After searching through her memories for about 2 more hours, Min Hong opened his eyes to see that the rest of the group were already back and were looking at him with smiles of victory on their faces, but when Gong Yi and a few other saw Min Hong's expression darken and look towards them, they knew something was surely wrong;

"What have you seen?" Gong Yi was the first to ask...

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"I think we might have just landed ourselves in the middle of a true and real conspiracy…"

Min Hong whispered directly into his ears, as he the rest of their people looked on with curious faces;

"How huge is this conspiracy?"

"Imperial coup level…"

Min Hong replied as Gong Yi jerked his heads in fear;

"How deep into this are we?"

Gong Yi asked, if what Min Hong was saying was true, then their lives as a student might as well be coming to an end;

"We have almost thwarted one of the enemy's main weapon…"

"Almost?"

Gong Yi looked towards the 5,000 experts left from the DCM and continued; "Would that end if we slaughter them all?" He asked;

"I really wish it would; but all these guys, including Gu Ming, Bai Shaoxing and Elder Fu are nothing but pawns, and even they aren't privy to the information I just obtained…" Min Hong added;

"So what do you suggest we do?"

"Firstly, line up all these 5,000 men…" Min Hong asked as Gong Yi went to work immediately;

"Is everything alright?"

The Princess immediately asked with concern on her face as she picked Min Hong's palm, placed it on her cheek before kissing it softly;

"Hu! I am trying to make sure it doesn't affect us too much…"

Min Hong answered, and the Princess understood that he didn't want to tell her anything more about it, and most likely to keep her safe, but she knew how she was going to get it out of him…

In less than five minutes, Gong Yi had made use of the rest of the experts on their side to line up all these 5,000 men as Min Hong looked towards them and sighed;

"Time to exhaust all of my Qi…"

He muttered to himself as he walked up to these 5,000 men and placed his hand on their heads one by one, until he had finally touched all 5,000 of them…

The rest watched on with strange expressions; for some, it looked like he was blessing these men, and they were stunned at why Min Hong would be blessing the rest of their enemies…

Others who knew better thought he was simply searching their memories for vital information; but just as mentioned, they only knew better and not best…

The only ones who knew best were Daniel and Little Fei who knew Min Hong was bestowing the 'Minion Brand' on all these experts…

When Min Hong was done, he staggered and almost fell as the princess blinked to his side and propped him up before he fell…

He was sweating profusely and looked extremely devoid of any energy whatsoever…

He placed the 'Minion Brand' on both Elder FU and Bai Shaoxing before looking to Gong Yi and nodding his head;

"Everyone gather around!"

Gong Yi said, as these experts gathered around Min Hong because they knew he was about to give them some speeches;

"There is going to be a split right here, today… I just found out that massive danger is approaching this place, and anyone staying behind would potentially face the most gruesome torture and death…" Min Hong blurted as everyone gasped in fear;

"But do not be alarmed as we have also come to a beneficial solution…"

"These people who I call should step out and stand aside…" Min Hong added as all of them perked their ears;

"Gong Yi, Xiao Gui, Ki Ting, Tong Tian and Yu Ming…" They all stepped out and stood to the side;

"Su San, Bai Fan, Pi Xi, and Rin Chen; you all would return to the Desert Sun Sect and make sure that this Ta Mi meets with the Sect Leader at all cost…"

Min Hong waved to his first disciple who was the one named Ta Mi and introduced him to the core court disciples;

"Everyone else would return to the Hong Dynasty today and wait there till we return…"

Min Hong added as the rest of the Core Court disciples moved closer to him to ask what was going on;

"We have just discovered a new development, and it is bigger than out experience training, and your job is to escort this new development to the Sect Leader and ensure that he gets the message…" Min Hong spoke;

"This task we are giving to you guys is more important than the rest of our journey…"

Gong Yi added to ensure that these guys didn't think they were simply shedding them off;

"Alright, since we would eventually know what we have done anyways, I guess there is no harm in following your orders…"

Rin Chen spoke up; after all, he was the next strongest person amongst those Min Hong hadn't called out earlier;

"But first, you have to release that Gu Ya to me…"

"Done!"

