Chapter 544
“Let’s contact the undercover agent, help him take control of Mo City, reclaim Ren City, and make all mortals submit to the Heavenly Clan before the natural disasters strike. It’s not that simple!”
Feng Zhi slammed her hand on the table in frustration.
Undercover...
Ying Bing, with her wise gaze, lowered her eyes to Li Mo.
Li Mo: “...”
Well, it was indeed a bit awkward...
No one reminded him, and he had genuinely forgotten about his mission. To be honest, he hadn’t taken it seriously from the start.
Li Mo sighed, “If you all can’t do it, how can I? This isn’t something you can solve with a hammer.”
“Exactly! But for the past two years, everyone in the clan has thought that you and I have been in contact and that we have a grand and meticulous plan...”
“How did it end up like this?”
“Brother-in-law, you’ve become famous! You’re mentioned in stories eight hundred times a day. I can’t just say you’ve gone missing, so I’ve had to keep coming up with new excuses, and before I knew it, it turned into this.”
Feng Zhi pouted, looking pitiful, completely losing her wild demeanor.
“Brother-in-law, I was just trying to help you! You can’t just ignore me now.”
Goodness, the Wind God was about to cry.
She was sobbing, looking like a gust of wind had blown through her.
Li Mo fell into deep thought. She had indeed been covering for him, and now the lie had spiraled out of control, making it impossible to backtrack.
He couldn’t just abandon her...
But he couldn’t betray the undercover agent and Mo City either, could he?
“Sister, please help me,” Li Mo said earnestly.
Feng Zhi and Chun Mang thought he was asking Ying Bing for advice.
Unexpectedly, Ying Bing gave him a helpless glance, then leaned down to press her lips against his neck, her ears flushed with a delicate pink.
Break the seal!
After being nibbled by the Heavenly Fairy, Li Mo felt invigorated; his waist no longer ached, his legs no longer hurt, and he was filled with determination.
With two heads together, their clever minds were back in the game.
“Hey, I actually have a win-win solution.”
Li Mo touched his neck, looking aloof like a genius.
“Really that quick?”
“You must have thought of a way already, right...”
Feng Zhi and Chun Mang looked a bit skeptical but waited quietly for Li Mo to continue.
“First, what Jiang Yu meant by making Ren City submit isn’t about land. Given the Heavenly Clan’s strength, taking over Ren City would be a piece of cake. What he truly wants is the hearts of the people.”
“Exactly.”
The divine sword of the Heavenly Clan must be driven by the will of the people to be unstoppable.
This was also why Jiang Yu had never fully grasped it.
In the eyes of most people in Tianren City, neither the Heavenly Clan nor he could be considered the people's choice.
“Look, the Heavenly Clan possesses innate power. Why not use it to help the mortals of Ren City?”
“You mean to pass on power to the mortals? That won’t work; there are too many people, and there’s not enough to go around.”
Feng Zhi shook her head. Even the inheritors of the Earth City’s Heavenly Clan had to be carefully selected.
“Who said it has to be about passing on power?”
Li Mo raised his index finger and shook it.
He found it strange that such a simple idea needed to be voiced by him.
“For example, Feng Zhi, you can disperse toxic mists. Chun Mang, you can cultivate seeds, bringing life back to a field. And Yan Rong, you can provide the earth fire needed for smelting metals...”
“You all have qualities that command respect.”
“It’s just that you’ve never realized how much respect mortals have for those who help them survive and thrive, far surpassing the awe brought by sheer power.”
Feng Zhi and Chun Mang stood still, lost in thought.
Helping Ren City develop would be beneficial for both Tianren City and the Heavenly Clan.
Even Jiang Yu wouldn’t object.
After all, he would never think that mortals could pose any threat to him.
“Since this is your request, let’s call it the Spring Breeze Plan!”
“However, the Heavenly Clan is too distant from the mortals; Mo City must act as the intermediary.”
Li Mo paused for a moment and added, “Before that, there’s one more thing to take care of...”
“What is it?”
...
Half an hour later, on the rooftop of the Catching Wind Tower in Mo City, the renowned undercover agent and the elders of Mo City, including Dong Changtian, gathered.
