Qi Sicheng made a throat-cutting gesture and lowered his voice, “I have already cleaned up most of the mess. Those who knew too much will never speak again. Just give me some more time to coordinate with General Ji and the others, and I will be able to control the majority of the matter.”
Wu Zhengnan remained noncommittal and asked, “So?”
“So, you just need to head to the military headquarters and wait for them to sort things out. We will have everything cleaned up by then. Once everything is dead and without witnesses, the higher-ups in the expeditionary army will also speak on our behalf. You will surely emerge from the headquarters unscathed. It’s clear that the military does not want to trouble the expeditionary army too much.”
Wu Zhengnan smiled and said, “Yes, after all, the expeditionary army is the Empire’s barrier in the Eternal Night Continent. Moreover, I heard that the situation has become somewhat unstable recently.”
“Unstable is good! Only when the situation is unstable will those gentlemen above remember our value.”
Wu Zhengnan waved his hand and said, “Alright, Old Qi, no need to say more. I know what to do. Next, you clean up everything that needs to be cleaned. If those gentlemen from the military come down again, don’t let them see anything they shouldn’t.”
“Rest assured, I’ll take care of it.”
Wu Zhengnan nodded, and Qi Sicheng prepared to leave.
Wu Zhengnan suddenly asked, “How about the old street?”
Qi Sicheng paused, thought for a moment, and said, “Nothing unusual.”
The old street was the most mixed neighborhood in Black Flow City. Wu Zhengnan had a long-standing private channel there, but even Qi Sicheng only occasionally managed the transmission of items and knew nothing specific, nor did he know where the other end connected. However, the old street had been very quiet in recent days, and in these turbulent times, no news was good news.
Wu Zhengnan nodded again, saying nothing, and Qi Sicheng took his leave.
At the end of the corridor, Qi Sicheng stopped and looked back, a hint of hidden malice in his eyes, “I will make sure those gentlemen see what they ‘should’ see.”
In the office, Wu Zhengnan gazed at the city. No movement, was that person planning to protect himself again? Tomorrow, just one more day to wait.
He suddenly laughed, his voice soft but tinged with madness, “Even if I can walk out of the military, will I really be safe? By then, my Seventh Division will probably be in someone else’s hands, certainly not mine. Such an ending… hah, hah.”
In Black Flow City, the Wei family and the Broken Winged Angels occupied a small part of the district, while Qian Ye found a small, independent house nearby. He did not want to have too much contact with the Broken Winged Angels. Moreover, the blood energy in his body was evolving in an increasingly strange way. Although he didn’t need to avoid Wei Po Tian too much, there were Wei family warriors around him, so living alone was more convenient. Qian Ye even sent back the servants dispatched by Wei Po Tian.
In the evening, a Wei family guard brought a list. It was a message from the town, listing the current status of the young seeds and all the captured supplies.
These young people were indeed of high quality. With the medicine and medical assistance provided by the Wei family, most of the injured could fully recover. The total number of deaths in the war was less than two hundred, and most of the underage boys and girls were unharmed. This was a better number than Qian Ye expected.
After cleaning up the battlefield, the captured expeditionary weapons and equipment could arm half a regiment. The Fifteenth Division reacted swiftly and proposed a compensation plan. They would cede a small town with thousands of people, along with a black stone mine and a small iron mine with a little bit of red crystal iron, and promised to assist in defense for a year. In other words, as long as the Fifteenth Division existed, the town would be safe for the next year.
These were extremely generous and sincere terms, clearly indicating that the Fifteenth Division sensed something unusual. The compensation was originally given to the Wei family, but Wei Po Tian grandly transferred it to Qian Ye.
Additionally, the guard brought news that the Fifteenth Division had handed over Wei Cheng and his family. The fate of Wei Cheng was not specified, but the punishment for betrayal by a family member was always harsh and cruel. Not only would Wei Cheng be executed, but his family would also be condemned to death, and whether it would further implicate his relatives and friends would depend on the Wei family’s investigation results.
The seeds were still staying at the Far East Heavy Industry mines, and Qian Ye did not yet know how to accommodate them. He would wait until Wu Zhengnan’s matter was resolved. If this matter was not handled, these young people would be in danger as soon as they left the Wei family’s territory. Not only to silence them, but the dark races would also be very interested in them. The temptation of several dozen bloodline seeds was difficult for even a dark baron to resist.
