CHAPTER 313: CHAPTER 196: PREPARATIONS FOR BATTLE, YAGUBA’S GRAND FEAST PLAN

Li Qingping shook his head: "I’m afraid that’s impossible. The King is in a coma, and currently, no one has the authority to enter the Royal Court Hall. The guards are strict, and rushing in now would only give them a reason to attack you."

"That’s true, then forget it."

"Actually, having a generational-level Anecdote is already impressive. Doesn’t the captain of the Royal Court Team, Ruth, only have two generational-level ones?" Yaguba shook his head, "Compensating for ability with quantity is just the thinking of a small fry."

Li Qingping agreed: "Indeed... The value of an Anecdote Fragment lies in whether it fits you, not its quantity."

"Yes, I’d better use the ’Christmas Sled’ properly first." Cezar nodded.

Yaguba looked at Li Qingping and suddenly asked, "I heard from Cezar that you resonated with many generational-level fragments in the Royal Court Hall before. Why didn’t you take them then?"

"I don’t think they suit me," Li Qingping paused, "I’d rather find them by relying on my own strength, that feels more fulfilling."

"I get it, this is what they call adolescent syndrome." Yaguba snorted coldly.

Li Qingping said expressionlessly, "Actually... the ’Phoenix’ Anecdote Fragment has a lot of potential. In the years I traveled in the outside world, aside from ’Red Dragon Wales,’ my biggest find was the ’Phoenix’."

"But isn’t it just a common-level Anecdote Fragment?" Yaguba asked.

Cezar also looked at him with curiosity.

"No, you’ll understand later." Li Qingping shook his head, "Before that, Your Highness must keep safe the ’Phoenix Feather’ I gave you."

"I know." Cezar replied with a smile, "I’ve kept the feather with me all the time."

Li Qingping nodded.

Yaguba thought for a moment: "By the way... Li Qingping, if you were to rank the members of the Royal Court Team, who would you say is the strongest and who is the weakest?"

Li Qingping pondered for a while, "Firstly, Captain ’Ruth’ is undoubtedly the strongest, as she has both the ’Titanic’ and ’Loch Ness Monster’ anecdotes; followed by ’Sword in the Stone’ Laine and ’Tunguska Explosion’ Di Rejie, the other three should be about the same."

"What about the Red Dragon small fry?" Yaguba flicked his tail and pressed, "Where does the Red Dragon small fry rank in the Royal Court Team? Is he the last?"

"The Red Dragon small fry..." Li Qingping thought, "should be about the same as the captain."

"Huh?" Yaguba raised his eyebrows, "That captain with two generational-levels can’t be better than you, don’t flatter yourself too much, Red Dragon comrade!"

"Why would I lie to you?" Li Qingping shrugged, "Misjudging the opponent’s strength is a matter of life and death."

Yaguba skeptically asked, "Oh oh, then do you think, if measured by the superpower user standard, you could reach ’Catastrophe Level’ strength?"

"Definitely." Li Qingping said indifferently, "It’s just Catastrophe Level, what’s difficult about that?"

"I don’t believe!"

Although he said that, in his heart, Yaguba still acknowledged Li Qingping.

After all, at the underground auction in Tokyo, even with the burden of the Second Prince, Li Qingping could fend off several members of the White Crow Travel Brigade at once, including the standout member ’Bai Tanlang.’

At that time, if it weren’t for Li Qingping needing to split his attention to protect the Second Prince, the White Crow Travel Brigade might not have had a chance to break through the Red Dragon’s defenses.

Not to mention, without the burden, Li Qingping would have been much stronger, even if he hadn’t reached the Catastrophe Level threshold, he’d still be much stronger than a typical Quasi-Catastrophe Level.

From this point of view, what Lan Duoduo-chan said was actually true, Li Qingping’s ’Red Dragon Wales’ does indeed stand at the pinnacle of generational-level anecdotes, much stronger than common generational-level anecdotes.

