Chapter 920: Chapter 930: Conquering a Kingdom Is Hard, Defending It Is Even Harder

Beixie National Master understands the Stargazing Technique, and he informed Chu Feng in advance that the Panlong Heavenly Emperor’s fate was not meant to end, and the national destiny of the Azure Dragon Heavenly Kingdom might prosper again. This made Chu Feng very curious.

Clearly, the Azure Dragon Heavenly Kingdom has been slaughtered to the brink of extinction.

What exactly was the reason that gave it a turnaround?

"Wasn’t the Panlong Heavenly Emperor defeated by you, and fled all the way to hide in Black Water City within the Three Imperial Cities?" Li Shishi asked somewhat confusedly.

Her intelligence network is indeed impressive, even though she’s in the Divine Baihu Kingdom, she’s able to clearly know what’s happening in the Azure Dragon Heavenly Kingdom.

In time, as long as Chu Feng invests more support in her, her intelligence network will become even more widespread and deeper. By then, there might not be anything in the world that could be hidden from her eyes and ears.

With such a capable helper, how could Chu Feng fear that the Panlong Heavenly Emperor would survive?

"I won’t hide from you, Wen Shu told me before I left Azure Dragon City that the Panlong Heavenly Emperor’s Emperor Star has become bright again, and the national destiny of the Azure Dragon Heavenly Kingdom has regained prosperity. It’s really quite strange. I suspect that the Panlong Heavenly Emperor must have borrowed strong support!"

Chu Feng recounted the events and shared his suspicions.

Unless the Panlong Heavenly Emperor is eliminated, Chu Feng’s deep-seated vendetta will not be avenged. Whether it’s the enmity of stolen elixirs and murdered lives from a past life, or the death of Senior Sister Qin in this life, or the pursuit of Chu Feng’s family, or Chang’e being gravely wounded and comatose, all of it was the handiwork of the Panlong Heavenly Emperor.

Currently, Chu Feng knows nothing about the new reliance of the Panlong Heavenly Emperor.

That’s not a good thing.

To know oneself and know one’s enemy is the way to win a hundred battles.

"Half a month ago, the Panlong Heavenly Emperor seemed to have left Black Water City. No one knows exactly where he’s gone. If your suspicion is correct, it can be basically confirmed that he’s gone somewhere to seek aid!"

Li Shishi thought seriously for a moment, then gave a fairly unbiased answer.

"He left Black Water City half a month ago?" Chu Feng was very surprised. It seems that the intelligence of the Great Chu Empire is very outdated, completely unaware of the news of the Panlong Heavenly Emperor leaving.

But Li Shishi, who is far over ten thousand miles away, has obtained precise intelligence.

"If that’s the case, the Panlong Heavenly Emperor is likely still on his way to seeking aid!" Chu Feng felt assured. He recalled something, and the storage ring on his hand emitted a white light.

A Bone Token emitting an evil aura appeared in Chu Feng’s hand.

This Bone Token is precisely the one that the Panlong Heavenly Emperor and some high-ranking members of the Azure Dragon Heavenly Kingdom possess. It can resist Spiritual Attacks.

"Shishi, can you check the origin of this Bone Token?"

Li Shishi took the Bone Token and examined it carefully.

"The runes on it look very familiar, they seem to be from the Undying Tomb!"

The Undying Tomb is one of the Four Great Super Forces.

This force has always been labeled as evil by the world. Corpse refining is the product created by the Undying Tomb.

Unexpectedly, the Azure Dragon Heavenly Kingdom actually has some connection with the Undying Tomb. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

In this deduction, the strong aid that the Panlong Heavenly Emperor seeks is likely the Undying Tomb.

Chu Feng’s mood was exceedingly heavy.

This is one of the Four Great Super Forces. Even a finger from them is thicker than his thigh.

Right now, the most important thing is to heal Chang’e, the revenge can be dealt with slowly.

...

