Chen Yi had come to the Dragonfolk Realm for only three purposes.
To gather materials for refining artifacts.
To incite a war between the Dragonfolk Realm and the Holy Dragon Realm.
And to use the Dragonfolk Realm’s earth essence to nourish the Human Realm’s Five-Element Root Artifacts.
Of the four Root Artifacts in Chen Yi’s possession, the one whose physical form was most severely damaged was the Heaven-and-Earth Mirror. But the one whose artifact spirit had suffered the greatest damage was not the Nine Provinces Cauldron—it was actually the Mountain-River Armor.
Because the Mountain-River Armor no longer had an artifact spirit at all.
Recreating an artifact spirit was no easier than restoring the artifact’s physical form. In fact, it was even more difficult. The Five-Element Root Artifacts had originated from the evolution of heaven and earth; they had not been created through ordinary artifact-refining methods. As such, they could not be restored through artifact refinement.
That meant the Dragonfolk Realm’s earth essence could not be overlooked.
The best earth essence had to be used to repair the most severely damaged Root Artifact.
After all, the time required to restore the Five-Element Root Artifacts had to be taken into consideration.
The sooner they were restored, the more advantageous it would be for Chen Yi in guarding against the hidden hand behind everything. There was no doubt about that.
As before, he sent the Xuanlan Five Heroes out to gather materials.
The five old brothers glanced at one another. By now, they had all taken on the appearance of Holy Dragonfolk, just like Chen Yi.
“Although your disguise technique is an unrivaled work of heaven and earth, Holy Dragonfolk can transform into dragons. We don’t seem to have that ability.”
Chen Yi could transform, of course.
But considering that Xuanlan and the others were only going out to gather materials—not to cause trouble or get into fights—they would be fine as long as they ran if they encountered any danger.
After the Xuanlan Five Heroes left, Sotuofeiren spoke excitedly.
“Boss, shall we use the same trick again? Find the young lord of the Dragonfolk Realm, then take him out?”
Chen Yi shook his head.
“No. This time, we’re going to kill the Lord of the Dragonfolk Realm directly!”
“Huh? Why?”
“As far as I know, the dragonfolk all yearn to rise higher. If the position at the very top is left vacant, that means everyone beneath it will have a chance to advance. So, what do you think will happen afterward?”
“Everything will descend into chaos, with endless internal strife! Brilliant, absolutely brilliant! Kill one person and plunge the entire realm into turmoil!”
“That’s not all. In order to become the new lord of the realm, those ambitious individuals will have to win over the people and establish their prestige. Since it was a Holy Dragonfolk who killed the previous lord, the best way for the new lord to win the people’s hearts will be to avenge him.”
“Beautiful! Once the dragonfolk are caught up in their internal struggle, they’ll also go to war with the Holy Dragons. The two sides are bound to fight until both are battered and bloodied, with neither able to gain the upper hand!”
Sotuofeiren looked like someone who loved nothing more than watching the world burn.
At the same time, he was secretly counting his blessings.
Fortunately, their Wing Realm had not received the same treatment as the Holy Dragon Realm and the Dragonfolk Realm. Otherwise, it would have been completely finished.
Before taking action, Chen Yi first had to complete the process of restoring the Mountain-River Armor.
Otherwise, once chaos broke out in the Dragonfolk Realm, it would be difficult for him to find anyone capable of making decisions.
Thus, Chen Yi returned to his original appearance and, together with Sotuofeiren—who had also changed into a human-looking form—set out to find the Lord of the Dragonfolk Realm.
The two humans flew openly through the skies above the Dragonfolk Realm. Before long, they attracted the attention of a squad of dragonfolk.
“Holy crap! I thought I’d mistaken what I was seeing, but they really are humans!”
The squad of dragonfolk was dressed in armor. They were guards stationed at a group of factories below.
They had come up to investigate after spotting people flying through the air in violation of the realm’s flight regulations.
They had not expected anything unusual, but the moment they saw them, they were stunned. Humans had actually appeared in the Dragonfolk Realm!
Every one of these dragonfolk was at the Martial King realm.
Using Martial Kings as security guards—the Dragonfolk Realm was truly extravagant.