"Li Qingping, tomorrow take me to meet the members of the Royal Court Team." Cezar suddenly looked up and said, interrupting Yaguba’s thoughts.

Li Qingping was taken aback: "What do you mean by that, Your Highness?"

"Nothing much..." Cezar shook his head, "I just want to talk to them before the war begins. After all, unlike my two brothers, over these years, besides you, I haven’t truly interacted with other members of the Royal Court Team."

He paused, "It’s a pity to become enemies with them so inexplicably."

"Okay." Li Qingping was silent for a moment, and then said quietly, "Then I’ll take you over tomorrow, although I don’t think it will change anything, they will still be loyal to the Empress."

Cezar nodded silently.

"It’s late now... let’s call it a night and rest." Li Qingping glanced at the sky.

"Today’s friend fee?" Yaguba raised his eyebrows, "Watch yourself, Shark Shark, don’t get too cocky, Li Qingping."

Li Qingping turned back and looked at it expressionlessly, then summoned the Anecdote Atlas, flipped through and extracted two common-level Anecdote Fragments, and tossed them to the Crystal Ball.

The little shark grinned, revealing a row of sharp teeth.

It jumped out of the glass ball like a dog catching a frisbee, gripping the fragments in its mouth, and then plopped back into the seawater.

Cezar smiled slightly, walked over, picked up the glass lid from the ground, and sealed the opening of the Crystal Ball.

"By the way, where did you get your fragments from?" Yaguba raised his head to look at Li Qingping while chewing the fragments, "Didn’t you already feed me all your previous ones?"

Crispy, like chips.

It swallowed the fragments, and a dark blue interface suddenly popped up in front of its eyes.

[Two ’common-level’ Anecdote Fragments absorbed, activating the exclusive cultivation system ’Anecdote Glutton.’ Your true size has increased by 4 meters.]

[Third Body—Eternal Abyss Shark "Yaguba" size change: 147 meters → 151 meters.]

"Although I resigned, the procedures haven’t been processed yet." Li Qingping said, "With the Royal Court Team’s authority, I can still claim two common-level anecdotes from the storage every day."

"Not working but still getting paid." Yaguba mocked, "Is this what they call a green tea Red Dragon?"

"Good-for-nothing Shark, you eat and still act so aggressively." Li Qingping said.

Yaguba suddenly said, "On August 1st, why don’t you take me to the Royal Palace’s Anecdote Vault, I’ll eat all the fragments inside."

Li Qingping thought for a moment: "No... it’s still uncertain if a fight will break out then. If the Empress intends to let us leave, wouldn’t your action bring trouble to the Third Prince?"

"Nonsense!" Yaguba snapped, "Do you believe the Empress will let us go? You might as well believe Shark Shark is Emperor Qin Shi Huang."

"There you go again, where does a shark like you learn online language from?" Li Qingping tilted his head curiously, "Is there a computer in the deep sea?"

"Our Great Eternal Abyss Shark Empire is rich in culture." Yaguba said, "You wouldn’t understand, would you, human? So, do you believe Shark Shark is Emperor Qin Shi Huang or the Empress?"

Li Qingping stared at the indignant little shark for a while, then sighed lightly.

"Alright then, on the morning of August 1st, before we leave the courtyard, I’ll secretly take you to the Anecdote Vault for a feast." He paused, "Anyway, we won’t be coming back after that."

"That’s the spirit." Yaguba snorted, "I thought you were stubborn, don’t let Shark Shark underestimate your intelligence, human."

Li Qingping shrugged, leaned against a maple tree, and sat down in the yard.

He said: "I’ll rest in the yard tonight. The air is good, and if some ’guests’ come, I can respond in advance."

"Goodnight, Li Qingping." After speaking, Cezar turned around and walked toward the castle with the glass ball.

"Don’t forget tomorrow’s friend fee."

Yaguba looked back, speaking while gazing at Li Qingping in the yard from the Crystal Ball.

Li Qingping did not reply, just turned his head and gazed at the slowly darkening sky, fish swimming enveloping in fluorescence over the belly of the whale.