Who are you calling a stable boy?!

"of course."

"Okay! I'll tell you later!"

As they spoke, they entered the mansion and went up to the council hall. Zheng Jing beckoned and sat down on the steps in front of the jade throne.

Aizen sat down next to him.

Seeing this, Kisuke scratched his head and sat cross-legged on the steps with a sense of helplessness.

Ulquiorra followed suit.

Helibel hesitated for a moment, then heard Zheng Jing invite her to sit down, and finally sat down awkwardly on the steps.

This scene resembled classmates chatting on the side of the playground rather than a meeting of high-ranking officials in Hueco Mundo.

"Where is everyone else? Are they all busy?"

Before Helibel could even settle into his seat, upon hearing Zheng Jing's words, he instinctively raised his knee to stand up: "I'm so sorry! I'll go and summon the palace masters right away—"

"Hey, don't panic, don't panic. I'm not leaving anytime soon, there's no need to shout."

Zheng Jing gestured to Helibel and said, "Tell me about everyone's recent situation."

"Yes!"

He knelt down again, and after carefully considering his words, he began to speak.

The eight palaces of Qitian Prefecture are now each performing their respective duties.

The Dragon Palace Master is in charge of transmitting the Dharma. In addition, when Zheng Jing and Aizen are not present, Halibel, as the Dragon Palace Master, will temporarily act as the Heavenly Palace Master and unite the Eight Palaces.

As for Garuda Palace, needless to say, since the palace master is Kisuke, he naturally oversees all research and development work, while also managing internal affairs.

The Gandharva Palace is responsible for medical work.

Hollows generally possess the ability to regenerate themselves, and the more powerful a Hollow is, the stronger its regeneration ability tends to be. At first glance, it seems that there is no need to establish a dedicated medical organization.

In reality, even Hollows of Adjuchas caliber, once severely injured, find it difficult to fully recover using only their regenerative abilities.

Therefore, both Heribel and Nel, the Gandharva Queen, believed that it was necessary to establish a dedicated medical organization.

Moreover, ever since she witnessed Zheng Jing's resurrection technique, Nilu has become obsessed with it. Apart from basic cultivation, she has devoted most of her energy to practicing the resurrection technique.

Now, Nilu has not only mastered her skills herself, but has also trained more than a dozen subordinates who are dedicated to this field and skilled in medical care.

Then there's Ulquiorra's Yasha Palace, which is essentially the Ministry of Justice of the Qitian Palace, responsible for matters of punishment, and also assisting Kisuke in handling some intelligence work.

Next came Kinnara Palace. Stark and Lilynette disliked fighting, so Kisuke entrusted them with the tasks of managing the household affairs, including the repair, maintenance, construction, and manufacturing of buildings and objects within the palace, as well as the management of the peach orchard and vegetable garden.

Surprisingly, they actually managed to find a group of partners in the void who were equally disgusted with fighting.

As for the Heavenly Palace and the Asura Palace, the Heavenly Palace Master is Old Blue, who is usually in the Soul Society, so it is the only one of the eight palaces that has not recruited any members.

When Zheng Jing was not in Qitian Prefecture, if Lao Lan was, then the entire Qitian Prefecture would be directly governed by Lao Lan, the Palace Master of the Heavenly Palace.

The Ashura Palace's duty is to defend against external enemies, but where are the external enemies in Hueco Mundo these days?

This resulted in the Asura Palace being the most leisurely among the eight palaces.

At the same time, they are also the most honest.

Because the current master of the Asura Palace is still being temporarily replaced by Zheng Jing.

Finally, there is Asita's Mahoraga Palace.

To be honest, Zheng Jing's return this time was actually related to Asido's Mahoraga Palace.

Asido's Mahoraga Palace is responsible for the trial of the Void in the Great Void Forest.

Not all the unborn have forgotten their memories of their previous life.

To be precise, most Hollows that have not yet evolved to the Gillian stage retain their memories from their previous lives.

