Chapter 159: Battle Preparations: How could the Yin Qi of a mere mortal evil spell...

A quarter of an hour later, Fan Wujiu and Xie Bian personally rushed to the deep underground of Annan Kingdom and took Ruan Yunxiong away. Another thousand-year-old unsolved case in the underworld was successfully concluded.

Si Ling and Xuan Chi did not want to cause any trouble, so they had no intention of asking what would happen to the remaining Rakshasas after Ruan Yunxiong was taken away. They did not stay in Annan for long, and after completing the handover, they set off to return to the Ghost Academy.

They still split into two groups, Si Ling went back through the regular entry and exit procedures, and Xuan Chi flew back.

So just like when they went to Annan, Si Ling arrived at the Ghost Academy much earlier than Xuan Chi. It was already dark when Xuan Chi arrived.

Their dorm suites were diagonally opposite each other, just a few steps away, but Hyun Chi had been spending most of his time at Si Ling's lately. So, as usual, he went to Si Ling's room after returning home. When he entered the living room, he saw the bedroom door was open, but neither the living room nor the bedroom was on.

Xuan Chi thought Si Ling was asleep, so he walked into the bedroom quietly. When he reached the door, he saw Si Ling sitting on the edge of the bed, supporting his forehead with one hand, looking like he was in deep thought.

"Si Ling?" Xuan Chi called out. Si Ling raised his head. The laughter coming from the dim light sounded a little tired: "Are you back?"

Xuan Chi paused for a moment, then casually turned on the light and sat down next to her: "What's wrong?"

Si Ling took a deep breath, pulled the corners of his mouth, and smiled with a complicated smile: "Nothing, I just think of what Ruan Yunxiong said, and I'm not in a good mood."

She shifted her posture slightly, from resting her forehead on her hand to resting her chin on her hand, and sighed deeply, "How difficult is it for an Immortal Registration Institute to synchronize information with the Heavenly Court in real time? And yet, a loophole like this could have been created? This small incident only reflects the larger picture. How chaotic must the Heavenly Court be? Di Jun went to such great lengths to seize power from me, and ended up leaving it in such a mess."

That was the territory she had conquered inch by inch, the product of tens of thousands of years of hard work. Although she had previously resented Di Jun for seizing her power and killing her people, she now resented him even more for taking everything and then wantonly trampling on it.

Xuan Chi pondered, "Perhaps it's the karma curse? Perhaps because of the karma curse, Di Jun is destined not to become a wise monarch?"

Si Ling understood that he wanted to comfort her, but still shook his head: "If he could govern the heavens well, the ancient gods would not be so narrow-minded."

After saying that, she raised her head and asked him a question: "If you obtain the Immortal Bone using Ruan Yunxiong's method, and we can successfully mobilize the troops in the trench, do you think we can directly attack the Heavenly Palace?"

After hearing what she said, Xuan Chi understood what she was thinking about in the dark just now.

——Although the chaos and bureaucracy in Heaven made her sad, she came back a few hours earlier than him, and it would be too exaggerated for her to be sad here all the time. She was not the kind of person who would indulge in a certain emotion for a long time. No matter whether she was happy, angry, sad, or joyful, she would know when to stop.

But if it's about figuring out how to turn the situation around, prolonged contemplation makes sense.

Xuan Chi smiled and said, "I am ready to be deployed at any time."

"No." Si Ling sneered, stretched his body, and looked clear and calm. "From the perspective of a general, what do you think our chances of winning are? If you have any other suggestions, you can tell me."

Xuan Chi couldn't help but feel dazed for a moment, as these words brought him back tens of thousands of years.

They often discussed serious matters in this peaceful and leisurely manner, often in her bedroom. When faced with a problem, she often enjoyed chatting over snacks and fruit, sometimes unconsciously breaking the snack into pieces in her distress, which she would then feed the fish by the lake.

Hyun Chi then got up and went to the living room to open the snack cabinet. After looking around, he picked up a croissant, unwrapped it, put it on a small plate, brought it into the house and handed it to her.

"?" Si Ling felt puzzled, but thought he was kind enough to help her get a midnight snack, so she took it and said, "Thank you."

Xuan Chi sat down again and pondered, "Although the troops you gave me were enough to wreak havoc here, a large part of the reason was that the Western God Realm was not yet a force to be reckoned with at that time."

As he spoke, he glanced at her hands casually, and sure enough, she was already subconsciously tearing the croissant.

Xuan Chi chuckled to himself, looked away, and continued, "But the Eastern Heavenly Court was already well-established by then. Furthermore, Emperor Jun hasn't been on many campaigns in recent years, and all his troops remain in the East. Although we don't know their exact numbers, their combat power should be much stronger than ours."

"I think so too." Si Ling nodded, his eyes dim.

This wasn't a difficult concept to grasp, but her anger fueled her fantasy, allowing her to escape reality. Throwing the question to Hyun Chi wasn't so much a discussion as it was an attempt to use his words to dispel her fantasy.

