Chapter 669: Elder Zuo, Thank you for your contribution
The night was deep and quiet. The Cheng family’s main hall was filled with laughter. Besides the family of four, the ancestor Jiang Feng sat at the head of the table, with General Li standing by.
Cheng Yuan and Jiang Liniang already knew that the two were zombies, but they showed no fear. Firstly, it was unnatural for descendants to fear their ancestors, and secondly, their two daughters were outstanding enough, so they felt assured.
“General Li, please sit down and talk!”
Jiang Liniang invited again.
“Thank you, Princess. This subordinate dare not overstep!”
General Li replied respectfully.
Jiang Liniang shook her head helplessly. Having grown up in a commoner family, she was not used to such rigid hierarchical relationships, but she could not force it.
“My two granddaughters, I have listened to you and have not sought revenge on the royal family. How is it? Can you live up to your ancestor’s identity?”
Jiang Feng, sitting at the head of the table, was seeking credit. He had originally wanted to take revenge, but the empress was becoming more and more capable. Seeing the people living in peace and contentment, he felt his heart soften for some reason.
Cheng Hong Ling ignored him with a blank expression.
“Not bad, you are indeed the Crown Prince of Daqi Kingdom.”
Qi Huang, however, did not spare her praise. She knew Jiang Feng’s past and understood how much willpower it took for him to control himself.
“Hehe, of course. You must know that we had dozens of brothers back then. It was not by chance that I stood out and gained my Father Emperor’s favor…”
Jiang Feng began to embellish his past.
Although the younger generation below were somewhat impatient, they could only listen patiently.
“What has Zhen Feiyan been doing lately? Hasn’t she gone to seek revenge from the Immortal Alliance?”
Qi Huang interrupted unceremoniously, as she was not a descendant of the Jiang clan anyway.
“Uh, she has been collecting Heaven-Concealing Water during this time. As a Flying Bone, her strength is equivalent to a cultivator in the Heavenly Punishment Realm. If she didn’t have Heaven-Concealing Water to shield her aura, she would soon attract Heavenly Punishment.”
Jiang Feng introduced.
“She should have reached the Flying Bone realm long ago? Why didn’t she attract Heavenly Punishment before?”
Qi Huang asked out of curiosity, which was also her greatest doubt.
“I heard her subordinates have been getting Heaven-Concealing Water for her to hide her aura.”
Jiang Feng explained.
“What a joke! Heaven-Concealing Water is so precious, how could those evil spirits get it?”
Qi Huang immediately laughed. This was simply an insult to one’s intelligence.
“Who says not? But that’s what they said.”
Jiang Feng said with a helpless smile.
“There must be something fishy about this matter!”
Cheng Hong Ling frowned.
“Let’s not talk about her for now. What about our revenge? This Immortal Alliance is also an enemy of the Jiang clan.”
Jiang Feng probed.
“Yes, if the Immortal Alliance hadn’t interfered back then, we wouldn’t have been trapped in Pingshan Mass Grave, Daqi Kingdom would not have perished, and the Jiang clan would not have been massacred.”
General Li added from the side.
The Cheng family of three looked at each other. They naturally had the idea of revenge, but their strength did not allow it.
Qi Huang then asked her main body: “How is it? Do you want revenge?”
“Of course!”
Cheng Hong Ling replied concisely. She was not a weak person.
“Leave it to me.”
Qi Huang immediately agreed, and then said to Jiang Feng, “We must take revenge, of course. However, the Immortal Alliance is still useful to me for now. Let them live a little longer. Within ten years, I will make the Immortal Alliance disappear.”
What Qi Huang meant by useful was, of course, “growing vegetables.” Although anyone could grow vegetables, only the Immortal Alliance could control the spread of Ghost Tomatoes.
“Very good! You have aspirations! You are worthy of being my descendant, Jiang Feng!”
Jiang Feng said excitedly. Out of trust in Qi Huang, he did not probe further.
Not long after, Qi Huang heard a rumor that a super-powerful evil spirit had attacked the Immortal Alliance headquarters, causing great damage and killing hundreds of people, including several elders. In the end, it was the Immortal Alliance Leader himself who drove it away.
Qi Huang knew without a doubt that it must have been Zhen Feiyan. However, she still went to Pingshan Mass Grave to confirm.
Zhen Feiyan’s condition did not seem good. She could not even condense her flesh and blood and could only appear as a skeleton.
“It seems that the one who attacked the Immortal Alliance headquarters was you.”
