Su Nanxiong's Doubt

"Can you bring some back for me? I'll study it and see if there's a way to resolve it," Xia Yuan asked. In his view, since these things belonged to Shen Yi, he still needed to ask for his opinion.

"This blood no longer contains Dragon Qi, so its effectiveness is not as good as it was initially."

"It's fine, I'll just take a bit back to study." After Xia Yuan collected some blood, Shen Yi sent him back to the Shadow Department once more.

Although Xia Yuan appeared calm about today's events, his heart had actually been shaken more than once. He had never imagined that the Psionic Research Institute would be connected to the Foreign Race. Moreover, the director of the Research Institute was actually a member of the Foreign Race.

Returning to his office, he pondered how to handle the current situation.

It wasn't hard to see that the entirety of Huaxia seemed to have been thoroughly infiltrated. Just the Research Institute alone had branches spread across the entire Huaxia region.

If they were to eliminate it directly, it would naturally shake Huaxia's foundation. It might even expose and drag down many others. He had to consider this carefully; it couldn't be resolved with a simple, brute-force solution.

This matter concerned the whole of Huaxia and was not something that could be covered up. If Huaxia were to lose more than half of its combat power because of the Research Institute, other nations lurking around would seize the opportunity to kick them while they were down.

"It would be great if other nations besides Huaxia were invaded by the Foreign Race right now," Xia Yuan muttered to himself.

If that were the case, Huaxia would have an opportunity to reorganize itself.

With this thought, he left his office and headed toward the residence of Jingdu's supreme leader, wanting to discuss some strategies.

Meanwhile, Su Nanxiong had spent a whole year without figuring out how the Mirage Dragon had vanished.

On the fifth floor, the controlled members of the great clans could not absorb Mirage Dragon blood, so he didn't dare to wake them up. Once they woke up, he had no idea what would happen.

At this moment, he returned to his residence on the first floor of the Research Institute. As soon as he entered, he felt something summoning him. Following the summoning sound, he walked toward the room with the Altar.

"Ze, why did this descent fail? Twelve consecutive failures—are you playing tricks from within?" Su Nanxiong quickly walked inside, and a cold voice rang out.

"All of them failed?" Obviously, he had only just found out.

"You didn't know?" The cold voice was extremely grim.

"Do I have to know?" Su Nanxiong didn't take the other party seriously at all.

"Ze, you should know how important these things are to us."

"You mentioned the Divine Fusion Fruit before. It was originally agreed upon, but since this descent failed, I'm afraid it won't be given to you." The other party's voice carried a hint of disappointment.

"Haha, you don't need to deceive me with those words. If they had truly agreed to give it to me, they wouldn't have waited until now to tell me. We've known each other for so many years; if the higher-ups had really agreed, things wouldn't be in this state."

"As for the reason for the failed descent, go look for the cause on your side. Everything on my end is perfectly normal. Besides, the resources on my side can only support one descent. If there is a next time, I hope your side will only descend after you are fully prepared."

At this moment, Su Nanxiong was irritated by several matters and had no heart to reply. Having said his piece, he turned and left. Only the cold voice remained, staring blankly as he departed.

After leaving, Su Nanxiong didn't return to his room but turned to head to the bottom floor. Although he claimed it wasn't his doing, he still wanted to check.

On Shen Yi's side, after Xia Yuan left, he didn't have everyone immediately return to the cultivation capsules. Instead, he put all the previous puppets back in, letting Ji Yan return to her former position as well.

He guessed that the other party would come here to inspect. After all, since the entire descent process had failed, they would definitely come to investigate.

He himself also returned to his cultivation capsule. Just as he had predicted, Su Nanxiong appeared before long. He entered the room, took a simple look, and then left.

Over the next few days, the staff members who had stopped appearing showed up again, continuing to add some reagents inside.

The others were once again brought into that space by him.

"The danger has been resolved. You can continue to enter now. This liquid can accelerate the process of rule-converting the Divine Soul."

"Many of you have already reached the King Stage; there is no need to rush to advance to the Emperor Stage right now." Next, he repeated the cultivation-related matters Xia Yuan had told him to the people present.

"This liquid is extremely precious, and we don't know how much longer the Research Institute can provide it. Let's do our best inside and absorb this energy well." Shen Yi's words made all of their eyes light up.

This kind of place was truly a rapid cultivation ground; simply soaking inside could accelerate the rule-conversion of the Divine Soul.

Everyone returned to their respective waiting rooms. The seven people brought over from Xia Yuan's side said nothing. In their hearts, there was only one standard: to obey any order from Shen Yi, and to obey him alone.

Although these people initially felt some resistance—after all, Xia Yuan was the one they truly revered in the Shadow Department—after a year here, they could be said to hold Shen Yi in extreme respect. In just one short year, they had gone from Tier Five directly to the current King Stage. This was something they wouldn't have dared to imagine in their entire lives.

The others all returned to their rooms one after another, leaving Ji Yan alone.

Ji Yan, who usually had a cold expression, now had a slightly flushed face.

"Sister Yan, well, this is very precious."

"Also, you must remember not to wear clothes. If someone discovers us, we'll all be finished." After giving his instructions, Shen Yi quickly returned to his room.

After dealing with Su Nanxiong's inspection, Ji Yan had been somewhat resistant to entering the cultivation capsule, even saying she wanted to wear clothes. Shen Yi had no choice but to patiently persuade her.

Having just said a couple of sentences, he could already feel the killing intent in Ji Yan's eyes.

In the end, Ji Yan sighed helplessly. After all, Shen Yi was the one who saved her, and this place was indeed an excellent spot to increase her cultivation. It was just that it made her feel a bit embarrassed.

Just as she was about to return to her room, Shen Yi appeared again.

"Sister Yan, actually, I have a way to..." He originally wanted to say there was a way to make her feel less awkward, but the words caught in his throat.

"Speak."

"Once you lie down in the cultivation capsule, I will pull your Divine Soul into the Dragon Pearl World. You can just stay in the Dragon Pearl World, so you won't see anything and won't feel embarrassed."

Ji Yan: "..." Hearing his words, she glared at him.

"I was just speaking casually. If you don't want to, just pretend I didn't say anything." Having said this, Shen Yi walked toward his room once more.

"After I fall into a deep sleep, pull my Divine Soul into the Dragon Pearl." Ji Yan's voice was extremely quiet.

"Alright, then Sister Yan, you go ahead. I'll pull you into the Dragon Pearl Space in a bit."

This was a function Shen Yi had researched later on. By letting the physical body fall into a deep sleep, he could pull a sliver of Divine Soul Power from it to enter the Dragon Race space. This way, they wouldn't feel bored. He even played Fight the Landlord with the others in the Dragon Pearl Space. It was truly a form of idle, "lying flat" cultivation.