Chapter 345: Borrowing Strength
Based on Jiang Xin’s reaction, it could be seen that Yao Qian did not obtain useful information from Zhou Bida.
Moreover, the Hidden Lord should not have fallen into the hands of Yang Shenjing yet, or has not been brought back to Nanyan Pass.
As long as Yang Shenjing cannot keep the Hidden Lord alive, Li Weiyi is fully confident in continuing to implement the next plan. After all, dead men tell no tales.
If the Hidden Lord can escape, that would be the ideal situation.
But…
Li Weiyi truly dared not have too great expectations and had to seize the time.
However, the more urgent it is, the more one cannot rush.
Jiang Xin saw that “Yao Qingxuan” remained silent, sensing a calm before the storm, knowing that the other party was definitely hesitating whether to kill him or not, and weighing the pros and cons.
In a moment of life and death, all dignity, integrity, and the demeanor of a strong practitioner had to be temporarily put aside. Only by surviving could there be all sorts of possibilities in the future.
He acted on the stairs, half-truthfully and half-falsely: “That Yang Shenjing is a Great Longevity, and he personally sought me out. I had no other choice. If I didn’t submit, he would definitely have used the Luantai to eliminate me, and then installed Sui Sect masters to replace me. Venerable, please spare me this once. From now on, I will go through fire and water and obey only you, Venerable.”
Li Weiyi said, “If it weren’t for the imminent attack on Lingxiao City and your important position, I would never have spared your life.”
Jiang Xin quickly looked up, showing joy.
Li Weiyi added, “But how can I trust that you won’t turn around and go to Yao Shaoqing to tell him everything? If they know that the Divine Cult is about to attack Lingxiao City, and that the Divine Cult is already guarding against them. What will they do next?”
Jiang Xin’s face changed: “I’m afraid… I’m afraid that the Divine Cult’s strongholds and forces in Lingxiao City, the Four Great City Passes, the core eight prefectures, and the Southern Territory will be uprooted by the Imperial Court within a few days.”
Li Weiyi said, “So, how should I trust you?”
Jiang Xin said anxiously, “I have the Death Spiritual Fire planted by the Rice Ancestor within me. I would never dare to betray you…”
“If the Rice Ancestor dies at the hands of the Second Palace Master, this Death Spiritual Fire can be easily neutralized. Is that what you all think?” Li Weiyi said.
“Bang! Bang…”
Jiang Xin kowtowed seven or eight times: “Whatever the Venerable asks me to do, I will do.”
Li Weiyi deliberately pondered for a while, making Jiang Xin even more anxious, before taking out paper and pen from his Boundary Bag: “Write a letter to report them! If you dare to betray the Divine Cult, this letter will naturally fall into Yang Shenjing’s hands, and then you will have nowhere to go in either side. You are a smart person, I don’t need to teach you how to write it, do I?”
“Venerable, please rest assured. I have had many dealings with the Sui Sect and know many of their secrets. If I hadn’t been wary of Yang Shenjing’s status as Deputy Hall Master, I would have reported it long ago.”
Jiang Xin understood, “Yao Qingxuan” wanted to control his life and death.
If he continued to play both sides, avoiding the important and dealing with the trivial, he would truly be courting death.
He had to make a choice between the Imperial Court and the Twin Rice Cult, and he chose the latter.
Therefore, Jiang Xin, full of sincerity, did not use a pen. He directly bit his finger and wrote with blood:
“Rice Ancestor Tianzun above, Fuzhou Elder Jiang Xin, offers this blood letter with respect.”
“Sui Sect’s Yang Shenjing is tyrannical and độc đoán. For over a month since entering Yun Tian Immortal Plain, he has used Luantai as his sharp blade, leaked Divine Cult secrets, causing the tragic death of dozens of high-ranking disciples. Using this as leverage and internal pressure, he has secretly brought the Divine Cult’s forces in Lingxiao City and the Four Great City Passes under his control. The situation in other prefectures is similar.”
“My cultivation is meager, so I can only submit and kneel, without the courage to resist or disobey.”
