Chapter 495

Chapter 495: The True Hidden Dangers

“Now you understand that we cannot go to that cursed place, right?”

Hashi spoke, “But don’t worry. Even though Morris is slightly stronger than us in strength realm, his reputation in the foreign affairs department is terrible. Don’t even think about him; with your connections, you completely don’t need to take him seriously. Even I’m not afraid of him.”

“I know you care about your reputation and never go back on your promises. A promise is worth a thousand gold. Let me handle this; he is in the wrong and doesn’t have the guts to trouble me, nor can he.”

“I have already signed a contract with him… If I don’t go, the consequence will be that I can never use my ability and methods to track and find targets again.”

Mares felt like crying without tears.

“……”

Hashi was left speechless.

He truly felt helpless.

Fortunately, he had expressed his attitude.

Feeling helpless was actually a good thing.

This way, he wouldn’t offend Morris, and he had also repaid Mares a considerable favor.

After all, he had previously stated, without knowing the full situation, that he was willing to risk offending Morris and help Mares deal with this troublesome matter.

Helping or not was one thing, but being unable to help was another.

With his attitude stated, it was enough to be worth half a favor.

“By the way!”

Seemingly recalling something, Hashi gritted his teeth and said, “How about I take you to find Lord Qidun? He is Morris’s superior. If he pressures Morris, it should force him to voluntarily give up the contract.”

“Forget it, I’ll think of another way.”

Mares hesitated several times and ultimately gave up on this feasible plan.

Because if Lord Qidun was indeed Morris’s superior, then he must undoubtedly be a high-ranking leader in the foreign affairs department.

To ask a high-ranking leader in the foreign affairs department to ignore the tasks and pressure his strong subordinate—one could only imagine the price that would need to be paid.

Although he had many resources and treasures and powerful connections, it was all relative to strong individuals of the same level.

He couldn’t possibly smash pots and sell iron just to solve this trouble.

Moreover, doing so would merely force Morris to give up the contract.

He would have paid a huge price, while Morris would pay nothing at all.

Just thinking about it made him feel frustrated.

After ending the communication with Hashi, he pondered and began to contact some strong friends with good connections.

He sought to borrow items and resources.

In his view, the biggest trouble in helping this time was that the star cluster outside their main region was completely incompatible with the Tree-Dwelling Tribe. Even for strong fighters, going there was rather unstable.

Since that was the case, he thought of borrowing items and materials that could improve luck and suppress misfortune to ensure he wouldn’t encounter such unexpected events.

Then, there was also the matter of being tricked by Morris.

After borrowing good treasures and materials, he took out the contract and tried to find the loopholes inside. He believed that in the hasty contract created by Morris, there must be certain flaws; it couldn’t be flawless.

…

On the blood-colored planet, in outer space.

In the flying treasure, Yi Chen successfully broke through to the Yuan Immortal ninth level and was striving for the peak of the ninth level.

In the storage ring, the communication stone began to vibrate slightly.

Upon taking it out, he saw that it was a communication request from the Shadow King.

An immortal power was infused into the communication stone.

The Shadow King’s voice then came through: “Your Majesty, Morris has already started contacting powerful beings from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe who are skilled in tracking and searching methods, and he has even signed a contract with them.”

“According to orders from the Federal Parliament and the Military, in the next few days, this capable being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe should be on their way to our star cluster.”

“Let them come! Notify me as soon as they arrive.”

Yi Chen’s expression remained calm.

He had anticipated this situation long ago.

However, he hadn’t expected that with Morris having such terrible luck, only a hint of fortune, he could still trigger a good outcome so quickly and get the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s powerful being to agree to come.

Based on his original deduction, even if Morris clearly decided to spare no expense to invite a skilled being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe for tracking and searching methods, due to his extremely poor fortune, he should have encountered many setbacks.

In the end, Morris not only succeeded in persuading the being to come, but he even signed a contract, so it was very unlikely that there would be any obstacles.

Fortunately, it wouldn’t affect him.

In just over a month, Yi Chen would be able to break through to a higher major realm.

At that time, he could further improve the Luck Technique, taking it to the next level.

With the Shadow King’s stealth techniques, he could effortlessly drain the being’s luck entirely, thereby resolving this trouble.

At the current stage, what really troubled Yi Chen was the strength realm of the Shadow King.

As Morris continued to struggle to complete his task, the discontent from the high-ranking leaders of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s foreign affairs department was inevitable.

Soon, they would probably discover that he hadn’t signed a contract.

By that time, they might send over beings stronger than Morris, or even more from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.

Morris was nearly the limit of the Shadow King’s concealment.

If even more powerful beings from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe arrived, the Shadow King wouldn’t be able to get close at all.

Even if he wanted to drain their luck, he would have no means to do so.

That would be the biggest problem.

“Shadow King, do you have any quick methods to improve your strength realm?”

Yi Chen suddenly inquired.

“There are many methods to quickly improve one’s strength realm, but…”

The Shadow King was somewhat surprised; in his view, Yi Chen’s talent was already approaching the unimaginable.

The speed of his breakthroughs in strength realm was enough to leave even the leader of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe dumbfounded.

As for the citizens of the Great Flame Empire, relying on Cave Paradise, they were making rapid progress, so they shouldn’t be worried about their speed of improvement in strength realm.

Not thinking too much about it, he explained, “Our Shadow Clan and humanity have different physiques and cultivation methods; those quick improvements in strength realm cannot be utilized by humanity.”

“I meant methods to quickly improve your own strength realm.”

Yi Chen shook his head.

“Me?”

The Shadow King then realized that Yi Chen was being prudent, worried that his realm was too low, anticipating that more powerful beings from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe would come. With his current realm and stealth techniques, he wouldn’t be able to approach them closely.

His face showed helplessness: “With my current strength realm, any quick improvement methods in the Shadow Clan are of no use. Even with the spirit materials I acquired last time, which greatly enhanced my talent, it still requires time for cultivation.”

“It’s fine; I’ll think of a way later.”

Yi Chen nodded.

If the Shadow King had quick methods to enhance his strength realm, that would be great.

If not…

He could only stall for time as much as possible, finding a way to prevent the foreign affairs department from sending stronger beings over, and then slowly think of solutions to this hidden danger.

Ultimately, it still came down to his strength realm being a bit lacking.

After chatting for a bit longer, Yi Chen ended the communication.

He continued his cultivation, striving towards the peak of the Yuan Immortal ninth level.

The Shadow King also continued to keep an eye on Morris.