Chapter 1 The Faction

The Palace Master and Xiao Yuan nodded, the former saying, "The faction and main quest haven't changed. The side quest is to eliminate the Zheng family."

Xiao Yuan then said, "The main quest has changed to protecting the Southern Dynasty. The side quest is the same as the Palace Master's."

The further into the dungeon, the more aligned the teammates' goals were, which was within Zhang Yuanqing's expectations. Xiao Yuan and the Palace Master were both on his side and both were Dominators, unlike the Saints who left midway.

In the end, the enemies were nothing more than the Zheng family, the Imperial Advisor, and the Northern Dynasty. Zhang Yuanqing propped up the table with one hand, holding the small speaker, "The plot has reached this point, everyone's missions overlap. There's no need to delay any longer. Linxia City is about to fall. I plan to raid the Zheng family tonight."

The scout Guan Ya frowned, "How do you know Linxia is about to fall?"

Yuan Shi's tone and expression were very firm.

Zhang Yuanqing glanced at her and said in a tone that suggested, "Men's business, women shouldn't ask," "Star Official's business, don't ask."

He looked around at everyone and said, "Now, let's start formulating the battle plan."

In the hall, Guan Ya, Hong Ji Ge, Xie Lingxi, Jiang Jingwei, Sun Miaomiao, and the Queen perked up, entering battle meeting mode.

Zhang Yuanqing said sternly, "To successfully eliminate the Zheng family, we must first keep the Zheng family faction's city defense army and the Imperial City Division out of the picture, so they don't have time to rescue the Zheng family."

"Tonight, the Qinglong Gang's members will set fire to Guangping Street, Xiaguang Street, and Chengle Street in the inner city to attract the city defense army's attention."

"The Yang family faction's army will sneak out of the city during the day, and at night, disguise themselves as the Northern Dynasty army to attack the city. At that time, I will have the refugees outside the city cooperate, shouting that the Northern Dynasty army is attacking, to attract more city defense troops."

"As for the Imperial City Division's army, members of the royal family will come forward to stop them, locking them in the palace, to buy us some time."

Guangping Street, Xiaguang Street, and Chengle Street are all districts where high-ranking officials and nobles gather.

Lingxi frowned and said, "The Qinglong Gang setting fire in the inner city, isn't that suicide?"

"It is suicide." Zhang Yuanqing had no expression on his face, and said in a low voice, "They volunteered to die."

Xie Lingxi pursed her lips and didn't continue to ask.

Zhang Yuanqing continued, "The next action is crucial. After my deduction, we need to kill Zheng Wenhan within a quarter of an hour, otherwise the plan will fail."

"Guan Ya, tell everyone your investigation report first."

Guan Ya nodded and took over the topic, "According to my investigation, Zheng Wenhan's mansion houses many retainers, including three peak Saints and nine ordinary Saints. Recently, Zheng Wenhan has strengthened the defense of his mansion, transferring a team from the city defense army and the Imperial City Division to guard the Zheng mansion. The general of this army is a peak Saint."

"Five peak Saints, nine ordinary Saints, if the transferred army also has ordinary Saints, the number of Saints in the Zheng mansion exceeds fifteen."

Hong Ji Ge glanced at his teammates one by one, mentally calculating, and his brows relaxed, "We have Yuan Shi, Xiao Yuan, and the Palace Master, three peak Saints, six ordinary Saints, plus the Qinglong Gang's experts, not worse than the Zheng family."

Zhang Yuanqing shook his head, "No, I will not participate in tonight's hunt. I will stay in the Heavenly Secrets Tower to contain the Imperial Advisor's disciples."

Hong Ji Ge then remembered the Heavenly Secrets Tower and grinned, "If you don't come, how will we win?"

He had just made a superficial assessment. If he were to strictly calculate, levels 4 and 5 were both ordinary Saints, but a level 5 Saint could easily crush a level 4 Saint. After all, not everyone is called Yuan Shi Tianzun, who can single-handedly challenge several of the same level, and can also fight beyond his level.

