Chapter 89: Scheming (1/2)

Chapter 89: Scheming

When Zhang Tingyue and the others returned on the second day, it was no surprise that the patriarchs had agreed to it.

As long as Su Chen gave them Kaihuang’s Heaven, they were willing to let bygones be bygones.

However, Su Chen indicated to them that Kaihuang’s Heaven had been invented by Shi Kaihuang, not himself, so the cultivation technique was kept within the Origin Energy Tower. There were Origin Formations and Imaging Disks there so if he were to try and take it, he would be discovered by Shi Kaihuang. If that happened, Shi Kaihuang would probably exterminate him even before the six clans could, so he needed them to take it for themselves.

Although the six clans were not part of the Hidden Dragon Institute, Zhang Tingyue had heard of Shi Kaihuang’s name before. He was curious as to why Shi Kaihuang chose to guard it so secretly rather than distribute it publicly like he had always wanted to.

Su Chen replied by saying that everyone was actually a little selfish. Years and years of constant research had whittled away Shi Kaihuang’s originally lofty ambitions. After inventing Kaihuang’s Heaven, he followed in the footsteps of those before him and kept it for himself. He was unwilling to let it spread easily; otherwise, how come no one had learned Kaihuang’s Heaven even though it had already existed for quite some time?

Just as Cloud Leopard had said, selfish people looked at others in a selfish light.

To Zhang Tingyue and the others, this kind of behavior was more believable. After all, selflessness was something that went against the human nature, so they didn’t doubt Su Chen’s words at all.

To be fair, there was no reason for them to be suspicious anyways. They would know whether the cultivation technique was real or fake as soon as they took a look at it. They also planned on killing Su Chen regardless of whether it was fake or not, so it didn’t affect them very much.

The two parties very quickly came to an agreement on how to execute the plan.

In two days, Shi Kaihuang was going to leave for a brief period of time to take care of something.

At that time, Su Chen would deactivate the formation in the Origin Energy Tower so that Zhang Tingyue and the others could enter and take away Kaihuang’s Heaven. However, everything would be recorded by the Imaging Disks to serve as evidence for Shi Kaihuang.

Although this would be a little annoying for them, Zhang Tingyue agreed to it in the end.

However, because of safety reasons, the patriarchs of the six clans would not go themselves. They would only send an insignificant pawn to steal it; that way, no matter what happened afterwards, they would not be affected.

Of course, they could not have known that the goal of Su Chen’s plan was not fixated on implicating them in the first place.

It wasn’t that Zhang Tingyue and the others were stupid. Rather, their lack of information had put them at a disadvantage from the very beginning.

This was the case for many things. Many plans could be effectively executed despite their simplicity because of the discrepancy in information that each party involved possessed. Those who came after might speculate and try to put themselves in the shoes of others, but they would only confuse themselves if they didn’t understand this point.

On the second evening, Su Chen left the Hidden Dragon Institute again.

This was probably the first time since entering the Institute that he had been so active, leaving the Hidden Dragon Institute twice in just a few days.

However, his departure this time was to meet with Night Demon – Sang Zhen had already returned to the Three Mountains Region. The only person from the Immortal Temple remaining in this area that Su Chen had a good relationship with was probably Night Demon.

Su Chen met with Night Demon in the same run-down courtyard.

For some unknown reason, Su Chen thought of Yue Longsha when he saw Night Demon. She reminded him of the assassination attempt under the moonlight and the figure that faded into the moonlight afterwards.

“Hey, what are you looking at?” Night Demon asked curiously upon seeing Su Chen’s strange, far-off expression.

“Oh!” Su Chen snapped out of it and refocused. “Nothing much.”

“You called me here for ‘nothing much’?” The naive young maiden crossed her arms. “I thought that you came here to deliver some of the medicine.”

“I am here to deliver the medicine.”

Su Chen tossed her a container.

Upon opening it, she found two neatly arranged rows of vials.

“How come there are only eighty vials?” Night Demon asked.

“It takes some time to concoct the medicine. These should be enough to support you for now, right?”

“Yeah, they’ll be enough to support us for now,” Night Demon replied after thinking for a moment.

Spirit Sobering Medicine was not a common item. It was quite expensive, and even the Immortal Temple wouldn’t just freely distribute it.

“As long as there’s enough of them. Right, will you immediately deliver the medicine to headquarters?”