Sect Recruitment: I Can See Attribute Entries

Chapter 762: Chapter 763: The Pleasant Way to Say It and the Unpleasant Way to Say It Are Completely Different!

At the river mouth.

Donggua stared dumbfounded as the two approached from the distance. By the time he snapped out of it, they were already standing before him.

He didn’t know whether Xie Lingyu’s breakthrough right in front of him was meant as intimidation — to keep him in line.

But standing before Chu Xingchen, he didn’t have the courage to be anything but obedient.

Donggua’s thoughts were a tangled mess, but he quickly discarded all the useless ones and stepped forward to greet them. ”Senior Chu, I heard you have orders?”

Chu Xingchen studied Donggua for a moment, then offered a warm smile and a gentle nod:

”Yes, I do have something to trouble you with.”

”Your orders,” Donggua replied, then hurriedly added, ”But recently, with your disciple’s help, I’ve corrected quite a bit of intelligence. I’ve also been of considerable assistance.”

Good deeds done in secret were worth nothing — good deeds shouted aloud were worth their weight in gold.

Donggua understood this crude but obvious principle well enough, especially given his track record of being caught with his hand in the cookie jar.

Chu Xingchen raised a hand. A great wisp of light drifted from his spatial ring, and in moments, it expanded into a rather imposing grand vessel.

Only after finishing this did Chu Xingchen answer:

”Baiqing told me — you’ve been doing well lately. That’s why I called you here today.”

Donggua’s expression stiffened slightly as he glanced at the grand vessel behind him. A very bad premonition stirred in his chest, but he forced a smile and asked:

”You’re planning a pleasure cruise...?”

”If you want the pleasant way to say it, sure.” Chu Xingchen walked toward the vessel first, then asked in a leisurely tone, ”There’s also the unpleasant way to say it. Interested?”

Xie Lingyu followed behind Chu Xingchen, her gaze flicking sideways to Donggua, whose expression had genuinely frozen.

If Chu Xingchen put it that way, Donggua naturally didn’t want to hear it.

But this boat — he figured he had no choice but to board. In a sense, he and Chu Xingchen really were grasshoppers on the same rope now.

Donggua also understood he had a flaw — even when it was time to play dumb, he wasn’t very willing to play dumb.

”What’s the unpleasant way to say it?” Donggua gritted his teeth, following while pressing the question.

Chu Xingchen’s lips curled into a faint smile. He tossed the command talisman for controlling the vessel to Donggua:

”Then naturally, it’s throwing an egg against a rock. We’re going to give Xu Linglong trouble.”

”We’ve turned the entire Eastern Divine Continent upside down, and intelligence analysis points to Xu Linglong being near the East Sea. We set sail from here.”

”Combining the full strength of our three people — find Xu Linglong and kill her, or be killed by her.”

Donggua instinctively caught the command talisman. After hearing these words, the talisman — something that should have weighed nothing to him — suddenly felt so heavy he could barely hold it.

Chu Xingchen gazed out at the ocean, his tone cheerful: ”Donggua, which probability do you think is higher?”

”Three people...” Donggua murmured, then grasped at hope. ”I don’t count as a person. Surely Senior Chu brought Bai Xuanling along for an ambush, and we’re luring Xu Linglong to her death?”

”Sorry, I misspoke.” Chu Xingchen’s tone was languid. ”Two humans and one demon — once our powers combine, we’ll definitely be able to lop off Xu Linglong’s head and kick it around like a ball.”

Donggua didn’t respond. His gaze swept the surroundings — he was certain there were Tribulation Transcendence cultivators hidden nearby.

Chu Xingchen was probably saying all this specifically for Xu Linglong to overhear.

After all, who in their right mind, living perfectly well, would go looking for death?

Donggua gripped the command talisman tightly. In the end, he activated the vessel and began heading toward the depths of the East Sea. At the same time, he started laying on the flattery:

”Relying on Senior Chu’s cultivation, it’s certainly possible.”

Chu Xingchen leaned one hand against the railing, his expression calm and unperturbed:

”Naturally.”

Saying he hadn’t brought anyone wasn’t entirely true — three specially selected Tribulation Transcendence cultivators were concealing their cultivation and tracks, moving to shadow Chu Xingchen’s direction. They were simply too far away to arrive immediately.