Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

Chapter 347: 43 Chen Lingyun Strategizes Behind the Scenes

Chapter 347: Chapter 43 Chen Lingyun Strategizes Behind the Scenes
 

Upon entering Chen Lingyun’s room, he saw her on the balcony making a phone call.

Yan Yu waited patiently for her to finish the call, and only when she turned around did he speak up to state his purpose:

“I recently heard from Anna that a certain piece of gossip has been circulating internationally, claiming that the rewards in The Secret Realm of Líg?ng will be distributed based on the order of entry, and that the differences between the rewards for those who enter first and those who enter last will be significant.”

“Mm-hmm,” Chen Lingyun nodded and said, “It seems we have a leak inside.”

“So it’s a leak, huh,” Yan Yu said, nodding as if he’d just had a revelation, “So what then?”

“So there’s a problem,” Chen Lingyun said with a low chuckle, “Suppose I am the leader of the Yin Yang Bureau, allied with the Pear Blossom Courtyard and the Strategic Bureau to jointly fight against Rikoku Cultivators. If we successfully make it to the Departure Palace Gate, who should enter Líg?ng first?”

Yan Yu pondered for a moment and replied:

“Of course, the strongest should enter Líg?ng first.”

“Then, who is the strongest?” Chen Lingyun continued with a smile, “If I say that the Onmyoji are the strongest and should enter Líg?ng first to take the best rewards, would the Pear Blossom Courtyard and the Strategic Bureau agree?”

“So in the end, a fight is inevitable,” Yan Yu followed her analysis, “In that case, the opposing alliance will fall apart on its own.”

“To say it will collapse on its own is an exaggeration,” Chen Lingyun’s smile faded, and she said gravely, “The information we released will certainly not be taken entirely at face value by the opposing side. As long as Rikoku Cultivators still block the way, the three forces will inevitably consider an alliance to kick us out of the competition first.”

“And the rift would only appear in the last step,” Yan Yu also began to contemplate, “which is when the Rikoku Cultivators can no longer prevent the three forces from entering Líg?ng.”

“Exactly,” Chen Lingyun said slowly, “That’s when they will turn on each other, fighting to be the first to enter Líg?ng.”

“Won’t they be suspicious?” Yan Yu asked, “Suspicious that we fabricated this information purposely to break up their three-way alliance?”

“Of course they will be suspicious,” Chen Lingyun said with a laugh, “But what can they do about it?”

“If the information is false, then we change to a more common Mysterious Realm model, where Líg?ng doesn’t distribute rewards based on order of entry, but like most Mysterious Realms, it contains a core that can be refined. In that case, the Transcendent who refines the core first could directly reap all the benefits, kicking all other Transcendents out of the competition. Isn’t that an even more extreme situation than ‘distributing rewards based on order’?”

“That is to say,” Yan Yu quickly concluded, “the so-called three-way alliance was doomed from the beginning. Sooner or later, there would be infighting over the spoils of victory, and the information we released was only to bring this hidden issue to the surface, effectively sowing discord between them.”

“That’s one way to put it.”

“But there’s still one problem,” Yan Yu said gravely, “If the three parties reach a consensus beforehand and decide to adopt our Rikoku’s distribution mechanism, where all Transcendents who enter Líg?ng, regardless of order, have to submit their spoils for a fairer distribution, wouldn’t that prevent the alliance from breaking?”

“No need for ‘if,'” Chen Lingyun said with a smile, “They will definitely try to do that, to avoid being divided by the information we released.”

“So how do we break that?” Yan Yu casually asked, then had an epiphany, “Ah, I get it now!”

“The Goryeo Sword Saint! Right?”

“The Goryeo Sword Saint is just one piece in the game,” Chen Lingyun’s smile grew sweeter, and she said gently, “Yan Yu, it’s not just three Transcendent groups on the opposite side. They have thousands of intelligence operatives, psychologists, and strategic analysts, the smartest people in the country helping them to plan carefully, watching for any slip-ups we might inadvertently reveal. Simple tricks won’t fool them, and if they do, it’s just good luck.”

“And this time, what I want is a foolproof plan.”

