Sect - Book 5, Chapter 168: A War Draws Near (2/2)
If he were able to confirm the relationshi+p between Su Chen and the Zhu Clan, then Eternal Night would be confident in ave the humans cause to attack Just the fact that he would be able to force Su Chen out into the open made the risk more than worth it
However, before he was able to confirht could not make such a decision
This hy Su Chen had chosen to first hide hiths to hide hiht would continue to be unsure
What would happen if Su Chen were to reveal himself and say that he had no relationshi+p to the Zhu Clan? Why was hiding so necessary?
Actually, e mistake
The Harpies possessed countless experts ere proficient in all kinds of different techniques If Su Chen really were to reveal himself, then it was entirely possible that soh his lies And even if they couldn’t, doing so in and of itself
His co that there was no relationshi+p had certain connotations to it
So was a clear indication that so
If there was truly no relation, then Su Chen shouldn’t have cared in the first place
If you were a spy who had ed to successfully infiltrate an eneer in an attempt to flush you out, then hoould you react if they said that they were going to kill that person if you didn’t show yourself?
Under most circumstances, your reaction would be one of indifference
And that is indeed the correct reaction in that circuht that he had no relation to the Zhu Clan, so his reaction had to be one of indifference
As such, he refused to reveal himself because any movements like that would betray the real relationshi+p between him and that woman
The truth would come out one way or another as soon as he appeared
Of course, just because he couldn’t show himself didn’t mean that he couldn’t try to save her
It was just that he wasn’t the one directly trying to save her — it was instead the Boundless Sect, and Zhu Xianyao herself
As well as…… Liaoye Country
“Liaoye?” Zhu Xianyao asked with some confusion
“Yes, Liaoye,” Iron Cliff said as he continued to pass on Su Chen’s words “Even though Eternal Night cannot prove the existence between you and Master, Master used his past interactions with Eternal Night to predict that his resilient and thorough nature won’t just let you go just because he can’t prove a connection exists In other words, as long as the possibility exists, then Eternal Night won’t spare you Our current situation is that Master cannot reveal himself to save you, as that would only nore you either because if the situation remains as is, you will never be freed If that’s the case, we can only approach it froht fears theto start a war between the two countries, is he?”
Iron Cliff chuckled “That’s exactly what he’s trying to do”
After the conflict with the Thousand Poisons Toad, Sky Country’s military reserves had taken a bad hit This was not just the nearly two hundred thousand soldiers who had been lost, but eventhe battle
A war included necessitated consu period of tih attrition
Defeating a Desolate Beast with just the power of the Harpies felt quite good, but their treasury would be ht another battle of the same scale
Under these circuht would do his best to avoid any further conflict
No matter what, he could not allow Zhu Xianyao to become the spark of a conflict between the Harpies and the huht feared theto do
Su Chen planned on using this opportunity to take action
“Of course, he’s not insisting that a war be started He just wants the humans to posture like it’s about to break out,” Iron Cliff explained
“So that’s how it is” Zhu Xianyao understood Su Chen’s plan “He can’t come out to save ht And before he is able to confirm the relationshi+p between Su Chen and ht will have to let o if he wants to avoid war That’s quite a beautiful setup”
Based on Iron Cliff’s description, it seeambit between the two races was about to unfold Zhu Xianyao found herself quite impressed with Su Chen’s moves
It had to be said that this was quite a reliable plan However, the co
If so, then not only would Zhu Xianyao find it iht really break out
“The problem is, will they all side with us?” Zhu Xianyao asked apprehensively
Even though Zhu Chenhuan had quite a bit of influence, he didn’t have nearly enough to start a war between the two races
“You’re correct in that a h of a motivation to start a war Patriarch Zhu ht be the case; even if we can convince the country’s nobles, ill probably have to pay a trereed, then the situation becomes much muddier No matter what, the Thousand Poisons Toad’s assault on Sky City actually did happen, and their losses are real as can be This is a golden opportunity for Liaoye Country and for the hu as we humans still have soo of this opportunity As for you, Young Miss, you willjust the rescue of a hostage to fan the flareed of the huside it, it would be much easier to convince those nobles to act
“And what if Eternal Night lets ?” Zhu Xianyao asked
Iron Cliff calreed are sparked, they are nearly i to do with hiht, Master doesn’t care about whether the war actually happens or not In addition, a race’s rise to power always comes at the expense of another’s Even if the hu out the Harpies because of this, he doesn’t feel like there’s anything wrong with it”
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