Chapter 129: My Goals Are Beyond Your Understanding...
Han Xuhan thought back to everything he had explained so far, mostly under the threat of Zhao Weiqing and his puppet army. Slowly gnawing on the charred meat, he launched off a different set of explanations, solely meant to be heard by these two golden thighs of his.
"Back at that time after you two entered the platforms in the third stage, I sent Zhanxian out of that place, carrying a letter I wrote to a nonexistent partner waiting outside the portal.
"I’ve already discussed the reasons why I felt it was unsafe there. So sending out Zhanxian with that bait was just another safety precaution. You could say it was a last resort, in a way. If my suspicions turned out to be true, the chances were high that I wouldn’t manage to escape the Holy Land in time during a sudden disaster.
"In that case, the cultivators waiting outside would end up apprehending Zhanxian and help the three of us teleport away while being under the illusion that they were summoning Zhanxian’s master, Shen Kai."
"How did you know that they would wait for Shen Kai outside?" Mu Ran asked in puzzlement. The question made Han Xuhan laugh.
"Because I singlehandedly destroyed their chances to acquire a ’super awesome inheritance’; at least that’s what I told them before I kicked them out. I mean, think about it...
"Some random asshat unfairly kicks you out of a competition for fortuitous encounters, that too in such a degrading manner. What would you do to avenge such humiliation if you had the chance?
"If you know where that competitor is, you are definitely going to try and take your revenge as long as you’re confident of success. And with all of them being kicked out together, how long would it take for them to form an alliance against their common enemy?
"Even if they didn’t wait for me outside the portal, how far could they have gone when the portal to the land of laws was in front of their eyes? At least a few greedy ones would have stayed back even in the worst case. Zhanxian could easily find them and pretend to be captured.