Chapter 923 - He Is Still Bai Xiaofei! (2/2)

“But… how?” Ling Ming suddenly felt like a child in front of Bai Xiaofei.

“Very simple,” replied Bai Xiaofei, nearly making Ling Ming rage, and elaborated, “If you are a Shadow Death member and you have a very important matter to do but there are a group of people on your tail and racking their brains to stop you, then you are in either of these situations.”

Everyone instantly perked up their ears.

“The first situation: you have plenty of time to play with your opponents. After all, they are in a hurry, while you aren’t. Besides, you are in the dark and your opponents are in the light. The longer you stall them, the better the situation gets for you. However, this is only under the condition that you are not in a hurry.”

“The second situation: you are only short of the last step and need nothing but time. So, you have to seize every moment to win more time as you can’t afford to take risks. Once you are disturbed at the last minute, everything will go down the drain!”

Hearing this, the five faces revealed puzzled expressions. They understood what he was saying, but they didn’t know what it had to do with the present situation.

Bai Xiaofei sighed and continued, “Considering the situation, it’s obvious that Shadow Death is the latter case. They are in a hurry, and the reason is probably that the puppetsmith has become uncooperative, and I can tell this from my conversation with that person. So, with this in mind, we have two things to do next.”

The five princes were struck with realization. They continued to listen with rapt attention. They’d rather get to the action instead of trying to figure it out with their brains!

“First, screen the entire Holy Puppetsmith Mountain and single out that puppetsmith. Second, locate Shadow Death,” Bai Xiaofei concluded.

This had the five princes dumbstruck again.

“Erm… about that… Brother Bai, that’s what we’ve been trying to do but failing…” said Ling Zong with an aggrieved expression, as if he had been bullied by Bai Xiaofei.

“Well, we can’t before, but now we can and at any time!” Bai Xiaofei chortled.

Ling Yue widened his eyes. “You mean, you also think it’s Nanmo Sheng?!”

“Also? So you already have an idea? Let’s hear it.” Bai Xiaofei looked attentively at Ling Yue.

At the same time, Ling Yue received admiring looks from his younger brothers. Always count on Big Brother to fight for Ethereal’s face!

“First of all, Nanmo Sheng has a reason to loathe Ethereal. If we have to, we can say that his son’s death has to do with Ethereal. Secondly, he has forged very few puppets in recent years, so it’s likely that he has been spending his time researching the human puppet technique. Finally, his relationship with Pinocchio has always been bad, which can explain why Pinocchio was attacked during his trip out,” stated Ling Yue, his reasons clear.

However, Bai Xiaofei shook his head. “Good analysis, but all of that are only guesses, and guesses can’t solve the problem.”

Although it wasn’t a direct rebuttal, Bai Xiaofei’s meaning was obvious: ‘You are wrong…’

“Let’s go back to our previous topic. The key point is that Shadow Death is in a hurry to rush their way through the last bit of their plan, which paves the way for us to answer our questions.”

“One: they being able to rush through it means the puppetsmith is under their control and still constantly forging puppets for them, so the one in the Puppetsmith Holy Mountain right now is an impostor! Therefore, we will gather all five godsmiths and ask them to make puppets on the spot. The ability of a godsmith isn’t something that an assassin can imitate.”

“Two: according to my investigations, forging human puppets requires high-temperature flames, but since the Holy Puppetsmith Mountain has been closed down, they must have found another method, and the only method possible is through advanced formations. When a high-grade formation operates, energy will spill out. Even if they try to cover it with another formation, the overlapping of the two formations will make it impossible to cover up completely. Once you find those formations, you will locate Shadow Death’s nest.”

Only until now did the five brothers thoroughly understand why Bai Xiaofei did what he had been doing. Whether it was questioning the godsmiths or sealing off the Holy Puppetsmith Mountain, it was all to test. Test Shadow Death’s attitude, test whether they were in a hurry, so as to pave the way for his next move. The seemingly piecemeal actions were in fact purposeful to guide Shadow Death to fall into his trap!

What a grand scheme he has laid out!

“Brother Bai, if you command troops, you’ll definitely be a godly commander!” Ling Yue gazed at Bai Xiaofei and gave his evaluation. Little did he know…