“I have heard that the Second Palace Master, the slut Xian Min, bestowed the Thousand Longevity Pill upon Yang Shenjing, intending to cultivate him into a Transcendent. The Divine Realm old man is of a family servant background, yet he grew strong by devouring the main family of the Jiu Li tribe. Now he is a disciple of Xian Min, and the Sui Sect has a bright future, with the Ten Million Sect within reach. They will surely devour the Divine Cult to serve their new master.”
“Zhou Bida, the Deputy General of Nanyan Pass, was originally someone I [Jiang Xin] painstakingly subverted, preparing for the Divine Cult’s uprising for an inside and outside cooperation. I didn’t expect that the old thief Yang Shenjing and the young thief Yao Qian, in order to please their new master and eliminate rivals, would set a trap for him, aiming to kill several birds with one stone.”
“I see this in my eyes and worry in my heart. I am truly burning inside. If I do not report this today, the Divine Cult’s foundation in Lingxiao City, the Four Great City Passes, the core eight prefectures, and the Southern Territory will surely be destroyed.”
“Today, I pour out the cowardly blood within me to report the ten crimes of the old man Yang Shenjing.”
“His first crime: Selling disabled Rice People to the Three Islands Pirates to be used as Mount Beast Food.”
“His second crime…”
…
For some reason, after finishing writing, Jiang Xin did not feel displeased at being coerced. Instead, he felt a sense of exhilaration, as if he had wanted to report all of this for a long time.
Li Weiyi took back the blood letter and examined it carefully, his breath catching in his throat. He glanced at Jiang Xin kneeling below.
This old guy is ruthless to survive!
The blood letter was written with tears of blood in every word.
The ten crimes were no simple matter, and several of them made Li Weiyi tremble with fear, strongly suspecting that Jiang Xin had fabricated them.
For example, in the third crime, Yao Qian’s involvement in the deaths of two elders of the Twin Rice Cult to gain the appreciation and trust of the Second Palace Master.
How did he know such hidden matters?
Li Weiyi seriously suspected that either Jiang Xin had suffered at Yao Qian’s hands before, or he was jealous of Yao Qian.
Of course, it could also be the machinations of the higher-ups in the Rice Cult.
Even if it were true, Li Weiyi could understand. After all, who among the higher echelons of the Twin Rice Cult didn’t have their own dirty laundry?
How could infiltration and gaining trust be so easy?
If Yang Shenjing were to act with integrity in everything, he would never have achieved his current success.
If Li Weiyi were completely exposed, just the matter of hiding Tang Wanzhou alone would be enough for An Xianjing to kill him.
If the Rice Cult had not already gone to the extreme of evil and selfishness, they would not have appointed An Xianjing as the Hall Master of Spirit Valley Hall, who is righteous and upright.
Not everything in the blood letter could be true. For example, Jiang Xin claiming that he painstakingly subverted Zhou Bida was clearly an attempt to claim credit.
Li Weiyi put away the blood letter, “This is what an elder’s responsibility is! Where are Zhou Bida’s family members being held? I need to bring them back to the Divine Cult as ironclad proof.”
“Shenwu Hall, one of the four major gangs in Leiling City, is secretly managed by the Divine Cult.”
Jiang Xin’s terror vanished from his eyes, knowing his life was saved: “Nanyan Pass is very unsafe now, do you need this old man to send Venerable out of the city through secret channels?”
Li Weiyi did not dare to stay with him any longer, and who knew if this old guy had other schemes; he could not underestimate him: “If I can’t come and go freely through the mere Nanyan Pass, am I worthy of being a Venerable? Get lost!”
After parting ways with Jiang Xin, Li Weiyi changed his attire several times, transforming into a young man resembling a servant, and headed towards the border between the third-tier city area and the second-tier city area.
The entire city is under martial law, and various city areas are separated by formations, making cross-city travel impossible.
Li Weiyi naturally did not have the ability to safely leave the city.
But he knew clearly that once Jiang Xin emerged from his panic and regained his ability to think carefully, he might ponder some discrepancies, and that would be the real danger.
To save Zhou Bida’s family, and for the plan to proceed smoothly…
Jiang Xin must die.
At the boundary between the upper and lower city areas, beneath the formation light gauze, dozens of soldiers clad in black magic tool armor stand guard. They hold spears, their expressions grim.
