Eating bizarre things in public upgrades my status; the Special Affairs Bureau wants me to join them

It wasn't difficult to wake Yu Ji.

Although her slumber was influenced by magic, the effect of this magic seemed to be very limited.

It could even be said that the effect is very weak.

To wake Yu Ji, He Li didn't need to use any extra methods; he only needed to simply mobilize his spiritual energy to stimulate him...

Yu Ji was able to wake up immediately.

However, He Li does not believe that such a weak sleeping effect is due to the limited ability of the Qi cultivators in Shu, or that the Qi cultivators who cast the spells are too soft-hearted to use too powerful spells.

In He Li's view, the reason the spellcaster didn't use a very powerful spell to control Yu Ji was...

It's because they have reservations.

After all, they are creating a "divine tree symbiote".

Yu Ji is a unique being in the Three Realms who has merged with the soul of the Divine Tree and remains intact. The Shu Kingdom wants to understand her to complete their experiment.

Perhaps this is why the Shu Kingdom was so cautious when facing Yu Ji...

They didn't even dare to use powerful spells.

Yu Ji is too special. No one can guarantee that casting spells with too strong an effect will not have a negative impact on her, causing them to make mistakes in analyzing Yu Ji's condition.

And this kind of experiment is full of unknowns...

Even a single incorrect data point could render all subsequent experimental results invalid.

Furthermore, the situation in the Middle Realm seems to be getting increasingly dire...

Even the upper realm was affected...

They were all eager to see the experiment succeed.

Therefore, whether it's the Shu Kingdom, the Demon Court of the Upper Realm, or the Ten Witches of Mount Ling who cooperate with them...

They all need to minimize mistakes as much as possible.

Therefore, even when they summoned Yu Ji, this unique symbiotic entity of the divine tree, they dared not do anything and had to watch her carefully, for fear that her condition might affect their research.

But He Li, who had guessed all this, had some doubts while realizing Yu Ji's importance.

"I didn't know about the Demon Court's experiments before..."

"It's one thing if they don't even know how important Yu Ji is."

"Now that I know that Yu Ji is extremely important to the upper, middle, and lower realms."

"If I'm not mistaken..."

"Aside from those useless people in Shu, the Ten Witches of Ling Mountain and the Demon Court of the Upper Realm will be keeping a close eye on Yu Ji. They would never allow me to easily go to Shu and take Yu Ji away."

"But now I've succeeded?"

He Li's doubts grew stronger.

He was very clear that everything he was doing was likely to be seen by the top powers of the Demon Court, especially the legendary Heavenly Emperor who controlled the Heavenly Realm!

He had never thought about the Heavenly Emperor before...

That's because he felt that it was unlikely that an being like the Heavenly Emperor would pay attention to him.

At least before he slaughtered the Golden Crow...

It's unlikely that someone like the Heavenly Emperor would be watching him.

But now that we know about Yu Ji's situation...

He Li was certain that he had probably been targeted by the Heavenly Emperor of the Demon Court long ago, and might still be being watched, but why didn't that person take action to stop him?

His Demon Court has many members, so even if the Heavenly Emperor doesn't personally intervene, he can have his subordinates stop him.

And what happened? The Demon Court didn't make a move at all.

It was as if they didn't care about it at all.

"If their experiment has already succeeded, then it's understandable that they don't care if Yu Ji is taken away by me."

"Look at the situation in the Shu Kingdom before..."

"The experiment was a complete failure, wasn't it? The most obvious example is those two test subjects who became calamity monsters. Even if they weren't affected by the calamity, they were still mentally unstable."

"Your experiment hasn't even succeeded yet, and you dare to let me go to Shu and bring Yu Ji back?"

These bastards are definitely plotting something.

He Li was absolutely certain.

While he was pondering these things, Yu Ji, who had been stimulated by his spiritual energy, had already awakened.

To He Li's surprise, Yu Ji did not seem confused about the situation after waking up as he had expected. Instead, she was very calm, as if she knew what had happened.

This gave He Li some ideas...

"You wouldn't... actually know what's going on outside all along, would you?"

He couldn't help but ask.

Upon hearing this, Yu Ji's beautiful eyes narrowed into crescent moons.

"Mmm!" she nodded, somewhat pleased.