“Where did you two sneak in from? Confess honestly, and we’ll leave you with intact corpses. Hahaha!”
Seeing that these dragonfolk were so blind as to speak to his boss that way, Sotuofeiren immediately lost his temper.
“You’re merely at the early Qi Transformation realm, yet you’re this arrogant? Are you tired of living?”
The dragonfolk laughed even louder.
“Oh? Humans know about the Qi Transformation realm now? Haven’t you forgotten all about it by this point? Hahaha!”
“Exactly. At most, your Human Realm can scrape together five Martial Gods. Do you really think you can frighten us?”
Sotuofeiren raised his hand and was about to kill them.
But Chen Yi stopped him.
“Wait.”
“Boss, why waste words on these weaklings? They definitely don’t know where the upper echelons of the Dragonfolk Realm are. Just take them out!”
Chen Yi smiled.
“I’m just a little curious why these dragonfolk are so fearless.”
With that, Chen Yi calmly addressed the other side.
“First, the two of us can fly. Second, your spiritual senses should be unable to determine our cultivation levels. Is it possible that we’re Martial Gods? If so, wouldn’t that mean you’re all courting death?”
The dragonfolk exchanged glances after hearing Chen Yi’s words, then burst out laughing again.
“Hahaha! Don’t make your grandfather laugh!”
“Exactly! Do you think we don’t know how many Martial Gods the Human Realm has?”
“Besides, the Human Realm is under our lord’s close watch. We know more about the experts there than you do yourselves.”
“This fellow is underestimating the intelligence network of the Dragonfolk Realm. The intelligence department’s year-end bonuses should be docked this year.”
Chen Yi listened in on their thoughts and realized that none of them had been lying.
At the same time, he learned from their thoughts that these dragonfolk were not foolishly fearless. They were simply extremely confident in their own intelligence network.
The Human Realm was indeed a major focus of the Dragonfolk Realm’s surveillance efforts. They had planted countless intelligence agents there and established numerous secret bases.
Those agents regularly reported back to the Dragonfolk Realm, providing information on the Human Realm’s experts.
They not only kept watch over the Human Realm’s Martial Gods; they also monitored Martial Saints such as the Sword Master and Shen Yue, who had the potential to break through to the Martial God realm.
These dragonfolk did not recognize Chen Yi or Sotuofeiren. Therefore, they instinctively assumed that the two were insignificant nobodies whom the intelligence network had deemed unworthy of attention.
That was why they had behaved so fearlessly and had not taken the two seriously at all.
Chen Yi then released Hu Chacha from the Myriad Souls Banner.
The squad of dragonfolk immediately fell silent.
Hu Chacha looked at them awkwardly and waved.
“Hi… I’m with the Human Realm division of the Intelligence Department…”
The reason these dragonfolk did not recognize Chen Yi was not because the dragonfolk intelligence system was ineffective.
It was because, after the conclusion of the fifth simulation, Chen Yi had thoroughly purged the Human Realm. Every dragonfolk stronghold and every dragonfolk agent in hiding had been wiped out.
The flow of intelligence concerning the Human Realm had been severed. Naturally, these mid- and lower-level dragonfolk did not recognize Chen Yi.
Given their positions, they had no access to the information held by the upper echelons, so they had no idea that something had happened to the intelligence department’s operations in the Human Realm.
“Why aren’t you laughing anymore? Weren’t you having such a good time just now?”
Chen Yi looked at the dragonfolk with amusement.
Sweat gradually began to bead on their faces. The true qi within their bodies had already begun circulating. Perhaps they were preparing for a battle—or perhaps they were getting ready to run.
“Hu Chacha, it must be boring being alone inside the Myriad Souls Banner.”
Hu Chacha coughed.
“It’s actually pretty lively in there.”
“Then how about I send you a few fellow townsmen? You’ll have more in common with them.”
“Master, your kindness is something I’ll never be able to repay in this lifetime!”
After seeing Hu Chacha’s soul body, the dragonfolk’s minds had already stopped functioning properly. When they saw Hu Chacha call Chen Yi his master, countless question marks seemed to pop up above their heads.
What in the world was going on?
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