Xuan Chi continued, "As for suggestions, I hope that after we can mobilize our troops, we can find a way to find the traces of the five major clans, as well as Luo Ling. If they are still alive, you will have a powerful helper."

"Hmm." Si Ling nodded again and pondered for a moment. "Speaking of this..." She glanced at Xuan Chi. "If the Suhuang Clan still existed, where do you think they would live in seclusion?"

Xuan Chi fell silent for a moment, then said with a hint of meaning, "Your Majesty, I left home when I was four thousand years old—that was when Su Huang first came of age."

"Okay." Si Ling sighed again and had to put this question aside for the time being.

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Two days later, they met up with the Black and White Impermanence again. On the one hand, Ruan Yunxiong's case had been successfully concluded, and Fan Wujiu had achieved a great feat, securing a spot in the next round of evaluations, so he wanted to treat them to a meal. On the other hand, although Ruan Yunxiong mentioned the "Immortal Registration Courtyard," he wasn't sure where it was, so Si Ling planned to ask the Black and White Impermanence for its exact coordinates.

At the dinner table, Black and White Impermanence were very surprised to hear this question. They exchanged glances, and Xie Bian looked at Si Ling in surprise: "You've been wanting to become an immortal for the past 30,000 years. Do you know where the Immortal Registration Institute is?"

“…I haven’t even heard of the Immortal Registration Academy.” Si Ling said.

Fan Wujiu was speechless: "Didn't you recover your memories from when you were the Emperor of Heaven?"

Si Ling tutted his lips. "Back then, mortals ascending to immortality wasn't popular, so there wasn't a need for such a department."

Xie Bian laughed and said, "It's at the top of Yuzhu Peak. You must have heard of Yuxu Peak, right? It's the one in the animated movie that was very popular at the beginning of the year. Both are in the Kunlun area."

Si Ling immediately took out the Tongming disk, opened the navigation app, searched for Yuzhu Peak, wrote down the longitude and latitude, and asked, "Is this Immortal Registration Academy well-staffed? How is its combat strength?"

The Black and White Impermanence exchanged another glance, and Xie Bian said with a hint of embarrassment, "You know... we're not very familiar with each other in different departments, not to mention that the Immortal Registration Institute is in a completely different world from us. I can only say, based on my own analysis, that they probably can't beat you."

Fan Wujiu disagreed, frowning and pondering, "But since the Rakshasas have caused such a big mess there before, they might strengthen their defenses. It's better to be cautious."

Si Ling had an idea in mind and asked one last question: "Is there any way for Xuan Chi to get to Yuzhu Peak without anyone noticing?"

"..." Xie Bian and Fan Wujiu were silent.

Unlike Ruan Yunxiong, who was located in Annan and of little importance, Yuzhu Peak was located within the territory of Porcelain, the true home of the Eastern God Realm. The Immortal Registration Institute was a direct subordinate department of the Heavenly Court, making it extremely difficult for Xuan Chi Shen to appear there unnoticed.

Si Ling's gaze flickered between them twice. Seeing that neither of them spoke, Si Ling narrowed his eyes, looked at Xie Bian and said bluntly, "On the day when you lifted the seal on Xuan Chi, I remember you used a teleportation spell, but it wasn't recorded." She asked with a smile, "Where did you get it? Can you recommend a seller?"

"..." Xie Bian felt like a thorn in his side.

Fengdu officials like him do have connections in both the black and white worlds, but they usually only do trivial matters that are harmless, and most of them are necessary adjustments to handle their own affairs.

But now, Si Ling wants to overturn the Immortal Registration Institute...

Xie Bian laughed dryly: "Ha...haha, well, I think you could go to Fox Market and ask? Isn't that the largest black market in the West?"

"Yeah." Si Ling nodded. "So, they're very weak in the Eastern business. I asked about the teleportation talisman last night, and the Fox Ancestor himself said he couldn't help."

"So..." Si Ling paused, then said gently, "How about this? Give me the contact information of one of the sellers." She handed the Tongming Plate to Xie Bian and asked him to write it down in a memo so that there would be no trace of the communication records. "I'll contact the rest myself. I guess these black market vendors have a lot of customers, so it's hard to track down who leaked the information."

There was some truth in that. Xie Bian relaxed a little, pondered for a while, wrote down the message, and returned the Tongming Plate to her.

Si Ling took it and looked at it. There was a string of numbers starting with 150, a total of 11 digits.

She couldn't help but wonder: "A cell phone number in the human world?"

"Yes." Xie Bian nodded. "Things like this are strictly controlled in both Heaven and Earth. It's easier to get them in the human world. But they make these talismans differently from us. They're somewhat tainted with sorcery, so be careful when using them."

——This friendly reminder is more like a disclaimer to Si Ling and Xuan Chi, because the evil magic is scary because of the Yin energy. The Yin energy can make mortal cultivators go astray, and it can also make ghosts and monsters with insufficient cultivation lose control. The fundamental reason is that mortals and ghosts and monsters cannot withstand this kind of power.

And evil spirits like Si Ling and Xuan Chi are simply the epitome of yin energy!

How can the evil energy of the mere mortal world be more powerful than them!