Li Weiyi walked into the alley next to him.
The alley was very deep, and the deeper it got, the quieter it became.
Two children, playing grass fighting, appeared before him. They looked about three or four years old, sitting on the ground, playing with great joy. Beside them was the open courtyard gate.
Li Weiyi used mind power to probe, and there were no adults in the courtyard.
Li Weiyi smiled friendly, “Whose children are you, why aren’t you going home? Don’t you know it’s dangerous outside right now?”
The two children cautiously glanced at him, not seeing him as a bad person, and continued their grass fighting.
So-called grass fighting is when each person collects some grass leaves and they see whose are tougher.
Li Weiyi watched with great interest for a while, then squatted down and took out a crimson Grass Leaf from his Boundary Bag: “This one of mine is the most tenacious Grass Leaf under heaven!”
This is a Precious Medicine’s Grass Leaf; upon seeing it, one could tell it was extraordinary, captivating the two children.
One of the children was unconvinced and engaged in grass fighting with Li Weiyi. However, his grass broke more than ten blades in a row, while Li Weiyi’s blade remained completely undamaged.
Seeing him pout, he was about to cry.
Li Weiyi held a Grass Leaf and dangled it before his eyes: “Whoever helps me with a small matter later, I will give this unrivaled Destiny Grass Leaf to him. From now on, he will be the strongest here.”
The two children naturally competed fiercely with each other.
“I want to choose the one with the biggest guts. He needs to have the spirit of a man. This person not only obtained the Destiny Grass Leaf but also another benefit,” Li Weiyi said.
…
The city gate of Nanyan Pass was indeed closed, but not everyone was unable to enter or exit.
In the afternoon, the convoy of the Commander’s Mansion advanced towards the city gate. Besides Taishi Bai, who was riding an exotic beast at the very front, and several retainers, there were three carriages.
No one dared to check.
The convoy arrived at the border between the second city area and the third city area, and the formation light gauze had just opened.
“Taishi Bai… Brother Bai…”
A three or four-year-old child holding a letter ran towards the convoy, constantly shouting Taishi Bai’s name.
The soldiers guarding the formation light gauze blocked with spears.
No one is allowed to approach the noble.
Taishi Bai reprimanded in a deep voice, “What kind of capability is it to kill a child? If you have the guts, go kill the Demon Race, go conquer the Evil Cult.”
He leaped off the exotic beast’s back, pushed the soldier aside, walked to the stunned child, ruffled his small head, and crouched down, smiling softly, “Were you scared? How did you know my name? Who sent you?”
The child recovered from his fright, extremely serious: “I wasn’t scared at all, I’m the most manly person at Nanyan Pass. Are you the Brother Bai that Big Brother mentioned?”
“If you are looking for Taishi Bai, then that is me!” Taishi Bai said.
“This is for you.”
The child handed him the letter.
Taishi Bai had long seen that something was wrong. He scanned his surroundings, searching for suspicious individuals, before opening the envelope and reading it quickly. His expression grew more serious, and finally, his face changed drastically.
He urgently asked, “Where is the person who gave you the letter?”
92 The child pointed behind him.
After the child led Taishi Bai into the alley, Li Weiyi had already left.
“Big Brother said that after delivering the letter, Brother Bai would give me a Grass Leaf as tough as the Destiny Grass,” the child said with hopeful eyes.
“Destiny Grass Leaf?”
Taishi Bai glanced at the Grass Leaf the child was hiding in his arms, then looked at the pile of broken grass on the ground, and immediately understood what method the other party was using.
After asking about the person’s appearance and age.
“My Grass Leaf is even more potent than the Destiny Grass. Keep it safe, and don’t let other children snatch it away.”
Taishi Bai took off the “Silver Thistle Grass” embroidered on his robes, which symbolized the Taishi family’s glory, and handed it to him. He walked out of the alley and, beneath the formation light gauze, instructed two soldiers, “For the next period of time, take good care of that child. If anything happens to him, I will hold you responsible.”
Taishi Bai quickly walked to Lady Long’s carriage and handed in the letter.
Release Dao Heart External Manifestation, enveloping the surroundings.
