu and his group but cannot block electronic information.

Besides the wanted order, there is also a black-red longbow, obviously another marvel. Without cryptic markings, Gao Xuan also didn’t understand its use.

Yet, just from looking at the longbow’s design, he could roughly guess its purpose.

Gao Xuan immediately understood the opponent’s plan: they intended to ‘dispose of the donkey after it has done the job’, or rather, ‘dismantle the bridge after crossing the river’. Anyway, they harbored ill intentions, wanting his head.

Even though Gao Xuan anticipated the Yan Family people might play tricks, he still felt a bit annoyed.

However, it seemed that Yan Qingge and Yan Qingfeng were unaware. It’s also unclear whether they were betrayed or if internal strife occurred in the Yan Family.

As Gao Xuan’s thoughts turned, a thread of electric light emitted from his fingertips.

The spiritually condensed projection avatar, although vastly different from the true body, could still harness source power through spiritual power.

This is one of the benefits of reaching 30 points in spiritual power. Of course, with Gao Xuan’s hundred-year experience from his past life, he can effortlessly navigate source power with an avatar using the Celestial Dragon Eye Thunder Technique.

If it were any other golden powerhouse, even with stronger spiritual power, they might not be able to handle source power with an avatar as easily and elegantly as he does.

Yan Qingge sensed something wrong and then heard Gao Xuan say behind her, “Don’t move.”

The cold, low voice gave Yan Qingge a shock, and she dared not move anymore.

The sparkling electric light hit Yan Qingge’s watch, blowing the watch to pieces. All electronic information was instantly cut off.

Yan Qingge’s wrist also bore a black mark, her entire arm slightly numb.

Yan Qingge didn’t quite understand what Blood Shadow meant, but she dared not ask more.

With Blood Shadow’s skills, if they wanted to kill her, it wouldn’t take such trouble.

While Yan Qingge was puzzled, a slight jolt hit the back of her head, as if a sharp blade pierced into her skull, the severe pain almost making her faint.

She was greatly alarmed in her heart: What is Blood Shadow doing, is they intending to kill her?