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True purpose?

Bai Yu’s eyebrows furrowed as if thinking of something, but Murong looked utterly baffled.

She didn’t understand; if Chen Qing’s goal wasn’t these monstrous creatures that sent shivers down one’s spine just by looking at them, what else could he have come here for?

Bai Yu, however, was staring at Zi Yue’s hand, where pure energy was softly spreading out, like dye diffusing in water, tender and beautiful, like a splendid starry sky in the darkness.

Yet she knew well that Zi Yue’s power was incredibly domineering and uncontrollable. How could it be so gentle inside this ice-like massive face?

Could it be...

"Zi Yue, what is that?"

Zi Yue did not look at Bai Yu but kept her gaze fixed on Chen Qing, clearly very wary of his actions.

She quickly explained the situation, "The material sealing the creatures on both sides is neither glazed tile nor ice, but jade!"

"Jade?"

Murong and Straw Man were slow to catch on, but Zi Yue wasn’t counting on them, making subtle hand signs to Bai Yu while keeping an eye on Chen Qing!

Of the group, Bai Yu was the most shrewd and was also quickest to grasp the intent behind Zi Yue’s gestures.

Indeed, upon hearing the word "jade," Bai Yu almost instantly understood and immediately followed Zi Yue’s hand gestures, moving to another corner where Chen Qing could escape, blocking off his exit!

Murong was still clueless but she had an advantage—that in an emergency, she never asked why, just followed Bai Yu’s lead without question.

Without any hesitation, Murong cooperated with Bai Yu to lock down another location.

"What exactly is going on?"

The question came from Straw Man in Zi Yue’s arms, who was truly mystified; the atmosphere had been cooperative just moments ago, so why the sudden change of heart?

He didn’t mind confrontation, but was this the appropriate place for it?

Recalling the sights he’d seen when the light shone on those things, even he, a demon that thrived on creating fear, felt like he was in a nightmare.

Were they really in the mood to fight here?

"What exactly is happening?" Murong asked, looking at the silent Chen Qing, her eyebrows tightly knit.

She wasn’t the brightest, but she knew that this was clearly not the best place for a scuffle.

"Jade!" Bai Yu pointed around, "Zi Yue means that the material sealing the creatures here is made of jadeite!"

"Jadeite?" Murong was taken aback, her radiant face full of disbelief!

This massive transparent wall, like a layer of ice freezing the ocean floor, stretched on for miles. She had hardly believed it was ice; to be told it was jadeite?

Was this some kind of joke?

Even if you emptied all the jade mines in the world, they wouldn’t fill this space, right?

But in an instant, she somewhat understood the situation!

In Chen Qing’s force, the toughest commodity nowadays was jadeite.

This material, which had always been just an ordinary decorative gem, a trivial luxury invented by mortals, had turned into a strategic material in Chen Qing’s hands.

The power of runes spread from Jiangnan Academy made these jade stones capable of storing Art Energy, and it was almost a certainty that in the future, this material would become a point of contention among various forces.

They had even planned that after swallowing Chen Qing’s territory, they should first seize the Eastern Sea and Southern Barbarians, where jadeite reserves were most abundant, to grab a substantial amount of resources before other forces realized the importance of jadeite.

And here, there was such an exaggerated quantity?

Chen Qing’s initial goal wasn’t any biological weapon nor any so-called legacy; he came here to devour this vast amount of jadeite!

"But this kind of transparent jadeite, why have I never seen it before?" Bai Yu couldn’t help but ask.

"I’ve never seen them either..." Zi Yue kept her gaze fixed on Chen Qing without wavering, her voice cold, "But the quality of this Jadeite is extremely high!"

"After the Jiangnan Rune Technique came out, I had Little Mink find several pieces of Jadeite for me to test. The results were the same as the research from Jiangnan Academy, the better the quality of the Jadeite, the more effective it is at storing energy.

But even the best Imperial Green Jade from Jiangnan now would often leak or even burst when storing my star energy. "

"However, as you all saw just now, the response of this Jade to my Art Energy..."

Murong came to the realization immediately this time...

Zi Yue’s power is the most domineering and the most uncontrollable.

After the appearance of Lyuzhou Rune Stones, they had tried to use Jade Stones to store Zi Yue’s energy, but her power was too special, even harder to control than her own Wind Energy.

Without the help of Earth Court Sorcerers, they still couldn’t store Zi Yue’s Art Energy for the time being.

And just now, that massive piece of Jadeite, had sealed Zi Yue’s energy without any obstacles, without any help from Rune Techniques!

Although she was not an Earth Court Sorcerer from Lyuzhou Academy, she also knew that the higher the quality of the Jade Stone, the less demand there would be for Rune Techniques. And Jadeite that could store Zi Yue’s energy without any Rune Techniques, what kind of quality would that be?

And such a vast quantity!

Now she realized that they were not only standing amidst a group of terrifying creatures but also in front of a huge treasure trove!

Chen Qing’s goal was the Jade Stones, resources that were best monopolized. Why would he be willing to bring them along?

The previous statements were just lies; clearly, he had other motives for bringing them along!

"This is really troublesome..." Chen Qing shook his head helplessly, "Senior Zi Yue is so capable and yet so astute, willing to stay behind the scenes as a Court Sorcerer, quite unexpected."

"What’s so bad about that?" Zi Yue said indifferently, "Court Sorcerers have good benefits and power, it’s stable and there’s not much work to do. If it wasn’t for you restless people, I would have continued to live in peace for another hundred years."

Chen Qing was stunned; this mindset, why does it sound so much like those passive youths from my previous life who wanted to settle down and lie flat?

"Shouldn’t Lord Chen explain the current situation?" Zi Yue asked coldly, "Such a huge treasure trove, isn’t it unkind of Lord Chen to hide this from us?"

"Why should I be kind to you?" Chen Qing said with a laugh, "You took advantage of my absence, killed my followers, and plotted against my foundation, yet you expect kindness from me? Do I really look like an honest man who repays grievances with virtue?"

"So, Lord Chen had revenge in mind from the start?" Zi Yue smiled.

"Somewhat..." Chen Qing smiled as well.

"Now that Lord Chen’s plans have been discovered, what will you do?"

"Run, of course..."

Zi Yue was taken aback; she thought she had misheard. But as soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to really intend to do just that.

Suddenly, his figure was enveloped in lightning, whipping up the massive moisture around him and charging directly towards Bai Yu!

"He’s really running?"

Murong was shocked, the water vapor around her suddenly whipped into a storm, and it seemed he truly intended to use this force to escape.

But... isn’t this an underestimation of them?

Just like this? He thinks he can run?

A sneer crossed Murong’s face, and with a flash of green light, the condensed Wind Energy carried her body and almost instantaneously blocked Bai Yu’s path!

Chen Qing frowned; the Wind King’s reputation was indeed not unfounded. To be able to use the Wind Technique to such an extent in this environment, such speed might only be matched by activating Ghost Doll.

But now was not the time to use it.

Without hesitation, Chen Qing immediately changed course and crashed into one side!

This move, besides Murong, even Zi Yue, who was pursuing, was stunned.

Because the direction Chen Qing crashed into was the location of the left-side Jadeite!

The location of those terrifying creatures!