Chapter 1028: Chapter 44 Black Abyss!_3
The Sword Sect couldn’t possibly develop an intelligence network to such a detailed extent.
The Zhishou Tower is now highly unreliable; moreover, although the Zhishou Tower operates in secrecy, for soone like Qing King, a prince of the Great Xia, there are actually no real secrets.
With his resources, it wouldn’t be too difficult—not to say completely controlling the Zhishou Tower within Qing State—but certainly to render its intelligence network ineffective in Qing State.
Therefore, Lu Qingshan had no reason to refuse the goodwill of Shui Yue Pavilion Master.
The “external network” of the Heavenly Secret Pavilion spans the Human Realm, which is how it can collect information comprehensively—the “external network” is responsible for gathering vast and intricate information, while the inspectors of Heavenly Secret Pavilion focus on monitoring the secrets.
Within Qing State, there are no inspectors from Heavenly Secret Pavilion, but the “external network” exists.
The manager Tong Zhan before him was part of this “external network.”
Of course, as part of the “external network,” the information he collected wouldn’t be secretive.
However, for Lu Qingshan, it was sufficient.
“So, it’s a senior cultivator from Lotus Peak; this humble one, Tong Yu, has t the lord,” after verifying the identity token and confirming the information was correct, Manager Tong respectfully said.
Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, “Has there been any strange phenona in North Qing recently, or has there been a large number of foreign cultivators entering the borders?”
Manager Tong imdiately frowned, pondered for a mont, then shook his head and said, “Lord, there hasn’t been.”
Lu Qingshan thought for a mont, then asked, “Have there been any abnormal troop movents in Zhenbei City among the cultivators?”
“None either,” Manager Tong now replied with utmost certainty.
All three possibilities were ruled out…. The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion Master also concluded that there are no ghosts in Qing State.
Lu Qingshan fell into contemplation.
Manager Tong stood restlessly, looking at the pondering Lu Qingshan, unsure if the young senior cultivator from Lotus Peak was dissatisfied with his answer.
After a while, Lu Qingshan ca back to his senses, glanced at Manager Tong, and said, “Alright, I understand, thank you for your hard work.”
…..
Leaving the Hu Lai Pavilion, Lu Qingshan walked through the streets of Hu Jia City.
“Young master, what are you thinking about?” Qin Yitian asked curiously.
The quick-witted Sword Spirit girl had also observed that the matter had reached a deadlock.
“I was thinking that, previously, I suspected, through what ans Qing King had operated in Qing State for many years to set up such a plan that could deceive everyone,” Lu Qingshan’s eyes gradually sharpened, “but now I have a new thought; could it be that my thinking has hit a dead end….”
“You an….”
“Yitian, think about it; once the Blood Slaughter is exposed, the first place everyone, including you and , would think of, as the Land of Blood Slaughter would be Qing State, Qing King must understand this logic too.”
“That’s true,” Qin Yitian agreed softly.
“Then why is he confident that his arrangent can escape the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion Master’s all-seeing eye?”
“If I were Qing King, my choice should be….”
Lu Qingshan pondered for a mont and finally ca to an answer, “Strengthen what everyone thinks of as Qing State as a decoy, drawing attention, while placing the real Land of Blood Slaughter sowhere no one could think of.”
“Sowhere no one could think of?” Qin Yitian’s voice was soft, “Do you know where it is?”
“Of course, I haven’t thought of it yet,” Lu Qingshan laughed.
“Young master!” Qin Yitian said coquettishly, feeling a bit teased by Lu Qingshan.
“However, I should be able to find out.”
“Ah?” Qin Yitian was startled.
“Because just now, I suddenly rembered sothing that I had overlooked for a long ti,” Lu Qingshan’s pupils contracted slightly, and he spoke seriously.
Before he ca to this world, the version he experienced was called “Sword Opening Heaven’s Gate,” and the final task at that ti was called “Godslayer Battle,” which was a celebratory event for the tenth anniversary of Nine Heavens’ launch.
Task content: One of the Demon Race’s Demon Lords, the Blood Demon Lord, is trapped in Black Abyss while executing a special task, rallying all players to proceed to Black Abyss to vanquish demons and fight for the Human Race cultivators.
Back then, all players believed this was a small storyline devised by the ga officials to celebrate the tenth anniversary, unrelated to the main storyline.
Lu Qingshan thought the sa.
However, now revisiting this task, Lu Qingshan suddenly realized a coincidental fact—the Black Abyss is located in this Qing State.
The mystery of Qing King’s Blood Slaughter, Black Abyss in Qing State, Demon Race Blood Demon Lord appearing due to a special task in Black Abyss…
Is this really just a coincidence?
Obviously not.
This tenth anniversary event’s storyline might be a crucial part of the main storyline in the Sword Opening Heaven’s Gate version.
Full circle, in the end, everything seems to have returned to the starting point.
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