Chapter 110.1: Are All Those in the Group His Alts?

Everyone in the group was so kind. Qi Yuan was touched. Then, as if struck by inspiration, he typed.

Qiyuann Sovereign: In a hundred days, the Bright Palace will be destroyed. I've come up with a brilliant get-rich plan especially for all of you.

Great Sun Flame Emperor finally showed up.

Great Sun Flame Emperor: What kind of plan?

Qiyuann Sovereign: I don't know if the Bright Palace lends money. But if any of you are in the Cuiyun Continent, go borrow some spirit stones from them. Take out a high-interest loan. Once I wipe them out, those loans will never have to be repaid.

Rogue Immortal froze completely.

Is this guy for real? The hundred-day plan had just been made, and there is no sign of the Bright Palace falling, but this man is already scheming for profit?

Iceberg Empress: Qiyuann Sovereign, you're a genius! Why didn't I think of such a money-making idea?

Qiyuann Sovereign: As long as you work hard, think more, and use your head, you'll be as successful as me one day.

Rogue Immortal: Qiyuann Sovereign, how rich are you?

Qiyuann Sovereign:

Ahem, ahem

... that's not important.

Qi Yuan suddenly felt a little guilty.

Am I actually not that successful? Maybe all the flattery in the group has gotten into my head, making me feel like I was on top of the world.

He quickly collected himself and added seriously.

Qiyuann Sovereign: Still, don't borrow too much from the Bright Palace. The hundred-day plan hasn't officially started yet. Everyone should act within their means. Don't pop the champagne too early.

Great Sun Flame Emperor: I'll go borrow ten thousand in usury from the Bright Palace. Consider it helping your cause by draining their funds.

Iceberg Empress: I'll borrow a million!

Rogue Immortal shivered.

Did his craziness get into their heads?

"A pity I'm too far from the Bright Palace," Qi Yuan sighed. "Otherwise, I'd borrow too."

Qiyuann Sovereign: Alright, everyone, I have to log off now, I'm going to ambush a Nascent Soul envoy from the Bright Palace. I'll take him out while he's not paying attention.

He couldn't linger too long in the mortal world. The game world could call for him at any time, so he had to act efficiently.

Rogue Immortal: Qiyuann Sovereign, you're not really going to ambush a Nascent Soul, are you?

This is a Nascent Soul, you know! Not some random cultivator off the street!

Qiyuann Sovereign: Yep. Heading there now.

Rogue Immortal: That's a Nascent Soul...

Rogue Immortal now truly suspected Qi Yuan had lost his mind.

Qiyuann Sovereign: So what? I'm a Heavenly Dao class Foundation Establishment cultivator. Do you even know how rare that is? If only I were as perfect as Sister Iceberg Empress, I'd be teaching the Bright Palace a lesson right now.

Iceberg Empress: You underestimate Qiyuann Sovereign. He's a Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment cultivator, why would he fear a mere Bright Palace? Since he's already laid out a detailed plan, I'd wager that the Bright Palace will be annihilated within a hundred days!

After all, a Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment cultivator implied being backed by a powerful Yin Spirit realm expert. He wasn't someone to be trifled with.

Rogue Immortal went silent. Had he underestimated his groupmate's strength? Should he also go borrow a high-interest loan from the Bright Palace?

Iceberg Empress: Qiyuann Sovereign, can I tell some of my friends that a powerful figure is targeting the Bright Palace? That way, they can borrow money too. That won't expose your plan, right?

Qi Yuan thought for a moment.

Qiyuann Sovereign: Go ahead, just don't mention who I am.

Besides Jiang Lingsu, no one knew his true identity in the Divine Flower Society.

What was there to fear? Even if word leaked, the Bright Palace would never imagine that a Foundation Establishment cultivator was the one plotting their downfall. They'd just turn their attention elsewhere.

And if they seriously took the boasting of some random cultivator? That would mean they'd lost.

It was like a random internet user suggesting to a aerospace engineer to use unicorn dust as jet fuel. If the engineer actually took that seriously, he'd have already lost his dignity.

