"Creak..." Not long after Wang Han left, the door to the room where the spirit infant was enshrined was pushed open, and Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai ran in from outside, playing around.
"Oh no!" Qiu Sheng, who was being chased by Wen Cai, had just entered the house when he saw that there was only one spirit infant left on the altar where the spirit infant was enshrined. He immediately stopped playing around and quickly ran to the altar to search for it.
"Qiusheng, are you crazy? How dare you cause trouble at the altar? Be careful, or Master will punish you!" Wencai chased in and saw Qiusheng rummaging through the altar. He was terrified and quickly said, running forward to grab Qiusheng.
"Wencai, something terrible has happened! Go tell Master quickly, the spirit infant statue is gone!" Qiusheng grabbed Wencai and said anxiously.
"Don't joke around." Wen Cai was still somewhat incredulous upon hearing this.
"I'm not kidding. I just came in. I didn't have time. The spirit infant statues are really all gone. Only this evil infant statue is left," Qiu Sheng said seriously.
Seeing that Qiu Sheng's expression didn't seem like he was joking, Wen Cai believed him and quickly ran out.
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"Sigh!" Looking at the only remaining evil infant statue in the room, and after examining it carefully, Uncle Nine sighed helplessly.
"Master, are there any clues? Is it possible to find it?" Seeing Uncle Jiu sigh, Qiu Shengwen quickly asked.
"Sigh! Difficult! Fortunately, this evil infant wasn't taken away, otherwise the trouble would have been even greater." Uncle Nine shook his head. There were no clues at all; clearly, the person who took away these spirit infant statues was a master.
"Qiusheng, Wencai, tomorrow you two take the remaining evil infant statue to Partridge's place for worship. I'll contact your uncles and see if we can find the spirit infants again," Uncle Nine instructed, then sighed and walked out of the house.
"Sigh." Stepping out of the house, Uncle Nine sighed again, his heart filled with even greater worry for the future of the nation. The impending calamity was spreading rapidly, and many cultivators had retreated to the mountains, withdrawing from worldly affairs. Even the immortals had begun to avoid the calamity. Conversely, demons were appearing in large numbers, wreaking havoc on the human world. The massive organizations formed by these demons were becoming increasingly powerful, with many demons possessing a thousand years of cultivation emerging to wreak havoc. China was now in turmoil, and even some local deities had betrayed their masters and joined the demons' side. The world was likely to suffer immense devastation in the future.
"Perhaps Wang Han knows something!" Uncle Nine couldn't help but think of Wang Han. Wang Han was so powerful, and undoubtedly held a significant position within the calamity; he must know something. Unfortunately, he couldn't find Wang Han now, nor dared to approach him easily—it was too dangerous. Although he knew that demons were causing trouble and that the immortals were avoiding the calamity because it was an impending killing tribulation, he himself only had a superficial understanding of it. He didn't even know the reason for its arrival. The Dao of killing tribulation was so profound that even if he understood its meaning, he couldn't analyze the cause, or even comprehend the situation. Otherwise, he could have investigated the source and perhaps stopped the impending killing tribulation from the very beginning.
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Meanwhile, on Japanese territory, the ambitious Japanese had begun plotting a new invasion. During a cabinet meeting, Army General Hideki Tojo proposed further encroaching on the eastern territories of their neighbor to gain more resources for military development and to supply their own country. However, this plan required considerable preparation time from proposal to implementation and could not be carried out immediately.
"I have a question. How do we deal with those special groups?" Midway through the meeting, Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku suddenly spoke up, expressing his concern. "Our special groups on our home soil suffered heavy casualties two years ago at the hands of Western powers; almost one in ten survived. Even the next generation hasn't been fully developed yet. Our neighbors' special groups are far stronger than ours. If ordinary soldiers were to face them, they would inevitably suffer heavy losses, especially in high-level combat. Without our own special groups to protect them, the probability of assassination would increase exponentially."
“You don’t need to worry about that. The world’s largest special group organization, Jie, is an ally of us. They also need our neighbor’s territory. One of their leaders, Zhao Gao, also hopes to return to his homeland openly and legitimately.” Hideki Tojo said with a smile.
"Doesn't that mean that person, that ancestor, has lived for over two thousand years?"
Is it believable?
Upon hearing Hideki Tojo's words, the ministers in the meeting immediately began to murmur among themselves. They would believe that Zhao Gao was a demon if he were a 2,000-year-old, but this Zhao Gao was a real person recorded in history.
"General Tojo, is this matter credible?" Seeing the ministers discussing among themselves, even on the verge of arguing, the emperor, sitting high on his throne, finally spoke up.
As soon as Huang spoke, the ministers fell silent and all turned their gazes toward General Tojo.
"Your Majesty, I have met with Zhao Gao. He is indeed the same Zhao Gao who served as a close eunuch to Qin Shi Huang two thousand years ago. The ancient Chinese valued their homeland highly; there's an old saying, 'fallen leaves return to their roots.' It's not surprising that he wants to return to China. However, he was also the main culprit in the downfall of the Qin Dynasty and is not welcomed by the Chinese. Therefore, he is cooperating with us so that he can return to his homeland openly. At the same time, he also wants to use us to fight against ordinary forces in China," Hideki Tojo replied. He didn't say anything definitive, but only gave his analysis, leaving it to Hideki to assess its credibility.
"It really is Zhao Gao?"
"If a person can live for more than two thousand years, could Qin Shi Huang have really found the elixir of immortality? That's why Zhao Gao poisoned Qin Shi Huang in the first place."
"I heard that the Qin people are the ancestors of our little notebooks!"
"Perhaps he knows how to make the elixir of immortality."
"It must be."
Upon hearing this, the people in the meeting room started discussing again, but the topic veered off course once more.
"General Tojo, have you inquired about Zhao Gao's claim of living for two thousand years?" Soyo asked, clearly unable to resist the allure of immortality.
"I tried to find out, but unfortunately I didn't get any information!" Upon hearing this, Hideki Tojo shook his head and said, how could he possibly know such a secret so easily?
Upon hearing this, Tickle Huang hesitated for a moment before saying, "Since we can form an alliance with Jie, then we don't need to worry about the special groups in China anymore. General Tojo, you will be in charge of planning this latest invasion of our neighbor. Also, I would like to meet with Zhao Gao, one of Jie's top leaders. Please arrange it as soon as possible."
Having already gained considerable benefits from China, the pro-Huang forces have long been eager to invade China again. Unfortunately, the heavy casualties suffered by their special population two years ago have made them hesitant to act despite their interest. Now that Jie is involved, it couldn't be better.
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