“You?” Yan Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, “This matter… your father has given you full authority to handle it?”

“Right,” Chen Lingyun said with a smile, “Why, surprised?”

“Not surprised,” Yan Yu shook his head, “It’s just a little earlier than the timeline in the previous life.”

“How much earlier?” Chen Lingyun asked curiously.

“Just a little bit.”

“A year?”

“Just a little bit more than that.”

“I understand,” Chen Lingyun sighed pretentiously, “It seems that the me on the other side, without the advantage of your prophetic foresight, is truly a late bloomer.”

“Hehe,” Yan Yu neither affirmed nor denied, “I just hope you can keep public and private matters separate. When it’s time to play the big game, do concentrate on it properly. But when it’s not time to play, withdraw from the identity of the player in time, and don’t treat everyone around you as chess pieces. Otherwise, it will backfire on you sooner or later.”

“I understand,” Chen Lingyun nodded.

Considering she didn’t have a smile on her face at the time, she probably didn’t understand but made a mental note of it anyway.

“Alright then,” Yan Yu glossed over this subject and turned back to the main topic, “I’m not good at planning strategies behind the scenes, but I trust your abilities in this area; otherwise, I wouldn’t have told you this secret.”

“My request is simple, take all the rewards from the Departure Palace, kill as many enemies as possible, and maximize the results of the battle. As long as you can do this, I will leave the matter in your hands, and I have no objections.”

“Hmm, I knew you would trust me~” Chen Lingyun smiled again, speaking in a coquettish tone, “Since you’ve said this, I’ll have to order you around properly~”

“Feel free to command me.”

“The first thing,” Chen Lingyun raised a finger, her smile turning sweet and cloying as if it were silky honey, “I want you to recount to me, in great detail, everything you know about The Secret Realm of Líg?ng.”

“Okay,” Yan Yu sat down beside her and spoke seriously, “In fact, I have never personally been through the Secret Realm of the Departure Palace. The intelligence partly comes from event archives I’ve seen, and partly from what you’ve told me.”

“The realm opened around 9 a.m. on January 3rd, when the colorful lights under the sea suddenly burst forth, as if the gates to the Dragon Palace at the bottom of the sea had opened…”

“What about the celestial phenomena?” Chen Lingyun interrupted him.

“The archives didn’t mention them,” Yan Yu recalled carefully, “but from the descriptions, it must have been a mostly cloudless sky; otherwise, the surveillance satellite wouldn’t have been able to capture the specifics of the surrounding sea area, right?”

“Then, at that time, the Privy Council of Rikoku blockaded the vicinity of the entrance to the realm, but it was still penetrated by the other side. It was later suspected that the Yin Yang Bureau had used some unknown Water Escape Technique to avoid the firepower lines above the sea surface, sending the Transcendents into the depth of the secret underwater realm.”

“Water Escape Technique?” Chen Lingyun raised an eyebrow, “Any concrete evidence?”

…………

It took nearly half an hour for Yan Yu to go through all the intelligence about the Secret Realm of Líg?ng from his past life. If it weren’t for Chen Lingyun constantly interrupting him and asking for more details, it really wouldn’t have taken this long.

“That’s all,” he picked up the water cup from the desk and gulped down several mouthfuls, “Did you get all that? Don’t ask me to repeat it, because I’ll really get annoyed.”

“I got it,” Chen Lingyun bent her finger, tapping it on her temple, “But there is a second thing.”

“What is it?” Yan Yu asked.

“I need a relaxing environment to reorganize and interconnect the intelligence in my mind,” Chen Lingyun said with a smile.

“Sure,” Yan Yu stood up, “I’ll tell them not to come up and disturb you…”

“No, that’s not it,” said Chen Lingyun with smiling eyes, “I want you to hold me.”

“Ah?”

“Don’t understand?” Chen Lingyun blinked, speaking playfully, “I mean, I sit on your lap, and then your hands wrap around me, resting on my…”

“Chest?”

“Stomach.”

“This is a bit too much to ask,” Yan Yu declined firmly, “How can I differentiate the two clearly?”

Chen Lingyun’s smile immediately turned cold.