Li Mo stepped forward, his voice serious as he declared, “Everyone, I have something to announce. If I don’t say it, I won’t find peace, and I’ll be tormented day and night.”
“Actually, I’m an undercover agent.”
Little Li revealed his secret.
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Chapter 618: The Spring Breeze Blows Across the Land
“...”
The weight of Little Li’s confession echoed in the air atop the Catching Wind Tower, but everyone’s expressions remained flat.
Dong Changtian yawned, Dong Ge Yu played with the lark in its cage, and Qi Tiezhu sipped his tea.
Li Mo, who had mustered all his courage, was left bewildered.
“I said I’m an undercover agent! Even if it wasn’t my choice...”
“We’ve known for a long time.”
“Huh?”
Li Mo leaned back slightly, unable to comprehend their nonchalance. If they had known all along, why hadn’t anyone said anything? Why let him blend in so well among the undercover agents, almost becoming the leader?
Little Li’s brain was overheating.
Dong Ao cleared his throat, ready to speak.
But Dong Changtian elbowed him, cutting off his words, his face filled with shock.
“What? Little Li, you’re an undercover agent? I’m so heartbroken; I won’t have a midnight snack tonight.”
Li Mo: “...”
Even though he hadn’t chosen to be an undercover agent.
But couldn’t they act a little better? This not only failed to preserve his dignity but also made him feel like he was about to lose everything.
Before deciding to come clean, he had prepared himself mentally, even bracing for the possibility of sitting on a tiger bench, being whipped with a little whip, and refusing to yield until the beauty trap...
He had it all planned out, thinking he could skip the earlier parts and go straight to the beauty trap.
Like having the cold fairy sister wield the little whip...
He never expected his undercover skills to be this poor.
“When did I get exposed?”
“The first month you came,” Dong Ao replied honestly.
When Li Mo returned to Mo City, even if his appearance, temperament, and the people around him were the same, how could Dong Changtian and the others not confirm it in person?
“...”
Li Mo was momentarily speechless, and after a long pause, he asked, “Then why didn’t you capture me?”
“You didn’t do anything detrimental to us,” Dong Ao explained.
Qi Tiezhu also set down his teacup, smiling, “Since that’s the case, there’s no need to alarm the snake in the grass. Besides, Little Li, you’ve been diligent and capable. What if you exposed yourself and ran away?”
“And you were meant to be...”
Dong Ge Yu’s words were cut off by a look from Dong Changtian.
He continued, “You were meant to stay here. You’ve almost forgotten you’re an undercover agent; why should we say more?”
Everyone nodded in agreement.
“Yeah, Little Li, you’ve been out in the wind and rain, running around. It’s not easy!”
“Little Li’s got no issues!”
“Hey, sometimes when I see Little Li sneaking around, I think it’s funny that he thinks no one knows, so I even eat a couple more plates of peanuts when drinking.”
Li Mo: “?”
Why did it feel like that last sentence was the real reason they hadn’t exposed him?
“Well, since it’s come to this...”
“It’s okay, Little Li, whatever you want to do, we’ll cooperate.”
“We’ll support your undercover work. If you need to give the Heavenly Clan an explanation, we’ll brainstorm together. You can also let us know what the Heavenly Clan is planning in advance.”
“That sounds good...”
Li Mo said, but then felt something was off.
Which side was he really on as an undercover agent?
Never mind, he hadn’t planned to work for the Heavenly Clan anyway.
With a strange mood, Little Li shared the plan.
Thus, a large number of undercover agents in Mo City, including Li Mo himself, became busy during this time.
Ren City was vast, with a large population. The last natural disaster hadn’t caused any substantial damage to this outermost city, and the combined population of Earth City and Heavenly City didn’t even make up one-tenth.
It hadn’t always been this way; after all, every fifty years, natural disasters would take away a significant portion of lives.
But now, it had been a full eighty years of recovery.
Previously, the population of Ren City had been concentrated in small villages, a way for people to disperse the risks brought by natural disasters, as well as a lack of ample development space to turn villages into cities.
Now it was time for a change.
With so much to rebuild, relying solely on the mortals’ strength would take a long time.
But if the Heavenly Clan lent a hand, it would be entirely different.
“Let’s make Mo City the core, first thriving and then driving further prosperity.”
“What if some villages refuse to cooperate?”
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