Chapter 849 - 791: Scheming within the Observatory (Vote for Yue)

Chapter 849: Chapter 791: Scheming within the Observatory (Vote for Yue)

Tianshi Star Alliance Main Realm, Emperor’s Throne Realm.

"Achoo!"

Throughout the morning, Immortal Monarch Fatian kept sneezing, disturbing Immortal Monarch Chongmin from finding peace.

Fatian sniffed, "Those little brats are badmouthing me again. Those tricks weren’t even my idea, achoo!"

All was silent beside him, and Fatian gave Chongmin an annoyed glance.

"You were there that day too, why don’t they curse you? They push everything onto me, do I look like the villain?"

Chongmin looked up at Fatian but said nothing, making Fatian’s skin crawl.

"Speak your mind! Now everyone thinks Yan Hua’s undercover plan is canceled, only you and I know the truth, so I can only trust you."

Chongmin finally spoke, "What you cultivate is Dharma, and everything has its rules. The reason those kids let you handle this matter is they are certain you won’t break your own principles."

Fatian pressed his lips; indeed, he adhered to rules strictly. Once he promised something, he absolutely couldn’t go back on his word. Jiang Yuebai and Shen Huaxi realized this, which is why they dared to take the risk.

But their appetite was indeed a bit too large.

Even now, thinking back on those three days in the Observatory, Fatian couldn’t help the twitch of his eyes, still feeling a lingering fear.

Especially that dual-toned Jiang Yuebai, whose antics nearly ignited a long-buried anger, openly mocking Xie Jingshan and covertly ridiculing him for shamelessness. No wonder she’s the one who could write "Witty Words Collection," someone able to break his Dharma principles!

Fortunately, he had room in his heart for tolerance; otherwise, with Yan Hua’s hot temper, he could have crushed her head right there!

At the time, Xie Jingshan insisted on going, but Lu Nanzhi didn’t want him to suffer the pain of transforming from spirit to demon, fearing that after the undercover mission, he’d struggle to return to the righteous path. She revealed she had accepted the Ice Demon inheritance and was the best candidate.

Jiang Yuebai firmly opposed, saying the benefits offered were insufficient. She would rather die than let Lu Nanzhi go, and if the benefits were adequate, Lu Nanzhi wouldn’t be needed; she alone would suffice, claiming she had a way to abandon her physical body and fully become Demon Clan.

However, when the argument was at a stalemate, Shen Huaxi stepped forward, analyzing the pros and cons from the overall perspective, and finally presented the best solution.

But Shen Huaxi was the most cunning, using the pretense of justice to trap him, obliging him to agree to all their terms.

"You can sacrifice the promising futures of us four innocent individuals for the Human Clan’s righteousness, so why not sacrifice the malevolent Fang Family who defies the Star Alliance’s orders for the same reason?"

This one sentence left him speechless.

Regarding the Fang Family, the four of them couldn’t lie in his presence; everything they said was factual without bias.

But fair is fair; as the most law-abiding Immortal Monarch, he couldn’t directly sacrifice the Fang Family just to appease them.

Shen Huaxi anticipated even this, providing him with the Memory Jade regarding the Iron Palm Master.

When Jiang Yuebai was clamoring about the Iron Palm Master colluding with the Demon Clan, Shen Huaxi had already revealed the truth, saying the Iron Palm Master was pretending to be Demon Clan to attack them amid the chaos.

Shen Huaxi didn’t ask him to do anything, just to hand over the sound-erased Memory Jade to the Star Alliance and quietly observe the developments.

He subtly suggested to Immortal Monarch Chongmin a dislike for the Heavenly Interence Sect and dissatisfaction with Jiang Yuebai and Lu Nanzhi, and after leaving the Nine Rivers Realm, that would be enough.

If the Fang Family were truly innocent, they wouldn’t jump out to suppress the Heavenly Interence Sect during the tense front-line battles when manpower was crucial. But if they acted on their own, let the Fang Family’s issue become the spark to push forward the subsequent events.

To this, Fatian was silent, unable to refuse. If the Fang Family was truly intent on self-destruction, he could only ’go with the flow.’

Shen Huaxi’s motives were obvious. Both Fatian and Chongmin could see through them at a glance.

First, it was to resolve the hidden threats for the Heavenly Interence Sect, thoroughly ending the enmity with the Fang Family.

Second, it was to protect the Heavenly Interence Sect, allowing its people to avoid the battlefield and develop secretly.

Third, it was to completely move past Lu Nanzhi’s massacre of the Fang Family’s three generations in the Earth Spiritual Realm, preventing it from becoming a stain on her life.

Fourth, it was like removing the firewood under the pot, a warning to others. Without the Fang Family, the Xiong Family of the Nine Rivers Realm and the Heavenly Star Sect would lose their confidence, making allegiance to the Heavenly Interence Sect their only choice.

By then, the Heavenly Interence Sect would become the largest sect in the Nine Rivers Realm, perhaps even the top sect of the entire Tianshi Star Alliance.

Coupled with the credit for the successful undercover mission, the future of the Heavenly Interence Sect would be limitless.

Achieving so much with one action, considering the undercover mission’s promotion, all targets were hit; it was frighteningly ambitious!

His ambition made Fatian wary of his Heavenly Witch Clan identity, fearing raising a potential threat.

