Night’s Nomenclature

Since both Bosses didn't know the growth time of these plants, it was easy to handle.

He Jinqiu desperately needed the Purple Orchid Star, which determined the supply and demand relationship.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the effect of the Purple Orchid Star was to increase the Cultivation speed threefold.

But for those with extraordinary Cultivation talent, this was a powerful weapon to widen the gap with others.

For example, Luo Wanya's Cultivation aptitude was 1, and he could only rely on everyone taking turns to help him cultivate, continuously cultivating to B-Class.

Li Tongyun's Cultivation aptitude was 10. She didn't need to take Nangeng Chen's path, nor did she need Qing Chen to help her cultivate. She could quickly bridge any external gap and be the first to cultivate to C-Class, and was already touching the threshold of B-Class.

With the Purple Orchid Star, Luo Wanya's aptitude was amplified, while Li Tongyun's was amplified to 0.

Therefore, Chen Yu kept screening those with outstanding aptitude within the Chen Family, because the Purple Orchid Star could extremize the advantages of those geniuses.

He Jinqiu was undoubtedly one of the most talented cultivators. In the Cultivation of the Jade Heart Sword, he even surpassed Li Changqing, the recognized outstanding member of the Li Clan.

If he were to give him the Purple Orchid Star...

Qing Chen hesitated for a long time before saying, "All Forbidden Zone plants transplanted to Whale Island cannot grow as fast as other plants. As you know, the Forbidden Zone is special. Even if they are transplanted from the Forbidden Zone to Chen Yu's courtyard in the Outer World, they are barely enough for one person. Although they grow slightly faster on Whale Island, it's limited. Currently, the supply of Purple Orchid Star is just enough for four people to use seamlessly. Boss He, you alone would take up three slots. I'm afraid I can't agree. As you know, my Daybreak also needs Cultivation."

In fact, on Whale Island, it was easy for Qing Chen to achieve seamless use of the Purple Orchid Star by dozens of people. He had already planned how to allocate resources.

These things were enough to allow Daybreak, Masonic Lodge, and Guardians' Union to mass-produce a batch of high-end combat forces within a few months.

After all, each plant drops three leaves every day.

But Boss He and Zheng Boss didn't know. Now that Whale Island was also in Shinguji Maki's hands, the two Bosses couldn't verify it.

He Jinqiu frowned. He knew Qing Chen was ambitious, so asking Qing Chen to give up three-quarters of the quota was a bit too much.

He Jinqiu was reasonable. He said, "How about this? I only need the supply of two seamless Purple Orchid Star leaves. At the same time, Nine Provinces will become your ally. In the future, we can help you in the Inner World, even participate in battles for you, just like rescuing you before and helping you infiltrate the Chen Family this time. Besides, you may not know the treatment of the Hu Family Intelligence Agency's top members. Only a few members in the entire Federation have ever had this level. This means that all the secrets cherished by the Hu Family Intelligence Agency can be viewed by you."

Qing Chen was stunned. He knew that the Hu family had stood in the Federation for nearly a thousand years. If all the secrets they possessed were released, it would cause panic throughout the entire Federation.

"This isn't good," Qing Chen suddenly felt guilty. He only gave out a little bit, while they offered everything.

But He Jinqiu misunderstood. He thought Qing Chen still didn't want to give the Purple Orchid Star, so he added, "I know you want to avenge Shadow, and I know you have many enemies to avenge. In this revenge battle, intelligence is indispensable. Our Hu Family Intelligence Agency has some information that even the Qing Family doesn't know."

Qing Chen shook his head. "You may not know that I'm now the owner of the Secret Spy Agency. But even the Secret Spy Agency hasn't found the culprit. And this matter involves a lot, and may implicate you."

He thought that he had clearly taken advantage, and stingily only gave out the amount for two Purple Orchid Stars, and couldn't let He Jinqiu and Zheng Yuandong be drawn into this vortex.

But He Jinqiu shook his head again. He thought Qing Chen still wasn't interested, so he continued, "The focus is different. The Hu family is better at visiting the people to get some inferred information. For example, we know that a neurotoxin research expert may have a mistress and an illegitimate child still alive."

Qing Chen was stunned. Why did the Hu Family Intelligence Agency know this information that even Shadow didn't know?

Finally, he was attracted by He Jinqiu's information.

"I don't believe it. When Shadow was looking for the culprit, he must have visited your database, but you didn't know," Qing Chen challenged.

He Jinqiu said seriously, "From one year ago, for seven consecutive years, there have indeed been traces of someone accessing our database every year. We investigated for a long time and couldn't even figure out who it was. Now that you mention it, I guess it might be Shadow. However, he stopped visiting five years ago. I think that at that time, the Shadow Master could no longer use his abilities unscrupulously. This clue was discovered accidentally three years ago."