Qi Huang immediately made a judgment.
“What makes you say that?”
Zhen Feiyan retorted stubbornly.
“You, a powerful evil spirit in the mid-Flying Bone realm, should only be able to be harmed by the Immortal Alliance Leader in this world, besides me, right?”
Qi Huang stated her reason.
“That’s not necessarily true. The Cultivation World is full of hidden masters, and there are countless Yin Energy roots in hibernation. Who knows if there’s anyone stronger than me?”
Zhen Feiyan said humbly.
Qi Huang smiled noncommittally, then asked, “How is it? How is the strength of that Immortal Alliance Leader?”
“The fellow’s own strength is a bit inferior to mine, but he is covered in magic treasures, and his cultivation technique is heaven-defying, making him very tricky. His overall combat power should be similar to yours, otherwise, he couldn’t have injured me like this.”
Zhen Feiyan made a judgment.
“It’s just as I guessed.”
Qi Huang had already expected this, but she was not worried. This was because her speed of improving her strength was faster than Sect Leader Qin.
Climbing stairs was even faster.
“There’s another question. I heard that the reason you didn’t attract Heavenly Tribulation while you were sleeping before was because your followers were using Heaven-Concealing Water to hide your aura?”
Qi Huang confirmed.
“It must be that Jiang Feng who told you? That’s right, it is.”
Zhen Feiyan admitted generously.
“Don’t you find it strange? Heaven-Concealing Water is extremely rare. Your followers should not have been able to obtain it at all.”
Qi Huang reminded her.
“Of course, I also found it unreasonable, so I investigated it secretly after I woke up. Guess what the result was?”
Zhen Feiyan paused, then said, “The ones who used Heaven-Concealing Water to hide my aura were actually people from the Immortal Alliance Main Altar.”
“What? Why would they do that?”
Qi Huang asked in surprise and uncertainty.
“It’s nothing strange. Didn’t your ancestor Jiang Feng also fall into the hands of the Immortal Alliance? For the same reason, they did this to ensure the existence of the Yin Energy root, so that Huang Tian Prefecture would be dependent on the Immortal Alliance.”
Zhen Feiyan explained calmly.
“These beasts are worse than pigs and dogs!”
Qi Huang cursed. The reason the people of Huang Tian Prefecture were short was because the Yin Energy released by Zhen Feiyan was too strong, preventing them from growing grain. She did not expect that the culprit was actually the Immortal Alliance.
“Immortal Alliance, Immortal Alliance! It seems I really cannot tolerate you!”
Qi Huang swore inwardly, then warned, “Don’t go and trouble the Immortal Alliance yourself in the future. It’s too dangerous! Moreover, they are still useful to me. When the time is right, we will go together to eliminate this filthy place.”
“Okay, I’ll be ready anytime.”
Zhen Feiyan did not doubt her because she knew that the Jiang clan and…
The next day, Qi Huang took some time to visit the Juyin Auction House in the Prefecture Capital because the large batch of Ghost Tomatoes she gave to Elder Zuo was nearing maturity.
“Young Master Li, a total of five thousand Ghost Tomatoes were acquired this month. I will have someone deliver them to you later.”
Liu Yingyue, with her fiery red lips, reported the results.
“Five thousand in a month? The acquisition speed is getting faster and faster.”
Qi Huang was somewhat surprised. Although five thousand was not enough to even fill her teeth now, the growth momentum was still very pleasing.
“The Immortal Alliance is providing more and more quantities, and recently many foreigners have come to sell. It seems that your acquisition of Ghost Tomatoes has spread to other countries. Anyway, there are no more wild Ghost Tomatoes in the Xihui Dynasty. Why don’t you stop, so as not to benefit them for nothing?”
Liu Yingyue advised cordially.
“Okay! Then I’ll stop.”
Qi Huang agreed without hesitation.
“Really?”
Liu Yingyue was caught off guard, as Qi Huang had always talked about the common people and the world before, acting like a complete saint.
“I can’t help it. My funds are limited! I am also powerless.”
Qi Huang deliberately shook her head in helplessness.
Liu Yingyue was stunned and wondered if Qi Huang had been “soul-transferred” by someone! However, she also understood the principle of not doing to others what you do not want done to yourself, so she wisely kept quiet and stopped acquiring Ghost Tomatoes.
“Elder Zuo! Elder Zuo! Thank you for your contribution. I will definitely make you grateful and moved this time!”
Qi Huang thought maliciously.