However, Shen Huaxi’s friendship with the Heavenly Interence Sect and Jiang, Lu, and Xie made Fatian dispel many doubts. He had planned so much, but from start to finish, he hadn’t schemed anything for himself.

Lu Nanzhi and Jiang Yuebai laid out Shen Mingjing’s matters completely. After listening to what happened in the Heavenly Spear Realm and Kunxi Divine Palace, Shen Huaxi was eager to meet this fellow with the same surname.

Shen Huaxi also said, if Shen Mingjing truly had such extraordinary plotting abilities, then their plan would certainly be seen through by him at a glance.

Shen Huaxi wasn’t worried about this, but Fatian was uneasy, especially now that things had developed to this point. He didn’t know how Lu Nanzhi and Jiang Yuebai would act next.

How could two people, who had no memory of those three days and did not know they were going undercover, successfully infiltrate the demon clan and complete the final plan?

At that time, Shen Huaxi asked Lu Nanzhi, if she didn’t remember anything and Shen Mingjing invited her to the Demon Realm, what would she do?

"Kill him!" Lu Nanzhi answered decisively.

Fatian recalled Lu Nanzhi’s resolute tone, his eye twitched even more fiercely, but Shen Huaxi said, "Excellent."

According to Shen Huaxi’s arrangement, infiltrating the demon clan would be carried out openly by Lu Nanzhi and covertly by Jiang Yuebai.

How exactly they would proceed, probably even the Heavenly Dao doesn’t know now!

For safety’s sake, Shen Huaxi proactively requested to erase the memories of the four people from the Observatory.

Moreover, Shen Huaxi handed over the Memory Jade to Fatian, intentionally leaving a ’flaw,’ guiding him to associate the loss of memory with ’Immortal Monarch Fatian and the Fang Family.’ It made the following matters go smoothly.

The timing for memory restoration utilized the Dharma Dao Rules, leaving specific ’codes,’ different for everyone. When seeing the ’codes,’ the memory would recover.

Shen Huaxi anticipated he would be summoned to the front line, so he set the code as Immortal Monarch Wu Wei’s seal. He would be the first to recover memory, staying at the front with Xie Jingshan, confronting the demon army head-on, also keeping track of the possibly impulsive Xie Jingshan.

Shen Huaxi said that instead of going undercover, this was where he could be of use, and when needed, he could receive Jiang Yuebai and Lu Nanzhi back, opening a retreat for them.

Lu Nanzhi and Jiang Yuebai’s memories would be restored very late, so late that Fatian was uncertain about whether their memories could be recovered.

As for Xie Jingshan, Shen Huaxi said just let him forget completely. It made no difference whether he remembered or not. In fact, forgetting entirely would make his performance more genuine.

Although it was the four people’s plan, Fatian felt that Xie Jingshan was excluded by them, not arranged at all.

When Xie Jingshan protested, Fatian flicked his finger to knock him unconscious.

Jiang Yuebai cursed, saying if Shen Huaxi dared to let her master suffer or if something happened to Lu Nanzhi, when she remembered everything, she would definitely beat Shen Huaxi up.

Shen Huaxi apologized incessantly, feeling so guilty he couldn’t stand straight.

Jiang Yuebai cared about her master, cared about Lu Nanzhi and the Heavenly Interence Sect, but was indifferent to the mortal danger she might encounter.

In the whole plan, she was the most crucial part, and also the most dangerous.

Because Shen Mingjing cared about the Ice Demon heritage on Lu Nanzhi, he would keep Lu Nanzhi alive no matter what.

And Jiang Yuebai had nothing, Shen Mingjing already felt apprehensive about Jiang Yuebai at Kunxi Divine Palace. If the opportunity arises, he might kill her by another’s hand.

But Jiang Yuebai smiled and said going to the Demon Realm for Tribulation Crossing and Divinity Transformation was quite good. She had no other skills, but her survival abilities were the strongest. And she had the Heavenly Dao’s protection, she wouldn’t easily die.

Finally, Jiang Yuebai laid out a condition, asking Fatian to agree that if she came back alive, she wanted the token of the Observatory to be able to freely enter and exit, and peruse all the books inside.

Moreover, every time she went through Tribulation Crossing, all Mahayana Immortal Monarchs must serve as protectors for her.

Fatian massaged his throbbing forehead, suppressing chaotic memories, and said to Chongmin beside him, "Now Shen Huaxi should have already recovered his memory. Do you think I should go ask him about the next steps?"

Chongmin sat steadily on the meditation cushion, "Don’t meddle."

Fatian sighed, "Aren’t you worried those two kids you value might meet with an accident?"

Chongmin didn’t answer, but instead asked, "How’s the investigation on Tai Sui?"

Hearing this, Fatian felt even more troubled, "No leads, because everyone who was in the Observatory at the time is suspect, especially Fuzhang, appearing and disappearing unpredictably. It’s impossible to determine his actions, and now he’s missing."

In response, Chongmin said solemnly, "You clash with Fuzhang’s Dao Fruit, so you always dislike him. But over the past ten thousand years, though Fuzhang hasn’t involved himself in Immortal Alliance matters, he has never caused trouble for the Upper Realm. He’s just cold and reclusive by nature, not necessarily affiliated with the demon clan."

Fatian sighed heavily, "If you put it like that, I really don’t know who to suspect."

"Since there are no leads, let’s wait and see. Right now, the most urgent matter is to send Cangqingzi for ascension and support the Wuwei Guardian who will replace her position for Tribulation Crossing."