These voids that have not yet reached the Great Void are not all those who committed many evils and had deep desires in their lives, and thus become voids after death.

Asido's approach was to gather all the Hollows he had captured in the Great Hollow Forest, strictly forbidding them from going to the human world to harm humans or kill each other, and also to involve these Hollows in the work of capturing other Hollows.

If any of them can withstand the long-term test and do not harm their own kind or desert the group, Ashita will have the accompanying dragon palace attendants transmit their teachings and take them into the Mahoraga Palace.

Initially, even Halibel didn't think much of Asido's approach.

He did indeed suffer several vicious attacks, to the point that Kisuke, worried that he might actually die in the Great Forest of the Hollows, even went to Nel with a pained expression to ask her to take the Gandharva Palace members to the Great Forest of the Hollows regularly to help Ashido.

But when the first batch of Hollows who passed the test and gained Ashido's approval appeared, as time went on, this strange team established by Ashido actually gradually got on the right track.

Of course, it must be acknowledged that the Prajna Freedom Exercise 5.0, which has been revised several times by Zheng Jing and can now enable the newly born Xudu to practice without obstacles, played a significant role in this process.

If a newly born Voidling cultivates this technique to the Kylian stage, he will be able to retain his memories and consciousness completely.

At least until now, all the Hollows who have advanced to the Gillian stage through this method have done so.

For those with a strong sense of self, this is undoubtedly an irresistible condition.

This should be a good thing.

However, as the number of Mahoraga Palace attendants increased, rumors about Ashita also increased among the Hollows. In addition, Hollows who occasionally escaped from their duties added fuel to the fire, causing some Hollows who were afraid of being captured to flee to the human world.

Fortunately, there was Old Blue in Soul Society. Through covert means, he and Yoruichi worked together to push for the Seireitei to strengthen the 13th Division, preventing the situation from worsening.

Afterwards, Ashido seriously reviewed and learned from his mistakes, slowed down his pace, and cooperated with Nel, who had gone to help, to change the reputation of Mahoraga Palace among the Void.

This should have been a close call, but ultimately without any real danger.

However, this sudden commotion in Hueco Mundo has stirred up a force in the mortal realm.

"Queens?"

Zheng Jing scratched his cheek.

He rarely visits the material plane of this world, which is the present world. He mainly operates in the Soul Society and Hueco Mundo. When Old Blue suddenly mentioned it, Zheng Jing remembered that there was still such a living force in the present world.

To be precise, not only in the present world...

Chapter 5: These are the amazing tools we'll be using soon.

"The Quincy..."

Kisuke clicked his tongue: "Considering the riot that Barragan caused before, it's not surprising that they're angry, but they ultimately can't come to Hueco Mundo. This matter... can only be left for the Seireitei to consider."

"That's true, I was just mentioning it in passing."

Aizen smiled and adjusted his glasses.

"So, is that all the important business?"

Zheng Jing asked.

Aizen nodded, then looked at Halibel and Ulquiorra: "Please go and prepare a welcome banquet. If Mr. Asido is really too busy, don't force yourself to go."

Upon hearing this, Halibel and Ulquiorra both looked at Zheng Jing.

"Go on, go on! Remember to pick plenty of big peaches for me, Old Zheng!"

With Zheng Jing's words, Halibel and Ulquiorra bowed their heads in response and left the council hall.

As the council chamber doors closed, Zheng Jing rested his chin on his hand and looked at Lao Lan and happy Zhu.

What exactly happened?

He realized that Old Blue and Kisuke were intentionally trying to get rid of Little He and Little Wu.

“I’ve already shown it to Urahara.”

"Oh?"

Zheng Jing raised an eyebrow upon hearing this and looked at Xizhu: "You've seen it all?"

Kisuke forced a smile, revealing a smile that was more like a grimace.

"Although I'm still a little overwhelmed... I did finish watching it all."

That expression...

What exactly did Aizen show him?

"For reference, after discussion, we unanimously believe that there are likely players among the Quincy in the present world."

Aizen said, "Or rather, a player who works for the Wandenreich."

