990 Plan is Interrupted (1/2)
”Hello? Li Xiang, what's the situation over there?”
As soon as he left the studio, Chen Xiaobei called Li Xiang to start begin phase two of their plan: find the Orochi Scale.
But things were not going smoothly for Li Xiang. He told Chen Xiaobei helplessly, ”Brother Bei. We have a problem. The executive chef at the palace we had bribed suddenly changed his mind and refused to let us slip in. I have to find another way.”
”Mm, if that's the case, I won't go to you.” Chen Xiaobei nodded and said, ”Come up with another solution. I will deal with the people who try to stop us.”
”People who tried to stop us? Are you talking about the vicious individual behind Donchen Ittō-ryū?”
Li Xiang was very perceptive.
”Yes. If everything has gone according to plan, Tanaka and the others should be following our enemies to their nest. They've just texted me. I better go see for myself.” Chen Xiaobei said.
”Alright. Roger that. I will see what I can come up with. I'll update you on our progress later.” Said Li Xiang before hanging up.
Chen Xiaobei sped to the location Tanaka Tsuyoshi had sent.
Along the way, Chen Xiaobei evaluated their current situation and the variables. Earlier, he had kept his composure when he spoke to Li Xiang to avoid putting any additional pressure on him.
The truth was, their situation was tight.
They had failed to infiltrate the palace, and Li Xiang had yet figured a way into Divine Sovereign Sect.
It looked like their plans to find the Orochi Scale had hit the wall.
These few days, Chen Xiaobei had been looking up the internet and read that before the Royal wedding of the crown prince, Demonic Fox will be fasting in Divine Sovereign Sect, guarded by the Divine King and four guardians who would be chanting.
That meant that if Chen Xiaobei wanted to see Demonic Fox before the wedding, he had to start a war against the Divine Sovereign Sect.
The Divine King's cultivation was a mystery and the four guardians were elites with Celestial cultivation.
Even if Chen Xiaobei summons four of his loyal, Celestial-cultivated hounds from China, it might not be a sure-win.
It was clearly unrealistic to go to war now.
This also meant that their plan to rescue Demonic Fox would have to take a back seat for now. Even though Chen Xiaobei hoped to find reincarnated Daji, he had no other leads other than that she was in Japan.
Clearly, this was another impasse.
Time waits for no one. The days had passed by just like that, and if they do not find a way to break these impasses, this trip to Japan would be a complete waste!
Chen Xiaobei was in a desperate need for a breakthrough.
He could not simply rely on Li Xiang to come up answers. He had to do some thinking himself.
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At Mount Donchen