Chapter 1516 - 107: Factions (Part 8)
Venerable Heavenly Phoenix has a total of three Yin God Disciples.
Besides, he also brought some young demon cultivators with exceptional talents to the birthday banquet.
These disciples, though arranged to stay at the Great Saint Mountain,
are all situated on the remote outskirts, not far from Xuan Huozi.
Venerable Yuan Huo, with a sense of decisiveness, directly made a detour along where Xuan Huozi resided, "visiting" each house one by one.
Knocking them out one by one, robbing them one by one!
And the end of this journey was the second disciple of Venerable Heavenly Phoenix, "Lord Yun Ling."
With a bang!
A similar scene played out, as Venerable Yuan Huo descended from the sky with Xie Xuanyi, landing directly on the mountaintop. Then he scattered charms, threw punches... the entire process was incredibly smooth and seamless.
Although Lord Yun Ling was in a higher realm,
his savings were not as abundant as that of Xuan Huozi.
Venerable Heavenly Phoenix clearly favored Xuan Huozi a bit more.
"These primordial stones, all for junior brother."
Venerable Yuan Huo checked around, and generously gave away all of Lord Yun Ling’s primordial stones.
Xie Xuanyi didn’t stand on ceremony either.
He flipped his hand to accept all the primordial stones, then looked at the nearby distance.
Just a few miles away.
A relatively towering small mountain, shrouded in clouds and mist, surrounded by dim clouds with an obvious abnormality clinging to it.
"Not far ahead is the residence of ’Green Flame Venerable’."
Xie Xuanyi whispered, "Are we going to make a move on him too?"
This senior disciple of Venerable Heavenly Phoenix had already reached the Fifteenth Realm.
Under normal circumstances, in a one-on-one fight, Yuan Huo would have the upper hand.
But...
This wasn’t a duel.
This kind of robbery could not afford the slightest mistake, and the enemy must be subdued in one blow.
Having been robbed by Xie Xuanyi earlier, Venerable Yuan Huo had already lost almost all of his "treasures", and if Green Flame Venerable guarded against the first strike, the situation would become troublesome.
"No."
Venerable Yuan Huo shook his head decisively and said, "This guy is not to be messed with, we’ll stop here."
"Indeed... it’s getting quite late."
Xie Xuanyi chuckled.
Half the night had already passed in a flash.
The sky was already showing faint dawn light.
Upon returning to the residence, Xie Xuanyi found Cui Zhen sitting under a tree, resting with his eyes closed. He had changed back into his female disguise, with long hair cascading down, looking gentle and charming, just that a trace of melancholy lingered between his brows.
"Are you troubled by something?"
Xie Xuanyi scoffed lightly, teasingly.
"I encountered the Qilin Miaofa True Monarch."
Cui Zhen slowly opened his eyes.
He gazed into Xie Xuanyi’s eyes: "I was recognized."
Upon hearing this.
The courtyard instantly fell into silence.
"Caw! Caw!"
Above, shadow crows flew past, screeching piercingly.
Ao Ying was stunned. She had stayed in the courtyard all night, and after Cui Zhen returned, he hadn’t said a word. She didn’t know what had happened and didn’t dare ask. She vaguely guessed that there might be bad news, but never thought it would be this situation.
Compared to Ao Ying, Xie Xuanyi was much more composed.
He sat in his wheelchair, quietly waiting for the rest of the story.
The silence lingered in the courtyard for a moment.
Xie Xuanyi smiled and said, "And then?"
Cui Zhen frowned and said, "Why are you not reacting?"
"What kind of reaction should I have?"
Xie Xuanyi shrugged and said, "If the Qilin Miaofa True Monarch wanted to kill you, then you’d already be dead. If he chose to betray us, then I’d already be surrounded... but nothing happened, the sun still rises as usual, and the birthday banquet proceeds as planned. Clearly, he did nothing."
"..."
Cui Zhen sighed softly and said, "Yes. He indeed did nothing."