Min Hong didn't even allow him to speak any further before granting his request;

"But how are we going to move over 5,000 people into the Dogon Empire?" Pi XI asked;

Then Min Hong realized that he had not thought of that, thus, he simply brought out the tag the Sect Leader gave to him before they began their journey and replied;

"Show anyone who tries to stop you this, and if it is as valuable as I thought, then you will not have any problems getting into the Sect…" Min Hong replied;

"Alright, everyone pack up, we are moving out…"

Rin Chen who thought he would be in charge of this mission bellowed, but the moment he made that statement, the Old Man who was always by Yu Ming's side flashed over;

"Where are you taking our lady?" He asked with a straight face;

"Don't worry, I would ensure that she is absolutely safe…"

"But first, I need you to lead these people back to our sect… That is where you all would be temporarily staying till I return…"

Min Hong replied, but the man wasn't ready to accept such a vague explanation, and just as he was about to push further, Yu Ming shook her head, obviously telling him not to question Min Hong's decision;

"But what if these 5,000 experts decide to turn against us along the way?"

"They would never do that… I promise you…"

Min Hong replied as the man eventually backed down, and round everyone up to leave, but then Min Hong told them to wait a bit, and just as they were all wondering what they were waiting for, a dot of light appeared in the distance and began to expand bigger and bigger until it got close to them and everyone's jaws fell in shock, because what they were looking at was a flying ship…

To the core curt disciples, they were shock because this ship they were looking out thought looked like the one they came in, but now, it was more than three times bigger; but for the others, they have never seen anything flying that wasn't a natural flying beast or sword, but to see an actual flying ship was a brain-freezer to them…

The flying ship landed and the Pirate Leader, Pirate Chan and the Peak nascent Soul ordinary pirate came out of the ship;

"Now that they are here, this is how things would proceed from here on out…" Min Hong announced as everyone paid attention to what he was about to say;

"There are 5,000 experts from the previous DCM, and there are 700 from our side, and if we couple that with the 300 we have within District 21; The Hong Dynasty, we would have a total of 6,000 experts…"

"All of you would be heading to the Desert Sun Sect and would stay in District 21 till I return…" He began;

"Rin Chen, make sure, the two tribe leaders, Jun Tao, and everyone else with Saint Stage battle prowess meet with Mu Li and Mu Bai; and tell them that I want them to fix these men into the appropriate positions…"

Min Hong added before telling Pirate Chan and the last pirate to join them on their journey back…

Then the 5,010 experts with Peak Dan Formation, Peak Nascent Soul and Saint Stage battle prowess; including Min Hong's disciple all left in that exact moment…

Then after about three hours after they had gone, Min Hong finally gathered the ten men around him which were left behind and they were; the Pirate Leader, Pirate Chan, Bai Shaoxing, Elder Fu, Gu Ming, Gong Yi, Xiao Gui, Ki Ting, Tong Tian, and the Princess…

"Let's board the ship, we will discuss everything in the afternoon…" Min Hong revealed as the Dawn sun began to rise…

They boarded the flying ship and floated into the air, before the Pirate Leader activated the protective barrier around the shield and then bolted into the distance…

The ship was not only three times bigger, but also faster and each room was not only double in size now, but also had one bathroom and sitting area each…

The ship was now divided into thirteen areas; Ten suites for a person; the dining area, which would also serve as the meeting area; a small training area where one can test all their techniques and divine abilities die to the protective runes protecting the area; and finally the Leader's cabin which was massive enough to take in two people…

It also had baths that could contain two people and finally a massive sitting area that could accommodate at least 15 people…

Min Hong was obviously given the Leader's cabin, and the Princess obviously moved in with him… Then the rest of the ten experts took each of the ten suites…

But the first thing Min Hong did was to take Bai Shaoxing to the training area, and after restricting anyone from coming over to the place, he sat there with Bai Shaoxing and spoke;

"You don't have to pretend anymore, I know who you are Bai Shaoxing!"

Min Hong revealed but Bai Shaoxing didn't move or even tilt from her current position and her eyes still seemed lost like earlier;

"Okay, if you want the hard way, I'll oblige!" Min Hong said...