I Can See Your Combat Power
Chapter 1170 - Chapter 1170 Chapter 464 Energy

Chapter 1170: Chapter 464: Energy Chapter 1170: Chapter 464: Energy The existence of the weak always has a way of letting people lower their guard. Even someone as fierce as the Devil Lord becomes no different from an ordinary person once injured.

It was as if they had returned to the days when they were bedridden and needed someone to take care of them. The pair began to bicker from time to time, but under Tang Luo’s intentional guidance, the topic would always mysteriously shift towards strange directions.

For example, Tang Luo would abruptly ask Yun Xiu about her past while she was tending to the soup. The girl, focused on cooking, would reply subconsciously, only to realize later on and start questioning the young man.

“Are you trying to trick information out of me!?”

“Hahaha, just trying to get to know each other a little better!”

“…”

“As an exchange, I can tell you about my past as well!”

“…”

Yun Xiu felt troubled, as a trained intelligence officer, not only had she been tricked into giving away information, but the other party had also used her expertise against her, remembering every word she said without fail.

In no more than two or three days, she knew that Tang Luo’s family had five members. His father had been very busy since he could remember, running around outside every day. Therefore, the livelihood of the family was managed by his mother. He had high expectations placed on him from a young age. While other children were playing outside, not only did he have to read and recognize words, but he also had to study classics and history. Daily medicinal baths and the Foundation Building of the thirty-six Innate Dao Maps were never skipped. Even on the rare occasions when he had some free time, he would practice formations with the household guards, as if a ferocious beast was chasing him, never allowing himself to stop for a moment.

Perhaps this was the origin of that inexplicable sense of familiarity, Yun Xiu thought to herself.

Both being declining ancient sages, the Yun Clan and Han Family faced similar fates, and their descendants also shared similar experiences.

Just like Yun Xiu and Yun Ji, who managed to escape from disaster and were forced to learn from a young age, she empathized deeply with what Tang Luo had been through.

What was different, however, was that Tang Luo, much stronger than she was, had blazed his own path forward when there seemed to be no future or way out, becoming the infamous Devil Lord who shook the world. If it hadn’t been for that accident, perhaps he really could have led the Han family back into the light.

But now, all of it had become but a fleeting dream.

Their similar childhood experiences made Yun Xiu feel a stronger sense of familiarity with Tang Luo, and also a bit more affinity.

Another day, after finishing the chicken soup and neatly picking the bones clean, Tang Luo was tidying up the bowls and utensils while admiringly saying to Yun Xiu, “In my hometown, there’s an old saying that if you want to capture a man’s heart, you have to capture his stomach first. I think you’re doing an excellent job at that, deserving praise!”

Yun Xiu, long accustomed to his random teasing, no longer felt embarrassed but simply rolled her eyes and pounced on the loophole to hit back hard, “… Longzhou doesn’t have such old sayings, stop lying!”

“???” Tang Luo paused in the midst of cleaning up, his dumbfounded look eliciting a burst of laughter from Yun Xiu.

“Although your accent has almost entirely become like that of Longzhou West, there are still traces of the proper official speech. Some of the uses of old sayings and proverbs are from that proper official speech, which even few in Zhongzhou now use. From this, it can be seen that the Han Family has indeed been hiding in the western borders of Longzhou all these years, am I right?”

Having shown up Tang Luo, Yun Xiu triumphantly said, “I am a descendant of the Yun Family, intent on understanding the world. How could I do without the dialects of dozens of provinces? Don’t even think about fooling me!”

“Ah…” Finally realizing why Yun Xiu was so convinced he was a descendant of the Han Family, Tang Luo could only shake his head helplessly and admit defeat, “It’s true, there’s nothing I can hide from you, alright, I admit that was something I just made up.”

“Hmph, good to know you understand!”

With a flirtatious glance, the proud young miss of the Yun Family lifted her small bowl and happily sipped the soup.

…

In this world, intelligence and taking the initiative are especially crucial in warfare.

It’s often said, “Know yourself, know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles.”

For strategists, intelligence is forever linked to life and death, which shows just how imperative it is for them.

And for a sect like Fen Island, which never sees the light of day and can only shrink in the shadows, intelligence is even more important.

Thus, the entire perimeter of Cangming Mountain is filled with secret agents controlled by Fen Island. Whether it’s cities, villages, or rural inns, they all have Fen Island’s informants.

It’s thanks to such a tightly-knit network that Fen Island has been able to remain hidden for hundreds of years because even if a Superior Heavenly Sect sought to conquer Fen Island, the main base in the Void Realm could get the intelligence in advance and prepare its defenses.

Well-versed in these ways, the Wind and Forest Departments naturally understood that attacking Fen Island in the Void Realm under such tight security would be a fool’s dream. But for a fixed Minor Spiritual Realm, there was no need for such sneaky actions.

Under the mobilization of two Heavenly Patrol Envoys, An Yuanxi and Wang Chang, along with officials from the Wind and Forest Departments, a large number of powerful figures gathered in Hanging Sky City from the south and Zhongzhou.

The network of relationships amongst sects and holy lands is intricate, and warriors who grew up within these systems often have like-minded companions.

Such as childhood friends, sworn brothers met during missions, or kin who support each other after marriage.

Each Wang Patrol warrior represents a vast network that starts with the individual and spreads out to their backing forces. This net might not seem significant in times of peace, but in times of war, it presents countless possibilities.

The Wind and Forest Departments weren’t just two Heavenly Patrol Envoys, ten-plus stabilizing officials and fifty to sixty patrolling officers. This group wasn’t confident in attacking a sect with two Grandmasters just because every Wang Patrol member was a Martial Arts Divinity able to defeat ten opponents by themselves, but rather because behind them stood countless relatives and friends willing to support them!

Within just a few days’ time, the Wind and Forest Departments of Hanging Sky City welcomed numerous guests. These were strong allies invited by the departments, all being disciples of the Sacred Land Sects and beings from the Fierce Realm and above.

It goes without saying that the subordinates and vassals Wang Patrol recruited from within were part of this group, along with genuine disciples from the sects and prodigies from the sacred lands.

As the combat elites of an intelligence organization, Wang Patrol warriors not only compete based on cultivation but also on their social connections. Some who didn’t usually stand out were able to invite geniuses from sacred lands to help, earning everyone’s envious respect.

Yet some disciples with astonishing cultivation could only summon underlings and lack the presence of true friends, which was somewhat laughable.

Among them, the two Heavenly Patrol Envoys naturally stood out the most. Though Wang Chang had once been despondent due to emotional struggles, after joining Wang Patrol and leading the Forest Department in campaigns from south to north, he not only established a vast foundation for Wang Patrol but also forged a significant force and bond of loyalty for himself.

Besides more than ten Martial Ancestor level officers, he also invited a Grandmaster friend and the most outstanding disciple of the current generation of the Wang Clan from the south, Wang Po.