Qing Chen took a deep breath. "What clue?"

He Jinqiu continued, "You first found Zheng Boss, and Zheng Boss then found me. Before that, the outside world didn't know what had happened to the Shadow Master. They only knew that the Federation's Neurotoxin Experts disappeared overnight. Later, the Hu family also searched for the reason for these experts' disappearance, but found no clues. It was as if they had evaporated from the world, leaving us with a huge question mark."

He Jinqiu: "Now, I've started searching for clues in the vast Hu family database and found a little something. The Hu family database records that there was a photo of Neurotoxin Expert Yuan Yang appearing at No. 18, Yuntong Street, City 10, suspected to be the residence of his mistress and illegitimate child. It was a plumber who entered the woman's house to repair a pipe and found the photo of the research expert in the house. It seems that she might want to commemorate her deceased lover. Who knows that someone would recognize that photo."

He Jinqiu: "This matter is very secretive. The woman's expenses have always been in very small denominations of cash. She lives a very low-key life. Now that I think about it, the Neurotoxin Expert may also know that once he does something, he will be silenced, so he erased the traces of his lover very cleanly."

Yuan Yang.

Qing Chen was disappointed.

The person Shadow mentioned was not this name, at least not Zhang Cheng, the person Shadow found who had been silenced.

He shook his head disappointedly. "This isn't the one I'm looking for."

He Jinqiu said, "I just want to prove through this matter that even if you are the new owner of the Secret Spy Agency, the Hu Family Intelligence Agency is not useless. And this Yuan Yang is indeed problematic. Otherwise, why would he hide his mistress so secretly?"

At this time, He Jinqiu was so worried that Qing Chen would refuse the deal that he poured out all the clues he knew.

For fear that Qing Chen would think this information was worthless.

He had his subordinates soak in the database for a whole seven days!

And Qing Chen was thinking at this moment.

What if Shadow's search direction was also wrong?

What he needed to do now might not be to continue searching along Shadow's clues. After all, if Shadow couldn't find it, what chance did he have?

Qing Chen pondered, this clue came very accidentally, and the Hu family was indeed better at finding clues in these corners.

If the Secret Spy Agency's infiltration mainly focused on the core of power, then the Hu family meant that they wouldn't let go of even the smallest details.

Moreover, whether it was to find clues or to achieve the goals of the Guardians' Union, Qing Chen had to unite all the forces that could be united.

Qing Chen said, "Deal."

He took out two Purple Orchid Star leaves from his pocket and handed them over. "Boss He can come to collect next week's in 7 days."

Qing Chen didn't prepay a lot at once. On the one hand, he had just lied.

On the other hand, he hoped that He Jinqiu would bring new clues every week.

He Jinqiu laughed. "Happy cooperation."

His laugh was extraordinarily bright.

But the brighter Boss He laughed, the more guilty Qing Chen felt.

After all, the other party spoke eloquently for a long time, and only got a tiny bit from him. It was really a bit embarrassing.

Qing Chen asked, "Ah, let's do this. To show my sincerity, Boss He should pick some Chicken Blood Buds every time he comes. Nine Provinces is not easy to fight outside, and having Chicken Blood Buds will allow the members of Nine Provinces to return home safely."

Qing Chen went to the vegetable garden and picked two handfuls of Chicken Blood Buds, stuffing them into the hands of the two people. "Come, come, take some gifts back!"

Zheng Yuandong was stunned. "I'm sorry, I misunderstood you before."

He Jinqiu nodded. "Thank you for that. Don't worry, Zheng Boss and I are already on the battlefield, and we will try our best to protect you and fight together."

Qing Chen felt that he was playing with fire. Both He Jinqiu and Zheng Boss had extremely high IQs. They only suffered from information asymmetry. Maybe one day they would realize it.

He had to think about how to end it then.

Well, in a while, he would tell Boss He that the Agricultural Academy's output had increased, and he could send a few more leaves.

Qing Chen looked at Zheng Boss. "Boss He's deal is done. So what is Zheng Boss here for?"

Zheng Yuandong pondered for a moment. "The Academy may need you to provide special plants as soon as possible. This time, the students were scrambling to take on Inner World missions, so they got more information about Inner World societies than last time. The students have more points but nowhere to use them, which will lead to a decline in their enthusiasm."

This was the fact. When you have 000 points but nothing you want to buy, you feel that the points are useless.

And you won't work so diligently on missions.

This was also something Qing Chen didn't want to see. He needed a lot of manpower and material resources to help the Guardians' Union advance its work.

For example, during this time travel, the students spontaneously formed teams and carried out careful observation and surveillance work under the guidance of the Academy.

