Master of Strange Dao

His business kept growing, to the point where many places in Dali started to hear rumors that raising hungry ghosts could bring fortune.

After all, hungry ghosts were part of the Alien Clan. Without a good reputation and without knowing how to leverage shared interests to bind more people, gaining so much profit would eventually make them targets of resentment, inexplicably offending many.

Fortunately, the Deceitful Ghost was only fond of the process of making money, without being overly attached to the results. Otherwise, Yu Ziqing wouldn't dare place him in that position.

After finishing reading the letter and not having figured out a response yet, he sensed the summons from the Seventh Floor.

Yu Ziqing closed his eyes and entered the Seventh Floor, seeing Song Chengyue sitting in his place, letting out a long sigh.

"You finally reacted. Did something happen?"

"I've reached a critical stage in my cultivation, had some insights, and went into seclusion. Is there something wrong?"

"Dadui has returned, how could there be nothing wrong?

A bunch of my people were captured by Dadui.

There's also a problem at the border between Dadui and Daqian. We were previously considering territory issues.

Unexpectedly, after Dadui's return, there were no territorial conflicts with Daqian at all.

Not only did Dadui do nothing, but the border people in the west of Daqian seemed to want to go to Dadui.

On top of that, with Dazhen's difficult letters, I'm incredibly busy with a ton of issues.

The main reason I'm looking for you is for one thing: can you find someone familiar on Dadui's side to get my people out?"

"A lot of people?"

"About several hundred."

"Be more specific." Yu Ziqing was somewhat speechless, is the Jinyi Wei this weak now?

The Riddlers in Dadui didn't seem that strong, right? How did they manage to uncover all these Jinyi Wei in such a short time?

"Allegedly, they are all detained in the eastern border city, none were completely killed, indicating they didn't commit any crime.

Otherwise, the people of Dadui, being so bloodthirsty, wouldn't have kept them alive.

About nine hundred, see if you know anyone and have a word."

"Over nine hundred and you call it several hundred? I don't know anyone in the eastern border area, but I'll ask for you. Are they all your inner circle?"

"Of course they're the inner circle; going to Dadui for intelligence gathering is a serious matter, so I had to be careful and send those with stronger abilities."

"Alright then, I'll ask for you..."

Yu Ziqing, feeling a bit speechless, came out of the Seventh Floor and asked Jia Shisi.

He then understood why Dadui's defenses against outsiders were so seamless; it was simply due to a language accent issue.

Those Jinyi Wei had rushed their studies in advance, but the standard Dadui language and accent they thought they mastered were actually off by quite a bit.

"Outside doesn't know my current identity, so find a Riddler associated with Jinlan Mountain to check on those Jinyi Wei.

If there's no problem with them, see if they can be used for our side first.

If there are problems..."

"Your Majesty, if there are problems, cough, they might not be able to return." Jia Shisi laughed awkwardly, unaware that his own emperor had such wild connections, and was even associated with the higher-ups of the Jinyi Wei.

If this gets out, Emperor Qian's expression will surely be interesting.

"Alright, recruit those who can be recruited. The Jinyi Wei have been active for many years, and their understanding of the current era must be far greater than yours.

For the rest, if there's no problem, just release them.

Handle the specifics as you see fit."

"Understood, I guarantee no issues." Jia Shisi understood the implication; this was a favor of Qing Ziyu from Jinlan Mountain, not an order from Emperor Dui.

"For the remaining matters, if there are any issues, find Zhang. The priority is stability; avoid being hasty for quick success."

Yu Ziqing thought of Song Chengyue looking for him and chuckled immediately.

This time, first dig some of Song Chengyue's subordinates; it doesn't matter how many succeed, sooner or later, old Song will be brought over.

The past two emperors of Daqian have been too ridiculous.

Old Song helped him a lot after all; if he is exposed as Emperor Dui in the future, Old Song might be in a bad situation back in Daqian.

Anyway, he couldn't let Old Song die.

He had to figure out a way to smoothly bring Old Song over.

After giving instructions, Yu Ziqing quietly left the palace city, heading north.

He wanted to see the situation of the Extremely Cold Forbidden Land for himself and check on the two Yang Devils.

Because the situation was getting a bit out of control.

Yu Ziqing sped along, entering the Extremely Cold Forbidden Land from the northern Wilderness. In a blink, he saw the cracked dark blue sky, already beginning to spread beyond the Extremely Cold Forbidden Land.

The north of the Wilderness was noticeably colder than usual, and the Hengduan Mountains could no longer block the cold Qi from the Extremely Cold Forbidden Land.

Images of the Great Sun Dominating the Sky flashed through Yu Ziqing's mind instantly.

He then thought of the past events of Dazhen.

In merely two to three hundred years, Dazhen had gone through so much.

The Evil Dao rampant, internal rebellions, and later two wars with Dali.

Had Yu Ziqing not mediated, Dazhen and Dali would probably still be at war.

Now, seeing the current situation, the scenario was very clear.

The Great Sun Dominating the Sky was related to Old Emperor Qian, and this time it was even directly exposed, crossing tribulations in the Extremely Cold Forbidden Land.

This was creating and pushing the grand forces of heaven and earth, forcing Dazhen into a position with no choice. Even seeing through it didn't help; the matter remained the same.

The people of Dazhen, wanting to live, can only head south.

Initially migrating from the north to the south of Dazhen.

Now, the entire population gathered into this southeastern quarter, or even less than a quarter of the territory.

Where else can they migrate?

Emperor Zhen, and the powers up and down Dazhen, could never abandon this.