Chapter 264 - Lure
Teng Wuying was on his way to a meeting with the leader of the Swift Blizzard branch sect in Sixth Flawless Flowing City, Mao Biya, when he saw that Poison Claw Sect brat who was discipled to Chao Su fly overhead. The device she rode was actually quite fascinating. Not the construction or function but rather what it represented.
Chao Su actually cared for his whelps. Why else would he go through the effort of creating such a thing?
Teng Wuying couldn’t believe he hadn’t realized that fact before. The entire debacle with the destruction of his branch sect had been said to be caused due to the death of a trash Qi Gathering cultivator. At the time, he'd thought Chao Su had used the death as a ridiculous excuse.
But it wasn’t. The man truly cared about his trash members!
Teng Wuying waved happily at the brat flying overhead as his mind whirled. What a weakness. Surely, there was a way to use that. He’d definitely figure out how to exploit the fool’s caring nature.
If such exploitation was even needed in the first place. Sure, Chao Su beat two Nascent Souls at his sect when he had formations prepared, but the next encounter, an ambush, would be here in the city. And if Teng Wuying had his way, a lot more than two Nascent Souls would be attacking.
He grinned. All he had to do was convince Mao Biya to commit all four of her sect’s highest realmed cultivators to the fight. That task, unfortunately, would not be easy due mainly to the fact that one of them was in secluded cultivation.
Whereas the Jade Chameleon Sect had almost no choice but to spend the lives of their oldest cultivators, the Swift Blizzard Sect had no such compulsion. They would be difficult to convince to make such an all-in stand.
The Big Three sects were conservative by nature, eschewing large, risky moves. Which made sense. An organization that didn’t take chances in the beginning of their existence likely never rose, but an organization that took chances once they were finally established would likely fail as soon as one of those gambles blew up in their faces.
Teng Wuying sighed. It would have been so much better if he could have convinced the Emperor’s faction to commit two Nascent Souls to the cause. Then, he could have advocated for equal representation for all three members of the conspiracy. The cowardly nobles wouldn’t budge from their neutrality, though.
They made the conservative elders of the sects seem like radicals in comparison.
He mulled the issue over as he made his way to the Swift Blizzard branch, where he was promptly escorted to Mao Biya’s study for his appointment.