You Say You Believe in Science, But You Fly on a Sword - Chapter 141
Chapter 141: Leave My Questions Alone..
Shocked as they were, everyone rationally chose not to disturb the newcomers.
After all, everyone has their own life, especially since they are not home often.
And because the two of them always used sword flight to reach their apartment and then came down from the roof, even in the same residential area, no one could ever run into Xie Yingqing and Su Qin’an in the elevator or anywhere else.
In the Ministry of Science and Technology’s conference room, Su Qin’an, Xie Yingqing, Yan Qingping, Zhang Keqiang, and Liu Qiming were sitting inside, watching the images on the big screen.
Everyone else was easy to explain, but as for Yan Qingping… it was entirely because he had been to many places and had seen a lot, so Su Qin’an brought him along as an encyclopedia.
After all, Yin Wanshan and the others were still busy refining the Saintly Radiance’s Supreme Spiritual Artifact, the Sacred Twin Swords, and the Sakura Pavilion’s Supreme Spiritual Artifact, the Imperial Halberd, preparing for the upcoming great chaos, so they naturally didn’t have any free time to watch videos.
The content of the video was naturally the altar Xie Yingqing filmed in the Ghost Race seabed. Black mist swirled around it, looking even less like a good person than Su Qin’an had, causing Liu Qiming and Zhang Keqiang to feel a chill run down their spines, even though they were separated from the image by a screen.
Because Xie Yingqing said there was important intelligence there, Zhang Keqiang even called off Wu Lingyu and Wang Chuan’s secret operations, ordering them to stand by, fearing that missing out on this intelligence would lead to the needless deaths of soldiers.
Even with Zhang Keqiang and Liu Qiming feeling a chill down their spines, they still looked at Yan Qingping countless times. It was as if they were saying: Are you sure this old man is your junior martial brother, and not your junior martial uncle?
So you guys really are old guys!
“Junior Brother Yan, can you tell anything? ”
Xie Yingqing asked, “There’s too much black mist on the altar, and there’s some kind of strange power obscuring it; I could only film this much. ”
Yan Qingping pondered, “This altar… doesn’t look like it’s from our side; it looks more like Northern Europe… or to be precise, it’s more like from the Hidden Sect. ”
“Junior Brother has been to the Hidden Sect? ”
Su Qin’an raised an eyebrow: “I went to… ”
“Um… I heard the Hidden Sect’s altars are unparalleled in the world, so I went to steal… um, borrow a few secret scrolls. ”
Yan Qingping feigned profundity, smiling slightly: “What a pity… ”
“What a pity? ”
Although Liu Qiming didn’t understand what Yan Qingping was saying about the altar, he could still hear the regret in Yan Qingping’s words: “Was it a fake? ”
“Not at all. ”
Yan Qingping shook his head, “The pity is that the scrolls were all filled with gibberish, and I couldn’t understand them. ”
Liu Qiming:…
The other three:…
The longer he interacted with these people from the Cultivation World, the more the image of cultivators as “commanding the wind and rain, possessing a fairy-like demeanor” crumbled in Liu Qiming’s mind.
To the point that when he heard Yan Qingping had gone to another sect to steal… um, borrow a few secret scrolls, and couldn’t understand them because they were in English, and he called it “gibberish,” he felt no surprise, and even felt like laughing.
“Or… should we just watch the video? ”
Zhang Keqiang felt the conversation had veered off track too quickly, so he quickly brought it back: “Old Gentleman Yan, what’s wrong with this altar? ”
Although Xie Yingqing and Su Qin’an repeatedly stated that Yan Qingping was their junior martial brother, and not much younger than them, who could blame them for calling Yan Qingping “Old Man”?
Calling an old man “Old Gentleman” is just good old Chinese tradition!
Yan Qingping paused the video at thirteen seconds, then enlarged a formation rune and studied it carefully.
For a time, the other four in the conference room remained silent, nervously watching Yan Qingping.
Yan Qingping paused and played the video repeatedly, continuously enlarging various details. A video that was originally less than a minute long was watched by him for over half an hour.
“No, I’ve never seen it before! ”
This single sentence from Yan Qingping directly extinguished everyone’s hope: “This altar is 40% similar to the Hidden Sect’s, and the other parts don’t belong to any altar I’ve ever seen. As for the aura… yes, its aura is also very strange! ”
“How strange? ”
Su Qin’an asked.
“The Ghost Race doesn’t cultivate, so they don’t have cultivation bases. ”
Yan Qingping said: “But this altar… or rather, the person sealed within it, has a very powerful aura, almost completely solidified. And it could push Senior Martial Sister Xie back so she couldn’t approach. If converted into a cultivation base, it should be… Great Ascension Realm. ”
“But I don’t know why, I can tell that he’s still a little short of the true Great Ascension Realm. It’s like those Great Ascension Realm cultivators in the West; although they practice magic, they rely too much on Cultivation Grounds, resulting in their cultivation base being somewhat hollow. ”
Although his cultivation base was low, Yan Qingping had broad horizons!
“Great Ascension Realm… ”
Su Qin’an pondered, “If he were to join the battlefield, I’m afraid… ”
“Damn it! My soldiers! ”
Zhang Keqiang roared, “Damn it, if this guy joins the battlefield, how many of my soldiers will survive? ”
It’s still the same thing. As the Minister of National Defense, while ensuring China’s national defense security, he must also do his utmost to ensure the lives of his soldiers, to allow them to return to their nation safe and sound, rather than bringing them home in cold boxes to rest in the earth.
Xie Yingqing understood Zhang Keqiang’s concerns: “Don’t worry, we also have a Cultivator Army, and Master and the seven Great Ascension Realm cultivators. If it really comes to a fight, there won’t be too many casualties. ”
“No, fewer casualties are better. ”
Zhang Keqiang said, “Can you give me the location of this altar? I’ll try to send him some express delivery… ”
DF Missiles, mission accomplished!
“I’m afraid that’s not possible. ”
Before Xie Yingqing could speak, Yan Qingping said, “Aside from the altar having a hidden location function, just his Great Ascension Realm aura alone would make missile explosions ineffective against him. ”
After all, these are weapons from a civilization that hasn’t even reached level one; no matter how strong or numerous they are, how could they possibly harm someone equivalent to a level five civilization Great Ascension Realm cultivator?
Zhang Keqiang:…
Okay, the DF-41 and DF-51 are useless.
“However! ”
Yan Qingping changed his tone, saying, “Since the person in the altar hasn’t come out, it means… he’s certainly unable to participate in battle, at least not in the short term. This means that for the time being, if you have any military operations, you can proceed freely; he will not interfere. ”
Zhang Keqiang nodded, “Okay, then I’m relieved. ”
It looks like Wu Lingyu and Wang Chuan can attack!
Now that they know a strong person immune to conventional weapons will appear in the future, China must accelerate its military actions and seize as much territory as possible from the Ghost Race in the shortest possible time.
At the very least, take over Asia first, occupying the world’s largest continent, so as to better contend with the Ghost Race that occupies the Pacific Ocean.