Chapter 749: Chapter 749

With a flapping sound, a white pigeon with red eyes sliced across the sky, its wings carrying it to the room where Jiang Dali was staying.

Jiang Dali casually tore off the note attached to the pigeon to read it, and his pupils slightly contracted.

The letter was from Huakai Jianhong, who had already gained not insignificant influence among the Abnormal People of the World Association. It stated that they had discovered the whereabouts of Zhu Wushi.

However, by the time Zhu Wushi had been discovered, the Marquis of Ming was already leaving under the escort of a group of World Association members, apparently preparing to return to Ming Country.

Jiang Dali’s expression slightly darkened, a faint smile forming at the corners of his mouth.

Now that they had discovered the other party’s whereabouts, the next steps were easy to handle.

For the moment, he did not plan to personally deal with Zhu Wushi’s troubles, considering that once Zhu Wushi returned to Ming Country, the first person he would have to deal with was the Ming Emperor—unless the man no longer intended to vie for the Imperial Throne.

And now that Xiong Ba had intervened to save Zhu Wushi, it was certain that the other party was plotting to usurp the throne.

Yet Jiang Dali also had no favorable opinion of the Ming Emperor.

He was happy to see these two dogs biting each other, with Zhu Wushi going back to deal with the Ming Emperor.

"I will write a letter to inform both the Ming Emperor and Demon Master Pang Ban, letting these two entertain old Zhu for a while."

Jiang Dali had someone bring him the Four Treasures of the Study and personally wrote a letter, informing Li Qingluo of Manduo Villa and instructing her to have the message subtly relayed to both the Ming Royal Family and the Demon Palace.

After finishing these tasks, Jiang Dali, dressed in a new set of clothes with the help of two servants.

During a break, he opened the Jianghu Forum to check on the situation of the Players.

He discovered that the news of his return to Leshan City with the intent to continue to attack Lingyun Cave had already spread on the forum.

This had prompted many Players to rush towards Leshan City, eager to join in on the action they had previously missed.

A few of the larger families that had long stationed Player teams near Leshan City were particularly alerted and rushed to the outskirts of the Leshan Branch of Black Wind Village to liaise with Yin Feng, seeking possible opportunities for cooperation.

Players from other sub-branches of Black Wind Village as well as a large number of Eight Desolate Disciples watched as Leshan City buzzed with excitement.

Yet, due to the distance, they were unable to participate in such large-scale events and collectively grumbled that their village chief was too biased, having not favored other Mountains’ disciples in a long while.

Jiang Dali was not surprised by the Players’ reactions on the forum.

However, this time in attacking Lingyun Cave, the Players were destined to only serve as cannon fodder—a mere external force paddling at the water’s edge.

To be used only as sacrificial pawns when necessary to draw away the attention of the Fire Qilin.

For this kind of activity with a high level of sacrifice, he actually did not wish to exploit his own field’s crop of leeks.

But now with the major families and numerous wild Players who had come knocking on their own, he could unapologetically use and harvest them.

Jiang Dali immediately left his room.

He ordered Yin Feng to accept all incoming Players’ requests to join and at the same time issued a mission similar to the one for the last attack on Lingyun Cave.

this time he required the incoming Players to serve as the first few batches to attract the Fire Qilin’s attention.

The Mountain Village Players and the Eight Desolate Disciples would act later in the plan.

This mission design, as long as the incoming Players were not foolish, they would feel the stark unfair differential treatment.

However, there is no fairness in this world.

Jiang Dali believed, where there are great rewards, there will be brave souls.

The attraction and rewards of a large-scale event would still entice many Players who were not afraid of death or, to put it differently, those whose power wasn’t great and for whom death penalties were not severe to join one after another.

To him, it did not matter whether these cannon fodder Players were strong or not.

No matter how strong, they were not as strong as him, and to the Fire Qilin, they were all insignificant, like ants, so it did not matter; what was important was their willingness to attract the Fire Qilin’s attention at crucial moments without fear of death.

When the Players inside the sub-branch and the incoming Players all received the mission prompt.

Jiang Dali had already located Nie Renwang, whose injuries had healed after consuming a drop of thousand-year-old yellow ginseng juice.

This Heavenly Human Nine Realms powerhouse was formidable indeed, and his Qi-Blood was sufficiently robust, but in terms of physical strength, he was still no match for him.

Originally, an injury that would have taken at least half a month to heal, but now, after taking a drop of thousand-year-old yellow ginseng juice, he was sprightly as ever.

"Your treasures sure are plentiful. A drop of such precious medicine not only healed my injuries, but it also increased my Inner Strength somewhat, although not by much."

Nie Renwang said, patting his sturdy abdomen with a smile.

Jiang Dali casually took out another Medicine Pearl and handed it to Nie Renwang, "Here’s another drop for you, in case you encounter extreme danger during the battle, so you can quickly consume it to maintain your stamina."

Nie Renwang looked at the Medicine Pearl in Jiang Dali’s hand with amazement, his eyes growing hot.

If he had more of this stuff, he wouldn’t need to fear Xiong Ba, ready to fight even if it hurt him more than his enemy.

"Not much left. And taking too much in a short period diminishes its effects."

Jiang Dali saw his thought and spoke indifferently, then turned to Murong Qingqing, who was approaching, and took out a Medicine Pearl to hand over, "You take one as well."

Murong Qingqing was surprised and quickly said, "Your arrangement for me is to launch long-range attacks on the Fire Qilin. The risk shouldn’t be great..."

"With your thin frame, I could shatter you into pieces with one punch. No more nonsense!"