It shouldn't be. Last night I made it clear to her that she didn't need to see Long Yue.
The reason the Whale God wanted to see Long Yue, I understood her intention was to stand on a neutral ground, somewhat in our favor, to mediate. Now that the Shan Hai demon tribe has gained momentum, their ambition is clear: to conquer the whole world, and even the underworld. Whether there are more "worlds," I'm not sure for now, but the current situation is no longer something the Beihai Whale God can change with a few words.
Never mind her for now. I joined the fish-killing industry, helping to cook. The villa had no electricity, but it had gas. For Chen Ke, two gas stoves were enough: one for steaming rice, the other for cooking.
To be honest, the local rice from the Northeast is truly delicious. I feel like the "Northeast rice" I ate in the south before was fake. Just smelling the steam from the rice was different. Such delicious rice needs no side dishes; one bowl would be enough on its own.
This was already lunchtime.
After the meal, the other demons also returned one after another. The Fox Demon specifically went back to Jiguan Ridge. Those three Mohe people were still there, and they had deflated the tires of our car. I don't know why, maybe they're just bad.
The Fox Demon didn't dare to get too close, took a look, and came back.
Ya Nan, using her aerial mobility, flew straight north to check on Phoenix Terrace. As I expected, when the Mohe people were returning, they demolished Shenfeng Temple. Judging by the method, it was likely done by Long Yue. Fortunately, I had the twelve demons hide in advance.
Ya Nan continued north and tracked the information about Long Yue's convoy, stopping at a place called Zhuanghe, about seventy kilometers from Lishun city. I looked at the map; it was in the middle of the peninsula. The Mohe people were entrenched there, effectively blocking us on the peninsula. I guessed they would still look for opportunities to move south again to gather information about us.
Based on the intelligence, I called Sha Wuji and asked if the Hengshui Sect had rendezvoused with him. It had been half a night and half a day; logically, Old Xing and his group should have reached Shanhaiguan. But Sha Wuji said no. Old Xing and his group had only contacted him when they departed from Phoenix Terrace, and hadn't contacted him since. Calls to them went unanswered.
Seven or eight times out of ten, Old Xing and his group were ambushed, or rather, met their demise. The Mohe are not ordinary enemies; they are demon hunters. And Old Xing's group were all demons. Therefore... there was no point in going to their rescue anymore. Those two million, I'll consider it as my pre-emptive contribution to their funeral. Sigh!
To avoid being so passive, I went upstairs and studied the map for a while. I decided to employ a feint to draw Long Yue away, so she wouldn't keep staring at us.
After much thought, my gaze fell again on Jinling City. Hadn't she just returned from Jinling? I'll play a return-to-the-charge trick again and lure her back!
"Bing Bing, you stay here and wait for news from Wu Zhao and the others. But I don't think it will be soon. She said it would be this afternoon at the earliest, but she's not very reliable. It might be tomorrow. If she brings good news, the underworld can pardon the ghosts from the back mountain. You and Wu Zhao cooperate to send them to the underworld."
"Okay, Brother. Where are you going?" Bing Bing asked.
"Don't worry about where I'm going. I'll try to be back by tomorrow morning," I said with a smile.
"You want to lure Long Yue away?" Yao Yao saw through my thoughts. I nodded.
"Then I'll go with you," she said.
"No, our combined qi-sensing ability is like two radar systems. We need to keep one here. The fewer people I take, the better," I said with a smile.
"But if you take fewer people, how will you create the illusion that the entire large team has moved away?" Chu Qi asked.
I pointed at Chen Ke. "She's enough."