Chapter 94: Scheming
While Zhao Yan had his back turned, fully focused on collecting the mysterious orchid, Ruan Nanfeng discreetly cast a barrier and transmitted a voice message, "Don't let anything show on your faces. Everyone, are you really willing to let Zhao Yan manipulate us as he pleases?"
The group exchanged glances. The only woman among them, with the surname Cen, asked skeptically, "Junior Brother Ruan, what do you mean by that? With the Heart-Devouring Insects lurking in our primordial spirits, one thought and we're dead. What choice do we have but to follow orders?"
"Perhaps not much, but I'm not willing to just sit here and wait to die."
Ruan Nanfeng sneered. "That guy surnamed Yu claimed he safely escorted Junior Sister Wu and the others out of the Kuiyin Sect, but I doubt it. Instead of going through the trouble of sending them away, killing them and erasing the bodies would be a much easier way to cover things up. If we hadn't luckily broken through to the eighth stage, we would’ve been long dead by now. Senior Sister Cen, do you really want to gamble on a demon's conscience?"
Senior Sister Cen fell silent and turned to the quiet young man beside her, "Senior Brother Liu, do you feel the same?"
The young man surnamed Liu grunted softly and sighed. "I've also begun to doubt what happened to our other sect members. Who knows how many souls have perished in the Yin Malevolent Abyss? To the Kuiyin Sect, a few more or less of us wouldn’t matter. Once Zhao Yan takes the spiritual herb, he'll have to find a way to escape from Yuanzhao Sect. Do you really think he’d take us along as burdens and share his reward? As for the promises after success... we can all forget about them..."
"But..."
Senior Sister Cen still hesitated. "Unless we can kill Zhao Yan instantly, the moment he has time to think, he’ll awaken the Heart-Devouring Insects in our primordial spirits, and we’ll die just the same..."
Qin Sang, who had been silently observing, suddenly spoke up, "I have an artifact called the Purple Soul Bell that can confuse Zhao Yan’s mind, but since his cultivation is higher than mine, it will only trap him for less than two breaths of time."