The Qilin Miaofa True Monarch is a person of integrity.
Acts of betraying or informing... he has always disdained to do.
"If I’m not mistaken, after you revealed everything to each other, he offered his help proactively."
Xie Xuanyi said calmly, "But you chose to refuse."
Upon hearing this, a hint of joy rose in Ao Ying’s Heart Lake.
The success rate of assassinating the Nether Sea was too low!
But if the Qilin Miaofa True Monarch were to assist, the odds of success would greatly increase!
Cui Zhen didn’t explain much, just lowered his eyelids and said in a hoarse voice, "He shouldn’t be dragged into this whirlpool."
"Is that so?"
Xie Xuanyi wasn’t angered.
He pushed his wheelchair closer to a stone table not far away.
There was still some leftover wine from last night.
Xie Xuanyi picked up the wine cup, sipped, and said indifferently, "Actually, in this assassination, whether the Qilin Miaofa True Monarch takes part or not is irrelevant. The important thing is, since he knows of your existence... he has already been drawn into this cause and effect struggle. Some things, you can’t escape from, can’t avoid; the more you try to evade, the more you will encounter them."
Who said the words Cause and Effect are easy to avoid?
With the disposition of the Qilin Miaofa True Monarch, if he were determined, no one could stop him.
"Forget it then..."
Cui Zhen shook his head, filled with worry.
This logic, does he not understand?
"Just now, Ming San and Yuan Huo simultaneously sent communications, extending an invitation."
Xie Xuanyi took out a jade order from his sleeve and tossed it out: "Tonight the Nether Sea Venerable personally hosts a banquet, inviting the Heavenly Phoenix Palace... and the Qilin Miaofa True Monarch."
This time, the "distinguished guests" entering the Third Realm will all be treated to a banquet.
Last night, it was at the Five-Colored Ridge.
Peacock Venerable, Master Ni Yu, led a group of disciples to the banquet.
Quite obviously.
The Nether Sea Venerable was deliberately trying to "befriend"...
Currently, the situation at Great Saint Mountain is quite severe, and he wants to ally with all possible forces to ensure his "great position" is stable.
After the fall of the Sun Eater Venerable, the power of the Great Marsh rapidly diminished, and Silver Moon Great Venerable finds it hard to take the mantle, soon the third holy land of the Future Demon Country will become the "Five-Colored Ridge."
This is why the Nether Sea was the first to invite Peacock Venerable.
The second day, naturally, was the Heavenly Phoenix Palace.
Even though the two great holy lands were like water and fire, as the saying goes, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.
This setting of a banquet.
Wu Jiu, Heavenly Phoenix, will all be attending.
Previously, Xie Xuanyi who had assumed the identity of a disciple of the Red Flame Great Venerable shouldn’t have appeared at this banquet. But because of the life-and-death encounter with Venerable Yuan Huo last night, the situation had subtly changed, and facing Yuan Huo’s enthusiastic invitation, he couldn’t possibly refuse.
"What the heck?!"
Cui Zhen took the jade order and glanced.
Ming San’s invitation did not surprise him.
What surprised him was the communication from Venerable Yuan Huo.
The communication order first expressed gratitude to Xie Xuanyi for his great help last night, and then reminded him to hide the treasures gained from the robbery, not to be discovered by Venerable Heavenly Phoenix, and to find a place to sell them after the birthday banquet ends.
This communication had quite a lot of information.
Cui Zhen was momentarily confused.
"You and Yuan Huo... went to rob last night?"
Cui Zhen asked with a complex expression.
He could hardly imagine this scene; wasn’t Yuan Huo always looking down on Xie Xuanyi? How come in just one night, the two were mixed together, calling each other senior and junior brother?
"The word fate, is wonderful beyond words..."
Xie Xuanyi teased, "What? Just because you can be forthright with Qilin Miaofa True Monarch, I’m not allowed to have camaraderie with Senior Brother Yuan Huo?"