***

In an unknown cave residence, Iceberg Empress, shrouded in bright light, held a jade slip.

After a brief thought, she sent a message.

Iceberg Empress: My friend is planning to strike the Bright Palace. Those who want to borrow from them had better hurry.

Replies soon poured in.

└Someone's attacking the Bright Palace? Who is it?

└Could it be... a Yin Spirit powerhouse?

└Seems the Bright Palace's recent actions have provoked some major figures.

└Quick! Before the news spreads, let's go borrow some spirit stones!

└Any later and it'll be too late!

Over the next few days, one Violet Palace realm cultivator after another went to the Bright Palace to borrow spirit stones. The upper ranks of the Bright Palace inevitably sensed that something strange was in the air.

***

Great Shang Kingdom, Cloudmist Mountain.

Mist swirled around like fairy clouds. Inside a bamboo hut, the sound of a

guqin

drifted through the air.

A Nascent Soul cultivator from the Bright Palace played serenely. Ji Boying, a core disciple of the Demonic Desire Sect, sat nearby, utterly captivated.

"Senior, your mastery of the guqin is divine, one song could pacify the entire Great Shang Kingdom," Ji Boying said in admiration.

She had been ordered by her master to attend to this Nascent Soul to strengthen ties between their sects.

"You flatter me," said True Lord Liuqin with a smile. "That kingdom wouldn't even hand over two ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators, how could I ever hope to pacify it?"

Ji Boying's face hardened. "Great Shang Kingdom is completely under the control of the Divine Radiance Sect. They naturally wouldn't hand over Kang Fulu and Qi Yuan. From what I know, Young Lord Po Lang's death in the Celestial Dragon Realm is tied to the Divine Radiance Sect."

"Kang Fulu and Qi Yuan killed Po Lang? Are they that strong?" True Lord Liuqin frowned.

Po Lang had been on the Eastern Land's Prodigy Rankings, and was a notable figure even within the Bright Palace.

"

Hmph

, Kang Fulu is about my level at best. As for Qi Yuan, he's just a nobody. I could kill him in a single hit. How could the two of them possibly slay Young Lord Po Lang? I've heard the Divine Radiance Sect even sent a Core Formation cultivator into the Celestial Dragon Realm. I suspect Po Lang was killed by them."

True Lord Liuqin nodded. "That makes sense."

There was no way the Bright Palace's genius would fall to local nobodies in the same realm as him.

Naturally, Ji Boying was trying to cling to the Bright Palace's thigh. "The Great Shang royal family has colluded with the Divine Radiance Sect, dragging the country into ruin. My Demonic Desire Sect does not wish to be labeled as the demonic camp completely in the Hundred Nations Blood War. Please, True Lord, guide us."

True Lord Liuqin smiled faintly. "Great Shang Kingdom will fall into the demonic camp soon enough. But if you act wisely, your sect may yet rise from the mud."

Ji Boying earnestly gazed as True Lord Liuqin went on. "I've heard the Seven-Colored Peak Master of the Divine Radiance Sect is a peerless beauty. I've cultivated for a thousand years, all alone. If your sect could assist me..."

True Lord Liuqin trailed off, but Ji Boying understood perfectly. True Lord Liuqin was truly a lecherous old goat. Despite merely being an early-stage Nascent Soul, he dared to covet a late-stage one!

Ji Boying hid her disdain. "The Divine Radiance Sect is strong. Without the Bright Palace's support, it'll be hard to defeat them."

In truth, the Demonic Desire Sect had coveted the Divine Radiance Sect for years. If not for the sudden rise of the Seven-Colored Peak Master, the entire sect would have become one of their branches long ago.

There was a deeper secret behind that desire, recorded in their sect's ancient texts. Hence why they sent so many spies into the Divine Radiance Sect, some even in high-ranking positions. She had a list of them in her storage bag.

"Let us first see the sincerity of your sect," True Lord Liuqin said slyly. "Otherwise..."

Before he could finish, a voice rang out from above.

"You're from the Bright Palace?"