Chapter 826: The Assault
Qi Xuansu had once wondered why they did not use a Yin-Yang Gate to bring Toyotomi Hidemochi directly to the army camp. Upon reflection, the reason was simple—the distance was too great. It would require multiple transfers to reach the camp from Hikone Castle.
The Daoist Order would have had to station multiple Diviners along the way to relay Toyotomi Hidemochi to the army camp. If anything went wrong at any point, like assassins targeting the stationed Diviners along the way, Toyotomi Hidemochi could end up stranded. In the current chaotic and contested landscape, there was also a real risk of falling into the hands of the Sonno-joi faction, adding further uncertainty.
Moreover, setting up the Diviners in advance to relay through the gates would take time. The Daoist Order had made the decision to install the new Kampaku in haste, so time was precisely what they lacked.
Thus, the Daoist Order ultimately abandoned the relatively safer Yin-Yang Gate method. Of the remaining land, sea, and air routes, the air route was the most conspicuous but also the fastest. Thus, using the Yinglong Warship as a mode of transport became the natural decision.
That said, the principle behind the Yin-Yang Gate was to travel through the seams between yin and yang realms, thereby covering hundreds of kilometers in a single step.
It was like two points on a sheet of paper that was not originally overlapping, but if the paper was folded, the two points could meet. These points represented the entrance and exit of the Yin-Yang Gate. The folding process represented the traversal through the yin-yang rift. The farther the distance between the two points, the larger and longer the paper, and the greater the effort required to fold it. Eventually, one would reach the limits of what was possible.
While the Yin-Yang Gate could not bridge the full distance from Hikone Castle to Xiujing, it could still enter the yin-yang rift itself.
Just then, multiple Yin-Yang Gates opened on the deck of the Yinglong Warship, and one figure after another emerged from them.
This could no longer be called an assassination. It was clearly a full-on assault.
At that moment, only Li Tiangang, Qi Xuansu, and Zhang Yuelu were on the deck.
Li Tiangang still maintained the composure required of Daoist Sages. His tone was calm as he said, “According to the Western Arcane Council’s theories, what we call the yin-yang rift is actually a subspace. Once inside, it’s incredibly perilous. Any carelessness could result in becoming completely lost with no way back. So under no circumstances should you leave the Yinglong Warship or fall off the ship.”
Qi Xuansu asked, “Sage Li, is there any good news?”