For no other reason than that He Li knew that after she was in trouble, he was willing to spend time and energy to come and save her. He Li didn't have time to figure out what Yu Ji was happy about.

He only asked, "What happened?"

"Weren't you asleep? And since you've remained awake the whole time, you should know what happened around you after you were summoned, right?"

"Tell me, what happened?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Ji shook his head slightly.

"What I was actually sleeping wasn't a deep sleep."

"Although the Qi cultivators of Shu Kingdom, as well as Wu Peng and others, did indeed perform similar spells on me."

"But it seems I have obtained the power of the divine tree. In short, my consciousness is always clear, but I can't open my eyes or mobilize the power in my body to move."

"But I can do other things."

"For example, sensing other test subjects, or even influencing them to force them to escape..."

At this point, Yu Qingge's beautiful eyes widened: "So you mean that the two calamity monsters that caused chaos in the Shu Kingdom's capital were actually released by you?"

"Not entirely!" Yu Ji shook his head.

"The first one wasn't it. That experimental subject... it seems like it was deliberately released by someone else."

"I don't know who it is."

"And there were two people who made the move. Before the test subject escaped, someone else attacked the formation, causing a loophole in the defenses and allowing the test subject to escape successfully."

"I only guided the second one to escape."

"However, I didn't expect that the experimental subject would be turned into a monster by the calamity as soon as it left..."

Should we use a formation?

That's probably from Jinwuqian.

Although Jinwu Eleven probably wouldn't dare to directly release the experimental subjects from the experimental buildings in the Shu Kingdom's capital, he would secretly tamper with the formations there...

He might not necessarily lack the guts, after all, compared to directly releasing the experimental subjects and letting them escape...

Interference arrays are a minor issue.

In addition, given how chaotic things were at the time, his subtle interference might have gone unnoticed, and even if someone did notice, they would probably assume it was someone else who did it.

But who released the first test subject?

He Li's mind was filled with doubt.

Yu Ji continued, "I was forcibly summoned to the Middle Realm by forces from the Middle Realm..."

"Before I could even react, I was subdued by those Qi cultivators from Shu and Wu Peng. After I regained consciousness, I did hear them mention their purpose."

"What's your purpose?" Mu Lan asked.

Yu Ji's expression was serious: "You've seen that bare, withered sacred tree in the capital of Shu, haven't you?"

She didn't respond, but instead asked a question.

He Li and the other two nodded: "Of course we saw it."

"What? This is related to those people too?"

"Related?" Yu Ji sneered, "More than related, they were the ones who made the divine tree turn into that state. The divine tree wouldn't have withered and died if it had been moved to the Middle Realm."

"Or even if it does wither and die, it won't be that fast, and it won't wither and die like that."

"The reason it's like that..."

"According to Wu Peng, it was the Demon Court... and the royal family of Shu who attacked the divine tree. It seems they used some kind of divine artifact to cut off all the branches of the divine tree."

"Cut it off?" He Li's eyelids twitched.

"You don't mean to say that all those cut branches will become experimental materials, do you?"

He asked almost instinctively.

Yu Ji looked at He Li in surprise and then nodded.

"Yes, how did you know?"

She couldn't help but ask, and finally added, "It seems that the Demon Court is planning to use the still-active branches of the divine tree to create a human-tree symbiotic entity that can control special powers across realms."

"Before I appeared..."

"They planned to use those branches to mass-produce the divine tree and create countless interdimensional passages."

"Then they will recklessly seize resources from other realms."

"Later they discovered my existence."

"So the plan was changed..."

Yu Ji paused slightly at this point.

She felt somewhat helpless; she never imagined that she would become the target of numerous forces across the three realms, including the Demon Court, the Ten Witches of Ling Mountain, and the Shu Kingdom.

But she quickly adjusted her mindset and continued talking about what she had heard...

"I overheard the conversation of the Ten Witches of Ling Mountain."

According to Wu Peng, they possess countless fragments or complete branches of the divine tree.

"If their experiment succeeds..."

"They can mass-produce symbiotes and then recklessly cross the three realms, ignoring the rules, no longer bound by the Heavenly Dao or troubled by resources."

"After all, with this power, they could devour an entire realm like locusts and then simply run away..."

Locusts? That's a really vivid metaphor.