Therefore, it seems that Yue Futing was a spy sent by the Sakura Kingdom to the Northern Qi Kingdom. As for his purpose, it is likely that he wanted to take down the Yuezhi, who possessed supernatural abilities, and then further take over the Northern Qi Kingdom.

Ha, what a grand ambition! Aren't you afraid of getting too big for your britches and choking on them?

Japan, the land of cherry blossoms! As insidious and disgusting as ever!

A murderous glint flashed in Sheng Lingwei's eyes, and she instantly snatched the small bamboo tube from the black-robed man's hand with her spiritual power, crushing the Gu worm inside into a lump of flesh and blood.

In an instant, the Grand Preceptor of the Sakura Kingdom, far away in Sakura Country, suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Is he... being devoured by the Gu worms?

Who on earth has such great ability to kill the Gu worms he cultivated?

...

"Ah, my Gu worm."

Looking at his empty palm, the man in black robes finally realized what was happening. He looked up at the small bamboo tube floating above his head and hurriedly tried to snatch it.

But every time his hand touched the bamboo tube, the tube would disappear to another place in the blink of an eye. After this happened several times, he finally understood.

They're deliberately making fun of him.

"Aaaaaah, Sheng Lingwei, what tricks are you playing? Give me back my Gu worms right now, give them back to me!"

Sheng Lingwei chuckled, "You want it? What can you do if I refuse to give it to you?"

"You, you..." The man in black robes choked and coughed up blood again. His body was in such a state of disrepair that it could not withstand such torment.

"Oh dear! You've vomited blood again. Your body is quite resilient. Why don't you collapse yet? Hurry up and collapse! I don't have time to waste on your nonsense."

"Aaaaaah!"

The man in black robes roared furiously, his eyes bloodshot, and suddenly knelt down on the ground, gritting his teeth as he said, "Sheng Lingwei, please return my Gu worms to me. If you return them, I can tell you some things you want to know."

Sheng Lingwei was uninterested. "If I want to know something, I will have someone investigate it myself. Why do you need to say anything here?"

You think you can control me? No way!

The black-robed man's eyes flickered slightly. Sheng Lingwei was so unyielding. After a moment of thought, he said, "Princess Sheng... Chang Le, you don't know this, but there are people from our Zhangmu family in the Sakura Kingdom within your Northern Qi Kingdom. I can tell you who they are, but you have to return my Gu worms."

Sheng Lingwei sneered, "You old beast, I already know who that person is, no need for you to tell me."

"Impossible!" The black-robed man's pupils suddenly contracted, and he shook his head firmly, saying, "Impossible, you are definitely lying to me."

"Fine! I'll lie to you if you say so!"

Sheng Lingwei didn't seem to care at all. Under the control of her mental power, she played with the small bamboo tube in a variety of difficult ways.

The man in black robes was terrified, fearing that his Gu worms would be killed. If the Gu worms died, he would definitely not survive either.

No, he didn't want to accept his fate.

He still needs to rely on Gu worms to absorb the life essence of those traitors; he has not yet completed the task assigned to him by the Emperor.

“Princess Chang Le, how about this? I'll just say the person's name directly. If it's someone you know…”

Shut your stinking mouth!

Sheng Lingwei impatiently stopped the man in black from continuing, "If you really want the Gu worms back, then answer my questions obediently, otherwise..."

The man in black robes was secretly pleased. "Alright, I'll answer, but please don't go back on your word."

"Going back on your word?" Sheng Lingwei sneered disdainfully. "Only you beasts from the Sakura Kingdom like to go back on your word. I always keep my word."

Black Robe: ...

"Alright, enough nonsense, speak! Is Zhang Futing the old beast you sent to Northern Qi on a mission?"

The man in black robes was shocked. After a moment of internal struggle, he nodded emphatically. It turned out that Sheng Lingwei really knew who that person was.

Sheng Lingwei narrowed her eyes. Just as she had guessed, the wolfish ambitions of the Sakura Kingdom were not something that had developed overnight.

Instead, it was planned many years ago, and a wide net was cast in various countries in a targeted manner.

Sheng Lingwei's expression turned cold, and she continued to ask, "In the Northern Qi Kingdom, besides Zhang Futing, are there any other people who can cultivate Gu worms?"

The man in black shook his head. "No, no. As far as I know, he's the only one right now. But whether he's trained anyone else over the years is beyond my knowledge."

"Next question: How many people did your Sakura Kingdom send to Northern Qi under assumed names? And what was your purpose?"

"This..." The man in black robes looked conflicted and hesitant, not wanting to reveal all his trump cards.

Then, less than two seconds later, his mind went blank, and he blurted out the words uncontrollably.

"The Emperor personally sent me to lead a team to lie in wait in the Northern Qi Kingdom. The number of people has grown to about 1,200, all of whom are from the Sakura Kingdom. In addition, there are another 400 or 500 people from the Northern Qi Kingdom, but they have long been turned by us and become our Sakura Kingdom people."

The objectives are as follows.

First, they tried to win over ministers of the Northern Qi dynasty.

Secondly, they secretly searched for various mines in Northern Qi and seized them for themselves.

Thirdly, we should disrupt the internal affairs of Northern Qi and disturb the hearts of the people, causing them to engage in continuous internal strife, the more chaotic the better. In this way, we can take advantage of the situation and seize Northern Qi in one fell swoop.

Fourth, find women from Northern Qi to marry and have children, carefully cultivate the next generation, and let them infiltrate various fields of Northern Qi with Northern Qi identities, so as to provide convenience for the Sakura Kingdom as soon as possible.

At the same time, our Emperor said that if the bloodline inheritance plan continues to develop, within a hundred years, the Northern Qi will be filled with the people of the Cherry Blossom Kingdom, and then we can implement the plan to change countries.

Fifth, let us selectively kill the loyal ministers of Northern Qi...

Sixth, ...

Seventh, ..."

The man in the black robe had a dazed look in his eyes and kept babbling on and on until he finished listing more than a dozen items before stopping.

Only then did he belatedly realize what a foolish thing he had just done, and hurriedly looked at Sheng Lingwei, trying to correct her.

When he met Sheng Lingwei's icy, chilling, and murderous gaze, he froze, opened his mouth, and dared not say a word.

His nine subordinates behind him didn't dare to utter a sound, their hearts filled with hatred for the black-robed man.

Damn it, how could he be so stupid?

They said everything they should and shouldn't have said. Without a doubt, Princess Chang Le must hate the people of Sakura Kingdom to death.

The shop was eerily quiet, with only the sound of heavy breathing audible.

After a while, Sheng Lingwei burst into laughter, but her face was devoid of any warmth, and her tone was chillingly cold.

"What a Japan! Its strength is nothing special, but it has a lot of dirty ideas, especially that filthy and disgusting plan to switch countries. You really will stop at nothing. It's outrageous and unforgivable."

The ten guards were equally enraged, wishing they could rush up and kill the black-robed man and his men immediately.

They thought the previous emperor Shengwei was disgusting, but after hearing about the dozen or so plans from Japan, they felt their values ​​were completely shattered.

Japan is a thousand times, even ten thousand times, more disgusting than that powerful nation.

Why does such a beastly country as the "Sakura Country" exist in this world?

It's a major disaster for humanity.

The man in black robes collapsed to his knees, his legs giving way beneath him. He opened his mouth in fear, "Princess Chang Le, I..."

"Shut up!"