318 Your Enemy Is the Four Seasons Tower! (1/2)
Lei Dongtian asked, ”Is there anything else?”
”Of course!” Yun Yang said, ”Since this Lord Supreme Wind returned – or maybe after the battle with Old He - we were shocked to realize that not only did Lord Supreme Wind’s own wind manifestation cultivation base improve tremendously, he has become almighty! Other than the wind manifestation, he has also cultivated cloud, flame, blood, and thunder manifestations! It is impressive indeed as if the Nine Supremes had merged into one…”
Lei Dongtian frowned. At this juncture, even with his ‘intelligence’, he was stumped.
”The successors identified by the Nine Heavens Demesne have to possess a pure singular physique…”
Yun Yang sighed, ”The singular physique has to be purely unmixed to a certain degree to be able to be chosen by the Nine Heavens Demesne. This also ensued that any one of the Nine Supremes Lords would never possess each other’s manifestation skills…”
Yun Yang was blabbering half-truths now. No one in the world except himself would know the truth of this anyway, so he was not worried about being exposed, no matter how much he chattered on.
Moreover, this reason was a basic understanding, deeply rooted in popular culture.
”The Nine Heavens Demesne is extremely magical in nature. How can one be taken in if he did not possess a superior singular physique…”
”Brother Yun’s intelligence is remarkable indeed, to have thought of this!” Lei Dongtian breathed in deeply. ”This Lord Supreme Wind is indeed problematic. There are nine doubtful points in total, then...”
Yun Yang said, ”After Yutang’s higher authorities studied this for a long time, we finally came to a terrifying conclusion…”
”This Lord Supreme Wind is most likely an impostor…”
Lei Dongtian sighed, thinking to himself, ”I came to the same conclusion whilst I was halfway listening to you. It took so long for you fellows to realize this? Even when the situation is at odds with you, it shouldn't have been that difficult to deduce this.”
”Besides, there’s a high probability that this Lord Supreme Wind is a Four Seasons Tower’s man or even the tower’s higher-up who has gotten his or her hands on the Nine Supremes Lords’ cultivation arcane after the ambush. Only then could the person combine all the cultivation methods into one…” Yun Yang said.
”Yes, yes, I realized this as well,” Lei Dongtian thought in disdain.
”As for the so-called treacherous officials whom Lord Supreme Wind has called out… they might all be Yutang’s most loyal and benevolent officials…” Yun Yang closed his eyes in agony. ”Brother Lei, perhaps you won’t be able to understand our feelings…”
Lei Dongtian sighed, ”I understand more than you think. I am emphatic, even, towards it. it’s indeed upsetting.”
”Upset is an understatement. After confirming this, the general public was awash with hopelessness.” Yun Yang said, ”According to my father, His Majesty fainted on the spot, vomiting blood…”
”Ay!” Lei Dongtian continued to ponder, ”If I might say this, it will be your country’s greatest good for such a fatuous emperor to die from the anger.”
”There is an overarching worry to all this.” Yun Yang said, ”Everything that this Lord Supreme Wind has done during this time is for Empire of Yutang, at least, from the surface. What made us even more speechlessly mournful is that we’ve carried out the most appropriate and proper cleanup for him after each event!”
Lei Dongtian felt disbelief coursing through him. How f*cking awesome and impressive that the whole of your Yutang imperial court can be this stupid! What a rare sight! The entire country was manipulated by one person for a whole year and is still being wrapped around his fingers even now… is this still going on?
”We can’t possibly pull out now. If we expose this secret, it’s like the entire imperial court of Yutang is slapping themselves, with only their own doom looming on the horizon.”
”Once this story is leaked out, the people and military morale will vanish utterly!”
Yun Yang was clearly grieving. ”Even when we knew that it was a spy, we had to continue supporting him… to use his name to stabilize the people.”
Yun Yang looked at Lei Dongtian. ”Brother Lei… As we speak of this, we, including our emperor, can only contain the anguish among ourselves.”
Lei Dongtian opened his mouth but said nothing. It would be shocking if this didn't affect you all in the slightest bit.
”This confidentiality…”
Yun Yang’s smile was more like a grimace. ”How dare we speak of this outside? We can only swallow everything, fearful of even the slightest breach… If it were to happen, the spirits and morale of the people and military would break down and this country will no longer be a country…”
He stared at Lei Dongtian sincerely. ”Brother Lei, I hope for your understanding. I really did not have the intention to put you in a difficult position.”
Lei Dongtian replied emphatically, ”I know your feelings, I can understand it. If I were involved, I wouldn’t have spoken about it easily as well. This is simply too embarrassing… a shame that many people in the entire nation share…”
”If it were me, I can’t afford to bear such shame as well.” Lei Dongtian exclaimed, ”Brother Yun, I understand you. Yutang’s higher authority hasn’t had it easy.”