After Xie Baochai left, Daiyu asked in confusion, "Is it appropriate to just let her go like this?"
She doesn't easily trust anyone.
Or rather, she couldn't possibly entrust the lives of the Xie family to outsiders. Zheng Ya analyzed Xie Baochai's inner conflict as she cleared away the tableware.
Overall, the Xie family had been under house arrest by Prince Rong for more than a decade, fighting tooth and nail to serve him.
The key is to make contributions secretly, acting as a tool.
The Xie clan, as it was known, had long since perished and no longer existed.
There is no publicly known Xie clan; once someone is born, it is a matter of life and death.
At this time, the situation was chaotic and unclear.
If the Xie family wants to escape their misery and return to living among the people, they must undergo a transformation to achieve a phoenix-like rebirth.
Given this, Xie Baochai could not easily trust anyone to ensure the rise of the Xie family.
At least for now, Zheng Ya cannot offer Xie Baochai any guarantees.
Xie Baochai has already done enough by choosing to cooperate and share information.
Moreover, if Xie Baochai really agreed to cooperate with Zheng Ya, Zheng Ya would definitely suspect that her motives were impure.
Merchants are driven by profit, and a family that has endured more than a decade of exploitation and lived on the edge of survival goes even further.
Daiyu pondered, "We revealed our worth to her, so she should have provided us with a batch of Void Stones to prove her sincerity in cooperating with us?"
"Didn't she say something before she left, that Prince Rong has a batch of Void Stones?" Zheng Ya naturally knew Xie Baochai's intention in saying that—to use someone else to do her dirty work.
Or rather, demonstrate your capabilities before discussing cooperation.
Daiyu had already thought of it, but she was still upset: "I think she just wants to have her cake and eat it too, and invest in several different forces."
Regardless of which faction ultimately rises, it will help the Xie clan rise to prominence.
"They've got a clever plan, but on what basis?"
"Haha, that's naturally because she has exclusive control over talisman communication and eyes and ears all over the world, making her qualified to invest in multiple places." Zheng Ya finished cleaning up the dishes. It was already sunset. He had no heart to appreciate the scenery and began to look through the incomplete talisman manual left by Xie Baochai.
The incomplete and tattered manuscript contains only three intact instructions on how to make the talismans.
The remaining talismans were broken and fragmented, destroyed in an instant.
Message talisman, invisibility talisman, and escape talisman.
The Void Escape Talisman is a method of talisman creation that Xie Baochai perfected by comprehending her own Golden Hairpin Talisman.
This was a timely help for Zheng Ya.
Inspired by the golden hairpin talisman, Zheng Ya was able to condense spatial abilities, invisibility techniques, and spirit patterns.
Daiyu, worried, changed the subject: "Our main focus is on the interstellar navigation business, and we do not intend to participate in the struggle for the Dragon Palace Secret Realm inheritance and the seal magic treasures."
This shows that we cannot allow conglomerates to dominate the world, and thus we lose the opportunity to help the Xie family rise again.
So how long will Xie Baochai provide us with information support?
"Yes, that is a matter. However, Fu Ying will hold off Emperor Chengping for five years, and the Emperor Emeritus will likely keep Wu Wei at a standstill for even longer."
After all, if the retired emperor really told Wu Wei the whereabouts of the imperial seal, it would be the moment of his death. He wouldn't be stupid enough to tell the truth and provoke Wu Wei to silence him. Zheng Ya felt that there was plenty of time and he wasn't in a hurry at all.
Based on the latest developments coming from various places, it can be basically confirmed that certain individuals and forces are inducing cultivators across the land to kill each other and eliminate dissidents.
Otherwise, Xie Ming wouldn't have been able to linger around the East China Sea with the treasure map of the Dragon Palace Secret Realm, and then Sheng Xiang would have deliberately spread rumors to mislead the public and lead cultivators from all over the world to hunt down Xie Ming.
As more and more cultivators gathered, conflicts arose, and with a little guidance, they would turn on each other and kill one another.
The number of cultivators in the world is dwindling as they kill each other.
Therefore, this war cannot be stopped in just a few days or months.
Meanwhile, Prince Rong had already begun to mobilize his secret army, which was advancing along a tributary of the Qiantang River towards the northwest of the Great Yan Dynasty.