The result was that in City 10, where there were the most Time Travelers, when the boss of a certain society went out to date, he found that more than 30 people were following him.

The boss almost peed his pants. He thought that some hostile society was trying to kill him, so he turned around and ran.

He ran, and the students chased.

The students chased, and he ran faster.

Similar absurd scenes happened frequently, almost causing several societies to clash prematurely.

Of course, some students were also in danger.

Absurd as it was, after everyone returned, Kunlun revised the mission system: Only one team could take on a mission for a certain society.

However, this also showed the importance of the students.

These were more than 60,000 spontaneous intelligence agencies. Although they were still very young, even the Qing Clan Secret Intelligence Agency didn't have 60,000 people.

The Secret Spy Agency only had barely more than 30,000 personnel!

But the problem was that he had just cried poor to He Jinqiu, so now he could only grit his teeth and say, "Then I'll temporarily suspend Daybreak's supply and prioritize the Academy for a while."

Zheng Yuandong showed his respect. "The Academy will thank you for your contribution to the entire Time Traveler group today. Thank you! However, the Academy will not take anything for free. In this war, you have always been at the center of the storm, so you will miss many details. I can supplement some things for you."

Zheng Yuandong: "This time, those who helped you were Qing Kun and Qing Yu. They are the fathers of Qing Yi and Qing Xing respectively. They led the 10th squadron and the 107th squadron of the Qing Family's first fleet to support Qingshan Fortress. This was a move that risked their lives. Perhaps they will be trustworthy in the future."

"Qing Wu and his martial arts father are still guarding the Ginkgo Garden, seemingly maintaining neutrality."

"Qing Shi's father mobilized his military region and provided a transit base for the Chen Family's advance."

"Qing Wen's mother participated in a transaction with Koshima."

"The role Qing Yuan and his father played in this war is still uncertain, but last week, Qing Yuan suddenly went home sick and disappeared. I suspect he knew about this beforehand and was worried that you would retaliate against him in the Academy, so he left in a hurry."

In the Shadow Succession, each candidate represented a faction. Now the situation is clear.

Qing Wen and his mother, Qing Yuan and his father, Qing Shi's father, these forces would all be Qing Chen's targets for elimination. As for Qing Shi, he was still unsure.

The impression was that the little girl wouldn't participate in such things.

Not only was it the elimination of the Qing Family internally, but also Chen Family Chen Yu, Koshima, Shendai.

Qing Chen calmly pondered, his path was still long.

Zheng Yuandong looked at him. "What are your plans next?"

Qing Chen calculated the time. The best time for him to challenge the next Trials of Life and Death was about a month away, so he had to return to City 10 before that time.

First, kill Qing Wen.

If it weren't for Qing Wen's Immortal Brooch, Chen Yu would be dead now.

Zheng Yuandong said seriously, "It's okay if you don't want to say. Just tell me if you need anything. I will cooperate if I can."

He clenched the Chicken Blood Buds in his pocket.

Before, Zheng Boss thought Qing Chen was a relatively selfish person, but now he didn't expect him to be so considerate of the overall situation.

He had to re-evaluate this young man. Perhaps Kunlun and Daybreak in the Inner World could become closer allies.

The two Bosses of Kunlun Nine Provinces got what they wanted, and their moods improved a lot.

Who knows what their expressions would be when they knew the truth later?

Qing Chen suddenly asked, "What about the Head of the Qingshi Clan?"

Zheng Yuandong looked at him. "The patriarch has been in the Ginkgo Garden in City 5. We haven't found any action from him. Of course, this is strange."

The transaction was over.

Zheng Boss and Boss He left.

Qing Chen sat in the recliner, pondering, and maintained the Breathing Technique with the rhythm of the Myriad Gods Thunder Technique, constantly strengthening the thunder plasma in his body.

At this time, Xiao Tongyun, holding Shinguji Maki's hand, tiptoed into the room through a secret passage.

Yang Yang called Xiao Tongyun, saying that Qing Chen might not have come out of his sadness yet, so they needed to heal Qing Chen.

Xiao Tongyun rushed over after receiving the call.

However, when Qing Chen saw the two of them, the first thing he did was quickly instruct, "Xiao Zhenji, seal the top of this war fortress first, and then install some sun lamps. Remember to seal all the exits. From today onwards, no outsiders can enter. All entrances and exits must be equipped with iris verification password locks."

Shinguji Maki was stunned. "Master, are the things here very precious? Is someone trying to steal your things?"

"Oh, no, no one is stealing my things," Qing Chen explained. "I'm just a little worried that if those two see the growth rate of the plants in this war fortress, they'll jump up and beat me."