God of Pets-Chapter 401: Assault on the Imperial Mausoleum
Xiu Jie Ming sat right next to the floor-to-ceiling window, holding a notebook and a pen in his hand, sketching something unknown.
"People from the Inspectorate came to the Xiu Family looking for me." Seeing Chen Guan enter, Xiu Jie Ming didn’t stop writing, speaking as he continued to draw.
"Did they ask you to deal with me?" Chen Guan’s mind was racing.
"They didn’t say explicitly, but that was the implication, so I’m here." Xiu Jie Ming replied.
"So, how do you plan to deal with me?" Chen Guan pulled up a chair and sat down, glancing at the notebook in Xiu Jie Ming’s hand. What he was drawing was inscrutable at the moment—lines and patches of black here and there with no discernible form.
"Haven’t decided, but I have to do something. Otherwise, some people won’t be reassured. Do you have any thoughts?" Xiu Jie Ming continued drawing without looking up.
"I’m just a minor character; what thoughts could I have? However you want to act against me, just act." Chen Guan said.
Xiu Jie Ming laughed, "It sounds like I’m bullying you. How about this, my corps needs to explore the Imperial Mausoleum. I’ll transfer you to assist."
"Alright." Chen Guan agreed without any hesitation.
"You agreed so readily; aren’t you afraid I’ll set you up?" Xiu Jie Ming lifted his head to glance at Chen Guan.
"If you set me up, I’ll accept it." Chen Guan said earnestly.
"Fine, I’ll take care of the digging and burying. Rest assured, I won’t leave you with no place to rest in peace." Xiu Jie Ming chuckled.
"What if I can’t avoid dying? I haven’t lived enough yet." Chen Guan sighed.
"Can’t do that; if you don’t die, someone won’t be happy. If that someone isn’t happy, none of us will have a good time." Xiu Jie Ming’s smile faded as he spoke seriously.
"Am I really so unwelcomed?" Chen Guan found himself at a loss for words.
"You’ve picked the wrong side, gotten in the way of others, blocked their path. How do you expect them to welcome you?" Xiu Jie Ming paused before continuing, "If you don’t want to die, you can move aside, stop blocking others, and cease being a hindrance. If you choose to move, the doors of the Xiu Family are always open for you."
Chen Guan understood Xiu Jie Ming’s real intent now; Xiu Jie Ming intended to take him to the Xiu Family.
"Have you considered that even if I went to the Xiu Family, I’d still be in someone’s way?" Chen Guan didn’t answer yes or no; instead, he commented unexpectedly.
Xiu Jie Ming slightly furrowed his brows, "Your words are somewhat provocative."
"If you think it’s provocative, that means there’s indeed something going on, doesn’t it?" Chen Guan chuckled.
Xiu Jie Ming stared at Chen Guan for a while before lowering his head, "It’s not impossible."
"It’s not just possible; it’s the reality. Would he truly allow the Celestial Court Army to bear the surname Xiu?"
"Nevertheless, the paths that need to be walked must be walked, meals that need to be eaten must be eaten, and tasks that need to be completed must be completed; otherwise, our livelihoods might be ruined."
"So, does this mean we must have a battle between us?"
"Unless you leave Ji Nanhong to join the Xiu Family."
"I prefer to finish what I start; I can’t just leave without understanding."
"Then, a battle it is—one that must be seen by those who wish to see it."
"I’m just a humble Second Awakening Cultivator; this battle is unequal." Chen Guan shrugged helplessly.
"Don’t worry, I’ll make a move." Xiu Jie Ming said, completing the final stroke of his drawing.
Originally, his sketches seemed chaotic and formless. But with this last addition, Xiu Jie Ming turned the notebook upside down, and Chen Guan finally saw it—a carp leaping upstream against a waterfall.
Tearing off the page and placing it in front of Chen Guan, Xiu Jie Ming closed the notebook and got up to leave. "Go back and explain things. Tomorrow, follow me."
Chen Guan didn’t leave the meeting room; it was indeed the meeting room of the Qilin Corps, where he gathered the core senior leaders of the corps for a meeting.
"Captain Chen, you can’t go with Xiu Jie Ming," Bai Yueguang advised. "The Xiu Family only transferred you over, claiming it’s to assist in commanding the corps, but how could the Xiu Family lack commanders?"
"Xiu Jie Ming has a transfer order from the Ancestral Court, allowing him to freely command the Celestial Court Army within the Beimang Mountain Secret Realm. If I don’t comply, it’s disobedience, and I cannot afford to bear that charge." Chen Guan sighed.
"Even so, you cannot go. Just wait for the regiment captain to return," Zhu Hongzhi said.
"This is the only option now. If Xiu Jie Ming sends someone to find me again, please stall for me and say I’m not here," Chen Guan instructed on related matters.
Early the next morning, Xiu Jie Ming barged into the Qilin Corps’ camp alone, defeating Bai Yueguang, Zhang Yujian, and Zhu Hongzhi within three moves, forcibly taking Chen Guan with him.
Chen Guan didn’t fight back; instead, he willingly followed Xiu Jie Ming.
Originally, he planned to put on a show, but knowing Fu Tianji would surely act, he righteously took Fu Tianji and left with Xiu Jie Ming.
Xiu Jie Ming’s team immediately set out from the Qilin Mountain Range, heading in the direction of the Imperial Mausoleum.
Previously, Chen Guan had once slain a millennium Ghost Emperor in the Imperial Mausoleum and acquired the Netherworld Emperor Sword Technique, making him not entirely unfamiliar with the mausoleum.
However, where the millennium Ghost Emperor dwelled was just the outermost part of the mausoleum. Inside, there were more Emperor’s Tombs, including Second and Third Awakening Ghost Emperors.
Xiu Jie Ming’s purpose in bringing people here is to break through the mausoleum and seize complete control.
According to Xiu Jie Ming, deep within the mausoleum lies a terrifying Emperor’s Tomb.
The Celestial Court Army had organized numerous operations before, but they never even glimpsed the Ghost Emperor within that Emperor’s Tomb. Just the Ghost Soldiers and Ghost Generals surrounding it had defeated various corps, leaving them in disarray.
Xiu Jie Ming’s target is the Ghost Emperor within that Emperor’s Tomb, and Chen Guan is to serve as a deputy commander in this battle.
"Xiu Jie Ming is truly Xiu Jie Ming, incomparable to a fool like Xiu Haofeng; he directly took Chen Guan to fight at the Imperial Mausoleum." Hu Quan smiled while holding his warm cup.
"Little Hu, go check it out. Make sure you see Chen Guan die there; if he doesn’t die..." The Inspectorate’s director, an elder, deliberately left the sentence unfinished.
"Understood, I’ll take care of it." Hu Quan got up and left; he surely understood the director’s intention.
Chen Guan, nominally a deputy commander, was, in reality, just a stand-in audience as Xiu Jie Ming’s corps was vastly more powerful than the Qilin Corps.
The Yellow Spring Ghost Soldiers along the way were obliterated by the corps directly.
Even when Ghost Emperors appeared, they were quickly exterminated under the corps’ assault.
Xiu Jie Ming’s corps boasts over ten thousand members, all Third Awakening Cultivators, each extraordinarily imposing, any of whom is an outstanding powerhouse.
"Having a family is indeed advantageous." Chen Guan lamented inwardly.
Along the way, Xiu Jie Ming didn’t need to do anything as his subordinates handled everything, and the looted resources were all for Xiu Jie Ming to select at will.