After the Wei family guard left, Qian Ye immediately entered his practice room and began his cultivation.
During this battle, although he did not directly drink blood, the golden-purple blood energy automatically emerged and absorbed the blood energy on his body. This absorption rate was slow compared to direct blood drinking, but over time, it accumulated to a considerable amount. Qian Ye could only use the powerful force of the Battle Slaying Technique to activate the blood energy to protect his internal organs, gradually consuming the excess blood power.
Once he started cultivating, half the night passed quickly. With sufficient blood energy protection, Qian Ye successfully ran through thirty-five rounds of the Battle Slaying Technique without causing too much damage to his body. Thus, he decided to increase his daily practice to thirty-five rounds, and in less than two months, he would be able to break through the sixth source node.
When the cultivation ended, it was already past midnight. Qian Ye stood up and stretched, feeling a sense of fullness in his body, as if his origin power was brimming. But it was a false sensation, indicating that there was still too much blood power in his body.
However, the ordinary blood energy seemed satisfied and no longer absorbed blood power, retreating into his heart. Qian Ye had a premonition that in a few days, he would evolve a second type of advanced blood energy.
Qian Ye had gradually adapted to coexisting with these blood energies, sometimes controlling them, sometimes letting them act on their own. The only consolation was that, so far, the blood energies could not control him. Whether Qian Ye liked it or not, that was the current reality.
The night was deep and quiet. The usually active Black Flow City was unusually silent, perhaps the people in the city sensed the abnormality and instinctively reduced their outings.
Qian Ye walked to the window and looked up at the sky. The starry sky was intermittent, with large patches of darkness. That was not the night, but the shadow cast by the upper continent. One had to see the sky of the upper continent to realize the difference.
During the Spring Hunt, Qian Ye’s favorite activity at night was to find a secluded place and sit quietly, gazing at the stars. In this world, being able to see a star-filled sky was also a symbol of status and position. Now, back in Eternal Night, Qian Ye would habitually look up at the night sky, recalling the especially brilliant star river of the upper continent.
The night was long, and perhaps due to the excessive blood energy, Qian Ye felt no sleepiness. He laid out his tools on the long table and began to maintain his weapons. First, the Eagle Strike, and then the Twin Flowers.
But while wiping the famous and troublesome pistols, Qian Ye suddenly felt a strange sensation. These guns were powerful, but as his blood energy increased, he felt more and more that something was off with the feel of using them, a kind of sluggishness, as if he was using the wrong method.
However, in terms of gun principles, vampire origin guns and human origin guns were fundamentally the same, both requiring the input of origin power to activate the origin array and fire.
But Qian Ye felt that he was not using the right activation method, or perhaps the two guns themselves had some defect. He repeatedly studied and tried to activate them with different blood energies, but the more he tried, the more he felt that the “Twin Flowers” lacked something, perhaps a special component or a particular dark origin power or bloodline as a medium.
Qian Ye shook his head and put down the Twin Flowers, picking up the Glittering Fang instead. On the battlefield, when his blood power was at its peak, he occasionally unleashed a one-meter-long blade light. That was the true power of a warlord-level weapon, with the external blade light acting like a solidified origin power, having significant combat effectiveness, equivalent to a group battle weapon.
He wiped the Glittering Fang, and the fine lines under his fingertips felt so smooth and delicate, as if he could feel the origin power flowing like countless threads. It was hard to believe how the blood race craftsmen created such intricate patterns.
The next day was very peaceful. Apart from the Wei family guard bringing Qian Ye some supplies, his small building remained undisturbed. Qian Ye continued to cultivate the Battle Slaying Technique, consuming the blood power in his body.
When he emerged from the practice room again, it was midnight.
Suddenly, Qian Ye heard faint whistles, and his heart tightened. That was the alarm system he set up in the courtyard, which emitted a faint but penetrating sound when someone intruded.
The whistles were regular, sounding as if someone was leaping into the courtyard one after another. The intervals were exactly the same, indicating a well-disciplined and well-trained force. However, Qian Ye frowned; he could not sense the presence of these people. With his current abilities, only a warlord or higher would be completely undetectable.
Qian Ye picked up the Glittering Fang and calmly walked out, pushing open the door. There was indeed someone in the courtyard, to be precise, a person Qian Ye was very familiar with.
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