Xie Lingxi and the Queen were level 4 early-stage Saints, basically only able to provide support.

The only ones who could really fight were Guan Ya, Sun Miaomiao, Jiang Jingwei, and the Qinglong Gang's senior Saints, whose numbers were probably limited. If you calculate it this way, even if the Yang family's retainers take action, without Yuan Shi Tianzun, their chances of winning are not great.

Zhang Yuanqing said, "Don't worry, a mature Star Official always has a way. I will find reinforcements for you."

He didn't say anything, and everyone tactfully didn't ask any further questions.

Sun Miaomiao suddenly said, "Did you forget about the Imperial Advisor? Although he can't leave the Heavenly Secrets Tower, he can manipulate Yin corpses and spirit servants to attack."

Facing the gazes of his teammates, Zhang Yuanqing smiled, "The Imperial Advisor's current state is not right, he cannot fully attack. He is an eighth-level Dominator, and under restrictions, he should only be able to exert seventh-level combat power, and a seventh-level Dominator can only control no more than two Dominator-level Yin corpses and spirit servants."

"Gang Leader Duan alone can handle it."

Sun Miaomiao questioned, "Gang Leader Duan is a Fire Master, how can he deal with spirit servants?"

Among orthodox practitioners, Fire Masters do not have effective means to attack spirit servants.

Zhang Yuanqing smiled, "Star Official's business, don't ask."

Jiang Jingwei tilted her head and pondered for a long time, "If the Imperial Advisor chooses to manipulate Saint-level Yin corpses and spirit servants, there should be a large number of them, right?"

Hong Ji Ge said angrily, "Isn't that even better? Gang Leader Duan can kill everyone on the field alone."

From this, it can be seen that Hong Ji Ge's IQ is higher than Jingwei's.

Jingwei's Fire Master purity is higher than Hong Ji Ge's.

She is worthy of being the daughter of the contemporary Fire God.

Then, everyone discussed the battle plan in detail. After confirming, Xiao Yuan looked at her lover, "Then you stayed in the Heavenly Secrets Tower for a few days, what did you discover?"

Zhang Yuanqing stroked his chin, "I have two guesses. One is that the Imperial Advisor is refining Yin corpses, Yin corpses with ninth-level combat power, so he needs national luck dragon energy to suppress and control them. The second is that the Imperial Advisor, in order to advance, is taking a dangerous path, trying to refine himself into some kind of powerful Yin object, but the Golden Crow wants to transform into a Yin object, which is equivalent to playing with fire and burning himself, so he needs dragon energy to harmonize Yin and Yang."

"I can't get close to the Imperial Advisor's seclusion, but based on my understanding of Night Roamers, that should be the case," Zhang Yuanqing said eloquently.

It is too difficult for Night Roamers to control Yin corpses stronger than themselves. Zhao Chenghuang was still in the extraordinary realm when he controlled a fourth-level Yin corpse, which was already very conspicuous.

"After all, the extraordinary realm is the starting stage for Lingjing Xingzhe, and it is already so difficult, let alone the Dominator level. The level of the Dominator stage is the iron law."

Fighting beyond one's level is as difficult as ascending to the sky, and killing beyond one's level is basically wishful thinking. Daoist Duobao, with all his treasures, wouldn't dare to say that he could defeat the Imperial Advisor, who was at the peak of the eighth level.

And for the eighth-level Imperial Advisor to manipulate a ninth-level Yin corpse is even harder than Zhang Yuanqing manipulating a five-clawed golden dragon.

Sun Miaomiao nodded repeatedly, "I think so too. I don't remember needing any dragon energy to assist in advancing from the eighth level to the ninth level. The path the Imperial Advisor is taking is definitely not the orthodox Day Roamer path. He is likely refining himself into a monster, just like Princess Yinyao."

"We'll discuss the Imperial Advisor's matter later," Zhang Yuanqing said earnestly, "Before the action, everyone should not go out, lest the Imperial Advisor arrange assassins to defeat us one by one. Also, be wary of the Zheng family's possible raid on the Yang mansion."

Mai Bao Xiao Lang Jun