Chapter 287 - Blindsided (2/2)

And what did that get him? Losing the pill faster than he got it. How could he possibly take it at face value?

You Yushan inched closer to Huangpu Qingtian in worry, “Eldest young master, short term gains aren’t important. Zhuo Fan is too much of a variable with mystical abilities. We need to find a way to deal with his disappearing acts. If we can’t trap him, the day we fight he’ll take us down one by one while we won’t even touch him. We can’t have that!”

The other two nodded. They felt utterly powerless in the face of Zhuo Fan’s shifting around unrestrained.

“It doesn’t matter.”

Huangpu Qingtian’s eyes flashed, “Sir Leng already predicted this. Isn’t our earlier plan all to deal with him?”

“You mean…” You Yushan said, “I see. I’ll gather the scattered people and instruct them harder…”

“No.”

Huangpu Qingtian waved his hand, “Zhuo Fan terrified them. They are obsolete. Just leave them to die on Beast King Mountain. Go after our vassals that are still missing. Have them help instead.”

They were all shocked by Huangpu Qingtian’s cruelty. These people had only been with them for around ten days and were quite hard working. And yet they were cast away like broken toys.

Huangpu Qingtian could tell what was on their minds, “Do you know the difference between a help and a burden?”

They shook their heads.

Huangpu Qingtian mocked, “A help assists me in achieving what I want and a burden works against me. It will one day mean the difference between life and death!”

The three blinked, still unconvinced. They knew of this of course, but weren’t getting where he was going with this.

Huangpu Qingtian snickered, “They would’ve helped me before, in dealing with this spawn. But now, they are terrified of Zhuo Fan and will be an inconvenience to us. Letting them participate regardless will pose a grave danger to us, even death. This is why I threw them away. Or would you rather have Zhuo Fan kill you because of some dead weights?”

They finally understood and looked at him in admiration.

[Huangpu Qingtian is the eldest young master for a reason. Such insight, such cunning, like a true emperor!] The shadow nodded from afar, pleased by Huangpu Qingtian’s character.

Glancing at them, Huangpu Qingtian continued, “You Yushan, weren’t you curious why I let Drifting Flowers Edifices’ group off? Ha-ha-ha, I’ll tell you. Because they are all Zhuo Fan’s burdens. If they die, Zhuo Fan will be uncontrollable, even to us. But now, with Chu Qingcheng helping us without knowing, we will grasp this chance to deal with him for good!”

The three gave their thumbs up.

Even lumped together, Chu Qingcheng’s gang was still as weak as if they were alone. While if Zhuo Fan was left alone, he may one day come to reap their lives.

Using these people to tie Zhuo Fan down was the best bet.

It was such an obvious trap that even Zhuo Fan had no choice but to jump right in.

Huangpu Qingtian’s eyes shined, regaining control of the situation.

Meanwhile, Zhuo Fan was cruising the skies, yet didn’t feel like a winner at all. He already guessed Huangpu Qingtian’s thinking, but he still couldn’t get himself to cast aside all those people.

And that was the least of his worries. The biggest headache was how easily Huangpu Qingtian could do it while he found it impossible.

Just now after he let Yan Fu go, Huangpu Qingtian grew suspicious of Yan Fu. His suspicions had no real reason and yet he made the prompt decision to attack Yan Fu.

If not for Zhuo Fan being an Oscar level actor, Yan Fu would’ve been a smear on the ground.

He was cruel enough to kill any doubts than let any mistake slip by. He always watched Zhuo Fan even as he attacked, but stopped short of killing to not give Zhuo Fan more reasons to mock him.

Other than that, Yan Fu would’ve been totally dead!

In this way one had so many burdens on his shoulders, while the other had nothing tying him down. Zhuo Fan found himself at a disadvantage in this psychological warfare, having to accept everything he was attacked with.

[Even though I say the demonic path is cruel and pitiless, going to battle with so many burdens will be hard!]

[I need to get the keys and exits to let them out as soon as possible!]

Zhuo Fan gnashed his teeth as he shot for Chu Qingcheng like lightning…