In the days that followed, although Chu Feng was anxious and worried, he didn’t have any other choice but to patiently wait for news.

One side waits for the Penglai Auction’s information for each session. On the other side, waits for Li Shishi’s intelligence information.

As long as he can find where there’s Blood Ginseng, regardless of the cost, Chu Feng will seize it.

Doing what one should and accepting fate is Chu Feng’s most realistic portrayal at this moment.

Thinking that he hasn’t visited the Longevity Hall in a long time, now with a bit of free time, Chu Feng decided to take a look inside the store.

The Beixie National Master and the Northern Domain Three Evils have all been dispatched away.

Here, only Li Shishi is left in charge, and the Pill Masters recruited here are all Alchemy Dao talents. Each one has passed Chu Feng’s examination.

Character and Alchemy Dao talent are all top-tier.

Since arriving at Baihu City, Chu Feng has been preoccupied with Chang’e’s affairs, worried and anxious. He couldn’t attend to anything else.

Now’s a good opportunity to see how the ten recruited Pill Masters have performed?

If you want to check the quality of the elixirs they’ve made, it’s simple, just go directly to the store to see.

To see the most genuine situation, Chu Feng decided to enter through the front door without alerting anyone. As he walked around to the main street ahead, he saw the entrance of the Longevity Hall was neither lively nor deserted.

Compared to when Chu Feng left initially, the business seems to have declined quite a bit.

Instinctively, he looked towards the opposite Alchemy Academy’s direct shop.

Good heavens, customers were bustling back and forth, a lively scene of trade. It seems the Alchemy Academy has revived again.

Back when it competed with Chu Feng a few times, every time it slapped its own face, it stumbled over its own stone.

Unexpectedly, in just over two years after Chu Feng left, its business has once again become prosperous.

"It seems that without an Alchemy Dao expert in charge, it’s extremely difficult to maintain continuous business prosperity. I’m afraid the ten Pill Masters I recruited have become complacent, and the quality of the elixirs they’ve refined is likely poor."

Looking at the empire he built, mostly gone, Chu Feng felt a trace of anger and dissatisfaction in his heart.

He immediately walked into the Longevity Hall shop with a blank expression.

"What would the customer like to order?"

The shop assistant inside the store greeted Chu Feng warmly with a smile.

He was a new face, likely a shop assistant that Li Shishi recruited after Chu Feng left.

"Xiao Wu, please attend to the other customers! This is our Longevity Hall’s owner!" The manager at the counter was an old employee who recognized Chu Feng at a glance.

"Ah... the owner!" The shop assistant, Xiao Wu, surveyed Chu Feng in great surprise.

He probably never dreamed that the owner of the Longevity Hall would be so young.

"Wu Xuan greets the owner! I’ll go attend to the other customers now, if you need anything, call me anytime." Xiao Wu performed very well. Upon learning that Chu Feng was the owner, he wasn’t overly proud or humbled, maintaining an appropriate demeanor.

"Go ahead! The young man is doing well!" Chu Feng smiled and nodded, offering a compliment.

He had already observed upon entry. There were four shop assistants in total inside, and overall, they were performing well. At least, when attending to customers, each of them was enthusiastic and thorough.

Wu Xuan’s performance was the most outstanding; apart from being enthusiastic and thorough, Chu Feng noticed a steadiness and wisdom in Wu Xuan unmatched by other young people.

If his character is upright, he could be considered for the position of shopkeeper in the future.

"You all can continue with your tasks. I’m just looking around!" Chu Feng realized his appearance had caused quite an impact on the shop assistants and the manager at the counter.

Currently, Li Shishi is absent, and the cashier and bookkeeping are divided between two people.

One is the counter manager, and the other is the bookkeeping gentleman.

This way, the two can supervise each other, and then Li Shishi can check the accounts when the store closes in the evening.

After the Beixie National Master left, the position of shopkeeper remains vacant, which isn’t acceptable. Another person needs to be chosen to serve as shopkeeper.