Chapter 540: Chapter 538: Shifting the Blame

"Thank you, old Taoist master!"

Yang Qing replied with excitement and enthusiasm upon hearing this.

Then, after he sent out all the gifts in his account, he contentedly ended the call.

[System Notice: Host has successfully altered the Heavenly Dao, is currently absorbing Life Span, please check later...]

The system’s notification also rang in Lu Heng’s ear.

Yang Qing’s future destiny has already changed.

However, it’s uncertain whether this change is good or bad.

"Friends, tonight’s two lucky viewers have been revealed."

"So, our live stream ends here."

"Thank you everyone for watching my stream, I hope to see you again next time I go live!"

"Goodbye, friends..."

With a smile on his face, Lu Heng bid farewell to the viewers in the livestream, then closed the stream and exited the Douhu APP.

"System!"

After ending the livestream, he silently called out in his mind.

Host: Lu Heng (Dao name: Qingfeng)

Age: 18

Status: Normal

Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Level 2

Cultivation Technique: "Taiyi Five Qi Spell", "Heaven-Stepping Cloud Step", "Immortal Talisman Technique", "Supreme Profound Alchemy Technique", "Corpse Control Spell", "Taiping Sect Refining Technique Basic Edition"

Magical Treasures: Illusion Demon Mask (Dharma Artifact), Bronze Pill Cauldron (Dharma Artifact), White Spirit Jade Bottle (Dharma Artifact), Celestial Demon Blood Transformation Divine Needle (Magical Treasure), Yin Wood Coffin (Dharma Artifact), Blood God Statue (Dharma Artifact), Cyan Phosphorus Charge (Magical Treasure), Nether River Blood God Statue Fragment *2 (Dharma Artifact Fragment), Jade Leaf Boat (Magical Treasure)

Array Map: Blood Evil Illusion Array

Tools: Mysterious Egg, Gui Character Treasure Box Fragment Part 1

Life Span: 1196

After glancing at his own panel, Lu Heng nodded in satisfaction.

He took out a bottle of Lower Grade Body Refining Pill from the system warehouse, then took out a pill and swallowed it.

After consuming it, he suddenly felt a surge of heat flow within his body.

And then... there was nothing else...

After a few minutes, the heat flow disappeared, leaving no sensation at all.

"No way? Just this little effect?"

Lu Heng felt quite perplexed.

This damn Body Refining Pill, isn’t it a placebo?

A placebo should not be a placebo.

But perhaps his cultivation had reached the Foundation Establishment realm, causing the Lower Grade Body Refining Pill to have little effect.

"Rest for a night and then check out the situation over at Shengmai!"

Lu Heng shook his head, and then took out a Spiritual Qi Pill from the White Spirit Jade Bottle, swallowed it, and quickly entered into a cultivation state.

...

Talan, Shengmai.

At the explosion site just outside the city, many soldiers wearing Talan military uniforms were still searching.

The person in charge here was now Lieutenant Daniel.

As for Major Carrel?

He had already returned to Eagle Country with General Schneider and others, undergoing questioning from the defense department.

This bombing operation against the Talan Monster was conducted by Schneider without reporting to the Eagle Country Military, essentially a private operation.

If everything went according to Schneider’s ideal outcome, this bombing would have not only killed the Talan Monster and Tie Xiong, but also secured two statues that could grant extraordinary abilities.

Unfortunately, the ideal is beautiful.

But reality is ruthless!

Although the bomb successfully killed the terrifying Talan Monster, it failed to kill Tie Xiong.

And so far, they hadn’t found a single statue.

The plan had completely failed. If Schneider doesn’t take the blame for this, who else should?

Of course, blame aside, the statue issue must be resolved.

A statue that can grant extraordinary abilities, what a powerful temptation?

Faced with such temptation, even the high society of Eagle Country couldn’t refuse.

Therefore, Lieutenant Daniel, who was responsible for bad ideas, was not held accountable but instead became the temporary head of Shengmai Command Headquarters.

His task was to locate the statue related to the Talan Monster and bring it back to Eagle Country intact.

"Commander Wenma, we need to speed up! Send more manpower over!"

Lieutenant Daniel was furrowing his brows, shouting to Wenma Menglachaweng beside him.

"All our personnel from Shengmai Command Headquarters are already here."

Wenma Menglachaweng shrugged his shoulders and replied.

"Then ask your Northern Military District for more personnel!"

"We must quickly find that statue!"

Lieutenant Daniel impatiently emphasized.

"Alright, Lieutenant!"

Wenma Menglachaweng helplessly nodded his agreement.

After the bombing operation ended, he returned to the familiar Shengmei.

Seeing half of Shengmai City turned into ruins by the bomb’s shockwave, he was dumbfounded.

Unbelievable that the Eagle Country military would go so harsh just to eliminate Mr. Tie!

Fortunately, he chose to get on the helicopter at that time; otherwise, he might have had to take blame too.

Despite Wenma Menglachaweng’s agreement, Lieutenant Daniel’s frown didn’t relax.

It’s peculiar; even after the Talan Monster was killed, when they started looking for the statue, thousands of people scoured the area for days, yet they couldn’t even find a statue fragment.

The statue seemed to vanish into thin air, completely gone.

"Fuck!"

"Where the hell did the statue get bombed to?"

Lieutenant Daniel cursed inwardly in frustration.

Could it be that the statue was completely destroyed in the explosion?

How is that possible?

That statue was supposed to grant extraordinary abilities!

How could it so easily be destroyed?

Except for this, there seems to be no other reasonable explanation.

The days passed one by one, and despite Wenma Menglachaweng’s full cooperation, Lieutenant Daniel still couldn’t find the statue. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Moreover, during this time, the Shengmei citizens who had evacuated began to return.

The citizens residing in the northern part of the city were shocked to find their homes reduced to ruins.

They had only gone away for a few days, how come their homes were gone upon return?

Consequently, these citizens organized themselves, staged a sit-in in front of Shengmai City Hall, demanding compensation for their losses and rebuilding of their homes.

Anpeng Suwanapu was also helpless.

Damn, it wasn’t him who bombed the northern city, why bother him?

But without calming them down, this group simply wouldn’t leave!

Helplessly, Anpeng Suwanapu could only report this issue upwards, requesting Banco’s government to allocate funds!

Banco’s government had no spare cash to rebuild homes for these citizens!

They directed the issue straight to the Eagle Country embassy.

"You Eagle Country people bombed this place, shouldn’t you fund the rebuilding?"

After hearing, the Eagle Country ambassador frowned, then passed the buck back to Banco’s government.

After all, if Banco hadn’t sought assistance from Eagle Country, how could they have sent planes?

"Now that the Talan Monster has been successfully eliminated, not only are you ungrateful, but you’re asking us for compensation?"

"Is there any sense in this world?"