Chapter 977: [715] Spying and Silencing (Two-in-one, soliciting monthly passes and subscriptions) Chapter 977: [715] Spying and Silencing (Two-in-one, soliciting monthly passes and subscriptions) Kunad clutched his head as he woke up.


    As soon as he regained his senses, he hurriedly searched for the King’s whereabouts.


    It wasn’t until he saw a figure standing not far away that he felt a sense of relief, and at the same time, his expression changed slightly as he quickly chased after it.


    “King, were we attacked? Are you alright?” he asked.


    The last thing he remembered seemed to involve hearing some sort of noise.


    But he wasn’t sure if it was just an illusion.


    What really terrified him was that he had lost consciousness afterward… given that he was a Second-level Martial Artist Strongman, how could he have possibly passed out so easily?


    The more he speculated, the more worried he became that something might have happened at the time.


    Pei Jinye turned around and looked at him calmly, “Don’t overthink it.”


    As he spoke, he reached out to grab something from the side, then tossed an axe over: “In light of your unwavering loyalty, this is a Magic Weapon rewarded to you.”


    For years, Kunad had been stuck at the level of a Second-level Martial Artist, with no hope of advancing to the First level.


    This time, Pei Jinye had given him an evolved axe, which–although not able to immediately advance him to the First-level ranks–genuinely boosted his Combat Power.


    Kunad, flattered and grateful, knelt before Pei Jinye and received the axe with both hands.


    The moment he held it in his hands, he immediately sensed the power of the axe.


    His eyes gleamed, and he became so excited that he was at a loss for words.


    “King, did we–did we succeed? Did we truly succeed? My God, it’s unbelievable.”


    Pei Jinye slowly nodded his head.


    Kunad was ecstatic, “What about the tree? Should we arrange for people to chop it down and take it back?”


    What he was most worried about now was the Golden Mother Divine Tree being discovered by someone else.


    “…”


    Pei Jinye shook his head, “The Golden Mother Divine Tree can’t be moved, but I have resealed it.”


    “Ah?” Kunad was stunned.


    This was somewhat different from what he had imagined.


    Not daring to waste time, what he was most concerned about at this moment was the Golden Mother Divine Tree.


    So, kneeling on the ground, he cautiously raised his leg and asked, “Then should we station people here?”


    “It’s necessary,” Pei Jinye affirmed, “but… we need to wait a bit longer.”


    He thought of Songzi.


    This shameless old creature was probably hiding in the dark, possibly even monitoring every move here.


    No, that couldn’t be right.


    If there really was surveillance, that villager wouldn’t have gotten half a leaf.


    Then again…


    It had already been a hundred years since Songzi trapped the Golden Mother Divine Tree.


    Who would bother to keep watch here all the time?


    Over a hundred years, everyone had come to regard the Divine Tree as mere myth; who would suspect the truth?


    The old creature’s heart… was too dirty.


    Kunad immediately looked over, “What is it, King?”


    “Don’t make it too obvious, it’s best to arrange for locals, to buy them off, not revealing the truth to them, while our people hide among them and keep watch.”


    “…I understand.”


    Although he didn’t understand what the King meant.


    But there must be a reason behind the King’s actions.


    Kunad always believed unquestionably in everything the King did.


    So, he quickly made the arrangements.


    …


    With no one to disturb him, Pei Jinye continued to cultivate.


    With the enhancement of his extraordinary Martial Arts Aptitude, his Attribute Points began to surge.


    The materials brought from the Federation World were now ninety percent consumed, almost completely depleted.


    “It’s probably time to return.”


    …


    Night fell.


    The young women in gossamer robes appeared once again.


    Pei Jinye reached out and hypnotized the young women who served the bedchamber.


    Young people full of Vitality found it hard to resist this temptation, but thinking of the fate of these women, he lost interest.


    Under hypnosis, no one took notice of him.


    With no one to interrupt him, Pei Jinye’s cultivation progressed smoothly.


    The Golden Lotus surged.


    Sword Intent around him divided into extremely fine parts, slowly seeping into the Golden Lotuses.


    …


    Recently, through numerous large and small actual combats, Pei Jinye had many excellent insights.


    He began to attempt to combine the Golden Lotus with the Sword Intent.


    Both were his deadly weapons.


    The energy released by their combination was immense.


    When he had sparred with Pitan and Des, he had tried it before.


    At the moment of the Golden Lotus’s explosion, the Sword Intent wrapped within could burst forth like a torrential pear blossom needle, unleashing extraordinary lethality.


    Moreover, the Karmic Fire within the Golden Lotus was fierce.


    Karmic Fire was one of Pei Jinye’s major trump cards.


    Once touched, not to mention the First level, even Ninth Rank Awakeners from the Federation World found it difficult to contend with.


    The Karmic Fire was already fused into the Golden Lotus, which proved that the properties of Karmic Fire could continuously be incorporated into other trump cards.


    Currently, the combination of Sword Intent, Karmic Fire, and Golden Lotus was a massive undertaking.


    If it were not for Pei Jinye’s greatly enhanced spiritual power, he would not have been capable of such a detailed fusion.


    During previous combats, he had already experienced the difficulty of this fusion.


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    Now, as he attempted to fully incorporate Sword Intent, he discovered that the flames contained within the Golden Lotus would be drawn out, and during the release, they would gradually erode the Sword Intent.


    This could make the effect he originally imagined as “1 + 1 greater than 2” substantially weaken, perhaps even falling short of “1,” which was not the result Pei Jinye wanted.


    Therefore, he needed to find an appropriate balance.


    One that would maintain the peak power of Karmic Fire’s Golden Lotus without affecting the Sword Intent.


    After trying for over five hours and tens of thousands of attempts, under the vigorous construction of the LV6 Intelligent Brain, he finally found this balance point.