Chapter 680 (2/2)

“Yan friend, why do you visit so suddenly today?”

The Yan Family patriarch looked at Bai Yi and then spoke:

“Bai friend, I’ll get straight to the point.

My visit here is to propose a partnership with you.”

“A partnership?”

Bai Yi looked at the Yan Family patriarch, his face filled with confusion.

The Yan Family patriarch didn’t waste any words and took out a green token from his Space Ring, then said,

“I’m sure you understand what this means, Bai friend.”

Upon seeing the token, Bai Yi’s pupils suddenly dilated.

He was utterly shocked and couldn’t help but exclaim,

“The Five Elements Wood Command!!!”

“How did this Five Elements Wood Command end up in your hands?”

But the Yan Family patriarch simply said,

“I suppose you must have thought that this Five Elements Wood Command was in Li Mingwu’s possession, right?”

Bai Yi looked at the Yan Family patriarch and nodded:

“Yes…”

“I thought the Five Elements Wood Command had been taken by Li Mingwu…”

At that point, Bai Yi suddenly paused.

He suddenly remembered an incident from the Bihai City Trade Fair ten years ago.

At the trade fair, the Yan Family patriarch showed particular care for one of the juniors who appeared there.

And the junior who appeared at that trade fair…

Bai Yi instantly realized, and then looked at Lin Jing by the side of the Yan Family patriarch:

“It was you!”

After saying this, he turned back to the Yan Family patriarch and suddenly said,

“This Lin Jing, he’s your man!”

The Yan Family patriarch smiled, not answering.

However…

In Bai Yi’s eyes, this was clearly an expression indicating everything was within his control.

This made Bai Yi even more convinced that this was the Yan Family patriarch’s strategy.

“Presumably, Bai friend, you already know Li Mingwu and Long Daoist have formed an alliance, and if we want to enter the Five Elements Ruins, we will inevitably have to cooperate with them,” said the Yan Family patriarch.

“Therefore, I want to form an alliance with Bai friend, to jointly contend against them.”

“How do you consider it, Bai friend?”

Upon hearing the Yan Family patriarch’s intention to form an alliance, Bai Yi did not agree immediately.

Instead, he frowned and pondered deeply.

After a moment of contemplation, Bai Yi looked up, once again facing the Yan Family patriarch, and then asked:

“Yan friend…”

“I would like to know, how long have you been plotting this?”

“Also, regarding the matter of the Demon Lord Wan Mo, whether you knew in advance, and how did you come to know of the alliance between Li Mingwu and Long Daoist?”

After listening, the Yan Family patriarch spoke directly:

“Firstly, my involvement in this matter was coincidental; I have not planned it for very long.”

“Secondly…”

“The fall of Demon Lord Wan Mo was something I learned from someone else after the fact,” he said.

While saying this, the Yan Family patriarch glanced at Lin Jing specifically, and Bai Yi also followed the Yan Family patriarch’s gaze, looking towards Lin Jing.

He immediately understood that it was naturally Lin Jing who had told the Yan Family patriarch about it.

Then, the Yan Family patriarch continued:

“As for the alliance between Li Mingwu and Long Daoist, that has become quite apparent now.”

“The Five Elements Wood Command is in my hands; Long Daoist does not possess a command token.

To enter the Five Elements Ruins, he will need to find another way.”

“And I heard that the Demon Lord Wan Mo had quite a good relationship with you.

Long Daoist needed a command token, Li Mingwu needed an ally, so the two struck a deal and made their move on Demon Lord Wan Mo,” he said.

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“Not only did this weaken you by removing a potential ally, but it also strengthened their power.”

“It was truly killing several birds with one stone,” the Yan Family patriarch said.

At this point, the Yan Family patriarch paused for a moment, then looked at Bai Yi with a hint of puzzlement,

“What I don’t understand is, given the enmity that seems to exist between you and Li Mingwu, why didn’t he move against you first?”

Bai Yi, however, looked at Lin Jing and then said helplessly,

“Apparently, it’s because they thought that the Five Elements Wood Command was in the hands of the Demon Lord.”

“Just like I had always believed that it had been taken by him…”