"How to say?"

Zheng Jing leaned closer to Aizen and asked.

"If the Quincy in the present world are only fighting with the Shinigami for the right to dispose of Hollows because of this riot, then at first glance it will not be much different from the many conflicts between Shinigami and Quincy in history."

"However, in the reports submitted by the 13th Division and the 2nd Division members who went to provide support, they repeatedly mentioned that there were some troublesome individuals in the Quincy's ranks whose abilities were clearly different from those of the Quincy."

"Moreover, what's unusual this time is that the Quincy took the initiative to negotiate with the Shinigami. As for the content of the negotiations, the Quincy are willing to share the right to deal with Hollows with the Shinigami, only blocking Hollows that intrude into the human world and cause trouble, without eliminating them, until the Shinigami send a representative to take over."

"From the Seireitei's perspective, this proposal is acceptable."

"However, the Quincy have put forward a condition."

Aizen stretched out his hand and pointed to the ground.

"They asked the Grim Reapers to share their interdimensional technology and assist them in sending an investigation team to be stationed in Hueco Mundo."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Jing scratched his cheek.

He understood why Old Blue and Kisuke thought there were members of the Wandenreich among the Quincy in the present world.

After all, it's almost impossible for Quincy in the modern world to know that the Seireitei had sent a special investigation team deep into Hueco Mundo.

The purpose behind the condition they proposed during the negotiations was all too obvious.

—But this is only obvious to those who know of the existence of the invisible empire.

From the Captain-Commander's perspective, aside from being furious that there might be a traitor in his household, he would probably only worry about the negative impact that Quincy's entry into Hueco Mundo would have on the balance of the three realms.

Seireitei could not possibly agree to this condition.

The people of the Wandenreich also knew that the Seireitei would not agree to this.

Whether the Quincy in the present world know about this or not is no longer important.

The breakdown of these negotiations exacerbated the conflict between Shinigami and Quincy, leading to calls within the Seireitei to simply wipe out the remaining Quincy in the mortal realm.

Considering that Hueco Mundo is currently under the command of Zheng Jing, if the Shinigami and the Quincy of the human world were to actually fight, and Hueco Mundo did not intervene, the two sides would indeed be locked in a protracted war with no clear victor.

the reason is simple.

If the high-end combat forces of the Grim Reaper's side were to fight in the mortal world, they would inevitably be constrained if they had to consider the negative impact on the mortal world.

Furthermore, considering only the number of lower- and middle-ranking combat personnel, the Quincy of the present world currently have a slight advantage over the Gotei 13...

Although Death will ultimately prevail, the Thirteenth Division will suffer significant losses in this battle.

Judging from the current situation, this is very likely a scheme by the Unknown Empire to use one enemy to devour another, while also weakening the Gotei 13's fighting strength.

"How about we tell the old man about the Invisible Empire?"

Zheng Jing suggested.

Old Blue and Kisuke exchanged a glance.

“We’ve also considered this plan, but unfortunately, Urahara and I haven’t yet completed what we need to launch a counterattack into the Wandenreich. Moreover, it would be difficult for us to explain the arrival of reinforcements to the Commander-in-Chief in a short time. Furthermore, given the Commander-in-Chief’s style, given that this concerns Yhwach, there’s a high probability that he will choose to use force to get to the bottom of things.”

"Hiss, it really is..."

Zheng Jing scratched his head and said, "But we can't just watch the two sides fight like this, can we?"

"That's natural."

Aizen adjusted his glasses and said, "Urahara-kun and I have already come up with a plan, but we need you to come and help us."

"I?"

Zheng Jing pointed to himself.

"Correct."

Aizen smiled and nodded: "I will release the news soon that the Technology Development Bureau has successfully completed the latest generation of Transcendental Gates, so that you can return to Seireitei to report for duty without any problem."

"But many people miss you, Lao Zheng."

"Hey! Good, good, good!"

Zheng Jing clapped his hands, not asking how he was supposed to step forward, and just danced with joy.