Chapter 491: Chapter 492 “Ungrateful child, siding with dad instead of mom.

“Are you relieved now?”

Zhao Xiyan’s voice suddenly rang out from behind her.

Qi Yue twitched the corner of her lips.

“You’re not planning to send me back again, are you?!”

Zhao Xiyan pursed his lips.

“It’s very windy here, and it’s been a while since the rain stopped, but it could start again at any moment.”

“I know, but it hasn’t started yet, has it?” Qi Yue waved her hand. “Even if it does, I have ways to handle it.”

She had several high-end speedboats in her space, complete with bulletproof glass cabins.

She’d just use them if needed.

“Yueyue…”

As Zhao Xiyan started to speak again, Qi Yue immediately interrupted him.

“Wait a minute, Qingzhu is controlling that Frogman. Let me see how he’s doing?”

The Frogman they had captured was both deaf and mute, and Qi Yue assumed all the Frogmen were the same.

After ingesting the drug, they still needed to communicate to gain control of the Frogmen.

Qi Yue had also specifically purchased an ultrasonic device for telepathic communication.

The device sounded extravagant, but it was actually just a simple circle.

She had already had Hei Lie try it out when they arrived; it was very sensitive.

After the Frogmen swallowed her specially formulated pills, they would have a few seconds of drug reaction.

All she had to do was place the circle on the Frogman’s head during this time and then press the controller to issue commands to the Frogman.

Even though these people were deaf and mute, they could still fully understand the commands.

Although Qi Yue didn’t quite understand the principles behind this gadget, it didn’t hinder her use of it.

Soon, Qingzhu and the others had taken control of seven or eight Frogmen and watched as they pulled out all the white blocks from their pockets and then dived back down.

With these pioneers, the rest of the Frogmen were quickly deceived into coming up.

Seizing the opportunity, Qingzhu and his team quickly took control of several dozen Frogmen.

Watching the synchronized movements of black heads on the sea surface pulling out white blocks and placing them in the speedboat, Qi Yue couldn’t help but exclaim,

“We did it!”

She looked at Zhao Xiyan triumphantly.

“My lord, do you think Shen Gong could have imagined his Frogmen would stop obeying him?”

“No,” Zhao Xiyan said confidently.

Qi Yue curled her lips.

“It must be tough for him, medicating these people and cutting out their tongues, thinking he was completely secure.”

“Hmm.”

While they were talking, the earliest Frogman that had dove back down came up again and pulled out some more white blocks.

Qi Yue, dissatisfied with just watching through binoculars, called for Zhao Xiyan to bring the speedboat closer.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Xiyan flatly refused.

“If the speedboats gather together, they might be spotted by people from Nanyue, which could mean losing more than we gain.”

Qi Yue thought it over and decided not to insist.

Actually, Zhao Xiyan had no intention of letting her see those items.

Since he had already decided to send Qi Yue away, he would not let her make any other discoveries.

If there were traces of mechanisms on those white blocks pulled up, with Qi Yue’s intelligence, she might figure something out.

It wouldn’t be good if she disobeyed and went to Youyun Mountain.

Thinking that Qingzhu and the others still had to deal with those white blocks, Zhao Xiyan decided to head back.

Qi Yue naturally refused to comply, tugging at his sleeve and throwing a tantrum.

Just as Zhao Xiyan was beginning to have trouble resisting, Qi Yue suddenly vomited with a “woah.”

Seeing this, Zhao Xiyan didn’t hesitate, started the speedboat, and rushed back.

The onset of morning sickness was so unexpected that Qi Yue hadn’t anticipated it.

She had been secretly pleased, thinking the baby in her belly was well-behaved and not troubling her.

She didn’t expect it to happen at this time, and with such force.

She had taken several pills of Spiritual Spring Water essence, but none of them worked!

It was not until Zhao Xiyan stopped the speedboat on the shore that she finally felt better.

“Yueyue, how are you? Quick, I’ll carry you back to lie down.”

Zhao Xiyan didn’t ask for her opinion and scooped her into his arms.

The sharp movement made her nausea surge again, yet she couldn’t vomit–she could only dry heave.

“Wow… Zhao Xiyan, are you… wow…”

She couldn’t finish her sentence and kept retching…

She seriously suspected that Zhao Xiyan was doing it on purpose.

But seeing the man’s anxious face, she felt bad saying it.

She had no choice but to pack up the speedboat, letting him carry her as he sprinted to the inn!

Finally, the moment Zhao Xiyan placed her on the bed, her nausea miraculously stopped.

Qi Yue couldn’t help but clench her back teeth and cursed.

“Little ingrate, actually siding with dad and not mom.”

Zhao Xiyan merely smiled, his eyebrows curving.

“It seems it must be a son.”

Qi Yue rolled her eyes speechlessly.

Ungrateful son!

On the sea, Qingzhu handed a bag to each Frogman and, using the controller, told them to put the objects excavated from the seabed into the bags and bring them up.

She also gave the Frogmen the pill that helped them breathe underwater to swallow.

The controlled Frogmen obediently dived back into the water.

After waiting for an entire Shichen, they indeed saw Frogmen gradually resurface, each carrying a heavy bag.

Qingzhu and the others swapped the full bags in the Frogmen’s hands with empty ones, letting them continue to dive and excavate.

“Master Qingzhu, the sea is so vast, how long will it take to finish gathering everything?”

While waiting for the Frogmen to resurface, a guard couldn’t help but ask.

Qingzhu twitched the corner of his mouth.

Finish gathering?

The preparations by Shengong over more than ten years aren’t something that can be completed overnight!

The off-scale readings of the elemental detection device clarified one issue, the things here are truly endless!

If their Marquis’s plan failed, the entire Longnan County Government, along with its millions of citizens, would likely suffer!

But he couldn’t very well say this to the guards below, so he vaguely muddled through with a response.

“With so many Frogmen, gathering for ten nights should be enough. If not, the master will still have a way!”

While saying this, Qingzhu couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth again.

The Marquis, concerned about Qi Yue being targeted by Huangfu Nan and fearing she might be affected in the great battle, insisted on sending her away.

By then, he probably couldn’t be counted on.

But of course, he couldn’t tell this to his subordinates, so he simply responded.

“Of course, you just need to do your jobs! Why would the Marquis let you down?!”

“Yes, Master Qingzhu is right. With the master and the Marquis around, there’s nothing to worry about,” said a clever guard with a smile.

Upon hearing this, the other guards unanimously echoed.

“Yes, the Marquis is peerless, and the master is also such a divine being. Master Qingzhu, you must have known this early on!”

“Exactly, Master Qingzhu, with a wave of the master’s hand, this boat appeared; what in the world is going on?!”

“Er Yuan, you got it wrong; Master Qingzhu said it’s called a speedboat!”

“Speedboat it is then, but don’t you find this thing too miraculous? What’s this boat even made of, it’s harder than iron?!”

“What’s the boat made of? Do you know how this boat moves? It doesn’t even need rowing?!”

“….”

Qingzhu looked at these guards, who were experiencing such things for the first time, and couldn’t help but ponder quietly.

This matter couldn’t be left to their own Marquis; they had to think of some strategies!

With Qi Yue having such incredible abilities, if she knew the truth, she surely would have a way, right?!