They cut off the Great Yan Dynasty's retreat route.
Once a major war breaks out in the rear of the Great Yan Dynasty, the entire Great Yan Dynasty will be on the verge of collapse, and even the Flame Dragon Iron Cavalry will be unable to change the course of the war.
After all, the Flame Dragon Iron Cavalry has been absorbed by Emperor Chengping's army along the Lingtian Pass line. Once they seize the opportunity to send the Flame Dragon Iron Cavalry back to reinforce the rear of the Great Yan Dynasty, they will definitely press their advantage and kill the Flame Dragon Iron Cavalry, forming a pincer attack and dividing the territory of the Great Yan Dynasty.
Who allowed Prince Rong to secretly deploy his army to launch a surprise attack on the rear of the Great Yan Dynasty, and also to subtly hint to Emperor Chengping's spies, waiting for an opportunity to outflank the Yanlong Iron Cavalry from Lingtian Pass.
This is called leveraging the momentum to overthrow the Great Yan Dynasty, and it is also the best strategy to eliminate the Chengping Emperor's Legion and the Yanlong Iron Cavalry.
As it turned out, at this time, Emperor Chengping and Xie Ming had thoroughly eliminated dissidents within the Great Yan Dynasty, essentially eradicating the Great Yan Dynasty's spies planted within its borders, thus ensuring that the military intelligence that Prince Rong had hinted to Emperor Chengping to encircle the Great Yan Dynasty was not lost.
Furthermore, Prince Rong traveled by warship from a tributary of the Qiantang River to raid the rear of the Great Yan Dynasty. In just over half a day, he had already reached the mountains and tributaries and disappeared.
Covert raids and blitzkrieg tactics have essentially taken shape.
At this moment, someone sent a warning to the Great Yan Dynasty. By the time the emperor of the Great Yan Dynasty received the military intelligence, it was too late to mobilize troops and deploy defenses.
If Zheng Ya weren't currently unaware that the Flame Dragon Iron Cavalry was Wu Wei's doing, he would be certain that the Great Yan Dynasty was on the verge of destruction, and that a single battle would decide the fate of the dynasty.
This is tantamount to the Great Yan Dynasty being divided among three forces; how could it not perish?
Unfortunately, Zheng Ya was unaware of the details for the time being, but he was certain that the Great Yan Dynasty was in trouble.
Meanwhile, Qinglong was causing trouble in the Dark Yuan Dynasty, sending back messages from time to time, proving that the tribal legions that Shengxiang was managing there were also maneuvering eastward into the territory of the Eastern Linjun Army, and that war on the Jiangnan border could break out at any time.
The world was in turmoil, which made Zheng Ya somewhat unable to see things clearly!
The war that has spread throughout the world is intertwined with the Dragon Palace Secret Realm inheritance and the seal. No one knows what will happen next.
Daiyu's knowledge of military affairs was almost identical to Zheng Ya's: "That's good, it will make it easier for us to secretly plunder mineral resources and start an interstellar navigation business!"
"Well, your current task is to condense supernatural spiritual runes and improve your strength and realm before trying to make talismans." Zheng Ya multitasked, looking at the incomplete talisman manual and assigning it to Daiyu.
Actually, I was very anxious because I didn't have a single Void Stone to make the talisman.
What will we use to build interstellar spaceships, fly into space to develop interstellar navigational aids, and reunite with our loved ones on Earth?
It's been more than three months!
Given the tendency of the Tower of Babel's mark to influence the flow of time in a particular world, three months is equivalent to one day on Earth.
Even so, Zheng Ya felt that time was of the essence.
At this moment, Xie Baochai returned to her boudoir on an unnamed island in the Qiantang River in Jiangnan. Sitting alone by the window, she propped her chin up and watched the sunset painted the sky with rosy hues. Her mind was in turmoil, and she became withdrawn.
Whether she chooses to cooperate with potential partners or to invest in another force, Xie Baochai can't find any partners to cooperate with!
Wuwei was originally a potential partner; we could try contacting them before deciding whether to cooperate.
Unfortunately, Wu Wei took the retired emperor and disappeared.
Aside from Wu Wei, the second partner, there are no third partners.
So what will happen to the Xie family?
Putting Zheng Ya's life and death on his shoulders is like playing with fire.
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